Ep.10
“The
greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” -Walter
Bagehot.
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| Waiting for emergency drill practical test.(those who were not in the picture might be doing the test 10 metres from us) |
The
first week of my new life in Hong Kong is quite melancholic. I could say it
because I got to adapt with all the new routines and being far away from
family, boyfriend and friends is another shape of torture (even though I
managed how I could finally deal with it and enjoy my days here in Hong Kong
within 2 weeks). There was a time when I was staring at the ceiling of my
apartment, wandering “am I choosing the right path”, questioning my choice. But
then, I remember all the efforts
and all that I do in order to get into this place. I gather up my senses
and get back on the right track with the same determination, just a little bit
stronger one (keep telling myself that I can’t be a crybaby and whine about
everything).
Training
days includes 1 week of workshops (the first 4 days I have told you in the
previous post), 2.5 weeks on the training school, 1.5 weeks on service
excellence and another 1 week of tests (out of million tests during the common
week) and gym session and observation flight. The training is from Mon-Sat from
8 am to 5 pm, which means I only have Sunday to sleep and rest or to explore
Hong Kong (wanna give a guess which one did I chose? Of course the second one!
tee-hee..).
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| It was actually Kay's but I took it. Faces of Ind 28/11 |
Safety
School train us how to give CPR, how to handle this and that and emergency
situation, how to shout the command, fire drill (fire fighting), smoke drill
(saving a teddy bear in a room full of smoke with only torch and oxygen
bottle), ditching situation (swim to the raft), aircraft door and escape
system, aircraft instrument, hands on the aircraft, etc…etc… Sounds really
great and interesting ,huh? Wait ‘till you read the next sentence. Every single
step and topic, has it own test. We have to do all the tests like every 2 days
or twice a day or may be right after they taught us how to do particular thing
both written and practical. Every single day we were given bundles of
paperworks, copies of topics that we should read. It seems on those days,
papers are our meal and tests are our beverages. Exhausted? You name it! But
the fire burning inside us, the dream within that brought our feet that far to
this place, made us endured and finally made it through.
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| Me and Rainard |
I
wouldn’t say that I could do it my by my own motivation, there are a lot of
things that (once again) I believe God has granted upon me. He put me into a
group of people that was really humble. Even though we’re different at age,
background, experience and so on and so on. Somehow, all of us goes along together
very well. Everyone has their own story, reasons to be standing here. Even the
Hong Kong crew, they helps us a lot. Whenever we need guidance about Hong Kong,
they will be there to assist (they even show us where to buy all the
necessities for household, even accompanied us and acted like a tour guide of
Hong Kong *thank you Janny, Elvis, Bart, Murphy and Kelly*). One quote that
Rainard said during that day is became another power booster. "We
cannot be the best person, but we can be a better person every single day. Look
back for a while then think how far you've been through to be on this position".
Induction 28/2011 is a new home
for me. As my trainer said at the very first introduction day “your induction
will be your lifetime friends.” At that very first time I thought it was just a
hyperbolic phrase to motivate us, but on contrary, it DOES really true. I have
become accustomed of their presence in my days at Hong Kong. Laughing and
stressing together made us like some silly band of baboons. Hahaha… Facing all
this training made our friendship even more and more closer one to another as
we have some common sharing value.
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| Another dinner gathering right after passed all the final tests |
It was not a smooth sailing at
all! Failure, for some of us. Retest, for few of us. Still the dream keeps us
alive and strive for what we believe. The first thought of this job might be
shifted for some of us, but for me, I really can’t tell why, but I could say
that I rather expect it to be like this. (may be it was due to my study of
hospitality? or may be the effect that I don’t like to admit any lost from the
situation. No matter what, I wont whine for what I’ve said to be “what I want”.)
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| Hands-on Aircraft B777-300 ER |
But “God never give you a
situation that you can’t get over”. We
finally finished all the training days, and look back where we standing now. 6
weeks ago we know nothing about today, and looking back all the things we have
accomplished made me smile and proud that I can finally finished it without a
thought of giving up (altogether with my lovely classmates of Induction
28/2011). New habit that we had here is whipped up some gatherings (oh we love to gather), ordered and cooked some foods, and eat...and eat and eat. Coz no matter how much we eat, it seems we always hungry (bet it because we use both our mental and brain to much for the stress and training), and the effect on me is I'm gaining weight again and again. *_* One that i also proud to say, no matter what the occasions,
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| Summer BBQ by the Beach at Siu Lam |
Long story short, we were now
qualified to fly, to explore the world, and to put our footprints everywhere.
For me, it is the beginning of my fabulous journey and let’s build up some
sweet memories. I was very glad to announce that all of our hard work has been paid of (not to mention all the hassle bustles we did when we first checked our first salary transfered to our account.).
“Travel the world. One day our
life will flash before our eyes. Make sure its worth watching.” – Me.
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