it's confirmed. (all) the mechanics will be "released-from-duty" by the management commencing next month. sheesh. the routine/boring morning meeting suddenly shifted from something of little importance to a major disruption in the way things work here. the picture is quite clear now: i'd be wielding pipes, drilling holes and greasing valves etc starting next month. it'll be exciting in a way, but i didn't expect it to be that abrupt. c'mon la, there's a fine line between doing hands-on work and forced labor. haih~
being the most "apparent" source of free labor here- franky, i'm a bit worried.
it happened again. my blog (the html codes, to be exact) vanished while i was updating the blog. hurm, im starting to hate it. especially when the thumbdrive's not working and the pc's a couple of centuries old here. sheesh. guess i'll stick with this one for the time being.
work's getting redundant aka boring now, and the fact that i'm just in my second week here- there's this disturbing feeling when i think of how i'll "endure" the remainding 7 months++. but, one of the engineers (i have a specific supervisor assigned to me but every engineer in the department IS granted the supervising power. hehe) spoke to me about some assignments/projects, which i'm quite excited about. i've spent the first 2 days this week doing nothing and i'm starting to feel a bit urm.. guilty?
one thing i hate most about labuan is the heat. damn hot~ it's only 830+am yet the heat is blistering. sheesh.
i had a meeting with the team just now, and today's going to be another work-less day. boring. then the overzealous and extremely protective team leader went berserk over the complaint they get from the manager. some of the mechanics/technicians were caught "resting" during work hour. huahaha.
it's going to be a long and boring day today. but hey, i'm going back tomorrow. at least there's something to look forward to =)
i went out with bob and max yesterday after work- had a few drinks, made some updates (read: gossip). hehe.
1 week! i've been here for a week now, and so far it had been great. i wasn't sure what to do during the first few days +i was a bit reluctant to ask too much then, so i ended up bugging the instep guys (they're in their final week of internship) and followed them around the office and plant. the maintenance guys are great (at least most are), and my supervisor is ok, a plump, not-so-talkative guy who happens to be eating something all the time. hehe.
me: hello, m labuan? mr mohd s ada? (with distinct sabahan accent)
operator: urm, dia tiada di ofis tau.. dia pegi sembahyang jumaat.
me: erk. urm.
operator: hello??
me: i'll call back later. thank you. (hang-up then malu sorang2)
that was last week. the hunt for mr mohd "s" ended with the confirmation i desperately seek, yet semi-conciously, tried my best to avoid.
anyway, it's official. i'm goin to labuan on the 15th and will report for duty (report for duty? whahaha.) on the 16th. i guess it's about time i put a stop to all this over-the-top melodrama. hehe. i'll stay with some friends until i get a place of my own- maybe after the other interns get there in january (ums, polytechnic etc).
holiday's ultimately dull so far. none of the guys is around. it rained practically everyday- humid, sombre, cold, boring = sleep + eat. gained at least 3kg (= 1 fat-laden bulk around the waist). we'll see if i can get rid of it just as fast.
i've always see it as the end of the cycle. but somehow this time it's a beginning to something new. uncertainties? yeah. a lot. excited? u-huh. when i actually make myself think hard, i guess it's the whole "hi! nice to meet you, i'm new here." part that i detest so much. well yeah, i agree that's just the tiny part of it. but i just can't let it pass. is that an early indication of a progressive anti-social-ism (pardon the language)? hehe. the way i picture internship was far off from what i feel now.
apart from that, life's great. i left perak today, and i might not be coming back for say, another 8 months? i see that as a blessing for now- and i hope it stays that way.
dick* will be working for the big-green-blob soon, just like many of those before him who sold their soul to the big-green-blob.
he is a bit nervous about it but secretly hoping for a dramatic start.
the start was indeed dramatic, or at least it was not totally lackluster.
dick* is now no longer on a new, unfamiliar water that used to bug him so much - he knows now that being not-unfamiliar actually opens up more wooziness.
