RTB

hi.



wk 2 in line.
lotsa filter changes, oil top ups and occassionally component change.
also manage to attend to 2 planes due to RTB though didn't get involved with the troubleshooting.
also, had the privilege of joining the engineer to change EMP-C1 (Electric Motor Pump - Center 1) of the new 787. first time everyone's doing it. so it was quite interesting to help out abit.
basicaly its a motor pump for the hydraulic system. i dont really know much abt the 787 coz its a completely new age kinda a/c. everything's new. even the CBs are like electrically tripped; no more manual tripping.

i think what excites me is this HUD. (head-up display)

basically this is just before the cockpit window, to help pilots landing more shiokly; they dont have to look down at the their screens while making the descent. actually fighter planes alrdy have them, but to see such techy stuff on a commercial plane is really neat.

it made me feel abit suaku. hahhas. my collegue and i thought that it was the all amazing glass screen that emits the light .. so all the while, i was very intrigued to find out what kind of new technology is this... like how can the glass emit light sensors so flawlessly. hahhas. but actually...... its just a projection of the like from the upper panel just behind the pilot or first officer's head. ahahhs. #mylifewasalie. felt abit stupid coz i totally didn't think of that as i had more faith in today's technology. ahahas. well, we all learn.

spent a fair bit of time on the 747 as well. we did this 20ft cargo loading system test. quite fun but abit hard to understand initially. overall it felt like playing a sized up nitendo game console.

then they were lubricating the flaps, so the flaps were all extended. pretty amazing coz i didn't know the 744 flaps can extend till such extent!

overall was fun coz i alvin was my partner for most of the time. like me, his dad is also a technician from the company, just that his dad is still working in the company and is often hunted down by him. ahhhahaas.  my dad's from C shift while his dad was from A shift. usually the A shift guys would go down to support the C shift guys. was quite funy overall up. coz my dad was the mentor for one of the lead techs we're following. so he was like... "last time we joked (with ur father).. if u treat me bad, next time we treat ur children bad." ahhahas. now its payback time. ahhahahs.
but funny la. they were telling me alot of stories abt how my dad disturb the trainees. as a simple man, my dad asked them to buy plain rice just with gravy back for lunch. then he was explaining, how can a trainee just buy plain rice and gravy for their mentor. ahhas. so they added other stuff. after that, my father go and say them y never just buy rice and gravy. hhahas. i guess for this kind of joke, must be there to feel to full extent of the joke. ahhas.


also, i heard that in my company, so far there's no female ac technicianss in line maint ever. there were cabin techs or techs in the hangar but those are not direct hire. so if i make it here, technically i'd be the first in the company. i mean theres female engineers though, mostly the e&i ones and rarely the a&c ones which never really lasted long coz of their family commitments.
that's the problem with asian culture that only men should be working such jobs while the female should be at home taking care of the family.
well, it also makes abit of sense coz for the last 10 yrs in my company who's like the dominant market leader , there are no intakes for technicians, only an ongoing training schemes for engineers. so if u count back, 10 yrs ago, as life was also more... pragmatic or rather, sexism, u get today's result of a closet society.



anyway, on the last day of the wk, we heard some discouraging stuff. whatever it is, be it due to politics, racism, power or simply in the name of innocent productivity, i must rmbr to calibrate my expectations vs my hopes and wants. at the end of the day, should i not get posted to star team or even in line main, i should manage it well and at least, make the best of out every outcome even if its gg to suck real bad. like what the instructor say abt mins to a crash should a plane be not able to recover from a stall "smoke and pray". ahhahas.

this wk was also emotionally abit... reckless.

mon was suposed to gym, but feeling pretty lazy and emo for no apparent reason, so i went to get a hair cut instead.

tues, original plan was to go for fitness trng and then social touch. had alot of permutations actually. ahhas, its either that 

or gym then social touch

or trng then home

or nua then social touch

or gym then home

in the end, i just lepak at the airport whole day till late. didn't feel like gg home or doing anything. 

was thinking abt it. perhaps i was just having the effects of emotional diahorrea, coz in the morng i think i had to finally confront my fears coz i think i saw you just outside ur office while otw to mine.

at that moment, was quite funny coz i was just telling my collegue that this was my previous ojt office, so when i saw u, i think my brain hanged for a awhile. couldn't really register anything. that 3 sec or so probably felt like 5mins of blue screen.

also, was supposed to meet one of my shifu who just finished his night shift to catch up with him after i clock-in, but i didnt have time in the end. so in all, my brain couldn't seem to process anything.

so with that, was abit distracted during work. couldn't really recall the events of the day coz it was also one of the busier days. 

at the end of the phyicially challenging and emotionally draining day, while sitting down and sipping up a well-deserved milk tea, i tried to recollect the day's events and was just feeling abit surprised that i was thatttt affected by u. i mean, all along, because it is still small sg airport where we'd bump into ppl, i've been secretly also prepping myself to be cool if such a day should come. whats more, majorty of the sq fleet is around that area.  

so after much internal evaluation, i really dont know what u mean to me. not sure if its the outcome of escapism, denial or just plain acceptance, i just knew that somewhere inside hasn't established some form of peace upon this whole episode.

on a more positive (or maybe not) note, i do find myself wanting to just send u pictures of what excites me everyday at work, just to share my exploding excitement of discovery. i still rmbr back then how we would engage in 24/7 conversations abt aviation shit and all even though my knowledge was just very general and brief then. i mean i'm still learning and cannot explain every a/c system off hand coz i'm pretty confused with all the different aircraft types as of now, but at least not so stupid now. ahhahhas

ANYWAYS. 

on a more tangible note, i think i might wanna do a another engineering degree. my only option is uniSIM's Aircraft Systems; looking at the jan intake. but its abt $40k and i got no money. i'm not eligible for govt subsidy coz this would be my 2nd degree. abit wasted coz since my last degree was only 1.5 yrs and as it's Business in nature, in total the fee was abt $15k and after the govt grant, i only needed to pay like $9k or smth. so actually, it would be more cost efficient if i took my 4yrs engineering degree first being subsided by the govt rather than wasting the subsidy on a 1.5 yr business degree. think abt the $$ i could have saveeedddd. sigh.  well, that was then uh. 

so now, i'm looking to take a bank loan. apparently OCBC have this study loan with 0% interest only if u study in NUS / NTU or NIE. toooo bad.

was just thinking... reallly starting to feel the weight of living in singapore especially this month.

everything came in one shot and i'm starting to really feel the weight:

- season parking

- insurance (bike, personal....)

- inspection

- road tax

- phone bill

- passport renewal

- filing for dunowhat tax thing

- weddings

- study load (soon)

- caas papers ($80 x 13!!)

once i pass out, i should really start inculcating an interest to invest or smth; or advised by many, find a rich husband. hahahas! 

but really la, there's too many things to think and too many priorities besides spending time in relationships or even just dating all over again. besides, i dont think i can handle anymore emotional pressure. anymore such blows and i'm sure to go berserk since i believe, the problem has always to be me. so the best is, dont even start. dont even think about it. dont even allow myself that opportunity. 

like now the whole' LKY's passing hype is starting to die dow, more.... 'mimosa' is starting to pop up. why mimosa because like the plant, when touched, the plant 'withers' and act as if its dead, once left untouched, they start to spring out to life. 

they call him having a soft authoritarian / false democratic kind of dictator. its just shortly after 1 wk of his passing and we see several articles springing out, noticeably the 17yr old Famous Amos one. ahhahs. 

personally, as of now, i take no stand coz since young, i never like studying History no doubt History has proven its worth of  teaching us several lessons for to lead a better future per se. we can and should be thankful for everything, be it good or bad coz more importantly, we should focus on what's ahead and what we can to do to protect or even refuse anything that threatens the prosperity and well-being of this small state. i do fear of the presence of govt corruption coz it will be a snowball effect for a more poweful, unstoppable avalanche that can wipe out a whole village of innocent lives.

we'll never know what lies ahead of us but i guess the best is to take small careful steps along the way. more haste and less speed if we should say. 

lastly, happy birthday amanda!

if its not for her forcing me to apply for uni, i wouldnt have my degree now. i mean, she went all the way to help me submit my applications coz i just didn't want to do it. ahahas

and also to these 2 boys who's got the same bday.