Ships

Back in Uni, I have a friend whose father build ships, some kind of engineer lah. She doesn't tell much about it, and I'm not asking anyway, I've never been in a ship, except if ferry is considered a ship.

To cut it short, as I'm prone to belit2 kan story to get to the point, recently I visited a shipyard. Oh bukan an actual visit, work related. But I enjoyed it so much.

To those who are as blur or pemalas baca macam I, shipyard is a place to repair and build ship. We have it a few in Malaysia.

Ship in the making, a tanker to be specific

The one I visited of course in Penang, and it's for commercial ship. We have a shipyard for navy too, aku baru tau, shallow kan?

Another ship, this one is a surveillance ship; for oil surveying.

Anyway, the one we have in Penang is owned by a big company (Boustead, formerly known as PSCI), and for me it's a big business, walaupun aku tak pernah tgk shipyard lain.

a big propeller for surveyor ship, normal tanker has smaller propeller

It's like ada 3-4 kapal yg in progress, and 2 ship already launched.

Ada banyak questions in my mind walaupun kerja aku tak siap lagi masa tu, like
- how the hell did they tampal a big dinding on the ship, and seal it ? And
- how are they making sure that the seal is tight enough, water couldn't come in?

- The ship is build on land, how do they launch it to the sea?

Masa tengah buat kerja, adalah mamat jaga telecommunication sorang ni rajin borak. Soalan yg paling aku curios la aku tanya :

Aku : How did u guys pull or push the ship to
sea?

Mamat : U mean launch the ship?

Aku : Oo that's the word, ok how?

Mamat : U agak mcm mana?

Aku : Angkat pakai crane tak logic, u guys push and pull
with something ke?

Mamat : Pakai crane
patah lah. Actually ada byk cara nak launch a ship. But yg
paling recent kita guna balloon. Murah.

Aku : Owh, macam mana guna balloon?

Mamat : I nak explain pun tak pandai, I've the video, but
the CD i left at home. Mcm ni lah, u cari internet, ship launching.

guna crane memang tak logic

So I did. Oo, macam ni.



Cool eh?

Anyway, soalan lain tak sempat tanya.

And Zee Avi is also cool.

Menu today

Pagi - Mee sanggul goreng sendiri
Petang - 'terpaksa' abiskan happy meal anak aku, plus her sundae cone.
Malam - Mee sanggul pagi tadi + pears.

Exercise - zero, exercise mulut je, kids nowadays..