Funny How Things Work

I have always been amazed by planes and ships. Probably it has been the sheer size of these things that has always blown me away. The idea of looking at a plane say a A380 or a 747, and being allowed the move around freely inside and outside to the cockpit and to be able to see behind the scenes and the work that goes into making these machines work. Same with ships more the colossal size of these things.

You know lah, men like big big things especially if there is an engine in it and when they are used for military purposes the cool factor goes up. The ultimate cool thing was an aircraft carrier; Ship, planes and military

I remember as a teenager, going to a particular vantage point in Sembawang Park to peer into the then Sembawang Naval Base, to catch a glimpse of a US Frigate or Warship and also look at the large ships from the Shipyard and thinking to myself, Wow!! I wonder what it is like to be on top of that ship and what is inside.

I even went to the length of applying for a job at ST Aerospace in year 2000, only to reject the job because they were paying pittance. To me the fact that I was able to walk past parked fighter jets at Paya Lebar Airbase and being so close was a thrill for me.

So what’s the funny part. The wife, gets to tour these facilities as part of her work and best of all she does not quite like doing it. She has toured large shipbuilding facilities around the world, been to military equipment manufacturers and now she is going to tour ST Aero. Seriously, sometimes I wish she could bring me as I pose as her research assistant or NUS attachment student.

M Envious