I like the smell of ...

MasyaAllah begitu cepat masa berlalu. Sudah hampir 3 bulan sudah saya bekerja di "perkampungan chemical" di Terengganu ini. Sukar untuk saya gambarkan perbezaan hidup sebagai pelajar dan hidup sebagai seorang perkerja makan gaji. Jurang yang besar memisahkan 2 kehidupan ini menyebabkan ada di kalangan rakan2 saya mengaku kalah gara-gara tidak dapat "cope" dgn perubahan ini.

"Fear of newness does trigger your stress. But stress is good, use it to optimize your performance rather than worrying about it" - chewah, words of wisdom nie ciptaan sendiri LOL

Saya pada mulanya agak ter-culture shock sikit bekerja dengan company melayu ni. Sehingga sekarang saya masih lagi menyesuaikan diri dgn suasana kerja lasak saya ni. Untuk pengetahuan semua, I'm working in a petchem plant where life can be 'shorten' just by hearing the should-wear-double-hearing-protection noise from the compressors and the sharp tangy-like smell of innocent looking ammonia. I'm a mechanical maintenance guy, more on rotating equipments though (i.e rotary engineer). The day I stepped my right foot into the ammonia plant, was the day they decided to shut down the plant. Teng-teng-teng (Action-like backround music starting to roar, pretty much like the medical checkup story) Meaning I got a hell lotsa works to do. But this is the best time to learn. Haha you'll never know how tough it was unless you work in a plant. Correction, not was but is. It is TOUGH! Yeah you rite there, thank you for asking, I mostly do work 7 days a week!

Tetapi saya masuk di Ammonia sebagai engineer, bukan sebagai pelajar praktikal. Maka my learning curve is spiking high way harder than the practical students because, I'm paid to do work and at the same to learn as well. It's not an easy job. I remember going to work a couple of weeks ago at 8 in the morning and I got back home 4.30 am the next day. Then I woke up at 8, went to work at 9 am the same day & got back at 2 am the next day. This is my life. Which is takde life LOL. I'm not working for the money (though it's partially true LOL), it's responsibility and you gots to finish what you have started.

"Bukan senang nak cari duit"

Now I know the meaning behind it. The more you get the more you will spend it and the more you want it. But don't get me wrong, I do spent my money on things that I like. If I don't then, there's no meaning risking my life everyday in the plant, I could die instantly here. Tapi berpada-padalah dalam spending tue lol.

"If not, then who's going to"

Kadang-kadang saya berfikir, kenapa saya memilih kerja ini sedangkan kerja di pejabat jauh lebih selesa, lebih macho (yer ker?), lebih selamat etc. ?? (Plus tinggal kat area sini memang bosan) and I can't find the answer for it. But one thing for sure, I like what I'm doing and believe me not everybody want's to do what I'm doing (I actually did ask the interviewer to put me in a plant though, and here I am LOL). It's risky, it's dirty, it's nasty (hyperbola lak ayat aku nie), and very challenging. I do this job because it's fun and if I don't do it, who is going to?

Guys, frens, & everybody, stay sharp & good luck in life!

*yeah I'll upload some pics later. Cool ones. Sangat busy at the moment (I can't believe myself writing this blogpost at cybercafe, sedey sungguh... rumah pun xde streamyx lagi, jauh kene gi Dungun cari TM point!!! bila masa nk pergi tue?? LOL)

Knowledge is power