Beyond the Beautiful Rainbow
Something I written for a friend about a year ago. So sad back then, so I thought of writing a poem to cheer her up. Now she's all happy and blissfully attached, she's got her ticket, to beyond the beautiful rainbow.
"Beyond the Beautiful Rainbow"
Gazing at the sky at night,
I see a light, o' so bright.
Beyond the world above so far,
It's my Angel's glorious Star.
I watch the rise and fall of tides,
With an Angel's presense by my side.
I see her glitter, see her glow,
And I see her soul, slowly grow.
She's got a Brave and Beautiful Heart,
Caught my mind like a speeding dart.
With a Smile that's ever so sweet.
Frankly, she sweeps me off my feet.
Her Soulful eyes tell of countless tales,
Of all she braved, storms and gales.
And of feelings that lay so deep,
Thoughts that lingers, she rather keep.
Her Beauty can launch a thousand ships,
But yet her soul lies hurt and weak.
A forced smile is what I saw,
But in her Heart, the Teardrops fall.
If this is what they call Destiny,
Let it not last for Eternity.
Please don't play tricks oh dear Fate,
Show my Angel the Happiness gate.
In Life's journey, she slipped and fall,
But soon she's up, standing tall.
And Life's tough, it slowly get,
But I'll be there with her, step by step.
Angel, be Brave and be Bold,
As the Future slowly unfolds.
Beneath the dark clouds is a clear blue sky,
And that's where I believe, You'll eternally fly.
As an Angel, beyond the Beautiful Rainbow
Be careful with impulses...
The reason why I try not to get credit cards, is to save myself from impulses.
I've been looking through all the local sites with gundam model kits... man... I just felt like buying the whole lot straight away. Damn... It's like an interest from 12-13 years ago firing up again. But this time round, I can afford MG ones. hehhehheh... So be careful with the wallet.
Anyway, I was talking to KK today. Bummed into him at JP(what a place, he lives in Sengkeng) where I was trying out the sizes for a NB W900XJ. It was selling for $140+, but Amos was saying he can get 40% discount somewhere. So I was just trying out the sizes. I went in and luck was on my side. I asked for a size 9.5 and he brought to me a size 9 and 10. No 9.5 stock. So I tried the 9, which was way too small. For the 10, it was actually just perfect, with a little bit of space left. Of course must consider the socks that will be on as well, 10 will fit in snugly. With the thought in mind, i asked the helper 'you all really don't have 9.5?' 'No? mmm... Nevermind then. Thanks!' So I've got my size for the shoes. Can tell Amos on thursday. My new pair of running shoes! Woo....
When is the last time i went for a jog... can't even remember. I only remember junhao sprained his ankle when he went jogging with me that time. Ever since then, we never jogged together already. And I haven't jogged since that time. So it's about time I go jogging again. My stamina is like a deflated pack of potato chips. Hopeless.
Anyway, if I still have excess money this month, I might just go sign myself up for a model kit class. KK was telling me about how to use air brush, covering the grooves with some resin, drawing lines, blah blah... now I can feel the power of money! Of course la... know how to earn, also must know how to spend right? I save $ also so no worries. I only spend excess. Finance in control. Hahaha... yah right. This month's expenditure is atrocious, way too many unforseen expenditures. Well... have to spend on those anyway.
Next month will be better. Will get another gundam model! haha...
so far so good
I've just finished my first week of night shift. Frankly speaking, it had been quite a mixed experience. But of course, seeing a busy night is actually how I can learn faster. If everything is so peaceful, then what is there for me to learn?
First thing is that I am pretty lucky to be in this shift. There are a few engineers in my department who are pretty friendly and talks quite a bit of crap. Most importantly they are not the type who are uptight and follows rules to the book. Relaxed type of engineer. At night having meals with them is always good. Though most of the time the conversations I can hardly join in due to the obvious gap and topics which I can't relate to. For example, the different brands of bed to buy and the lightings for their new homes. But overall it's still alright.
I had a pretty turbulent first night as the operators upstairs are OT personnel and they are not exactly spontaneous. Every damn thing they also ask for the engineers. Every single step they also ask engineer. Engineer do I do this, engineer can I do that, engineer, is it ok for me to do this? OK? OK? Well... the engineer I was following was just kept busy by these engineers. Then there are some issues that pops up once in a while. So I actually had a pretty interesting night.
Other than that, there wasn't really much issues. Well, there are some routine stuff that had to be done. And some machines went down once in a while. I learnt to tune some recipes and cleared some of my doubts. The three days were pretty fruitful in a sense. Though I didn't get to see as much activity as in the day, still get a feel of waht night shift is all about. In the day there are always bosses around, decision making time is much shorter. Things get done faster than night shift time. People are always looking for you. So well... things keep coming, in summary that is.
Well, I'm not going to type about all the technical stuff down here. It can get pretty confusing down here and of course... got some proprietry information. Yah... crap. Just not something interesting to talk about. But there are some people in the company that kind of stunned me.
There is this fellow who came into my company at the same time as I. We are working in the same fab same shift but different modules. One of the nights I was asking him why he doesn't go out of the company for meals. He told me he is under probation. Initially I was thinking he is under some kind of police probation or something like that. After that then he told me it is the company probation that he is talking about. Ha... Then I asked him 'yah... so what if you are under probation?' Then he told me he is scared of getting caught and then may get sacked by the company. I just went 'huh?!'. Talk about being rules abiding.... or I would prefer to say Kiasee... Anyway, being rule abiding is correct. I'm just a little more interested in my comfort.
Then he execute another stunt. I was copying some procedure at my desk when another engineer came up to his desk next to mine. Then he asked me if I know this fellow. So I said 'yah. came in together with me. why?' Can see that my friend was a bit irritated when he asked that. Then he started saying how cock that fellow was... how can anyone wear the wrong jumpsuit into the fab. I was just sitting there laughing... Then when that fellow came up, my friend niao him at the spot. Then that fellow said he thought it was his jumpsuit until he came out of the fab. Damn amazing... Then he cracked a lame joke. I sneak a peek at my pal by the side. Could see his dark face. Ha....
Damn amazing isn't it? Next time this fellow might just use the wrong recipe to do some amazing stunt again... shall see next time...
I reckon that was the most interesting stuff that happened throughout the three nights. Other than that it was work mostly. And I get to write my own passdowns with my mentor guiding me. Things are beginning to roll. I'm just waiting for my first butter session, so next time you guys can stay tuned and see how I get buttered. Heh...
OK la... that's about all for now. No work tomorrow though, but got used to the timings of sleeping. Must force myself to go sleep now.
See you guys!
yes, yes, umm, umm...
That's what I have been saying mostly for the past 2 weeks at work. Starting my shift on thursday night, so tomorrow I'm off. That's why now got a bit of time to spend, typing here after another 10days?
I've been busy most of the time. It's really not as easy as it seems to be after all. Most say how stable my fab is. But well, equipments are old, production costs are high, parts are expensive... you get what I'm driving at. There are issues everyday. New, old, repeated, unexpected... everything under the sun basically. I'm trying my best to learn and contribute at the same time. My boss had been treating me very well and put in a lot of time and effort to train me. I can see that he has been sacrificing a lot of his time to spend time with me, making sure I am on the right path, and teaching me the important stuff that I need to know. Sometimes he's too fast, and I can't catch his words. He's a German, but converted to muslim already. Got married to a malay lady here. But he's still the great boss that I'm having. The issue is sometimes he strings his words together, so I catch only like 50-60% of what he's saying. So at times I just go Yes, Yes, Umm, Umm... But mostly I get what he is saying by piecing the words together.
Other then that, there are just 1000000000000000 and 1 stuff to learn... i've just learn a little bit of everything there is to learn there. It takes experience to know how things are going... and spot issues and nip them in the bud. I spend more time in the office to get things done and learn stuff. My boss is already thinking of giving me projects to do next week when we have our own mini department meeting. I can see at least 1 project, 1 DOE coming up. Maybe also a few recipes to come up with, and modify as well...
Well, that means work's coming up, and fun time too! If you like what you do, it's always fun. Improving how things work is always a satisfying issue. Completing tasks handed out is gratifying too. And to see your recipe works is definitely the best of the lot. There's plenty of places to find exciting stuff to do. But to fully enjoy the course of work, one thing is of critical importance. A good night's rest. I always seem to have bery poor sleep these days. So having a hard time concentrating at times. Initially when I just got up, I was really energetic because my sleeps were very good. So I was pretty sharp and absorb stuff really fast. But these days, pretty tired... maybe been using too much brain movement and staring too much of computer screen in the fab. Hmmm... maybe I should starve off computer also. Maybe make coming online a once per week issue. Well... will see about that...
Hmmm.... initially like there's plenty of stuff to write about... maybe some other time. So tired now...
See you all!
