Social Distancing

The other day I learned a new word. "Social Distancing" are 2 words put together but means one thing to me i.e. "left alone"
If you put up a search on this word you will find a number of meanings to it. Its actually used as a defense mechanism to avoid the spread of pandemic, like in the case of Avian Influenza.

Actually I learned the word during a health and safety briefing from our company HSE on his short visit 2 days ago. The main topic was Avian Influenza and its a common practice recognized by WHO to socially distanced oneself from being in group or close proximity with masses of people where the disease could be easily propagate.

Sudan as far as I remember has not suffered any cases yet, however a while ago there was a scare about the ayam in the market where shipments of them ayam was stopped across the country. Its immediate effect was the price escalated to as an equivalent of RM80/ kilo. Being malay, same goes to the rest of my expatriate colleagues we felt the impact coz surely we could not palette "Kharuff" everyday.

Anyway, back to the main topic, putting to practice social distancing if ever a pandemic occurring here, would be unthinkable. Can u imagine only being a small malayian society avoiding each other would be tantamount to suicide. Its the teh tarik lepak session, shisha puffing, mandi laut, bbq, ping-pong game, karaoke and masak2 for supper that kept us sane while we suffered our 60 days of torture. Although the frequency of these session is becoming less frequent due to the dwindling numbers of clown or organizer, but it sure beats locking myself in my 6x4m cabin with stupid arabian TV.
then was the day when the work was in full swing, the teams halve by now..9 months on
Shisha session.. I quit smoking, but a lil bit of shisha once in a while wont kill right?

bbq session.. yes we caught those fish but..pakai umpan SD ;-)

pic taken june 10th.. u can count out the yellow jackets now..those are whose left behind now..

worst yet to come.. I hope wont be the last man standing here..

106 days to the birth of my third baby, InsyaAllah
42 days left till my R&R (..or demob)

Deluge in Bashayer, Port Sudan

Did I mention a splash of rain this afternoon? I wish to retract. Tonight between 9-10pm was a deluge.

It was the heaviest rain ever in the history of Bashayer. Probably, just now was the worst 100 year rain in this area. OK I am exaggerating. But both the office's and the camp's wireless antenna was blown out of its position by the howling wind that accompanied the rain, and the lightning and the thunder!

I'm sure KL folks would not give a flying donut about the rain here in Bashayer. They had too much of that recently..probably washed away their 50" plasma TV too.

Actually this post is just an escapism from my actual work. I've been lying to myself that I could finished a presentation I volunteered to give in KK next august. Up until now, I have not even manage to put together more than a couple of pages. I still have all my presentation material locked away as some electrons in my hard disk somewhere..

Oh well, thanks to our brave administrator who didn't mind to get himself wet to fix the antenna. Now we got back our internet. It would be a waste if i didn't appreciate his effort by posting a useless blog, right?

The best of Sudani weather

Today's seen the end of the 4 day sand storm. I thought Today's perhaps the best weather I ever experienced here. Yep, It was only 42 max and there was a splash of rain..although it didn't even wash away the inch thick sand.

Pale 8am sun yesterday. At least I saw the sun in the morning today.. and there were whirlwinds spotted about the vicinity to dust up the scene. Oven hot winds that is.

pasiaq..pasiaq..pasiaq..ataih noteboook aku pon penuh..arrgghh..

on my table too
the glorious sand storm

A pale 5 pm sun above the office cabin.. thats quite an office going on there..

dust collectibles in my car

Up a head towards the left, u r suppose to see four 500k bbls tanks.. can u make out anything out of that shadow?

It was 45 the other day, and my colleague recorded a 50 by the sea yesterday. All in all, the weather mange to held up the celebration planned for yesterday. The president of Sudani himself was to be among the distinguished guess, but the weather and a sudden demised of a VIP put off everything.

It was a bit disappointing coz I was expecting Kharuff BBQ for diner.. oh well, just another day.