Unfortunately I had to do another compressed post.

17 - 18 April I went to Batam to visit the North Belut Operations people who are still in project stage. The office is located in NS and once we got there, we were set for presentation. It was an active audience. I loved it. The supes had also been very helpful and the employee in particular are so jazzed up it created a nice positive athmosphere.

We spent most of the day on meeting and presentation, so we did not have the time to walk around the platform and went straight to the hotel. In the evening, I was picked up for dinner and later on karaoke. Due to some circumstances that I was not aware of, the karaoke time is ended so abruptly by the Off Duty OIM. I was a little bit annoyed but then again, I was a visitor in their domain. I have no choice but to follow. Hhhh..I got my self STOP Card. Darn. Me. All of people. Not good.

The next day, we went to see the Central Production Platform in McDermott. It was huge and awesome!! I could feel the excitement built in me and in another situation, I could have broadcast pheromone. We spent around an hour climbing up and down the CPP. I admired the size for the last one I saw was only half of it. It was truly amazing. I can’t wait to see it again when it is already in the middle of the ocean.

And then we went back to NS and see the Well Head Platform. Again, it’s huge! The Supes that brought us around was superb. He was my singing buddy who also got STOP Card. So we had a good laugh over it. Little did we know that few moment after that, I got another STOP Card. For not tucking my hair in and use chin strap. Argh!!

We flew back to Jakarta in the afternoon with tons of homework to be done.

And on 28 April - 3 May, I was away again for another Offshore Trip. Below is the summary (I personally nicknamed every field):

Monday, 28 April in Futuristic Hang Tuah

02:00 - 03:00 Wake up, take a shower and go to Halim.

03:00 - 04:00 Met my crew as well as some VIPs who are we going to tail with.

04:00 - 06:20 Flying to Matak in Fokker. Discuss a lot of things with the Consultant who accompanied us for a future training program, mostly about people development.

06:45 - 07:30 Choppering to Hang Tuah - it was a beautiful day. The sea looked to blue, green and crystal clear.

07:30 - 09:30 Settling down nicely. I got my previous room in Hang Tuah and work with my lap top.

09:30 - 11:00 Attend VIP’s very entertaining safety presentation. Truly inspiring and I could see people sparks.

13:30 - 16:00 Meeting with OIM and Superintendents - it was ok.

17:00 - 18:00 New Hire Presentation, one on one with a new employee

19:00 - 21:00 Presentation Talent Management - it was ok.

Tuesday, 29 April in FSO Intan and Cheerful Belida

06:00 - 07:00 One of the funniest and alive morning briefing I ever attended. Everybody is jazzed up - good OIM.

08:00 - 11:00 Further discussion with the Consultant about the program, and later on the OIM joined. We are going to FSO Intan and Cheerful Belida by boat.

13:00 - 14:00 Left FHT danggling in frog for the first time. I had a light panic attack where my stomach churned, my palms are sweaty and I felt dizzy.

When the CO lifted the frog, I felt really scared at first. Especially after the CO dropped us and lifted us again, I started to hyperventilating and felt like about to fall off. But finally I got a grip and when he frog descended to Pan Marine, I felt stupidly like an angel descending from the sky. Silly me.

14:00 - 15:00 Sailing with Pan Marine to FSO Intan. 10 minutes after sailing, there was alarm and announcement that the kitchen was on fire. I thought, “Oh shitt! You gotta be kidding me! Not me! My crew is having period! She will be the ‘teh celup’ and the shark will be circling sooner rather than later.” But from the mischievious look in the crew’s eyes, I could tell that they are pulling our legs. And the Captain admitted that it was made based on FHT’s request. Very cute guys! Grrr….

15:00 - 17:00 We arrived in FSO Intan. Being lifted by Frog again, I was officially felt like an angel and started to like this mode. We were being taken around by 3 Captains. And we were served by mie korea. The Captain on duty was wonderful. He kept on feeding us, I felt like I was going to explode. We sailed again to Belida.

18:00 - 19:00 Meeting with OIM and Superintendents - it was so-so. I hope they will support us in public.

19:00 - 21:00 Presentation Talent Management - I think it was ok. I still felt like flying blind sometimes. So many leading questions which I wasn’t sure where will it end or how will it used. But that’s ok, all my answers are within boundaries of policies and I have nothing to be afraid of.

Wednesday, 30 April in Beautiful Belanak

07:00 - 07:30 Look around Belida’s sauna facilities before choppering away to Belanak. It was really fancy, transparant door facing the deep blue sea. Fortunately I have never been a big fans of sauna. Too hot!

08:00 - 10:00 Ah Beautiful Belanak. My favourite field. The Jewel of Offshore Operations and the Apple of my heart. The size is intimidating and the complexity is amazing. I lust my self over its design. I practically drool all over it. Just being here had made my heart warm and I could feel adrenaline pumped through my veins.

10:00 - 12:00 Meeting with OIM to arrange itinerary to Cute Hiu Kerisi and Gas Concord. Very scheduled, task and objective oriented OIM. Fortunately we arrived after VIP visit so there’s roche and Kit Kat chocolate bars. So I “stole” some for the gift during presentation….hehehe…it raised the OIM’s eye brown. Dateng bukannya bawa oleh-oleh, malah malak…hihihihi…I tried the public paging system and the whole Belanak awaken with female voice. There’s suddenly another voice, “One more time pleaseeee….” so the Superintendents took over, “That’s it, guys! Back to work!”

14:30 - 15:30 New Hire Presentation, 4 people so far.

15:30 - 17:00 Meeting with OIM, Superintendents and indirect report. It was a good discussion. They poured their issues out first so during Town Hall, they will stand by my side. I had several notes that will need to be followed up or clarified. I trust 85% of BB field leaders are smart, mature and intelligent professional. I felt really comfortable. Much more comfortable.

19:00 - 21:00 Presentation Talent Management - it was good. OIM with strong leadership had always made a good partner.

21:00 - 23:30 Karaoke and dancing.

23:30 - 24:30 Further discussion with the Consultant about her observation so far. Some are valid, some are for further analysis. Notes are made and compared.

Thursday, 1 May in Cute Hiu Kerisi

07:00 - 07:10 Choppering away to CHK. The POB was full and it was crew change time. There were eyes on us and I started to feel uncomfortable. Could you please stop gawking at us, we are not animal. Fortunately the OIM came so they started to lost their interest. Our safety boots are taken away and they gave us cute crocs shoes! I love the initiative!

09:00 - 11:00 Meeting with the OIM only. No Superintendents. The OIM is wonderful. He leads with his heart and his heart is in the right place. An honest man. I can tell right away if he disagreed but too kind to tell me. Could see his eyes twinkling when I started being painfully theoritical or straight forward so I could clarify.

11:00 - 12:30 Walk around CHK. It was really wonderful. The OIM took us to the lower deck where we can see big fishes (sharks?) swam under us. He said we could give them apple and the fished would jump all over. Too bad none of us brought any food. The sun was so hot on my face, but it’s worth every second of it.

13:30 - 15:30 Presentation Talent Management - it was really good. The partnership has come naturally since the very beginning. This one leads by his personality, not by his power. I sensed that his people genuinely like him. They adored him and not “afraid” of him. It was not my show, it was our show. That’s the best support I got so far. Genuine partnership between HRBP and OIM.

16:00 Choppering back to Beautiful Belanak.

16:30 - 20:00 Washed and conditioned my hair. Dried and ironed. Put some pearl on it. Dinner. The OIM invited us for fish barbeque but I was so tired and started to get fever. 1 prednisone is consumed.

Friday, 2 May in Gas Concord

07:00 - 08:00 Very funny and entertaining morning briefing. Two of my crew has left. Leaving me with the last standing crew.

08:00 - 08:30 Frogging and boating away to Gas Concord or FSO Belanak. My last standing crew was MIA. Great!

08:30 - 14:00 I finally got to see the famous calm buoy and hose. I felt very hot. Fevering up. Doubled the prednisones intake. Cool my self off at the cabin.

18:00 - 19:00 Last Talent Management Presentation in the Control Room.

20:00 - 22:00 Pack away, write my travel note, started to feel moody and sad. My trip will be over soon. But I will meet my kids.

Additional note:

1. Whoever pairing the OIMs had done a great job for they are blossomed under the right role with the right partner.

2. Partnering position is more like marriage. Opposite attract worked best.

3. Pig’s names in CHK is using female artist names (Julia Perez, BCL etc).

4. OIMs are amazing creatures. I can’t tell much more than that *make more notes*

5. How to make my gender less disruptive?

In summary, I had a lovely time. These are good people who delivers and make the Company profits. The Field Leaders are matured and accountable, although some of them are still young (couple of years older than me) but they are very smart. The athmosphere is positive and they stood by my side. None of us were treated poorly or attacked. I am really happy and contented. I think my strategy works and I hit my sweet spot.My boss also very happy with the result. He sent me a thank you note (attached). I am a happy woman. How’s that sound?