its the end of feb and i've decided to blog again.
hahas. really, its been really a tough month with work and sch that i dont even have energy to play my pointless mobile games. yup, sch started in Jan.
many events have happened within these 2 months like Estee's & Zh wedding, LMD bowling tournament, safari zoo run and so on. (actually i think that's about it, can't rmbr what else.)
havent been to trng or running coz of work (we totally strolled during the zoo run.. hahahs. okok. collectively running maybe 1k? ahhahahahas)
its also the start of 15s league and Touch league and i havent been able to go for a single game or trng at all. timing isn't really nice, but i guess to be committed means to be having to make sacrifices.
a vid to sum up a day of work at the Singapore Airshow 2016. :')
decided to blog this time coz we're just done with Singapore Airshow 2016 and really, it took up 80% of awake hours. we changed cost centre, so our shift schedule was also adjusted. 2 on, 2 off. all morng, 7am to 7pm. the whole experience, despite minor hiccups and administrative disappointments is still great. i mean, i dont just learn about the technical groundling handling skills, but i get to meet and work with ppl from other companies in this industry. most of the time, we're dealing with business jets apart from our usual commercial birds so it can get pretty interesting.
but really, it was physically challenging. but because everyday is a new day with new challenges, you can just 'dont mind' the tiredness. coz while i face work struggles, i still have to catch up with my sch work. so after work, i usually go bedok macs and try to catch up on my lect till about 12am- then work next day again. i still rmbr not being about to do some simple maths calculations - on the calculator. can't even typed in correctly.. try 5 times, 5 times diff ans; thats when i told myself to stop and go home to rest. hahahahs. i think mother poon felt it even more. there was a time i didnt see her for 3 days. i'm out to work b4 she's up and when i'm back, she's alrdy in her room.
i'm just so glad to be back with my team.
here's some of my fav photos from all the (almost 20GB worth of vids and photos.) not in any particular order coz there's really alot of fav photos and blogger is not so friendly with arranging / sorting ur photos.
oh yes. the first thing i did was arriving the 9 Black Eagles. (: raihan was guiding me along. no photos coz its the military transport apron and no taking of photos. but that really helped to build my confidence. and the planes were really really really beautiful. felt damn proud when the pilot like salute me to thank me while taxiing in their cockpit. :)
guys from my department, but from different Teams except uncle J. hahas. finally a day when all of us are at work tgt.
one of the most memorable towing.
suppposed to just tow the Global 6000. but coz alot of delays around, so i ended up having to convoy tow in the A380 as well. ahhahas a little bit scary for me coz i dont do headset towing at my work, so i'm very inexperienced with this. i think its more scary for the i/cs.. knowing that the inexperienced one is doing the convoy tow. but glad it all went well. just that W1 taxiiway is really too narrow. but yea, good job to raihan n i. ahhahas
hahahs. and yes, the memorable long walks out to get the bus after a long tiring day of work coz of admin issues (as usual). there was one day we had to walk like 3km out... about 40mins maybe? i mean u can say its just 3km. but with a long day of wing walking and walking and more walking... 3km is a feat.
memorable day. coz we held short for over 3hrs. in the hot sun. lotsa communications complications overhead. but well, we're just techs... so.. selfie time! hahahhas. ok la. it could have been worse with heavy rain and all.
with the chinook. could have had a future with it if i really signed on as an Aircrew Specialist.
and yes, with our very own tow tug at its best. how often do you get to see the original colour of the towtug. ahhahs. and it shines somemore. and and.. the seat is comfy with no holes and all. hahhahas.
and yes. during Trade days, thank God we had time to visit the booths since it was low movement since most of the aircraft were alrdy in to stay for the trade days.
never since disc brakes so clean b4. ok take photo. i really like Trade days coz the booths are alive and some of the ppl (who dont discriminate) bother to explain their technologies to you even though they clearly know that i have 0 buying power. also, its not so madly crowded during trade days. everyone there has probably got some relation to aviation, so there's this sense of familiarity amongst the crowd and its pretty comforting to some extent (vs public days).
HAHA. me on repeat and repeat and repeat. those
worked with these 2 guys alot. v grateful for them, willing to 'take the risk' to let me do the job and being patience with me. not supposed to say this but.... hahahs. how often do u get to drive the Elektro (the electric towtug usually used for smaller jets). hahahhas.
rain or shine we do the job.
heard that it was the first time ever that it rained. some of us didn't even have our raincoat with us (another admins issue but whatever) there was one night it was Cat A, so bad that all of the planes who were supposed to departed were grounded. and 2 of our guys were stuck at W1, on our open top non-convertible tow tug. ahhahas. but with the rain falling so heavily like tt and w/o lights, it was quite scary.
the ops room at SADA; and photo with png, one of the airtug drivers. very humble hardworking guy with an OCD level that i can identify / empathisize with. ahahas. alot to learn from.
not forgetting our very hospitable clients who welcomed us to their chalets to makan! and its not ur usual low cost catering food ok. they had macaroons and atas capsule coffee and atas idkthename kind of food. i've never really had a whole macaroon to myself b4. so it was good.
EMS helicopter! just had to take a photo with it.
and the last thing for this event did was towing the 2 Airbus Helicopter. because of a miscomm and pressure, i actually caused the 1st helicopter to delay. ;( but thank God that the pilot, though could tell he was abit upset, was really nice and understanding. and it was good coz i had a chance to work with 2 of my team guys. throughout this period, didn't get to work much with them coz they are from the other shift.
also, hold the tail and walk from sada all the way to W1 for safety purposed. hahas. so was talking to the trainee apprentice (yea, we had a total of 10 trainee apprentice, 5 to 1 shift) during the long walk. was nice and the walk didn't feel long though it was under the hot. the talk was also gd, coz at least i know i'm not alone while facing all these unnecessary work /trainee politics. though minor, but worth talking it out.
A400M. it was aaaaabit emotional for everyone during their departure actually. ahhahas. the msians from the RMAF. they're one of the first few to arrive and their plane was just infront of our containers. so we see this plane before and after the start of work. and also, they'd join us during our breaks (behind the containers), chilling out during rest times and all. so friendships were forged during all these little breaks. furthermore, its malaysia, so of course there's this unspoken familiarity and kinship.
the most memorable (and longest no defect, all about clearance) departure i ever did, whats more... with my part-time airshow bf. Schd to leave sada at 1400hrs for refuelling and departure at 1600hrs. Postponed till abt 2000hrs when i saw it in the sky. Ahhahds. But it was still awesome coz we towed the A380 all the way down to the other end of the military runway (due to wind direction), really slowly, as if synchronising with the serene setting sun, along with the colourful runway lights.
the military runway. how often do u get to tow an aircraft for depart on the runway? what's more.. the military runway. heehee.
It was really evening sun till the sky turned dark with shiny stars when we finally remove the bypass pin, headset transmittor and waved bye to the capt the flight engineer. With my fav tech, away from all the hustle and bustle of tradeshow and dying down comms in such setting, it was really peaceful. Haha. If only my eyes could take photo/vid of the whole setting (no photography in that area).
i still rmbr this day. was our 2nd morng shift, and we're reallly tired from all the rain and all. so being back at changi apron did feels alot like home - finally somewhr we can identify ourselves with.
ok.. some of the photos i posted on instagram..
day 4 of prep..
and some of the friends i managed to meet up with during the airshow. some of which are ex business partners / customers. sometimes it feels abit awkward coz where i'm at now is really far from the stuff that we used to tal. abt hahas.
glad to see these 2 especially. ahhahs
stephanie sim who's now likka manager in CAG. hahahs.
Funny how while she's a manager at CAG, i'm a tech with my company. what are the odds. Just like in the old sch days, we're both in the exco for prefects (HAHA,yes).. she was always the righteous head prefect while i was always the rebellious one, trying to legitly bend the rules for students. I rmbr not coming to agreement with her 80% of the time but somehow in the end, we managed to work tgt and the results are always better than expected. In many ways, u have inspired me in many ways and i'm proud to be "stephanie sim's batch". ;) and she's still as awesome.. coming up with the self-check in departure kiosk or smth.
for a 0700 - 1900 work hours, it's always rewarding coz we get the see both the sun rise and sunset.
interestingly, in the morng as we head towards our container, we are facing the rising sun. and while gg back, we're always facing the setting sun.
2 of my fav photos. its actually different (not about the editing) but abt the angle of the sun rays. hahas.
one of my fav shots too. pity that my phone wasn't able to process it well.
the b52 bomber fly past on the 2nd day of public day. heard that this plane (always) wanted to be part of the airshow but coz the low engines / wide wing span can't clear the bridge along northern tow rd of aviation park road. so yea, all that effort for them for just this less than 2 mins fly past. still a sight. uncle J would be v happy to see this.
some vids (uploaded on my instagram.. didn't upload via youtube if not cant hear the music. sighz.)
the B52 bomber fly past if u guys missed it.
fav parts by the Black eagles.
the amazingly crazy Sukhoi by the RMAF. what aerodynamics, camber and all. ahhas. just need 2 super powerful jet engines and u can do anything u want. really amazing.
last airshow me and this airshow me.
interesting how 2 yrs can change so much.
all in all, i'm just glad with not only the experiences, but also with the friends made. its not often that we get to work with different guys from other departments. really wished that some of my batch mates / just passed out techs could join coz it'd be so fun and great time of learning tgt. but oh well, that incident always come back to haunt me and really, if rumours seems to overwrite friendships or the need to know the truths, then i think i should just let go. sometimes its just too hard to hang on, letting the happy times go may be a better option.
also, because its all so aviation and all, i just wish i still had the both of u with me.
kthnxbye.
