Why The Hell Am I Awake Still?

Soooo... why the hell am i awake still?
i duno.
juz cant fall asleep.
and i've gota b up in abt 5hrs.

the last 2 1/2 days of the sea trial was a terror.
was climbing up n down these 2 hatches dat were like prolly 8m down from the main deck,
try to solve the mystery of the non-working equipment.

i've got 2 identical systems running on the port(left) and starboard(right) side of the drill ship.
the port side works perfectly fine. and somehow the stbd one doesn't.

as part of troubleshooting, i took parts dat i suspected were faulty from the starboard side to test on the port side.
but every time, the parts work fine when i bring them over.
and the working parts from the port side are tested on the starboard side and they dun work.
so it'll mean all the parts dat i've swapped are not the cause of the fault.
so after 2 16hr-workdays of swapping and testing, the problem is still not solved.

and it din help dat the customer was complaining abt how they had gone out on the sea trial on the pretext dat everything is working,
and how much it'll cost them to go out for another trial juz to test the system and to show the approving authorities dat the system works, and blah blah blah.

and of coz, with every part swapped and the problem not solved, i was getting v tired n irritated also.
the nice thing amidst all these rush n pressure was dat the workers who were assisting me,
were all there to help me with wadever i needed to do.
and i'm grateful for these angels for helping me out.

now dat i'm back onshore, the problem still needs to be resolved and i've still gota b going back to the ship next week to work on the problem.
but dat's next week's worries. i'm gona enjoy my weekend and rest as much as i can.

for now, i'm going to try to get some sleep.
not much rest i'll b getting tonite i guess but oh wells, i've gota try at least.
nites everyone n see ya soon!

Sailing, sailing home...

I've now been onboard for 4 days now.
of which abt 2 1/2 days were spent being actually out at sea.

i've been doing nothing except eat, watch my tv series and play my fb games.
i finished 17 episodes of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 on monday,
23 episodes of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 on tue,
4 episodes of Robot Chicken Season 4 and 1 episode of Prison Break Season 4 on wed,
and finished 5 episodes of Carrier Season 1 today so far.

this sea trial better end soon or i will finish watching everything i have on my hdd.

on a more positive note, being able to do all these means my colleague did a proper job of commissioning the system onboard. so i have to thank him for dat.
but it's also thanks to him dat i'm on a sea trial as well coz he is away in norway for a training course.

and becoz of this sea trial, i have to forfeit my weekend dive at pulau aur which cost me $370. gona see if i can claim the money from the office. luckily i've satisfied my diving needs in malta. but i would really love to have gone for dat dive.

so i have another 5-6days to go before i can dream of us sailing back to singapore. so i guess i better go easy on the tv shows n movies.
till den have a great weekend!

Pre-Bday

Coz i was gona sail off for a sea trial this monday, i gathered the usual sat gang to go have dinner and drinks at walas.
i also heard dat shirlyn is back from the US of A and we all know dat she plays w The Unxpected at walas on saturdays.

so we arrived at walas like abt 7.20 after parking at the hdb multi-storey carpark opp cold storage.
ben had some work to finish up so he n jacq arrived later.
guess it was a good thing as well coz the 5 of us - alex, ewen, fel, peter n i pretty much took up the whole table when our food arrived.
ben n jacq came after we had finished our mains.

the happy hour band was called velvet vendetta. pretty cool name i must say.
they play pretty heavy shit. but their sound is good.
and they are from hong kong and are playing at baybeats.
so i dun even need to go for baybeats, baybeats came to me... kekeke...

was kinda disappointed when shirlyn din start the 1st set but it soon all changed when she arrived to front the 2nd n 3rd sets.
of coz the booze n alcohol were flowing not non-stop, but at a decent rate.
before the 1st set, we had our own beers. i ordered silly saison which was never to be ordered again.
after the 1st set, we had a round of tequila shots and chicken wings n fries.
and after 2nd set, we had a round of jaegerbombs and i had a flaming lambo, courtesy of peter n duno who else. hahaha...

ben n jacq left after 2nd set coz ben had work to do.
the 5 of us stayed on.
i have to admit we got kinda high. i really seldom drink to this level coz i always dun drink enough or i drink too much till i fall asleep.
(ppl at my 30th bday will know.)

the 3 drivers among the 5 of us couldn't really drive. so we went to the coffeeshop to order some food n drinks to try to sober up a little
so one of us could at least try to drive. but dat din work. so decided to leave the van at the carpark since parking was free the next day.
and we decided to walk to clementi afer dat. hahaha...

we stopped by cold storage to get some water. and we walked. walked down holland ave, walked along the road towards ghim moh.
and fel decided dat she din want to walk anymore when we were near the junction of ghim moh n commonwealth ave west. so we shared a cab home.

ben n jacq got me a flattened beer bottle clock, which i now have to find a hook to hang it up, and a t-shirt which i like and will wear. kekeke...
wala wala also gave me a bday present - 17 free shots.
somehow they forgot to charge us for the tequila shots n jaegerbombs.
assuming they're $15 each, they saved me $255. dat's damn a lot la!

and i din notice it when i was signing for the bill.
i was looking out for stuff dat we din order rather than stuff dat they missed out.
so i was damn surprised when i saw the bill again when i was sober on sunday.
hahaha...

so dat was my pre-bday celebration.
fotos will b up when i get back. videos too. hahaha...