Hello everyone, again. I am back on the blogging circle. Since my last entry my life has been about two things: work, and more work (okay, elecrtical on the house, too). In my professional development it is all about how to multitask when there is only one of you and you are supposed to handle more than 7 projects at all times, not to mention unexpected upset conditions and specific grade runs on the machine that pull you away from what your are supposed to be doing each day. Don't get me wrong, work is still very satisfying mentally, but physically it has been a strain on my body. I got sick with a prolonged cold compounded by allergies, and was told that I had a severe upper respiratory infection. A few bottles of cough syrup later I still feel like a plague victim. I still have a stuffy nose and hurting throat all the time.
The latest challenge at work aside from multitasking is being multitalented - I am learning to accept that I am Horace's sidekick on all fronts. I get comments from superintendent that say we are a good team, and I guess we are. A lot of times, if Horace cannot perform the task (due to time constraints), I am here to pick up the slack (we are a team, and he does the same for me). The summer season is here, and I am working with an intern - kind of like a junior mentor. I think this will be cool, and an opportunity to be the mentor that I wish I had. It seems like the Kappa analyzer has gone full circle - probably it will be back to me again. I cannot seem to get away from Metso. It's funny how that works.
The farmhouse continues to be the biggest headache I have - I moved in on memorial day weekend, finding roommates has been a horrible experience, and very frustrating. I finally realize what a good tenant I have been. Okay, I am getting tired - I will post more tomorrow. Good night!
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Renee from the South
Catfish, prawns & Hush Puppies... I made Horace proud!
LA
AR
OK
Big W ppl
Memphis' Beale Street
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Where was I?
Ok, finally I am back to my blogging schedule... sorry folks, life has been about the T, traveling. Let pick up where I was before.... oh hey the South.
Anyway, the trip to LA, OK, AR and TX were great, it opened doors for me BUT I am not moving to LA. I will stay in Oregon in my fixer-upper. I am moving into the mansion this weekend.
Work week 20 was disastrous. The appetizer was the unexpected total mill power outage that has pushed my Monday into a 17 hours work day. Main course: the twice delayed but highly anticipated White top run with 4 set of trials planned, 4 sets of trials request, 5 group of interested visitors strolling in (SP, Wilsonville, chemists, paper makers and WY-WTC) and multiple operation and quality constraints. The side dish was: Friday when it was all about the fixer upper, mom visit and white top filler trial. Last but not least, the dessert: working on Saturday with unusually high pond level and water consumption condition. Sure look at me.
After packing my bags into the twilight hours, I got on the road to the quest of the Elvis’s land.
Memphis, Tennessee is the house of the blues. Horace explained that people are in misery and feeling blues at Memphis. Anyway the week was uneventfully in the entertainment prospective, but definitely an eye opener and mind blower for my intellectual capacities. I highly recommend ppl to go to that machine optimization seminar.
San Francisco is always a treat to go to. It was a stressful start but I had a good time eating and shopping. The view from the hotel was amazing, overlooking the bay. I even went to a service Sunday morning.
Here I am back to work with a Monday filled with BASF work, PM#3 production episode and refiners plate change out. Adios! Can't wait till June for b-day, July for wedding events....
PS.. Dave has a farmer tan and Wing is going to San Francisco!
Anyway, the trip to LA, OK, AR and TX were great, it opened doors for me BUT I am not moving to LA. I will stay in Oregon in my fixer-upper. I am moving into the mansion this weekend.
Work week 20 was disastrous. The appetizer was the unexpected total mill power outage that has pushed my Monday into a 17 hours work day. Main course: the twice delayed but highly anticipated White top run with 4 set of trials planned, 4 sets of trials request, 5 group of interested visitors strolling in (SP, Wilsonville, chemists, paper makers and WY-WTC) and multiple operation and quality constraints. The side dish was: Friday when it was all about the fixer upper, mom visit and white top filler trial. Last but not least, the dessert: working on Saturday with unusually high pond level and water consumption condition. Sure look at me.
After packing my bags into the twilight hours, I got on the road to the quest of the Elvis’s land.
Memphis, Tennessee is the house of the blues. Horace explained that people are in misery and feeling blues at Memphis. Anyway the week was uneventfully in the entertainment prospective, but definitely an eye opener and mind blower for my intellectual capacities. I highly recommend ppl to go to that machine optimization seminar.
San Francisco is always a treat to go to. It was a stressful start but I had a good time eating and shopping. The view from the hotel was amazing, overlooking the bay. I even went to a service Sunday morning.
Here I am back to work with a Monday filled with BASF work, PM#3 production episode and refiners plate change out. Adios! Can't wait till June for b-day, July for wedding events....
PS.. Dave has a farmer tan and Wing is going to San Francisco!
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Back from Dixie
I was cruising along south dixie in my prius hybrid, enjoying the trees and the fancy car, making my way deep into the heart of Dixie. I had a chance to try out some southern specialities, including catfish and hush puppies, which were not terribly impressive, but made my mentor proud and made for some good conversation at work.
The drive from Dallas to Campti was not too bad, and I made good time (though I could not keep up with the crazy drivers in Dallas), so I had a chance to explore the area. There is not much to keep a person busy around Natchitoches, although I can see how it could be an attractive place for a southern raised family to settle down. Quiet, peaceful, and definitely out of the way. Finding decent chinese food, however, was basically impossible.
After Campti, I made my way via Shreveport and Arkansas, back through Texas, and into Oklahoma. It was hot, and fairly uncomfortable, and there was still no sign of good chinese food. Valliant is an enormous mill, with quite a culture, and they are very proud of their operation. They did not seem very enthusiastic about Louisiana, and discouraged a culturally sophisticated person like me from making a home there. They mostly said they would rather come home with me.
After acquainting myself with the operation in Valliant, I made my way back to Dallas for one last day of entertainment and eating. It was another long drive to get there, but I still had some time to go out on the town.
After making the most of Dallas, it was time to head for the airport, so I packed up the Prius and headed out on the crazy Texas freeway. Just four miles from the airport, I experienced one more little piece of excitement - the Prius turned out to be more than just a fun car. It became a car that kept me safe in a dangerous situation. Driving down the road, cruising along with all the crazies, I saw something fall off the undercarriage of the car in front of me. I had no time to avoid it, so I ended up running straight into the muffler that had plopped onto the road in front of me. It took out the tire of the Prius, and left me stranded on the freeway with a flat, all by myself. Thankfully, my cel phone had enough charge for one call to the rental folks, who promptly came to rescue me. They were there in less than 15 minutes, and had me on my way to the airport right away.
Since Friday I have been learning to utilize my negotiation skills, and at this point I feel happy with the rewards and experience that the trip provided. It was a valuable learning experience for me, and also gave me some more tools to help open doors for my future.
The drive from Dallas to Campti was not too bad, and I made good time (though I could not keep up with the crazy drivers in Dallas), so I had a chance to explore the area. There is not much to keep a person busy around Natchitoches, although I can see how it could be an attractive place for a southern raised family to settle down. Quiet, peaceful, and definitely out of the way. Finding decent chinese food, however, was basically impossible.
After Campti, I made my way via Shreveport and Arkansas, back through Texas, and into Oklahoma. It was hot, and fairly uncomfortable, and there was still no sign of good chinese food. Valliant is an enormous mill, with quite a culture, and they are very proud of their operation. They did not seem very enthusiastic about Louisiana, and discouraged a culturally sophisticated person like me from making a home there. They mostly said they would rather come home with me.
After acquainting myself with the operation in Valliant, I made my way back to Dallas for one last day of entertainment and eating. It was another long drive to get there, but I still had some time to go out on the town.
After making the most of Dallas, it was time to head for the airport, so I packed up the Prius and headed out on the crazy Texas freeway. Just four miles from the airport, I experienced one more little piece of excitement - the Prius turned out to be more than just a fun car. It became a car that kept me safe in a dangerous situation. Driving down the road, cruising along with all the crazies, I saw something fall off the undercarriage of the car in front of me. I had no time to avoid it, so I ended up running straight into the muffler that had plopped onto the road in front of me. It took out the tire of the Prius, and left me stranded on the freeway with a flat, all by myself. Thankfully, my cel phone had enough charge for one call to the rental folks, who promptly came to rescue me. They were there in less than 15 minutes, and had me on my way to the airport right away.
Since Friday I have been learning to utilize my negotiation skills, and at this point I feel happy with the rewards and experience that the trip provided. It was a valuable learning experience for me, and also gave me some more tools to help open doors for my future.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Red river here I come!
Hi you all!
I will be traveling to the south in a week of time. 4 states in 7 days. Cowboys here I come!
I will be traveling to the south in a week of time. 4 states in 7 days. Cowboys here I come!
Friday, April 15, 2005
TMO diary! & The Grunt of the Year!
TMO was a great learning opportunity! On the first day I was panicking about fellows from Metso and looking forward to meet the Steiner group. Anyway, there were a lot of foot shuttling between AFL and PMs throughout the day between the analyzers. After lockout chaos, PM update meeting, samplers’ un- attachment chaos in the afternoon, I was in my jumpsuit and harness, getting ready to dive into the chip rocket, being dripped and covered with black liquor. Quite an adventure. More great news coming my way as the Finnish Metso specialist cured the tumor that has been hurting Cati for months. It was all about the defected circuit board. On the other hand, Kappa has 3 error messages, erratic reading and a contaminated level sensor.
I gotta talk to Margaret too. She is from corporate. (Saw SU from SP and had dinner with him).
Confusion and panicking continued on the second day of TMO as Metso work continued. Teflon tape and light issues were causing some bums. By 2, I almost had a nervous breakdown since my vendor has a tendency to play hide and seek with me. He was nowhere in sight. After attending update meetings of PMs and AFL, I chased him down and got an update. More panicking set in as I was finding out how I was failing my project. He was running out of time and out of parts and I felt I was being cheated out of my service contract (rebuilt 2 samplers and analyzers). I wanted the job done. I learned a lot about the rocket though, esp. the lower screens and I got to visit with some of my fave AFL operators. So after all, the day was another A+. After work, I visited the carriage house.
Third day, I changed my battlefield from AFL to PMs. The very hectic day took my mind off of some VERY unpleasant family time. Meanwhile, I was hoping that Kappa would be fully serviced. I did not get the actuator for Kappa. I guess I will wait. My day was all about headboxes and graphite sheets. Horace and I were checking out all the cool blisters on the sheets, but blisters are not really desirably cool. I also got to learn a lot about apron and slice lips from the Steiner group. They even enjoyed my oriental style chili with the Mexican twist for lunch. Also, my Barbie outfit was well received. Those were the jokes of the day. At the end of the day. I was told that I will be going to Memphis TN for a week in May. HEE_HAW. Oh.. Oh Oh … and my new name of the day is GRUNT or the assistant of another assistant!
Fourth day, I spent time in trip-planning (TN and CA), PMs and recovery. In the morning, I was at PMs, doing blister counting. (Scott stopped by to talk to me about red river, a mystery will be revealed shortly.) In the afternoon, I was able to climb inside the fire box, the 7th and the 12th deck of the recovery boiler, not to forget about the lime kiln. That was pretty awesome. (I had dinner with SU again. It was a lot of fun.)
The fifth day was all about harmony and good news (NC called back). Everyone is ready to go home and be happy. “This is a friendly mill.” Quote SU. Horace liked that. What SU should have said but didn’t is: “I like to work with you all, fine ppl”. Bright and early, I was hanging with SU in the lime kiln. It was awesome to be inside one of those, checking out the bricks, lime mud and the chains. Then he came and visited at 10:15 AM. (oops he had a little run-in with the lab ppl, I hope it was just a misunderstanding) Then I had lunch with SU, Horace and a bunch of maint folks. I even got him to hang out with me till 1. In the afternoon, it was all about start up and just trying to survive.
The weekend is around the corner and let see what kind of torments are waiting of me.
I am physically exhausted and emotionally strained. White top (brightener, white fiber), Metso, PI are all coming my way, and Oh I forgot ‘the fixer-upper” . When will I be on a sandy beach?
I gotta talk to Margaret too. She is from corporate. (Saw SU from SP and had dinner with him).
Confusion and panicking continued on the second day of TMO as Metso work continued. Teflon tape and light issues were causing some bums. By 2, I almost had a nervous breakdown since my vendor has a tendency to play hide and seek with me. He was nowhere in sight. After attending update meetings of PMs and AFL, I chased him down and got an update. More panicking set in as I was finding out how I was failing my project. He was running out of time and out of parts and I felt I was being cheated out of my service contract (rebuilt 2 samplers and analyzers). I wanted the job done. I learned a lot about the rocket though, esp. the lower screens and I got to visit with some of my fave AFL operators. So after all, the day was another A+. After work, I visited the carriage house.
Third day, I changed my battlefield from AFL to PMs. The very hectic day took my mind off of some VERY unpleasant family time. Meanwhile, I was hoping that Kappa would be fully serviced. I did not get the actuator for Kappa. I guess I will wait. My day was all about headboxes and graphite sheets. Horace and I were checking out all the cool blisters on the sheets, but blisters are not really desirably cool. I also got to learn a lot about apron and slice lips from the Steiner group. They even enjoyed my oriental style chili with the Mexican twist for lunch. Also, my Barbie outfit was well received. Those were the jokes of the day. At the end of the day. I was told that I will be going to Memphis TN for a week in May. HEE_HAW. Oh.. Oh Oh … and my new name of the day is GRUNT or the assistant of another assistant!
Fourth day, I spent time in trip-planning (TN and CA), PMs and recovery. In the morning, I was at PMs, doing blister counting. (Scott stopped by to talk to me about red river, a mystery will be revealed shortly.) In the afternoon, I was able to climb inside the fire box, the 7th and the 12th deck of the recovery boiler, not to forget about the lime kiln. That was pretty awesome. (I had dinner with SU again. It was a lot of fun.)
The fifth day was all about harmony and good news (NC called back). Everyone is ready to go home and be happy. “This is a friendly mill.” Quote SU. Horace liked that. What SU should have said but didn’t is: “I like to work with you all, fine ppl”. Bright and early, I was hanging with SU in the lime kiln. It was awesome to be inside one of those, checking out the bricks, lime mud and the chains. Then he came and visited at 10:15 AM. (oops he had a little run-in with the lab ppl, I hope it was just a misunderstanding) Then I had lunch with SU, Horace and a bunch of maint folks. I even got him to hang out with me till 1. In the afternoon, it was all about start up and just trying to survive.
The weekend is around the corner and let see what kind of torments are waiting of me.
I am physically exhausted and emotionally strained. White top (brightener, white fiber), Metso, PI are all coming my way, and Oh I forgot ‘the fixer-upper” . When will I be on a sandy beach?
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
TMO Saga!
The first day of TMO was awesome!.......
I was in a harness and in a the chip rocket... IT WAS SO COOL!
I was in a harness and in a the chip rocket... IT WAS SO COOL!
Sunday, April 10, 2005
A nightmare!
Friday night and Saturday were the worst time I can have in the past year or so.
I was heart broken and now I lost faith and trust in certain individual. It is sad that how people transformed into a wicked domain.
For me, life goes on...... I learn that other's stupidity should not cause me pain, because they ain't deserve my attention and love.
I was heart broken and now I lost faith and trust in certain individual. It is sad that how people transformed into a wicked domain.
For me, life goes on...... I learn that other's stupidity should not cause me pain, because they ain't deserve my attention and love.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Monday, April 04, 2005
Another week in progress!
Another week closer to the TMO!
Work week 14 was alright. Busy as usual, especially when TMO is approaching. Hanging out with Richard last Monday night was great, he is a good friend; I always enjoyed his company, too bad that I was too tired for some chess.
Tuesday and Wednesday, I visited with A.
Wednesday after work was OSU recruiting night. It was somewhat weird to run into past professors. My orbit-liked drink is still sitting on Skip’s shelf. Hackleman still has the funky hairdo.
I spent Thursday night with tech dept. It was a dinner get together for Zane. I drank some Riesling; tried some dirty Martini for the first time. it smelled like disinfectant and tasted liked very nasty alcohol.
April's fool day! Friday evening, I went to dinner with Kamichia and A. It was fun except I was disturbed by A a little and hoping the weekend would get better. (I guess it was a little better, what can I say? I was hoping for too much.) I ended up not visiting with Laura while I was in Portland. The weather was nice, no rains, and we went to the Portland Chinese Garden. It was “mamatei” to hang out with A. He was feeling bored and uneventful. On the upside, I got to know the person a lot better.
Sunday was about my day and my space. I get to relaxed and be lazy. It was very comforting to attend mass Sunday evening. I miss going to that for the past month.
Week 15 starting with a stressful vibe so far. I was very irritated by certain someone; dang it, talk when I can and don’t play stupid with me.
Anyway, today is A's Birthday. Wonder if he cares to have dinner with me sometime this week. I haven't seen him for awhile... a few months now...not even in church.
Wing's insight was right on about such and such. Know what I meant?
Let see if I can get off work at a reasonable hour and do some volunteering tonight?
Work week 14 was alright. Busy as usual, especially when TMO is approaching. Hanging out with Richard last Monday night was great, he is a good friend; I always enjoyed his company, too bad that I was too tired for some chess.
Tuesday and Wednesday, I visited with A.
Wednesday after work was OSU recruiting night. It was somewhat weird to run into past professors. My orbit-liked drink is still sitting on Skip’s shelf. Hackleman still has the funky hairdo.
I spent Thursday night with tech dept. It was a dinner get together for Zane. I drank some Riesling; tried some dirty Martini for the first time. it smelled like disinfectant and tasted liked very nasty alcohol.
April's fool day! Friday evening, I went to dinner with Kamichia and A. It was fun except I was disturbed by A a little and hoping the weekend would get better. (I guess it was a little better, what can I say? I was hoping for too much.) I ended up not visiting with Laura while I was in Portland. The weather was nice, no rains, and we went to the Portland Chinese Garden. It was “mamatei” to hang out with A. He was feeling bored and uneventful. On the upside, I got to know the person a lot better.
Sunday was about my day and my space. I get to relaxed and be lazy. It was very comforting to attend mass Sunday evening. I miss going to that for the past month.
Week 15 starting with a stressful vibe so far. I was very irritated by certain someone; dang it, talk when I can and don’t play stupid with me.
Anyway, today is A's Birthday. Wonder if he cares to have dinner with me sometime this week. I haven't seen him for awhile... a few months now...not even in church.
Wing's insight was right on about such and such. Know what I meant?
Let see if I can get off work at a reasonable hour and do some volunteering tonight?
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Just some random thoughts!
Things that I want to do this year:
1. Get hitch.
2. Move to the tropical island with 'sandy' beaches.
Just plain being insane.
'you are the life-saver'- Eric H. and all I did is having dental floss on my desk.
1. Get hitch.
2. Move to the tropical island with 'sandy' beaches.
Just plain being insane.
'you are the life-saver'- Eric H. and all I did is having dental floss on my desk.
Monday, March 28, 2005
Sleep deprivation!
Friday night was super fun, chilling with my homies: Wing and Dave. We went out for dinner and killed somtimes in a mall. I did not drink at all, so I wondered how and why I turned into a sleeping beautyfor the next 48 hours afterwards! Wing and I were glad that Dave was having a good time with us since he was experiencing a family loss.
The weekend was all about recovering from the sleep deprivation I had during the work week 13. I basically did the following from Friday night on: sleeping, eating, sleeping, showering, TV, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, TVs, eating, TVs, sleeping, showering and then going to work… its Monday! I wonder how one could sleep so much. MacD breakfasts and easter breakfast were some of the eating. Motor cycle dairies and Makeover home edition were some of the TVs. WY was showcased in the show.
Highlight of the day at work: I am running the show in the Monday chemical meeting. It felt great. I liked the dialogue that we were having and it was a productive meeting.
Tonight, I probably will see Richard and he could tell me all about his spring break in Florida. Beaches and the sunny weather.
Ciao!
The weekend was all about recovering from the sleep deprivation I had during the work week 13. I basically did the following from Friday night on: sleeping, eating, sleeping, showering, TV, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, TVs, eating, TVs, sleeping, showering and then going to work… its Monday! I wonder how one could sleep so much. MacD breakfasts and easter breakfast were some of the eating. Motor cycle dairies and Makeover home edition were some of the TVs. WY was showcased in the show.
Highlight of the day at work: I am running the show in the Monday chemical meeting. It felt great. I liked the dialogue that we were having and it was a productive meeting.
Tonight, I probably will see Richard and he could tell me all about his spring break in Florida. Beaches and the sunny weather.
Ciao!
Friday, March 25, 2005
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Wild week at W mill.
This week has been crazy, it has been filled with fun and 'friendly' actions in our paper mill.
Turning in my R & D statement on time was great. A few folks at work are still working on that. They are pretty stressed out right now. My counterpart was upset about the extra work. oops. He got emails to remind him. But he didn't open them.
Yesterday, a broke pusher accidently fell into the dry end pulper, it added a lot of excitement to my morning. It became a quiz for me on how to handle such an event if I am all alone. Safety first! I got visitors, too. Metso service folks stopped by again for more work on the analyzers [get the analyzers, ABB and PI talk to each other] oh and Cati. In the afternoon, more emveco on white top and we got to meet with Nalco folks and it was great learning about felt wash. Quote Horace "no guts no glory" in applying caustic in the application.
Quite another paper mill day for me, first thing in the morning, I was informed with the news that white top run was cancelled for next week and will be postponed till late April. I will have more time to prep for that, maybe additional chemical for brightness: FDA-approved optical brightner??????? More Metso, Nalco and BASF folks in. I got to sit in a meeting about PSA and billing with Metso managers in the morning, also gotta push thru the PO for April TMO in the pulp mill. New CO2 system is being tested at the moment.
The mill got a more than one noise complaint last night about some alarm noise; funny thing was some lady decided to take the matter into her own hands. Nightshift forman found her trespassing onto the mill site and standing looking at the alarm/tank/building. That was extremely nutty. Not sure what she planned to do about the alarm...? Maybe stuff a sock in it? Or give it a swift kick? Some people seem unsatisfied with a phone call (or seven).
WW solids, polymer system, felt wash system are the highlight of the day!
Blue Sky is not so good - call me picky all you want but I would rather eat at Fung's. Just me. I am not impressed with my meal tonight. Food, ambience, companion... not working for me. Oh well. Blossom is good. Buzz
What the heck is a staph infection? Glad I'm not the lucky one!
Turning in my R & D statement on time was great. A few folks at work are still working on that. They are pretty stressed out right now. My counterpart was upset about the extra work. oops. He got emails to remind him. But he didn't open them.
Yesterday, a broke pusher accidently fell into the dry end pulper, it added a lot of excitement to my morning. It became a quiz for me on how to handle such an event if I am all alone. Safety first! I got visitors, too. Metso service folks stopped by again for more work on the analyzers [get the analyzers, ABB and PI talk to each other] oh and Cati. In the afternoon, more emveco on white top and we got to meet with Nalco folks and it was great learning about felt wash. Quote Horace "no guts no glory" in applying caustic in the application.
Quite another paper mill day for me, first thing in the morning, I was informed with the news that white top run was cancelled for next week and will be postponed till late April. I will have more time to prep for that, maybe additional chemical for brightness: FDA-approved optical brightner??????? More Metso, Nalco and BASF folks in. I got to sit in a meeting about PSA and billing with Metso managers in the morning, also gotta push thru the PO for April TMO in the pulp mill. New CO2 system is being tested at the moment.
The mill got a more than one noise complaint last night about some alarm noise; funny thing was some lady decided to take the matter into her own hands. Nightshift forman found her trespassing onto the mill site and standing looking at the alarm/tank/building. That was extremely nutty. Not sure what she planned to do about the alarm...? Maybe stuff a sock in it? Or give it a swift kick? Some people seem unsatisfied with a phone call (or seven).
WW solids, polymer system, felt wash system are the highlight of the day!
Blue Sky is not so good - call me picky all you want but I would rather eat at Fung's. Just me. I am not impressed with my meal tonight. Food, ambience, companion... not working for me. Oh well. Blossom is good. Buzz
What the heck is a staph infection? Glad I'm not the lucky one!
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
A paper mill day!
There were quite a few excitment in the last couple days. During the weekend a vacuum truck rolled into the settling pond - someone forgot the e-brake, and a simple pond clean-up became a salvage operation. Big fancy crane.... to rescue wheels flying in the mid-air.. "who wants to swim in the settling pond?".
Monday there was an emergency shut on #3 - burned felt and drives issues over the weekend. Nalco folks were here for some special audit. They will be around for a few days. Today we had PM#2 scheduled for shut down. Metso paper folk were here for the headbox. The shut went well - I devoted my whole morning to a PM3 amico chase. I won't share too many details, as it was not pleasant to the machine and personnel. I had visitors today from Springfield. 'Genius' Dave and Scott 'Junior' were here for TMO prep. I got to visit with them and four of us went to lunch (& Wayne). During lunch we realized that only one person at the table was married. With 31 years of experience, Dave helped explain to us the wonders of married life. He also let me in on a little known secret - it is not a good idea for woman to get married in Arkansas. They do things a little different. Dave also explained the 'point' system - you could learn a lot guys! I found out that one of our foremen is battling cancer. Good luck! God bless him, and he was still working hard today!
My afternoon was about follow-up items: Learning, sharing, updating (all about 90#), white-top prepping, white water solid consistency in ABB and PI. Tomorrow will be busy, since I am now falling behind on my regular duties after all the excitement. This evening was good - I had dumplings with Wing (they were so yummy!) and got a chance to watch 2 episodes of cruelty ding - an HK version of Idol. I also got to scream my lungs out for half an hour while singing along to Andy. That was my big day today. Now it is time for bed...
Monday there was an emergency shut on #3 - burned felt and drives issues over the weekend. Nalco folks were here for some special audit. They will be around for a few days. Today we had PM#2 scheduled for shut down. Metso paper folk were here for the headbox. The shut went well - I devoted my whole morning to a PM3 amico chase. I won't share too many details, as it was not pleasant to the machine and personnel. I had visitors today from Springfield. 'Genius' Dave and Scott 'Junior' were here for TMO prep. I got to visit with them and four of us went to lunch (& Wayne). During lunch we realized that only one person at the table was married. With 31 years of experience, Dave helped explain to us the wonders of married life. He also let me in on a little known secret - it is not a good idea for woman to get married in Arkansas. They do things a little different. Dave also explained the 'point' system - you could learn a lot guys! I found out that one of our foremen is battling cancer. Good luck! God bless him, and he was still working hard today!
My afternoon was about follow-up items: Learning, sharing, updating (all about 90#), white-top prepping, white water solid consistency in ABB and PI. Tomorrow will be busy, since I am now falling behind on my regular duties after all the excitement. This evening was good - I had dumplings with Wing (they were so yummy!) and got a chance to watch 2 episodes of cruelty ding - an HK version of Idol. I also got to scream my lungs out for half an hour while singing along to Andy. That was my big day today. Now it is time for bed...
No spring break for me!
Spring break is for kids.... no days off for me!
What is TMO?
Total Mill Outage.
What is TMO?
Total Mill Outage.
Monday, March 21, 2005
Another awesome week
Last week ended with a good note. A great safe work well done on the installation and the start up freeness analyzers. They were the bomb!
A quote from Dave H. "Keep an eye on Horace. I’m concerned the machine will need to go through “drug rehab” if he gets his way with the chemistry." That was awesomely funny and classic.
I got to talk to grandma a lot in the last few days. I got updated of all the family gossip. A cousin of mine is getting married in June. That would be pretty cool if she is coming over for the wedding. Another cousin of mine is graduating college in April. He should be coming thru the Pacific NW for a road trip. Can't wait to hang out with him. Hope he gets the job with WY.
The weekend was all about the queen. Mom's birthday celebration. The morning was fine at RMH, the house was busy at time. There were quite a few premies. As usual in weekend, I pigged out on food. Along with that, I was being a impulsive shopper. I bought shoes. Dave was in town to join part of the festivities. That was great.
Spending time with A was alright. We were being home bodies and chilled at home. Mr. Bill was purring.....I am afraid of Coors light though.
This week is gonna be another fun one. Everyone is loaded with work up till TMO and even many more after that. I will be focusing on trial report: WS, DS, Clay and specialty grade paper. I will be doing some lab work as well, gotta have my white lab coat ready. After that, white top trial next monday! BRIGHTNESS and COBB! Oh yeah. It is a long term study. And it will never end till we beat the competitors. I guess that's good for me.... never ending work, job security.. you think.
As I was typing this, I was on the phone with my bud, Fiona. Here is her quote:
"I have finished croping my head out of the pic for you"
A quote from Dave H. "Keep an eye on Horace. I’m concerned the machine will need to go through “drug rehab” if he gets his way with the chemistry." That was awesomely funny and classic.
I got to talk to grandma a lot in the last few days. I got updated of all the family gossip. A cousin of mine is getting married in June. That would be pretty cool if she is coming over for the wedding. Another cousin of mine is graduating college in April. He should be coming thru the Pacific NW for a road trip. Can't wait to hang out with him. Hope he gets the job with WY.
The weekend was all about the queen. Mom's birthday celebration. The morning was fine at RMH, the house was busy at time. There were quite a few premies. As usual in weekend, I pigged out on food. Along with that, I was being a impulsive shopper. I bought shoes. Dave was in town to join part of the festivities. That was great.
Spending time with A was alright. We were being home bodies and chilled at home. Mr. Bill was purring.....I am afraid of Coors light though.
This week is gonna be another fun one. Everyone is loaded with work up till TMO and even many more after that. I will be focusing on trial report: WS, DS, Clay and specialty grade paper. I will be doing some lab work as well, gotta have my white lab coat ready. After that, white top trial next monday! BRIGHTNESS and COBB! Oh yeah. It is a long term study. And it will never end till we beat the competitors. I guess that's good for me.... never ending work, job security.. you think.
As I was typing this, I was on the phone with my bud, Fiona. Here is her quote:
"I have finished croping my head out of the pic for you"
Friday, March 18, 2005
Freeness analyzer is very cool!
Metso folks are in town for the start up of 2 freeness analyzers. They are VERY cool instruments for pulp quality analyses.
Pretty hectic and stressful week up to date. I am loaded with work......
TMO is coming in 3 weeks.... it will be very interesting, busy and long days..
Love....
Pretty hectic and stressful week up to date. I am loaded with work......
TMO is coming in 3 weeks.... it will be very interesting, busy and long days..
Love....
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Say Cheeze.
The mystery was solved on Sunday in a park in the Willamette Valley. Hsha, very hidden messages here. Anyway, I had a fabulous weekend and As usual, I am recharged.
Odor complaint was interesting on Sunday. It came from a neighbor, sounds familiar?
Work week has been slow...surprisingly. I was expecting otherwise. Anyway, I think the workload will pick up later this week eventually, Metso are in town. There will be lot to do.
Odor complaint was interesting on Sunday. It came from a neighbor, sounds familiar?
Work week has been slow...surprisingly. I was expecting otherwise. Anyway, I think the workload will pick up later this week eventually, Metso are in town. There will be lot to do.
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