Saia Vea

Background

About Saia Vea

Information: I was born in 1970 on a little island in the south pacific known as Tonga, named “The Friendly Island,” by Captain Cook. I came to Canada in 1998, I went to school and worked during the day learning as much as I could from experienced people and at night learning as much about the English Language as possible. My philosophy is “We are one big family, with each of us working together we are much stronger, as a team, than working alone.” This reminds me of a story that happened within my family. One day when I arrived home to have dinner with my family. My father gave us a bundle of sticks tied together. The sticks were the size of a pencil. He asked if one of us in the family could break the bundle of sticks. The bundle was passed around and everyone had a turn to try breaking the bundle, not one of us succeeded. He took the bundle and cut the string that held the bundle together. He gave us each one stick and asked us to break the stick, this was simple as one stick is easy to break. He then proceeded to say "if a family/business/community/country stands together we will become stronger than any other force." This statement has proved to be a valuable lesson in life. I have 16 years in the Oil & Gas Industry, which includes: Maintenance, Pipeline, Abandonment, Piping Upgrade and Facility Construction experience. My specialty is complete projects, from the drawing stage through the completion of the facility.