July 30th, 2010

It's the last day of work for July, and, if you've noticed how many posts I've made, today's the 40th. Hence, it's already a quarter of my internship period!... Hmm...damn...it's only been a quarter...I gotta go through everything I've gone through up until now for another three more times...shit...

Well, today was really slow for me...I was pathetically sick...but as a good intern, I still came to work. But you wanna know something shitty about coming to work today other than the fact that I was sick? Kaber didn't came. Um...actually I shouldn't really say it was shitty. Well, the fact that he didn't came was shitty of course, but he had valid reasons. His grandmother was sick. His aunt called him to come back home when he was already at the train station. So, I really can't fight that. Family first as they say.

Anyways, so today, I just sat at my table and did the PSC extracts till it was time to leave. I'm quite proud to say it though. Because I've done with 6 PSCs, and I'm left with only two more to go. Nice. And yesterday I was only able to complete two out of eight. So, that was really it. Owh, Ada asked me to do something today. Actually it was asked by Tasha, but Tasha told Ada to ask me. It wasn't anything really. I was done in 15 minutes if I'm not mistaken. Really was an easy stuff. It was to convert a clause in a PSC to a formula. Well, I'll just say one thing to that...I have a lawyer for a father...other parents would probably read their children bedtime stories at night, mine read contracts. Haha. That's not really true though. I was simply kidding. But truthfully, I've had several occasions where I fell asleep reading contracts. Therefore, I'd say that it should fall as bedtime stories then. Haha.

Anyways, that was really it. My whole day. Sorry I could say much more about it. Owh, my car broke down today...again...this time it was the clutch... Sigh... I've got nothing to say to that... And the best part was, it broke down after the flyover from the Subang Airport road. It was the main road in front of the Summit. Yeah...that road was also the busiest road everyday... I really don't have nothing to say to this...

So, ladies and gentlemen, all have been said and told, now, I'll be taking my leave then.

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July 29th, 2010

Well today was the day we had to perform...the day we've all been training so hard for...and it was great! Haha. Most of us didn't even want to go back to the office. And since we had to, everyone wasn't in the mood for work. Haha. It was really an interesting day really.

The event started at 7.30 and ended at 2.00. So, since that consumed more than half of the working hours, I guess I'll be telling you about it then. Well, the event began with breakfast at 7.30, but the talks started at 8.00. So, I had breakfast alone today. Even though there were more than a hundred people there, I ate alone...sad...I know... But anyways, the talk started with a paper presentation about carbon emission reduction by industry and how are we tackling the matter. It was quite informative. Though, I've done a paper on the same subject previously hence therefore I find it easier to relate to the matter. I'm not sure about everyone else though. Owh, so here's a snapshot of the paper I did on the subject. It wasn't for Petronas though, it was for a different company.





So, the next paper wasn't related to us at all, it was more towards the enhancement of capabilities of staff throughout the company. Therefore, I didn't really paid much attention on the paper. I even went out to smoke. Then there was a tea break around 10, and the event continued with another presentation about the SKG10. Yeah...wasn't related to us as well... But the session afterward was the most interesting, and I didn't want to miss out on it. It was the Question and Answer session. There were quite a number of questions raised. And all were interesting in their own way. I even debated with Kaber on each and every questions that were asked. You probably don't know me that well, so, I'll just say that I'm someone who loves to answer questions. Haha. And the only thing I love more than to answer question, is to answer it with another question. And thus, I'll make you ponder on the answer yourself. This way, I know that you'll use your brains for sure. Haha.

Well, that was all about the briefing, and then we had our lunch at a different hall. And yes, this was the time we had to perform. Haha. It was great. To be on the stage in front of so many people. It reminded me of the old days when I had a band... Hmm...I missed the lime-light...

Anyways, that was the end of it. We went back to the office afterward. And I continued with my PSC extracts. I'm done with another PSC today. So, that leaves me with five more to go. I think I'll be able to complete it by the weekends.

Owh, and by the way, Stef was really friendly with me today. I saw her glanced at me once in a while...or probably she was the one who noticed I was glancing at her...I don't know... Anyhow, as always, me being a brick on the wall, every time she tried to get closer to me, I acted like...um...a brick...on the wall... Sorry, I can't find any better words for it...I am hopeless...sigh... Now I really feel like banging my head on a brick on the wall... Well, just so you know, I found out that she was a blogger as well. But her last entry was back in 2008. So, yeah...that was quite a while ago... And I also know that she's from LSU and that she published a few articles in a website before. This was probably when she was still in the university. It was dated 2006. And I know that she entered Petronas in 2007... Arrgghh!!! I know...this is really really perverted...sigh... But it is my nature anyways...if I were to dig info about something, I'll dig really really deep... Sorry if this is a bit off from the point of this blog...

Alright, so we'll get back on track then. Another thing that happened today was, I was given a project by Saz to do a research on Unconventional Oil and EOR. So, I'll be going to the library for sometime in the near future. It seems that I'll be doing a report based on what I've researched. So, yeah...unlike the other interns, I'll be doing a report during my internship. I guess it'll fit nicely in my final report later. So, I'm not gonna complain about it.

Well, I guess we're already at the end. I don't have anything else to write down about today. Owh, I'll probably mention this earlier, since I'll be doing the same thing over and over again at work, my post would probably be shorter and shorter as I have nothing else to report about. Tomorrow then...

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July 28th, 2010

Another day at the office...sigh...really tiring...

So, today, in the morning we went to the rehearsal for tomorrow's event. It started around 10.30. Owh, before that, I came at 8.10, and did the PSCs extract. Might as well try to finish it early. And fortunately, I've done with two today. Well, that was the morning, and we had our usual training in the afternoon. Owh, but we had KFC for lunch today. And it was prepared by the department. So, that was something. Owh yeah, and another interesting thing happened while training today was, while we were practicing, Stef played a joke on me. Actually, it wasn't a joke, kind of more like teasing me. We were standing in formation, and Saz was talking about something related to the distance between us while we were performing, and she kind of like pushed me with her flash light - like the way the army would do to straighten their formation. So, yeah...but unfortunately, I wasn't really paying attention, so, in a state of blur, I did exactly the same thing to the person next to me. And she was kind of like disappointed that I don't get what she was doing...Sigh... Damn...yeah...that's all I can say to it... That was the point where I started to feel gloom the rest of the day...sigh...

Well, anyways, after the training, we had our department meeting today. It was a bit late. It started at 4.30. Because our boss was coming from the Prince Court Hospital. He had to do a scan, I'm not really sure what kind, of his shoulder. We were all in the meeting room from 3.00, so we did nothing while waiting and everyone was chatting and eating. Haha. Anyhow, when the man of the hour finally arrived, we had an exciting discussion on stress while working. Haha. The meeting was really lengthy. It was finished around 6.15 or so. This was kind of expected every time we have a department meeting.

Owh, something else that was interesting today, after we were done with our meeting, I met Stef on the way to the toilet, and finally, we had a real conversation! Haha. It wasn't a long one, she said one sentence, and I replied with another, but anyhow, that's progress! Haha. I should have stayed and chatted a little longer. I had the words in my mind, but my mouth refused to say it...sigh... I really fail when it comes to women... Sorry ladies...I'm a bloody shy guy...too shy for my own good it seems...you'll have to start first because I'll never be able to start...sigh...

So, after that, what did we do next? We watched White Collar at our cubicles! Haha. The latest episode. Kaber downloaded it while we were in the meeting. So, I just got one thing to say, if you wanna know how to relieve stress while working, do the things that we do. Haha. Watch movies and series at the office after work!

Afterward, we went down to have dinner. I didn't had any. I wasn't feeling so good. I'm still not feeling so good actually. I'm gonna have a fever...sigh...

Well, it's 10.00, and I've got to get up early tomorrow. The program starts at 7.30...so, I guess this is where we go our separate ways then...

Cheers~

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July 27th, 2010

Well hello there...it's been a while, hasn't it?... Well, first of all, sorry for yesterday...I was really really in a deep-fried shit. So I didn't really had the urge to write anything. So, bear with me today, for I'll tell you all about today, and yesterday as well. Okay, so lets start-off with yesterday's story...

So, I was a little bit late yesterday. But still, Kaber came even later than me. So, It's not really a big of a deal. But still, yeah, just thought I'd say it here since he won't have time to read this. Alright, so, we had our breakfast at the shop, therefore, we took some time for ourselves in the morning. And by the time we got back, it was about 9.30 or somewhere around that. So, the moment I was back at the office, I continued my work on the 302 scenarios. Owh, by the way, I'd like to take a moment to explain the difference between a scenario and a prospect. Well, a prospect is for exploration field, which means that there's no discovery made yet on the block and as such, we make assumptions if we found petroleum. And on the other hand, a scenario is almost the same, but it is in the development period. Whereby, you've already encountered your oil or gas, and from thereon, you assume the production profile the field would behave like during the production period later-on. So, there you have it, a quick definition of the such. Anyways, so I was doing my Sabah 302 field and working on the sensitivity analysis, and suddenly, Sarah came and said that they'd like the montage to be handed over tomorrow, which is today. And therefore, having had experience with this sort of thing, I left my cubicle, and went to Kaber's place and told him the bad news. He was disappointed as well. So, we weren't really in the mood to do it anymore...

So, I completed my work, and was given another to work-on after that, which was also another sensitivity analysis on the same field. But with different percentages of indicator markers. But then, somewhere along the way, we were told about the montage and it's content and we were made known that it was actually a really simple project. Not simple actually, but short. So, our hopes were up again. And we began thinking of the flow of the montage right away.So, we separated our work for the montage, and we concentrated on our own part for the whole video. And almost instantly, we started working on it. I say 'almost instantly' because I finished my work first before starting with it.

Well, anyways, we didn't have the opportunity to continue doing it in the afternoon since we had practice for the performance for Thursday. So, we had to leave it there for a while and join the depressing training. Everyone was feeling really down with having to face the fact that they had to dance this Thursday... However, I didn't. Haha. Why? Because I'm my position is right next to Stef and exactly behind Sarah. Haha. All of a sudden, I'm all fired-up for this performance. Haha. Anyhow, the training took our lunch time, so it seems they've had lunch prepared for us for this entire week.

Once we were done, again, we weren't able to continue with our work because we had an SBO meeting at 2.30. It was a meeting to update our Manager of our recent work and tasks completed or ongoing. Owh, and we had to present ours as well. Haha. Well, that was quite a shocker. Owh, and we had another delegation of duty imposed to us; we had to organize a farewell hi-tea for one of the SBO member whom is leaving in the next two weeks. And it was supposed to be held this Wednesday. So, yeah...our hands were full by that time. We were getting stressed... We finally realized that we were slaves of the department... Anyways, the meeting ended around 5.10 or something. So, we didn't have time to do our montage...

So, what did we do in this situation? We stayed at the office! We completed our parts for the montage, and Kaber said that he'd render it at home. So, he took everything with him. So, in the end, we left the office sometime around 9.30... Yes, we are nerds...

But, the montage wasn't the only reason we were so late actually. I convinced Kaber to do something while we were there. Haha. I convinced him to make name tags on our table like the ones the staff have. Haha. But I did most of the work, and I added in a few things to make ours much more prettier than theirs. Haha. So, here's ours:





Haha. So, this was what actually kept us up there till 9.30. Haha. Afterward, we went back with a mixed feelings of accomplishment and guilt. Haha.

Owh, the main reason why I didn't had the urge to write this yesterday was that when I got to my car, the battery was dried. Shit. And I had to ask my dad to come to jump my car with his. Damn... I got home somewhere around 11.30...

Anyways, that was yesterday's story. Now, for today's. Haha. I know, it's gonna be a very long post. Haha.

Well, this morning, I was still in last night's mood. Therefore, I woke up at 5.25 and I got up, and I thought to myself, I don't wanna do anything today. Fuck the world...I'm gonna sleep today off. But, my parents wouldn't let me. Therefore, I was waken up at 7.00. And so, I left at 7.40, and yes, you've guessed it, I had to go through the morning traffic. Damn...

I got to the office at 9.20, and I was the last to come. Yeah... Anyways, since I was already there, might as well ask Kaber what's the update with the montage. And to my surprise, he didn't do it last night! Because his Sony Vegas 8 crashed... So, we spent the whole morning doing it. And it was grand. Haha. Seriously...grand.

After we finished the montage, we went and showed it to Sarah and Saz, and they liked it...sigh...seriously...'like', not love or anything else which shows more appreciation to the job... Anyways, we handed it over to the person in charge of the video at level 17, and we went back to the office. This was sometime around 2.30 if I'm not mistaken. Owh, we also had our training at 1.00, and had our lunch in the office as well. So, that was that...and that was really it...our morning till afternoon.

At 3.00 though, we were told that we had work to be done and would be given by Siti. Owh, I forgot to mention this earlier just now, Siti is now Kaber's new supervisor since Ida would be going to Australia to continue with her career. So, technically, this is really a delegation of work to us, and not just to help around in the office.

About the job, we were supposed to extract data from PSCs and JOCs of all the new Sabah field. And it was a lot. There were 16 fields, and more than double that for the documents that were related to them. So, Kaber and I split the fields to eight each, and I'd be doing the SB 1, 309, 310, Samarang, Tembungo, Kinabalu Deep East, Deep Water H and Kebabangan. He'll be taking the rest I didn't mention. This is gonna be a job for the weekend it seems to me. But fortunately, she wanted the thing completed by next Wednesday. So, we have quite a lot of time for it. But I didn't want to take any chances. So, I started doing it today. But I wasn't able to do much. Kaber wanted to go home. So, we did. We got off at 5.10, and had bento for dinner, and went back home.

That was today. It was a lot shorter since my fingers are already tired from typing so much. Haha. Anyways, see you tomorrow then...

Owh, Starcraft II was released today!!! Haha

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July 26th, 2010

Too tired to write...just got back...I'll tell you tomorrow what happened today...

Cheers~

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July 23rd, 2010

Today, is the last day for Aqbal to be here with us...and probably even the last day we'll ever meet again...since this is the line that has been drawn to separate us from the rest of our batch... Goodbye Aqbal...may you live forever and prosper...

So, since today was his last day, I thought I'd go and have breakfast with him for the last time. And we did, up until 10.30. Haha. Really was wasting time. We just chatted a bit about investments and G3. Haha. It's been a while since we've heard news about that group haven't we? So, yeah, Aqbal's always been a great listener. I don't know, but I think he just loves hearing my fables and tall-tales. Well, today was probably the last you'll heard of me, Bal. Therefore, remember what I've said, and may the things that I've taught you bring you peace and prosperity hereon. Yeah, so there you go, my morning...

Owh, I forgot to mention, I did came late today. Haha. Well, not really 'late' late, but later than yesterday though. I came at 8.10 for the first time in the week. Haha. It's a lot more fun to come to the office and see friendly faces everywhere instead of just empty chairs in their place. Seeing empty chairs really strikes me with the fact that my live is filled with loneliness...Sigh...well, it's true really. I sleep at 10, whereby my family comes home at 10.30, and I leave for work at 6, when they all wake up at 7, and I haven't seen any of my friends in the Klang Valley since I started my intern, thus, sometimes, I really do feel as if I'm actually living alone by myself... The sound of silence really breaks my heart... So, I think I don't want to come to the office just to find out that it's empty...

Aahh, WTF am I moping about... Well, anyways, today I've completed my sensitivity analysis for the price, production, capex, and opex markers. And I've submitted to my supervisor by 12.00. However, she's been really busy lately. It seems that everyone's been really busy. Therefore, I don't get any work. You know? Today is one of those days that I've spent looking at my monitor, specifically my desktop, and doing nothing but just stare at it. I contemplated the fact that I came to work but have nothing to do. Which, if you think thoroughly, literally would also mean that I'm actually unemployed...sigh... Well, Jacyln actually was dear enough to ask me if she could give me some work, and I said I'd be happy to except. But she didn't gave me any though...sigh... Well, the day's done anyways...

Owh, and yes, I'm sure you've been waiting for this, so, about my dancing training. Haha...yes, I've started, and luckily, we didn't really have to dance, our hands are the only part of the body that have to move. We're doing a flash dance - which here means, a dance of lights emitted by flashlights. Haha. Yeah...quite interesting really... Anyways, the only positive point for me joining this is that both Sarah and Stef are in this dance as well. Haha. Stef looked really lovely today...she did..really... Aahh...if only I was a permanent staff...sigh... God...you really hate me... Well, thank you so much, and I love you...

So, afterward, you wanna know what we did? We went for Johnny's at Times Square! Haha. It's really have been a while since I went there...I really missed the place... We went together, all three of us, and we ate and laughed till our stomachs burst. Haha. A worthy farewell dinner, I'd say. And from there, we went our separate ways...

Well, since I'm already at it, I'd just like to say to all my friends whom I'll no longer will be seeing in the near future, I have one thing to say, "Entomb my epic persona in the abyss of your memory, and engrave my name at the back of your head. You'll never forget me. I'm sure of it." And with that, I bid my thanks, and farewell...

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July 22nd, 2010

Well, another Thursday, and, yeah...you've guessed it...another movie for today. So, today's movie was The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and it was, as Kaber mentioned before the movie which he got from the reviews, readable but entertaining. Well, I couldn't find any more accurate words to describe it. It really was readable but entertaining. I'm okay with it really, since it's a movie by Disney, hence, I think it's made to cater for children. Thus, the movie was made under that pretense therefore the storyline wasn't complicated. But, the effects were great though. And of course, being a 'guru' for After Effects, I really enjoyed seeing all the fireworks and magic in the movie since they were all made using After Effects. Particles to be more exact. Haha. The movie was genuinely a great watch for the video effects maniacs. It was really great. All the effects were smooth, and it looked so real. The particles helped a lot in making them look great. Anyways, go watch it if you want. I wont complain. But, don't expect too much.

Alright, so, work today? It started off really slow. I even went for breakfast in the morning with Kaber. Owh, was the first one to get to the office again. Damn. I'm starting to feel hated...Sigh... You know? I even slowed my pace since I stepped out of the house. I was about 30 minutes later than yesterday, but I still got there first. Sigh...I feel like coming late tomorrow... Well, lets just wait and see how it goes...

Owh, forgot to mention about work. So, after breakfast I asked Bro to take a look at my PEEP since it was creating problems with the Addin. Therefore, he spent quite a lot of time. He was even starting to feel irritated with it. And I do empathize him, especially when he found out that in the end, I used an old Model which was no longer in existence in the database. Haha. Yeah...so it was my fault in the end... I'm sorry Bro, I didn't know...I really hope you're reading this... Well, once that was done, so, I had nothing to do. Hmm...when I think of it, I actually did nothing as well in the morning. I just sat beside Bro and watch him do his thing. Up until it was done, it was already somewhere around 11.00. Haha...Sigh...

Well, fortunately for me, I have a really workaholic supervisor, therefore, she gave me something to do. But not without advertising to the whole department asking if anyone got any work for me to do. Haha. She really asked everyone else who was there for work. And they all wanted to give me something, but in the end, she was the one who gave me work since everyone else was fighting among each other to win over me. Haha. How unfortunate. Maybe next time guys. Just wait till I'm done with this one. Haha.

Therefore, today, I did a sensitivity analysis for the North Dameitta block. And wow, it was shit-full. Literally shit...full... full of shit... So okay, what made it so shit-full was the fact that PEEP doesn't have an 'undo' function. Don't be fooled, it has an 'undo' button, but it does nothing. Seriously! NOTHING!!! WTF?? I had to redo a few things twice. And the most outrageous part is, sometime, when you press 'delete', it does nothing, so, you'd see a button that says 'clear', and believe me when I say this, you don't want to press that button! It clears EVERYTHING!!! WTFF??? (FF means Fucking Fuck, it's not a typo). So, my whole damn work for today was utterly useless since at around 4.45, I pressed the 'clear' button... Sigh...gotta start over tomorrow...

Okay, enough with all that bullshit, and here's a little enlightenment. Today, Sarah came and speak to me again! Haha. But I don't think it qualifies as a conversation. It was more of an order. She 'asked' if I could join the department's performance team for the SKG10 next week, and she even answered it for me. All that was done it about 3 seconds, I didn't even have time to react. My neurons weren't even finished processing the info. So, yeah, that was it. Haha. I think it was because she was shy to talk to me. Hence, she did the talking for me as well, so she'd get the reply that she'd want. Haha. I don't really know this. But she was trying to avoid eye contact though... Hmm...maybe she hates me... I don't know, I really can't say... So, anyways, she talked to me again today, and...yeah...it seems that I'd be dancing on stage Thursday next week... Wow...that was a lot to process...no wonder I was speechless...

So, ladies and gentlemen, my Thursday...thank you so much for wasting your time with this...

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July 21st, 2010

Wednesday...

Stef is back! Haha. And we finally spoke today. She offered me chocolates. Haha. It would have been a significant gesture if only she wasn't giving it out to the whole department... But anyways, it was still nice. Wow, two beautiful girls finally spoke to me...this is a happy moment for me. Haha.

Okay, so about work, well, I've finally started doing something on PEEP. And it was the last field I was doing, the North Dameitta. So, I did the three prospects and ran the calculations and whatnot, but there were a few things amiss within the results. And after I asked Saz what was wrong, it seems that my PEEP is not connected to the main server. Thus, it can't extract data or info from the database. Damn. Therefore, yes, what's the point?? Sigh...well, at least I've started thought. Gotta have Zamani check it out tomorrow...

Well, technically that was it. We had a farewell celebration for our SGM this afternoon. And lunch was provided, but since it was Kaber's turn, we went to eat at Rasa anyways. Haha. What a waste...

Anyways, that was about it. Saz, Zamani, Pak Hasto, and Kak Ida were gone during the evening, and we didn't even know where they went. Therefore, I spent the rest of the day singing at my own cubicle... I tried to keep my voice as low as possible, but I didn't think it was helping... Sigh, this is what happens when I can't go for karaoke anymore... Kaber's not the type that sings, thus, I'm left alone to sing alone at my cubicle...alone... Damn it all...

Owh, I'm not sure about this, but I think I didn't mention yesterday what the ESRP was all about. I can read my post again, but, it's too long and I don't want to... Therefore, I'll just tell you right here right now. Well, the EPRC is a meeting within the department to discuss about the economics assumptions that we're gonna use for the PGSS. Or even if it wasn't for the PGSS, it's a meeting to decide on agendas such as that which is relevant to the department's interest with regards to petroleum economics. For example, price, or escalation factor...it's the things that we don't have data to run the economics with, or, if there's too much source from which the data came from, thus, we have to decide which one to use. Since this is not an individual's work and we have to work as a team or department, therefore, we have to conclude on a single assumption to be used department-wide. So, yesterday's EPRC was about price - oil price to be exact.

Well, that's that. Tomorrow then...

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July 20th, 2010

Wow, today was really packed... Once I was done with everything, it was already 5.30. Damn. Didn't even notice as the time went by...

Well anyways, the day started simple, I was the first to come to the office again. Owh, if I didn't mentioned this, I was also the first to come yesterday. And you know the best part is? I was really hoping I wasn't... You wanna know why? Well, it has a lot to do with the fact that I could see the frustration on the faces of the second people who came in. And I seriously believe that the fact they are frustrated is because they didn't came in first, instead, the bloody-damn intern did... Well, that's what I thought anyways. The second person that came yesterday was Saz, my trainer...huhu... And today was Ada... And seriously, their expression was crystal clear as they saw me. If I had the chance to watch their faces when they sign-in and saw my name, I could probably see their true expression of frustration. Their disgust for having been beaten by me... Yeah...it's a cruel world; the office...

Alright, so, back to our main point. Well, I didn't have any work today. Hence, I didn't want to do nothing again for the day, so, I went and asked Saz if she had any work for me today. Unfortunately, she said she didn't have anything to give me. Well, then I took the initiative to ask her, since I knew that she was gonna be involved in the ESRP this morning, to join her in the meeting. Then, she realized that would be a great idea. And hence, I wore a tie this morning just for the sake of the meeting. Haha. Really was a waste of effort...

Anyhow, Kaber came in, and I told him that I'll be involved with the meeting this morning. So, we said our goodbyes and bid ourselves farewell as we wont be seeing each other for a few hours. He was happy as a clam for being free for the day since his trainer was also involved with the meeting. But unfortunately for him, Haha, when his trainer, Kak Ida saw me, so he asked me to summon Kaber as well to join us. Haha. I just love screwing with ya man! So, we were the two most insignificant people in one of the most important meeting of the department. Yeah, we were in it. Even though we were most of the time at the sidelines, but we were still in it. Haha.

Owh, by the way, I forgot to mention. Sarah took the effort to engage me with a small conversation today. She asked for my help to print something, so, yeah...that was a great moment...even if it lasted for only a minute... Hmm... :)

Okay then, so what else did I do today... Gimme a second to recall... Owh, Aqbal came today. Haha. But he didn't even say anything till he came parading his way through our hallway. Haha. It was around 2.00 if I'm not mistaken. Well, he stayed for a while, and it seems that his only intentions of coming to see us was to boast on the fact that his broadband is faster than Kaber's. Haha. Obviously...he took the 7.2Mb speed package while Kaber took the 3.6Mb...haha. However, he lost his trophy when we realized the fact that his limit to download is only 3Gb, while Kaber's is 20Gb. Haha.

Afterward, once Aqbal has left, we went into the meeting again. This time, there was nothing hanging around my neck. I felt really stupid this morning... Anyways, we finished at around 5.30 as I've mentioned earlier, and we went down to find ourselves trapped inside KLCC since it was raining like all hell broke loose...sigh... Well, at least Aqbal was here with us. And so, we went and had dinner at Burger King. Only boring stuffs happened afterward, so I'll save you the time and my energy to write them down. That was Tuesday, folks.

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July 19th, 2010

Wow, this was really an interesting day. The day didn't start so enticing, but it gradually did. I'll start with the insignificant part first; work. So, here it is, I did the librarian thing again today, and by the time we were done, it was almost 3.30, therefore, yeah...did nothing else that would constitute as work.

Next, well Aqbal came today. The funny part was that 5 minutes before he came gracefully walking past my cubicle, Kaber told me that he wasn't coming. So, yeah, surprise! We didn't do nothing much together today. We just had lunch together, and hang out as brothers do.

Then, almost right after we finished with the librarian stuff, I got a call from my bank mentioning about my loan. And, wow, I received new information which would greatly affect my 30 year plan. It's now a 20 year plan. And if God permits it, I'm sure no one would actually believe what I could make with a simple loan. Anyhow, that's only for me to know, and for you to leave it as it is. But if you were me, you'd find that very interesting. Thus, I spent the rest of my working hours re-planning my 30 year plan to a 20 year plan. Haha.

By the time I got back home, my step mom also coincidentally got home as well just as I was about to close the door. So, she asked me to help her send my brother to his tuition centre and then fetch him and my sister from their respective tuition centres. So, I finally got back at home around 10.30. Now I know what she goes through everyday and why she's never home before 10.30. Haha. I'm sorry if you don't find this interesting, but I do. If you know me well enough, you'll know that I'm a man of practicality. Thus, I have a necessity to understand things or situations at hand. Therefore, a revelation of the reasons why in this case intrigues me. Hmm...yeah...I know, I'm a total nerd...

So, once I was home, my step mom wanted to watch a movie she rented. It was "Saus Kacang", an Indonesian movie. And I didn't know why, but I was so caught up in the movie that I watched it till the end. Haha. It was a typical love story, there was the first meeting, the differences in character between the lovers, the realization of a common trait between themselves, fell in love, conflict within the relationship - usually from an outside threat, the misinterpretation of truth, the disappointment, then the usual realization of true love, the pursuit - which usually ends up in failure, and finally, the final meeting between the two lovers in which they realize that they're both are desperately in love with each other and are made for one another, thus, the end. Totally readable, but however so, it still strike me as interesting to watch. The acting was great by the way. Ashraf Sinclair was really entertaining. But yeah, there were flaws in quite a few places, but it had minuscule effects. All in all, a good watch.

And finally, I was then struck with the fact that I'm half the man my brother is. And the best part is, he's half the man I am. Haha. I'm sorry, I should elaborate further. Well, my little brother, the one I sent to the tuition centre earlier, he's 10 years old, hence, half the man I am since I'm already 21. But, what he did tonight, was something I could even dream of doing it. He posted on a friend's Facebook wall saying that he loves her and he asked her to couple with him. Hahaha. That, is the true definition of a man. And since I don't have the balls of steel as he does, constitutes that I'm half the man he is. Haha. I really didn't expected as much from him. But, the facts and proof are there. Wow, I'm bedazzled. I'm utterly speechless! Because, seriously, I really couldn't do what he did. I'd have gone for a more subtle approach. But even so, I'd have to take a hell lot of time just to build-up the guts for doing it - subtly. Aaargh! The reason why I'm making such a fuss about this is probably I'm a failure with women. Damn. To realize I couldn't even hold a candle to my little brother. Wow. I'm really helpless. Haha. Well, anyhow, I hope he gets the girl. Even if he doesn't, at least he took the road of the courageous, and he can still be proud of that. Haha. Salute my brother please!

Anyways, that was Monday, 19th of July 2010 for you. Haha. An interesting day indeed.

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July 16th, 2010

Friday. It's Friday again. Already? Wow, time really moves at the speed of light. Well, today started off quite slow. I had breakfast with Aqbal while waiting for Kaber to get to the office. Bought him breakfast and took it to the pantry to eat. And we started work for today. So, today, we got to be librarians. Yeah, that's what we did. We were librarians... We had to re-catalog every book there was in the department based on data, books, journals, magazines, and course materials. Yeah...we were librarians...

Well, that took quite some time. As a matter of fact, we're not even half done with it yet. I guess I already know what's our job for next week then. Sigh... Anyways, we did do something beneficial today actually. We continued our training for the PEEP software. Finally! And you wanna know something else? That concludes our six weeks training period! Haha. Nice. Now we're gonna be real economist from hereon.

The software's quite simple actually since we've learned it. It's really almost similar to the spreadsheet models I've been doing for the last couple of weeks. And since I've had abundant training with modeling, I can really see the concept PEEP's using to simplify the stuff that we do here.

Well whatever...that was it. I've got nothing else to tell today. Owh, by the way this would probably strike as interesting; Kaber and Aqbal are watching Inception right at this moment. They'll be out in another 10 minutes I guess. Haha. I'm already at home.

That's it...I'm done for the day.

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July 15th, 2010

Today, was a great day all in all. First, I came in late at around 9.15, then, I finished my work yesterday about the Dameitta block in Egypt, and I've submitted the assignment. It took some time to finish the thing, it was done sometime around 2.30 if I'm not mistaken. And afterward, I was free as a bird in the blue sky shitting over peoples' heads and laughing at them while shitting. And thus, I just relaxed and read the Petronas Technology Journal till it was time to leave.

Well, technically, work was shit, as always. But what made today great was...Inception. Haha.

Alright, so first things first, I'll tell you the process that was involved with getting tickets for the movie. We went to get tickets at 1.00, and I had no fucking idea why Kaber wanted the 2.30 show. So, I just followed him. But then, he was starting to feel guilty, and I helped fuel that guilt. Therefore, we went back to the cinema, and he bought new tickets for the 5.45 show. Haha. So, I told him to sell the other two tickets as we weren't gonna be using it. But he didn't had it in him, so he asked me to do it. And just as I was gonna start, the girl at the cinema counter told us that she'll sell it for us. However, I think she's only selling it because of me. Haha. I'm just guessing here, so I really can't say much. But she was really friendly all of a sudden, and she asked me whether I lived in Kg. Baru because she thought she knew me, and so on and so forth. Owh, and I didn't probably mentioned this previously, but before, we bought tickets from her once, and she was making small talks and simple jokes with me. I can't recall the exact thing, but I remembered she said that I could watch the movie with her. Well, that was that. Quite a lovely girl there actually.

But then, when we got back down at 2.40 to see whether the tickets have been sold, she told us that we bought the tickets for the 17th of July actually. Hmm...I didn't want to say this to Kaber at the time, but I really believe that I saw the ticket after we bought it in the first place, and it was today's. Anyways, since she couldn't sell it today, so she asked us to come again tomorrow. Haha. Quite a cunning little trick if it were true right? Haha. But anyways, it was Kaber's turn, therefore it was his choice. And he wanted to keep the tickets. So, there goes my date for tomorrow.

Now, I guess it's time to review on the movie itself. I simply have one word to describe it.......Inception! Haha. It was too good to be described in one word, or even in a 1000 pages book. Therefore, I sincerely beg you to watch it. Seriously, I am actually begging you to watch a movie. And as you may know, I am a movie maniac, and my standard for movies are exceptionally high, therefore, if I'm begging you to watch it, then get the fuck out of here and go watch it now, you dumbass!

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July 14th, 2010

I'm sorry I've been really brief with my posts lately. I haven't been feeling so good lately. It's been almost a week I had this fever. I really can't help it. I don't have the energy to write anything....

Well, I'll just give you a quick summary of my day. I got to the office very early. 7.05 a.m. and I was the first damn person to get there, I did a PSC summary for an Egypt block which I can't remember the name, and I've finally spoke to Farhan about our parents whom are close friends, and I moved from my old place to Fuad's. That was it, I'm off...

TQVM...

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July 13th, 2010

Today, I sent in my wrong model for the Palung Aru block. Then I had nothing to do, and I was told by Saz that I have to lear PEEP first before she can give me any other projects to work on. Thus, we went and asked Hasanul when would he be teaching us the stuff, and he said somewhere at the end of the week. Therefore, that concludes my day. I did nothing - literally nothing till the end of the day...

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July 12th, 2010

Sigh... Both Sarah and Stef didn't came in today. I found out that Ida's house was trashed last Thursday, more than half the people in the office didn't came in as well, I went straight to the office after the football match and got there at 6.40, I was told not to have dinner on the way back because my step mom's cooking but only to reach home and find nobody's there, I forgot my sunglasses while driving back home, there was an overturned lorry at the Subang Jaya flyover, and my work for the last 6 days have been futile since the formulas all wrong... It was a good day...

Well, that was it really. My whole day in a single paragraph. If you're still asking what did I do at work, I was doing my modeling - the same modeling that I've been doing for the past 6 day. And it was crap...

I'm not even mad anymore for my bad luck. I couldn't bring myself to even care about it anymore...

Yeah...i got nothing more to say...

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July 9th, 2010

Today was the last day for the old interns. Wow...I'm sad actually...because after this, things will start to get hostile. More works will be coming our way, and more even more work will come after that...Hmm...I'm contemplating on how my life would be after this...

So, since it's the last day of those dip-shits, we had a little farewell party organized by the department. They bought two Secret Recipe's cakes, and something curly from Deli France. I'm sorry, I don't know what it is. But it's like a slice of pizza that's been sit on and is now squashed into a cone-like figure. Yeah...sounds nauseating, but it looks a lot better that what I've described though.

Well, that was our evening. In the morning, I went to breakfast with Aqbal and ignored the words of my trainer. Haha. I got back at the office sometime around 9.40. Haha. We sat at the stall, had breakfast, and just chat during the whole time. We talked about our family most of it, and shared our perspectives as children about our parents, and the other family members. Really was a depressing topic, but we were so caught up in it that we lost track of the time. Not a really good way to start the day...

Then, in the office, I continued doing yesterday's work. Actually, it's Tuesday's work, but I still couldn't finish the thing. And, yeah, I still haven't finished it today as well. Haha. But there is a reason for this though. I was asked to help with the West Glagah Kambuna block again. This time was to highlight the economics indicators from each prospect to be presented to the management and the project team. There were errors though. The Capex for each differed from one another, but the exploration wells were in total the same. Therefore, there's obviously something wrong somewhere.

Well, that was that, and I've already told you what happened in the evening. Now, I'll tell you what happened on the way home. The train was stuck! Damn. There was a sea of people at the station. And there was no-fucking-way we were gonna get in any train in the next hour or so. Therefore, we went out and watched the water fountain at the park. Sigh... But then, afterward, when it was starting to rain, we went inside and met with a whole bunch of people. Here's a list; first, Mr. Sanif with someone from UTP, Kaber seems to know him, I don't, then, Fauzan from UTP, and then, Mr. Sanif with a different batch of students. Haha. Owh, and we chatted with Fauzan at Rasa foodcourt for almost two hours. Haha. In conclusion, today was a day to catch-up with old friends, and to say goodbye to new friends... Wow, the way I say these words makes me feel like I'm already 70 and dying...

That was my day then. Owh, Stef didn't come to work today, so, another reason why this way a bad day to live... You know, my gut already told me so this morning when I woke up that today was gonna be shitty. Even yesterday was the same. But, I have to go to work though. But at least I've warned Kaber that today was gonna be sad...and it was...

Goodbye...

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July 8th, 2010

They say that Thursday is the best day for work. Monday is the first day of the week, so you'll still be in the holiday mood. Tuesday's the second day, and a long way to go till the weekends. Wednesday's a so-so - everything's neutral. Friday's the last day of the week, you're too happy to work - in a few hours you'll be free from work and the office. But Thursday...you're exited cause it's almost at the end of the week, so you'll try to finish everything up by the day's end. However, this didn't work at the office today. Everyone's doing nothing...

So, let's see...what did I do today? Well, being a good intern, I continued doing yesterday's job. However, unfortunately, it's still not finished yet. Damn. The damn thing it tedious! Bull-fucking-shit tedious!! I've been doing it for three days straight and I still gotta continue tomorrow!

Well, that was what I did. Kaber did nothing and just read the top-gear magazine and watched youtube the whole day. His trainer didn't come today, so he had nothing to do. And mostly everyone else had to attend a technical course today. So, yeah, there was almost nobody at the office. People were reading novels, gossiping (not limited only to the girls, the guys there gossip too it seems), chatting on the phone, walking around the office without doing anything (literally 'around' the office), and some were also slacking off at other people's desk; especially the ones who are not in the office, and they were trying to look as if they were doing something when they're actually not. So, yeah. That was 'work' today at the office. Haha.

Well, at least they're getting paid even if the slack-off for a day. I'm not paid to do so, so I guess I'll just try to do something. Shit...

Owh, if you're lost somewhere while reading this, I'll just give a short conclusion, I did nothing today. So, taadaaa!!!...Yeah...chow...

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July 7th, 2010

UTP really really reaaalllyy hates me...

Wanna know what happened today? I got my first visit from the lecturer from UTP. It was Dr. Sonny. Okay, I'm fine with that. But you wanna know when did I know he was gonna come and meet me and Kaber? At 9.00 a.m. this morning, and you wanna know something else? He was also informed sometime around 9.00 as well. Shit! WTF? Do you really wanna screw me up that bad??

Okay, so, here's the full story. I asked Kaber to call UTP yesterday and ask about our first visit, since I know that they'll never be the one making the call. So, we found out that our supervisor from UTP would be someone named Dr. Alif or something. And it was supposed to be held on the 28th of June! It was supposed to be held last month! So, okaylah...nevermind that, hence, the people from SIIU said they'll arrange something else for us and they said that they'll call back in the evening. But there was nothing from them yesterday evening. So, this morning I asked Kaber to call again, and they totally forgot about us. Shit... But luckily, Dr. Sonny was still somewhere in KL, thus, the got in touch with him and requested for him to meet us today. This was what happened at 9.00 this morning. Therefore, I made a call to Dr. Sonny...the guy was still having his sleep! WTF UTP? Do you have to screw everyone else who have any relation to us as well? Damn it! Fortunately, Dr. Sonny's a nice guy, and he agreed to visit us. He arranged an informal meeting at 10.15. Wow, it was really informal. We had our meeting at the lobby of Tower 2 KLCC while standing. Haha. So, the meeting lasted for about 15 minutes, and we were done. Hmmm...so much for all the fuss about it.

Well, then we decided to go for movies since everyone else thinks that we're still in the meeting. Haha. Unfortunately there was nothing in the cinema worth watching. Damn. To have the time and availability to do something, but just to be disappointed by the lack of that something. Haih... However, we did bought tickets for Predators. But the first show was at 6.00 p.m.. So, yeah, there goes our plan for movies during that period. Therefore, we went for an early lunch and had Milano.

So anyways, back to our main topic of this blog. Well, Kaber wasn't in the office up till 2.00 p.m.. He had a convention with his supervisor as I've mentioned yesterday. So, I was alone at the office continuing my work on the modeling. But while I was working on the model, one of the staff asked me to help her out with another modeling of an Indonesian Block. It was West Galuga if I'm not mistaken. She wanted me to run the model for eight prospects and calculate the EMV for each. EMV stands for Estimated Monetary Value. Simply put, it's a level of productiveness of a prospect. In formula terms, it's the possibility of success minus the possibility of failure. So, yeah, that's what I did till Kaber got back from the convention.

Actually, I finished the job sometime around 11.00 in the morning. But the damned Words '07 didn't want to save the thing. So, my whole effort in the morning was utterly useless. Well, that was that. And so I continued doing my model till the end of the day. And it's still not finished yet. Damn. I'm gonna try and complete it by tomorrow and give it a run.

So, after work we went to watch the Predators movie we bought in the morning. It was shit. Simply shit. Damn. A bad way to end a bad day...

Well, I guess that's really it. I've got nothing else up my sleeve. Owh...just another thing. On Monday...or was it yesterday?...anyways, on one of the previous two day, I found out that Stef went on the same train as I do every morning. Haha. But she's from Bangsar, so, I couldn't really have the chance for anything. I don't think I could even get to ride in the same coach as her. But still, it's a nice thought to keep in the back of my head. A real reason to smile : )

Cherio~

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July 6th, 2010

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Another assignment...yesterday's was done and was good, so I was given another today...sigh...

But I've finally seen the structure of training I'm going through. My trainer wants me to learn step by step through the level of difficulty of modeling the fiscal terms. I've moved from peninsula Malaysia blocks to Indonesia now. And this one's different from any of the other PSCs I've gone through. So, I guess there's nothing to complain about then...But still...It's a lot!!! Sigh...

Well, that was the only thing I did for the whole day. I even have to continue doing it at home today. It's really safe to say that if I'm given an assignment in the morning, then I'm done for the day. I should have gone home straight...

See you tomorrow then...

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July 5th, 2010

Do you know how it feels to wake up 2 minutes before your alarm goes off? It's depressing...to wake up and realize that you could have spent the next 2 minutes still sleeping, but now since you've waken up, you can't possibly go back to sleep unless you don't intend to wake up again sometime soon...Sigh...well that's what happened to me today...

Anyways, I was up and going to work. Got there quite early and was the 7th person to come to the office. Today was a really busy day. I had work to do on the weekends if you remembered, so, today there was supposed to be a discussion with my trainer regarding such. But, she commented that I should have done it in a different way, in terms of visualization. Thus, I spent the whole day doing that spreadsheet again. But I'm much more satisfied though with this new one. It's quite systematic and more manageable too. But still not completed. Sigh...it seems I've already know how I'll spend tomorrow at the office then...

Well, other than that, Aqbal joined us for lunch today. Owh, and we can't have breakfast at the shop anymore. I told you we can't do anymore mishaps while at work right? Haha. So there's that... Hence, we had our breakfast at the pantry...

Well, another interesting thing that happened today was that Kaber went to buy the Toy Story cookies from Toy'R'Us...yeah...Toy'R'Us...So, we went outside to smoke as always, and there's this little girl who was alternately staring at Kaber's plastic bag and him. Haha. I guess her thought must be, "Who's the unfortunate kid who just got mugged by this guy?" Haha. You could really see her disbelieving and judgmental expression while she was staring at Kaber. Haha. The day just keeps on being entertaining...

So, that was that, and all is in favor for me to stop...Chow...

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July 2nd, 2010

Wow...It's the end of the fourth week already...time sure flies by.

Today was a busy day. Actually, this week went by quite fast. I think it's probably because I was really caught-up in work. It's been a really busy week. But, with that said, I look back at my posts through the week, I didn't really did much. But maybe I forgot to mention that it actually took a lot of time to complete even one task I did during the week. Alas, I was really preoccupied till today.

I got a new work today. It's to convert a PSC into a spreadsheet file. The terms and details within the contract would have to be understood, and turned into equations and formulas. Wow...it was a major head-breaker... I spent the whole day till noon solving that shit. And I still have to continue this weekends to finish it. Damn.

Well, other than that, we had our usual KSS this evening. Haha. I just love KSSs. The whole department's in a confined space and you can see the true self of everyone. Haha. It's really just like a big party. Everyone's enjoying themselves, and there's free food. Since every KSS is done every Friday of the week, it's really a place to just let everything go and just sit, chat, and eat. Really nice.

Owh, I forgot, we met Aqbal today. He finally showed up. And it seems that he'll be here for quite a period of time. But he'll be in Level 22 in Tower 1. But that's okay. We'll still be able to meet him for breakfast and lunch. Haha. Well, that completes the three stooges then. Haha. Unfortunately, Abal wasn't as unfortunate as we were...

Anyways, till next week then. Cherio~

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July 1st, 2010

Holy shit! It's already July? What happened to June?!

Yeah...the first day of July. I just realized something, there's always a first for something here in my blog. It seems that there's always something new each day. Ah..but what I'm really waiting is for the time I'll get to say, "It's the first time my bank account reached a million dollar." Now, that would be great...

Anyhow, today? I followed these fellas to their final presentation. Fuad was presenting. It was great. He was great. I really didn't expected that from him. Haha. Well, that was that, and afterward, I continued reviewing my spreadsheet. Shit.

I did only that till the evening, so, I guess that's all I have to say...

Owh, I'll just say this, Kaber's been really busy lately since his trainer was given a huge load of job recently. Thus, the days at the office seems a lot shorter for him. Damn. And I was hoping to make him suffer to wait me. It seems I'm the one suffering.

Well, that's all, ladies...and gentlemen.....

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