Engineering

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Some time ago, one friend who is not very cool and by the name of Ian yeo asked me what i did for part time. I roughly told him some of my job scope and he sounded super surprised. LOL

Ian: woah, that sounds damn professional.

me: nah, i give u a few days, u can understand as well as i do and do a better job than me.

Ian: but wait.. What if the engineer is not so good? Isn't it unsafe to stay in the building he designed?

me: hmmm well. Apparently this is not much of a problem..

Ian: why?

me: Cos the engineers in Singapore are very "kia si" (a term used to describe timid). They would rather fall on the safe side if they are unsure.

me: So u see them designing much BIGGER columns and thicker concrete floor slabs and spending a lot of clients' money. LOL

Ian: wtf @_@


Hmmm for me to sum up the engineering situation in Singapore. Its not easy being an engineer in Singapore. If u are good, people might show u some respect and spread around "hey, he's an engineer.."

However, if u are not so good and people would immediately be unappreciative of u regardless of how good u were in the past. They would simply call u "hey here comes an en-ji-neer"


=D