How Wil It Like...........?

How will it like working offshore on the wavy platform?

(This is not the platform I'm going to work on)

Will I be able to adapt to the boring offshore life? Well, I think the activities I have in the middle of the see are only limited to checking on the dolphins hoping out from the sea surface and staring at the stary stary sky at night. hhhmm......at least I will not feel bored looking at them.

How will it like staying in Miri, a small queit town? The last time I went there, the street was deserted even only at 8pm!

How will it be working with this Shell?

(I love this picture. I got it from one of the SRD document Shell sent to me)

Will I be able to cope with the training and 3 monthly evaluation? Will I be able to adapt to their working environment and cultural? Will my collegues be friendly to me and guide me patiently just like my current company?

Most importantly, is this what I want???

Letter from my sponsor kid Thailand

I received a letter from my sponsor kid yesterday. Her name is Rodphon from Thailand. She 10 years old. The letter was written in Thai language and is translated into English by Volunteer from World Vision.

The letter was about her hobby and what she normally do at home. Even though it's just a simple letter, it put a smile on my face. I feel very happy and sweet. She even drew flower underneath the letter. But I guess because she got limited colour pencil, she only used green, red colour pencil and normal pencil to colour the flower. See! How lucky we are? Remember when we were young we used to colour pencils that have complete set of 36 colours. The minimum types of colour we had was like... 12 colours?

I really hope to become her close friend one day. Beside giving her financial support, also guide her and give her advise on her problems. Will work hard to build up our relationship.

Johor - KL - Miri - KL - Johor

I went to Miri for Shell Recruitment Day. So, during the past few days I spent most of my time on public transport. Took bus, then flight, then taxi, then flight and flight again, then taxi. Fuh! Tiring!! Well, at least I get to experience how is it like travelling alone to an unfamiliar place. Before this, I always hope for a chance to travel by flight. But now, too much of flying man... 3 rounds in 3 days? That's damn a lot. I'm sick of flying!..........for now. hihi.....

At first I planned to walk around in Miri if there is time after interview. So the first thing I did when I touched the ground of Miri was grab the local map from the Miri airport and check out for interesting places. However, due to the long hour activities of the interview, in the end of the day my energy was all drained. So no mood to go already. And it's already very late, most of the shop or places in Miri closed by 5pm! Can you believe that?! Oh well, at least I get to go to the beach behind the house where the interview is held.

Yesterday, I was in LCCT. It was around 12.00am and I wanted to find a place to sit down and surf net while waiting for my flight back to Johor early in the morning. The first choice is of course McDonald's. Everyone knows that Mc Donald's operate 24 hours.

(Closing down??? not 24 hours meh?)

But as I was sitting down, setting up my laptop, few of the workers started to arrange the chairs and pull down the rolling steel door. "Closing???" I asked one of the workers. "Yes, for today." "Not 24 hours meh?" I asked again, but I didn't get any reply. Fine. I grabbed all my stuff and shifted to a restaurant opposite Mc Donald's, which also has a 24 hours sign in front of their shop. Before my seat got heated up by my butt, the worker started to close their shop, AGAIN! I was like what the hell? My memory of nearly being chase out from Vietnam International Airport because they didn't allow people to spend overnight there flashed through my mind. Don't tell me LCCT is doing the same thing to me! I quickly went to the information booth and asked the person incharge there what's going on. Only then I know that they are actually closing down for 3 hours to do the fogging. Phew! I'm not the unlucky after all. So in the end I settle down outside Mc Donald's.

What a great experience.......

(together with SRD candidates and the HR)