Gladsy, this is azman; azman, this is Gladsy..hi..

Finally got some time to sit and update blog. Im at the council library, free internet and it is a very nice libary.

Okeh, reached Gladstone yesterday at 10am after about 6.5 hrs drive departed at 3.30am from brissy. Bley tahan gak aaa penat dia, especially drive sorang²..agak² bosan je pasang lagu melayu dan melalak nyanyi tangkap lagu jiwang dan lagu raya...raya sioot..malas la nak ingat raya for now. Haaaaa got my car named already, BAWANG MERAH! cewwahhh given by my bidadari, thanks. Mmg suit with the character colour merah, huduh dan besor. Hehehe..

Then check in backpackers, $25bux for sharing room isnt a bad price. The room and toilet doesnt look dodgy at all. Sharing with this Sri Lanka chap who works in power plant doing welding. Quite a nice guy tak belit² punye orang. Was thinking to get a 2bedrooms apartment and share with him. Dont like to take a risk sharing with ozzies especially in this labour town where they love get drunk after hard work.

Neway, went to the office after 1pm yesterday. The site manager is a very friendly shown me around and meet ppl overthere. There are 3 IT Supports including me. Others named Chris and James. Chris looks like very typical IT nerdy who loves watching movies during office hours and keras kepala giler. This is our problem when there are no teamleader on site. Our manager was thinking to choose one of us soon to be a teamleader, meaning better position and better pay. Hmmm malas pon ade gak nak fight for it. Im planning to do a year only in Gladstone and move on closer to my bidadari and family.

QAL is very very huuuuuuggeeeee plant! And they are red, again! ingatkan bley aa view biru sket this time. Gladstone city itself surrounded by 4 or 5 other plants too. Very nice at nite, sori aa meaning to get camera and shoot some photos but tengah real pokai atm. Hmm..Will explore more this weekend.

Today, got in office at 9am. Had a nice sleep last nite. James who had just started with CITEC a month ago showed me around the office into big server room. He seems very nice person too. Ade caliber nak jadi teamleader. Then after 1.30pm aku pon cabot, cuz had inspection at a few units. Here average of 2 bedroom fully furnished from 210-250 perweek, meaning sorang 105-125 perweek very very cheap. Ade satu apartment on top floor ni aku jatuh hati, view laut and city and hav a swimming pool. Waaaa....nak yang itu. Ouh almost forget, someone called me today saying that they have one bedroom price only 90bux pweek and very close to the office. Will inspect the house in half an hour ie 5.30pm. Hopefully not dodgy. I put an advertise at Woolworth notice board saying I need a room. Ingatkan nak taruk advertise at local newspaper but it will cost me 50bux! gile mahal.

Hmmm tomoro???
Will do medical test, ahhhh confirm failed colour blind test ni. Waduh camne aa nak hafal colour? Esok raye siot.... :( :(

Okeh, time is up. Will read some book to kill some time before my next inspection. Tanak wish korang slamat raya, uewwwwwwwwekkk!

Pilot

Welcome...
Short holidays were very pleasant as plan. Feel bad, holidays without income every fortnight. Duit keluar tanpa masuk.

• 2 more days untill reach Gladstone.

• Will stay at backpackers for a few days untill get the permanent accommodation. The cheapest can be found there is $120/week, had a strong feeling will find cheaper than that.

• Bought second hand red Kia Rio 2004, not really like the physical of it, ugly cam wagon even though they call it sedan. But got it cheaper with low odometers and besar so bley sumbat memacam terus. No panggilan manja yet given. Thats ok only gonna use it for a year then sell it with same price hopefully. Takpe, pelan pelan kayuh..Hummer will come someday.

Kia Rio 2004. Tak hensem langsung.

• Will start work on Monday, they expected at 8am but blasah aaa masuk lambat sket because planning to depart from Brisbane after subuh (4.30am) gitu. Tak mungkin kene fired. hehe. Approximately 7hrs drive to Gladstone with 600km. Yakin boleh!

• 'Gladstoner' and 'Gladstonian ' dah kene amek oleh org lain. So 'Gladstonis' does not sound too bad.
  

• In budget constraint at the moment, byk duet nak kene gune for starting a new life. Jimat jimat dan jimat.

• Gladstone, here I come!!!! Excited dan seram menyelubungi hati.