Things I Miss Onshore

After being offshore for only 10 days, and finally being on land again, I realize that I have missed soooooooooooooo many things!

1 . The colour 'green'

The rig is constantly surrounded by the sea. Everywhere you look, you will see the sea everywhere you go! Blue, blue, blue, everywhere.

Blue sky , blue sea, blue clouds... blue fishes. Everything about nature, is all blue. On the rig, there are colours like yellow, white, red, and maybe a little orange. The uniform worn by the crew are also white, yellow, red and grey.

I didn't even remember the colour 'green' until I saw all the green trees, green leaves, and the green lalang (wild grass in Malay) on land. I even forgot about the existence of waves until the helicopter flew past the beach!

Suddenly, I am reminded of the movie "Waterworld" or something.. where the people all live on the sea, all surrounded by water, and they have to search for the map to the land.

2. Ordering from A Menu

Offshore, Every single thing is provided. I don't have to worry about a single thing, except to do my best at my job.

The first time visited a restaurant, about 1 hour after leaving offshore, I looked at the menu and suddenly realized , "Hey! I have a choice! I can choose what to eat and what I don't want to eat! I can actually order other food besides the ones that are served! I mean.. Woah!!! Look at all the other range of food available! There are so much more types of food out here than on the rig! And u know what? I can choose what I want to eat! Oh wow! This is so great!" And I really cherish the freedom of choice, there and then.

The next moment, I looked at the menu on the drinks side and just exclaimed without thinking, "Hey!!!! There are so many drinks besides tea, coffee, and milo! (on the rig, only these 3 drinks are served). There are also ice lemon tea, air limau (lemon drink), syrup, bandung (milk with syrup), ais kacang (ice and nuts), teh tarik (pulled tea)... woah!!!!! Ok ! Ok! I'm so excited! Let me choose the one that is not on the rig!" and I immediately chose Air Limau!

I have also forgotten the existence of money.. until I had finished my lunch. Oh! My! Oh my! I had been so comfortable on the rig that I forgot the reason I was there, is to earn $$$ Money!!! I am suddenly reminded of it after looking at the menu!

"Oh Wow!!!!" I smiled gleefully. "I can finally spend what I earn!!! wow! "

The joy of using money after being on the sea for so long, is just so great! I feel that after being deprived of using it for 10 days, when I finally get to use it, I feel such tremendous joy!