Saturday in Jalan Ampang

So, we got home in one piece last night and now, my tech and I were ready to handle this customer. At first, I was a bit worried because there were so many things to do and not only that, the system refused my remote access. This would mean I need to restart the system. And being on a Saturday, I had counted on the fact that none of the staff would be working. I was right.

However, because my customer was in maintenance, they were working full swing. Anyway, the job was simple. I had my tech lay the groundwork on Thursday and so, today, it would be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, we were not expecting concrete cake.....

A very simple thing, this. On the left was the original cable which
the cable guy pulled from the PABX in the office. On the right are
the cables to both sides of the office, connected from the fifth floor.
You getting this so far?Good.
The job is to relocated the massive thirty pair cable on the right to
the junction box on the left while maintaining the Direct Lines. So,
after about two hours work, my tech finished it and proceeded to
the cabling inside before relocating the actual phones. And he
finished this by 1430 or so.

Right about this time, the customer told me that the office on the
left needs to be done too. And so, with nothing else to do, I got on
the job. Unfortunately, the cable guy has not installed the Box for
me, just the cables only. I had to wait for him to complete it. And
so, while waiting, I mapped out the cables to the tables.....

I must say, this cable guy is loaded. Many cable guys just pull the
cables and leave about a metre extra. But here, we're talking of
about a minimum of three metres!

Two and a half hours later, the job is done. By this time, my hand is
sore from all those cable cutting, peeling, punching, etc. Then my
tech finished he work and took over from me, relocating all the actual
telephone extensions.

No one, and I am enforcing this to my techs, no one is allowed
to waste cables. During the dreadful 2007/8 metal crisis, the
prices of cabling has risen through the roof. And so, I wrapped
these cables and will take them back to the office so we can
"recycle" them since they are of the "correct"lengths.

By six in the evening, my customer told me there are more work to do, to swap between fifth and sixth floor extensions. By this time, it was already raining heavily and the break was enough for us to get to our cars and bikes. So told him, we would come back on Monday (if its possible, as we have a sudden workload piling up again).