yard tour!!

hahaa.. today, i got sometime off form my work to go on a yard tour.. actually tt was meant for IA(industrial attachment) students.. but then my manager ask mi and a few new collegues in our department to tag along oso... well well.. its really a eye opener for mi.. cos i hav nv seen a ship yard b4.. not to even mention steppin inside one... hahaa

my fellow collegue shuai ge was the one incharge of the tour.. and he was the so called guide durin tt tour.. haha.. though hes in hr department, we work in the pdn department.. so hes veri familiar wif all the things there...

hahaa.. we took a walk ard the whole yard.. and i felt as if im in a 'xiao ren guo'.. all the things there are HUGE!!!!! and all the pple there seems like to hav shrunk... haha.. there are generally several yards under keppel.. and the one tt im workin in is the one used to build oil rigs.. we were brought ard warehouses, weildin houses, piping houses.. blah blah.. and we oso come to see some of the magnificant cranes..hahaa.. not the usual cranes tt we saee when buildin flats or houses.. these are really BIG... they can haul abt 100 tonnes of objects.. used to haul sunken ships out from the seabeds.. tt's called the 'asian hurcules' hahaa.. den, i see for myslef how the whole process of buildin a old rig.. and the actual size of an oil rig is so big.. so high... and a three legged rig is called a jackup.. hahaha.. wonder if i remembered wrongly.. hahaa

its really interesting.. and i learn alot from the trip itself.. hahaaa..