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  • Knee-jerk reaction to AH1N1 epidemic 

    zzeed 9:50 pm on Tuesday, June 30, 09 Permalink | Reply

    It felt a little like hanging by a thread, still. And this local spread of AH1N1 is not helping my situation at all. Everybody has been asking me if I would wear a mask. Did you know that this swine flu had only caused 0.44% death rate? Compared to the Avian flu of about 47% and SARS of about 19%? There are plenty more fatal causes around you – dengue, road hazards, the food you eat everyday (heart attacks, diabetes, and so on.) Come on. Let’s not jump on the band wagon and enjoy the knee-jerkings.

    For your thought: a research has shown that when a ferret was infected with human flu, all the nine around it would be infected and died. They collected all the fatal AH1N1 cases from Mexico, Texas, and California and infected a ferret – only six out of nine in the nearby cages were infected.

    I can understand why the Asians overreact. They responded based on the outbreak of SARS. Local agreement can’t even agree on what to call the outbreak. Selsema babi? Or A H satu N satu? RTM would use this. Health officials would use that.

     

  • Tarbush lunch 

    zzeed 9:17 pm on Monday, June 29, 09 Permalink | Reply

    I spent plenty of time updating the review package for routing. Plenty of things to sort out since I was pretty much out for the last 2 weeks.

    And then Eric and I went out for a lunch. It was a Tarbush again as I introduced the fine Iranian delicacy. For safety. Driving. And nice dishes.

     

  • Penambang market 

    zzeed 9:15 pm on Sunday, June 28, 09 Permalink | Reply

    Ibu and I were at Pasar Penambang for some fish and I had bought some extras to bring home. She then cooked masak lemak cili padi with home-grown okra. Hm… it’s been a while since the last time I had that.

    CB, Ashbi and I rushed to Mines to see if could grab some Transformers tickets for later in the night. All Sold out. Dang it.

     

  • Alma Mater SRKBBB revisited 

    zzeed 9:50 pm on Saturday, June 27, 09 Permalink | Reply

    Mom, Dad, Alya and I were at Adik’s Hari Mesra. It was the day when the teachers would comment on the kids performance in front of their parents. I don’t remember my parents listening to mine, ever. Not in junior nor in high school. I guess I wasn’t much of a trouble.

    srparents

    Mom and dad may qualify for the title “senior parents”. They’ve had 7 kids at that the school. Adik is the eighth.

    alyacgurasita

    Cikgu Rasita was Alya’s teacher in SKBBB.

    skbbbzidni

    Former accolade of SRKBBB. Hahah.

    Office called. Although I wasn’t on duty I feel obligated to respond because it was my field in trouble and the young fellow needed a little guidance. Hope he learned something along the way.

    Then we had a late lunch at Rasa Alamanda before dad departing to Terengganu. I personally departed to KS, dropping my jaw upon setting my eyes on a nice home theater setup. Nice LCD TV, Ibu. I had wished one for myself, heh. :P

     

  • Friday progress update 

    zzeed 10:44 pm on Friday, June 26, 09 Permalink | Reply

    As I checked my e-mails in the morning, I sighed in relief reading the responses from the managers. A while back, I had requested a special support in getting the review since I had trouble scheduling the session. It’s good to be heard. And noticed.

    Later in the afternoon I attended the shutdown coordination meeting to update my progress and received news and the status of others. Would the barge come on time? I wish there’s more certainty.

     

  • Testing the project IX 

    zzeed 10:30 pm on Thursday, June 25, 09 Permalink | Reply

    The technical advisor somehow couldn’t make it to the testing conclusion. My former senior, JC, did. The project factory acceptance testing was finally completed. Nice.

    connectivity

    Hopefully all the connectivity works again when it’s reconnected offshore.

    On a side note, I checked in my car at day start and checked it out at day end. A cool RM1,300 leaked from my pocket.

     

  • Testing the project VIII 

    zzeed 10:29 pm on Wednesday, June 24, 09 Permalink | Reply

    keysw

    Access control criticality supersedes the task that could be executed under such access.

    I was in the office early in the morning when I discovered that there was another conflict with the review that I had asked the group secretary to arrange for. Shucks. You can’t plan anything around here.

    Nevertheless, the factory testing needed to move forward. Today was the last day for Mr. YSP to help me. Thanks! We departed together from the office and I tried bypassing the federal highway via NPE and Jalan Templer this time. Surprisingly, Mr. YSP had a KL & Selangor map with him and he was pointing to the right landmarks as we passed them. I personally learned about Jalan Universiti, Jalan Gasing, and so on. [Pause]. Cool.

    During lunch time, I wired some money to my wife. The Section 14 was unbelievably crowded. I probably spent more ka-ching hunting around for parking spots than the savings of tele transfer via RHB. I don’t know… I didn’t do the cost-benefit analysis for such comparison. Most importantly, essential matters are resolved.

    The chain-like sound came up again. I couldn’t help but drove to the nearby Nissan showroom, discovering that the service center was just behind it, and booked a major service for tomorrow.

    With the hope that nothing from the engine would snap, I detoured to Low Yat under dad’s request for a V2000 or V3000 power adaptor.

     

  • Testing the project VII 

    zzeed 10:10 pm on Tuesday, June 23, 09 Permalink | Reply

    Arrived at the office at 7 but too many just didn’t come out right so I was stuck until 8:15. The morning traffic jam was horrible. It had rained from much earlier and at least 2 cars stalled the Jalan Tun Razak heading out of the city. Both Proton.

    Despite the early hurdle, we tested the more complicated loops and it was unbelievably great learning! Mr. YSP was very inspiring with the step-by-step approach to the testing as process upset occurs.

    cmosbatt

    The last line of defense : batteries that would power up the backup memory when all else fail.

    I began hearing chain-like sound from my Nissan Sentra’s engine. That’s not a good sign.

     

  • Testing the project VI 

    zzeed 9:17 pm on Monday, June 22, 09 Permalink | Reply

    I went to the Honeywell office straight, after picking up Mr. YSP from an LRT station. Somehow reinforcement has arrived. Muthu came all the way from Rawang to help with the project FAT. We cleared mostly Box 6 and 7.

    The metering lead called, querying on some transmitter delivery, upon which I quickly questioned some of the staffs around. Besides Petronas Carigali folks being around for training, everything else were pretty much the same.

    alarmssummary

    Alarms summary.

    I heard some schools here in Malaysia are closed due to H1N1. Really?

     

  • Petronas Job alert 

    zzeed 10:06 pm on Sunday, June 21, 09 Permalink | Reply

    Managed to update lots. Facebook. WordPress.

    I received a Petronas Job alert today for a position of Executive / Learning Facilitator in Instrumentation & Electrical. Basically, it’s a full time job as I&E trainer at INSTEP.

    Cool. Teaching seems to run in the family.

     

    • ihsankhairir 8:33 pm on Friday, July 3, 09 Permalink | Reply

      I think some jobs do run in the family. I can imagine you teaching, seriously.

  • Kebaya purchase 

    zzeed 10:17 pm on Saturday, June 20, 09 Permalink | Reply

    I was in the office for a short while in the morning. Sent my dad off to Taman Maluri by late afternoon.

    Much later in the evening, K. Raieda delivered my wife’s Kebaya. We met by Alamanda, near the taxi stands, where I was also introduced to her husband, a Petronas executive working in Jakarta, and her three energetic little kids! We chatted a little but it was getting late.

    Anyway, thanks heaps!

     

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