Log: Week 8

Monday

Site tests with Hui and a new trainee, Jamie.

Some champ left this on the dashboard. How sweet. Good start for the week =)

Site 1: Happy Garden, Old Klang Road. Okay, okay I get it. It'll be a happy day^^

Site 2: Taman Industri Selesa Jaya, Seri Kembangan. Beautiful sunset, eh?

Had dinner with Hui and Fishy and wondered what to do next. Thanks Fishy

They're so cute together har har... I'm lamposting AGAIN

Light of the world

Wooo... Colors overload

It's the best time of the year

Even the moon is brighter here

The plasticine was right =)

Tuesday

They're sending two teams to Putrajaya today (Aw and Ashley being the other). Woohoo~

Site 1: Precinct 8. I don't know where the picture's gone though I'm sure there was.

Site 2: Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (MOSTI), Parcel C.

Meeting up at Kementerian Luar Negeri (Wisma Putra)

Well, since we already came all the way...

Funny how we all turned up in orange. Er, three and a half...

Beautiful day.

Wednesday

Karak Highway cluster with Hui and new trainee Farid:

Basically UIAM, then use the old road from Gombak until Genting Sempah, then back using Karak Highway.

Halfway point at Kawasan Rehat Genting Sempah

Ah, of course they wouldn't be so nice as to give us such a short day, innit? Handed the humongous Wangsa Maju cluster (270+km). As with most clusters the name is deceiving. Our target today is to cover everything north and east of the MRR2:

UIAM (again), Tmn Melawati, Tmn Desa Melawati, Tiara Kemensah, Kemensah Mewah, Kemensah Heights, Kg Kemensah, Tmn Zooview, Ukay Perdana, Tmn Andaman Ukay, Tmn Bukit Mulia, Pinggiran Ukay, Tmn Kelab Ukay, Tmn Bukit Mewah, Tmn Bukit Jaya, Tmn Bukit Utama, Bukit Antarabangsa, Tmn Hillview, Tmn Sri Ukay.

Reached office at 10pm and had dinner with Lim and Ong.

Thursday

Continued yesterday's cluster with Hui, covered all areas west of Jln Genting Klang:

Tmn Bukit Lela, Tmn Harmonis,  Kg Tengah Gombak, Tmn Setia, Tmn Cemerlang, Tmn Perwira, Gombak Setia, Kg Wira Jaya, Tmn Ibukota, Medan Idaman, Tmn Setapak, Kg Kuantan, Tmn P.Ramlee, Danau Kota, Tmn Bunga Raya, Asrama KTAR, Tmn Melati.

Just one of the many outlandish houses at Cemerlang Heights

Hui will be going back to his hometown, so I dropped him at PV10 and drove back in the rain.

Can't shake me ya, R8? HAHAHA

Had dinner with the rest of them at Oldtown, well all of them brought their laptops except me (I left it at home for somebody to use =D) so I had to make do with what was available: pen and paper...

I know, my drawings haven't progressed since Standard 6

Check out the tagged version on Facebook... If you can't figure out who is who =P

some pics from Ashley and Fishy.

Friday

Hui's dear Fishy will replace him today, still on the same cluster:

Desa Setapak, Wangsa Melawati, Tmn Permata, Wangsa Maju, Bukit Wangsamas, Tmn Setiawangsa, AU 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Tmn Keramat.

And there's still about 30% left. Shit.

See, learned my lesson from the last time: white horse + heavy rain = bad idea

Most of our group will be outstation next week. I feel left behind.

Wet Face

Lesson learnt

Wei... Mana logo?

Eh... Sejak bila pulak tertutup ni?

Wah boss, ko nampak lagi ke... Not bad not bad

Log: Week 7

Monday

Hmm. I think I arrived a little too early.

MOS static point at Starbucks SS19 PJ with senior Carmen. Sat here from 10am.

Until the outlet closed at 1am.

Tuesday

Batu Tiga cluster KPI with senior Praba, senior Jin and Mei Ting from YTL:

Kg Baru Hicom, Tmn Perindustrian Subang Utama, Tmn Subang Mas, Tmn Pinggiran USJ, Kg Kebun Bunga, Seksyen 15, 21, 22.

Wednesday

Site test with senior Law, my first in nearly three weeks! Ah, how I miss those days...

Site 1: Tg Karang. Okay, forgot about the picture... Long time no do site test lah...

Site 2: Jeram, near Kuala Selangor. Ladang site.

Site 3: Another ladang site in Jeram.

To be able to go back while there is still daylight, how wonderful...

Thursday

Shah Alam cluster drive with senior Praba today. The cluster was freaking huge, so we had some help from two other teams.

You're everywhere~

Somewhere along the way our software was having some kind of problem so while Praba was busy getting around it I stepped out to stretch my legs a bit.

And look what I found... A London cab! And I thought it only came in black.

One car led to another.

A 944 Turbo and the yellow one... I don't know what's that. Anyone can help?

A Rolls Silver Wraith still with UK plates

Check this out... A BMW 2002

A polished Rolls Silver Spirit

Wow... A modified XJS V12

Here's another Silver Spirit

A Rolls Corniche, check out that number!

A sorry-looking Cadillac Seville

We snooped around a little more, and look what we found! WTF!

A Lincoln Continental Mark V, those you'll see in American gangster movies.

The fun ain't over... Access granted to Subang Air Force Base... AWESOME

They hiding a UFO in there? Neh, it's just the PM's plane...

The cars + the airbase really made my day. Plus our weekend starts tomorrow since it's launch day. Say YES!

Log: Week 6

Monday

Woke up with a terrible pain in my left foot, but went to work anyway. Every gear shift was a torture, I tell you. On reaching office it was already too pain to walk so I went to a clinic but the doctor could find nothing wrong and just gave painkillers. And an MC.

Earlier in the day Aw and Ashley were working on the KLIA cluster and had some logging problems in a few areas, so me and Ivan are supposed to cover those places:

Kg Tengah (there seems to be a Kg Tengah everywhere), Tmn Langat Murni, Desa Vista, Tmn Kenanga, Tmn Mawar, Tmn Dahlia, Tmn Seroja, Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi.

Done at around 1:30am. If i hadn't waited so long at the clinic we could have finished before midnight! It's a miracle they didn't give us a second cluster.

Tuesday

Erm, since I had an MC, i just had to use it, right?

Wednesday

Called to work in the afternoon. Looks like my night days are over. More patching up work on the Seri Kembangan cluster with Ivan:

Kg Baru Seri Kembangan, Tmn Perindustrian Bukit Serdang, Tmn Serdang Raya.

I still somehow prefer day, even with the longer hours.

Thursday

These days everyone are doing cluster KPIs, which are basically a final set of tests to pass off an entire area as "passed", which include coverage, ping and MOS tests (it's anything but Euphoric). A MOS test is basically to test voice quality, here's how it works: there'll be two teams, one will be static (termination point) and another mobile (origination point). The static team will sit at a place with good signal while the mobile team will go around the cluster route in an MPV, all the while making calls to the termination point.

I'll be static today with senior Jin, while Praba and Feili from YTL Comms will be mobile.

Static point: Papparich from morning till night. Man. The whole day was plagued with problems.

Friday

Guess what... Yesterday punya tests tak boleh pakai because of network problems so we'll just have to redo it. All. Over. Again.

Saturday

Coverage tests for the Kota Kemuning cluster with Feili and my third roomate, Hui:
Hicom Industrial Estate, Tmn Bunga Negara, Alam Indah, Tmn Alam Megah, Putra Heights, Kota Kemuning, Bukit Rimau, Kg Sri Gambut, Kg Bukit Naga.

Very easy, just glance at the screen from time to time and make sure everything's running.

I got tomorrow off, amen! Which means I get to watch the season finale of F1...

On hindsight why the heck did i worry so much about my industrial training months ago? God had it all taken care of. I'm glad I'm here, in fact I can almost bet my ass that ours is the most interesting one among our classmates'.

Launch is this Friday, say YES, people!

Log: Week 5

Monday

Got two announcements today. First, new working hours for me and Weng: 9pm till the next day. Second, every night nonstop until the 18th or something like that. "Permanent" cluster team, as boss says.

Tonight, Elite Highway cluster (completed):

USJ 23, 24, 26, 27, Kg Perahu, Kg Tengah, Kg Bersatu, Kg Seri Puchong, Kg Sri Langkas, Kg Seri Andalas, Kg Seri Aman, Tmn Putra Prima, Tmn Mas Sepang, Putra Heights, and the whole Elite Highway from Seafield to Nilai.

Finished at around 5:30, found a nice McD to have breakfast (or is it supper?) at Nilai, and the long drive back.

Tuesday

Kinrara cluster (not completed):

Kota Perdana, Lestari Puchong, Tmn Pinggiran Putra, Tmn Putra Permai, Tmn Lestari Perdana, Tmn Desaminium, Bdr Putra Permai.

Not a good night.

Wednesday

Cheras cluster (pt1):

Cheras Bt11, Tmn Indah, Cheras Perdana, Kawasan Perniagaan Cheras Raya, Kg Baru Cheras, Tmn Megah, Bdr Tun Hussein Onn, Tmn Seri Taming, Tmn Jaya Baru, Tmn Desa Baiduri, Tmn Cheras Utama, Bdr Damai Perdana, Tmn Desa Cheras, Tmn Len Seng, Tmn Bukit Cheras, Tmn Orchid Desa, Tmn Connaught.

The world seems very different in the middle of the night, with little signs of life except for security guards...

Thursday

Praba and Ivan's car broke down somewhere near Duta toll so who else to send as backup than the only night team around. See, they were on their way to Meru/Klang to perform final tests for the area which had to be finished on that day itself. Poor guys were sitting on the highway for four hours until we arrived. Reached Meru past midnight, but the equipment had some problems so we couldn't start till nearly 4am. By 6+am everybody was already dying (lebih kurang la), so that's it for today la, had bakuteh and back to office. Mechatronics' Lim and Ong will take over (korang punya turn, rasakan! hah hah hah). Went back and KO'ed big time.

Friday

Cheras cluster (pt2, completed):

Tmn Suria Jaya, Tmn Bukit Anggerik, Tmn Bukit Angsana, Tmn Seri Bahagia, Tmn Dahlia, Tmn Minang, Tmn Minang Ria.

Pandan cluster (completed):

Tmn U Thant, Desa Pahlawan, Desa Pandan, Tmn Angsana Hilir, Kg Pandan, Tmn Bakti, Pandan Jaya, Tmn Maluri, Tmn Maju Jaya, Tmn Cheras Indah, Tmn Shamelin Perkasa, Pandan Perdana, Tmn Pertama, Tmn Bukit Ria, Tmn Kobena, Tmn Bukit Mewah.

Passed by my old house I used to live long ago. Looks like a rubbish dump now.

Saturday

Puvan left a little part of his Port Klang cluster for me to finish (Weng is sick, so I'll be taking a taxi):

Kawasan 11, Tmn Perindustrian Pandamaran, Tmn Kota Pendamar, Tmn Teluk Gedung Indah.

Subang cluster (not completed):

USJ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, Taipan Business Centre, Subang Business Centre.

It's 9am now, I think I still can make it for church!

Sunday

Weng is still sick, and they couldn't find another taxi, so guess what? Today off! Haleluyah! Wasted four hours getting to office and back,  but no complaints... I get to watch F1... Amen =D

Notice the lack of pictures. Yep, no time to take pictures. Plus not much you'll see other than streetlamps.

White Horse

if, or when?