On 9-10 June 2009, we made a trip to Tanjung Manis to visit a project site as a pre-qualifier with an established Class A Contractor based in KL. The briefing was scheduled on 10 June 2009 @ 8.30am.
I started my journey from Kem Oya project site enroute to Sibu airport to fetch our 2 partners; Mr. Ng and Mr. Tommy Tay. After that I decided to stop by a food centre at SingKwong shopping Mall to quench our thirst and sharing a few buns before continuing our journey.
At about 3.00pm, we headed to Sarikei, which is an hour drive. It was a fun ride because we take advantage of the commute and I find myself talking to a Director of a fairly large corporation which was sharing his experience with me for the past 25 years.
We reached Sarikei at about 5:30pm and stated to enquire the best hotel in town where we can put up a night. At last we found one Oriental Hotel at a rate of RM55.00 for a twin bedroom. ( no complimentary breakfast, luggage trolley, door man ).That’s Ok I thought; a long as its clean. Quite a nice hotel and its 5 mins drive to the jetty.
At 7.00pm, we sneaked out to feel our stomach. Again we enquired the best restaurant in town. We took quite sometime to find one. At last we stopped at an air-conditioned restaurant which coincidently is celebrating its 1st Aniversary of operation. We came to know the good news when we’re served 4 red colored eggs. Hi, we didn’t order any eggs, I wonder. `It’s free, replied the waiter because today is our 1st Aniversary, she explained.
Generally the food is ok only lah! Of course Kuching restaurant better. What to do! We ordered pork leg with black soy, vegetables, steamed fish and of course a few bottles of beer to relieve our backache! Eh, since when beer can relieve backache. Aiyah, it’s just an excuse.
We have a good time and sharing our experiences especially in this tough & challenging construction industry. Mr. Ng career started with a humble beginning; from a subcontractor to director. We finished dinner at about 9:30pm and headed to hotel for an early rest.
Morning called at 6:15am. Breakfast at 6:45am. Kolo mee for breakfast. Again taste ok only lah. The express boat departed at 7:30am and reached Tanjung Manis @8:40 due to a few stops.
The client fetched us at the jetty and straightaway proceeded to the site briefing in one van carrying 20 of us. The briefing lasted only 30 minutes as the consultant were in a hurry to return to Sibu for shopping! Sigh….What to shop in Sibu? Why don’t they ask me? If they did, my answer would be KL better!
In fact we had not seen enough of the site & its surrounding. We decided to `rent’ the same van to revisit the site. Sourcing for materials; ready-mixed cement, crusher run, sand, other building materials is our main priority. Mr. Ng gave RM100 to the driver for his `overtime’ job.
On the site itself, it’s a fairly flat ground and accessible with infra works completed. We completed our rounds at 11:00am and took a returned express boat to Sarikei. We reached Sibu at 1:30pm and rushed to Sibu airport to collect there air tickets to KL departing 8;20pm and retimed to 9:10pm.
Overall, it’s an enjoyable & memorable trip from land to sea transport for me. As for Mr. Ng and Mr. Tommy, it’s land-sea-air mode of transport.
Thank You Mr. Ng and Mr Tommy for your company.
Hope we are the successful tenderer & Good Luck.
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Glad you are doin well with the directors, but please introduce to ur newphew(which is me) ok when i meet you later in sarawak. so that i also be friends with him and a chance to propose retireplan to him ok. keep up the good work. when we continue to do good things, good things will come into our life. best wishes and good luck
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