Aku Pulang~

I am back. From Brunei and spent 4 days chasing around town like crazy. I did some favourable things, but most of them had to be postponed in my To-Do list.

I am now back in Kemaman, again.

Random knick-knacks. Or is it nick-nacks? Haha. All the hotels were full when I was back in Seria for my review with the boss in Brunei so they wanted to put me in then men’s staff house (again!) but luckily, I had Rina (she is the lab technician who mixes cement and tests slurries and mud push all week through) who kind heartedly offered me to stay with her at her cozy house in Tutong district.

But earlier that day, I had my review with the boss. He is super cool ok. He was like, “When are you planning to head back to KL?”
“ASAP” I said that sheepishly. Gile tak saba nak balik.
“Good, then we do the review today and you can book your flight for tomorrow or whenever you like.” Uber cool or what?

So we had the review, and it was just brimming over the operations side, I can understand why he didn’t get all in depth and asked me the settings of the safety valves or why we used formic acid instead of HCL. It was pretty much over in 15 minutes. Best kan? Review in 15 minutes je. I knew it was over when he shook my hands and went,
“Congratulations, I fully support you continuing your career advancement with the company.”

Geez. Overwhelmed? I don’t know, sometimes the company does this to you. It makes you believe that you are really not that clever and that everybody is/was blind to have let you go and get your promotion. Haha. Rase nak gelak pon ade ok. Alhamdulillah..Syukur pada yang Maha Esa.

Aku girang hari itu.Half the battle won!

So later that nite, me and Rina wanted an eventful evening, but I was pretty poofed from hacking my brain with the review session I had in the afternoon, and was craving mee bakso. We had some in Hua Ho, and later went to Kedai Communist. Kejam kan nama kedai mcm tu? But it was like its name!! Its just a pretty big joint where they sell pirated cds. Hahahaha. Nice one lah.

The next day, we headed out from home and I even borrowed a sweater from Rina. Little did I know that Rina didn’t wear that sweater much and now, it belongs to me!

Ade berite mengembirakan. Tapi saya fikir nak bagi rakan2 hadam entry yang ini dulu lah =) henjoice. Such a crime to type that word!

Hari Itu

Why does it always feel like happiness and reality have to be so far apart? I know the answer. And you are damned right to say that this job is the main cause. Jadi macam mana? Quit now?

How can I quit now and still expect myself to be the role model to my one and only younger brother. Haih, banyak yang kakak sudah korbankan, tahu? Goodluck and do your best in the exams. Hugs and more rewards when you get home after the exams. Hehe. Bribery never fails. Hiok hiok. Tiru ayu gelak cam setan.

Almost all of Bandar

We finished our operation on well SWA-160L and most of the crew were bored of the job. Or maybe it was just me and the girls. All day everyday we would be wishful-thinking-away about good food they didn’t have on the vessel and salivate on it.

Then, the weather started to pick-up. And right after pumping out all the treatment chemicals, we had to prepare to longline or move the vessel away from the platform.

“Kan ke mana?” (Where are we headed off to?)

“Ndak ke mana-mana, cuma longline aja” (Not off to anywhere, maintain this longline position) This meant we were just parking or idling in the middle of the sea, in safe distance away from the platform. Later we heard the news that the weather forecast reported bad weather for Brunei waters and alerted all vessels to go back to the anchorage for safety.

“Kan ke Muara..” (We’re off to Muara – aka LAND!!)

Oh goody. But boy, the journey to Muara was 6 damned hours of rolling and rolling on my top deck bed. The only thing that was preventing me from falling was the metal rod that was put in place on the sides.

Once we reached Muara, we went rebellious! The SV mumbled something about not letting too many people off to land, but we decided the night was ours to seize. And off we went.

We first went to Kampung Kapok, my babe’s house. To get the car, purse and perfume. Hehe. We hussled then to Hot Pot Steamboat in Gadong, near the big HSBC for a 10BND per head steamboat buffet that we did justice to! Syiokk~ The tomyam was heavenly and I ate so much!



And Haya had to get her caffeine fix from Fun Donat in Kiulap where the store was almost closing.




Then there was the R8 that was just waving at me in River View Hotel, Gadong. Actually the car wasn’t waving at me, but we had this thing for the apple pie that I never got and all Haya did was talk about the apple pie during Ramadan. Apple pie, 5BND each. We got 2 servings.



Since I knew I was leaving soon, I had had had haddd toget my hands on some more tudungs! We went to Plaza Atirah and I wasted some cash. Forgot to take pics of the place.

Being Cinderellas, we had time for one last stop to the Mamih’s (macam Mapley’s la..cume nama die Mamih. Cute kan?) before exceeding the curfew. The boys wanted some Nasi Katok at 1BND each and Mister MJ wanted some satay for supper.

That night, we all slept well fed and I was proclaimed to have seen 70% of all the hotspots of Bandar.



Terime kaseh my babes Chelowee and Haya!