Here's the email conversation i had with my fav poly lecturer Mr Kalyan Chatterjea aka K.C. yea he coincidently share the same name initials~
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Well... i hvn exactly finished NS.. i signed on with the navy remember? still have abt 3 n half years to go... well still trying to learn wadever i can from my work but it just seems so limited because i am posted to patrol vessel. its abt 55m long and i have to go on patrol every now and then..
Sure we have some defects, but most then are handled by contractors, but i will stay n watch how they work and all.. And so when i met up with my classmate kelvin who is sailing with maersk now, he'd always say... "So is that what u all just do?" Cos i nv really have the chance to do overhualing of engines, machineries n stuff.. so i am pretty jealous that all my other friends seem to be learning much more than me.
And i cant wait to get out to the marine world outside. but im still unsure which field shld i go to in the marine industry. i am thinking of studying naval architecture, but i am unsure of the job nature and i am afraid i cant cope with the math is it really requires alot of math. However i do dream of designing my own ship maybe? Or maybe able to invent sth new.. has been my childhood dream to be an inventor.. haha. But then again, i find myself more of a hands on person too.. so i dun really have an idea how can i evolve myself.. Oh well it will be another 3 n half yrs to think about.
Linus if u remember finished his NS and recently joined this marine company called the CUT GROUP. Which does dismantling of oil rigs and stuff. and he says its very much hands on and workshop stuff. which he says hes not exactly a workshop person, but he seems fine with his job. not liking or disliking. And he says that hes got nice colleagues who wld teach him stuff too.
Anyway, since when and why did u decide to join the malaysian academy? Isit becos SMA is not giving u enough room for progress of ur works?
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 22:01:22 +0800
Subject: Re: From ur ex-student
From: kalyan.chatterjea@gmail.com
To: kcng87@hotmail.com
Hi Khong Chin
Of course I remember you very very well!
I have joined the Malaysian Maritime Academy (Malacca) as Head of Research. Trying to do something for the maritime teaching and learning! I stay 5 days in Malacca and two days in Singapore.
Let me have all your news. You must have finished NS! What are you doing now? My son is in Holland. He finished his PhD in Computer Science and now working in the University there as researcher. My daughter will be going to Cambridge for medicine this October. My wife is still teaching in NTU as an Associate Professor.
Keep me posted of your plans!
Greeting from Malacca
Kalyan Chatterjea
2009/9/2 ng khong chin
<kcng87@hotmail.com>
Hello Mr Chatterjea,
Remember me? Ur student who made the boiler video... i was just thinking of visiting u sometime at SP but i got to know from the internet that u're no longer at SP.
Are u still in singapore? Hows things going for u lately?
ANd... HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!!!
Regards,
Khong Chin
Posted at 10:27 pm by
kang
from tkwo. isnt it cute? haha
