tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40110463383580178572024-02-21T09:23:12.070+08:00Obeiliao lifeObeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-60588922364305939652014-05-13T23:05:00.003+08:002014-05-13T23:05:32.300+08:00What to do if you lost your credit card.<br />
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<br />Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-80906862563606559052014-05-13T23:00:00.000+08:002014-05-13T23:02:21.598+08:00Ladies and Gentleman , you are out of ..........air space.<br />
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Oop . I have stop writing my blog for so long........... I writing this title is to remind me of the situation when I was in Iran..Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-78597424786565269312013-01-09T21:03:00.001+08:002013-01-12T23:28:17.329+08:00Boracay in PhilippineOur journey started off from Penang Island straight after my wife finished her work ,rushing to the airport at around 4.15 pm and reaching KLCC by 8.00 pm. Here we waited till midnight and boarded Cebu Pacific at 1.05 am . Well, I made a mistake during booking this flight and have to pay an extra to convert the departure date . Indeed very careless due to the last minute booking or maybe because I was too sleepy for my flight was booked during midnight . Another incident happened when we were waiting for the connecting fly to Manila in KLCC . I spilled my cup of hot coffee and nearly soiled my wife pants. She was furious but cool down when we started to check in at airline counter<br>
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We have to wait till around 12. 00 noon before we were allowed to check in. Early check in before 12.00 am would cost us an addition half day rate base on the normal rate. Lucky for us, the kind hotel receptionist helped us on this matter and we were allowed to check in by 10.00 am .<br>
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Taking a short nap and by 3.00 pm, we were on our way to look around Manila. My friend 's apartment was about 10 minutes from the hotel and she took us to Mall of Asia to start our shopping. </div>
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By the way , we were staying in Resort Hotel under the Genting Group and definitely a Casino beside , a large one . I have never gamble in a casino ,even when traveling under my company. In our room , everything was minimum ,not even drinking water . Later I found out that we have to patronize the casinos to often to get our free mineral water. That will definitely get me addicted to gambling. I told myself , that I would be trick it. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-38651618388305831982012-09-08T20:04:00.001+08:002012-09-09T00:54:32.373+08:00My Good Old Neighbor , The BarberThese few nights , I could not sleep well again. Again stressed up due to my work load could be one of the main reason and or another reason would likely be, my hair is too long and time to visit my friendly neighbor, Gunalan. <br />
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Reaching there in less than 3 minutes, very near to present house, I decided to ask him about the photo that was his deck of his shop. A picture of him trimming the hair of our former Penang Chief Minster, Dr. Lim Chong Eu. . He always tell me that he trimmed a lot of Distinquish people even the present Chief Minister of Penang, Mr. Lim Guan Eng and indeed is very happy and proud to be in this profession.</div>
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Being a neighbor for so many years , when he was trimming my hair, he would ask about the welfare of my whole family. During my last trip there, he was asking about my eldest brother and thinking that he would not close his business that early , I did not tell him that my brother was back for a few days , and was going to have our family reunion dinner straight behind his barber shop. , so as to surprise him when we were there .Unlucky indeed for he closed quite early that day .</div>
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While siting on the barber chair ,he started again his topics, where is Boon, Ho ,See and etc.</div>
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This time I would ask him ,why I did not learn Tamil language from him and instead he laughed away and said that he managed to learn my dialect, " Hokkien ". Well, he has to for majority of the heads belong to Hokkien's. Ha ,ha! more Hokkien in this small Tanjong Bungah 's village. </div>
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Him posting for me with a picture of Dr. Lim Chong Eu .</div>
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Below articles of him written by a local Magazine </div>
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A picture of him with our Ex Chief Minister of Penang .</div>
Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-66475376478673702012-08-26T09:51:00.001+08:002012-08-26T09:51:54.856+08:00A Star is bornhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkl3QyFkqkA&feature=player_detailpageObeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-58147454517600681792012-08-09T07:50:00.001+08:002012-08-11T05:02:32.712+08:00Pulau Redang,Trengganu,Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My wife has been requesting me to go to our local marine islands and I always decline the ideas simply because I do not have knowledge of the route of that side of Malaysia. Furthermore, I do not want to drive unless I have to. A trip to this beautiful marine island came as a surprise. <br />
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First, was a surprised call from our eldest son telling us that he was coming home for a week holiday . Most of the time he could not get his leave approved and also his leave was normally taken during the Cosplay exhibition in Singapore. And secondly ,a call too from my youngest son who has recently gone back to work in Abu Dhabi . He called up mentioning that he was total stressed up due to his work , non stop working , and wish to return .Well ,I asked to arrange the same period that his brother was returning . Luckily , he could return on that date as requested. Again his transit is in Bangkok, for his food and visiting his very good friend. </div>
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My son, as usual at his game console once on our way. His hobby.</div>
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On the way , we also pick up two extra passengers and a co- driver who wanted to pick up his van in Trengganu. The journey as expected was quite winding as informed by my collegue who has made their trip to other Marine island beside Redang . We left Penang at 10.00 pm and finally reached a Town called Marang by 5.00 am </div>
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Well , since it was so early , the driver was very kind to drive us to Kuala Treangganu and took us to China Town to have our breakfast . About 7.00 am , he dropped the two passengers and drove back to the Marang port . From Marang, the speed boat took us to the island in approximately 35 minutes . </div>
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Kuala Trengganu Chinatown </div>
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Our breakfast in the local coffee shop . Good noodle .</div>
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Briefing on our meals and on sea safety ., jelly fish and use of safety</div>
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Fun in the island </div>
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Xing Yi jumping out of the sea .</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mum having a farewell photo shot with the China ladies before going on our separate way</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-83795583490431372022012-05-09T08:16:00.002+08:002012-05-29T23:07:08.822+08:00Project Management.<h2>
<b>My years in the construction industry.</b><b>What have I learned throughout all this years and advice given by all the Project Head or Company Head .</b></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This topic is not that easy to write and is very subjective to the type of Projects you are working on. The most important is how much one is being exposed due to circumstances and the confident to apply them or given the authority opportunity to use it. No many company will give a young man this authority due to his exposure in the business world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few years back,after attending a seminar on Microsoft Project.on my own cost, I realised that whatever I have learned throughout my year in this industry might be taught to some needed people especially studying .students from a college beside my house...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started planning from a very young age. During one night, my mum stood beside me and asked me as to why I could not sleep. I told her that it could be due to short nap that I have taken in the afternoon. She started to ask me that since I could not sleep ,I should analyse what I have done for whole day. She asked me to go into area like what I should improve , what I have not done and should get them done the following day, .Apart from these , never to repeat any wrong thing that I have done. .etc....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">All these helped me till this day to think ahead before going to bed. I really wonder whether this really gave me all the grey hair or was it hereditary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Planning, planning.............ahead is what one should do before starting anything.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A full planning need to be drawn up, Work Break Structure (WBS), will be initiated to describe the work involved. Brain Storming of the project during a regular meetings.............etc......or during a tea session ..</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In one of the seminar that I have given in my company..a class of 15 ended up to 60!! in 2 sessions. An engineer commented on my WBS presentation, you have so<b> many things to list out before the Commencement of a Project , after the seminar. </b></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">A. Project Concept.</span></u></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"> The person who has the idea wish to proceed with to see the project get started. The Sponsor or Client</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> want to be certain that the project is viable and the risk they are undertaking are cleared before continuing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> If it is an in house project, the Project Manager and its team will take full responsible in providing the Boss</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> their expertise on the pros and cons of the project. Nevertheless, the decision will rest on the Stakeholders </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Aim of the Project</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Background</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Key Assumptions and Constraints</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. Cost-Benefit Analysis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5. Risk assessment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here, a full briefing of this project will be explained to the relevant parties, Project Team comprising of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Project Manager, Architect and all Consultants involving with this project. Normally, a weekly Consultant meetings to slash out problem from Authorities down to the awarding of a reliable contractors for this project. Normally, a word of " Thank you" for their assistance in making this project successful at end of the first meeting. Starting off on the right atmosphere on the first meeting is very important. </span><br />
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<br /></div>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-11143389264126062582012-04-21T08:19:00.002+08:002012-05-26T14:06:46.092+08:00What type of smart phone should I buy<b><span style="font-size: large;">Daily Questions. (updated 20/5/12)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the time while having our tea break, everyone would talk about ,is Iphone better than Samsung or Blackberry and eventually they will point at me to answer all the questions related to Iphone and recently they have diverted some questions to a my friend who is using a Samsung. I have told them so many time, again and again. <b>What Do You Want To Do With Your Smart Phone.???? </b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Iphone have its own operating system and so definitely not compatible with other handheld Window and Andriod system. An answer from them , <b>" Selfish " Apple. </b>I am not an expert in Iphone but due to my sharing nature , I am always being taught by people who are more expert than me. Even an Iphone expert from Maxis, my local Telco, would called me over to his counter to share something new in the Iphone when he saw me in the Telco centre</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I bought my first Iphone, 3G , I found that it was so easy to access internet, the touch screen was so smooth and sensitive. Apart from these , I found so many Engineering apps, free and for some I have to purchase at a reasonable price. At one time , I sat down to search the apps from Blackberry for my boss wanted me to use a corporate unit. Well, sorry to say, I told my IT head that Blackberry does not have Engineering Apps and got the permission of not using it.The other reason was that I have to carry along two mobile phones.. I am in the construction job other than carrying my mobile phone , I still have to carry the walkie talkie and sometime drawings and other gadgets for site usage. Do you find that I am carrying too many things? At one stage, my colleague commented that my pant is dropping.... Regardless, eventually my Telco gave an offer a corporate package to those using Iphone who wanted to merge to their corporate line which I eventually took it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are so many things to learn from Iphone and before I got to understand my first unit another unit 3GS was out and until today I am still learning how to operate an Iphone 4S. Sometime I really hate it but no choice at all . Even when one of my model, 3GS broke down due to some key functions, I was totally lost and have to pass the horrible week until my local Telco gave me a free new replacement unit. Well, I got so use to Iphone that trying to use other type and to start learning all over was indeed wasting alot of my time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>One thing bad about Iphone is I have to save some money every month in order to purchase a new model each year!!!!!</b> Apple does not offer regular and loyal customer a special price for their loyalty!!!!! Or was it the local Telco no offering us. Apple should start the ball rolling on this matter. They have so much to give away recently and this could be one good suggestion of returning to her customer. Apple, please take not of this!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Recently ,my colleague went to Japan and found that he could not send out SMS using his Malaysia roaming card but was able to receive . He went to such an extend as to ask me to check with our local Telco and during that time for Japan's Apple outlet could not find a good solution to his problem. When he returned from Japan, I asked him whether the Japan's Apple counterpart has tried using a local Japanese sim card to send a SMS with his Iphone. He answered, "NO". Well,they should have tried. Whenever I traveled to Bangkok, I would let the local Telco use my Iphone or lpad to load up their sim card before taking up their offer.... This will definitely confirm my Iphone from Malaysia was working and accepting their local networks. During my trip to UK, attending my son convocation, I also encountered a problem, cannot log in to the internet with my Malaysia's Iphone 4, calling up the local Telco, O2, they asked me to configure acccordingly to the method sent to me in my email. Using my son computer, I did as instructed and my Iphone was running perfectly.....Wel</span><span style="font-size: large;">l done, O2,.....I do not any problem when in Paris... Lucky me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being in the construction industry, my Iphone is definitely exposed to heavy usage and also has to withstand the roughness of my working condition. First the dirt, secondly the sweat that I will putting it onto the screen for I sweat alot while on site inspection. At one stage, the touch screen could not scan my finger and I have to clean the screen by just using my jean......no tissue paper around.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So far the worst scenario was I dropped my Iphone while climbing up a hill slope of 45 degree.....<b>not to forget having to run while being chased by fire fly recently in the orchard. A few bites and finally a doctor injection to ease the itchiness ......life is very interesting......</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Regardless, I am having a very tough protective shell for my recent Iphone. "Turtle ninja style"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reading habit have eventually cost me to wear higher power spectacle and also eventually getting a Ipad 2. Whatever apps that I have purchased for Iphone , I could transfer to my Ipad. For me, reading from Ipad are so much better during most my trip. I do not need to carry many story books for my back packing trip. .including having my favorite movies and magazine. But the bad part is I am carry so many chargers. Do you ever wonder???</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Example of the type of chargers : Camera, Iphone, Ipad, adaptor, headphone, small external speaker and sometime an extra mobile phone for local sim card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Iphone has only 16GB capacity. I could save for upgrading, buying a new Iphone yearly or in future, due to advancement of the New Chipsets .... like computer for every 3 years!!!! By the way, it would be good that future Iphone having dual sim cards...... for travellers. Roaming chargers are so expensive and due to company commitment, I do not off my local line and on it for oversea roaming, but <b>OFF my Data Roaming.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Before I stop this article, Iphone battery do not last long. If you ever walk into a Apple store, they will tell you many things and the most common which I normal told my friend or guided them hand on with their unit.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to save battery power</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1. Off the wifi when not in use</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Off the bluetooth too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Off Apps notifications for those that you are not using. set them to Manually</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. Bring the brightness down to 50% and set auto brightness : ON.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5 When you have off your Hotspot, Please return to <b>Setting</b> to off your Wifi and Bluetooth after using it. Normally Apple store do not tell their customer on this matter. When you on the hotspot, Wifi and Bluetooth are automatically turn On</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">6. Finally examine yourself. Fully charge your Iphone before going to bed. Unplug your Iphone at 100% battery and leave overnight till morning and check the following morning how many person left. For me, I managed to save almost 80%. If you find that it has dropped to a very low level then you examine all the apps that you have in it .</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">7. Always turn off and reboot your Iphone once a week. Iphone is like a computer and doing it will help </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">8. Last, off the apps by pressing the Home button twice and delete all apps that were running in the back ground.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">9. Whatever I have missed,<b> Just Do It</b> , to save the battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope that the above will help each one of you who are using an Iphone or smart phone. </span><span style="font-size: large;">My friend who is using a Samsung S2 recently told me that the battery for his unit drain off so fast. I told him that he is using a Smart phone . Go back to the old convectional unit and that battery will last for a week!!!! Hee Hee, no Email, internet bl.......and even no camera. cost only , Rm 120....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Do you realise that whenever there was launching for a new smart phone, n</span><span style="font-size: large;">ew Rechargeable battery were also on display.!!!!! Got </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could hear one off my staff jokingly calling out loudly at the end of the office, ask Steve Kang, over there..!!!!!!!!!!!Wow , since when I have adopted a name Steve!!. Mine as always should be , "<b>Obeiliao"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally I would opt for Iphone and Samsung .Choose smartly !!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Never have I lost a handphone before but for this trip I lost my IPhone 4 to a pickpocket .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">During our the last day in Bangkok as usual we took our breakfast in the hotel and collected our passport from the counter. As we were to go back to our room, my wife suggested to make our last minute shopping in the Soi (Word for lane in Thai ). We have approximately 30 minutes to shop and then return to our room to bath and collect our bags before departing for the airport with the airport link. Hurrilly, we shopped and when returning to the hotel, I was informed by the hotel staff that my bag pack was not zipped . I zipped it back and returned to my room. As usual, before leaving my room, I searched for my Iphone to turn it off, than only did I noticed that my iPhone was gone. Pouring our my bag pack , I could only found my passport, and my wallet. My wife helped me to search for it and agreed that it was stolen.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recalling that I zipped up my back pack in the lobby. I finally agreed that my iPhone was gone....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We took our luggages and were on our way to the airport train terminal, a short distance from our hotel. My mind flashed though on what action I should first. Calling Buay to inform her of what happened was the first choice for she could ask the local Thailand's Telco on what I should do for she too has a iPhone.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Do you know what to do when you lost a smartphone like an IPhone?</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lucky for me, my iPad was not lost and I started to surf the internet for information. Regardless, I asked my wife to call her friend in Malaysia and eventually I was called up by Malaysia's Telco, Maxis asking me to verify so that they could lock the sim card. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What about all the information in my iPhone? I do not set any password and that mean the thief could excess to all my personal information. While in the airport, I started to log in into my all email accounts and change all the passwords, 4 emails. I could only change 2 emails before flying off to my next destination,Hatyai. Upon arrival in Hatyai, the Malaysia border town , I managed to change all the passwords for all my emails. Not that easy to change the passwords for I never done them before and searching them in the dialog box was indeed hard.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The biggest mistake that I made what I did not made a police report before leaving Thailand through this border town for this</span><span style="font-size: large;"> report could help me to claim from the insurance.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Back in Penang, I went to the Telco outlet and immediately bought a new iPhone and started to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">synchronize with my desktop computer. Lucky for me, I have set the Itunes to auto syn and hence all my contacts and info could still be downloaded to my new Iphone.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Looking through all the apps in my new Iphone, I realised that I have left my all credit card no and not the password in the Note apps. Well, feeling very uncomfortable, I called all the credit card centers and was informed that I could changed all of them with no extra charges.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>What action should one take when losing a Iphone</b>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Call your Telco to lock the sim</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Make a police report in order to claim from insurance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3. Quickly access your emails to change all the passwords</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4. Even if you could change all the password and lock the sim card, the thief could still log in to see your exciting data if he turn on the "airplane"mode. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5. Erasing all data from Apple, 'Find my iPhone." To what extend i do not know.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6. Change your Apple ID password </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, a really sad and costly incident for I have to buy a new Iphone out front for there are no extended plan for my Telco existing data plan which will be expiring in 10 months time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As commented by some friends jokingly,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" He purposely lost his Iphone 4 so that he could upgraded to Iphone 4s without getting scolded ." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-4085429145282134422012-01-28T01:15:00.001+08:002012-01-28T01:15:23.222+08:00Two days in Bangkok CityIn most of my Bangkok trips, I would be searching for my computers, iPad 2 and IPhone accessories. Even going around on the sky train looking at construction for new technical construction knowledge but this trip was totally different for I have to accompany my wife window shopping..... As usual , going to all the stalls in Pratunam !!! and also the Platinum on the opposite site of the road. Other than that we also went over to MBK and returning in night where both of us were too tired to walk and finally calling it a day at 9.00 pm.<br /><br />The following day, we woke up very early and started window shopping again. Our main destination was to pay respect to the Four Face Buddha at Amarin .After that we took the sky train down to visit Terminal 21 beside Asoke Station and finally to Platinum where my wife will have her final shopping. "Nothing suit my taste for most the clothings are for younger generation" , was her comments . Getting old ..........,,,,,!!,,!,, we acknowledged .. <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1310.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1310.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1311.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1311.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1312.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1312.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1313.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1313.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1314.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1314.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1315.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1315.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1316.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1316.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1317.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1317.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />We have a very irregular meal for we kept on eating the food along the Thanon ( Road) and Soi ( lane) . Finally, we bought a waterproof bag for our neighbor, Mr. Soo who will be cycling from Penang to UK with his closed friend , Tim from France... and other cyclists. They aim to be in UK before the start of the Olympic. <br />Before the end of the day, like my son, we bought many varieties of food from the Soi and ate them in our rooms .<br />Time for bed .... 12.15 am to post this blog .<br /><br />Posted using BlogPress from my iPad 2<br />Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-56795326690828655102012-01-28T00:22:00.001+08:002012-01-28T00:22:04.124+08:00Our trip back to BangkokToday, 26/1/2012 , we checked out from this hotel,Kok Mak resort and were on our way to Bangkok. The speed boat left the Koh Mak's pier sharp at 9.00 am but on the way we have to stop on other island Kok Wai to pick additional passengers. All the transfer were done super fast and we were on our way.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1118.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1118.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> The Kok Mak's pier <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1119.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1119.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1120.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1120.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Just completed uploading my new blog during our breakfast <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1121.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1121.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Last breakfast with this hotel.<br /><br />Some of the people we met on this trip .<br /><br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1122.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1122.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /> A Denmark couple with their Mij <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1123.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1123.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Playful Mij posting for my camera shot<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1124.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1124.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Ma poew, french bull dog standing beside <br /> my wife to send her off<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1125.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1125.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> Are you going too? Where are your luggages? <br /> Bye ,bye .<br /><br />On our trip out to Laem Ngob , we met the owner off Koh Mak Resort ,an old gracefully lady of 61 years with her only daughter . She told us that there are almost 300 people residing on this island and she was born here... <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1126.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1126.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />There are no bank ,ATM on this island . Surprising they have Internet services. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1127.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1127.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />The speed boat that took us to and fro from Koh Mak and Laem Ngob<br /><br />Transportation Cost <br />1. Penang to Hatyai. Rm 35/ way/ person<br />2. Hatyai to airport : Baht 300 / taxi ( could be cheaper if you know where the taxi stand is <br />3. Flight, Air Asia , Rm 450 / pax plus tax & flight insurance .<br />4. Flight , Bangkok Air, Rm 280/ person / trip<br />5. Taxi from Trat airport to Trat town Baht 500/ per pax/ trip<br />6. Pickup from Trat town to Laem Ngob pier Rm 100/ pax<br />7. Speed boat to Koh Mak: Baht 450/pax/ per trip<br />8. Mini van to Bangkok : Baht 300/ pax / trip <br />9. Spare some money for rental of motorcycle: Baht 80/ hours or <br /> Baht 350 / day<br />10. 4 islands snorkeling: Baht 750/ pax including lunch and gear.<br /> ( not include diving )<br />11. Our room: Baht 1750/ room ( air con including breakfast .<br /> Booking through Internet <br /><br />Speed for traveling <br />Flight Bkk to Trat : 45 minutes in the air .<br />Speed boat : approx. 50 minutes .Laem Ngob's pier ( mainland to Koh Mak's pier( Koh Mak island <br />Minivan to Bangkok : 4 and a half hours <br />Overall, saving on air tickets could be achieve if booking was done very early .<br /> Comments <br />Very beautiful island and transfer in the island could be a problem ,so rental of motorcycle is compulsory.<br />Traveling to reach here is takes many hours.<br />Water clarity. Very good and less sea bug<br />As compare to other islands that we have visited, every islands <br />have their unique beauty <br /><br />The mini van arrived in Bangkok at 3.30 pm. During the way, we passed Chantaburi , kleang etc and upon arrival at Victory monument , I showed my wife on how to take a sky train to our hotel due to the traffic jam, Total Baht 6/ trip for both .<br />Traveling time traveled from Koh Mak island to Pratunam hotel in BKK was 7 hours .<br /><br />Posted using BlogPress from my iPad 2<br />Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-55814113498852446972012-01-27T22:45:00.000+08:002012-01-28T00:20:16.961+08:00Koh Mak and her surrounding islandsSorry, I have to rewrite this blog for I have accidentally remove the whole blog.<br /><br />Well, If I could remember what I have written. ..it goes like this...<br />And additional words that I miss <br /><br />On 25/1/2012 , we decided to go island hoping. In most of our trip to marine island, we would visit the surrounding marine parks which consists of many smaller islands. In this trip ,we have booked a full day visit to the surrounding park one day earlier. <br />After taking our breakfast which was included in our hotel stay ,we went over to the reception and waited for the diving company to pick us up. The diving company was very punctual and at 9.00 pm sharp, we were on our way to the diving shop. On arrival , a diver from this company, Koh Mak Divers ,<br />was immediately sorting out the snorkeling gear that we will be using. My wife was immediately given one to try on and the instructor explained how to choose the right one. I did not need one for I have brought one along from Penang. This mask has been kept hanging in my house for nearly 2 years. The diving instructor has a thorough check of my mask and finally gave me green light. He reminded me to rinse it with fresh water after each use. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1101.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1101.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Mum in front of the diver shop <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1102.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1102.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Global position of this shop, Koh Mak Divers.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1103.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1103.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Location of the marine park in relation to Koh Mak<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1104.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1104.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Close view of the islands that we will be snorkeling/ diving.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1105.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1105.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Divers equipment being sorted out and placed in bag.<br /><br />When all things were sorted out, new learners have to fill a form<br />and to certify they were physically fit for the lesson they have requested, we were on our way to another pier.<br />The instructor asked me why I did not sign up for diving lesson since I love swimming and visiting marine parks. I told him , I have a hole in my ear drum and have recovered since at my younger age and on the preventive side, I have avoided diving. I recalled having to dive down 3m deep to pick up a cooking pot when on one of the company trip to Pulau Perhentian.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1106.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1106.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />A male welder with his friend,a teacher on the transit to Australia .<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1107.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1107.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Our time together on this trip.<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1108.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1108.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />One of the boat carrying the divers <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1109.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1109.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Here we met many nationalities .<br /> <br />Below are 3 charts indicating the type of fishes and coral that <br />we might encounter on this trip<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1110.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1110.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1111.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1111.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Type of coral.<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1112.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1112.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />On one of the island that we snorkeled <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1113.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1113.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1114.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1114.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Me, in action . . ..old man .<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1115.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1115.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Mum after 2 hours of swimming , looked very tired <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/27/1116.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/27/s_1116.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Finally, we were on our back .<br /><br />By 4.00 pm , we were back to our resort. Strange, my wife decided to continue swimming in front of our chalet .Well, looking at her, I think she will miss this island for tomorrow we will be leaving at 9.00am sharp .<br />In my mind, I knew that she would not return here again for the journey is very tiring. From my home in Penang to here,Koh Mak , nearly 15 hours of travel ( excluding staying a night ( 12 hours) in Trat) . <br />Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-46715938447828430232012-01-24T20:28:00.001+08:002012-01-24T20:53:59.529+08:00A trip to an Island on our 31st wedding anniversaryAs always, her off day will come in a short notice. Well , basically you could not plan for any trip in advance. No choice for she might has agreed to this condition . Well at time, she could get a green light earlier! Regardless, we sat down to decide where to go subject to the availability of air ticket and hotels and pricing too.<br />The final 2 choices : Both destinations were in Thailand. Koh Surin north of Phuket or Koh Chang and Koh Mak in Trat. Burning a few night lamp, we decided to take the second option. An island in Trat province and quite near the Cambodia border. I have been to Koh Chang before but not Koh Mak which is south of Koh Chang while working in Thailand in 1998 . To take this trip was due to encouragement of my Thai friend ,Sukkit, who has been there after my retreat from Bangkok. Secondly during last trip to Bangkok ,2011, I was advice not to go for the monsoon was on but regardless l have collected many information from the airport but then it was not an updated version. Searching through my bookshelf, I found the map of Trat which I bought in 1998 . Well, the best information collected was from the Net .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/601.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_601.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Finally, on 23/1/2012, we were on our way to this island. <br />From Penang ,we booked a mini van ,normally a very good coach but surprisingly we were surprised that it was a big cruise bus and real reason for this changed was due to many travellers. Woke up at 4.00 am,and lucky to have a sound mind , for we slept very late ,1.00am, our fateful alarm ,clock and IPhone woke us up exactly 5 minutes apart. My wife make a final check while I was at the computer reading the mails and including downloading the last 2 movies ,into my IPad 2 . Books and magazines were downloaded as early as 2 weeks ago.<br />Shutting off my computer ,we left at 4.30 pm sharp and arrived at my office. I left my company car in the car park and went out to wait for the van but was surprised that it was tour bus which turned up .<br />The bus left Penang after picking all her passenger and we Were cruising across The famous Penang Bridge at around 6.00am. Finally reached Hatyai at around 9.30 (local time).we checked in with a local tour agent for the time required to reach the airport and immediately went for our lunch cum breakfast . At 11.30am we were at Hatyai airport checking in. The local flight took off exactly as per shedule and arrived Bangkok around 3.35 pm. While waiting to claim our luggages in the main terminal, my wife sounded that our journey could be very tiring. I told her that it would take us another 6 hours by bus coach to reach Laem Ngob's pier and estimate time of arrival around 12.00 midnight. Observing her being quite tired , I started to get a bit worry and while waiting to claim our baggage, I started to check a local Bangkok air counter . The last flight out to Trat was at 5.00pm. Looking at my watch , we have exactly 50 minutes before the flight took off. I told my wife that it would worth to give a try to check with the Bangkok air counter at Level 4 ,note that we were at level 1. Snatching out luggages , we apologized to certain travellers who have to give way to us in the airport and we managed to reached the island counter within 5 minutes .<br />Checking with the airline,the plane would wait for us and it was not a problem. My wife sounded that the air ticket could be expensive. I told her I have allocated this cost in case of emergency, that either one of us could not make the long journey ,but to take a flight to shorten this journey. Well idea the prediction was right. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/661.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_661.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/662.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_662.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/663.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_663.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />We took our flight down to Trat by Bangkok aIr and landed at Trat airport at 6.15 pm. First impression of the airport, same condition like the TV show,Gilligan island , a very casual airport and the bus that took along the runway to the airport terminal was like those in the Julassic park. ......wow....wow..... By the way, many passengers have a shock realizing that flight PG.307 is a Fokker plane.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/664.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_664.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/665.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_665.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />The next costly encounter was the taxi fare to Trat, 500 baht per person ( total 1000 baht for both of us). We did not check whether there were any transport around but looking at the whole terminal, only 3 counters were available and none public transport counter was around . <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/666.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_666.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/667.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_667.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/669.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_669.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Hotel in Trat was cheap . We stayed in SA Hotel and cost us only 500 baht . Trat is a very small town and within 10 minutes, we have seen what was in the main street. Not much choice of food over here but still we were quite happy for we have always love Thai food. The next morning I was up early to check on the type of transport which could bring us over to Laem Ngop pier and finally settled for a chartered pickup costing us 200 Baht . <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/670.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_670.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/671.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_671.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Upon reaching the main pier, we checked the time and fare of returning from Koh Mak and also the schedule of the minivan to Bangkok . Booked for departing Koh Mak at 9.00am .arriving mainland pier at 10.00am to continue our journey to Bangkok at 10.30am , estimating time of arrival at 3.00 pm .<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/01/24/672.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/01/24/s_672.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Koh Mak Island <br />The speed boat cost us 450 Baht per person and took off 10 minutes late . Regarding the inspection of the no of passenger were allowed in this boat , none of the authority was around to flag and authorized the trip. In one of our journey to an island ,Koh Tao from Koh Samui, a marine officer was there to counter and ensure the speed boat complied to the ruling and signed on a form before allowing the boat to speed off.<br /><br />Cont .......later ...is it really a beautiful island as compare to many islands, Koh Tao,Koh Lipe ,Koh Kai and many more we have visited? Before the journey, my sons were informed of the trip and also my Thai adopted sister, Buay Trisanawai who keep updated our health and where about. ......and why this trip.....<br /><br />Cont ......with a lot pictures and also receiving an international call from Xing Yi about an hour ago to check how is the island as compare to those that we have taken them . So excited indeed he is ..... Ha ha ....<br />I am posting this blog in the restaurant of Koh Mak Hotel, free Wifi and beautiful music play in the stage.<br />- .Posted using BlogPress from my nv <br />Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-50646403622352001832011-12-27T23:24:00.001+08:002011-12-29T22:11:28.031+08:00Dinner in Ayer Tawar, PerakAt ING HWA Restaurant <br />
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I do not have any peculiar planning but definitely spring cleaner my house today will be great. I might be tired after the work but still have an off day tomorrow. With this planning in mind , my part time maid arrived and we started cleaning area by area of my house. She started at the kitchen area and I, at my study area .Well, she has to finish the wet and later the dry kitchen which she completed by noon .As for me ,my study and than to the my sons' study room and by 3.00 pm, I have completed the living room with her together. The main rubbish is the our dog hair and all my office notes .<br />
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After the maid has left, I was back to my station checking my mail and hoping to find both my son online from Facebook and Skype but unfortunately none. Still have thing to do for I have to start learning how to handle my new IMac. At around, 6.00pm.my mind reminded me of my dinner for tonight. Since it is Christmas, a good dinner should be preferred. First choice was Subway due to the less oil policy and looking at my dinner table, I saw the bread and decided to drop by my neighborhood store, KK store, to pick up some dinner supply . Tuna and coffee will be fine. Arriving at the store , I realized that I should be celebrating and decided to buy a can of Tiger beer. First time, I bought one with intention of celebrating an occasion . After paying an extra ,RM 5.40 for that can of beer, I started to head back home .Another thought came into mind. I have bought a packet of " Prawn mee" from my favorite store in the market . I have totally forget about it. On arriving home , I stared into the packet of my noodle and hope that It did not spoilt . Pouring the soup out, I heated it up and than made my first taste from the pan. Wow, it was still so delicious and not spoilt at all .<br />
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Flicking though my mind, I was thinking of how to enjoy this bowl of noodle. Quickly transferring a movie into a pen drive, I went out to my living room and play the movie over my new LED TV . Perfectly seated down, and with the movie on, I finally have my perfect dinner for this Christmas. The prawn noodle, Hock Kien Mee, was still very warm, I love to eat hot .<br />
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The sound of my kettle reminded me of the coffee that I have bought from the store.<br />
Great Dinner with a cup of hot coffee. to go along with ...<br />
The final planning for tonight , a can of beer to celebrate with a second Blue-ray movie. <br />
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A few days back , I was really down ,sad, for the new LED Sony TV broke down and I was really scare that they could take weeks to repair it. This was not so for they immediately change the main mother board after verify and finding the main fault. Overall , 3 working days and it was back in my hall. Sad to said , my eldest son was not around to turn on my Wifi for me . I will try it to configure it tonight again . Wish me luck .!!!!!!! <br />
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Well, I would like to wish all my readers out there, " Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year " . Cheers! !<br />
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad 2Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-39004608765755443622011-08-06T20:46:00.003+08:002011-08-06T22:17:42.510+08:00Trying to be a speaker .<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Obeiliao, the speaker.<br />The topic " Why Career in Construction"<br /></span><br />I have given several speeches to student before but during last Friday , it was a real challenge. In fact , nothing great or frightening at all except that I was giving that speech in front of other company speakers. It was in this auditorium that many companies set up their individual booths too.<br /><br />Every speakers were given a short duration to present their topica but I was in fact very daring to request a duration of 2 hours......... and also specifying that mine should be after lunch break. It was possible due to their department head and lecturers support.<br /><br />At 12.45pm , my mind told me that I should start attracting the students attention and whoever were in the hall so I started of using pictures of how Safety were taken for granted in our daily life and also in our construction industry. By 1.05 pm. all the building science students were already seated and most of them were laughing on the pictures that I have projected from my Ipad 2.....the very first time presenting without the laptop..... Very happy for me because those additional gadgets that I have purchased for making presentation really work well. Hmm... could be better if using HDMI cord..... Always thinking that I should try my best and speak like """Steve Job"" haa... haaa....This Ipad was given to me by my wife after watching Steve Job presentation >>>>!!!!!! True....<br /><br />The pictures project on the screen could have been better if I was using power point or keynote. I was so busy with the site work that I could only present it by "pdf" Well, lucky for me, it ended up well. By the way , I did not stand on stage but with the same level as the student who were seated. The main reason was I could not point with the pointer if I was on stage. Well, nevertheless I noticed that some started to doze but I did received some respond of questions from the floor when going through the slides.<br /><br />After completed that speech, I received the following feed back from the audiences..<br />1. Mr. Kang, "I finally understand what my younger brother was doing in the construction industries"<br />2. Another , "Well, I finally understand what is hill slope development."<br />3. " You are telling the students to be humble etc and the final slide was utmost important<br /> to them ....Quote by a Senior Vice President of Citibank: "I am still fresh on the road, no different from any of you all and I need to be very hardworking to be successful in my life."<br />4. Another Quote from Mother Theresa: "The miracle is not that we do this work, but we are happy to do it"<br />5. last was from the lecturer, "Be Humble"<br />By the end of the speech, the students were informed that two of their senior made this presentation possible when they were undergoing their training with us. They were present during the Career Talk held in USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia ) Penang on March 5, 2011.<br />My final thanks to my boss and department head for allowing me to present that speech .<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What have I learned from Public Speaking???<br /><br /></span>1. Enhanced Personal and Social Abilities<br />2.Improved Academic and Career Skills<br />3.Improved Public Speaking Abilities<br /><br />Preparing a Public Speech><br /><br />1. Select your topic and purpose<br />2.Analyze your audience<br />3. Research your topic<br />4. Develop your write up<br />5. Support your main points<br />6. Organise your speech materials.<br />7. Simple terms in the speech<br />8. Have Introduction, Conclusion and Transitions.<br />9. Rehearse your speech<br />10. Deliver your Speech.<br /><br />The most important of all is to brain storm the overall write up ......opinion from different angles are of utmost important.<br /><br /><br />What else???? Getting to know more my IPAD 2.......<br /><br />I hope that I have given enough advice through the presentation to all the students...<br />on the Life in the Construction Industries<br /><br /><br />Forget to take some pictures ...maybe could get them from the lecturers,<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-39325572053085125622011-05-17T20:46:00.005+08:002011-05-18T19:37:06.398+08:00Being a "Daddy"<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daddy, Daddy..</span>...<br /><br />The thought of getting married came with a proposal through an International call to my wife as I was preparing to travel back to Penang for R & R from Iran. During that short conversation, my wife agreed and we decided to meet in Bangkok and have our short honeymoon in Pattaya. 3 years later, returning to work in Penang, we decided to have our own children.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The arrival of my two children</span><br /><br />On that fine morning, I went to work as usual to Hotel Equatorial. Before leaving,my wife told me to be prepared for there was some slight discharge and I asked her whether I should send her to the hospital and she calmly answered, no. Bring a clean T shirt with you, in case I am giving birth today. When I was at site,I was went to work as usual and did not get excited until my colleague told me that my wife called and informed me that she was on the way to the hospital. Well, when reaching the hospital car park, I change into a neat T shirt and rush to the delivery ward. I asked for my wife and a nurse came through the delivery room and just look at me. She told me that my wife gave birth to a baby boy. I asked her how she knew that I was the father. She smiled and said, "Your baby has your nose" . Is that so I asked and she smiled and said wait till you see him. She helped me put on the hospital robe and took me in. True enough, the baby boy has that typical feature.<br />My second son too has a typical resemblance, a mole in the ear like mine.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Being a father..my memory.</span><br /><br />I have to sleep in a separate room for the nanny will sleep with my wife and take care of my child so that my wife could have a good rest. She even cooked for all of us. Oh, how excited I would be to reach home early each day to look at my son and not to miss the delicious food that my wife left for me to eat. During confinement, all wife will have special meal cooked by the nanny. Very delicious especially the fried chicken with Sesame oil and the most important, the Red wine "Mee Suai" Hock Chew noodle. My first lesson as a father was to learn to fold the napkin, "Lampin". Each night , I would carry out this chorus for the nanny would be very busy preparing for my wife to bed also bring the hot water and milk, etc . I was given a chance to change the napkin for my son 2 weeks later. Oop, the smell of urine and sometime shit on it. Being a father, this work came in automatically.. After the nanny has left us, my wife and me has to start to adjust to my son crying each night when he was hungry. From many friends advice, we started to adjust the last feed before we went to bed ( normally 11.00 pm and the next at 6.00 am. Well, we gave him water to drink in between and slowly he got use to it and only woke up to have his full milk meal at 6.00pm. My wife and I started to adjust our working hours and normally, I would pick up my son from our neighbor and let him sleep as early as 9.00pm. How to make a child go to sleep?. I have always heard that some children would not sleep and create so much hustle . Very fortunately, my first son was so easy. I would laid him on the bed beside me and just patted him . Automatically, he would go to bed.<br />The next thing was clearing of all breakable items in the house and also building a small gate at the bottom of the staircase to prevent him from crawling up the stair.Even then, he managed to break some of my favorite wood carving from Bali, Indonesia accidentally. He was very active. For the milk, if the instruction stated on the milk container was 4 ounce of water to 4 scoop of milk, we would reduce the milk to 3 ounce instead. Why this, well, we are leaving in the tropic so the weather might increase increase the warmest in the baby. It worked well .<br /><br /><br />With the arrival of my second son, I started to sleep with my eldest son for the nanny has to take care of my wife again. During this period , I created a closeness with my eldest son. Again, I was given the delicious confinement food that the nanny would cook for my wife....miss them so much....<br /><br />to continue.................how to make both my sons sleep?????until my wife return from work...</span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-2560729195686926292011-05-11T19:47:00.008+08:002011-05-15T19:34:10.452+08:00Food Gallery in Penang Times Square<span style="font-weight:bold;">Delicious Food</span><br /><br />So many stores of International choice and but could only purchase a meal from one particular store tonight. Even within one store has so many varieties . Well , my wife ordered her favorite "Fish noodle" wherelse I ordered and tried the noodle with mushroom and pork . Saw my colleague , Mr Beh ordering this meal last week and now is my turn . Well, very delicious and even more with the "sambal belacan".<br />As usual ,I started my bad habit of tasting other people food and this time was my wife meal, so delicious too.<br />After finishing out dinner we quickly went over to the outlets below . My wife said that she would return to go through shopping at the new outlets since we were in a rush to go home.<br /><br />Picture of the store that we have order our meals tonight.Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-80388344117367734352011-05-02T22:52:00.004+08:002011-05-02T23:20:22.200+08:00Project Management<span style="font-size:130%;">Recently after being encouraged by my Boss and HR Manager to give a career talk to the students of one of the local University, USM ( University Sains Malaysia), I started to think of myself of whether I should be going back for further studies.. As one of my ex staff, Ir Heng, mentioned to me over the phone, " You have been practicing it practically and why not give it a try to study the academically way and finally weighting the two. You might be worry of the examination but take it as challenge. Fail or pass will not be important but you will gain the knowledge of management and be able to teach to future students".<br /><br />So sitting down , I started to ask myself, <span style="font-weight: bold;">What are the Good Habit of a good Project Manager.?</span><br />1. Can be counted on to follow through.<br />2. Take care of the teams<br />3. Always mentoring and teaching them<br />4. Being sociable<br />5. Are respectful and polite.<br />6. Remain even tempered , understanding and sympathetic<br />7. Can follow instructions and processes<br />8. Stay positive<br />9. Understand and manage costs<br />10. Are willing to speak the truth<br />11. Dress and act appropriately too.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">12. Honest in all dealings<br />13. Accept Change..<br />14. Sharing of past experiences.</span><br /><br />Looking at the above points, where do I stand ??<br /><br />........................to continue .............Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-55856717044888379002011-03-15T22:01:00.008+08:002011-08-06T20:46:24.121+08:00At 55<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Being a blogger, 4 years later</span><br /><br />Today, I am 55 years old. Young at heart but various illness system seems to set in.<br />Going back to my younger days, these few incidents left marks on me:.<br />1. A deep cut on my left leg. My dad took me to the Penang's General Hospital and got it stitched up<br />2. Bitten by a snake while playing in the river inside our fruit plantation.<br />3. Fell down from a tree due to my carelessness. I was trying to do a fireman rope that could pull myself up a tree but half way up I forgot to hold tightly onto the main rope and eventually I dropped to the ground. Suffered internal injury but was saved by a very sincere staff of my dad.<br />4. Walking through a glass panel while staying in Hotel Equatorial, KL. Ending up 9 stitches.<br /><br />The worse of the 4 was falling down from the tree. Until today, I still have some regular muscle ache and to over come this issue, I am learning to walk on a piece of bamboo as recommended by an old operator from Low Theons & Sons. He was working with us in one of our project, University Place. I would said that it was some kind of reflexology and made me sweat after stepping on it for 10 minutes<br />Thinking of what my staff have done on this great day, I decided to treat the staffs from Moonlight Bay and Island Resort to a simple lunch. At the meantime thanking them on the effort that they have given to me and my company in accomplishing the Moonlight Bay's project and also the on going Island Resort.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucPoo4_LLSww2SNtgq1zIgwrJSt8Bej6hoKt2_P_RCTieu6RAgHzWx5Dep6E-qcbgs0JrLgGhwcl0Mw8SJlW6uCEMaFhfhXr_uPKSUUnhdNEnlCX3cp0d3vp0k8ToawB5ejXLOVjt9_g/s1600/P1070351a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucPoo4_LLSww2SNtgq1zIgwrJSt8Bej6hoKt2_P_RCTieu6RAgHzWx5Dep6E-qcbgs0JrLgGhwcl0Mw8SJlW6uCEMaFhfhXr_uPKSUUnhdNEnlCX3cp0d3vp0k8ToawB5ejXLOVjt9_g/s320/P1070351a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584317464439361138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr Beh and I sharing our birthday together , I, 55 and him 65. so coincidentally both of us March 15</span><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwiW8ExJ4LJqrd-UIxRkY7sxVw_AKmDyFzM1V7dZR-8TNqanLcy5p17gzbEKYMspOByQI2cOY8jPZ_fe1tAeDFo9NkXrBvXQHjM2odr3C0m48XU3ckpnrobMv3siDdBlvLk4NuG5qU4E/s1600/P1070350a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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I thanked the staff and a simple speech for them.<br />" I would like to thank everyone of you who are presented here today and also the rest who are not presented here but directly or indirectly helping to finish all the projects for the last 40 years. Apart from this, we have to work hard together to finish this present project. Keep up with the good work and always work as a team."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6AliBmspoWSfKStQu46edZg-qBz21uWeW-RYoNjUrO3Nv24_q6BhIqdcpV2NsqMp8aCddEebZSgmOAwUe-bL9CSVOuzQ-3_sZhzxsDQs0vGa4r6eMbQP5v61p7dXTXLntAXHUikxkbY/s1600/P1070355a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6AliBmspoWSfKStQu46edZg-qBz21uWeW-RYoNjUrO3Nv24_q6BhIqdcpV2NsqMp8aCddEebZSgmOAwUe-bL9CSVOuzQ-3_sZhzxsDQs0vGa4r6eMbQP5v61p7dXTXLntAXHUikxkbY/s320/P1070355a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584317467619217682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">As quoted by one of their wishes to me , "A better increment for the following year".<br />I told them that I would forward their wishes to my Senior Head and also our Boss.</span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-49277362024516322802011-03-01T23:51:00.006+08:002011-03-02T22:42:27.923+08:00War zone Countries<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My entry</span><br /><br />Flipping over my expired passport, I found the date the I entered Iran after the revolution:...........<br />I recalled how I became a hero when leaving the plane, Air France ,just wearing a thin shirt and have a few pure wool blankets which was wrapped around at certain parts of my body by the air stewardess to keep me warm till I received my luggage in the airport. Well, the administrative staff did not informed me that it was winter in Iran.<br /><br />Other than that I was the only foreigner leaving the plane ! quoted by an American lady who was beside me on the journey from Bangkok to Tehran. The Iranian who were queuing up for their turn to enter the airport proper were so kind to let me in first after explaining to the Airport security. Even before entering , I took a few moment to catch the snow with my hands. Very interesting to feel the coldness in my palm.Upon receiving my luggage, I quickly took out the winter jacket which was given by my brother who have returned from the States<br />All these stories were repeated many times whenever I were having meals gathering with my friends.Some would feel bored with the stories but nevertheless they could have missed a few on how I retreated from Iran during outbreak of Iran & Iraq war.<br /><br />Looking at the recent news on Egypt and Libya, I recalled my friend, an electrician who told me how they left Iran during the revolution. Pan Am, an American airline took them out to the nearest city ,Rome, and after converting their air tickets they took the earliest flight back to Singapore. Pan Am was flying none stop to evacuate all foreigners.<br /><br />.........................to continue on the my retreat to Istanbul, Turkey and the option our Malaysian Embassy gave us.......Pakistan route, Moscow by train and finally the decision by my company to take the Turkey journey..................Hope I still the pictures .....from my album........... I manage to take a small souvenir Persian carpet .out...........???...<br /><br />another story on how being greed saved my life. .....Op...I have never told this story to my Dad and Mum for sure they will stop me returning to Iran to work.>>!!!!<br /></span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-21934017832773987702011-02-10T21:26:00.018+08:002011-02-19T17:42:45.710+08:00My Father, The Chinaman<span style="font-size:130%;">He has passed away many years ago but his name still lingers within the local Tanjong Bungah's community<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >1st recall.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />On one fine day , I was wondering how the sea shore at the back of our old house where I was born would look like after so many years. While walking along the small path , I saw three elderly Malay men sitting beneath an old tree. As usual I bowed my head slightly and wished them, "Selamat Pagi", ( Good morning) and immediately walked past them. They too returned my wish with a low tone, "Pagi", (Morning). Upon reaching the seaside, I was very surprised at the changes . Nevertheless, I was very happy for the beach was quite clean like it was before. I recalled how I would play with the Freebie when the wind was very strong. This freebie was given to me by my eldest brother from the US. It took me many hours of practice and finally I mastered it. I would throw it into the air, against the wind ,and eventually it would return back to my hand . This beach brought back many good and bad memories.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I recalled another dangerous accident that happened to me. On that day while walking along the shore I was washed and dragged into the sea by a very strong wave in front of many people, all sunbathing on higher ground. I was trying to cross to the other side but accidentally slipped and fell into the rough sea . Luckily for me, I was able to relax and allow the wave to pull me back into the sea. I closed my eyes and was worried that I would hit some rocks beneath the wave. I immediately swam out into the sea in accordance with the wave. When I returned back to the shore, my swimming truck was so full of the sand that I could feel that it would slip off my body. Standing up I immediately, pulled open the trunk and let all the sand out. Looking around, I was very scared and happy that I was not too far from the sea shore. Still panicky, I waited for the next wave that would push me back to the sea shore. Eventually, I landed on the shore and all the RAAF's ( Royal Australian Air Force) personnel who saw the whole incident came over to me and asked me whether I was ok. I thanked them. Shaken and tired, I started to jog back .<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Well,there were many good and bad incidents. Looking again at the sea, I decided to go home. Again I hadto pass the three wise Malay men. I was very surprised when they called me this time, "Anak Say Eng ,mari sini" ( Say Eng's son come here). I immediately went over to them and they introduced themselves as retired policemen who were formerly stationed at the Tanjong Bungah police station. They asked me where I was staying and how my Dad ( Say Eng) was.I told them that he had passed away and they were quite sad upon hearing the news.<br />All of a sudden, they told me that during the olden days when they were working in the police station, my father was trusted by all of them and whenever my dad came and bailed somebody out, they would allow it without further inquiries. Even the Penghulu ( local headman) trusted my Dad a lot. Wow, I thanked them for the information and walked back to my car that was parked along the main road. In the car, I started to think about the issue and asked myself how a Chinaman could gain so much trust with the local people.<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >2nd recall</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />On a Sunday afternoon, I heard somebody calling my dad . At the gate was a Malay man calling my dad and upon further questioning, he told my dad that his mum would like to meet him. I asked my dad whether that was a problem. My dad just smiled and said it had to do with money , probably a debt. I asked my dad whether he wanted to collect the debt back and he said a firm 'No".Then, I told him that we had to take along a red packet envelope in case she still insisted on paying the debt.<br />Upon arrival at her home, she took out a small little booklet, (555) and told my Dad that she wished to pay the amount in it. (Oops, I have forgotten to tell you all that my dad owned a grocery shop and some of the locals would purchase goods or foodstuff from us and the amount owed would be recorded and paid at the end of each month) As predicted she still insisted to pay even when my dad said there was no need.<br />Hence, my dad collected the cash from her and immediately told her that she had no more debt with us. Turning around he asked me to put the money into the red packet and returned the red packet to her. At the beginning she did not want to accept it but my dad told her he was giving her as a "Ang Pow" for her journey and wished her,Bon voyage.<br />I asked my dad why he decided not to take the amount and he mentioned to me that ALL of us have grown up and have got good careers. We no longer needed this money. Hence the decision.<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >In Education</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWZXvpeXQdpM9a26iIIPzUbBoSWD2xGoEeWX1o9fpvgYN2UAX5sGjEvgUOYVe22bEAbnLpNyyrACzBmZ3btKIZFJpbUox-53ykC-8KWyfH6Cf7rWLI2YWHBae0MQDjqcvq-03u14lAQA/s1600/Keefer+photo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572091295776931522" style="WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWZXvpeXQdpM9a26iIIPzUbBoSWD2xGoEeWX1o9fpvgYN2UAX5sGjEvgUOYVe22bEAbnLpNyyrACzBmZ3btKIZFJpbUox-53ykC-8KWyfH6Cf7rWLI2YWHBae0MQDjqcvq-03u14lAQA/s320/Keefer+photo.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few days back, my eldest brother forward a photograph to me which I would like to attach in this blog. Well, the printed words were self explanatory . It was to giving back to the society.My eldest brother and his wife contributed to an educational institution by setting up a conference room.If my father was around he would be very happy that his eldest son and daughter -in- law completed part of his wish and mission. Well, if only I could do too.......!<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Chung Ling story.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />My sister and brother in law taught in Chung High School, Penang. One day, my sister told us of a story when a student in her school approached her to ask her about my eldest brother who was also from Chung Ling. My sister said that the student went to KL for a scholarship interview and after the interview , the interviewer told him the scholarship was offered by an ex student of his school by the surname, Mr. Kang. The student asked my sister whether it could be her younger brother and my sister replied likely not but then the real truth is that it was.<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Golden Drawer.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />............record of debt owed to my father still</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> kept here till today</span>.Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-43069806107176803512011-01-10T14:15:00.012+08:002011-01-10T21:42:36.449+08:00Have fun with Bill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIDVc4tpxGRDQr00Lp4siwaKPJY1VcHq2IQt4nPBBgRmM-yRziwyPXbxpCKM4YM_C9kuqV77-DqETLCo64jftImRlU1cGz-hmOFNiZsUCRwPp2lTRkvNL8TQC3pkuDCZhyphenhyphen9X4Q8pvKV0/s1600/IMG_1530.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560459569395477570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIDVc4tpxGRDQr00Lp4siwaKPJY1VcHq2IQt4nPBBgRmM-yRziwyPXbxpCKM4YM_C9kuqV77-DqETLCo64jftImRlU1cGz-hmOFNiZsUCRwPp2lTRkvNL8TQC3pkuDCZhyphenhyphen9X4Q8pvKV0/s320/IMG_1530.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bill with his auntie, Janet</span></span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:130%;">Iphone in our genes???</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Recently, my brother and his family came back to Penang for a short holiday. During dinner time, we shared an in depth usage of the Iphone 4. His son, Bill explained to us about the fantastic apps of Google map and also a bit on the robotic car that is on trial in the US by Google. Cool.<br />Extra usage of this map was shown to us and we also found out that my niece, Nina, was also involved in the production of Google maps in Google. Now, I understand the reason why Nina was able to inform me through email on the availability of Penang Island in the Google Map. That was very great.<br />Surprisingly, all of us have upgraded our Iphone 3G to 4. While having dinner, I explained to Bill as to why I decided to buy an Iphone. Well, other than the push mail, I have surfed many types of phones and found that none of them have the engineering apps that I needed.<br />Another main reason was their explanation to me during their earlier trip back to Penang . During that journey from the airport to hotel, the 3 Harvard and 1 MIT scholars gave me their personal opnions. Once that they left Penang , I went straight to the local telecom provider and bought one. Bill send me a note, "It runs in the family".<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" >Have fun with Bill.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Never have I been together with my nephew but during this trip,his extra day in Penang made us very excited. We were delighted to have meals with him. "Have fun with Bill" as yelled his mum to me before flying out Penang a day earlier.<br /><br />No doubt the lunch time I had with him was quite short, I found out out that he would try any food except the sourish ones. He ordered the Penang, "Char Koay Teow" and loved it. He took a photo snap of the fried noodles. He immediately twittered it and even linked it to an apps , Foodspotting". the website address is http://bit.ly/fjhYPw. Cool, when you know how to use the type of apps from an Iphone. Before dropping back to his hotel, we went over to a stall and bought a local Malay "kueh". I only knew that he loved it when he informed us during dinner time.<br />A short review of his trip. After arriving in KL, he took a trip down to Singapore to meet up with his friend and then took a trip to explore Malacca, Ipoh and finally met his parents in Penang.<br /><br />Bill and food<br />A day earlier, I asked Bill what type of food he would like to eat and he mentioned a type of shell fish. On that night, we drove to a few stalls and finally found it in town. In this coffee shop, "Kopitiam" ( in hokkien dialect) there were many varieties of local Penang food. He ordered prawn mee ; my wife ordered big meehoon and me , meesuai noodle soup . Apart from this we ordered fried oyster with egg and 2 additional dishes : stingray and the shell fish. Bill's mum reminded me that Billy's food could not be too spicy for Bill had to travel a long way.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ujRM36SatKdPT5Stv1SMp6KMW4m7u8DsnJSO99oQp7gxPFNy4Hxk8Hba6kqcd-MAAMaPFrZS6im-p8JASglxuFK0QC_Y1YrK_lJZJXLV1VsmMeAutCw97MyDOITVz4hqyA5B8bp4l9A/s1600/IMG_1539.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560459591002728210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ujRM36SatKdPT5Stv1SMp6KMW4m7u8DsnJSO99oQp7gxPFNy4Hxk8Hba6kqcd-MAAMaPFrZS6im-p8JASglxuFK0QC_Y1YrK_lJZJXLV1VsmMeAutCw97MyDOITVz4hqyA5B8bp4l9A/s320/IMG_1539.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Shell fish that Bill loved to eat</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOD0JEYOWm2_-8vH64KJhJ5mQEHSCkaBNOqtkviRTmU92mJAtk1c7uwcE1DHDITnvePX4i0VDWg_yb0ORQU1WRyllvgYoj6gS09CGRwMeRKuV4fMEoC8vFCcPpe_xU3qqDXn0MBJorZ6w/s1600/IMG_1537.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560459586347487586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOD0JEYOWm2_-8vH64KJhJ5mQEHSCkaBNOqtkviRTmU92mJAtk1c7uwcE1DHDITnvePX4i0VDWg_yb0ORQU1WRyllvgYoj6gS09CGRwMeRKuV4fMEoC8vFCcPpe_xU3qqDXn0MBJorZ6w/s320/IMG_1537.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Fried Oyster with eggs</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhTKjN5m91mr23_2hdisjhI-Ks1o1AgCosG9_dO6hcC2viK43Rk65Wa6F8CMhcZPxOw3XG6LfjKzHjWxoEsDN-ZO3fkINdf6XD6C-NyzK0SHQ9zGPcXrBJYoiQd5SgSP3FhHh5flhyHE/s1600/IMG_1538.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560459581617219490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhTKjN5m91mr23_2hdisjhI-Ks1o1AgCosG9_dO6hcC2viK43Rk65Wa6F8CMhcZPxOw3XG6LfjKzHjWxoEsDN-ZO3fkINdf6XD6C-NyzK0SHQ9zGPcXrBJYoiQd5SgSP3FhHh5flhyHE/s320/IMG_1538.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Pan fried Stingray </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcBF4WtFUq__q-Prea13h5rHg-PgUjr0NHxb1zvispr77DV_AwXxGG0No3nXwLIrDs7f9lEYF5rnFD8nNsbQMSK_n5JHGDy2ayyzrONkGPmnyoHeDK1tX5-rkHEXllSOM1jxkzXCGuTI/s1600/IMG_1532.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560459575448693826" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcBF4WtFUq__q-Prea13h5rHg-PgUjr0NHxb1zvispr77DV_AwXxGG0No3nXwLIrDs7f9lEYF5rnFD8nNsbQMSK_n5JHGDy2ayyzrONkGPmnyoHeDK1tX5-rkHEXllSOM1jxkzXCGuTI/s320/IMG_1532.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bill posting the food pic to his twitter and Foodspotting.</span></span>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011046338358017857.post-4972071059500797552010-11-28T11:52:00.100+08:002011-01-03T22:20:37.299+08:00Moonlight Bay ,Penang, Malaysia<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >One of the landmarks of Penang, Malaysia<br /><br />Extract from paper for International Conference on Slope ,2010, held in Chiangmai, Thailand.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Introduction:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Moonlight Bay is a luxury end, gated property development on Penang Island in Malaysia. The development consists of condominiums and exclusive</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> villas blended into the hill slope with breathtaking sea views of the renowned Batu Ferringhi beaches and the Andaman Sea."</span><br /></span><b><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">The toughest project</span>.</b></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">I remember my father's words looking at the hill in Batu Ferringhi, "It is very difficult to build houses on this piece of land for the terrain is quite steep. " Why is there such a conversation? Well, my friends from a very established company came over to Penang and asked me to help them to survey this land for they were studying whether it was feasible to build houses on it. </span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">They too found that it was very hard to build buildings on it. 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I was lucky to have taken many projects<br />which helped me to understand the technicalities by experience rather by theory. the following is a summary of the various projects that I have gone through: Highway (Malaysia), Chemical Plant ( Singapore), Electrical Substation (Iran), Oil refineries ( Indonesia),Asia Bintulu Fertilser Plant (Malaysia), Hotel Equatorial , Gurney, Northern Suites (Penang, Malaysia), Telecom Tower (Thailand) etc. So What? Well, if you have not done any projects on a hill slope then it will definitely be very tough<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The model</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQw93ld4YXxU8754TwzXvUvPqK98lzm-9IimHrkyPZZGFldnqnpzBeSMsOsiv5NSU8wEsj62C9DRHSmcxPyKVu5tu-8Mk705C685DLly-2HoydlVZSoeJcfPgzYwFc9w_NJuX0vlTkmeE/s1600/P1060747a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544960689642109906" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 218px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQw93ld4YXxU8754TwzXvUvPqK98lzm-9IimHrkyPZZGFldnqnpzBeSMsOsiv5NSU8wEsj62C9DRHSmcxPyKVu5tu-8Mk705C685DLly-2HoydlVZSoeJcfPgzYwFc9w_NJuX0vlTkmeE/s320/P1060747a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Side elevation</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf6FB6dZKywKAkte07drFE_u7mnyWlyAe3tBzq7MqZXjxSp266ebXGAOPDmSSfhTYPSeC-jbh4Kn1CO6eSDr-xKiBb-Gh5Fn65bI9pZIX4JpKdmjA7gHd_h4ojfkrW4zBdJMkX9l_i-Q/s1600/P1060744a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544960708875345106" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 158px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf6FB6dZKywKAkte07drFE_u7mnyWlyAe3tBzq7MqZXjxSp266ebXGAOPDmSSfhTYPSeC-jbh4Kn1CO6eSDr-xKiBb-Gh5Fn65bI9pZIX4JpKdmjA7gHd_h4ojfkrW4zBdJMkX9l_i-Q/s320/P1060744a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The front elevation</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Photo taken on 31st December 2010</span><br /></span><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RFeq2fF7OLsS5DZKpds2bOIuH0cCgLGenYPFd5N54mOQ-5k4DsgYEWM1Cfoz6WDGwJdNqI1AJM3YsJxLuVBs64YoEEJarzfQ7RBh-vZaC0m2NUZHKG4iFjDAH2t-nYzAxQcVLABqHos/s1600/mlb+merge+A.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547236704922275618" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 120px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RFeq2fF7OLsS5DZKpds2bOIuH0cCgLGenYPFd5N54mOQ-5k4DsgYEWM1Cfoz6WDGwJdNqI1AJM3YsJxLuVBs64YoEEJarzfQ7RBh-vZaC0m2NUZHKG4iFjDAH2t-nYzAxQcVLABqHos/s320/mlb+merge+A.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Completed Moonlight Bay</span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Construction.<br /><br />The Preparation work</span><br /></b></span></div><br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaoEMl1IQ16yDH3XGGsvVfRgJW3dZdGO3X7Yes57S4w9SzFLAJJq6FHKD00VXig6AbpLgCL3dg2zTgDayDwMj6yGa_e6cx94fGGn2krNhBAT0hCi5-k8kZftBU7tbojY6Kw_xr8vcm48/s1600/IMG_0022a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544599821945916802" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaoEMl1IQ16yDH3XGGsvVfRgJW3dZdGO3X7Yes57S4w9SzFLAJJq6FHKD00VXig6AbpLgCL3dg2zTgDayDwMj6yGa_e6cx94fGGn2krNhBAT0hCi5-k8kZftBU7tbojY6Kw_xr8vcm48/s320/IMG_0022a.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">KAA's Consultant giving us advice</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHBdgKKaV9sQGa6meH8mB-RAbWF_tbxerUM9ebkYcERTeChgmzURnFVquzvu4pBpexbxU-JLI7wvCWoFst_ttWY4VC5yGbJTMhUKDQIcVqRNdHkX-4CGe5lTsjPDF7FEFx5fYFaT31jU/s320/IMG_0048a.jpg" /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnmmp8VWbGfkASN7c187UttMny6WLrUH-0jApqBookawo9fZe1tPKQcvlIgcs7no8C0u5syrkvr8So7F5uR9bnZ8k_NE7FlCBSxfIBacvp8G2IKjBHr3tsIdHBEE5ss4a7l3rexXrG6g/s320/IMG_0047a.jpg" /></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Staff gathering. Need all the ideas to start this job on site<br /></span></i><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This Mediterranean Project would inevitably crop up in any presentation of Ivory annual dinner or meeting. This shows its utmost importance to the company. At the start, it was very difficult to determine the starting point of this job or in ot</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">her words, the proposed e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ntrance. Field works or site visits had to be carried out and consultations had to be made </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">with the town planner. My first glimpse of this project was in our main office in Fettes Park. There was a model of the hill and a young architect, Jarvin was repeatedly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> propo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sing the idea of building bungalows and then selling them at a later stage with our former GM. Certainly there could be a lot more discussions regarding this pr</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">oject that I did not know.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Not too long after joining the company, my boss took us on a study trip to Hong Kong. During the trip , he intentionally asked the tour bus to take the small hilly road up to the top of the hill. Upon reaching there, he told us that if Hong Kong could have houses built on a slope , why couldn't we.? During that trip , he took par</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">t of the team comprising of architects and engineers to the renowned Geotechnical Department of Hon</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">g Kong. Once we returned to Malaysia, I was informed by my GM that he had brought back many books and articles from Hong Kong'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">s Geotechnical Department for me to read. Other than this , he also recommended many websites. I started to research on hillslope development in the USM ( Universiti Sains Malaysia) library. Assistance also came from my brother -in -law, Ir. Choo who lent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> me a book fr</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">om one of the IEM seminar he had attended and Ir.Chow , Mr. Phoon who constantly giving additional advice during our weekly consultant meetings.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Together with Mr. Ng ,formerly from LTS, who was also very good in earthwork (highly recommended by my boss)and our Senior Head, Mr. Tan, we made our first attempt in determining the entrance and set up our site office there. Later on staff like Robinson, Yeoh, Jasper, Chow, Junior Ng and many more also chipped in and contributed to the success of this project.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Before we started our project, my boss g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ave us very solid advice-make sure that public safety is your top priority when you start this project. In my head, till today, these words still echoed in my brain. Ah ya!, more white hair.....!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">!! I will try ...</span></div><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I will need all types of religions to help me complete this job,starting with prayers to Datuk Kong, Jesus, Buddha and finally the most important of all ,God of the Underworld during the 7 lunar month prayer.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Other than that, all the respective consultants who constantly gave me advice were equally important in minimizing errors.<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >The site office and the temporary access road<br /><br /></span>As required by the Engineer, we had to proceed our earthwork by cutting first from the top of the hill and then down to its bo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ttom. Initially, we still had to cut an access route and put a guard post beside the entrance. The urgency of the guard post was due to the arrival of the excavators at site . It was the same with hoarding and the gate which we eventually installed .</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxvRpas8D7MFOm3euBmDqr7quRvamTmIyB9GVxxa8xj296elAZqaeA550hsSziEbvUpNtfxwmfRX8KKXgSFma3hi-0vQ9Pcl02iG310zKuKynDAa45me74KDfb-JySjFgEpIAHZ9G-pg/s1600/IMG_0038a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544965907710341570" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxvRpas8D7MFOm3euBmDqr7quRvamTmIyB9GVxxa8xj296elAZqaeA550hsSziEbvUpNtfxwmfRX8KKXgSFma3hi-0vQ9Pcl02iG310zKuKynDAa45me74KDfb-JySjFgEpIAHZ9G-pg/s320/IMG_0038a.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Guard post</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLxLrVEUCAgyE3tuG-qWU2zj41V3QC47w4dMmY9vWeZ75s6FZ8US8ZHIOIQ01uojN-rK6fyVRo5S8fzObX3YCQi2ZNlKUkbk4hGHhN79yhr-do7dy16YTScH2bknJo7DSVWL8EeEEbiU/s1600/MB+Elevation+a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544965951143230514" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 230px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLxLrVEUCAgyE3tuG-qWU2zj41V3QC47w4dMmY9vWeZ75s6FZ8US8ZHIOIQ01uojN-rK6fyVRo5S8fzObX3YCQi2ZNlKUkbk4hGHhN79yhr-do7dy16YTScH2bknJo7DSVWL8EeEEbiU/s320/MB+Elevation+a.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><span style="font-style: italic;">The drainage system and the site requirement.<br />The erection of a shrine for " Datuk Kong"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdAAeb6JKHw0hP6wBs6ZE6rkMgyPD413bVERRym4hYqQaMCDNH5aoZvPodsj_SlOIRJf77KEGnppvlSOEjiDNowNAw3ftd98tZC_j6HZvgsZ1ouyLeQKZrnsW0hEPtlZznNVorpO_4oI/s1600/Picture+004a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544965958702279538" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 242px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdAAeb6JKHw0hP6wBs6ZE6rkMgyPD413bVERRym4hYqQaMCDNH5aoZvPodsj_SlOIRJf77KEGnppvlSOEjiDNowNAw3ftd98tZC_j6HZvgsZ1ouyLeQKZrnsW0hEPtlZznNVorpO_4oI/s320/Picture+004a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Finally, the completed site gate with the guard post shifted into the site.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEkfqsDUgmH_tyeMbH6gxARq2zgfSC0x3FyMuGhS2ZnzQV2UqUq77sGX1EWFX7SRWIws3bThVWbO9g3k2A72h3kZnT-c4dA977ZKuXZ30n3LfZ02gx4aYs076ROOZK0ssRkoK9nxfN78/s1600/IMG_0117a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545107795092717394" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 213px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEkfqsDUgmH_tyeMbH6gxARq2zgfSC0x3FyMuGhS2ZnzQV2UqUq77sGX1EWFX7SRWIws3bThVWbO9g3k2A72h3kZnT-c4dA977ZKuXZ30n3LfZ02gx4aYs076ROOZK0ssRkoK9nxfN78/s320/IMG_0117a.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The determination of the permanent access</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkOsmKU0myTAssv4PWmaHbMrnWVL4yfsXuF8I8qaWQTRhgFeASRrOI2wPTwYax3Ramwqf5de6qrFIc_DHb3dTDb3KczhrI9iXiLZO7WNVoVAQBN5kIepoajzZ-cPlb2mtgBFoQUO80po/s1600/MB+Elevation+4+Rocking+drilling+for+blasting.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545108421547650914" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkOsmKU0myTAssv4PWmaHbMrnWVL4yfsXuF8I8qaWQTRhgFeASRrOI2wPTwYax3Ramwqf5de6qrFIc_DHb3dTDb3KczhrI9iXiLZO7WNVoVAQBN5kIepoajzZ-cPlb2mtgBFoQUO80po/s320/MB+Elevation+4+Rocking+drilling+for+blasting.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Blasting of boulders</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBdTMBuPuTB3qCymszXSI_Mh2cykJ1yr8ahZ_5nmtXogsfZ1rKxyPV71AhQwrxIuzcDJ6sc4oOpF8PfQ5DFjRzEjLhQKniKT3MPo1eNptMj7UMXooLdUIuUfGR7Q-cSfqZLDY4bAB3Ic/s1600/P7050035a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545108687895393074" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBdTMBuPuTB3qCymszXSI_Mh2cykJ1yr8ahZ_5nmtXogsfZ1rKxyPV71AhQwrxIuzcDJ6sc4oOpF8PfQ5DFjRzEjLhQKniKT3MPo1eNptMj7UMXooLdUIuUfGR7Q-cSfqZLDY4bAB3Ic/s320/P7050035a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Authorities checking before the blast</span>ing<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2WGlmUaa070wRxvvr0WtAoYdqZNMxCCw9toPatLFXPW-5lCHWIwbaD5PPYWxM7H7G5vuKXkhCTP_0X92JtzIuYQ_OA1YBA3dTu0FPveXByrx435_VXWL-o6U4dJGp0NataiOIbDwlrI/s1600/IMG_0036a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545111925099761490" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2WGlmUaa070wRxvvr0WtAoYdqZNMxCCw9toPatLFXPW-5lCHWIwbaD5PPYWxM7H7G5vuKXkhCTP_0X92JtzIuYQ_OA1YBA3dTu0FPveXByrx435_VXWL-o6U4dJGp0NataiOIbDwlrI/s320/IMG_0036a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Construction of a temporary sedimentation dam</span>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >The construction of the show unit</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRer_bPCDLzmzrjtWB8lL-FZW9gDQgfZdK5F796rcQhrO_OUYvqjvkCDVH-RBhLMw64Fv0_jzD5x3l6swXrhmTPpX4WpyAuk-0NM_QmJQCAlwsYqZJyCXysbpRV3w2lyIyI7xCnl83bf8/s1600/P6270019a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545119420029342482" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRer_bPCDLzmzrjtWB8lL-FZW9gDQgfZdK5F796rcQhrO_OUYvqjvkCDVH-RBhLMw64Fv0_jzD5x3l6swXrhmTPpX4WpyAuk-0NM_QmJQCAlwsYqZJyCXysbpRV3w2lyIyI7xCnl83bf8/s320/P6270019a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Initial construction of the show unit</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadsBkjh9CII08ZGWtcvt-EX_3fWDJr2FfJhHBucAR8kZN_vmiUl_NQ1Q1C50i7LbEJQ5cj1UuXS960jDNZb5baAdjdzK9qGkMQYoJ4492FJ9LY4rqwBPcNoAXiwcmqVWw9RxJlrxA7ds/s1600/IMG_0099a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545114467556438610" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 213px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadsBkjh9CII08ZGWtcvt-EX_3fWDJr2FfJhHBucAR8kZN_vmiUl_NQ1Q1C50i7LbEJQ5cj1UuXS960jDNZb5baAdjdzK9qGkMQYoJ4492FJ9LY4rqwBPcNoAXiwcmqVWw9RxJlrxA7ds/s320/IMG_0099a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The show unit in progress</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7skDIDJ7upLrvInsqtmtjJwWE1aJfDnUv4MnkFQ6B78j5fDj3VbRdQHS80lPgWvJAVjYIYqOETGnTps3o2aIirL4Ah_fbdO3PcHTkd5aHO5GUD7Ka0EGaObuA06InVQ8d95qI1TbJ8LQ/s1600/Elevation+A+Show+unit+as+at+31-8-06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545121948813450722" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7skDIDJ7upLrvInsqtmtjJwWE1aJfDnUv4MnkFQ6B78j5fDj3VbRdQHS80lPgWvJAVjYIYqOETGnTps3o2aIirL4Ah_fbdO3PcHTkd5aHO5GUD7Ka0EGaObuA06InVQ8d95qI1TbJ8LQ/s320/Elevation+A+Show+unit+as+at+31-8-06.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Bricking up</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM0QXwWq7sbkCL8deZeqLZShdgU02DOsl4O1CKPifurV7TquUn_sEGSvdnZm4c9yC71krSQQ6_tdNwyEB4E8Nj1SPWU0-hWBf_XYzcKoIC-Ko_drEZcn9nh2YaJQ69bkdFD_EeT_JFzQ/s1600/Elevation+A++Show+unit+as+as+31-8-06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545121942325632002" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 214px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM0QXwWq7sbkCL8deZeqLZShdgU02DOsl4O1CKPifurV7TquUn_sEGSvdnZm4c9yC71krSQQ6_tdNwyEB4E8Nj1SPWU0-hWBf_XYzcKoIC-Ko_drEZcn9nh2YaJQ69bkdFD_EeT_JFzQ/s320/Elevation+A++Show+unit+as+as+31-8-06.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Plastering</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibujhHAYtKn10OmvaZL6WAc0QVB67cTxx5NvVCLExr8-wfvHevS-LB2s1hM8ZVoS8QTqZXy2SpFy_KO3L_6upVa-_T7rHaedY3xpof3vgJTK29VyaW60vfg0_8mizs3rgInmqVjyjQn_Q/s1600/IMG_0080a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibujhHAYtKn10OmvaZL6WAc0QVB67cTxx5NvVCLExr8-wfvHevS-LB2s1hM8ZVoS8QTqZXy2SpFy_KO3L_6upVa-_T7rHaedY3xpof3vgJTK29VyaW60vfg0_8mizs3rgInmqVjyjQn_Q/s320/IMG_0080a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556252362024377986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A short length of counterfort wall being constructed</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQegu17GeLOam9nHKAiP1tsTX-fCu05ZZY3EjzlT5QZDsKbef2bCWMAAMQfsL2m2yrMOIVXQTijwDqVwRooIqgaHBT0rnFGzznp483yraRtbl0GyxGz9tYyVk0d06jjprvnem6LbZ6kLQ/s1600/Picture+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545121951288816402" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 242px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQegu17GeLOam9nHKAiP1tsTX-fCu05ZZY3EjzlT5QZDsKbef2bCWMAAMQfsL2m2yrMOIVXQTijwDqVwRooIqgaHBT0rnFGzznp483yraRtbl0GyxGz9tYyVk0d06jjprvnem6LbZ6kLQ/s320/Picture+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Final show unit</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhgRAdfsTvFWvHH3E5dsAjKB4I9IJtHVExOHKoGbuvVGwPp_uoiJ6cMJCMbcDlMKTB_myjAHpiNUL7qhl2WN8Bnf0EU8yuDUbpApj4ogLIS69Mj_YumJJq2uRor3MrTe3P9th-PGNTwc/s1600/Elevation+H.++Overall+site+as+at+31-12-06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhgRAdfsTvFWvHH3E5dsAjKB4I9IJtHVExOHKoGbuvVGwPp_uoiJ6cMJCMbcDlMKTB_myjAHpiNUL7qhl2WN8Bnf0EU8yuDUbpApj4ogLIS69Mj_YumJJq2uRor3MrTe3P9th-PGNTwc/s320/Elevation+H.++Overall+site+as+at+31-12-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556254152440159650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The completed show unit</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The foundation work: Caisson</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">s</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />A system from Hong Kong, world renowned in hill slope development</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.<br /><br />"One type of deep foundations that extend down through unsuitable soil to transfer building loads to a more appropriate bearing stratum and socket into the rock."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part of an technical paper by Y W Mark (CEng, MIStructE,MICE House Department, Hongkong</span><br />Because of the scarcity of land and abundance of hilly terrain in the territory, it is often inevitable that high rise building have to encroach or found in hill slopes. As the foundations have to be on hill slopes, it is difficult, if not impossible, to provide access to piling rigs, Consequently, footing foundations and driven piles are not suitable ,the best foundation option is<br />hand dug caissons.<br /><br />Methodology (a brief)<br />The excavation proceeds vertically downward in lifts of 750mm to form a circular shaft. A concrete lining is then cast in situ to support the soil pressure before going down the next lift. After the excavated shaft has reached the founding rock stratum, it will be back filled with reinforced concrete.<br />Before concreting the dug shaft, a proof rock drill to a depth of 5m (depending on the Eng'r design) to determine the rate of penetration will be carried out to testify the rock quality. With proper calibration , the integrity of the rock stratum can be revealed.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3wXHwx0gnmxfIZbtkVCz4oK06YeljIRJKFejaT4YCcU18JB7Dur-7AEPGTHYaPEnyhAlIbvwLMgHvVNe2lcenMzr0AKDJoTfqVj_CY1tVvUSTI2w7jCaotL4N9LhClBqMa1DtjQ1p_Q/s1600/Picture2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547471723738171762" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 218px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3wXHwx0gnmxfIZbtkVCz4oK06YeljIRJKFejaT4YCcU18JB7Dur-7AEPGTHYaPEnyhAlIbvwLMgHvVNe2lcenMzr0AKDJoTfqVj_CY1tVvUSTI2w7jCaotL4N9LhClBqMa1DtjQ1p_Q/s320/Picture2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hand dug caisson. </span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilocqKErjOjRyU466NvU6P4R-6RmUJWivTIZF-Gd2reXOanUk3UMXygHxmgjfPpGVVYSqrO3V5MpXPg0YogGcy69QfXbDrxh4bwuPpyzvD2JTFNw7_NAx_ZAxN2dYjygewgM4c_PYOfe0/s1600/P1080710a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545124229456445058" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilocqKErjOjRyU466NvU6P4R-6RmUJWivTIZF-Gd2reXOanUk3UMXygHxmgjfPpGVVYSqrO3V5MpXPg0YogGcy69QfXbDrxh4bwuPpyzvD2JTFNw7_NAx_ZAxN2dYjygewgM4c_PYOfe0/s320/P1080710a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cast caissons<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVSDI6CX_a1WeiXSXCkzNUUmIHAbYkktS-96cSiszGTrJrh5rtQ-oeHMT7kqlUwWqF9RGfkwPRxNETYqkBw2kstiXQAv2wJrWrEbhCqcJy22kfClGl90qzPnjuCU7K5AAVKcS9zG7u0k/s1600/Iphone+pic+240110+155a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545124064493954850" style="width: 240px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVSDI6CX_a1WeiXSXCkzNUUmIHAbYkktS-96cSiszGTrJrh5rtQ-oeHMT7kqlUwWqF9RGfkwPRxNETYqkBw2kstiXQAv2wJrWrEbhCqcJy22kfClGl90qzPnjuCU7K5AAVKcS9zG7u0k/s320/Iphone+pic+240110+155a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The base of the caisson were blast until integrity of the rock stratum were achieved.</span><br /><br /></span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzf9VCqesUODb41plIkis2Qs9MvBn_vtggDMmsRsTsMnzh9-o4fFNwPaYyiY2VZIRnO95rEg02_7RVL_lyxGdwQ4avQNIxbYv2sfX1tEQsyCuyJW4xAfdOnvMwwVOZcrwJen83DFAiQg/s1600/Iphone+pic+240110+012a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545124065326946882" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzf9VCqesUODb41plIkis2Qs9MvBn_vtggDMmsRsTsMnzh9-o4fFNwPaYyiY2VZIRnO95rEg02_7RVL_lyxGdwQ4avQNIxbYv2sfX1tEQsyCuyJW4xAfdOnvMwwVOZcrwJen83DFAiQg/s320/Iphone+pic+240110+012a.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Hand dug caisson in progress</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MpkYVg83newndziKAfIt29XzHUvvE2FUcorka1GXZ3i3GrPmqFYNJsSrPuZQ8tS7uB4_RcQ6qXWzA6ekjFQW1hj3qE5QVCwKXB-9lBMysfMl9ElGyfoXQkTCUOdVIljx6Hbc7eckKVo/s1600/Iphone+pic+240110+128a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545124038690349170" style="width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MpkYVg83newndziKAfIt29XzHUvvE2FUcorka1GXZ3i3GrPmqFYNJsSrPuZQ8tS7uB4_RcQ6qXWzA6ekjFQW1hj3qE5QVCwKXB-9lBMysfMl9ElGyfoXQkTCUOdVIljx6Hbc7eckKVo/s320/Iphone+pic+240110+128a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Ventilating system to provide fresh air when necessary</span><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/KANGPE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnq5dviGHtlrz7S5VIm3tIz9Ek6LjPh85RmUWHgJMfn654iulluG_ePgFFSLMMj5833IJ5hQzLubhro07BqyPGVUBlq4MZAQH3X_lrbu4Qv-EoOHLoZywhkdSIYHjHESVx12pmnRUdeo/s1600/caisson.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnq5dviGHtlrz7S5VIm3tIz9Ek6LjPh85RmUWHgJMfn654iulluG_ePgFFSLMMj5833IJ5hQzLubhro07BqyPGVUBlq4MZAQH3X_lrbu4Qv-EoOHLoZywhkdSIYHjHESVx12pmnRUdeo/s320/caisson.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547850118722811234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Typical Caisson construction</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Permanent road</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Allan Block System</span><br />Reinforced soil segmental retaining wall system<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Extract from International Conference on Slope 2010 held in Chiangmai , Thailand</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 12M HIGH REINFORCED</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">SOIL SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALL FOR HILLSIDE</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">DEVELOPMENT: A MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE by </span><br /><br />K.T.Khoo<br />Perunding KAA Sdn Bhd<br />kaa@perundingkaa.com<br /><br />K.H.Lee<br />Landscape Retaining Wall Sdn Bhd<br />lrwallblock@gmail.com<br /><br />B.H.Ng & L.K.Lim<br />TenCate Geosynthetics Asia Sdn Bhd<br />bh.ng@tencate.com & lk.lim@tencate.com<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Important factors to consider using this system</span><br />1. Speed in construction of the segmented wall<br />2. Important advantage of the reinforced soil segmental wall system is that the temporary steep cuts exposure can be kept to a minimum as components like concrete fascia units and soil reinforcements are manufactured offsite and backfilling as the wall is built.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >3.2 Segmental blocks facing unit</span><br />The facing system is a mortarless, stackable, concrete block retaining wall system. The dimensions of the segmental blocks unit are approximately 203mm height, 457mm length and 304mm width with a unit weight of 34kg/block. The compressive strength required<br />for the segmental blocks unit at 28 days is 20MPa. The hollow cores in the block are infilled<br />with 20mm single size aggregate for free draining properties and higher interlocking properties between the block and reinforcing composite geotextile.<br />The patented interlocking lip automatically locks each row of blocks in place as they are<br />stacked. With mortarless construction technique, the segmental block requires no grouting, no mortar and no concrete footing. The inherent benefits include site adaptability, easy installation and lower cost.<br /><br />The hollow core design combines with mortatless construction to allow water to drain freely from behind the wall. A vertical “drained field” is formed by layer of crusher rock placed behind the rock and in the blocks cores. Water moves easily down through the drained field. The dry-stacked construction technique allows the water to escape by flowing around the blocks and out of the wall surface. This built-in drainage system prevents any major build-up of hydrostatic pressure.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGESqTT2lRqHoNymWe4UQ9pt1C-8J9Q_9ZPdkk2Fpa6y-oPwzuWj5MHlqPQXClqp4o5TgyT4P_ICDKZodaKwFk3LP9KvStqN9KkzjzwSJXbMlHyEqH1I_5bXxn8v0eHcSxL1pgyJb5Pao/s1600/DSCF0794E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGESqTT2lRqHoNymWe4UQ9pt1C-8J9Q_9ZPdkk2Fpa6y-oPwzuWj5MHlqPQXClqp4o5TgyT4P_ICDKZodaKwFk3LP9KvStqN9KkzjzwSJXbMlHyEqH1I_5bXxn8v0eHcSxL1pgyJb5Pao/s320/DSCF0794E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553886655590907602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The hollow cores in the block are infilled<br />with 20mm single size aggregate for free draining<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VqmF5ffcckpURcFhoPv8OBO3SClxPFnYMSCbYrWDivPraXJItiBj8Q04d4YwmwhGHo2HLBxU3-HG9Gr9BlHyWkWXangv6ge0i0lopGjmGvDtGutlyh-7oVa5lDT-uZ6HZWUoao-Da78/s1600/DSCF0795E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VqmF5ffcckpURcFhoPv8OBO3SClxPFnYMSCbYrWDivPraXJItiBj8Q04d4YwmwhGHo2HLBxU3-HG9Gr9BlHyWkWXangv6ge0i0lopGjmGvDtGutlyh-7oVa5lDT-uZ6HZWUoao-Da78/s320/DSCF0795E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553886654094618978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The composite reinforcing geotextile was installed at<br />the required elevation as per in the construction<br />drawing</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxt50xzRsKTm1e9lEoLCWcu_uXYnNAk31c0ZsgH3vQ1mKOrxIXu2OTmlArlToNpHouxCRzl5BA0trkjKwW7ArOjbFLo9uv0tN_QBDZcPvTsd-V8NN4eRZTY316pQbWN0JGaYJyHQ-cFJY/s1600/DSCF0797E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxt50xzRsKTm1e9lEoLCWcu_uXYnNAk31c0ZsgH3vQ1mKOrxIXu2OTmlArlToNpHouxCRzl5BA0trkjKwW7ArOjbFLo9uv0tN_QBDZcPvTsd-V8NN4eRZTY316pQbWN0JGaYJyHQ-cFJY/s320/DSCF0797E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553893106180599266" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gU1Sltx1PJXP_5rAXvAhmS5BXJrjJQNPKnormZJtiIxvGX4CYO6gnmunwCk7cxAHIJ3YiOrHZ381Kj0S0C7_rkUaZ-x5WlbUnqOZFBFxozcPpKdbCf6_4XM1heNhkh8YVSm9-6WLa0E/s1600/DSCF0707E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gU1Sltx1PJXP_5rAXvAhmS5BXJrjJQNPKnormZJtiIxvGX4CYO6gnmunwCk7cxAHIJ3YiOrHZ381Kj0S0C7_rkUaZ-x5WlbUnqOZFBFxozcPpKdbCf6_4XM1heNhkh8YVSm9-6WLa0E/s320/DSCF0707E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553893101648141378" border="0" /></a><br />Regular checking by Senior and respective department heads regularly</span><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/KANGPE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8nhkyiSLaBjsxsmcpNOKE2Cs-tWTF_4OFoVgP0Ad7GatePMHPnUfe-4IHDBpOnw6A9rP11X3u9fF6A7R_HN9Ia2ABb1nQUl_m6WERgeTWb-fLuU4-F_v6mYri_xS_AUmDIUGLf-DGZo/s1600/DSCF0790a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8nhkyiSLaBjsxsmcpNOKE2Cs-tWTF_4OFoVgP0Ad7GatePMHPnUfe-4IHDBpOnw6A9rP11X3u9fF6A7R_HN9Ia2ABb1nQUl_m6WERgeTWb-fLuU4-F_v6mYri_xS_AUmDIUGLf-DGZo/s320/DSCF0790a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553886648014393522" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU3kX_5ub1i5WRXQ_47ESILxJGP-Xp_5lC5lCq6cDbaIMUGSmjmc1f8KOAYJMPhCIoSTlX-v5FVKkmfiJeVWk7KX0ParwezqvhOKNLY3c0GCNbeX5VXDaZvmvL0_bC3OKiBMSbmHdcis/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU3kX_5ub1i5WRXQ_47ESILxJGP-Xp_5lC5lCq6cDbaIMUGSmjmc1f8KOAYJMPhCIoSTlX-v5FVKkmfiJeVWk7KX0ParwezqvhOKNLY3c0GCNbeX5VXDaZvmvL0_bC3OKiBMSbmHdcis/s320/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556827831521375986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Accurate alignment of the wall forming up the road</span></span>. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >This could not have been achieved without Allan Block</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSTufnNk_Ov82c7o8dmdVormByWSEiRJ6gaibCkfcD5GTUIUURZOmULpC6i8ibJCVj-_ThnmNcbxKpjlSuUuhYdj8N3T7CvwyDB-dBNf2Un2IcA37bn5CUKpctusYJr5mJVb3JTe5JiY/s1600/Elevetaion+1.Overall+site+progress+as+at+30Sept09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSTufnNk_Ov82c7o8dmdVormByWSEiRJ6gaibCkfcD5GTUIUURZOmULpC6i8ibJCVj-_ThnmNcbxKpjlSuUuhYdj8N3T7CvwyDB-dBNf2Un2IcA37bn5CUKpctusYJr5mJVb3JTe5JiY/s320/Elevetaion+1.Overall+site+progress+as+at+30Sept09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553895986137048834" border="0" /></a><br />Finally, the walls are up</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Earth reinforcement system<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The insertion of various tensile -resisting materials into the soil to improve stability.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EblPazSgJRiZrOYci-QexIkcdGm2emX2cFGTWfLnTC4ZYThToe6zaT3Aml5EPRiZaFiMF_-ejRmL5kWuS60UJ2T1JJN8pM31RlpkeevWqGsiLS7zFy43Y2xOyOuHexLv1kdBA1SleBI/s1600/P1080035a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EblPazSgJRiZrOYci-QexIkcdGm2emX2cFGTWfLnTC4ZYThToe6zaT3Aml5EPRiZaFiMF_-ejRmL5kWuS60UJ2T1JJN8pM31RlpkeevWqGsiLS7zFy43Y2xOyOuHexLv1kdBA1SleBI/s320/P1080035a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555820032478572562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Completed soil nailing </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >at the hill top</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Soil nailing.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It is a reinforcement technique in which closely -spaced parallel steel bars are installed into the face of a slope or vertical cut surface to improve stability. Normally spaced at 6 foot centers vertically and 5 to 8 foot centers horizontally subject to the Geotechnical designer. Soil nail installed for permanent slopes require corrosion-resistant treatment similar to soil anchors.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The most common installation method is to insert the galvanised steel bars into a drill hole and grout from the bottom up by gravity or low pressure</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">The reinforcing </span><span style="font-size:130%;">elements pass through unstable (or potentially unstable) soils and provide a tensile pullout resistance.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_Yf_H7klZiXUUsbd9BlKy9IE3XMNuZParraftt3sxWb8A_MaFDoGLQJWUjSf8w8U7P1UEn6CE0Xu8OA5PsSUDtKssKZY7b2q1o4C7T5SsElT6s3nrXBnypZStULok8dmZBbbh_6l4Hc/s1600/Iphone+pic+240110+161.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_Yf_H7klZiXUUsbd9BlKy9IE3XMNuZParraftt3sxWb8A_MaFDoGLQJWUjSf8w8U7P1UEn6CE0Xu8OA5PsSUDtKssKZY7b2q1o4C7T5SsElT6s3nrXBnypZStULok8dmZBbbh_6l4Hc/s320/Iphone+pic+240110+161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555820028309123826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Soil nailing in progress</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />The Proof test<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a simple post tensioning test recommended and used to determine that each soil nailing will carry the designed load,<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidytJg0NzpV2dFZW-3uZMbz1IkQEa24-VEJ_5rrZIU19LgVv9nZraHONUdOCQW3w_7RNyoHEIgsgwjujXKqzqrCfbvZMTVwmsmesSJ5K35kQJnZULFv4wRFVclM-bxv_aEGgagM2qyU4k/s1600/P1070194a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidytJg0NzpV2dFZW-3uZMbz1IkQEa24-VEJ_5rrZIU19LgVv9nZraHONUdOCQW3w_7RNyoHEIgsgwjujXKqzqrCfbvZMTVwmsmesSJ5K35kQJnZULFv4wRFVclM-bxv_aEGgagM2qyU4k/s320/P1070194a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555820028916760898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Set up of a pullout test</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZlC9jSWn2ro7wadz8HraahJ_SyttrV9wYzN0AOT9aQA0XuX9lb5WL7wpyDAmn3yb-1lswppKaiakJR1sLFG6M_z52fc5NVqBUq0aaOhNigDDUSqWxkm8ktJ09FFiKpB-2Rh7B6ozTjo/s1600/P1080708a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZlC9jSWn2ro7wadz8HraahJ_SyttrV9wYzN0AOT9aQA0XuX9lb5WL7wpyDAmn3yb-1lswppKaiakJR1sLFG6M_z52fc5NVqBUq0aaOhNigDDUSqWxkm8ktJ09FFiKpB-2Rh7B6ozTjo/s320/P1080708a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555821859626356002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Followed by closed turfing and setting out of drainage system</span><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReqpu3oiX0DhrNgwIw1yWGg6I2D28zk529mwKsHSzcuU4f8SyErqM8rNUE4rZQggpn9qdcvelKOVHF_hd48H8aqaZ28c83RNpW-pf6KPn6ob_4nlWnzAoGyaz8qC7-lU2iHoKst1UAIw/s1600/DSCF0785E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReqpu3oiX0DhrNgwIw1yWGg6I2D28zk529mwKsHSzcuU4f8SyErqM8rNUE4rZQggpn9qdcvelKOVHF_hd48H8aqaZ28c83RNpW-pf6KPn6ob_4nlWnzAoGyaz8qC7-lU2iHoKst1UAIw/s320/DSCF0785E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555822964412565522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The construction of drains at each cut berm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Authority Requirements</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZKkCk2htbSMFr66eYYezbTmqIbJsZXieTGQLCp4sRgZDBxxiuFkY8X-TA6NceBTgD173w3gFQZjTLB91VezBCMoS7cmQNtIWLfWqg-0KYTAMOrwCH9QiQ9x_rVWcY3kAdHoc81_uSQU/s1600/DSCF0787E.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZKkCk2htbSMFr66eYYezbTmqIbJsZXieTGQLCp4sRgZDBxxiuFkY8X-TA6NceBTgD173w3gFQZjTLB91VezBCMoS7cmQNtIWLfWqg-0KYTAMOrwCH9QiQ9x_rVWcY3kAdHoc81_uSQU/s320/DSCF0787E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556257429916750018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Regular covering up of slope </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JAyzro4HfEZ_NjDdY76TQWVhEy_5x66ZFLiZvzn2VBOoAGHhoBQgeomSyLGLQFep0uH-CJazcGMOLf-54_W1BGL858Ejhw-y9m2v6zd1dHVpOtIwnDIhF_EU-vpL0COlhpBHHLuW088/s1600/P1080201a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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The public service, police, road works sand , and fire department asked for our assistance during a very heavy down -pour. A SMS from a neighboring church thanked me and my team for help rendered to the public. However,there were rude remarks from drivers who blamed us for the slow-down in traffic. It was the cooperation of our team of staff and workers who helped to get things done not forgetting the policeman and other authorities on duty that night.</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>It was indeed the TOUGHEST PROJECT!!! </div></div>Obeiliaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04424521950807489786noreply@blogger.com2