what, engine failure? again…
coming back to the sailing series again. in a voyage, a ship must adhere to the sailing program and the passage planning. ETA must be as accurate as planned and as the charter agreement. a charterer might not be very happy if the ship is always behind schedule. due to the engine problem, pump failure, generator failure and all other things that might hamper the smooth operations of a vessel.
when there is a failure, the parts may need replacement . sometimes, they doesn’t need to be replaced at all. as an example, a tanker may carry heated cargoes. the tank’s heating system are made up of steam pipes to hold steam supplied from the boiler. cargo contamination might happen if the pipe leaked. either to replace the pipes or shut the system altogether. just carry normal cargo instead of heated ones.the ship have to move on.
same as our human relationship or any institution. when people inside an organisation does not comply to the main objectives that have been instilled, they are a liability to the organisation. it is ‘cancerous’ to the whole organisation. it might collapse. so in order to prevent the collapse, the cancerous cell have to be removed. instead of bringing down the whole organisation to collapse, it have to move on.
a partner who is a liability must be removed also to prevent further damages. people have to admit that changes are inevitable. last year, we paid rm1.00 for toll, today not any more. 10 yrs back we dont need to pay , now we have to pay. the changes are indeed inevitable.there used to be scholarship, but now replaced by loans. when there is no jobs upon graduation, how to pay the loans? parents instead of paying the children through education, still have to fork out money after they graduated. very vicious cycle, but then ,it is reality.
we must be able to change to adapt to the present circumstances and conditions. anything we wished for might be as good as we percepted. we can’t get everything. there must be a compromise. in engineering field, it is known that we can’t get economy for power, or vice versa. there is the compromise. we can’t gain everything.
unless that we are really thinking deep, we have to make sacrifices and also compromise. that is the fact of life. no matter what absurd arguments we are throwing to another party, we have to accept that reality bites.
why some people can’t accept reality? maybe they have watch too much sugar-coated soap dramas in the TV? maybe too much fairy tales? happily ever after? that doesn’t work in real life. that is the TV where everybody looks good and the actors never aged. have you ever watch the bold and the beautiful? ridge forrester still looked the same as 15 yrs ago. it is an avenue for escapism. only shallow,non-thinking type of people will accept it is true without arguments.
in the era of globalisation, we cannot just being shallow,non-thinking as the competition is global. if our benchmark is somewhere in guatemala or afghanistan, we might not worry. but then reality bites again. the competition is fast moving onwards, accepting changes as fast as they changed their clothes. even the closed china have accepted changes and marching ahead at a pace that make even the mighty shivers in their veneered board rooms.
as a conclusion, adapting to changes will make us a better person. it is either being left behind or running with the victor.sink or swim. the choice is yours.
