Super rain today...

Got back to main building just in time this evening, with dark clouds looming over the site casting menacing shadows across the face of earth. Having to witness the test run of the liquid ring pump(LRP) as it had failed twice before, i was approximately 5 storeys above ground where the LRP is. The test run was successful and it was the first time i attended such test run of LRP, with the suction pressure, flow and power consumption was closely monitored and vibration readings were tracked.

Anyway, just before leaving the main building, several dry lightning strikes clapped as i walked along the corridor towards the exit. Started to jog as i felt time was short and as anticipated, the sky opened up with HUGE blots of raindrops and torrent rain plummeted to the ground as i stood 10 metres away from my car underneath the shelter.

In the end, had to make do with a small umbrella and dashed to my car. The drive back was challenging too. With visibility reducing to 10 metres at times and having to drive through deep water at times. Think my undercarriage is now 'cleaned' with rain water, thank goodness the car didnt stall. =P

Oh well, it was an experience. =D And had an informative lunch today, as i learnt about what the contract and procurement people does in their daily work. heh heh. Shall keep it a secret first, see how things unfold from here.

Hiaz.... Strange how the human mind works. I realised that my anxiety and panic attacks from fear of relapse had more or less vanished, but worries still linger and i am still able to keep them under control. =D Really have to think about what i want to achieve in life, and head towards that. But actually, there are so many dreams i want to achieve, had realised several of my dreams and now still sort of in limbo. thus will have to think about what dreams i wanna fulfill and prioritise them soon. =P

heh heh ..

After years of cold feet, literally cold feet as my circulation to my extremities are no that good. So during the period of flu, i got myself a pair of woollen socks. Not only that, they are toe socks. =D



They do keep my feet warm and yes, i wear them till late morning and is comfortable, not hot at all. Can still remember the salesgirl saying: They are for wearing with shoes in cold climate .. little will she ever guess it is for wearing at home IN Singapore. =P

Now brewing the chinese herbs. Have not been drinking them since the bout of flu, so starting today again.

A shocking strike, 13 wonders and a surprise coursemate!

Last Friday, as i was driving back home along ECP at Keppel flyover area, on the curve towards Marina South in Lane 1 (outer most lane) when i saw an object hurling towards me from the other side of the expressway. I was travelling at about 85 km/h at that time, and the object (likely a rock) was a streak of shadow that came at me, but with a lorry on my left and wall on my right with a car behind.

I cant possibly apply emergency brake (nor do i have the reaction time to do that actually..). So just served a tiny bit to the right and "PEE_ARK!!"- a freaking loud sound thundered from my windscreen and .....


This was taken on the next day at Tampines for those not familiar with the east. another shot from the outside, 4 impact points which can be seen from the outside, 1 main and 3 minor ones. Hmmm.. i look good with most of my face covered. =P

Well.. as for the 13 wonders. Heh. Another special win this year, and this would be my 3rd time winning the 13 wonders. Rather quick as i started with 10 of the required cards and i won from Fen's discarded 東. =)



After this short recap of some highlights from the past, back to today. I have recovered 80% from flu by today, and went for the Dry Gas Seal training by JohnCrane at Tuas. Surprise surprise! Met Dawn who went for the same training. Caught up with her on latest happenings and .. heh heh.. obtained some juicy news too! =P heh. Time to go sleep... at least starting to blog more frequently liao. hope the momentum continues.

Down with flu

Been down with flu since Friday evening. All because of a sudden downpour when i was out in the plant on Friday. I was observing the test run of the compressor when it started to rain. As they were starting up the compressor then, there was no point for me to cycle back for the raincoat. The belt was loose previously as it is a new belt (motor to compressor), so after tensioning, need to test run off line to confirm that all is okay.

After the compressor was started, the belt looks to be in proper tension but there was still a rattling sound. So started to diagnose by going around to determine the source of the sound, and touching the belt guard to feel for where the vibration is coming from. Apparently the belt guard was loose and had distorted over time, thus the contractors were told to mend that before the compressor can be brought online. heh. interesting.

Hiaz.. so today on MC, not good, 2 consecutive Mondays liao. Need to get my body back to healthy status ASAP, but the freaky weather is not helping, sunny then sudden downpours. =P

Wonderful time at Shell Life. =D

It was a long long week at KL. Shell Life was the course i attended, and it was a full day program, so full that i had thought that it was already Thursday when it was only Tues night. Due to the phone off policy, i was not able to take photos as and when i wanted to. Thus only a few pictures were taken, all on the last day actually. However, will be getting the group photos from others. heh. =D



Learnt quite a fair bit from the course, information and learning was well paced. Good exposure for me, especially on communication skills as i picked up quite a bit of good stuff. The hotel was Crowne Plaza and the course was conducted at the lower penthouse, which is 30 floors up and comes with a swimming pool, of which the sign at the pool is of interest as you can see in the picture i took:



Interesting how the VERY first line of the rules conveys the purpose of the 'swimming' pool built at the 30th floor.... is it a Feng Shui thingy? Or just a waste of money/lack of foresight? =P

In the sun..... and about the escape.

Took a few more pictures of baby vios and putting up 2. =D Sorry, just sharing my joy =P




Was chatting with Yongxi last night on the Mas Selamat escape. Looks like he had watched one too many episodes of Prison Break. =P This time, can come up with Prison Break, Singapore edition liao. Wonder why are the police not using their sniffer dogs or infra-red cameras or stuff to scan the forested areas. Wouldn't it be faster that way?

If only a reward is posted on information leading to capture of the terrorist. Then the ENTIRE nation will be on the hunt for him over the weekend. 2 million people looking for ONE person (have to exclude children, youngsters and people working during the weekend), the odds of him running away will be very slim. just $10,000 reward will do, and you can see how the entire Singapore is mobilised. Total Defense. =)

Rainy day today

Came back after filling up with Shell 95 for my baby vios. =) Since the car is wet, decided to give it a wash. After polishing it for CNY, the car is rather shiny and only need to touch up once a while.

Unfortunately, have to wash once a week cos it there are always soot deposit on the car after 5 days at Jurong island. once i made the mistake of not washing it off till 2 weeks later, then kana stain on the paintwork. Lucky can still remove using Duragloss #521.



Tada! The before and after pictures, the shine is nice, maybe take a few in the sun later. =P



And yes, i like the shine. =P Silver ride cos it is the showroom car, can get some discount off. ;P yes yes.. cheapo me, lucky the colour is ok with me. And my car starts will SJB, collected on 28th Dec 07. Singapore-Johor Bahru? Or just Sin Jia Bo..... =P