tunnel walk
Yesterday noon, the new DD, two other execs in my dept and moi joined some delegates from the World Roads Conference and corporate staff on a first-look (for me lah, at least) 1-km long technical tour (look-see walk-see lah, in low class terms) of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway. Day before, drew my very first and own personal protective equipment (so exciting! like reservist like that, going to E-Mart shopping for goodies, and no need pay one, cheapkate). Nifty boots, among other things, but didn't get to wear them.
Back to the tour. Very technical jargon and all lah, but quite an eye opener lor. The DD of the project gave running commentary as we drove into the site. Explained how they diverted the river and carved out the tunnel and how deep (at 25 metres depth, veeery deep) and how two blocks of flats flank the tunnel precariously. Our corporate photographer took pics so hope to get them next week. Speaking of which, the funny looking Korean CE from the construction company with the funny bumble bee socks and attire even wanted to take our group pik-cher so we obliged lor...
Then, off to the tip of the construction where portion of tunnel already built and a loooong walk inside. Quite interesting - we got to STROLL IN and FEEL the scale of the whole darn thing and TAKE loads of pik-chers before stupid vehicles forever claim it as their domain when the tunnel opens.
Many safety and backup features (aiyah, this is Singapore, so kiasi one, sure do things with all precautions considered one already) galore which I am bound on pain of torture and death not to divulge. Even went up the escape route (oops, what did I just say??!!) and entered the generator building (oh no, did I just say that??!!).
Macham like exciting school kid science excursion like that, but gotta wear stupid helmet throughout, so warm, hair greasy and flat like day-old prata, even the foreign delegates also joked about it back on the coach.
On the way back to Expo to collect colleague's car, everyone dozed off.
What a way to end a Friday, if not for the pile of shit work waiting to be done.
Sigh...
Back to the tour. Very technical jargon and all lah, but quite an eye opener lor. The DD of the project gave running commentary as we drove into the site. Explained how they diverted the river and carved out the tunnel and how deep (at 25 metres depth, veeery deep) and how two blocks of flats flank the tunnel precariously. Our corporate photographer took pics so hope to get them next week. Speaking of which, the funny looking Korean CE from the construction company with the funny bumble bee socks and attire even wanted to take our group pik-cher so we obliged lor...
Then, off to the tip of the construction where portion of tunnel already built and a loooong walk inside. Quite interesting - we got to STROLL IN and FEEL the scale of the whole darn thing and TAKE loads of pik-chers before stupid vehicles forever claim it as their domain when the tunnel opens.
Many safety and backup features (aiyah, this is Singapore, so kiasi one, sure do things with all precautions considered one already) galore which I am bound on pain of torture and death not to divulge. Even went up the escape route (oops, what did I just say??!!) and entered the generator building (oh no, did I just say that??!!).
Macham like exciting school kid science excursion like that, but gotta wear stupid helmet throughout, so warm, hair greasy and flat like day-old prata, even the foreign delegates also joked about it back on the coach.
On the way back to Expo to collect colleague's car, everyone dozed off.
What a way to end a Friday, if not for the pile of shit work waiting to be done.
Sigh...
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