Ship's visit - Oracle

Going to blog about my work again, since today can be considered as the turning point of my II. I managed to went on one of their tanker today! woohoo!! But the day didnt really start out right :)

In the morning, I am super SUPER excited! haha.. It started to drizzle a bit, but well, the weather didnt affect my enthusiasm :) Throughout the journey, I keep praying that there wont be any last minute changes or calls. BUT... my phone rang! When i saw the msg, i am super shocked! the msg goes like this: Soopei, rmb to bring your IC to pass the immigration point. WAO, i think a lot of people know that i dont usually carry my IC everywhere and anywhere, so this means i have to go home and take. I FLEW home. haha.. and ran like mad. In the end, i am stuck in a jam @8.50am when i have to reach office by 9.30am, and for your info, i am still near my own area, which means i need about 1hr to get to my office! In the end, i flagged for a cab and reach there on the dot! phew. i am super afraid that the uncle will leave without me! :p haha..

Actually it was a different kind of experience entirely! We went to the Marina South Pier to catch a launch to go to the main vessel named Oracle. It was a tanker owned by Hong Lam, for domestic bunkering in Singapore. Today, they were supposed to conduct an annual survey by one of the Bureau Veritas surveyor. Excited to meet a surveyor for the first time in my life :) haha William(the uncle) informed me that he was a China Chinese and that they are good friends.. Actually, William taught me a lot of things in life, that i dont think can be learnt @ any other places. 虽然有时候对他有点无奈，可是在他身上学了很多，所以很感激. He shared his life experiences with me, taught me the importance of networking, show me the power of relationships. He is actually not very old, but he is full of experience, and he is damn good at handling people! I am superbly impressed by him.

Ok, back to the ship. When we reached Oracle, i realised we have to climb up the vessel by the ladder that is dangling on the side of the ship. At that point of time, i finally realised how tough it is for them, the workers and superintendents, to climb up and down every time they have to board a vessel. I carefully made my way up, knowing one slip could be fatal, but well, it is @ this point of time, that you will realised that there are more important things in life you know you just have to cherish! To sum up the survey process, it is interesting to explore parts of the vessel, especially the technical side and entering into rooms that normally would have be denied access. :)

I wish i could have more ship visits in the future.... :) lets hope and see how it goes.. I am so happy today! :)