#plant visit

[rajavenkatapathy]

The journey of Tata Nano exclusively from its hub in Sanand

  The ChosenOnes

No one is ever let into the Tata Motors plant at Sanand but for its staff and to know I was going to be visiting it in a short while was very exciting. As I had said earlier, I had seen the Nat Geo documentary of the plant and I felt very special and proud to have got the opportunity to be #TheChosenOne and get to see everything happen right in front of me. It was indeed surreal.

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[aceniisay-blog]

Cebu-Bohol trip in dashes :D

Day 1: - Buffet breakfast at Sugbahan. Okay naman yung pagkain. Though di ko naenjoy kasi humihilab tiyan ko dahil sa yogurt and coffee combo sa eroplano. - Pumunta sa Mactan Shrine. Picture dito at namili ng sando. - Pumunta sa Machine Systems at Abtech Company bilan bahagi ng aming plant visit. - Namili ng pasalubong sa Profoods. - Buffet lunch at Patio Isabel. - Sumaglit din sa Fort San Pedro. Yung parang Intramuros daw dito sa Manila. - Pumunta din kami isang Taoist temple at syempre sa Magellan's Cross. - Check-in sa Sarrosa Hotel. Day 2: - Buffet breakfast ulit. - Pumunta sa isang mining site at sa Tsuneishi. Yun yung parang shipyard. - Lunch at the mining site at buffet dinner nung pagkauwi. (nakalimutan ko yung pangalan ng resto) - Naghanap ng mapagkakapehan at napadpad sa Off-roads Cafe. Salamat sa Looloo app. Day 3: - Travel to Bohol via Oceanjet. - Lunch sa Bohol Diver's Club. - Hayahay all day long. Day 4: - Bumisita sa chocolate hills, tarsier in captivity at lunch sa Loboc river cruise. - Pumunta din dun sa Loboc mini hydro power plant. Binisita din yung simbahan na may mukha daw ni Padre Pio. Day 5: - Island hopping at snorkeling. In fairness. Ang ganda sa ilalim ng dagat. Ang sarap sumisid. Haha. - Lumipat sa Virgin Islands at nagpicture. - Umuwi na dahil kailangan nang mag-check-out. Gusto ko ulit pumunta sa Bohol. Enjoy dun. Ewan ko ba. Haha. Basta nag-enjoy ako dun. Sana next time kasama ko na si Trisha :)

[yashmeenyoko-blog-blog]

Record breaking.

10 jeepneys(more than my usual monumento-tayuman ride), 1 bus, 1 tricycle, & 1 company carpool all in one day + scorching heat of the sun + heavy backpacks + pollution + AWESOME company + Accomodating staff = Sweet Crystals Plant Visit

They are who and what I’m gonna remember whenever I go to Porac, Pampanga. 

Cheesycheeseballs, I know, but whatever. :)

She may not see this, even so, I think Nina Cortez is pretty cool, even Russell and Joel. :) I’d like to know them better though.

Anyone planning to visit sweet crystals who wants direction? Hit me up! LOLLL!

[upalchemes]

2006 - Plant Visit

A.Y. 2005-2006

[mylifeandreasons]

the enchanted visit

Ah. Well. This would be a nice time to recall what happened two days ago during our plant visit.

It was a great morning, made even greater by the fact that I wasn't late. I've been kind of having problems arriving on time lately. I arrived at school at around 6am, which was weird. I think the last time I was at school that early was a year ago, when I was still taking Physics. Anyway, I ran into Khandie at the gym then we saw Abby in front of the bookstore. They accompanied me to McDonald's while I had my breakfast. I have a weakness for their cheese.

Everyone save for Aubrey, Meggy and Isce were there. Aubrey and Meggy went straight to the bus terminal so we had to wait for Isce at the underpass. He arrived then we took a jeepney to Buendia.

Bus ride to Laguna. Now I can't remember if I spent the entire time sleeping or at least trying to sleep. We were dropped off at this road and were told to ride a jeepney to the Plant. We did. We pretty much had no idea where exactly the plant was, just that it was along the road. So for the following minutes we had our eyes glued to the sidewalk establishments. It was Aubrey who finally saw it. And about time too for we almost missed it. I happen to have been looking at the wrong side.

We went inside, signed the logbook and made our way to the, well I don't really know what the place is called but there's this thing about plant visits - they always give a presentation first. And that's the room we went to. When we entered the room it turns out we weren't alone on this visit. We would be joining IE students from UPHR.

And so there was the presentation about safety and plant regulations and all that formality stuff. Then we were shown a video about safety stuff needed to be taken note of for a gas industry. It was a pretty interesting and rather scary video. It showed all these accidents that happened because of negligence, carelessness, and stupidity (mind you two of them happened in the Philippines). It also incorporated the newspaper clippings of the said accident, one of which the headline read: "Engineer dies at a "safer" job".

Scary isn't it? I mean, I know being an engineer is a pretty risky job but I don't think I've really, really thought about these stuff thoroughly. Oh well. I'm only hoping I'll get to live long enough to enjoy the fruits of my labor.

After the video, we were off to see the plant. It was a neat place. And I mean very, very neat. The only thing that sucked though, is that we were walking out in the open in the middle of the day in southern Luzon. Have I ever told you how hot it can be in Cavite? Well, it's pretty much that hot in Laguna too. The heat was suffocating. It felt like hot air was being compressed around me, like it wants to crush me down and burn my face until it's toasted. That hot.

We met the engineers in charge of the production. He was a mechanical engineer. The plant manager though, was a chemical engineer. Really nice people. And really awesome stuff they got in there. We saw the real version of compressors and pumps, and there was a heat exchanger somewhere in there. But I tell you, those stuff don't look anything like a box. Okay, maybe they're a bit rectangular but anyway.

All the processing that was happening in the plant was being monitored and controlled in the control room. It looked pretty much like the rooms you get to see in televisions, with large electrical boxes they basically make up the wall, computers and chairs and curly wires and stuff. The program itself was really cool. Maybe that was what the plant design program would look like. It looked really complicated, but maybe only because I'm viewing it from a newbie's point.

Several questions and photographs afterwards, we went to the laboratory where they test the composition of gases and whatnot. It wasn't that cool but still they got all those sweet machines that reminded me of CHM171L. And okay it was pretty cool. The chemist working in there was nice too. Then we went out again into the welcoming arms of the sun's exaggerated warmth. We took another load of photographs and went back into the room where we watched the presentation and left our stuff.

It was already noon and we were starving, but for some reason we stayed there for a bit and the plant manager, Mr. Pascua, showed this video about car racing. I'm not a huge fan of cars and racing. I think it's waste of time and an accident waiting to happen. I mean, it looks cool but too much is too much and cars? Come on what's the point. I'd rather be at home, safe and warm, than out there driving, showing off, and waiting for death to strike.

We left and had lunch at SM Sta. Rosa. We ate at Mang Inasal, I guess we were all really hungry. Khandie has never been to Enchanted Kingdom and we were told that it was only a few minutes away. So there we were. Next thing I knew, I was headed to EK with Lors, Khandie and Aubrey while the others went back to Manila to attend CHE121.

I didn't really get giddy and all that but I looked forward to relaxing for a bit after having my brain being battered about in school for the last eight weeks. The line was long because, sadly, a lot of schools were having their field trips that day. But it was fine!

The first ride we rode was the Roller Skater. It's like a smaller version of the Roller Coaster. While we were in queue and others had their turn riding the thing, we thought it was funny how they were screaming over something meant for kids. But then we had our turn and as the ride went up I was like, 'oh crap it's actually high'. The next thing I knew I was screaming my lungs out with my eyes closed. I'm not really one for speed and heights.

Next we tried Up, Up and Away. It's basically just a bunch of Hot Air Balloons going round and round. Aubrey challenged to this dare where we must put on powder during the ride. Looking from the line, the ride seemed pretty lame so I agreed. Then it was our turn. Yes, it was pretty lame. But heights. Oh the heights. I was clutching to the sides for nothing at all. It was perfectly safe and it wasn't even going that fast. Truth be told I didn't even get to take out my powder. Ha so much for agreeing.

For the third ride, we went to Dodgem. It wasn't that much fun. There were too many cars and so little to go around about. I only had the chance to circle the perimeter before I got tangled up along with the others. I didn't get the chance to get a hold on to what I was really supposed to do when the time went up and we were sent out. Sad. Oh well.

The next one was pretty exciting that it literally sent shivers down to my knees: Vikings - the ship that never failed to sway the soul out of me. While we were still on the line, I knew getting on would be a terrible mistake. Well it was. But it's one of those things you want to do without wanting to do it at all. Does that make any sense? So we got on, thankfully we were on the middle, and the ship began to sway. It hadn't even reached its full swaying angle when I started screaming and praying to God that it would soon be over. And imagine my horror when it finally began to go on full swing. My knees were really, really shaking. I felt like I was going to be thrown over so I leaned my head back every time our side was to go back down. I was screaming. The wind flew past my face in its cold and mocking self, reminding me how much of a wimp I am for being a weakling when it comes to these things.

We couldn't have been there for more than five minutes but during those few minutes I felt like it would never end. But the thing about beginning something, is that it would surely have an end. And I couldn't be any gladder when the ship groaned and began to diminish its speed to when it finally came to a full halt. I was a bit wobbly and shaken, but my head was still intact and my soul seemed to still be in its place, so I guess everything went fine. My throat hurt a bit though.

There's this thing about my eyes. When I get scared, I remember everything I see. During the Roller Skater, I opened my eyes for what could've been like half a second and until now I can still picture it. Clearly, but I would be unable to describe or pinpoint specifics even if I wanted to. That's why I keep my eyes closed. Not just because I'd probably faint from fear of realization of how high up and how fast we were but because it was something I definitely do not want to keep in my head.

Then we went to Rialto, the 3D movie theater. Journey to the Center of the Earth was showing and it was pretty cool. That was what 3D should really feel like! The 3D movies I've watched at SM are pretty lame. The screen was too small and the 3Dness of the movie wasn't greatly emphasized. But back there, I could almost touch the water droplets. It all seemed too real. It was amazing.

> I didn't get the chance to finish this thing. Hopefully someday I will.

[bubblykat]

PLANT VISIT '10

Last year, I wasn't able to participate because of my sister's debut. That's why I'm so excited to go on this trip. ;>

First stop: Pepsi-Cola Products Phils., Inc. After a brief orientation on their manufacturing process, students went inside the plant. Cameras are not allowed inside so we weren't able to take a picture of the process itself. 

That is me. My favorite shot of the trip. :> A little biased, I know. ;))

Yay! Students get to have free drinks. :)

3A1

3A6

3A8

JPIA Officers and facilitators

Front (Morris, Naj, Chad, Me, Keif, Clarens, Raymond, Faye)

Back (Thadez, Mike, Bea, Jeanette)

Raymond, Jeanette, Luni, Me, Clarens

We ate at Max's with our five professors. Mike had this crazy idea to make Ma'am SA pretend it's her birthday so we could have a free birthday cake. So we went on with the plan like greeting her and stuff. But still, no birthday cake was served on the table. We thought it didn't work so we thought of leaving. Then the waiter suddenly sends as a sign to wait a little longer for the surprise. Ma'am SA's reaction was priceless when they sang happy birthday. We we're all laughing while they were giving her the cake. :)))

After eating, we went to Quantum to have some fun. Jeanette and Naj's idea of having fun is singing in front of the third year students. We had fun laughing at them because they were dancing as well. :))

Time is up. Students are heading to their respective buses.

Our next stop: Gardenia Bakeries (Philippines), Inc.

Students were sent to a room where they a video on the manufacturing process was shown. Cameras are not allowed during the tour, as usual.

Day 1: We had a picture outside the plant. Here are the facilitators with Sir Ngo, Sir Layug, Ma'am Ailil, and Ma'am Timbreza.

Day 2: We weren't able to take a picture outside due to the heavy rain. :|

A Certificate of Appreciation for Ma'am Tin. :>

Disclaimer: pictures are taken by Marvin.