Sign on the expressway: Lemmings

It has been approximately one month since i started on my new job and here are reasons why my new job is the best (>.<):

1. I have to climb a hill everyday to take the mrt and four flights of stairs to my office. As a result, i'm sweating reservoirs when i reach my cubicle and i'm told that i've lost weight.

2. We had a sushi company lunch which was probably the healthiest that one can have. Free lunch is always good, albeit a healthy one.

3. We had another company lunch (catered) to bid farewell to the departing engineer. Two free lunches in a month is always good.

4. Due to the small size of the company, i have to learn electrical engineering stuff as well. Things like the substation layout, single-line diagrams, lightning protection and artificial lighting, are being crammed into my puny brain. i swear that when i quit from this job, i can graduate with a EEE diploma, if not a degree.

5. I heard from the designers that in other companies, there will be mechanical and electrical engineers assigned to a project. Here, our engineers are expected to handle both roles. In addition, designers from other companies only specialise in a certain field, like fire protection, water and sanitary, or ACMV. Here, our mechanical designers are expected to handle all the mechanical services.

6. My boss is a humorous person, albeit a demanding one. He often uses metaphors and examples to explain his point. There was once when we were discussing if we needed lightning protection for the swimming pool railings in a particular project. He told us this: if a person in a swimming pool dies because of a lightning strike, no one will care coz that person is stupid enuff to be in the pool during a lightning strike. However, if a person at the swimming pool deck dies becuase of a lightning strike, then there will be an investigation. Faced with such a point, we had no choice but to concede that he's right.

7. You get to hear all kinds of stories from the construction industry. We were told that a particular condominium project, during piling, had shifted two units by a 100 mm. The foreman knew of this mistake, but ordered work to be carried on. When they built to the third or fourth floor, the structural engineer found out and told them to demolish and redo.