defensive driving course

I attended a defensive driving course conducted by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It is a 2 days course consisting of pure lecture on the 1st day and a practical course on the 2nd day.




















This course is mandatory for MLNG staff who drives in the plant area just like me.The management enforced this regulation to minimize the number of traffic accidents in the plant.




















Second day practical course was held at the Old Bintulu airport. There were 3 assessments to it. First assessment was casual driving around town area, adhering to speed limits, proper usage of signal, ability to reverse park properly, etc.



Second assessment, we had to navigate the 2 tonne pickup truck around the cones forward and reverse without knocking them over. It proved quite a challenge for those who never driven one before. Lucky for me, i navigate my way home on the 1st try:P




































Final assessment was the braking test. It basically is a quarter mile drag on 1st, 2nd gear all the way to 60km/hr and then slamming the brakes down hard. There were a lot of burning rubber during this last run.










































I hope that the skills that i've acquired from this course would be put to good use when required too.

I'm going deep sea fishing !

The title says it all... I'm going deep sea fishing. Fishing trip is Organised by MLNG fishing club. Credit to Tan for slipping my name into the list of participants. I don't know exactly where we'll anchor but i know for sure i'm excited.


















Few basic necessities which i require to land a catch. Some sure methods which I'll be using namely bottom fishing and casting. Few fishing terms which i just learnt, myself.
Bottom casting involve using weight and hook, cross your finger and hope to land a catch.
Casting require some skill. It involved tossing your bait( a fake fish) as far as possible and then reel it in slowly hoping to tricked the fish into thinking that, oh that's an easy prey. That fish is gonna be on my dinner plate the very next day, hopefully.lol




















I'm placing my bet on TICA GT4500 reel coupled with 50lbs line. Cross my fingers it'll hold up against fierce barracudas.




















Couldn't find any review on TICA GT4500 reel on the net. Well, i hope it lives up to its brand name, Born to PERFORM.



















p/s: Even prepared some sea sick pills. Cross my fingers, hope i won't get sea sick.