updates so far..
there is nothing much to say these few days, except again i've been busy planning the wedding, consolidating the guest list by asking my friends via internet sms and msn whether they'll be free to turn up.. in the blink of an eye (actually it should be after dragging for so long), 10 days has passed, and it'll be another 6 days more before i'll be headed my way back to singapore.. something which i so look forward to, the friends the family, and of course to peipei..so far it has been heard that the port strip has already cleared the rostov customs, and the transit permit has already been applied, and is now on its way to the first lock of the volga don canal, should reach there in a few hours time..
the stbd strip is still at rostov lower anchorage, still in progress of clearing the customs, afterwhich we will pull it to alongside a 60T shore crane to unload 6 wire drums of 30T each.. expected to remove the wire drums in the afternoon of today.. then the stbd strip will be pulled past the first bridge into the upper anchorage, which ballasting operations to acheive it to 3.2m draft, at even keel and 0 degrees of heel.. after which these conditions are acheived, we will have to wait till exactly 5 days after the port strip clear the first lock only is the stbd strip allowed to go in the first lock, the reason for the 5 days period is to allow for any unforeseen circumstances, which is very famous here in rostov, as the saying here goes, 'anything can happen here, at anytime', which we experience it many times before..
i miss peipei, and the first thing i am going to do when i touch down singapore, is to give her a really big hug and a big kiss, it is so punishing for the both of us to be away from each other for so long, i wonder if i will ever take up another overseas assignment again or not..
posted by Linus Chia @ 4:05 AM
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