I was at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) yesterday - 6th August 2008 to emcee a wonderful and intellectually stimulating event - Seminar on Operation and Maintenance of Electrical Supply System and Power Quality in Putrajaya-Cyberjaya. There were two groups of experts - the TNB Engineers (General Managers, Senior Managers, Expert engineers, etc) and the expert TNB clients and customers (building owners, consultants, etc). The event was officially launched by Y Bhg Dato' Ir Aishah bt Dato' Hj Abdul Rauf, Vice President for TNB Distribution.
There were altogether seven paper presentations - so it was like an Engineering crash course!!:) to me...yupp, a simple TESL graduate pursuing PhD in organizational communication and 'powerless' language! Pretty shocking? Guess, I returned to my solace with some kind of "not so much of power trip" but a "mighty blink power dip".
So, what did i learn? That 1) there's this second route or back-up power supply to ensure smooth flow of electricity to clients and customers..you know...banks, industries, can't possibly bear with the consequences of power dips or trips...! 2) there's this device called "standby gen-set" which we resort to during power failure to mitigate the repercussions. ***of course there were many other innovative ideas..but let's stick to something close to layman applications:)
I see starking similarity between the standby 'gen-set' and mankind. Despite the fascinating technological breakthrough, some common problems do arise. In other words, although the gen-set is here to help us, it will not function accordingly if we neglect it. Negligence can be due to 3 reasons: 1) fail to set (battery, air-lock, engine jam) 2) fail to carry load (engine, generator, electrical items) 3) fail to sustain load (ring a bell???)
Likewise, man can be achievers if we don't take things for granted. If we only learn from the gen-set lesson scenario, we should be 1) ready to accept challenges 2) ready to perform and 3) consistent in our effort and attempts in all undertakings. It's always good to have Plan B, jez make sure than Plan B is viable, and that it works.
At the end of the day, I'm all the more convinced that Engineering has always fascinated me..too bad...I'm not cut for it...guess I'm d ladylike and motherly type of woman...so i've decided to enjoy the other corner of life...i shall always admire how engineers have engineered the engineering miracles and majesty. Don't ask if my children will be engineers, coz that's a very different story...
