ME
The following sentence is a japanese proverb which i totally agree with.." Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods."
explains alot about me huh... heehee
Thursday, May 03, 2007
A minute of silence.
* readers' discretion advised. long n boring post with vulgarities.*
lets observe a minute of silence and pray for the 2 ppl who lost their lives in this morning's accident.
Got shock when i went to work tdy and the first thing i read in my email was that there had been a fire at PAC this morning at around 1 plus am. n 2 lives had been lost and another 2 injured. Everything felt so surreal.. Altho i dun know them personally, my heart just went out to their families and frens. Juz felt that anyt can happen anytime. one minute u can be standing here tokg n laffing and the next moment you might juz be dead.
Both deceased were contractors. Not too sure of the details but according to this guy from the company, the 4 guys were doin de-blinding when oil rushed out as they removed the blind. the oil caught fire and they could not get away in time..
this guy also said sth which i tot was very true.. normally, for 'abnormal' or extraordinary jobs which involves high risk of injury, we would come up with the potential hazards and steps to mitigate them.. but usually, the injuries and deaths are not caused by these high risks jobs, but during the routine jobs.. jobs which are being carried out day in day out all the time.. we juz get so numb to doin it that we become complacent n forget the risk we're putting our lives in when carrying them out.
This incident just reminds me of how dangerous working in a refinery can be. you're surrounded by hydrocarbon, hydrogen and all sorts of flammable substances. it never really occurred to me until tdy.. i mean, usually i feel quite safe walkin arnd in teh refinery.. so i'm actually putting my life on the line for 1.2k a mth! haaaah ok la kiddin. its fun n interesting ma.
anw, ya.. i'm really q sadden by this incident. =(
n work hasn't been that great either. it sucks when nobody takes me seriously cos i'm juz on attachment. n its starting to take a toll on me. for the past few weeks, all i've been doing is filing, photocopying, printing, setting up the laptop n projector, book mtg rooms, order lunch, blah blah blah.. u get the idea.
initially they tried giving me some stuff to do. but its kinda impossible to complete those stuff when i'm not in the loop of wats goin on cos this contractor guy juz doesn't copy the mails to me cos i'm only an attachment student. not even when my mentor tells him to do so. at first, i tried to get as much information as i can from other sources.. but after awhile, i realised that this method is quite inefficient n more often than not, by the time i found the info, my colleagues would hve already solved the prob. guess my colleagues realised tt too n so they juz decided to solve it themselves. but they felt tt shld give me some stuff to do.. n tt's how i end up becoming like their personal assistants. pui. tmd dulan.
n it doesn't help when they juz tell me to photocopy stuff for them like i'm supposed to be there on attachment to learn how to use the photocopying machine.. hello...i'm not being paid to do tt.. n thanks would be nice too. fucked up. n i'm already being v mild tempered while typing this le. it could hve easily been 2 paragraphs of vulgarities. tt's how pissed off i am.
not entirely their fault oso la. guess part of it is juz me. i hate it when ppl tell me wat to do. especially to do stuff for them when i dun hve to. its juz the attitude and tone they use ba. c'mon man, who the fuck do you tink you are.. if u want me to help u do your stuff den u'l hve to make me respect you first. if not, fuck off.. or juz ask nicely. ok fine. my ego at play here but tt's the way i am.
haiz. enough of grumbling. juz feels gd to get it out. haha. n sorry for the vulgarities. cant help it.
work is not the only thing tt is bothering me now. time is passing so quickly. exams are over or almost over n everyone is moving out le. N most of the ppl i hang arnd in hall are the ones moving out. sianz. n juz nice trng oso stop... sianz to the power of 2... argh.
ok shall not dwell in lousy stuff le. (not like i haven dwelled enough.. hahah) got some interesting stuff oso la.
went for lunch w uncle beng tdy. =) the usual ppl i hve lunch w were not arnd or busy tdy. so Joey accompanied me for a quick lunch before she left to go soemwhere. so aft my quick lunch i went outside the bldg to hve some fresh air (which isn't exactly v fresh considering where i work...)n uncle beng happened to be on his way back fr the refinery. so he jioed me go drink kopi w him. maybe cos i dun work w him, talking to him seems so much easier n relaxing. or maybe cos he's v comical, i oso dunno. but anw, tt 'kopi date' really made my day a million times better. Its weird how sometimes ppl who are not v significant in your life can make your day by doin the smallest things.
hm i went for my first practical lesson ystd n i passed! woohoo! hahaah n its damn fun! n i'm goin for another lesson tmr. hee n maybe i'l pop by my aunt's place tmr to visit my aunt uncle cousin n niece! =)
finally cut my hair. shiokz! i like my new haircut.
i made a lemon tart and my mum says its nice! haha i haven tried it yet. if its really nice, i shall make more n let u guys try. haha
ok i shall go find some stuff to do.. hahaha like watch tv..
nitez!
lets observe a minute of silence and pray for the 2 ppl who lost their lives in this morning's accident.
Got shock when i went to work tdy and the first thing i read in my email was that there had been a fire at PAC this morning at around 1 plus am. n 2 lives had been lost and another 2 injured. Everything felt so surreal.. Altho i dun know them personally, my heart just went out to their families and frens. Juz felt that anyt can happen anytime. one minute u can be standing here tokg n laffing and the next moment you might juz be dead.
Both deceased were contractors. Not too sure of the details but according to this guy from the company, the 4 guys were doin de-blinding when oil rushed out as they removed the blind. the oil caught fire and they could not get away in time..
this guy also said sth which i tot was very true.. normally, for 'abnormal' or extraordinary jobs which involves high risk of injury, we would come up with the potential hazards and steps to mitigate them.. but usually, the injuries and deaths are not caused by these high risks jobs, but during the routine jobs.. jobs which are being carried out day in day out all the time.. we juz get so numb to doin it that we become complacent n forget the risk we're putting our lives in when carrying them out.
This incident just reminds me of how dangerous working in a refinery can be. you're surrounded by hydrocarbon, hydrogen and all sorts of flammable substances. it never really occurred to me until tdy.. i mean, usually i feel quite safe walkin arnd in teh refinery.. so i'm actually putting my life on the line for 1.2k a mth! haaaah ok la kiddin. its fun n interesting ma.
anw, ya.. i'm really q sadden by this incident. =(
n work hasn't been that great either. it sucks when nobody takes me seriously cos i'm juz on attachment. n its starting to take a toll on me. for the past few weeks, all i've been doing is filing, photocopying, printing, setting up the laptop n projector, book mtg rooms, order lunch, blah blah blah.. u get the idea.
initially they tried giving me some stuff to do. but its kinda impossible to complete those stuff when i'm not in the loop of wats goin on cos this contractor guy juz doesn't copy the mails to me cos i'm only an attachment student. not even when my mentor tells him to do so. at first, i tried to get as much information as i can from other sources.. but after awhile, i realised that this method is quite inefficient n more often than not, by the time i found the info, my colleagues would hve already solved the prob. guess my colleagues realised tt too n so they juz decided to solve it themselves. but they felt tt shld give me some stuff to do.. n tt's how i end up becoming like their personal assistants. pui. tmd dulan.
n it doesn't help when they juz tell me to photocopy stuff for them like i'm supposed to be there on attachment to learn how to use the photocopying machine.. hello...i'm not being paid to do tt.. n thanks would be nice too. fucked up. n i'm already being v mild tempered while typing this le. it could hve easily been 2 paragraphs of vulgarities. tt's how pissed off i am.
not entirely their fault oso la. guess part of it is juz me. i hate it when ppl tell me wat to do. especially to do stuff for them when i dun hve to. its juz the attitude and tone they use ba. c'mon man, who the fuck do you tink you are.. if u want me to help u do your stuff den u'l hve to make me respect you first. if not, fuck off.. or juz ask nicely. ok fine. my ego at play here but tt's the way i am.
haiz. enough of grumbling. juz feels gd to get it out. haha. n sorry for the vulgarities. cant help it.
work is not the only thing tt is bothering me now. time is passing so quickly. exams are over or almost over n everyone is moving out le. N most of the ppl i hang arnd in hall are the ones moving out. sianz. n juz nice trng oso stop... sianz to the power of 2... argh.
ok shall not dwell in lousy stuff le. (not like i haven dwelled enough.. hahah) got some interesting stuff oso la.
went for lunch w uncle beng tdy. =) the usual ppl i hve lunch w were not arnd or busy tdy. so Joey accompanied me for a quick lunch before she left to go soemwhere. so aft my quick lunch i went outside the bldg to hve some fresh air (which isn't exactly v fresh considering where i work...)n uncle beng happened to be on his way back fr the refinery. so he jioed me go drink kopi w him. maybe cos i dun work w him, talking to him seems so much easier n relaxing. or maybe cos he's v comical, i oso dunno. but anw, tt 'kopi date' really made my day a million times better. Its weird how sometimes ppl who are not v significant in your life can make your day by doin the smallest things.
hm i went for my first practical lesson ystd n i passed! woohoo! hahaah n its damn fun! n i'm goin for another lesson tmr. hee n maybe i'l pop by my aunt's place tmr to visit my aunt uncle cousin n niece! =)
finally cut my hair. shiokz! i like my new haircut.
i made a lemon tart and my mum says its nice! haha i haven tried it yet. if its really nice, i shall make more n let u guys try. haha
ok i shall go find some stuff to do.. hahaha like watch tv..
nitez!
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And all your frens will read them.
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