BEM – Roadshow 2014 2015

September 16, 2014

Roll up, roll up! The BEM has a new roadshow. Cotton candy and scary clowns not supplied.

The Board of Engineers Malaysia will be organising a 2014-2015 Roadshow commencing September 2014 at the following locations:

DATE LOCATION
29 SEPTEMBER 2014 KUALA LUMPUR
20 OCTOBER 2014 PULAU PINANG
24 NOVEMBER 2014 JOHOR BAHRU
2015 KOTA BHARU
2015 KOTA KINABALU
2015 MELAKA
2015 KUCHING
2015 MIRI
2015 KUANTAN
2015 IPOH
2015 PETALING JAYA

The objective of the Roadshow is to highlight the amendments to the Registration of Engineers Act, educate and update engineers on the role, responsibilities and accountabilities of Professional Engineers in the Construction Industry and to comply strictly with acts, regulations, policies, circulars, codes and specifications governing the profession.Click HERE for further details.

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Saturday Star 2014-09-13 – Job Opportunities

September 15, 2014

Talbiyah (from 123muslim.com)

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Nothing interesting in the papers this week

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

The newest book in the Dresden File series is out. Magic + pop culture + Star Wars references, beat that!

White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9), Cold Days (Dresden Files), Skin Game (Dresden Files)

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Malaysian government moves to stop fuel subsidy abuse

September 11, 2014

Dateline 2014-06-30, China Post:

 The Malaysian government will set a fixed volume of diesel that gas stations can sell in a move to curb abuses of the country’s fuel subsidy scheme.

 Gas station operators would also need to submit monthly reports of their diesel and RON 95 gasoline sale to the Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Ministry, said its secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad.

This was among a slew of measures being introduced nationwide starting Aug. 1 in a bid to prevent further abuses of the subsidy scheme.

Alias warned that erring traders would be permanently blacklisted.

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Who is Petro Canada?

September 10, 2014

I have seen a disproportionate share of Petro Canada vans on the roads, here in the Golden Chersonese.  A bit of background, then.

Canada’s Gas Station

PC-Lube (M) Sdn Bhd

PC Lube (M) Sdn Bhd is the authorised distributor of Petro-Canada’s Transportation Lubricants in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; Petro-Canada produces over 350 innovative Lubricants, specialty Fluids and Greases that deliver greater purity, durability, multi-functionality and performance. PC Lube (M) Sdn Bhd offer Lutbricant solutions that protects your equipment, reduces downtime, increases productivity as well as saving your money.

A Distributor of Petro-Canada lubes

Heh, not much on them. Have you seen Petro-Canada products in the wild?

 

 

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BEM – Roadshow 2014 2015

September 8, 2014

Roll up, roll up! The BEM has a new roadshow. Cotton candy and scary clowns not supplied.

The Board of Engineers Malaysia will be organising a 2014-2015 Roadshow commencing September 2014 at the following locations:

DATE LOCATION
29 SEPTEMBER 2014 KUALA LUMPUR
20 OCTOBER 2014 PULAU PINANG
24 NOVEMBER 2014 JOHOR BAHRU
2015 KOTA BHARU
2015 KOTA KINABALU
2015 MELAKA
2015 KUCHING
2015 MIRI
2015 KUANTAN
2015 IPOH
2015 PETALING JAYA

The objective of the Roadshow is to highlight the amendments to the Registration of Engineers Act, educate and update engineers on the role, responsibilities and accountabilities of Professional Engineers in the Construction Industry and to comply strictly with acts, regulations, policies, circulars, codes and specifications governing the profession.Click HERE for further details.

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Saturday Star 2014-09-06 – Job Opportunities

September 8, 2014

Talbiyah (from 123muslim.com)

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • I’m looking for a lead process engineer, for a one year secondment with a fabrication company. Send your CV with rates my way.
  • Nothing interesting in the papers this week

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

The newest book in the Dresden File series is out. Magic + pop culture + Star Wars references, beat that!

White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9), Cold Days (Dresden Files), Skin Game (Dresden Files)

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IEM Shout Out – Drilling Engineering – What Is It?

September 3, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the above talk on the 13th September, 2014 at 9am.

Drilling Engineering is a subsection of Petroleum Engineering discipline.  It is a specialized skill that is well sought after all around the world. Our mission is to bring up the oil and gas from the formation 3-5 km underground, up to the surface safely.

The objectives of this talk to provide the audience with an introduction to what a Drilling Engineer does.  In order to achieve the mission, a Drilling Engineer will interface with many other disciplines, the work is more than just engineering.  This is where many people realize, they want to know what exactly a Drilling Engineer does.

Ir. Razak Yakob graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in the United States with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and a minor in Mechanical Design in 1996. He has 18 years of working experience in various roles, in the Drilling sector of the oil and gas industry.  He previously worked with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Talisman, and Petronas Carigali.

He is currently an Independent Drilling Consultant providing services in the Tanjong Baram Small Field Risk Service Contract Project for EnQuest.

Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here.

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Saturday Star 2014-08-30 – Job Opportunities

September 1, 2014

Selamat Hari Merdeka.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Nothing interesting in the papers this week

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.

  

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on An Introduction to A Pneumatic Conveying System, Its Advantages and Practical Selection Guidelines

August 31, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Saturday 6th Septermber, 2014 by Ir. Low Chew Eow (Rocky). It’ll be at 9:00am (makan-makan at 8.30am) at Wisma IEM.

A Pneumatic Conveying system is used to transfer items from one place to another. It is widely found in various industries. In the petrochemical industry, a Pneumatic Conveying system is used to transfer products in the form of powder or pellets into the bagging system for example. There are various types of Pneumatic Conveying system and each type is selected to best suit its applications. A Pneumatic Conveying system is usually chosen when it has to meet various stringent requirements for a clean environment, having minimum maintenance downtime and needing to operate within a congested plant footprint. It is also very reliable when a long continuous operation is required. The talk will provide an introduction of the system’s design and selection criteria for different type of systems such as “Open/Close Loop”, “Positive or Negative Conveying” and “Dilute or Dense Phase”. It will also impart knowledge on equipment selection that makes up the complete system such as blower or screw compressor, cooler (if required), type of diverter valve and type of piping to be used.

Ir. Low Chew Eow (Rocky) graduated from the University of Glasgow, UK with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1990. He has more than 24 years of working experience in various roles, of which about 16 years are in the oil and gas industry. He specializes in Pneumatic Conveying System in the food, mining and petrochemical industry where he has been involved from the designing, fabrication, installation and commissioning stages. He is currently the Head of Package Equipment Department in Technip Consultant (M) Sdn. Bhd. He is also the Member of Expert Network specializing in Pneumatic Conveying System within the Technip group. You can register here and download the flyer here.

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IEM Shout Out – Drilling Engineering – What Is It?

August 27, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the above talk on the 13th September, 2014 at 9am.

Drilling Engineering is a subsection of Petroleum Engineering discipline.  It is a specialized skill that is well sought after all around the world. Our mission is to bring up the oil and gas from the formation 3-5 km underground, up to the surface safely.

The objectives of this talk to provide the audience with an introduction to what a Drilling Engineer does.  In order to achieve the mission, a Drilling Engineer will interface with many other disciplines, the work is more than just engineering.  This is where many people realize, they want to know what exactly a Drilling Engineer does.

Ir. Razak Yakob graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in the United States with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and a minor in Mechanical Design in 1996. He has 18 years of working experience in various roles, in the Drilling sector of the oil and gas industry.  He previously worked with ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Talisman, and Petronas Carigali.

He is currently an Independent Drilling Consultant providing services in the Tanjong Baram Small Field Risk Service Contract Project for EnQuest.

Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here.

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