prestroke - my working life

the smoking lady deserves a mention here as she was a rarity, a malay woman who gaily smoked without any false pretensions, she remains true to her real life, no acting like some. on top of that she is an engineer and was one of the few first malaysian lady to ever step onto an oil platform. can't remember her name though, something beginning with f, she was milky white and very attractive and personable but che minah told me that she's off- limits, what a shame. i subsequently heard that she was mad mike's nasir lady and he is one fierce character, although when i at last met him, he was the most friendly ex-army colonel that one could ever come across, very unlike those retired british colonels who are the life and soul of the conservative club in some rural hamlet.
the manager, en hamid ibrahim, who subsequently retired as the managing director of petronas gas was also a character, gruff and quick tempered but very personable.
another character was azmy rahman, a throwback to my days in cardiff. rumour has it he was in the bookies every day of his final year in university and then proceeded nonchalantly to secure his honours degree. apparently, this is one hell of a brilliant shortie with an unpredictable and very short fuse.
a section head, aziz nong chik was a very nice man whom i subsequently heard was rhe ex-husband of the infamous rosmah. what a lucky man to be free of such a heavy excess baggage.
another person in the news was azhar, of whom i heard married sudirman's widow. he, apparently, is now somewhere in petronas proper taking care of petronas foray into the art and cultural world.
an rmc collegemate, nazir kassim who is now a svp with ranhill was also there and i heard that yet another collegemate, sofiyan, had just left. here is another character whose many and varied interests was fuel for the gossip mill. in later years he turns out to be a superb marketing executive although quite unreliable in personal relationships.