Quick Life Update 9

Salam w.b.t and hello everyone,

How is everyone doing? It is been a while since the last entry. I was pretty occupied and a lot of changes happened since the last two months. So far, I am doing great actually. I will give a quick updates on what's going on with my life so far

D&M

Finally, the decision was made. I will be in Drilling & Measurement from now on, and I will be relocated to Doha, Qatar. Yippe.. This final decision was told to me approximately end of October and in the meantime, they already signed me up for the school in Abu Dhabi. It was unbelievably quick because I was not prepare at all.

Abu Dhabi

Regardless, on November 5, I flew to Abu Dhabi to attend the school. The school will be 5 weeks. 3 weeks for Measurement Zero and another two weeks for Measurement TS.

School

Tomorrow will be the last day of the Measurement TS course and what is left to do is the presentation. Hopefully I will pass with flying colours as the course is really tough. Sleep deprived, continuous assessments/tests/exams/practical are really pushing me to work hard. Alhamdullillah, the instructor and classmates are really helpful and I have a lot of supports from many MWD/LWD across the globe.

Some others classmates will stay for another one month and a week to attend another two courses. I will do these courses probably next year since I don’t have background on these two courses. From my understanding, if you don’t have a good preparation and experience for these two courses, you will be struggling. That’s why I will attend it after sufficient preparation and good amount of field experiences.

Meeting people

Finally I met other trainees which we only communicate online. Also, I met other Malaysians who are attending the school. Surprisingly, the readers of my blog, I met them.. From wireline as well as D&M A bit embarrassing, but I cannot hide myself. Hahahahahaha…

Also, make a lot of new friends. In the class, I sat next to a guy name Stevan, from Perth. It was nice because I can reminisce my memory in Perth. Miss the place much. 

D&M crews for first rig practical, happy face before we started the job. At the end of the practical, we were so flat out.

Flying back to Aberdeen

From Abu Dhabi, I will be flying back to Aberdeen this Saturday. It feels a bit weird though, when most of the trainees are begging for holiday to go home. And for myself, I will take a week off in Aberdeen next week while sorting the administration issues. Since I will be moving to Qatar, I need to take care of my work visa, apartment, car, and various other matters. So, I will use my time off to sort these out. I pray that my transition will occur smoothly.

Dentist

Oh…. I need to see dentist..

Holiday

I think I will take couple weeks off once I sort all things in Aberdeen and when my Qatar work visa is ready. I cannot just sitting at home doing nothing.

I think that’s enough for now. I will keep you updated guys. Oh man…time flies really fast…Believe it or not, yesterday (7 December) marks one year of me with Schlumberger. A lot of ups and downs, but I enjoy and appreciate it.

That’s me, I will write again. Take care and see you guys in the next entry.

Salam w.b.t and chow!

P/S - Need to make new year resolutions for next year. Actually, I don’t have one this year, so unorganized :D