First Rig Job!! (yay)

Alhamdulillah, the day i had always been dreaming for reached on the night of 10th Dec, 2007. At 2:30 am we (my, my mentor Boyd and helper/driver Ashraf) when to our company yard to pick up tools for the job. From there we went to Wafra Oilfield, Rig BWD-127, Well # EW-15.
Yeah baby, i got to look and work in an oil rig for the first time. As soon as we reached there we set up our equipment for GWD. The wireline from Halliburton came and suddenly the drilling team faced some problem with the Whipstock from Weatherford company. They had to put us on standby which went to 48 hrs of stay and nothing to do in the middle of desert. Anyways, on the night of 12th Dec, 2007 we got our chance and we did our job which lastest 7 hrs. Alhamdulillah the job was well done and i learnt a lot. Next time i'll have to setup the tools and run the survey... O0.
Anyways, it was an awesome experiance and Alhamdulillah my wishes are coming true one by one. I always had full faith in right thing, on right time by Allah and now it is happening. Thats all...gotta go for another job tomorrow. Didn't get any sleep for more than 24 hrs. Will sleep in a few mins. Ciao....

A new Chapter!

Well well well, Alhamdulillah at last i got my break through. Yeah, you guys are right, i got into Gyrodata Inc. as a Field Engineer. Well it all started 2 weeks back when the regional Manager Mike Grahamme asked me to send my passport and resident id scans to him so that he can arrange the documents. I did send him though but never believed that it'll all happen so fast.
So a week later i got mail from them that my visa is ready and i've to give them a date for my ticket to Kuwait. I was all excited and shit because i didn't expect it coming my way that fast. Anyways, the problem at this point was how to leave the company. I discussed every step with my Mamoojan who has been my career mentor from the start. He said either i make up some story and ask for an emergency leave, go to Kuwait and then send my resignation from there or resign right away telling them that i've a new job offer at Kuwait.
The problem with the earlier option was that according to GCC countries rule i can't have 2 work visas at one time. So i had to quit and finishup all the bussiness at Saudia. Khair i did that anyway. Wrote a resignation letter which said blah blah stuff as normal but i was suspecting that they'll create issues and try to delay the "exit stamp" which i needed on my passport. But Alhamdulillah they said nothing and infact did all the stuff in a jiffy. Paid all my benefits without me asking for it. Then my new employers booked my ticket (Thursday, 29th Nov, 2007) and here i'm at Kuwait.
At the airport my visa was not with the visa department, i thought here we go... but Alhamdulillah after a few mins they found it and let me go through. Now here i am waiting for my rig pass to be ready because i can't go at Oil rigs without that. I attended the safety induction yesterday and submitted my documents for Rig pass. My regional boss was on vacation and he'll be back on Tuesday. Then i'll have my agreement/Contract signed and will have a picture of what plan my company has for me. Wish me luck guys...
Oh another thing, my good ol pal Cheema is also in Kuwait and he lives nearby. He has been giving me company and he'll leave on vacation this 6th. He'll be back on 1st... but he has shown me a few places around so that i have an idea of the happening places. Thats all for now, catch ya guys later. Ciao