Home Sweet Home

It's great to be home, to be back in a world i am familiar w.
back in a world where ppl speak my language and know me for who i am.

not dat working on the ship has been a bad experience. in fact it was great!


let me start from the beginning once more... but before we go on, juz a note.
becoz i'm tired of trying to load the pics onto the blog page, i've made links to the pics...
if they dun turn out rite, let me know... i'll make amendments asap.

now back to my adventures...

it's a really great feeling flying first class on my first trip out of changi...
walked abt the place. and snapped a foto of myself w the koi.. hehe...

before the flight i went to the MAS golden lounge or something like dat. cant remember the name... hehe.
dang. shd have taken a photo of the entrance.
nice little place to relax and chill or snack. there's food and drink.
and a reclining couch to sleep on at the back.

once on board the stewardess offered us a hot towel.
and the food is served on proper plates and eaten w proper cutlery.
plus there's a nice foot rest and much wider seats...
so quite unlike economy...

think it's always such an experience to be flying... going thru the clouds.
and enjoying the view from high above.

saw this mean looking cloud when we were almost reaching KL. the pilot had already made announcements to turn off all electronic devices and yada yada... but i din care.. i had to take a photo of this rare sight :)


think KLIA is quite a boring place to transit in. somehow it doesn't feel as comfy and bustling like changi.

saw this pic in the MAS mag on my flt to labuan, sabah. tot it's kinda cute so i snapped a foto too... hehe.

after a 2 hr flt, i reached labuan... it was pouring when i arrived la... but got onto the transport and was whisked off to the ship...
my little home away from home is a little cabin on the ship...

fotos: view from the door - left, centre, right
view from the window

managed to snap a pic of the full moon which was shielded by clouds...
wanted to get a pic of the moon shining over the water. but i was working on the deck when i saw it.
so had to wait till work was done but by the time work was over, the moon was directly over us.
so no nice pic.. mayb on my next trip...

and our little indulgence on the trip... wall's magnum.

and here is the view i get every morning... the view at near noon... and the view in the evening...

like i said in my prev post.. work is alrite... food's good.
din get to use the gym tho... too lazy... :)

and i've got 3 sets of footwear @ work - 1) before/ after work footwear
2) working in the control room footwear

my 3rd set is my safety boots but i only wear them when i have work to do...
somehow din manage to get a pic of them... but i'm sure u'll get the idea.

nothing much on the island of labuan. there's a shopping mall called U.K.
utama kewangan is the full name... haha...
but there's sheraton over there too... and if u are like me and tot dat asia hotel @ scotts road is a local hotel,
think again... i saw another branch of asia hotel there too... but this one at labuan looks in pretty bad shape.

went to check out the only discotheque on the island... jupiter 8
it's pretty much like the discos in thailand...
lots of tables for ppl to sit at and drink... small dance floor. live band playing.
the band dat played dat nite was from kuching... nothing much really... think sg's clubbing scene more happening...
hahaha...

saw 3 trannies there... and there was dis guy who kept groping one of the "guy"'s butt...
which reminded me of my first nite on shore after going out to sea for a couple of days...
was walking w a couple of frens to join my other colleagues for a drink, den i saw this tranny sitting at a park bench,
doing a janet jackson wardrobe malfunction... *argh* *choke* *vomit*
but he/she juz sat there as if nothing was wrong... dun think he/she din realize the tit was showing...

alrite... finally i'm done w this entry... which has stretched 3 days for me to finish...
stay tuned for my adventures in sawadee thailand... :)

Updates from Labuan

Hey hey !!

t'is me... posting from a cyber cafe in labuan.
the last few days has been fine...
except for yesterday when the sea was pretty rough...
was literally rocked to sleep... hehe...
could feel myself bobbing as i fall asleep...

food onboard is pretty good i must say... but i guess dat's the only way to keep morale up when u've got like abt 20 odd guys on one single vessel, away from all forms of communication from the world, with the exception of the vessel's email. no online access, no hp reception...
we had lamp chops on wed and today. steak was yesterday.
grilled prawns was on the menu yesterday too...

accommodation-wise is alrite... got a little cabin to myself. juz enough for me to sleep and change and wash up in. heard dat one of the ship's crew had to move out to make space for me... :p
but it's been a great experience overall...

haven't gotten down to doing real work coz the other ship was having some trouble getting good calibrations for some equipment they are using for the job. so i've been eating and sleeping and watching dvds more or less for the whole time since wed.

i'm now back on shore coz the weather out at the worksite is pretty rough and we cant get a good calibration on the equipment onboard our ship w the kind of waves we were encountering.
it's a nice feeling to b back on solid ground.

showering has been a great adventure while on the rough waters... juz imagine having to shower while having to keep ur balance as well... but amazingly there's hot water so it's not dat bad :)

well... i'm planning to use the ship's gym some time soon... think i probably put on some weight eating and sleeping over the last few days. we're eating all throughout the day.
breakfast @7.30-8.30am
lunch @11.30-12.30pm
afternoon break @2pm
dinner @5.30-6.30pm
supper @10.30pm

there's always food in the mess. lots of food. if the food's not to our liking, which in my opinion is unlikely, there's indomie mi goreng, or maggi mee to cook. we've even got ice-cream on board.
had a magnum today... hehe...

problem tho is dat juz abt everyone speaks in malay... looks like i may have to enrol myself in some conversational berhasa course or something... :)

guess dat's all i have for now... hope to b able to update more...
cant wait to get home... and meet up w everyone..

take care !
ciao !!

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Hey hey...

here i am, at changi airport T2... waiting for my flight to KLIA.
company needed someone to bring some equipment to Labuan, Sabah and i gmaely volunteered.
getting to travel sure beats having to stay in the workshop everyday.

would you believe it? this is my first flight out from changi airport.
3rd commercial flight in my whole life !!
and guess wad? i'm flying first class !! WOOHOO !!

but flying MAS but who gives a damn? i'm flying 1st class !! hahaha...
strangely enough tho, the lady at the check-in counter looked somewhat like xiaxue...
was quite tempted to take a photo, so u all can make ur own comparisons...
but figured dat would seem kinda rude.

as of now, i have no idea if i'll be going over for a night or if i'll be given the clearance to work onboard the ship for 3 weeks or so...
i'm crossing my fingers i'll get to go onboard... think it'll be a great experience.

i'll try to update every now and den if i'm going for 3 weeks...
sorry for the long absence... i know adrian was asking me to update a while ago... :)

had my convocation on 21st jan... photos are still w leslie in his camera...
so i'll put those up when i get them...

shall sign off now and lounge at the MAS Golden Lounge for 1st and business class holders !!
hehehe...

take care y'all...
and i'll see ya !!