The petroleum industry and more shopping

Day 07, 12th Feb 2009:

Yes, i bought another thing. But before we get to that, the session today was an introduction to the petroleum industry and the bases of geology. The speaker introduced us to the some historical background of the industry, the major players, the technology, the what, why and hows as well as how it's evolved so far. After that, there were some bits on basic geology such as the types of rocks, the tectonic plate theory and stuff like that. It was another good refresher and a good introduction for those not familiar with geology and geophysics.

Anyway, we ended up going on another shopping trip as some of the Georisers had not yet got all that they need. This time, it was a trip to Best Buy (an electrical and electronics mega-store) and Ross (a sort of re-seller, really cheap stuff). I stepped into Ross without anything in mind particularly, but came out with a duffel bag on wheels. Now how did that happen? Poor planning is probably the best explanation. It hit me that the rucksack i borrowed from my sister was not going to be big enough for a 3 week field trip and i definitely didn't wanna lug around that huge other luggage bag when i saw the duffel bag going for only USD14.99. It looked just about the right size, so what the heck? (I wasn't really full of options anyway) And now i've also realised that i should have brought more common shirts for the field trip...duh.

After that, it was a quick stop at another mega store called Academy that specialises in sports stuff. There just seems to be a mega store for everything here. It was a really quick stop, kinda like grab and go as it was already 8pm and everyone was hungry.

Dinner was at a fast food restaurant called Denny's near the hotel. I shared a sizzling chicken something (again, i wasn't really bothered about what it was called coz i was rather famished by then) with Su Yin as we were afraid that the portions might be beyond us mere mortals from Malaysia. I think i could have taken it on alone had it been lunch coz somehow i can't seem to eat that much for dinner. And that was it for another long day.

The sizzlin-chicken-something-something served with tortillas