JOURNALS OF A FILIPINO SEAMAN

Well here are the equipment id be carrying along just incase if ever i do get a job working at sea. A quick rundown on the specs of tools that will be placed on my holdster FOLDABLE MULTI- TOOL PLIERS I was trying to get a black variety of this kind but ended up having a wooden brown color, In any case a pair of pliers is very handy onboard to add more function are the set of mini tools to make it more useful. Now why the hell did i prefer foldadble simple answer i prefer the much more mobile and space saving design. Cost around i think 500 PHP on Sm mall. CARDBOARD BOX CUTTERS This is the most inexpensive of all the tools (aside from the pencil of course) and yet the most used tool, as the name implies that this tool is used to cut and slice objects, Aside from that Unofficially it can be used as a defense weapon as well , In the event that a would be attacker would attempt to jump and beat you to death, this tool will make him / her think twice from doing it. Seriously this is a ...

There's isn't anything to write about this past few days and I guess the only thing I could write on this entry is that up to now I'm still contemplating on whether or not I should get a job on the domestic shipping industry. I had been thinking a lot about this and quite seriously , I definitely consider all the perk's and con's of going there and haven't made up my mind yet. Maybe I should write something else. The cost of being a Filipino sailor , now that's a good topic. So what does it take to be a Filipino sailor in the 20th century ? Hmm Let me give you a picture of the road a high school student will take just incase he/she has finally decided to join the band wagon. ENROLLMENT Enrollment alright, First off enrolling to a maritime school isn't exactly as hard as "Other College" courses out there - especially if your enrolling to a private school. Some schools have a sort of pseudo entrance exam for formalities , in either case it doesn...

During my sisters visit , she accidentally stepped on the experimental headlight for the hard had helmet. The damage was so bad that the plastic hinge was completely destroyed and broken, rendering the handle and the headlight completely separate. Good thing though i managed to repair it using a metal type corner hinge (ones used in a house door or even a wooden cabinet) and was successful in reattaching and replacing the destroyed plastic hinge. The bad part however is that the hinged is not movable and will never be, It is now completely fixed . In other words this headlight will in someways block my view on the hard hat helmet id be using in the future, (if ever i get onboard and work as a sailor again). Another thing disadvantageous is that this headlight is now more metallic in appearance because of its repair rather than being completely plastic type  (I'm not sure if safety application will be jeopardize since most ship maintenance equ...

Weather was kind of bitchy these past few days that went by and eventually it was so severe that the metropolis city ended up being submerged in knee high flood water (in some areas of the city it was more than 6 feet deep). Of course I live in the lower parts of marikina city (which is part of the metropolis by the way) and its pretty obvious is my house is also affected by the flood - just like everyone else in the metropolis. Nothing much I can do about it though, mother nature just bashed her way with water and mud .In the end I just prepared the shovel ,2 plastics buckets ,a garden hose and a dust pan after the flood for the clean up. Frankly cleanup wasn't that bad at all and compared to the flood I've experienced three years ago, it only took me four hours to clean everything up (compared three years ago were I had to spend a week - yes a week in cleaning out all the mud inside my house) . During the cleanup , I felt sorry for the two kittens (out of six kittens) that go...

Time flies so fast , and I haven't noticed that it's been 11 months that I've been marooned (though it took me 4 months after arriving to actually realize that). Again as what I had been blabbering from time to time, there is no exact proof or assurance that this so called "Scanmar" will ever call and sign me up , or it ever going to happen at all. It's been 7 months and I don't want to give up hope but I have to move on , It would be more worst hanging on something that will never arrive. I had drawn up a couple of plans , maybe I should get a job first on the land base - just to cover the cost of my further agenda's that will be going in the coming later months. Perhaps I'm thoroughly deciding if returning to TELETECH company for the third time will be an option, after all most people who knew me there could have gone (or went away to another company) . I'd already made up my mind about this and I'm already proceeding on this as early las...