Praxis Episode 3 - Time is not enough

Ok, here comes the 3rd episode of my practical training - The time is not enough. ==!!

Normally, i start my practical from 9-4, but lately, my workload has been increased, till i need to wake up as early as 5am in the morning (i can die if like that.... happens everytime... help!!! ~~) and reach my working company early in the morning, and finish my work at 6pm, and when i reach my home, it is almost 8pm and i am exhausted.

Still Single-ing, i feel kinda hateful, cooking my delicious meal alone, preparing the dishes, then eat without enjoying the food... wah... i think that i kinda waste the food, using my tired body, and my more and more numb taste bud (all thank to the super germany food lah... they put so many taste enchancement ingredient... until i need to drink so many water after eating those food. But i have to eat it, as there is the only canteen/restaurant available at my working company, needless to say... a super big research center, the biggest research center inside germany, 90% funded by Germany Government, although it is owned by private company. Quite contradict, oder? (Oder in German language, means isn't it?)

Haha, argh... i am having a headache now... Damm painful... Tomorrow still need to work... eee... don't want don't want, lying to my boss that i fall sick for 1 day.... Hahaha, ==+

Aiyo, don't be so lazy... Go Go finish what you left... Ok lah... enough rumbling... Bye!

天呀！但愿我是时间的掌控者。说停，就停。那该多好呀。。。呵呵呵~~

我好想回到大学校园，和我的朋友一起玩，一起上课。。。没有工作烦恼。但是。。。这个学期，是实习学期，我必须在公司实习。。。那么就做一个快乐的实习生吧！有salary拿，还不错喔~~ lalalala.....

Praxis Episode 2 - A New Beginning

Place: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Research Center of Karlsruhe, sub of Helmholtz Company)
Working hour: Official: 8am - 4.30pm; unofficial: 9am - 3pm
Working hour per week: 40 hours (it is very long.........)
Salary: (Secret... )
Period: 1/3/2007 - 31/08/2007 (6 months)
Holiday: 10 days free holiday in 6 months

Above are the details of my industrial training company. As you can see, i work 40 hours per week and it is so long. Usually germany people only work 37.5 - 38.5 hour per week. There is even Streik, complaining about too long working hour per week.

Haha, there is 1 thing that i like so much. My working time is flexible, that mean as long as i work during unofficial working hour. Official working hour is just a decoration. So, i take the lazy way, work from 9am to 4-4.30pm. It is not so good when all people still work at 4pm and you suddenly say goodbye to your working collegues. And i don't want to leave an impression that i am that lazy that i always finish at 3pm, although my work is still relatively easy now. Furthermore, i am new at practical.

Basically, my work now is misc job. I am a helper and i help anyone who need my help. So far, i am under 3 boss (1 main boss and 2 sub boss) since i work in multi sub-department. The job so far is building a high temperature filter machine and repair/clean/demontage machine. (weird, i study chemical engineering, not civil engineering nor mechanical engineering neither a mechanic!!!!! but i feel like i am a mechanic........)

That's all for now. I need to help my boss again. See you soon.

p/s: What can i learn from working on different machine? erm... just correct working ettique and working posture. And eating with boss... swt!

Praxis Episode 1 - Industrial Training

If someone has read my blog current activity column, i have stated that i will be having my industrial training at 1 of Germany company from March '07 till August '07. Although i don't know how much, how often and how many will i write about my industrial training experience, but i try my best to write it down, as this will serve as my practical report, which i must summit after my practical to my professor. I need to write around 40 pages of practical report, so i must start to write a summary from now onwards. 1 day 1 page and i hope that after 6 months of industrial training, i will have 40 pages of practical report. Ironically, although it seems so easy that 1 day 1 page, but i don't know where should i start and needless to say where to end.

A little background about my industrial training a.k.a practical:
---> it is compulsory for every student of University of Applied Sciences Mannheim (actually almost every University in Germany) to undergo at least 1 semester of industrial training locally or overseas. This is the education system of Germany. For Diplom holders (also known as Professional Bachelor Degree by Board of Engineering Malaysia), they need to undergo 2 industrial training and some course need pre-industrial training explosure.
---> currently i am having my 3rd Semester, which is Practical Semester (Praxis Semester in german language) according to Study Plan Course Chemical Engineering of University of Applied Sciences Mannheim.
---> i had applied more than 30+ companies within 1 month, and i only get 4 interview from my 30+ applications. In the end, i manage to get 2 offer to do industrial training at their companies.
---> i only realised after i begin my practical, other applicators have started to submit their application forms as early as 1 year before their practical semester. I only begin to apply 6 months before my practical semester.
---> everyday i travel 45minute to and back from my practical company.

This is Introduction to the next chapter: Praxis Episode 2 - A New Beginning. "I see, this is practical after all, not so hard, relax and can even surfing. Too flexible." I write this chapter (Praxis Episode 1 - Industrial Training) during office hour and my boss is just in front of me. lol. Ok, see you soon.