Phase Shift

Greetings to all my fellow readers!

For those who are not aware, currently I am working in Terengganu with a petrochemical plant in Kerteh. I have been staying here for more than a month (baru lagi) and still struggling to settle down and adapting myself with new environment.

To most of people, being in a new place is unfavourable but for me, I see it as an opportunity to expand my horizon and enjoy new experiences. I’ve never been in East Coast before, only few trips during holiday in my lifetime. And now, I am residing here for work.

The people are not as hostile as some of us might think, so stop stereotyping! Of course there are differences in terms of culture and the language, but if we stay humble and are ready to learn their culture, we will be accepted.

I love Terengganu for mainly for its food. I love squid and I can find it easily here. Since I am living near to the coastline, there are a lot of beautiful beaches to visit. Personally, I would come to Pantai Kemasik since it is near to my house and have beautiful scenery.

For town dwellers, you might find this place inhabitable since it is not as developed as big city like KL, but I am ok with that. Kerteh has shopping mall called Mesra Mall, near to Rantau PETRONAS. The mall is quite ‘well-equipped’, with TGV cinema if you want to watch movies, bowling alleys and shops like The Body Shops, Popular bookstores, Starbucks, Burger King and many more.

Another interesting thing that I found here is that I have not seen dogs wandering around but instead, I found hogs crossing the road at night. Mind you, the main road in Kerteh is quite busy, connecting Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu and yet you can find hogs here. So, be careful when you are driving. 

After all, I am enjoying my stay here in Terengganu and I am looking forward to explore this state and gain as much as experience for my career here. 

Tronoh Tales

Year 2005, the year I first stepped my foot on this land. Together with a number of school-leavers who aspired to pursue our dreams, we started to acclimatize ourselves with this foreign territory and get to know the people who came from different corners of world.

Seeking knowledge in this alma mater is one thing, and for sure, it had never been easy. But the real challenge is how we survived to overcome the obstacles that were laid ahead of us. The language barrier, cultural differences and many more had somehow moulded us to be resilient and not to give up easily. But yet, these shortcomings colour our life in here and opened up new perspective on how we see the world now.

The time flies, and enter year 2010. After years of hardships, failures, heart-breaks, we finally came to the end. I wish to congratulate all of us who have been able to surpass our own limit, and here we are the graduates of UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS. Happy Convocation!

p/s: Engineering futures, are we ready now?

PIPE 65

Last month I attended a 16-days induction course for new staff of this NOC I am working now. Well, as the name implies, it involves of indoctrinations and briefings about the business and operation of this NOC. It opened a new perspective on me who is just started working after completing my studies in UTP.

There was a lot of activities that promotes team-spirit, soft skills and also talks on HR matters. I am very grateful to be employed with this NOC as this company really emphasize on the development of the employees. Despite the fact that the pay is the lowest in the industry, there a lot of opportunities for the employees so that they can carve their own career development path. Furthermore, I see this as an opportunity to serve for the nation although this NOC operates like other business entity, to make profit.

I am looking forward to develop my career with this NOC while constantly eyes for new opportunities in the future.