meigicalondoncious

“These are your safety boots and safety helmet. Keep them with you for future site visits.” These are the statements I received from the manager when I first reported to the company. First construction site visit was to Saujana Golf and Country Club. I was in joy and full of anticipation, awkwardly putting on the safety boots and the yellow safety helmet for the very first time, I finally realised, these heavy safety boots and yellow safety helmet didn’t make you as an engineer. You, yourself make you as an engineer. A lot of people who just knew me will ask the typical question, why would I want to be an engineer? And when I refer them back to another question, Why not engineer? Most of the time I will receive such reply, “It is rare. For females, I mean”.  Throwback to years ago when I first decided to pick up engineering as my career, my family was somehow accepted it as a shocking news. They were very afraid if I had too little experience and information regardin...