Spending almost a week alone and away from home certainly has its drawbacks.  Coincidentally I have to be stationed at KB becoz’ of the mandatory response time and having to report to the head office within 30 mins if required during emergency situation.  To start with I have a suite size hotel room to stay although I feel it is too big for a person to live in.  The problem is that I tend to spend virtually most of the time in the room and too lazy to step out for a breather every now and then.  It makes it too mundane even to the extent of choosing the dining menus from the same cafe every single nights … lol  .. and honestly I do not think this kind of routine is very sustainable in a longer period.  I guess 1 week is still an acceptable limit to live with.  Wifey and kids decided not to join for the weekend stay considering that the kids are having their exam coming so distraction is best kept to the minimum.  But 2 more days to go and I am looking forward to be back home and effectively back to my usual life that suits me better.

Missing a week from work last week was indeed a good break and things are pretty much falling into places at the office as well.  Inclement weather offshore few weeks ago was not helping our work situation and if we can finished the remaining critical activities with such a positive progress by end October before the monsoon sets in, then it will be an achievement to live by for the next few months to come before 2010 drapes in.

Honestly, completing my teletop learning face to face session last week @ KL was a breather so to speak although there are few more things to look at towards the end of the year.  Workwise the only important agenda at this time of the year is the ever sensitive annual staff ranking exercise and given the choice I would like to back out but what choice I am left with.  The only good thing on the cards is probably be our tentative plan to go camping end of November which we feel is long due.  But I am still lost in the decisions what to wear for the upcoming end of year party mid November and just hoping I can fix this in time for the actual event. 

Ooohhh by the way we got new addition to the family members last week whilst we were still flying over to KL.  That would be a moment to cherish for adorable lil’ Nur Ameerah Zahra’, the daughter to my younger sister.

Sometime I still struggle to term with the fear of flying despite the assurance that flying is safer than driving !!.  But these 20 facts outlined in below link would probably give us better perspective or rather assurance that flying is indeed very safe.  It makes me more comfortable that in case of emergency, there are considerable levels of controls that still exist as back ups.  phewwww …

http://www.gogetterjetsetter.com/how-safe-is-flying.php

Apparently it happens early this morning.  Fire is visibly emananting from the rooftop with smokes billowing.  Not exactly the first occurence of its kind and it is pretty much the same “hot” spot.

It came unbelievably at the least expected time and I cannot really recall when was the last time it happened with such scale.  I must say almost all areas in Tutong district were without any electricity supply.  It did not help at all that my mobile phone was totally running out of juice by the time the electricity was being cut off.  So we drove all the way from Tutong up to Jerudong to figure out the extent of the problem and that bought me some time to get my phone recharged as well hehe.  Amazingly, Jerudong area was pretty much lighted up and we did  not dare to venture further to Gadong area considering that it was more riskier with all traffic lights going down as well.  I heard they restored the electricity in stages and by the time ours were restored, it was almost 2 pm during the wee hours.  Not a pleasant experience with the night getting more stuffier but was real glad to learn that it was not as serious we initially thought.

I guess we are still pretty short handed when it comes to contingency planning and this is not good knowing that earlier this year we have undergone similar problem.  What clear right now is we do not have backup options in place in case this disruption kicks in.  This is only ‘technical glitch’ and restoring the generator turbine takes quite a while which is understandably a standard procedure.  But in the event that real failure occurs, without backup plan then we will be in for a rough ride.  Something which the authorities need to look at seriously for future improvement.  That begs the question where does the new Bukit Panggal Power Station comes into play to provide alternative solution …. big question mark ????

You would wonder how in the world time can breezes thru’ without us really noticing.  A week into the festive Hari Raya celebration and we hardly get to blink and give any thoughts about it.  One thing that probably makes me more motivated is that I have only one more teletop submission that got to be submitted end of next week.  Juggling the time for more than six weeks since was at best done in an erratic manner ..  utter show of personal indiscipline.  Office is still a lil’ bit subdued at the moment and surprisingly this is probably the easiest time to manage your work with less distractions to worry.  The only consistent things that happen as usual are scores of open house invitations that came thru’ like there is no ending hehe.  Oh well  .. it is time to sign of for now and busy weekend is closing on us soon …

That was quite a while since my last blog post and such was the low motivation to update considering that we are now already 2 weeks away from the closing of ramadhan.  Time really waits for no man huh .. At this moment in time, I am already midway thru’ with my online teletop assignments.  Four more weekly submissions to go and I am good to go for the actual face to face session in KL later in October.  It requires real dedication and focus but with so many distractions in your way it just gets more difficult to handle sometime.  Good news is that my cousin’s hubby is now on a diplomatic mission to Laos for at least 3 years.  I guess it makes sense that we will consider paying them a visit during their stay and that means another tick in our travel must do list to take care of for now. We have somehow diminished our creativity to get us busy that it gets so mundane at times, hence it is really due for us to plan something just to get the momentum up and running.

It was probably a lil’ bit too impromptu for another cascade altho’ it was recognised preparing for the cascade materials was a very close call indeed.  But who would stop us from signing off in style despite sweating it out with the Jean shirts for the whole afternoon @ KBBC.  I guess that bit of style has somehow enlivened the team’s spirit

Today I am on my day 1 of another telelearning which literally means another 8 weeks of virtual learning, a week break and topped with 3 days face to face session in KL sometime 3rd week of October.  And that effectively means every week submitting the assignments at the close of every single weeks for 8 weeks.  I completed one last year and honestly time back then was really a premium although completing the whole learning event provides personal satisfaction and achievement.  I know patience is virtue … so few social stuffs like my blog, FB, twitter will have to wait longer on the waiting lane .. unless otherwise I feel that time is infinitely at my disposal … which with a lil’ good imagination which can change that .. lol.  But I hope the coming of Ramadhan could be blessing as well where it is the time when we naturally tend to throttle down the activities significantly.  I think I may have to tone down my addiction to FB and too bad I have been spending more time needlessly although this probably equates to quitting smoking for some.  Just too many juicy IT distractions these days …

We have 3 stupid stages of life ….. can’t say more huhu

Teen age:

Have Time + Energy …but No Money

Working Age:

Have Money + Energy …but No Time

Old age:

Have Time + Money …but no Energy