Wednesday, November 12, 2008

How do they keep this tallest- of- all- twin towers- in- the- world sparkling clean at all time? Do they use hi-tech machinery? Or is it done by fully automatic glass-cleaning devices? These thoughts had always came into my mind whenever I look at those glittering towers. Untill one day... I happened to witness the maintenance work done onto the towers. The towers were actually had been kept sparkling & glittering clean by .... MEN! Yeah... by using 'real' human hands.

These cleaners would get into a device called 'gondola'... some sort of a metal basket which is big enough for 2 adults to move around comfortably (if you can call 'moving-around- in-a-limited-space- enclosure-which-is-hanging-high-in-the-air-at-400 meters -or more is a 'comfortable' experience....) and slowly they would scale the towers right to the top! Whoa! I dont know about you, but this job is definitely not for a faint-hearted person like me.

But then again I was also told that these cleaners are highly paid. Especially for those who scale up and clean the top most part of the towers... the antennas (pinnacles)!

Oh my god... sitting in the gondola and being lifted up high in the air and then using your hands to clean those cladding & glasses of the towers is one thing....but to 'CLIMB' those antennas is truly another thing! Yeah, they actually do 'climb' or scale up those antennas. Talking about it make me feel giddy already!

KUDOS to these brave people. And THANK YOU so much for keeping Malaysia's pride looking clean, sparkling & glittering at all time:) Can you imagine how the towers would look like without them...? Would you dare enough to take up the 'challenge' ....? Moi? Lets just say... I'll be more than happy just to 'do' the floors, thank you...:)