The number one reason why I need to be thin.

Today i had some new adventures at work.It would have been a pretty good day if someone had not called me to "interrogate" me.All along people have been telling me things about him and yet i alway try to take neutral stand and believe in him.Guess sometimes "friend" can be an overused word. Use it only when u really mean it? Friends are not meant to be made used of.



First up, i had a little chit chat with the 3rd most powerful man in my shipyard.My fellow interns and i were walking, as usual, to our ship when we heard someone shouting for us to cross the road.Initially we thought we made some mistake like jay walking(everyone does that in shipyards) but upon further questioning, we realised that that guy is the general manager for operational. He is not "general" as in the general knowledge but "general" as in the 4 star general.Had a 20 mins briefing and the changing progress of shipyard, telling us how oil rig like jacks up are going to lose out soon and ppl are turning into different form as we go deeper into the ocean to drill for oil.He also gave us the assurances that marine idustry will do well for the next 5 years at the minimum.


After which, we fast march to the daily VSCC meeting then we decided to go for ship tanks inspection and this is where all the fun begins...




For some background knowledge, all ships contain tanks, lots of them, even the small ship which my project is on contains more than 50 tanks. Some type of tanks are common for all ships, like water ballast tank, sea water tank, heeling tank, AFT peak tank, grey water tank, dirty water tank FWD peak tank, etc.. too many to name.They are all located at the bottom of the ships for stability reason.


The tanks are not like ur fish tank, they are reinforce with ribs and contain small holes in them.just like the one shown below.


we had to squeeze thru this hole one by one..bearing in mind this,it is not opened up like this but totally covered up, not to mention that it is also totally DARK!



for a moment i felt like Indiana Jones, getting on my fours and moving in the dark tunnels.


Things in the the lowest deck is pretty scary.it is very dark and u will feel like u have claustrophobia.And u got to be thin enough to squeeze thru all these holes to get in.



The first hole i squeezed in.





More holes. they placed a "fit for entry" sign as some holes are free falling hence not "fit for entry". Imagine falling thru one such hole, *arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh echo up*
LOL


To make the whole feeling more "Indiana Jones", this is how some of the areas which we went thru look like.




I really pity those workers who work there! it is so hot and so small. Contrary to what many of us might think, it is not really that dangerous, because the safety standard is very high, so there is hardly any accidents there.



Me trying to get out after a dare by my fellow interns to squeeze into the smallest hole we could find.
HAHA!


can't wait for tml to come!