BINTULU REVISITED
A view from my room
Traveling again! I wrote this paragraph while on night the flight to
Kuching. Should be arriving by midnight and the next morning we'll be taking the flight to Bintulu.
It has been years since I been there...(familiar phrase huh?). Last visit was on iP58 ticket (it was not iP58 yet, still incubation mode in the corporate centre).
Had to go to 48F alone and deal with the whole management & working team on certain issue. As I recall correctly, it has something to do with m17c0 insisting on having real-timebroadcast of urea product loading and weather monitoring online, tagged to delivery system and total integration to the back-office environment. Sounds bombastic...but whatever happened after
that, I can't blame it on the system.....
Nevertheless, I did enjoy my stay and interaction with the 48F people, they were the friendly type of people that you can easily work with, if you know how to navigate yourself properly lah!
Bintulu was still a quiet town at that point of time. It's not going to be 48F this time but its mln6, on the other side of the hill. Frankly I do not know what to expect tomorrow but what I do know is I am really missing Alisya!
She sent me to the airport but did not get down from the Scenic. I called Mama while I was checking-in and heard Alisya crying for me! Oh my!
It's going to be a long 3 day trip!
Kuching. Should be arriving by midnight and the next morning we'll be taking the flight to Bintulu.
It has been years since I been there...(familiar phrase huh?). Last visit was on iP58 ticket (it was not iP58 yet, still incubation mode in the corporate centre).
Had to go to 48F alone and deal with the whole management & working team on certain issue. As I recall correctly, it has something to do with m17c0 insisting on having real-timebroadcast of urea product loading and weather monitoring online, tagged to delivery system and total integration to the back-office environment. Sounds bombastic...but whatever happened after
that, I can't blame it on the system.....
Nevertheless, I did enjoy my stay and interaction with the 48F people, they were the friendly type of people that you can easily work with, if you know how to navigate yourself properly lah!
Bintulu was still a quiet town at that point of time. It's not going to be 48F this time but its mln6, on the other side of the hill. Frankly I do not know what to expect tomorrow but what I do know is I am really missing Alisya!
She sent me to the airport but did not get down from the Scenic. I called Mama while I was checking-in and heard Alisya crying for me! Oh my!
It's going to be a long 3 day trip!
Day 1: 20050706
The Plant
A short stay at Crown Plaza and we are now waiting for our flight to
Bintulu. During my marketing years, I have never stayed in this hotel.
It has always been the Hilton. It was a short night so there's nothing much to say, only that I realized there's a 7-11 across the road, at the Waterfront.
We arrived quite on schedule and I was quite surprised actually, at first I thought we have arrived in Sibu! The airport is no more in the middle of the town. It took about 20-30 minutes from the airport to mln6.
We were stationed in a cabin together with Abdillah the leader of the team that we are supposed to assist. I worked with his twin Abdullah when I last came to Bintulu.
Worked thorough the day and at about 7:30pm we decided to call it a day.
Had dinner at Kidurong Club (thanx to Abdillah!) and then off to check-in at the hotel.
Had to do some McGyver action cuz the lock on the luggage decided to be stubborn and denied the code I set much much much earlier. This is the second time and I can't open it at any combination (1000 of it!). Good thing I had a Swiss Army knife and the set of screwdrivers mentioned in my other posting. Off with the lock and I will have to buy Mam a new bag for that!!
Nothing much to see since it's already dark so.....off to bed!
Bintulu. During my marketing years, I have never stayed in this hotel.
It has always been the Hilton. It was a short night so there's nothing much to say, only that I realized there's a 7-11 across the road, at the Waterfront.
We arrived quite on schedule and I was quite surprised actually, at first I thought we have arrived in Sibu! The airport is no more in the middle of the town. It took about 20-30 minutes from the airport to mln6.
We were stationed in a cabin together with Abdillah the leader of the team that we are supposed to assist. I worked with his twin Abdullah when I last came to Bintulu.
Worked thorough the day and at about 7:30pm we decided to call it a day.
Had dinner at Kidurong Club (thanx to Abdillah!) and then off to check-in at the hotel.
Had to do some McGyver action cuz the lock on the luggage decided to be stubborn and denied the code I set much much much earlier. This is the second time and I can't open it at any combination (1000 of it!). Good thing I had a Swiss Army knife and the set of screwdrivers mentioned in my other posting. Off with the lock and I will have to buy Mam a new bag for that!!
Nothing much to see since it's already dark so.....off to bed!
Day 2: 20050707
Work!
Woke up early but could not convince myself to walk around and take some photos. Maybe later in the day. It's almost 7:30am, sun is shining brightly, a good sign perhaps for another long day.
After breakfast we took a cab to the OPI cabin and work started....the system was slow and the lappies are nothing to be proud of when it comes to
reliability - (I HATE ACERS!).
We had a big lunch - Abdillah's treat (again!) and then we went for a quick tour of his house...big one and got it quite cheap pulak tuh!
The furnitures ohhh my.....we cannot believe the price he paid for those custom made beds, dining tables, study tables etc.....I wanna move to Bintulu lah!!!
After breakfast we took a cab to the OPI cabin and work started....the system was slow and the lappies are nothing to be proud of when it comes to
reliability - (I HATE ACERS!).
We had a big lunch - Abdillah's treat (again!) and then we went for a quick tour of his house...big one and got it quite cheap pulak tuh!
The furnitures ohhh my.....we cannot believe the price he paid for those custom made beds, dining tables, study tables etc.....I wanna move to Bintulu lah!!!
The hall
Customized dining set
Che Lie - the unpaid interior designer
We worked until....past 10:00pm! Then we went for a good dinner. Mama called cuz Alisya cannot sleep and she talked with me for a while. Abis dinner, off to the hotel, packed the bag and dozed off around2:00am. What a day.....
Day 3: 20050708
Final hour before departure
Went to the plant for a short briefing to the OI manager with the team then off we go to the airport.
The plane is descending now and insya-Allah within an hour or so I would be hugging Alisya! If only Naufal is at home too!
To conclude, I found Bintulu is pretty much the same quiet town.
Never had the opportunity to lepaks at the town actually, a rather packed - if not hectic - trip.
Well...maybe next time Bintulu!
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