What a last day!

firstly, a very big 'sorry' to all my readers out there. I know i have not been updating my blog with due diligence. I will try to update more regularly from now onwards.

today is officially the last day of my internship and i guess there's no better way to end it than to attend a naming ceremony.
some background info: whenever keppel complete the building of an oil rig or a ship, there will be a ceremony whereby the owners will name the rig/ship and bless it, after which all guests are invited for a tour of the rig/ship n to the buffet spread available.

As such, i went onto this rig called the West Prospero. it's my first time going up onto a rig and i m so excited abt it. because i guess it's not an everyday event that u will get to go on board a newly build rig. more importantly, i think it's quite ashame to b an offshore/marine scholar if i have never step onto a rig.
the rig was majestic and i think mankind are really great. i was so fascinated by the way all the pipes, equipments etc are joined together to form part of the rig. it was an engineering achievement and this is a good testimonial to the brillance of mankind. thou i must admit it's not always that this brillance of mankind is put to gd use.
i took quite a number of photos. hopefully i will get the photos fast and i can post them on my blog. i wld strongly recommend everyone to go on board a rig if u guys have a chance to do so.
next, the food was wonderful too. it's an international buffet with free flow of ben n jerry ice cream. the door gift was a crystal block with the design n name of the oil rig encraved in it.

on the whole, i m pretty satisfied with my internship and i hope to get a gd break now before school starts. for those who want a short getaway (even if it means going to sentosa), pls let me know k. i will b more than willing to join u guys!

OBS 7-9 Jun 2007

back from OBS

i m back from OBS!!
obs was fun, thou i missed some parts of the camp due to some ksaa work.
so effectively, i only took part in 3 activities.
the most enjoyable activity was the sea expendition where we kayak for 15km.
however, it's also this obs that led me to some thoughts.
it's supposed to be a ledaership training camp.
my first qn was what's the criteria to be selected for this camp
it's said that this camp is for human development n for those who have shown the possibility to take up higher responsibility.
however, i wasn't v impressed by most of the participants simply for the fact that a leader needs to have initiative n dares to take risk n to lead others in time of risk.
while i noe it's not fair for me to comment so much on their ability as i din join them thru out the camp. but i was abit disgusted by their lack of initiative when the instructors were trying to get pple to volunteer to b leader for the sea expendition.
i understood that it's a daunting task to be a leader for things u never tried before.
but isit life that way. to be a true leader in a big corporation n to get the company to move forward,
a leader dare to take the risk to lead the followers in events/circumstances that no one faced b4
in the end, it takes the youngest of them all (which is me) to volunteer to be the leader together with another lady.
i must say even the instructors must have felt abit sian abt the fact that no one wants to volunteer.
i mean it's a leadership camp. it's meant for u to practise leading n not to b afraid of failure.
but sadly i dun c that happening.
let's hope there will b improvement in the future for dem

Go Green!!

today, i was at AMK hub cos i went to the ntuc hypermart to give away keppel sponsored green bag to the customers shopping at the ntuc.
i was attached to a cashier n it's an unforgettable experience.
actually it's not easy to be a cashier too.
i was only responsible for packing the stuff into the bags and i found it to b not an easy job.
n once again, it's proven that singaporeans like free gifts..n some are quite greedy too..
yet at the same time, it's heartening to c how some (thou it's a minority) people actually brought their own bags to put the stuff they bought.
as least they bothered to do a part in trying to save this earth..
there's this guy who sort of like complained that we are making things difficult for everyone when we try to persuade them to bring their own bags. his arguement is that even US n china are not having these kind of practice.
at that moment, i m not 100% confirmed if china n US have such practice, but i felt like telling him that if he dun like what's happening in spore, he can jolly well leave spore for US n china.
no one will give a damn abt these type of self-centered people.
or at least i wont.
n it's quite scary to c that quite a pecentage of shoppers r those that bought over $100 worth of products at 1 go. the kind and amount of stuff they bought r quite crazy.
the worst of all is a grp of secondary sch kids who spent almost close to $200 solely on cup noodles. reason being they are having some camp.
it's quite pathetic to eat so much cup noodle during camps.

well, this blog summed up my experience standing behind the counter in ntuc. guess it will be a once in a life time experience cos i dun foresee myself doing that again.haha

OBS

to all my beloved blog readers,

i will be going for OBS from thur to sat evening with keppel group personnel.
it was a rather last minute thing as i was only informed abt it on tue..
i m pretty happy with the things i m doing for this holiday.
internship, organising scholarship ceremony n vertical marathon, going for OBS and playing for keppel shipyard in their inter SBU games.
if i can have an overseas holiday somewhere in july, it will be wonderful.
it will be like a dream if i can c my dear in july..
n to edgar, i dun think i can join u for a holiday in june..not v nice to postpone my attachment, eso when i have alr taken quite a few time off from my work to settle my other keppel -related stuff.
to kaiwei, i do hope i can join u in taiwan. but i have to c how things go first..
time flies, in another 3wks plus time, my internship will b over n it will be time i start to train for my ippt n hopefully i can clear it before school start in early aug