| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| Scandinavia...... |
While hubby bz with nuclear plant....me...apa lagi!
Things to do there!
* Relax in a hot spring in Iceland
* Cruise a Norwegian Fjord, Geirangerfjord is a world-famous beauty while Sognefjord is the greatest
* Visit the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo
* Experience the endless summer days, and even 24 hour sunshine in the north
* Go to Legoland in Denmark
* Hike for days in Europe's biggest landscapes.
* Go cross country skiing in huge forests
* Stay in the hostel of the af Chapman, a sailing ship moored in Stockholm, Sweden
* See the amazing Vasa Museum in Stockholm, displaying an entire flagship that sunk in the harbor nearly 400 years ago
* Visit Santa Claus in Rovaniemi, Finland
* Go skinny dipping from a sauna in the Land of a Thousand Lakes (Finland)
* Experience the Arctic in the northernmost settlement at Svalbard
I wanna go there..plzzz.....Labels: vacation |
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| Tuesday, April 7, 2009 |
| Switzerland... :) |
Pssstttt...Hope my dreams come true...
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| posted by NADZIR & RAHIMA @ 7:47 PM |
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| USA Trip Day 5 |
04.02.09
Today's plan is to go to up to Chicopee, Massachusetts and back to Manchester, Connecticut. We're going to see Turbocare's facilities in both places. Arrived in Chicopee at about 8.30 am and met Jackie, one of the marketing personnel there. We were suppose to meet her boss Mary but she's in a meeting or sumthin'. But after that this guy called James D, greeted and have a chat with us. He's the turbocare's Vice President of North American region sales. Here's a guy who is very down to earth and I must say he's really cool! He's from Boston and just moved to Connecticut last year. Really interesting talking to him. I really like the ring he's wearing...it was made of silver and have 3 black stripes. It was his 25th anniversary wedding ring.
As we were chatting with him, we discovered something surprising. We knew that the temperature at the airport yesterday was -4...what we don't know is that the temp was in freakin' Fahrenheit!! All these times we thought it was in Celsius! Well, guess what...the temperature yesterday was -15 degreeC!!! And I was like walking around Hartford in that blistering cold...no wonder I was upset when I got back...hehe!
Now, the machines they got there is pretty much the same as the ones we saw in Winston-Salem. However they specializes in making seals, packings, valve parts incl. stems, bolts and nuts. After the tour, we met Erik. He's the product marketing manager. He gave presentation about turbine's new seal technology - the retractable brush seals. I was interested to hear & learn more about this product because it can improve the plant's efficiency up to 3%. And did you know that the seals contribute about 40% of turbine losses? Why look elsewhere when you know you can improve at that particular area.
After the presentation, we went out for lunch at one of the seafood restaurant. I wanted to have sumthin' different this time…so i ordered baked haddock fish. I don't know what kind of fish is that, so I was pretty excited to order sumthin different. When I ate it, taste something like ikan siakap…
After lunch, we met with this girl name Jenna…attractive girl I'd have to say…probably in her early 20's…she drove us to Manchester in Connecticut to see another factory there. She worked as the marketing personnel also. Interesting to chat with her…she got the job through James D where she was his kids nanny for two years. Then James D told her to try out the job interview at Turbocare. And guess what, she got the job!
After about 1 hour drive, we reached Manchester. I was lucky to meet Turbocare's big guns there including the President himself, Mr Donald. He gave me a tip or two when visit to New York…he told me to go to Rockafella Center to see the view of Manhattan at the top building called Top of the Rock. Why he chose there is because we can see the Empire State Building from there. So if you're going to Empire State Building to have the view, you're missing the most important building in New York. Plus, the lines are longer at the Empire State. Secondly, he told us to spend sometime to go and watch Broadway shows. It'll be the most memorable thing for the visit to New York. And that advice stuck in my head for the days to come…hehehe…Labels: nadzir, vacation |
| posted by NADZIR & RAHIMA @ 10:54 AM |
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| Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| USA Trip Day 4 |
03.02.09
I woke up @ 12 midnite and as usual, can't sleep after that. I slept from 6 in the evening yesteday after got back from Winston-Salem. Pretty tired...
Once I woke up called my dear wife and she was kinda dissappointed with me for not going out to explore Charlotte City. Well, having said that I decided to go out to the city center and check-out their nightspots alone. It was pretty nervous at first but soon after I saw Charlotte's skyscrapers, I got excited.
Drove around the city for like 40 minutes but didn't managed to find any nightspots. Saw a few bars such 'dixies', 'sports bar', 'ice club' & 'uptown cabaret'. The bars were scattered around the city. By the time I got there at 1am, most of them are already closed.
About 2 am, I drove back to the hotel. Nothing to explore after midnite in Charlotte. Reached my hotel at 2.30 am, watched some TV, and went to sleep.
Woke up again at 7.30am, planned to go to wal-mart or factory outlet shop in uptown charlotte after breakfast. This LaQuintas Hotel is really good. They provide free breakfast. This is the only hotel in US that provide free breakfast so far. They have waffle, muffin, cereals, bread, egg, fruits, yogurt, juice and coffee (as usual).
We moved out of the hotel at about 8.30am and head straight to charlotte city center. The traffic was a bit busy. To my surprise, most of the shops in the city are still close! What the heck??! Cruised around the city for 15 minutes and we set our GPS to Alamo's rental car area at Charlotte Airport.
Once arrive at the destination, I saw the spike at the entrance barrier. Hesitated for a minute but the shuttle bus driver behind me signalled me to just go forward. Then I can see that spikes are one-way pass. It's like the non-return valve in our plant. You can only go thru it one way, while if you go the opposite way, you'll get stuck. In this case, your tires will get burst!
Checked into the US Airways counter at the outside of the airport. Took only about a min or two...have about 2 hrs before we board our flight. Walkaround at the airport, and bought 3 souvenirs. 2 fridge magnets & 1 t-shirt. Not sure yet for who. As I walkaround the airport, I can see that there are a total of 6 starbucks outlet spreadout in the 5 airport concourse area. There were also at least 4 large bookstores in here. It says a lot about the culture here in the US when you see these stores. They like coffee and they like to read books. The end.
And speaking of culture, I cannot be more amaze when I went to their restrooms (are as we say toilet). It is soo clean, dry, very modern, and they even have listerine and sweets too in there!! I mean this is an airport for heaven's sake! They can maintain the standard even though hundreds of people using it everyday. How did they do it? I'm a shame to say this but their restrooms...are cleaner & shinier than my house's living room! You can sleep in there if they allow you to. I just wanna have a last look at their restroom and maybe take a pic or two just to prove it to you.
My flight to Hartford, Connecticut is a bit late. It was scheduled @ 1245 hrs but we only boarded the flight @ 1305. Took off @ 1325 hrs. On my way to Hartford now.Labels: nadzir, vacation |
| posted by NADZIR & RAHIMA @ 1:29 AM |
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| USA Trip Day 3 |
02.02.09
Started my day with some coffee in my hotel room. The American coffee is quite strong for me, and I enjoyed it very much! It's one of those American lifestyle. That is why I can find a coffee maker machine in every hotel room here in the US. Me being a coffee lover, will not miss to use the coffee maker. I really like the one in Wyndham Garden Hotel in Newark Airport. It really is simple & easy to use.
Ok, enough about coffee...we check-out of the the hotel at 0800 hrs and head on to Turbocare Inc facility in Westinghouse Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It’s about 15 min drive from where we stayed. We arrived there and found nobody is in the welcome area. I used the electronic thing (like a phone) to find the contact person. It's just a really simple device where you can find their names & extension no. to call them from the outside. As I was just finished giving message to him, a pretty lady opened the door and greet us. She said that they've been expecting us and asking me from Kev. I mean 'Kev' as in 'kevin', not k-e-v. It's quite funny though as I recall the name almost similar to Russian's 'Kiev'.
About a few mins later, Larry Creason, Kevin Harris and Dan met us in the conference room. Speaking about conference room, they have this dedicated phone for tele-conferencing and also a big-a$$ LCD TV. Biggest one i ever saw...made by LG (surprisingly!).
We talked about the quality plan, the material issues, the sample delivery and also the blades delivery to kapar. It seems that the freight forwarder have not yet contacted them. This worries me that I told them to get in touch with Adam immediately to confirm on the delivery. They've told us that the blades was completed on the 29th of January. And I assumed the packing is done on the 31st, and the remaining days is for the forwarder arrangement which normally take 3 days to ship-out.
After completed looking at the quality material, we went for a tour in the facility. We found that their machines are very capable of machining things accurately. Not only that, the machinist themselves are the QC.Labels: nadzir, vacation |
| posted by NADZIR & RAHIMA @ 1:28 AM |
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| USA Trip Day 1 |
31.01.09
I was stranded about 3.5 hrs at the Newark Airport Immigration a.k.a. US Border & Protection. I was not the only 'lucky' person, there was one pilot, two flight attendents and 2 other passengers who goes thru the same process.
You see, most passengers who got stuck at the immigration was referred to the secondary counter for further screening. Mine however, not only secondary, but the level above the secondary screened thru my background. They took 3.5 hrs to do the background check on me. Another malaysian guy was more 'lucky' than me, he got off after 4 hrs waiting. Being so fed up, he asked the officer in charge what's the problem!!! They said that his name & his birthdate have matched with someone they look for. At the end of the day the officer appologized for the mistake. Oh, one more thing, that guy happened to be sister's friend. What a small world...
Considering the things that I went thru, i really felt that this is the first & the last time i'll ever been to the US. Let's see if the days after this will change my mind. Still looking forward for my trip to New York tho'...despite what had happened.Labels: nadzir, vacation |
| posted by NADZIR & RAHIMA @ 12:48 AM |
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| Monday, August 4, 2008 |
| Honeymoon @ Gold Coast |
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Hooray!!!!
Time to fly off for HONEYMOON..
I think Honeymoon is the time that all newly wedd couple waiting for...
Hmmm...hmmmm....
After 3 weeks planning + preparation..i am proud to say that i get a real good bargain for my vacation..thanks to Hubby for being soo patient on my planning...
Flight to Gold Coast (Air Asia) = RM 1800 (Returns ticket)
Accomodation at Costa D'ora self cooking apartment = AUD 80 per night x 7 days (20th April - 27 April) = RM1680
Transportation = AUD 150 @ 4 days include airport transfer = RM450
Meals + Shopping + Dreamworld entrance = RM1000
So total we spent around RM 4930 for 7 days self customized package..
Oh yea..we went to brisbane too.. :)Labels: vacation |
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