IDESS MARITIME

2007 was indeed a good year to start of with. Going to the gym was a daily routine. The RPM classes were my favorite among others. It helped to gain back my stamina and was feeling top of the world. As the saying goes “ when you have a healthy body, mind and soul then... the sky is the limit”…

Attended the High Pressure Water Jetting Competency course in JB under NIOSH. Meet several offshoreman and we talk and share lots of info regards to the industry. Most of them working in the industry for like 10 – 15 years and loving it.

I then decided to pursue further… going to where none of my country men have gone to. (he he poyo..)

IDESS Maritime, Subic Bay was the place to call home for 3 weeks.
Being in a foreign place, not the usual company, the food and the language, making new friends, traveling and seeing different culture. Opens up a whole new perspective towards life. 3 weeks of my life. Fill with knowledge to pursue the dream job to go offshore..

Now ready to put both my feet in the industry. Not letting anyone stopping me getting in.

The next step is… marketing.. the product is… ME!

The beginning…. continue…

Ok well.. to start of with.. I’m not that academically smart ass.. but.. I’ve got the brain to understand things from a layman terms.. kinda way (who hasn’t?).. and to start of with.. to join the industry.. will take me to the drawing board to plan my entrance into the heavily guarded industry (konon nyer)

My so called 1^st step is to get myself enrolled for a safety survival ticket and that is a MUST to join the industry because.. it’s a safety comes 1^st industry (konon nyer)

So.. I got myself into Consist in UK. A tropical water basic offshore safety induction emergency training (T-BOSIET) they call it and it’s certified by Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (OPITO) and with a validity of 4 years.

The course itself takes about three days and was hell of an eye opener for me. Two dudes from Brunei were conducting the said course. They were professional in doing so. Well with their vast experience in safety they conducted the course with great and memorable experiences for all of us. Kudos to you guys.

Ok the truth.. when I went for that course I didn’t know jack shit what I’m getting myself into and what sort of job description I’m looking for.. but.. I’ve got a bit of an idea.. how much money I would like to earn in “a day rate basis”.. well heard that they pay daily USD rate for all the days we are offshore.

Ok that itself.. motivates me to find my ways..

Well decided to get myself into recreational scuba diving world.. to.. so called get myself acquainted with the ocean. So no wahalla .. by December 2006 I’m a certified diver with PADI. Ok ok scuba diving has got nothing to do with going offshore. Hurmm well maybe.. maybe not. But.. as for me it does help.. it gives me better perspective towards joining the offshore industry.

HOW? Well with meeting the people in the industry and talking to some of them whom.. is IN the industry and getting a first hand Q&A with most of them. Well taking things to become my advantage towards getting in is all that counts to motivate me to do lotsa homework.

OK give myself a B+ for that afford.. he he.. (hey it’s my blog maa)

the beginning...

end of 2005... after a lot of deep thinking.. (not!) decided to abandon a lucrative venture (he he yer la tu)... well it is to some.. but as for me.. its not.. it’s a pain staking, ass rubbing, ball scrubbing, jack shit kinda mess up entrepreneurial venture that i've put myself into..

well after putting a full stop to that.. I move myself back to KL.. living with the remaining balance of dignity that I have. Quit smoking.. adopt a healthy lifestyle.. went for a vacation to Bali… thanks to Citibank *wink*.. subscribe to a local gymnasium and putting back both my feet on the ground.

Till this time I wasn’t quite sure yet where I’m heading.. with my life that is.. (that is after about six months of being a house husband).. *I’ve got a cool wifey standing by me.. with full support. (have to mentioned this maa *wink*)

Start to read books ..my God.. this was something I was not entirely.. seeing in my own self doing.. but that was the start of all the mind boggling thinking out of the box and seeing the bigger picture of things.

Start going online…the world wide web… yup.. it’s all in there.. “seek and thou shall find”.. spend most of my free time browsing the net.. and hell yeah in Starbucks rm5 per mineral water and spending the whole day.. kah kah kah..
yup the whole day!…

Well apart from having to seek for a job.. I have to seek for THE JOB.. to finance all my past spending and hole in the pocket. Well the best option is.. to be seeking for the most lucrative job in the entire universe.. that is the OIL & GAS Industry..
Man… last war I know started because of it.. hurmm sure hell they pay loads of money to employ skilled and educated tom, dick and harry..