South Africa

Hi guys ive left the island again!!!! Unfortunately its for work and it means staying on a gas rig...its 30 mins chopper ride from mossel bay which is near cape town....ive been on it for 7 days so far and this is my routine:
6.05am my bosses alarm goes off (all four of us are in same cabin)
6.25am my alarm goes off i get up
6.30am i go for breakfast: rice crispies and a foreign wheatabix plus coffee
6.45am start work..general electrical commisionning of fire and gas safety controller systems
09.00am tea break: coffee plus toast consummed
12.00 lunch break: a full cooked meal is avaliable i usually eat it even tho i know i will get fat
15.00 tea break: coffee plus a cream cake: i try and avoid cake but usually eat it even tho i know i will get fat.
18.30 dinner time and close of play: full cooked meal.

now the really mind numbing parts are the evening. There is NOTHING to do on a gas rig. there is a pool table and a tv plus the odd computer for net when its not foggy. but thats it!!!!

21.00 go for shower
21.30 lie down read book listen to music
22.00 go to sleep cos theres nothing else to do and im shattered

every day has been the same.

But to be fair the south african riggers are really friendly and quite funny.

I get 5 days off on thursday then back on for 18 days!!!! 18 days!!! i might jump off and swim to shore. there are seals ive seen them!!!

anyway thats it for now!!!

kean