Hello

It's been eons and epochs.

But a *teaser* will be coming up and I thought I'll revive this blog again.

Just a note: the banner at the top of this blog is rather inaccurate as the revival won't be about any adventures on either side of the SCS. In fact it is obsolete but it has a nice background of Mount Kinabalu - which I most probably have lost the original photo, so there it shall remain.

Before the excitement of any teaser, I would like to ramble a bit. Take it as a...warm up to writing again.

A random thought: One of the most difficult question I find to answer is "What do you do exactly?" when asked about my job.

I've been at it for almost three years, and there are times I love it, and there are times when I just want to crawl into a cave and not wake up early to go to work. But that's normal. I think anyone who constantly rave about how much they love their job is not being completely honest.

Back to the earlier question. How do you explain to people what you do when for the most of it, people are not even aware that what you do exist?

"I model and analyse effluent loads in a river to estimate the pollution impact of a project."

"I carry out studies to draft policies and guidelines."

"I help draft management plans of protected areas."

However, I think people in general have this built-in need to not feel dumb, so they don't question much when they are bombarded with things they don't really understand. Big, important sounding words usually stop them from asking further. Then they leave me alone.

Complicated as it might be, imagine being an SAP analyst in an MNC.

"So...what do you do?"

"Erm...I work in the toothpaste factory. You know, computers."

A jibe to AJ who is far away *evil grin*

Stay tuned for the real teaser!

Pre-teaser #1: Yellow cabs and fire escapes! Photo: AJ

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