so i went to Johor under this program organised by a certain body which aims to retain “talent” inside the country by persuading them to work here instead of migrating to other places. which is a good initiative to combat brain drain, and expose us to different job prospects, especially in the south of Malaysia (but not a step further). it is sort of fascinating to see oil rigs and aircraft engines and ships and subsea equipment being made, as well as marvel at things you never really care about how it was being made. electricity, oil, that sort of stuff, and the amount of engineering it comes with. because all this while you only care about the end product.
(of course, i no longer subscribe to Nat Geo/Discovery/BBC series. that might be a reason).
i think while we may marvel at ancient buildings and cling to the romanticism of a bygone era, the things happening at present are no less wonderful, the magnanimity and scale more terrifying, and to see to what extent man can go further is exciting.
so engineering is not too bad, i suppose.
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