Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Diary-26/05/2009

Another same day, nothing much different. I think this is almost the end of the diary, since there are nothing much new to be added here. I might only update here is there are something special happened. Thanks for the support!!!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Diary-25/05/2009

Today is yet another work day, wake up a bit late, rush till company at 820am, not bad also, new house really have shorter road.

Start to work, nothing special also, start to get better with some higher rank people.

Mike a bit naughty today, since Mr. To is not around, and he seems happy because he successfully get a porn from some people's laptop and plan to watch at night with his wife. When I ask him:"Do you think I am suitable for this work", he said "Sure, what also can success if you willing to do" (Eugene tell me Mike is too optimist at the moment, no comment).

I got reason why I ask Mike that question. I just receive a phone call asking for interview from a company name True Water Cooling Tower S/B. Some how I just reject the offer for interview. Later when I reach home, I accept another offer from IME Technology S/B. End up I also reject it. (I end up lost again when travel home. Frustrated x 8).

At night go play badminton, lost badly. My boss, David, and another uncle, all end up come and teach me the basic of playing badminton. Well, I would like to learn that. Just don't understand why David ask his 9 years old daughter call me uncle...... His daughter, don't know what name, have a better skill then me also......

Some how another tiring day, end up I everyday just sleep 5 hours, some how I hope can sleep more......

Diary-24/05/2009

This day diary is quite lay backed, since I only managed to publish at Monday evening. Anyway straight to the point.

Eventually I spend my Saturday night sleeping at my friend's Lam Thow Kong's rented room at Kelana D'Putra. The reason why I am there is because I need his help for finding rooms. The journey to his house is totally a mess, since I somehow took 2 hours to travel from USJ 2 to Kelana Jaya. (Ling Chi Bing=road idiot). My objective there is to find room, but end up watching people play dota......

The above happened at Saturday night. I manage to wake up at 9am at Sunday. It is mostly due to the habit of waking up early everyday. (Wonder why Thow Kong can sleep until 1pm......) That's why we start looking for room at late afternoon. We manage to move all stuff from my usj house to car, then stand by at Kelana D'Putra there. Somehow, I still decide to rent Kelana D'Putra.

Get a small room (really small) at price of RM260, with the contract of one year (don't know I can stay for so long or not), deposit of 2 months. It is quite cheap actually, but somehow I still need to find a car park for rent, since here don't have places for that.

When I decide to park my car outside the condo, one of my wheel fell into a hole (it is actually not a hole also, because it is initially being cement as road, and don't ask me why when my wheel move above the cement, it will become a hole). Luckily Thow Kong was beside me that time, and somehow we manage to move the wheel out after using almost half an hours time.

Busy day, tiring day, not enough sleep again......

(Let me introduce Mr. Lam Thow Kong to all my friends. I know him since I was form 1. We played hide and seek at school after the afternoon session end, around 6 something like that, after almost every other people left, but I think just form 1 got play. We have been in same class till form 5, stick quite close together. After form 5, he start to drive car, and he usually go to my house and fetch me go out together like go tuition or cyber cafe, until my parents also know him. We also applied JPA together (form 5 one), but end up he get bio technology at Australia.
He is a lucky boy. Talented, with a quite handsome face and good ratio body, above average family, good personality. He is now working at KL in Accenture, having a salary much more higher then me eventhough we both are fresh graduate. Really an old, true, and good friend. Thank you!!!!!!)

A bit frustrated. I already put my meebo/msn nick as http://lingchibing.blogspot.com. People even questioned me when I msn them say I got blog. Don't that link looks like a blog!!!!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Diary-23/05/2009

Today is Saturday, still have to work......

Anyway since this is Saturday, so I don't have to set off earlier, since there won't be any traffic jam on road (according to others). So, I end up wake up a bit late, actually also late for 30minutes, and have time to eat breakfast with Han Lyn. After that I go to work.

Reach site with finally using the correct road (first time correct after 4 days). Glad to see Eugene is back to work from his MC. Followed Ah Keong go do marking at site (I still poor at recognize the building structure and map, need to work hard on that later). Have lunch with my manager Mr. To (free meal again, feel a bit shy). Have some chats with him, he is a really capable person. Anyway he still think this field is not suitable for me, I have to work much more harder to prove to him.

Eventually, inside site, the communication style is totally different with the world that I have been living for so many years. Instantly, when you meet a person, you have to communicate with him as if he is your old good friend. There are no words like shy, "paiseh", at here. I am still quite weak at this field, need to overcome my mindset.

After lunch, I follow To go site walk with Mr. Chin, one of the coordinator of M&E. M&E are those parts including cold and hot water piping, sanitary piping, electrical, air con system, etc. I am working for those cold and hot water and sanitary piping. Once a big man from main con or developer want to go around (so call site walk), all sub con representative (usually M&E are all sub con out) have to follow them go around. Anyway, the site walk consume a lot of time, almost 3 hours. Again, To shows great attitude. For all the problem being discovered during site walk, he don't even mention or care about how the problem occured. Means he no blame or scold anyone, but straight away think of solution to solve all those problems. (How long am I going to be like that, there are mountains to climb......)

After site walk then I go back home. Actually I just have to work half day for Saturday, but end up reach home at 6pm.

Here is another story that I want to share here, it is about Han Lyn's house owner. Initially when i came, she welcomed me. Then she allowed me to temporary stay at her house. She want me to stay there sharing room with Han Lyn till September until got empty room. But after I travel to my site, I found out that it is really far for me to travel from there to workplace (30km just to travel to site, means I everyday have to drive for 60km, and pay Rm5.20 tol). When she start to understand that I am not staying there, she start to move my thing around. When I start work, everyday when I reach back home I already exhausted. Which means, I don't have time to look for new places to stay at weekdays. Then at today, when I reach home, she change her statement from "you can actually share room with Han Lyn untill September (Han Lyn room is pretty small, is actually very pack if I sleep together inside)" into "I think you should move away at Sunday, here is too pack for too many people". Not really feeling upset actually, since reality is always like that. Also is my mistake, since believe in something not practical at the starting stage. But a bit frustrated actually. I got a few methods of solution. One is temporary live at other people house, and find slowly for a room to let. This is the alternate and moderate solution, but I don't want to trouble myself to move all my stuffs to one house, then after a short period of times move away again. It is also quite miserable to stay with friends' family. Not really want to think about it. Another solution is rent condo room at my old best friend, Lam Thow Kong's condo. This might be the fastest solution, but if I am going to live here, then I have to pay at least RM500 per month just for accommodation (rooms with full furnished, since I so need washing machince, and need rent parking slot somemore here). RM500 is such a big amount of money to me actually. Another way is give up condo, just find a normal house room with RM300++. Why I want a good room? Well, I work at a very bad condition site, great pressure, somehow I hope I can gain some kind of comfort when reach home. RM 300 might bring risk that I will become more tempered when reach home. And does my physical and mental comfort really worth RM500. Another decision have to be make, and in a short period of time.

My weekend......

One fun fact that I recognize today. Somehow I feel Eugene seems familiar. After scratching my head for a few minutes, I realize why I think so. This is because his voice, is total similar/same with Yi Jin's voice.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Diary-22/05/2009

I like my job!!!!!!

I just officially started my job at site for around 3 days. Eventually, I don't hate it. Quite like the place there (despite the really bad environment, why can't they just construct buildings inside a big air con room). The job scope of me is really wide. Very amazing to see my project manager handle so many things (almost everything) easily even though he just worked for 3 years like that. Wonder how long only can I reach his standard.

Somehow, I also quite like all the people here, always got surprise. Some foreign workers very pro, every people have different stories, etc. One funny fact is, in the site, almost every people know use the word "diu", including different races people. Quite funny listen Malays saying the word "diu". So even know words like "mahai", "lan jiao".

I am wearing white colour safety helmet. It is somehow the symbol of supervisor, hence all workers also greet me properly. It is somehow great, since can supervise so many things when just graduate.

Anyway, I might just feel excited about this new field of job. Really don't know how long will I stick here. But I hope can help me colleague to complete this site first......

Today is the third day for me to go to site, and I still end up using wrong road to my work place. Really frustrated when think about it. Hopefully tomorrow I can make it correctly.

Really tired. For so many days I have never been slept for more then 6 hours. Hope I can have more 2 hours tonight.

(want to go to apply touch and go and postpaid soon, but no time also......)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Diary-21/05/2009

Second day to site. Manage to wake up early, settle everything, brought a newspaper then jump on car and start at 715am. Reach NKVE Jalan Duta Tol at 8am. Such an early time. Then, I end up getting into wrong road, and repeat the same mistaken road yesterday...... (means lost 1 more time). Somehow, this time I lost more systematically, and make up to site at 830am (there gone my times for newspaper)...

Today Eugene MC, so I follow another s ite supervisor, Mike (an experienced worker from Myanmar) for today. In our site there are 3 blocks, so we have 3 site supervisors and 1 project manager. For those who saw me recently, you all should know how fat and big size I am. But, the other 2 supervisors are having sizes bigger then me! Anyway, their ability are undoubtable since they can work in Qudotech for so long.

Nothing special, I follow Mike travel around sites doing his stuff (he got 1 company motor, the motor so pity, need carry 2 huge mass), listen to his story. He is really damn cute, can't believe that he already 31 years old. After lunch I go do marking with 1 subcon supervisor name ah keong. Not much work to do today, btu still got far more to learn.

After work I rush back to home, then go togegther with Han Lyn to badminton with our boss David (I really prefer call him "boss" then "David"). Han Lyn told me that there people all very strong. We warm up a bit, then start 1 double, where I team with David's son (13 years old, strong in badminton, I think better then Ah Dee), and Han Lyn team with another people there. We start our match, and I think I played my best match ever (due to the pressure of boss around......) , end up lost. Never played such exhausting match. David did come and motivate me after my game, but how come he add sentences like "your leg can't support your body"...... Anywhere, it is quite a good experience, I really like sports, and I will try to make it every monday and thursday.

I think thats all for today, still got plenty to share, but really damn tired. Still got a large amount of clothes to wash......

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Diary-20/05/2009

Today is the day that I can meet with my beloved Mr. David Tan and Mr. Chee and others, but have to move to site to meet strangers.

Back to the topic, today initially i plan to wake up at 6am, end up 7am. Oh my God, late for 1 hours!!! I manage to rush out from my house at 7:35, and head to Mont Kiara from my place USJ 2. A bit jam actually, and I scared I can't reach my site before 8:30am (Is my officially first day to site, and meet my new manager. Han Lyn's partner told me that my manager is a very strict person, hence I don't want to be late at the first day).

At 8:25am, I manage to get out tol at NKVE Jalan Duta. I somehow notice the building of my site just at my right hand site!!! So happy at that moment. End up, I follow a wrong road, and don't know go to where already. My thick map books somehow doesn't really help me at all, and I have to phone my new manager for several times (I can feel he not feel so patient already), stop and ask nearby people. When I manage to make it to my site (Solaris Dutamas 2), it is already 9:45am......

No people scold me anyway, and I get to meet my new partner name eugene. He is a nice guy. So temporary I will be under him until I learn how to do works myself. I also meet my manager, Mr. To. (and many many many more sites supervisor, workers, main com, architerct, subcon, coordinator, developer, etc......)

This job really undescribable (means I can't use any word to describe it, it is something amazing, miracle, astonish, but not really that good......). I learn so many new things everyday, new and many until I don't feel like I learn anything before I work here(something like baby just being borned out).

Site's condition is really disaster. Almost every breath got dust. It is the worst place for mechanical engineer to work with. I don't think more then 10 people of our badges mechanical engineers will willing to work on site (somehow Han Lyn totally didn't tell me anything).

However, as David and Chee told me, I can't just run away from problems when I face them. i just can't said that I feel hard then I run away. I have to think of solution to cope with it. So I will try my best to stay as long as possible to help out my colleague. (Today lunch is free again, a man name Mr. Chin, the M&E boss of the whole site is being influenced by my manager Mr. To to treat us all eat, eventhough it is just at the site cantine).

So that's all I want to share for today. I lost again when coming back, and take 1 hours instead of 30minutes. Do post some comments if don't understand or want to know more, so that I can know that still got some people that really concern about me.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Diary-19/05/2009

This is the second day, I still have to go back to office to continue starring at the drawings. I start to become naughty even though is just the second day. I start to feel sleepy and unfocused. Too bad. Need to change.

Chee ask me to photostat 2 books to take for study. I found out that I even worst then Wei Pin's philipine maid, since I took more then 30minuted to complete my task... Sweat......

Having lunch with my boss, dear Mr. David Tan today, adding another new companion named Mr. Phoon (I heard is a very experienced site supervisor). This is the most horrible meal I have ever attend. As a fresh graduate and a junior, I am the one that should be polite. Somehow, I miss out most of the chance and sit there quietly, while Mr. Chee and Mr. Phoon busying around with the chinese tea.... Really ashamed when need them pour tea for me. The most embarassing moment occured when I finally grab a chance to pour tea, I miss heard my boss "thank you" as "No, thank you", and I end up didn't pour for him...... There are really a huge distant between me with the success line.

Somehow I really like to listen to Mr. David's speech. he somehow motivated me again, even with just a lunch conversation like that. He ask me to go play badminton with them. As I know, our almighty han lyn has lost eventhough he is partnering with someone same level with opponent, and the opponent let them win 5 balls. Then the great David tell me:"You must pay to learn". (Every lost match need to pay RM5, han lyn also never win......)

Tomorrow I have to go to Mont Kiara and no need to go back to office. I will miss them, and thanks Meavis for her kind assitant on teaching me how to travel to my site. Hope somehow I can make it tomorrow. (I have been given safety shoes, a meter ruler, and white helmet at the first day......)

Diary-18/05/2009

An important day for my life, a memorable day, since this is the official date for my first ever permanent engineering work!!!

Let's have a brief introduction on my work. I work as a project engineer in a company name Qudotech based at Subang USJ 20. It basically involves jobs of sub-con in plumbing (piping) systems. So actually i have been assigned to site in Mont Kiara. My salary is RM2k + Rm300 allowance. I am driving my house old Wira, and temporary living with my coursemate Lai Han Lyn at USJ 2, just opposite Summit Shopping Mall.

First day i set off to work, managed to reach my office before 9am. I entered my office, grab the offer letter, then meet my dear project director, Mr. Chee. I respect him a lot (a bit scare also), he show me that this world still have good engineer. He ask me to have a look on the drawings of Mont Kiara site.
Here come the first challenge... Once open the paper, that one is totally a civil drawing!!! Doesn't mean any offence, but somehow, the technical drawing that I come true are only simple machine components drawing. Look at those civil drawing, the first 30minutes, i totally have no idea at all on what is it all about. I ask dear Chee, he told me if got any problem then can ask him. (I really don't dare ask him too simple and comment sense question, but end up i ask him whether a door symbol is a door or not......) . It is really a start from zero job. He ask me to generate the view of the building through the drawings, if not i might lost in the site. He also ask me whether I got good sense of direction or not... (this is a very hard and subjective question for me to answer, I not really like direction...)

Eventually, Mr Chee is my project director. Then my company director, Mr David Tan is my boss. He ask me to enter his room to give me some introduction talks. He told me that I should have posistive on attitude, effort, ability. There is always price to pay to success. I am quite impressed actually, and he really is a good motivator. Somehow he told me that I should read English newspaper everyday, that's one of the reason why I am writing an English blog and start to buy The Star everyday (got read or not is another matter though).

Later, I have lunch with Chee, our company secretary Tiffany, accountant Miss Tan, and another same age fresh graduate mechanical female name Meavis (first time see this name, when i heard I thought is Mary). Quite embarassing somehow, I really don't know how to communicate like I usual did, especially sometimes they speak english, sometimes cantonese, and i feel a bit weird since all of them talk to me in english... (hard to tell jokes and express myself in english......)

After eat, continue with my work!!! Surprisingly, I don't feel tired at all, eventhough whole day just stare at the 50pages++ drawings. Somehow with helps from others I start to understand the drawings. A quite big and complicated buildings though, and most of the time I am just looking at toilets and bathrooms...... (don't ask me why, just think that there will be my working place later).

Diary-introduction

So one of my plan is write something about me everyday in this blog. One of the reason is because somehow I am a bit tired and lack of time to share my daily "adventure" with most of my friends. And somehow my friends are curious and care on how I m doing in my new job. Hence this diary might be a good solution for me and others. I never really wrote any diary like that ever, since for those friends that know me well enough, will understand that my laziness will stop me from this type of daily routine hard work. Hope it can somehow cure my laziness.

Introduction

Welcome to my blog!

For those who concern, this is my second blog. There are some reasons why i want to create a new blog here.
  1. Last time blog was basically chinese based, now I want to create a majority english based blog
  2. Now I started the working stage of my live, so this blog will basically based on event occurred after my study
Welcome again, happy blogging =)