Ive finally managed to get my mobile broadband adapter to work-after more than three months-ada je yang rosak,from the driver to the unit itself,just in time for my trip to Tg Kapal. Its nice to have the notebook working and being able to have internet ! Usually i will have an early dinner,some light reading and off to bed. But tonite,for the first time in quite a while i dont to have think about work !
I brought along the whole office ( minus my secretary/PA ) for this trip,which actually consisted of a meeting ( presentation actually ), site visit and a lil company trip all pack into two days ! The guys ( i have more women staff actually, 9 ladies and 4 gentlement )really deserve the break as we have been working very hard to complete this particular project. Tonite its just going to be ikan bakar,sembang2 and not think nor talk about work...
As far as work is concern this has been a good week with lots of good news, Firstly we are very happy that Melaka and Penang has finally obtain the status as a World Heritage site. While we will never be be recognised, we played our role for Melaka and at least a few important people in the government acknowledge our small yet significant role.
Just now, was our final presentation to the full technical committee ( federal,state and district representative) and the report was accepted,insyaAllah,maybe... just maybe our ideas to help solve or ease the flooding problem in Kota Tinggi will be implemented. Some of he ideas are quite radical ( innovative ? ) as it involves changing acceptable design standards and practise. But i like unconventional-its kind of my signature...
A lil abt Tg Kapal, its a quaint place on the southern tip of Johor ( Johor River ), the eastern side as oppose to the location of Tg Bin ( Sg Pulai ) which is on the western side. probably got its name because you could watch ships lining up to enter Singapore ( literally ) or Johor Port and this must hv happened from centuries ago, while we were there there was at least 30 ships of various size lining the horizon. Its a fantastic view as this goes on throughout the day and night.
For the very brave,there is a long underground tunnel ( almost half a kilometre ) from outside the Naval base ( Tg Penggelih-abt 5km from here ) that leads to the top of a hill which was once a British/Malay Sultanate/Japanese Fotress because of its strategic location overlooking the Johor river. But according to the locals that i talk to,they release a pair of dogs (some time back) into the tunnel ( which has a small entrance-2'x4') but the dogs never came out !! The tunnel was built during the Japanese occupation as a strategic defense system which allows them to defend the coast at the same time retreat to the fotress on top of the hill when the need arises.
Actually Kota Tinggi has a lot of other interesting tales-Big Foot,The Lost City,Historical aspects of Malay Sultanate and natural features etc but somehow the story is not publicised well enough...maybe the authorities should privatise the tourism industry and expose this/the potential tourist attraction...any takers ?
I brought along the whole office ( minus my secretary/PA ) for this trip,which actually consisted of a meeting ( presentation actually ), site visit and a lil company trip all pack into two days ! The guys ( i have more women staff actually, 9 ladies and 4 gentlement )really deserve the break as we have been working very hard to complete this particular project. Tonite its just going to be ikan bakar,sembang2 and not think nor talk about work...
As far as work is concern this has been a good week with lots of good news, Firstly we are very happy that Melaka and Penang has finally obtain the status as a World Heritage site. While we will never be be recognised, we played our role for Melaka and at least a few important people in the government acknowledge our small yet significant role.
Just now, was our final presentation to the full technical committee ( federal,state and district representative) and the report was accepted,insyaAllah,maybe... just maybe our ideas to help solve or ease the flooding problem in Kota Tinggi will be implemented. Some of he ideas are quite radical ( innovative ? ) as it involves changing acceptable design standards and practise. But i like unconventional-its kind of my signature...
A lil abt Tg Kapal, its a quaint place on the southern tip of Johor ( Johor River ), the eastern side as oppose to the location of Tg Bin ( Sg Pulai ) which is on the western side. probably got its name because you could watch ships lining up to enter Singapore ( literally ) or Johor Port and this must hv happened from centuries ago, while we were there there was at least 30 ships of various size lining the horizon. Its a fantastic view as this goes on throughout the day and night.
For the very brave,there is a long underground tunnel ( almost half a kilometre ) from outside the Naval base ( Tg Penggelih-abt 5km from here ) that leads to the top of a hill which was once a British/Malay Sultanate/Japanese Fotress because of its strategic location overlooking the Johor river. But according to the locals that i talk to,they release a pair of dogs (some time back) into the tunnel ( which has a small entrance-2'x4') but the dogs never came out !! The tunnel was built during the Japanese occupation as a strategic defense system which allows them to defend the coast at the same time retreat to the fotress on top of the hill when the need arises.
Actually Kota Tinggi has a lot of other interesting tales-Big Foot,The Lost City,Historical aspects of Malay Sultanate and natural features etc but somehow the story is not publicised well enough...maybe the authorities should privatise the tourism industry and expose this/the potential tourist attraction...any takers ?
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