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Hey there,
Woah, it has been almost a month since I last wrote here. Never did I abandon The Journals for more than 2 weeks, what to say, almost a month. Over the months, world is still spinning, days had gone by in a flash of time. Yeah, we saw Lee Chong Wei was beaten tamely by Lin Dan in Thomas Cup semi-final in Malaysia. Chelsea won the EPL title with merely a point ahead of ManUtd. And recently, just last week, a B737-800 had crashed-landed in Bajpe Airport, killing 150 over passengers with only few survivors. Early investigation has revealed the aircraft was suffering from aqua-planning; it failed to stop in time, overshot runway, crash and then burn to catch fire. Another mishap in the aviation industry ...

Currently, I am still on the hangar floor; doing practical and working on a B737-400 aircraft from India for a C-Check. This is my third aircraft from Line 4, and I have to say, I have seen and learned bit by bit everyday. Standard maintenance practices, visual inspection skills, Operational Test, just to name a few. Theoretical in class definitely will not be able to expose me to such skill and experience. Now, at least, I will be able to relate, put the puzzle pieces together from what I have learned in class. I found out one thing 'bout me. I am not sure whether it happens on others, but, I must admit, I find difficulties to work properly when someone is keeping a sharp eye on me. I felt the pressure of being watched sometimes. Even a simple task which I am familiar with, I can still grumble and mess up thing. Screw me! Get rip of this! Maybe, I should keep calm and relax; think carefully and not just do blindly ...

Last month Mother's Day, I was back in Kuching for 3days. Bought Mum a Hush Puppies Shirt. She just loves Hush Puppies' franchise. Just a simple gift for her as a token of appreciation. Mum, you've been the best Mum, and I love you, Mum! Went out for dinner, and guess what, we couldn't find any place. All were fully booked. After the third tries to different shops, we finally settled down for a Mother's Day dinner.

Next week, I am applying for a week off; will be flying back to Kuching. Before that, am going for another four task assessments. Some of my senior colleagues have gotten their Red Book License from the DCA; and this really encourages and motivates me to push myself toward obtaining my basic License. So far, assessment has been going fine, but, there are still plenty of subjects to sum up. Of all these, tough subjects are waiting; Autopilot, Auto-throttle, Material Hardware ... Furthermore, third week of June, am attending three months stint of courses, Basic Digital Avionics (BDA) and B737-400 Type Course. Therefore, a holiday is most welcomed; after all, I need to clear off my balance leave of 12 days out of 16 before it expires in the month of September. Probably, a retreat trip to the outskirt will do. Initially, Dad was planning for an oversea trip with me, but, nevertheless, it will a school holiday season with Hari Gawai in Sarawak, so, he just couldn't take any leave. Oh well ...

Just a little update from me,
Will be writing more if time permitted ...

Happy Wesak Day!

Cheers,

KeithK :)