Long absent

Yeah I know..I know..It's been a long absent in this blog. And it's quite lame and cliche to tell you guys that's I'm busy. Semua orang pon busy dengan hidup masing2. Okay, fine. Sebenarnya adalah malas sebab this month aku banyak travel here and there. So by the time sampai rumah, I just wanna rest.

Ni pon aku ada dekat tengah2 Laut China Selatan for a short trip job in Vung Tau. Manager aku agak kejam this time sebab dia call aku dikala aku sedang menikmati ikan goreng sambal dekat rumah makcik aku bersama-sama suami. Justeru telah men'spoil'kan my mood cuti weekend. FYI, sekarang ni aku on-loan dekat Labuan. After received call from manager, hari ahad tu jugak aku fly to Ho Chi Minh city then naik boat for about 1 1/2 hour to Vung Tau.

Aku sampai jer Vung Tau terus pergi ke base sebab nak collect coverall and safety boots. I have no other options to use someone's else coverall sebab aku punya barang2 mostly dekat rumah Labuan. Manager aku tak bagi balik Labuan ambik barang2 aku. Jimat cost katanya so from KL straight to Vietnam (sooo cruel kan?? Aku benci manager aku time ni). The next early morning aku terus naik chopper ke platform.

Initial plan aku nak balik weekend je, so memang melenggang jer la aku balik hari tu. Laptop company pon aku tinggal sebabnya kalau dekat rumah rarely aku open company's laptop. Mujurlah email boleh excess pakai webmail. What make me more even happier is the whole platform covered with wireless connection. Tak sia2 ada encik iPhone aku ni. Even display screen kecil tapi still boleh pakai untuk excess email. Ni yang nak kena beli iPad ni, besar sikit display screen. Ewah2, ada je alasan aku nak menghabiskan duit kan.

Alhamdulillah, layanan orang2 dekat rig ni sangat baik. Ehem..maklumlah being the only lady on the rig memang dapat banyak privilege. Bilik pon dapat bilik VIP. Production platform selalunya facility sangat excellent. Just dekat sini makan jer la nak kena be extra careful. Each time, meal time mesti ada si lembu pendek. I have to request for a special meal. Mujurlah chef kat sini baik. Ker sebab aku ni girl? Haha. Apa2 pon yang penting aku masih boleh isi perut dengan makanan yang halal.


Job this time, aku sangat2 enjoy. Firstly, sebab this job is 2 mens job and colleague aku orang Indonesia. So easy to discuss things and boleh in dengan aku. Secondly, company man orang Korea. So each time dia cakap sure aku tahan gelak. Sebabnya accent Korea dia sangat pekat. You can imagine how Korean cakap omputih. Cute and funny. Teringat pulak aku cerita2 Korea. Plus orang nya sangat lucu. Haha. Thirdly, this job is short. Just 1 week. Normally, kalau aku pergi rig paling cepat 2 weeks baru aku balik base.


I really look fat in this picture. Inilah akibat makan 5 kali sehari. Benci tau.

Next week, aku balik Malaysia. Hopefully dapat lose weight before aku balik. Boleh ker ni? Risau suami tak dapat nak beza kan washing machine dengan isteri sendiri. (-____-')

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Masa berlalu ibarat siput sedut yang sedang mengesot

Tick..Tock..Tick..Tock..

Lagi 12 hari nak balik. Makin dekat hari nak balik makin aku rasa time goes very² slow. Macam siput sedut. Mungkin siput sedut lebih laju kot. Encik Masa kau naik lah bullet train nanti cepat la sikit sampai waktunya aku balik.

My life on the rig pretty much stagnant for the past 3 days. We are still on preparation mode. Operation belum start lagi. Tu sebab korang boleh tengok aku update blog tiap² hari. Tak berapa nak busy sangat sebab most of the things dah settle. Lepas tu pulak shift aku 12 jam jer. Lepas shift memang free la. Aku pon bukan la bayi yang memerlukan tidur selama 12 jam. Supervisor aku pon sempoi jer orangnya. Bukan macam supervisor² aku yang lepas² asyik nak serius jer all the time. Tak boleh la tengok we all chill² sikit.

For now, tak semua crew boarded on the rig, the rest of the crew members will join us on this Saturday. Reason kenapa semua crew tak datang sekali sebab, preparation yang we all kena buat ni just minor jer because all set of equipments are permanent installed since 2 years ago. So we all yang dah sedia ada dekat rig ni just datang untuk buat function check before the job started. Berita yang paling buat mood aku ceria sikit today is because my supervisor mentioned one of the crew yang datang nanti is from Malaysia. Best giler!! Dapat aku gossip dalam bahasa ibundaku..Jarang sangat² dapat jumpa orang Malaysia dekat rig selama aku kerja ni. Hopefully mamat yang datang ni tak poyo sangat. Kalau poyo aku campak kat dalam laut. Hahaha.

Husband and Emir pulak malam ni (Malaysia time) bertolak ke Sungai Petani. Husband is going to attend his ex-school reunion organized by his batch. Rugi pulak rasa tak dapat join. Aku selalu jugak join meeting organizer reunion ni sebab my husband is one of the committee. Secara tak langsung aku tau la aktiviti² nya. Niat sebenar nak jumpa geng² gossip aku (Geng JSA). Tapi husband aku informed tadi ramai pulak geng² JSA tak dapat join sebab ada yang tengah berpantang and what not. Kiranya ramai datang sorang (read: bujang) la. My husband pon will drop Emir dekat my in-law's house in Sungai Petani. Suka la tu para² suami. Jangan nak ber'party' buih sudah lah. Aku memang pantang kalau buat party buih tanpa kehadiranku ini. Hahaha. Takpe lah aku kasik dia enjoy dengan kawan² dulu. Nanti aku balik Malaysia, you are all mine. Roarrrrr...=P

Okay guys. Will keep you guys updated.

Tata.

Rough sea, sea sick

Salam guys!! How are you guys doing?? Me? I'm doing okay..Today is the second day I'm on the rig..and for the first time ever I've got sea sick..blerghhh..rasa macam kena morning sickness tau..dah2 you all jangan nak pikir I pregnant pulak..I tau jer apa yang terlintas di pikiran kamu² semua..Pastu rig I pergi ni bukan jack-up rig tau (jack-up rig ni, structure dia attached to the sea bed) tapi this rig is floating rig..So imagine la bila big wave hit the rig, memang terasa terhuyung-hayang..Semalam masa I tidur pon, I boleh terjaga in the middle of the night sebab rasa macam nak terjatuh katil...Laut dekat North sea ni a bit rough especially during winter time...Pastu pagi tadi cerita la kat my colleague, dia cakap kat I wave sekarang baru ala² manja gitu, belum teruk lagi..What??? Ala² manja?? Tak leh nak imagine kalau wave ni mengganas..Dia kata dia pernah experienced yang lagi teruk dari ni sampai semua orang kena evacuated dalam accomodation tak boleh kerja dekat luar..seram sejuk lak I dengar..I doa supaya takde la anything bad happen while I'm here..dah la dekat tengah² laut ni..Nauzubillah....

Sejuk tu tak payah cakap la...sekejap jer duduk dekat luar tangan dah rase kebas² dah..I duduk luar kejap² jer , pastu masuk cabin warm up myself then baru keluar balik buat kerja..Mujur I dapat winter coverall, tebal la sikit from the normal coverall yang I selalu pakai..Tapi I pelik betul la dengan Norwegian ni, kulit dieorang macam kulit biawak la..or maybe dieorang berdarah sejuk? Hihi..pakai coverall dah la yang nipis punyer pastu kat dalam pakai selapis jer..Gagah giler okay..I ni dah dengan winter coverall nyer, pastu pakai lagi 2 lapis baju dekat dalam pon masih tak tahan duduk dekat luar lama²..Maybe dieorang dah biasa kot dengan weather camni..I ni berdarah manis panas..=P

Pastu my skin jadi a bit dry...The same thing happened when I was in Libya and Paris during winter..I rasa my skin memang sedikit sensitive..My friend cakap time sejuk2 ni kurangkan mandi pakai air panas + sabun..so takkan nak pakai air sejuk pulak?? takkan tak nak sabun badan pulak kan? Eww!!..Has anyone got the same problem as mine?? share la tips sikit..even dah pakai body lotion sebeban plus dengan Vaseline yang dilumur satu badan, but I still feel itchy almost all over my body...I mandi 2 kali sehari yer..Perlu ker nak explain??...especially tang betis dengan peha..Dah try tahan from scratching, but kadang² 'ter'garu jugak..sekali dapat garu perghhh memang nikmat..tapi nanti menangis la kau tahan pedih..

Ooohh..tapi I nak puji sikit la dining dekat rig ni..memang best giler!! the best dining I've ever seen so far..makanan pon sedap² boleh tahan...tapi tak leh nak nak expect ada gulai masak lemak dengan asam pedas kan *drooling*..tapi macam biasa I kena be extra careful sikit, boleh dikatakan selalu jugak dieorang served pork..I kena belajar Norwegian language a little bit especially words like pork, chicken, meat, fish and mostly foods name la because everything is written in Norwegian..My favorite is the dessert section and salad bar..Macam² ada...European kan suka makan salad² ni kan, so salad dia memang fresh² and topping pon ada macam²...ice cream dieorang siap letak topping macam dekat Baskin Robbins..sedap-licious!!Kau ni mira kalau bab makanan mesti semua nak sedap kan..memang dasar pelahap kuat makan betol!

Banyak lagi nak cerita kat you all..tapi nanti I sambung la yer..nak pergi mandi, solat and tidur..

Tata..Titi..Tutu

Lagos - Amsterdam - Stavanger

*Shivering*..Sejuk weh dekat Stavanger ni..

Alhamdulillah..I safely landed in Stavanger, Norway pukul 8.30 in the morning Stavanger time..International airport dekat Stavanger ni kecik jer. Tapi a way better la from international airport dekat Nigeria..hihihi

Journey from Lagos to Amsterdam took about 5 1/2 hours.. I bertolak from Lagos around 10 PM..flight tak berapa penuh sangat..Sampai in Amsterdam around pukul 5 AM. Transit for about 3 hours..When the plane touched down kat Schipol airport, I had to rush a bit sebab nak beli jacket. Did I tell you guys that I don't have any warmth clothes or jacket? Yes, I am in need to have at least one jacket with me..Tapi faham² jer la kalau dekat airport, most of the clothes are designer clothes..Mujur la I jumpa one jacket yang ada discount 40%..brand pon tak berapa nak famous sangat..yang penting comfortable and boleh keep me warm..Tapi...kan...kan...tiba² 'terbeli' benda ni jugak...I couldn't resist la..actually dah lama teringin mengidam tau nak ada benda ni..tapi tak tau bila nak pakai..sekali bila ade peluang nak pakai memang tidak ku lepas kan lah...huhu*cakap jer la memang kau suka jer nak belikan*...

My first ever UGG boot..Super duper comfortable and cute..I heart the boot so much! I think kalau beli kat OZ murah sikit kot..kat Amsterdam harga dia *gulp* in Euro la tapi...tutup mata jer bayar, lepas tu sakit hati bila tengok bil credit card..('__')

Ooh..masa I lined up dekat counter immigration, I jumpa ada sorang aunty ni dengan anak dia..Peramah sangat aunty ni..Dia and her daughter on their way to Paris ada conference..Orang² macam ni la yang I suka jumpa kalau pergi overseas..tak sombong langsung..Ada certain tu macam poyo giler, tak nak tegur langsung..

Tengah² asyik berborak dengan aunty tadi tu, sekali ternampak muka sorang pakcik dengan wife dia yang agak familiar..Aunty tu pulak dok waving² dekat dieorang..I macam ingat² lupa nama dia "Aunty, tu bukan mak Linda Jasmine ker?"..Aunty tu slow² whispered to my ear, "Itulah Datuk Murad Hashim dengan Datin Kay.."...I memang sumpah tak ingat nama dieorang okay..But I surely knew that I saw them somewhere, probably in the media..Datuk Murad Hashim was a former vice president for Petronas..Coincidentally, they also on their way to Stavanger..I met them again dekat boarding gate, sampai² dekat situ, Datin Kay Hashim terus offered me a seat beside her..She is so generous and humble..Siap ajak I datang rumah celebrate birthday cucu baru dia, Ratu (anak Linda Jasmine and Que Haidar)..

Wahh..kau mira terus nak mesra² dengan Datin Kay..Serius weh, lepas borak² dengan dia terus rasa mesra..Datuk Murad Hashim pon sangat peramah..siap cakap Penang dengan aku..sempoi giler..

For the whole period I'm in Stavanger, I will be staying in Quality Airport Hotel..The hotel is very closed to the airport..boleh jer nak jalan kaki from airport..tapi tadi I dengan luggage besar and ditambah pulak dengan angin sepoi² bahasa dekat luar, so memang sangat malas nak jalan kaki..

Quality Airport Hotel, Stavanger, Norway

The room isn't that spacious but comfortable enough for me to stay alone..not suitable for family la..

Giler boring nak tengok TV kat sini..semua channel in Norwegian language..Lama² I rasa annoyed pulak dengar dieorg cakap terus I tutup TV..Movie channel kena bayar pulak..semua nak charge la hotel..Mujur lah ada free wifi..

Nak tengok tak jacket yang I beli kat Amsterdam airport? *cakap jer la ko memang nak tunjuk* =P

Sekali tengok terus suka...Love at the first sight la bak kata omputih...Nasib baik la harga kau murah jacket..Kalau tak telan air liur jer la aku..I like the front button on the jacket..ala² Army Jacket gitu..

*Ehem*..UGG hand gloves..Bila pakai terasa macam menyentuh bulu kucing yang sangat lembut..okay I'm a bit exaggerating here..tapi memang sumpah sangat comfortable..Lepas try terus letak dekat counter and bayar..*Sila jangan tanya harga sebab nanti aku sakit hati jugak!*

Sampai bilik terus try boot dengan jacket..Kalau memang dah camwh*re tu, anytime, anywhere boleh jer nak tangkap gambar kan..

I am so glad and relief that I bought the jacket dekat Amsterdam airport, sebab bila sampai dekat airport Stavanger, semua shop tutup..Ari ahad most of the shops tutup dekat sini..Kalau tak bersejuk² kan la I dekat sini..

P/S Besok I ada offshore survival..hopefully takde la aktiviti dalam air...Otherwise I will freeze till death...I doa supaya air dalam training pool tu bertukar menjadi ice..hehehe

Me, being clumsy and skeptical

Sedih. Malas. That's what I feel now. Sedih sebab hari ni pergi kerja, takde orang wish birthday secara live (dalam facebook and blog dikira secara virtual), lain tau feel dapat birthday wish secara live..Lepas tu jari terkepit masa tengah buat kerja. Sangat clumsy hari ni. Macam mana ntah my thumb boleh terkepit masa tengah check tool. Masa mula² tu tak terasa sangat. Dah sampai rumah terasa berdenyut². Adoi la...

Arghh..barang tak kemas lagi. Besok awal² pagi dah kena pergi domestic airport kat Port Harcourt. I will fly straight to Lagos and stay half day in Lagos then after that catch a flight to Amsterdam. Transit in Amsterdam for few hours, after that I'm gonna take next flight to Stavanger. It's gonna be a long journey tomorrow. And worse thing is I'm gonna travel alone. Sepatutnya ada my colleague yang pergi sekali. Tapi atas sebab² tertentu, he will join me in Norway hopefully next week. So yes, it somehow makes me feel down a bit. Bukan la tak biasa travel alone tapi sebab masa kami dapat tau yang kami kena on-loan to Norway together, we all dah plan la macam2. Furthermore, seronok sikit kalau ada geng travel sama² kan..

Memang takde mood sangat nak mengemas. The other reason is because travel kali ni bukan sebab nak balik rumah for days off but because atas urusan kerja. ('_') ..I should enjoy my trip to Norway, shouldn't I? Dapat experience baru, expose to new culture, meet new people..I bet I will enjoy the scenery the most. I've made some research from Mr.G.O.O.G.L.E, Norway ternyata sebuah country yang sangat cantik. But silly me, I left my DSLR camera at home. Last time bawak datang Nigeria tapi tak fully utilized sangat dekat sini since I pon duduk dalam camp jer kan. If I've known that I will travel to Norway, I should have definitely brought the camera with me..=(

I rasa I dah terbiasa kerja dekat tempat² yang di kategorikan 'red zone' in the company, so it made me becoming a bit skeptical. I tanya² macam² dekat manager in Norway, sampai I rasa dia pon macam dah malas nak layan I. Because of this, I easily will become panic if I encountered something which beyond my expectations. Lagi2 bila travel alone and pergi pulak tempat² yang totally different from where I come from. Sampai manager kat sana cakap "You dont have to be worried, people here are nice and civilized and they speak english very well". Okay, first of all, mungkin I dah biasa bila sampai each location ada company driver pick me up and I don't have to bother to take taxi or any public transport. Dekat Norway semua kena buat sendiri, nak pergi base pon kena naik taxi sendiri. Second, I tanya dia taxi dekat sana accept USD or Norwegian Krone, sebab nya I ada USD jer sekarang ni. Nak tukar dekat airport of course la currency exchange will be a bit higher than exchange duit dekat Money changer kat luar airport (tu pon aku nak berkira kan? Claim jer la nanti..) Ada banyak lagi soalan yang I tanya kat dia. I think I need to be a bit more relax and try to enjoy my business trip this time.

Makin terasa berdenyut² pulak ibu jari aku ni type panjang². Bukan pakai ibu jari sangat pon nak type ni. Tapi mungkin ada urat² saraf jari lain yang interconnected dengan urat ibu jari. Okay la, I better start packing now.

Tata.

Libya "Malaysian Mafia" get together

Before I balik Nigeria the other day, I managed to organize small get together with my friend who used to work with me in Libya..In conjunction with that we also wanted to farewell Nurul who will follow her husband to US and tak tau lagi biler boleh jumpa..Plus I wanna meet her cute little angel Aiyu Isabella..

Because it was a last minute call, there's only few of us who showed up...the rest tak boleh join sebab kerja and takde kat Malaysia (sorry guys, I promise I will arrange one get together next time InsyaAllah)...I pulak on that day konon² nya jadi single sekejap sebab my husband kerja and I left Emir at my mom's..Bagi chance kat Ibu nak bergossip bersama rakan-rakan..hikhikhik

Apart of "Malaysian Mafia" Legend...From left Amir, Nurul, Colby, Nasa, Farah...missing in picture is me (obviously because I snapped this picture), Ochee+Ayu, Abuyazid, Alhafiz

We met at Chilli's KLCC, since Amir had only 2 hours lunch break so I needed to find place which closes to his work place..Dia actually kena assign dekat Bintulu but for the moment until he gets his work permit he stays in KL office..He used to work with the same company with me and Nurul..Nurul pulak dah jadi housewife hot mama sekarang..Nasa pulak sekarang ni attached to Algeria but during that time dia tengah days off..He brought his wife Farah and his daughter Aisha yang sangat comellsss!! The one who is missing is Abu Yazid, Ochee + Ayu, Alhafiz and our godmother Kak Faizah + family...We used to call our selves "Malaysian Mafia" masa kerja kat Libya dulu..memang sangat rapat dengan dieorang..berkongsi susah senang makan meggi sesame masa dekat sana..Kalau takde mereka² ini, I rasa mesti bosan giler hidup dekat Libya..

Kawan makan meggi sama² kat tengah² desert, Nurul and my non-biological twin, Amir..Amir ade biological twin named Amar who is also my non-biological twin..hahaha..alamak double chin yang tak dapat ku nak sorok..balik Malaysia sure berat naik..blame all the good foods I ate..=P

Nurul's my husband-is-American, Colby and their cute daughter Aiyu Isabella..best kan nama tu?? boleh isi form buat menantu tak? Abang Emir masih available lagi tau..hehehe

Cik Puan Nurul kita..Masa kat Libya I selalu mengadu nasib kat dia ni lah..I miss those days..

Amir..ni pon kawan yang setia mendengar rintihan susah senang I masa kat Libya..

Farah (Wife Nasa)..Aisha menikmati panorama kat luar..

Foods we ordered..yummy!!

Memang tersangat puas hati dapat jumpa mereka² ini..Lama giler borak and I berjaya menghasut Amir supaya extend curi tulang lunch break dia..ala tak lama pon another one hour jer..Next time Puan Nurul balik Malaysia kita boleh arrange lagi lunch date camni eh! Hopefully next time semua boleh datang...

Kisah si penggemar tidur (Episode 2)

Well..ada ke orang yang tertunggu² sambungan episode "Kisah si penggemar tidur" ni..eh perasan la kau tu ada peminat..choopp..sebenarnya kan diri sendiri pon nak tergelak dengan tajuk entri tersebut..macam mana boleh terpikir nak letak title entry 'Si Penggemar Tidur"..tapi I memang kaki tidur tau..tak best la letak title "Kisah si kaki tidur"..no..no..no...sangat kurang manis tambah gula pulak kan..eh dah² nak sambung cerita kau sekarang..

So back to my story..

Kan pagi tu I bangun lambat kan?? and ter'miss' bus kan??..Then after arranged pick up and security, I pon ke base around pukul 11 pagi camtu..Sampai base around 11.30..base dengan camp tak jauh sangat..kalau ikut kan 10 minutes dah boleh sampai..but traffic was very bad that morning..

Sampai² base, semua orang yang jumpa I, greeted me and tanya khabar semua..almaklum lah dah almost 7 weeks (4 weeks ++ at Malaysia and 2 weeks offshore) tak ke base of course la semua orang rindu teringat kat I kan...I kan bunga pakma dalam taman biru...hehehe...ahhh perasan la kau...Lepas setup laptop and changed to coverall, I went upstairs to meet my manager..hati berdebar nak tau apa yang dia nak bagitau kan..lagi² musim redundancy (orang kena buang kerja) ni..I was afraid I will be the one who affected by redundancy..

Rupa² nya nak bagi tau I kena loan out to Norway..cisss..buat suspense jer..Loan out tu maksudnya I dipinjamkan to Norway location probably because upcoming job yang banyak and they don't have enough people in their location..so they will ask people from other location yang activity agak slow..and for the moment activity at my location pon tengah slow down..and will be picking up by end of December..ramai jugak my colleague yang kena loan out, ada yang kena pergi Oman, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast..Luckily I've got a chance to go to Norway just simply because I'm Malaysian and as a Malaysian citizen, I do not need visa to go any European country..I'm soo honored to be Malaysian!!..Normally kalau mana² location yang nak loan out people, first criteria yang akan di consider is visa..Anyone who does not need visa will be top on the list..second, siapa² yang baru sampai location (meaning baru nak start rotation) will also be considered..sebab 6 weeks tu lama kan..most of my friend from Nigeria, kena hantar dekat negara² jiran la sebab dieorang tak yah pakai visa to enter the country..

Since I don't need visa and I have another 4 weeks before my rotation will end, my manager pon suggested my name to Norway location..Coincidentally, manager in Norway which happened to be my ex-colleague when I was in Libya, also Malaysian!! Tu yang I macam excited sikit tu nak pergi..I pon tak pergi sorang², ada one of my colleague will tag along (he's American, I pon baru tau American tak yah pakai visa to go to Europe)...

Supposedly by now, I dah kena fly pergi sana..tapi ada jer hal yang buat I delay..My Nigeria Visa pulak will be expired end of this month..I macam terpikir nak renew kat Malaysia jer, tapi leceh lah nanti nak berulang- alik ke Embassy..and Nigerian Embassy in Malaysia is not very welcoming at all..I rasa semua Embasssy pon camtu kot..agak nya la..eh jap Embassy Malaysia kat Libya very welcoming...Sooooo I rasa better I renew siap² dekat sini, plus kat sini I just bagi jer my passport to Visa Department and they will proceed from A to Z..yang I tau I dapat jer visa, dah siap renew..The only thing is, I just need to wait for a week for it to be ready..it wont harm me anyways..

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Oohh..ada lagi satu perkara yang buat I risau jugak...I DON'T HAVE ANY THICK CLOTHES WITH ME NOW!!!!...all my winter jacket ada kat Malaysia..dah la Norway dah nak dekat dengan kutub utara..giler sejuk!!..I can't imagine myself working in the middle of North Sea..sure nak pegang tools pon menggigil....Weather kat Nigeria ni kan ala² dekat Malaysia sikit so tak perlu la kot I nak berwinter sonata berjacket² bagai..Sajer jer nak bagi I chance untuk bershopping sakan kat sana tau...=P

InsyaAllah kalau semuanya okay, I will fly to Stavanger, Norway next week..Harap² dipermudahkan perjalanan I kali ni..and when I hit my rotation I will fly straight to Malaysia from there..Please pray for me okay..!!

Kisah si penggemar tidur (Episode 1)

Alhamdulillah after spending for almost 2 weeks on the rig, now I safely arrived at home..actually semalam sampai in Port Harcourt from the rig..

Last week I sampai Port Harcourt on Saturday, then on Sunday tu terus kena pergi offshore..Tak sempat nak pergi base jumpa my manager pon..Ingatkan pergi seminggu sekali sampai 2 minggu stay kat offshore..I pergi rig yang sama I went last time..Nothing much changed on that rig, just as same as what I'd seen before I left..

After tested 2 wells, I supposedly have to stay for another 1 or 2 weeks on that rig while most of the crew balik ke Port Harcourt..I kena stay back for maintenance then suddenly my supervisor informed me that I have to go back to town ASAP as requested by my manager..I tanya kenapa tetiba I kena balik..siapa nak buat maintenance on the sensors..my supervisor kata wait until I get back to town..ermmm ada sedikit perasaan cuak di situ..

Malam before I kena balik tu, I check la my name on the manifest..On that rig, everyday there will 3 choppers will come back to back to town..Then I saw my name listed with the people who going to leave with the third chopper that should be around 3 PM..My shift finished on that day around 2 AM on the same day I should leave the rig..Dalam hati, aku boleh tidur ni sampai pukul 11 AM then bangun kemas2 bag and naik chopper..Sekali pagi tu, ada orang call bilik I, I tengok jam masa tu baru pukul 7 pagi..I tak jawab call tu sebab memang mengantuk giler..Then I sambung tidur balik..Later after that, suddenly ada orang ketuk pintu..mungkin dua tiga kali dia ketuk takde orang jawab, dia pon dengan selamber nya bukak pintu (mind you I was the only girl on that rig masa tu)..I pon terus bangun and turun dari katil..sekali rupa2 nya one of my colleague..

I dengan masih separuh sedar tu tanya la "kenapa ko kecoh2 pagi2 buta ni?" (I converse in English la masa tu sebab si dia ni orang Nigeria)

Then dia kata...... "Amirah..you've missed the flight briefing..and we're gonna leave in 1 hour time"..

I pon terus menjengilkan mata..tengok jam baru pukul 8.40 AM.."I supposed I will leave with chopper at 3 PM.."

"No...no..your name is on the first chopper..you'd better get ready now if don't wanna miss your chopper.."

I pon apa lagi terkocoh2 la siap2..nak mandi memang tak sempat la..gosok gigi jer...selekeh giler but i rather tak mandi then missed the chopper..Kelajuan I kemas bag pagi tu adalah sangat abnormal..main masuk2 jer barang..mujur la offshore bag ku yang usang tu besar..

Mula2 tu rasa pelik jugak..kenapa la semalam aku tengok nama aku under chopper yang ketiga..Rupa2 nya pagi tu pukul 6 pagi, ada list baru keluar..Mana la I nak tau kan..masa tu masih berkubang atas katil lagi..

Naik2 ke chopper deck, I tengok semua orang dah stand by kat situ..I was the last person to checked in..malu giler weh..tapi I maintain cool la, umpphhhh dalam hati Allah jer la yang Maha Mengetahui..officer kat situ pon bising2 kat I pasal I lambat..I senyum jer la kat dia..nak cakap apa lagi kan..

Alhamdulillah I sempat kemas semua barang I pagi tu and checked in..First chopper pagi tu pulak memang punctual..selalu nya akan lewat 10-15 minutes depending on the weather..weather semalam pulak sangat baik..Chopper pon sampai on time..We all departed around 9.40 AM..

It took one hour to reached NAF Base airport from the rig..sampai2 terus call driver and security..Pagi semalam pulak dieorang busy hantar orang sana sini..so terpaksa la I melepak kat airport nak dekat sejam la jugak..

Sampai2 rumah masa tu nak dekat pukul 12 tengahari..Perut lapar sebab pagi tu tak breakfast tapi adalah sangat malas nak berjalan ke dining hall..sudah nya bekalan meggi stock sebulan aku kerjakan..sedap weh bila dah lama tak makan meggi then tetiba makan, sangat terasa nikmat kesedapan monosodium glutamat di dalamnya..sangat tak sihat kan..No..no..no..yum2..=P

Lepas dah calling2 lepas rindu dekat suami and mama abah, teringat job report nak kena submit Jumaat ni..terus la I mengerjakan nya..memang bersemangat buat report sebab nak siapkan cepat nanto boleh berblogging pulak kan..just stop untuk mandi and solat..disebabkan tekun sangat buat multitasking (buat report sambil berchatting dengan suami +FB sket2) tengok2 jam dah nak pukul 2 pagi..bus besoknya pukul 7.15 pagi..terus muah2 bye2 dengan suami and naik tidur..sebelum tidur dah set alarm kat handphone nak bangun pukul 6 pagi..

Danggggg..pagi tadi I bangun pukul 7.30 pagi..itu pon sebab my colleague call tanya datang base ke tak dia nak ambik barang from me..Kelam kabut I bangun cari handphone..selalu nya I memang akan terjaga kalau dengar alarm, tapi pagi tadi boleh pulak tak bangun..check2 tengok handphone was on silent mode..*bungukssss*..first thing I did, I called my manager to inform him then call security and driver untuk pick up...yang leceh nya nak arrange dengan security la...banyak sangat procedure nya..Mujur manager I sangat berhati mulia pagi tadi..dia kata takpe yang penting datang base sebab nak discuss something...

Apa benda la yang my manager nak discuss sangat tu kan.....tunggu next entry la..dah type panjang sangat ni..lenguh jari jemari kuuu...

Living in the middle of the sea

After 2 weeks surrounded by the sea, I am now back stepping on the ground..

Ada so many things yang I nak kena catch up..While I am now getting the internet connection better I siapkan kerja² yang tergendala sebab I was internet-less for 2 weeks kan..lama tu bagi pengguna internet yang tegar macam I..Especially when I was away from my loves one..mesti nak kena tengok my husband face and paling penting hero tercinta I, my beloved son...and it also includes meng-update blog kesayangan ni..

My last 2 weeks offshore experience was so amazing..First time pergi offshore la katakan..everything that I saw over there seems like new to me..I was a bit jakun for the first few days..Surprisingly I was the only girl on the drillship..You can imagine all eyes were on me..They looked at me as if they were looking at miss world an alien from Mars landed on the ship..Kelakar betul...

There's one incident happened before I was boarding..Takde la apa sangat pon but I swear after this I will never let it happens again...A day before hari kejadian my manager dah confirm dengan I yang I will be going to offshore on the next day..I pon dah siap² bagitau security yang I nak kena pergi airport awal² pagi esoknya..On the way to the airport, the security guy tanya I, I berlepas at which airport? Instead of answering his question, I pulak tanya soalan dekat dia..Don't we only have one airport in Port Harcourt?..Sebab tak pernah pergi offshore so memang sumpah I tak tau la rupanya ada airport lagi satu yang khas untuk chopper jer..Duhhh..Pastu dah la sampai² airport dengan confident pergi dekat check-in counter then the guy at counter told me that my name is not in the list...Being me, even I tried to be relax, still ada jugak rasa takut and risau tu..I pon terus call my manager and explained the situation to him..My manager tried to make me calm by saying he would try his best to put me on the chopper (helicopter) that morning..Agaknya dia tau I risau and takut kot..Apa tak risaunya dahla sorang2 pastu mamat Nigeria yang ada kat keliling duk pandang semacam jer dekat I..seram uuuuu!! I text my husband and dia pesan duduk kat tempat yang ramai orang..Finally I managed to get a seat on that chopper..phewww!!

First time naik chopper, what did I feel about it?? To be honest, I felt scared! Macam-macam I pikir before naik chopper..selamat ker? Dahla that morning hujan..lagi la I risau..before naik chopper, me and few guys yang lain masuk one room for briefing...Revise balik teknik² nak selamat kan diri kalau ade emergency landing..I dah belajar masa I ambik offshore survival kat Malta dulu..but bagus jugak ada briefing session tu sebab ada few things yang I dah lupa..hikhikhik

So sampai² jer dekat rig ada briefing lagi..berapa banyak briefing daaa...first briefing jumpa dengan captain drillship..then second briefing barulah masuk bab² safety, all the don'ts and do's thing to do on the rig..Time I sampai tu dah masuk lunch hour so after I'd done with the second briefing I pon terus ler ke dining hall..Perghh dining hall die memang best la..Antara dining hall on the rig yang paling best I jumpa..The foods was not that bad..I just need to be careful jer sebab they served pork too..Awal² I dah inform dekat camp boss (macam manager for the accomodation) yang I Muslim and tak makan baa aliff baa yaa..Bab² alcohol memang I tak risau sebab any medium of alcohol is not permitted on the drillship..

Lepas lunch I pon masuk bilik yang dah di assign for me..yang tak best nya kena share bilik dengan my colleague...since I am the only beautiful lady on board haruslah my roommate itu berlainan gender...At first rasa sangat tak selesa but I was so glad he was on the different shift..so memang tak pernah jumpa kat dalam bilik..berselisih pon dekat working area sahaja! lega I!

Basically this is how my room looks like..macam bilik kat hostel gitu..tapi tilam itu sangat comfy..I tido rasa macam malas nak bangun..comforter is provided..sebelum² ni memang I bawak selimut sendiri..Everyday ada cleaner datang to clean the room and every week they will change the bed sheet..Kat dalam bilik ada TV siap..tapi sayang takde E! channel..hari² I layan CNN..

Each person on board on the rig will be assigned a specific muster point for any unlikely event we all semua kena gather kat assigned muster point..yang macam ala² boat kat dalam gambar tu lebih kurang macam boat penyelamat la kiranya..Each boat boleh occupy dalam 10-12 persons and each of us kena tau boat yang mana satu di assign for us..

THE Anchor

Every 2 weeks there will be a BBQ organized by the company..I had a chance to attend BBQ last weekend..memang happening!

My favorite spot during coffee break..layan habis minum hot chocolate kat sini..=)

Sepanjang 2 weeks I was there, I dah 2 kali nampak dolphin..First time nampak dolphin jumping here and there, I was so amazed..Macam nampak kat dalam TV..the second time the dolphin came closer to the drillship..Subhanallah memang sangat cantik...Other than that I nampak jellyfish, so many kind of fishes yang kadang² get close to the surface..kalau boleh fishing kat situ memang best...my husband kalau nampak ikan2 besar ni dia sure suka..

My work station...My inspiration...

Me with Nathan and Okere..teman bergelak ketawa sepanjang I kat sana..Okere sangat la funny orang nya..kalau jumpa sure I gelak jer...

I have learned a lot from there..I made a lot of new friends kat sana....Oooh lupa nak cerita.I met one Malaysian kat sini..Malaysia Indian guy..Dia yang tegur I dulu..I was so happy dapat jumpa dengan dia..at least ada kawan yang boleh converse in Malay..I memang excited kalau dapat jumpa orang Malaysia especially dekat tempat² yang macam ni lagi la I appreciate sangat kalau dapat jumpa Malaysian..I am proud to be Malaysian!

Begitulah serba sedikit experience I masa kat atas rig 2 weeks ago..Kalau ikutkan I have to stay there longer tapi atas sebab tertentu my manager terpaksa panggil we all balik dulu..since our preparation pon dah 99% complete...Nanti I kena pergi balik ke rig ni for operation pulak..last 2 weeks I pergi just for preparation jer..Next time it will be more easier for since I dah tau banyak pasal drillship ni..It was such a remarkable experience for me...

Berenang-renang ke tengah lautan

Okay tipu. I dah la tak pandai berenang so macam mana nak berenang-renang ke tengah lautan..

Actually, tomorrow I will be going to offshore rig. Believe it or not, since I started working until now I have never been to offshore rig. The rest of the job that previously I did are on land meaning the rig is on the land (sahara/desert). I couldn't imagine myself being on the rig located in the middle of the sea which has limited spaces and what make me even worry is that the rig is on the drillship (Imagine cruise ship and ada rig on it). Kalau laut agak wavy sure drillship tu bergerak2 kan..I dah la jenis mabuk laut.. So memang agak nervous di situ..

Basically begini lah rupa drillship yang I akan pegi besok..Memang looks like a cruise kan??
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I can't stop myself thinking about what should I do if something bad happening on the rig (doa² nothing happen)?? Kalau land rig boleh la nak lari mana² kan..ni tengah² laut ..takkan nak terjun dalam laut kot..Aigooooo...

My manager pulak keep asking me.."Are you ready to go to offshore?" Nak jer I jawab "Hell no..I prefer to work on land" boleh gitu?? Tapi of course la I tak jawab camtu kan..I reply dengan penuh confident nyer "Oh yaa I can't wait..such a new experience for me!"...hakikat sebenar nyer dalam hati I ni Tuhan jer la yang tau..

I am not sure I will be provided with internet connection ker tak..supposedly ada la kot..but I won't put any hope on that sebab nanti kalau takde nanti I akan kecewa sampai tak nak makan nanti. Okay tak kan la tak nak makan tapi mungkin kurang selera makan..So I just assumed myself will be internet-less kat sana nanti..Dah pesan kat my husband awal² yang I akan ber'internet-less' sebab nanti dia risau pulak kenapa wife dia senyap jer selama beberapa minggu..risau dia ingat I dah jatuh cinta dengan mamat Nigeria and lupa kat dia which will not happen at all..I love u more baby!

Kalau dapat permission I boleh lah snap few pictures dekat situ untuk tatapan anda² semua..Doakan saya selamat pergi dan pulang yerkk...See you later once I step back on the ground..hehehe

Bon au revoir Malaysia!

I calculated in one year, I travel with plane more than 10 times..and that number only includes traveling to and fro for work..If I count flying for vacations it will double the number..memang leh jadi lagi kaya owner Emirates dengan AirAsia...KLIA and Dubai international airport memang dah jadi macam my second home..To tell you the truth, after certain times I feel tired of flying here and there especially for a long distance flight..

And now again, for a countless time I am again packing my luggage and travel mencari rezeki in another part of the world..

I supposed to come back to work last week on 20th June, and 2 days before the date I was actually hoping that my manager will send email to me asking me to stay for another one week..I don't know why I feel like 3 weeks days off I had is too short..I feel like I am not ready to come back to work..I feel like I still don't get enough rest after 6 weeks working everyday..Erkk..actually that's what I felt each time I reached the end of my days off..:p

If you really wish for something and you are sincerely praying to Allah to help you, InsyaAllah your wish will be granted..You know what, a day before the date I should fly back to Nigeria, I got a call from my manager..He asking me to stay for another one week!!! Apparently, the job that I have supposedly to go is delayed..I was so extremely happy!!

Then again, now I feel the same like what I felt last week..*sigh* Being a human, bagi betis nak peha..

I felt so lazy to pack my luggage and decided to wait until football match between England VS Slovenia ended. It was indeed a very tense match to watch as both team has potential to go to second round. Since England had shown a very so-so performance in the last two games, they have by hook or by crook to win this game with victory. Emir was sleeping through out the game and woke up just 10 minutes before the game ended. My house turned out like a mini stadium since my FIL and my four BIL were staying at our house to watch the match together...

Okay back to my 'pack-the-luggage' story..Emir was awake after almost 4 hours sleep and there's no way he will come back to sleep in just a minute. The time was showing 12 o'clock and I'd already started packing half way. This time around, my luggage is loaded with foods and bahan-bahan nak masak since Ramadhan will come very soon. I need to get myself ready especially to fulfill my stomach desires during Ramadhan..Mind you, I don't have Bazaar Ramadhan in Nigeria tau and there's only few guys yang puasa..so rarely I can get foods that can memenuhi nafsu makanku reach my liking..hihihi

So this little guy was so generous enough to help me to pack my stuffs...After few attempts sending him to his father back and forth and he was crying his lung out each time I was out from his sight, I was finally letting him to assist me..But instead of putting things inside the luggage he threw all my things that I put in before out the luggage..I guess he doesn't want me to leave him again..

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He was trying to fit in it!

He finally made it! He lied down in the luggage and his face expression saying "Perhaps Ibu could bring me along..."

Can't stop myself smiling looking at the last picture..I didn't expect he could threw everything out and actually had an idea of lying down inside of the luggage..after all he just 1 year 5 months old!

Stage fright

I am under pressure now!!

I have two presentation this week..One of them was given in a very short notice!..D*mn..

The last time I did presentation was like 4 or 5 months ago. It was long time ago..I memang ketar lutut la each time nak buat presentation ni..Sometimes memang dah prepare dah but once I stand in front of crowds I tend forget what I have to say!

According to our former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir, he was saying that he also has a stage fright each time he is about to give a speech. Semua orang rasa macam tu ker??

*Picture from google

Here's the top 7 tips to overcome stage fright which I took from here:

1. Know your stuff! The best thing you can do is to be overwhelmingly, thoroughly, and completely prepared and in mastery of your material. Much of the fear comes from wondering if you will make a mistake, or if the audience will know more than you. There is one sure way to beat that and that is by knowing your material inside and out.
   
   
2. Focus on getting through the first five minutes. That is where the problem lies. Rarely do you see someone who seems fearful all the way through his or her presentation, do you? No, they settle in and get comfortable after a while. Don’t look at it as a fifty-minute speech. Look at it as a five-minute speech.
   
   
3. Breathe! Fear is a bodily reflex and one that you can overcome. When you get afraid, you start to breathe in short, fast breaths. Before you speak, or while you are being introduced, you should sit quietly and breathe slow, deep breaths.
   
   
4. Tell yourself that the world won’t fall apart if you do a rotten job. Face it; unless you are delivering the State of the Union Address, the world will keep right on revolving if you don’t do well. Even as a professional speaker there are times when they don’t do as well as they want to. People usually appreciate it anyway and you’ll keep right on going.
   
   
5. Understand that you are your own worst critic. Most people aren’t going to come to your presentation with the goal of picking you apart. So you shouldn’t pick yourself apart either. Obviously, this is mainly for the one giving the occasional talk, not the professional speaker.
   
   
6. Understand that most of the people in the audience would be scared to death to give a speech too, and are glad that it is you and not them! For the occasional speaker, it is okay to say, "Excuse my nerves, I am not used to this."
   
   
7. Make ‘em laugh. That is the best way to start with a crowd. It is a guaranteed laugh and always settles the crowd in. Sometimes it has nothing to do with the topic and just say, "What does that have to do with my topic? Nothing, but I just love that joke!" Then go into your speech, and we are all a little more relaxed because we have laughed together.
   
   

I hope everything will be smooth sailing..Pray for me people!

*Need to review back my slide show..daa

Long Journey but it's really worth it

Wahh...tuan punya blog kalau balik Malaysia mesti lupa diri nak update blog..Hehe..Mintak maaf banyak-banyak kerana menyepi... I was busy running errands and ni pon banyak lagi benda yang belum settle..

Before I started to tell you guys anything happened while I am in Malaysia, I nak cerita kejadian-kejadian yang berlaku before I flew back home... So 10 hours journey from the wellsite memang sangat menggembirakan hati I yang dah tak sabar-sabar nak balik kampung halaman..Along with me balik ke base was a Pakcik Tua from France...hehe..tak banyak sangat borak-borak dengan dia sebab sangat penat and most of time journey tidur jer...but ada singgah tepi jalan took picture dengan Unta...hehehe

Sampai Tripoli around pukul 6 malam but memang dah gelap sebab still Winter..pukul 5.30 petang dah macam maghrib..nothing much to do that night..I had my dinner then sambung tidur di atas katil yang sangat selesa..Besok pagi bangun awal dengan semangat sebab tau sehari jer kena pegi base then dah nak balik dah...After morning meeting, manager panggil masuk bilik...Aduihhh..hati dah berdebar-debar ni..sebab before balik base macam dah dengar rumour yang ramai akan kena transfer out..Maybe I am one of them...And seperti yang dijangkakan memang betul pon..Macam ni la situation bila masuk bilik manager...

Manager: Owhh Nur...come in and have a sit..

Me: Ermm..Is there anything that I can help you? (Cehh buat-buat tanya kot-kot ada kerja ke yang kena buat)

Manager: Owhh...no...here's the letter that I wanted to give you before you went to the job but I kinda forget...(Encik Manager...aku pergi job 3 weeks ago kot macam la tak boleh Email jer soft copy kat aku)

Me: (Sambil buat-buat terkejut..) Letter??

Manager: Yeah..you've got transfer to Nigeria..(Sambil muka tersenyum)

Me: Owhh..nooo...Nigeria?? I tot I had enough with Africa Continent..why can't I get back to Malaysia..

Manager: It is a good opportunity for you...bla..bla..bla..bla...


Begitulah episode perbualan I with my manager...Yeah as mentioned earlier I will be going to Nigeria..I don't know what to say but to be honest apart of me I am quite happy because I'll be out from Libya..I dah almost 3 years kerja dekat Libya so I think I need some changes..but apart of me I really want to go back to my home country so badly..I talked to my manager about this and he said activity dekat Malaysia not that high for the time being and it is not good for my career development...S*hit...So memang kena working hard and get promoted then boleh demand nak kerja office kat Malaysia...pray for me guys!!

Akhirnya keluar dari padang pasir..=)

Finally I selamat sampai di Tripoli...Alhamdulillah...Nanti I update pasal journey 10 jam tadi yek..Yer 10 hours journey, 800 km...Jauhkan..sampai sakit-sakit pinggang ni..

Notakaki: Tadi manager call I, nak jumpa besok sebab nak discuss something...nervous pulak rasa..adakah nak dapat surat transfer??besok I reveal eh...

Tata..