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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Oh kecian my blog..
Kasihan kan my blog..kena abandon since February..bad blogger..bad blogger.. But then, I've been very busy in my final stage as a student.. My final semester, finall I'm getting my degree in engineering.. Hopefully it'll go well... Right now I'm looking for job here and there, but there are 2 places I have in mind..later la..if I get the job baru I mention..keep fingers crossed.. 
Well...yesterday was my final year project presentation..I think it went well eventhough the last few minutes I felt the itch on my throat, prompting me to coungh.. In the end my examiner said good job and interesting research, that is good enough for me.... Oh ya..lupa..I'm nursing my left ankle at the moment...yeah, something happened but it's more of injury due to last time punya activities... In the end, over exerting yourself in sports is not good eh.. my bones at my ankle area.the socket area or something...dah corrode...so the ..erm..duno how to story..cut story short... I need a surgery..just a small one..don't worry... It's been a while, so I'll stop here first...it's a very hot day....so malas type panjang story..till end..Cheers...
Saturday, February 4, 2012
My updates...
I've been occupied beyond my imagination really..... and I've received some good news la... I've:
- got my results, didn't jadi Dewa but at least got above 3.0
- I'm working with GSSC at BDEWC Sejingkat Yard, in the latter stages of MEPA EPCIC project
So...busy la owh...Ahaks.....
- got my results, didn't jadi Dewa but at least got above 3.0
- I'm working with GSSC at BDEWC Sejingkat Yard, in the latter stages of MEPA EPCIC project
So...busy la owh...Ahaks.....
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Dewa?? Forget about it (but ada slim hope)..
Among my friends...we have this term of 'dewa'... An expression where we boast around saying we are better than you kinda stuff... My aim is to become one in this semester.. You see, my friends and I belong in this one type of group..'uras'... meaning we like to waste time, enjoy life and see the light in everything... So we're not exactly the type of people others want to mix with because we're simply time waster bla bla bla...
However, I want to be the first dewa among the uras..to to show to the smart asses that you can achieve good results even if you enjoy your life more than studying... Common, life is just too short to be overly 'skema'....
However, after my CFD paper yesterday.. the target is getting farther.. Unless the next 6 papers I get A- or A..baru can... So...I think I'll stop here and do some reading la..ahaks...
However, I want to be the first dewa among the uras..to to show to the smart asses that you can achieve good results even if you enjoy your life more than studying... Common, life is just too short to be overly 'skema'....
However, after my CFD paper yesterday.. the target is getting farther.. Unless the next 6 papers I get A- or A..baru can... So...I think I'll stop here and do some reading la..ahaks...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Already 2012...
I've been so caught up with my daily activities that I've failed to post something for Christmas and New Year...aiseh aiseh... I'm not gonna say I'm super busy and too occupied to maintain a blog (blog is for those with a lot of free time ba..), but at times I've lost some interest in posting new posts because the connection is very bad..
You see, I have lot's to share here but these new things must come with pictures and even videos...later you guys won't faham ba.... I tried a few times, even at my university but I guess it's just to hard to upload them with our quality of network connection...thus in the end I delay and delay some more and they never got posted here..nasib la... Check check dah 2012...
Putting 'past' issues aside, I am actually preparing for my exams now (I know some of you don't believe it la..) My first paper will be on the 7th January.. and the last one will be on the 16th January..then cuti Chinese New Year..and terus cuti for a month... I don't have such luxury though... I'll still have my CNY holidays but after that I'll be back with my final year project... Nevermind, I'll relax when others struggle next semester... Proof?? I started early this semester and even sacrificed my mid semester break for my project.... and I had the opportunity to actually watch squeeze their brains out for their project.... I'm not being mean, I'm just saying you'll enjoy more when you push yourself hard in the beginning..
Oh well... I'll just stop here and continue with my laundry and my light reading on CFD (I have no idea on what to study anyway...)... Cheers....
You see, I have lot's to share here but these new things must come with pictures and even videos...later you guys won't faham ba.... I tried a few times, even at my university but I guess it's just to hard to upload them with our quality of network connection...thus in the end I delay and delay some more and they never got posted here..nasib la... Check check dah 2012...
Putting 'past' issues aside, I am actually preparing for my exams now (I know some of you don't believe it la..) My first paper will be on the 7th January.. and the last one will be on the 16th January..then cuti Chinese New Year..and terus cuti for a month... I don't have such luxury though... I'll still have my CNY holidays but after that I'll be back with my final year project... Nevermind, I'll relax when others struggle next semester... Proof?? I started early this semester and even sacrificed my mid semester break for my project.... and I had the opportunity to actually watch squeeze their brains out for their project.... I'm not being mean, I'm just saying you'll enjoy more when you push yourself hard in the beginning..
Oh well... I'll just stop here and continue with my laundry and my light reading on CFD (I have no idea on what to study anyway...)... Cheers....
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Huah...
I've been very very very very busy lately...that's why I only posted one lame entry for October and the same might happen for this month. My final year project is taking half of my time.. another quarter is dedicated to other subjects and the finaly quarter is left for me to please everyone around me... in short, 24 hours is beginning to feel like 5 hours to me...and I'm all sleepy today... lack of sleep..lack of good food and lack of entertainment... resting the body is not enough, must rest ma' head.. hopefully a meeting with an ol' fren later tonight will get me better... so that's all folks.... I'll try to post something meaningful next week.. Ahaks....
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Dr. Deming: 14 Points
Deming’s 14 Points is a framework to improve quality and production. It is basically cure to 5 Deadly Diseases mentioned above. The 14 points are:
1. Constancy of purpose
The management must have continuous plans to compete in the ever-changing industry by always looking for ways to improve products and services. This will eliminate short term goals and always be prepared for new changes. A good example will be AirAsia, where the management team jumped leaps and bounds from what they have started as a budget airline company. Now they are majority shareholder of MAS, Team Lotus F1 and Queens Park Rangers FC, and they’ve spread their wings in other businesses like Tune Hotels, Tune Talk and Tune Insurance.
2. Adopt to the new philosophy
Industries and economics are dynamic, failure to move in parallel leads to obsoleteness. Competitions become stiffer as each business or industry is stuffed with similar producers. The management and workers as well must accept and understand new philosophy wholly. Changes occurs all the time and each level must acknowledge it and incorporate it fully to generate passion to the new philosophy.
3. Cease dependence on mass inspection
For years quality inspection has been about detecting defects rather than preventing them. Defect rate can be reduced by using quality materials, machines and workers. To ensure high quality offshore modules fabrication, Brooke Dockyard ensures that steel plates have milling certificates, quality machineries, hire skilled workers and to top it off, employ highly qualified QAQC staffs to monitor fabrication process.
4. End lowest tender contracts
If expensive does not ensure quality, cheap will be a long shot. To get higher profit margin, some management award tenders to companies with the lowest cost. Contracts should always be given based on proven records from previous projects or those with evidence of quality like up-to-date machineries and qualified workers.
5. Find problems to make improvements
No system is flawless and it is one of many roles of the management to find problems with the system. Problems do not mean defects or deficiency, but can be considered as points which could be improved. For example, cutting defects are solved by replacing cutting tool(s) and an inspector with RT Level 2 can detect more defects than a RT Level 1 inspector. (RT = Radiographic Testing).
6. Institute modern methods of training on the job
Most of the time, workers are trained by showing them how to do things. Thus workers do not really understand the process but just work for the sake of working. With on job training in the other hand, workers are able to understand the work process and such training should be standardize so that all workers have produces same quality standard.
7. Institute leadership
It is common that most ‘leaders’ in management system are instructors rather than leaders. Usually they tell ‘do this’, ‘do that’, ‘stop’ and etc. Leadership is more than that; they help others to improve by giving coaching and encouragements.
8. Drive out fear
This point is related to Point 7. When leadership is instituted, leaders gain respect and workers will feel close to them. If leaders are instruction givers, boundary will occur between workers and management and this will strike fear among workers. With this, workers will refrain from giving out new ideas to improve the system.
9. Eliminate barriers between departments
Different processes/roles in a system create barriers between different departments. Thus a department will not fully understand the process of another department and this situation will creates a lot of problems between departments. If the barriers can be removed, understandings between departments can be achieved and this will improve the process flow, thus improve quality.
10. Eliminate exhortations
Dr. Deming has highlighted that problems are due to those in management, not workers. Exhortations such as meaningless motto and slogans will only frustrate workers that understand errors are done by the system and not workers. This will cause dissatisfaction and workers will not have the passion to produce quality products and services.
11. Eliminate arbitrary numerical targets
Usually management will use average production quality standard as benchmark and most of the time; most workers will fall below the benchmark. This will cause workers to unite to lower average standard and the better workers will not be able to perform according to real ability. This will lower quality standard of end product.
12. Permit pride of workmanship
Workers are those involved more in production of products or services. By instilling passion with the work they do, workers will have the sense of pride of their work. This will encourage them wanting to produce high work quality all the time without offering many rewards like bonuses and off days. Rewards are temporary, pride is forever.
13. Encourage education
Economics and businesses change all the time, prompting change in technologies and philosophies. This also means workers must also change to move along with the flow. This can be done by continuous process to improve themselves through trainings, education and seminars. Experience helps but knowledge of new technologies and systems will generate even more value to quality production.
14. Commitment to accomplish transformation
The last point demands commitment from every level of the system, from management to workers, to put into action Point 1 to Point 13. This can also be viewed as enforcement of the first 13 points to achieve quality management.
1. Constancy of purpose
The management must have continuous plans to compete in the ever-changing industry by always looking for ways to improve products and services. This will eliminate short term goals and always be prepared for new changes. A good example will be AirAsia, where the management team jumped leaps and bounds from what they have started as a budget airline company. Now they are majority shareholder of MAS, Team Lotus F1 and Queens Park Rangers FC, and they’ve spread their wings in other businesses like Tune Hotels, Tune Talk and Tune Insurance.
2. Adopt to the new philosophy
Industries and economics are dynamic, failure to move in parallel leads to obsoleteness. Competitions become stiffer as each business or industry is stuffed with similar producers. The management and workers as well must accept and understand new philosophy wholly. Changes occurs all the time and each level must acknowledge it and incorporate it fully to generate passion to the new philosophy.
3. Cease dependence on mass inspection
For years quality inspection has been about detecting defects rather than preventing them. Defect rate can be reduced by using quality materials, machines and workers. To ensure high quality offshore modules fabrication, Brooke Dockyard ensures that steel plates have milling certificates, quality machineries, hire skilled workers and to top it off, employ highly qualified QAQC staffs to monitor fabrication process.
4. End lowest tender contracts
If expensive does not ensure quality, cheap will be a long shot. To get higher profit margin, some management award tenders to companies with the lowest cost. Contracts should always be given based on proven records from previous projects or those with evidence of quality like up-to-date machineries and qualified workers.
5. Find problems to make improvements
No system is flawless and it is one of many roles of the management to find problems with the system. Problems do not mean defects or deficiency, but can be considered as points which could be improved. For example, cutting defects are solved by replacing cutting tool(s) and an inspector with RT Level 2 can detect more defects than a RT Level 1 inspector. (RT = Radiographic Testing).
6. Institute modern methods of training on the job
Most of the time, workers are trained by showing them how to do things. Thus workers do not really understand the process but just work for the sake of working. With on job training in the other hand, workers are able to understand the work process and such training should be standardize so that all workers have produces same quality standard.
7. Institute leadership
It is common that most ‘leaders’ in management system are instructors rather than leaders. Usually they tell ‘do this’, ‘do that’, ‘stop’ and etc. Leadership is more than that; they help others to improve by giving coaching and encouragements.
8. Drive out fear
This point is related to Point 7. When leadership is instituted, leaders gain respect and workers will feel close to them. If leaders are instruction givers, boundary will occur between workers and management and this will strike fear among workers. With this, workers will refrain from giving out new ideas to improve the system.
9. Eliminate barriers between departments
Different processes/roles in a system create barriers between different departments. Thus a department will not fully understand the process of another department and this situation will creates a lot of problems between departments. If the barriers can be removed, understandings between departments can be achieved and this will improve the process flow, thus improve quality.
10. Eliminate exhortations
Dr. Deming has highlighted that problems are due to those in management, not workers. Exhortations such as meaningless motto and slogans will only frustrate workers that understand errors are done by the system and not workers. This will cause dissatisfaction and workers will not have the passion to produce quality products and services.
11. Eliminate arbitrary numerical targets
Usually management will use average production quality standard as benchmark and most of the time; most workers will fall below the benchmark. This will cause workers to unite to lower average standard and the better workers will not be able to perform according to real ability. This will lower quality standard of end product.
12. Permit pride of workmanship
Workers are those involved more in production of products or services. By instilling passion with the work they do, workers will have the sense of pride of their work. This will encourage them wanting to produce high work quality all the time without offering many rewards like bonuses and off days. Rewards are temporary, pride is forever.
13. Encourage education
Economics and businesses change all the time, prompting change in technologies and philosophies. This also means workers must also change to move along with the flow. This can be done by continuous process to improve themselves through trainings, education and seminars. Experience helps but knowledge of new technologies and systems will generate even more value to quality production.
14. Commitment to accomplish transformation
The last point demands commitment from every level of the system, from management to workers, to put into action Point 1 to Point 13. This can also be viewed as enforcement of the first 13 points to achieve quality management.
Dr. Deming: 5 Deadly Disease
The 5 Deadly Diseases highlights critical management mistakes that lead to low quality production. The 5 critical mistakes are:
1. Lack of constancy of purpose
This occurs when the management does not have proper planning to maintain competitiveness in the industry. Such system only concerns with current production and changes the system when the current system no longer works. Thus when changes occurred, the management will have to make hasty changes to accommodate the flow and in the end fail to achieve similar quality standards of the previous production plan. For example, Sarawak Transportation Company (STC) dominated land transportation since its establishment, regardless of the quality they provide, and when purchasing of vehicles were made easy in the turn of millennium, STC was not ready. Once a significant land transport provider, now STC is just a significant part of local history.
2. Emphasis on short term profits
With lack of future planning, it also means the management are more focussed on what they obtain at current time and not the future. This is usually done by new companies in which the management compromise on the quality of materials, workmanship and overall, the end product. Companies from China, Taiwan and Indonesia to name a few are the usual suspects to produce sub-standard products.
3. Evaluation by performance, merit rating or annual review of performance
The third mistake emphasise on evaluation of individual contributions, which will lead to lack of teamwork and harmony. Workers will only concern on their own performance and not the overall achievements of the department or company. Individualistic performance can be seen clearly in modern soccer where players are more concern on goal scoring bonuses rather than the team’s match performance.
4. Mobility of Management
This disease occurs when the management changes too frequently. Changes in management occur when the system fails to deliver stability in profit and quality. New changes bring in new management philosophy and this breaks continuous efforts to improve a system. Thus, long term plans could not be planned and the system will just play around with new short term plans.
5. Running a company on visible figures alone
The fifth disease is co-related to the first four diseases. This occurs when the management is obsessed with number of sales and the profit margin instead of customer satisfaction and product quality. In addition to that, such management plan tends to organize sales or offer lower selling price in order to achieve high sales and significant short term income. In the long run, such method will give lower profit margin (profit/duration) and in the end fail to sustain future business. A budget airline company in Indonesia extends the word ‘budget’ by compromising pilot trainings. The decision resulted in an airline tragedy and the company filed for bankruptcy due to multiple legal actions.
1. Lack of constancy of purpose
This occurs when the management does not have proper planning to maintain competitiveness in the industry. Such system only concerns with current production and changes the system when the current system no longer works. Thus when changes occurred, the management will have to make hasty changes to accommodate the flow and in the end fail to achieve similar quality standards of the previous production plan. For example, Sarawak Transportation Company (STC) dominated land transportation since its establishment, regardless of the quality they provide, and when purchasing of vehicles were made easy in the turn of millennium, STC was not ready. Once a significant land transport provider, now STC is just a significant part of local history.
2. Emphasis on short term profits
With lack of future planning, it also means the management are more focussed on what they obtain at current time and not the future. This is usually done by new companies in which the management compromise on the quality of materials, workmanship and overall, the end product. Companies from China, Taiwan and Indonesia to name a few are the usual suspects to produce sub-standard products.
3. Evaluation by performance, merit rating or annual review of performance
The third mistake emphasise on evaluation of individual contributions, which will lead to lack of teamwork and harmony. Workers will only concern on their own performance and not the overall achievements of the department or company. Individualistic performance can be seen clearly in modern soccer where players are more concern on goal scoring bonuses rather than the team’s match performance.
4. Mobility of Management
This disease occurs when the management changes too frequently. Changes in management occur when the system fails to deliver stability in profit and quality. New changes bring in new management philosophy and this breaks continuous efforts to improve a system. Thus, long term plans could not be planned and the system will just play around with new short term plans.
5. Running a company on visible figures alone
The fifth disease is co-related to the first four diseases. This occurs when the management is obsessed with number of sales and the profit margin instead of customer satisfaction and product quality. In addition to that, such management plan tends to organize sales or offer lower selling price in order to achieve high sales and significant short term income. In the long run, such method will give lower profit margin (profit/duration) and in the end fail to sustain future business. A budget airline company in Indonesia extends the word ‘budget’ by compromising pilot trainings. The decision resulted in an airline tragedy and the company filed for bankruptcy due to multiple legal actions.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sorry....sorry..
Hopefully this will not be the only post for this month... I've been swamped all over for the last few weeks...So I'll do my best to post something before this month ends..okay?? Stay tuned..ahaks....
Friday, August 19, 2011
Fish Pond Project: Part 2 (End)
Waterproofing is not that easy...and not that hard too..quite simple oso...wat's my point?? I oso duno... The thingy is like water really..it's water based... but once they're dried up, it'll form some sort of 'plastic' layer..to apply them, use our ordinary paint brush...
After they're dried up..baru can apply cement over them... I used base coat cement, you can buy a sack from most hardware store for RM36... The cool thing about this cement is that the manufacturer already mix it with sand... So it's already in a good ratio between cement and sand... It's perfect for smooth wall finish and of coz kerja tampal-menampal...
The water ratio is quite hard to control.. coz if the mix is has too much water..then you can't use it so plaster the side walls...but for the base it's good..easier to spread.. For the walls..it's better to make the mix a little dry...
After main plaster... we pray for rain to come to fill in the pond..of coz..don't ask for rain immediately... ask for it to fall the day after or so... Rendam for 1 month..of coz release the water every few days..the idea is to cuci the pond by removing chemical contents released by the cement..adding water plants can help to neutralize the water too...so 1 month should do it...
So..macam itulah ini project... Will post pics of fishes in the pond later later la.. ahaks..
After they're dried up..baru can apply cement over them... I used base coat cement, you can buy a sack from most hardware store for RM36... The cool thing about this cement is that the manufacturer already mix it with sand... So it's already in a good ratio between cement and sand... It's perfect for smooth wall finish and of coz kerja tampal-menampal...
The water ratio is quite hard to control.. coz if the mix is has too much water..then you can't use it so plaster the side walls...but for the base it's good..easier to spread.. For the walls..it's better to make the mix a little dry...
After main plaster... we pray for rain to come to fill in the pond..of coz..don't ask for rain immediately... ask for it to fall the day after or so... Rendam for 1 month..of coz release the water every few days..the idea is to cuci the pond by removing chemical contents released by the cement..adding water plants can help to neutralize the water too...so 1 month should do it...
So..macam itulah ini project... Will post pics of fishes in the pond later later la.. ahaks..
Life as a Brooke: Part 1
Industrial training placement is part of compulsory requirements to graduate with a degree from any local university in Malaysia. For Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), undergraduates must undergo at least 10 weeks of industrial training as set by Board of Engineering Malaysia (BEM). Through industrial training, undergraduates are expected to be exposed with work ethics, responsibilities, technical practices and other real life engineering exposures like problem identifying and solving.
Mine was at Brooke Dockyard and Engineering Works Corporation (BDEWC), Sejingkat, under Quality Assurance and Control (QAQC) Department. Their (BDEWC) main industry is to fabricate offshore modules like production/drilling platform, offshore living quarters and platform jacket. Other than that, BDEWC also build and repair vessels, ferries and steel arch bridges as part of their aim to be a major provider for petroleum, marine and manufacturing industries. It is the responsibility of the QAQC Department that all fabrication works are done according to specifications.
So....about wat happens there...I continue later later la....ahaks..
p/s: This post is backdated...hehehe.... Posted part 2 earlier pulak...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Fish Pond Project: Part 1
Dad's fish pond was leaking...so dad asked me to handle it... That means moving all fishes into the aquariums and drain all the water in the pond. After draining, spraying the pond surface with the water gun...all these 3 things took 1 full day to do... not that easy eh... Day one, done...
Day two...looking for defects (macam LI pulak)... before applying waterproffing on the surface, it is importan to plaster the defected surfaces (cracks...thinning surface etc..)..
Then baru apply waterproofing... This will take out another full day.. Next step, next post la..to be continued...ahaks...
Day two...looking for defects (macam LI pulak)... before applying waterproffing on the surface, it is importan to plaster the defected surfaces (cracks...thinning surface etc..)..
Then baru apply waterproofing... This will take out another full day.. Next step, next post la..to be continued...ahaks...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Me at Asia Infrastructure '11
A few days ago, I went for this convention and exhibition at BCCK... Asia's International Infrastructure Development Exhibition & COnference... nang panjang la nama... Not that I want to go there..but was invited by Brooke's Engineering Dept to go..so pergi la..boring ba at cabin..plus... to masuk have to pay RM20 ba.. so ok la dapat masuk free...
To be honest..dunno wat I did there la..just see this and that jak..then talked with the guys from SCORE...TRC..and CMS..the rest..macam malas la mok talk... I'm looking forward for the next convention..that'll be next year la...convention on O&G industry..see you there next year...ahaks...
Gawai 2011
As usual, I spent my Gawai celebration this year at my dad's hometown, Sungai Ruan, Roban. Just like previous years, my parents went off earlier while I went off a few days later since I was still working on the 30th. Rajin ba kerja..Gawai Eve baru go kampung..ahaks..
My gf was with me when I drove off to kampung, it's the 2nd time for her to celebrate Gawai with my family at Sungai Ruan..maybe this year's Christmas I'll go to her hometown in Limbang...to be fair ba... Anyway, we drove off a bit late since we had breakfast at kedai gangsta BDC...to make up time, we didn't stop for long at Lachau...only stop for toilet break and tapau some buns. We arrived safely at my longhouse around 3pm (after stopping at Saratok for an hour to buy some fruits).
Last year, those on our side of the longhouse become host for Gawai..this year the other end of the longhouse...so I was not involved that much this year. I spent more time layan family dirik and close ones...only time countdown..and the usual miring ceremony jak go to the other end... other than that...just lepak at ruai sendiri or lepak at my uncle's ruai.
I think this year, Gawai was not that happening simply because we're not hosting it at our end....but felt that we get to have more fun time together as a family. We do not have to kamboh kamboh prepare this and that for others...but take our time to BBQ... lepak lepak...crita crita among close family members..in that sense, I kinda like this year's Gawai. Plus, it's not noisy on our side thus I can sleep earlier than before.
The highlight for Gawai will always be on the night of 31st May.. thus those that enjoys singing, dancing and drinking basically spent the eve with the fullest fun they can have la... So on the 1st June..they all fall flat la..semua mabok... for us yang sik minum gilak..1st June is the day for housekeeping (cuci ruai..banyak sampah sarap) and of course pergi grave to light up candles... On the night of 1st June...we makan together(uncles and aunts..kazen kazen) as a family..and fun in a way la...very family style punya...
We all pulang on the 2nd June..after the usual annual meeting... This year punya meeting shorter than last year la... Last year they meeting sampai 4pm baru habis... this year by noon dah habis... Around 2pm we set off from kampung and reached Kuching safely by 7pm.... itu sahaja laporan Gawai 2011..ahaks...
p/s: sorry for the late entry..bz ba...ahaks....
My gf was with me when I drove off to kampung, it's the 2nd time for her to celebrate Gawai with my family at Sungai Ruan..maybe this year's Christmas I'll go to her hometown in Limbang...to be fair ba... Anyway, we drove off a bit late since we had breakfast at kedai gangsta BDC...to make up time, we didn't stop for long at Lachau...only stop for toilet break and tapau some buns. We arrived safely at my longhouse around 3pm (after stopping at Saratok for an hour to buy some fruits).
Last year, those on our side of the longhouse become host for Gawai..this year the other end of the longhouse...so I was not involved that much this year. I spent more time layan family dirik and close ones...only time countdown..and the usual miring ceremony jak go to the other end... other than that...just lepak at ruai sendiri or lepak at my uncle's ruai.
I think this year, Gawai was not that happening simply because we're not hosting it at our end....but felt that we get to have more fun time together as a family. We do not have to kamboh kamboh prepare this and that for others...but take our time to BBQ... lepak lepak...crita crita among close family members..in that sense, I kinda like this year's Gawai. Plus, it's not noisy on our side thus I can sleep earlier than before.
The highlight for Gawai will always be on the night of 31st May.. thus those that enjoys singing, dancing and drinking basically spent the eve with the fullest fun they can have la... So on the 1st June..they all fall flat la..semua mabok... for us yang sik minum gilak..1st June is the day for housekeeping (cuci ruai..banyak sampah sarap) and of course pergi grave to light up candles... On the night of 1st June...we makan together(uncles and aunts..kazen kazen) as a family..and fun in a way la...very family style punya...
We all pulang on the 2nd June..after the usual annual meeting... This year punya meeting shorter than last year la... Last year they meeting sampai 4pm baru habis... this year by noon dah habis... Around 2pm we set off from kampung and reached Kuching safely by 7pm.... itu sahaja laporan Gawai 2011..ahaks...
p/s: sorry for the late entry..bz ba...ahaks....
Friday, July 1, 2011
Still got it..
I had a pleasant ride home..and was kinda early, so I decided to stop at one of my favourite spot in Kuching..although I have to admit it's been ages since I last went there.. I went to Sugarbun Tabuan Jaya..and they still got it...their own chilli sauce... I think one of their secret ingredient is crushed nuts... dunno which nuts la.. nice... ahaks...
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Life as a Brooke: Part 2
For the last 3 weeks, I’ve been ‘busy’ with my industrial training at Brooke Dockyard,Sejingkat. It’s my 4th week now and in another 6 weeks I’ll be done with this. But I am considering an extension of 2 weeks, just to make it a 3 months training instead of a 2 ½ months. Alang-alang….
To be honest, I don’t know much about Brooke Dockyard…. In fact I initially thought they’re into shipping industry..but on my first day here, I realized that I’m in oil and gas industry. Brooke in fact fabricates sections of an oil rig and currently they’re making top side of an oil rig for Murphy Oil (Sarawak). Thus, I accidentally involved myself into oil and gas for my training…wahahaha..ketawa penjahat… I wanted to have my training with an oil and gas based company for my training ba but my applications were rejected… like I’ve said, I didn’t know Brooke is in oil and gas ba….
Here at Brooke, I’m in QA/QC department…a department where most will assume it’s more related to Civil instead of Mechanical…. However, they do need others from different field. In fact, the QC/QC manager is a mechanical engineer ba. They need mechanical people to inspect mechanical equipments ba…equipments to be used to build and equipments to be installed to the rig. In addition to that, they’re short of mechanical guys ba…thus I’m assigned to take over some jobs of a mechanical inspector.
So far.. I’ve been exposed quite a lot even though the project is still in the early stages. I’ve inspected a number of machines like air compressors, flare tip, air dryer and etc….but not a full inspection la. Initial inspection will just be inspecting the parts…later before installing them to the rig, baru run them to tests..but I don’t think I’ll be able to do that since my training is so short. The whole project will take 12-14 months ba..meaning they’ll install the machines on the rig by the 10th month like that la…
Other than inspecting received equipments… I’ve inspected welding works…a bit ironic la since my welding skills is not good and I’m inspecting welding works of a welder with years of experience… ahahahahaha…rasa best ada juak..rasa nebes ada juak… yala, skill macam ciput but have to brani sound the welders if they’re work quality is not within acceptable range… Also takut because their welding works will be sent to Johor for tests..and if they tests come out fail…the whole project will be delayed… the weld work are samples for the floors, walls and ceilings…. If fail, have to edit and redo the whole weld work and then send for test again sampai la pass….
(to be continued)
To be honest, I don’t know much about Brooke Dockyard…. In fact I initially thought they’re into shipping industry..but on my first day here, I realized that I’m in oil and gas industry. Brooke in fact fabricates sections of an oil rig and currently they’re making top side of an oil rig for Murphy Oil (Sarawak). Thus, I accidentally involved myself into oil and gas for my training…wahahaha..ketawa penjahat… I wanted to have my training with an oil and gas based company for my training ba but my applications were rejected… like I’ve said, I didn’t know Brooke is in oil and gas ba….
Here at Brooke, I’m in QA/QC department…a department where most will assume it’s more related to Civil instead of Mechanical…. However, they do need others from different field. In fact, the QC/QC manager is a mechanical engineer ba. They need mechanical people to inspect mechanical equipments ba…equipments to be used to build and equipments to be installed to the rig. In addition to that, they’re short of mechanical guys ba…thus I’m assigned to take over some jobs of a mechanical inspector.
So far.. I’ve been exposed quite a lot even though the project is still in the early stages. I’ve inspected a number of machines like air compressors, flare tip, air dryer and etc….but not a full inspection la. Initial inspection will just be inspecting the parts…later before installing them to the rig, baru run them to tests..but I don’t think I’ll be able to do that since my training is so short. The whole project will take 12-14 months ba..meaning they’ll install the machines on the rig by the 10th month like that la…
Other than inspecting received equipments… I’ve inspected welding works…a bit ironic la since my welding skills is not good and I’m inspecting welding works of a welder with years of experience… ahahahahaha…rasa best ada juak..rasa nebes ada juak… yala, skill macam ciput but have to brani sound the welders if they’re work quality is not within acceptable range… Also takut because their welding works will be sent to Johor for tests..and if they tests come out fail…the whole project will be delayed… the weld work are samples for the floors, walls and ceilings…. If fail, have to edit and redo the whole weld work and then send for test again sampai la pass….
(to be continued)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This and that
It's been quite a while eh.... aiya.. I've been doing this and that since Gawai ba... Let me start from the day before Gawai la ...I recap..
Of course I went back to Sg Ruan, Roban (my dad's longhouse) on the 31st May..and stayed there until 2nd June (3rd dah work again ba..)... more on my Gawai 2011 will be posted, hopefully this weekend la...
After Gawai, my brother came back from KL for a week...so can say layan him la owh... He comes back once a year but usually he'll be driving me up the walls by his 2nd day in Kuching la...
Things didn't turn out so good when mom was admitted to the hospital. My brother had to stay there with mum for 3 nights... thankfully mom was discharged la..
On top of all those above...I've been 'working' with Brooke Dockyard since 16th May as part of my degree course (industrial training)... so whenever I come back from work, I'll be very tired.... but now ok a bit coz my bro dah balik KL...so have some free time for myself la...
So like this la.. this weekend I'll post my Gawai story, a few cooking entries and parts of my training...ok ka??? mana-mana la owh...Byah!!
(no pics for now..line too slow to upload any picture)..
Of course I went back to Sg Ruan, Roban (my dad's longhouse) on the 31st May..and stayed there until 2nd June (3rd dah work again ba..)... more on my Gawai 2011 will be posted, hopefully this weekend la...
After Gawai, my brother came back from KL for a week...so can say layan him la owh... He comes back once a year but usually he'll be driving me up the walls by his 2nd day in Kuching la...
Things didn't turn out so good when mom was admitted to the hospital. My brother had to stay there with mum for 3 nights... thankfully mom was discharged la..
On top of all those above...I've been 'working' with Brooke Dockyard since 16th May as part of my degree course (industrial training)... so whenever I come back from work, I'll be very tired.... but now ok a bit coz my bro dah balik KL...so have some free time for myself la...
So like this la.. this weekend I'll post my Gawai story, a few cooking entries and parts of my training...ok ka??? mana-mana la owh...Byah!!
(no pics for now..line too slow to upload any picture)..
Monday, June 6, 2011
G.R.O wanted....
Sapa rasa kacak..silakan...ok ba ya.... Tapi..really can ka advertise in newspaper??
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Gemersik...Launching...
Earlier today... I had lunch at Secret Recipe in conjunction with the launching of Gemersik...
A friend of mine, Nas, want to upgrade her hobby to another level..to a more commercial level..thus Gemersik emerged (click on Gemersik to go to her website..but it's not complete yet la...)...
A few weeks before the launching... Dan Fadalini (of Foster & Fadalini Photography) was asked by Nas to take a few shots of her models...and I was there to help Dan as his reflector..... with a real reflector okay..not with my shiny bald head...
Anyway...present for the launching was Nas Denis, Nur Azimah, Salfa, Dan Fadalini, my gf and myself la.... Ros can't make it, shopping with her mum (family is important). We had plenty of food and by the time we're having the cake, we were basically stuffed...hahaha..but still managed a huge slice...
Gila la...hahahah...
Here are other pics taken..
Eksen Dan sik dapat makan that much...
Goofing around with GF...
If Dan can do it..I can oso maaa....susah meh?? (kinda susah also to get good shots...)
well... check out updates for Gemersik via my blog... BYah!!
A friend of mine, Nas, want to upgrade her hobby to another level..to a more commercial level..thus Gemersik emerged (click on Gemersik to go to her website..but it's not complete yet la...)...
A few weeks before the launching... Dan Fadalini (of Foster & Fadalini Photography) was asked by Nas to take a few shots of her models...and I was there to help Dan as his reflector..... with a real reflector okay..not with my shiny bald head...
Anyway...present for the launching was Nas Denis, Nur Azimah, Salfa, Dan Fadalini, my gf and myself la.... Ros can't make it, shopping with her mum (family is important). We had plenty of food and by the time we're having the cake, we were basically stuffed...hahaha..but still managed a huge slice...
Gila la...hahahah...
Here are other pics taken..
Eksen Dan sik dapat makan that much...
Goofing around with GF...
If Dan can do it..I can oso maaa....susah meh?? (kinda susah also to get good shots...)
well... check out updates for Gemersik via my blog... BYah!!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
LI is coming
My training with Brooke Dockyard will start this Monday (that's tomorrow)... not to say I'm nervous...I just don't know what to expect...thus I can't plan anything.. all I know I'll be reporting in this Monday, 8 am at their office..which is located above Everise Demak Laut.... I figure that I'll be there just for the first day..then the rest of it at the shipyard la...all the best...BYah!!
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