Fantasy vs Reality

wah sai... ytd do pm shift at RW3 thgt can go home after airfield close at 7pm... but then when we reached the office... we were told tat the barrier net failed the test n required to replace the entire webbing... so end up i oso stay back to help out the removal n installation of the net...

hehe dont know whether its super suay or damn heng loh... i 1st time ICT then kana replace net... the net sooo big n heavy loh... somemore alot of manpower were there to help n still we took abt 9hrs loh? from abt 7pm-4am the next morning... just 1 piece of net require 9hrs sia... sian... somemore ytd valentine's day... some of the guys even gotta cancel their dates to come back n replace the net... hahaha wat a v'day loh... but lucky me notingy to worry abt... cus me no chance to celebrate v'day 1 :P

then removal of net is ok... but the installing part was the one tat made all of us sick n tired n surprise... 1st ting was when the net was stretched out... the length wasn't long enough, so we extended it with a strap at each end... but when we 1st test to raise the net, the two stanchion came up... but the net remain flat on the ground, n tis caused the strap at both end to break... we were all stun...

then the guys came to a conclusion tat the anchoring strap was too tight which made the net not entirely straight... n tis caused the tension on the top of the net to increase when it was raised... n so the strap on both ends gave way...

ended up some guys went back to uncoil the old net n get the old extension strap on both end to use... and the 2nd try we took all the anchoring points out n leave the base of the net loose... n finally the 2nd test, the net was raised... only tat the tension wasn't enough to open up the net to the acceptable height... so we did 2 more adjustments n 2 more raises to complete the installation n confirm the net to ber serviceable....

and all these took us abt 9hrs... was damn thirsty n tired loh... arms n legs all aching... then after all the packing up we left the base n lucky got ppl to drive us out to take taxi... n lucky i took a ride with someone cus i ICT can't claim for taxi fare... n they gave me a day off 2day since i ICT n worked till 4am with them... cus i oso cant claim any OT or OFF day... at least the management still got heart hahaha :P

ohh n i found out 1 tingy amazing... while resting in the runway, laying down facing up into the dark sky... i could actually see the stars moving abt in the sky... n not only do they move in one direction... but the way they move makes them look like fireflies flying way up in the dark sky... they look kinda beautiful loh... hehehe didnt realise tat until last nite...