JOURNALS OF A FILIPINO SEAMAN

Only got two possible end scenario's over this TRANSCOM agenda. In either way I had no ill feelings over this and all I want is the money . I want it so bad ,I could taste it. I'm just being practical about this. FAILED THE PRODUCT TRAINING PHASE AND "NESTING" PHASE - I get my salary and back pay. use the money to buy BhutBhut's pet cage (cat needs a new pet cage), pay a few debts to my younger sister , buy a few clothes, shoes  especially a wallet and the rest of the money get folded up on to be use for my next job hunting to another call center. If I'm still lucky maybe I'd use the remaining money for my PRC exam. PASSED THE PRODUCT TRAINING PHASE AND "NESTING" PHASE - To be honest I haven't thought about this and the intended *mission* for TRANSCOM is just for a month, but here's a rough guess (If ever). get my salary, use the money to buy BhutBhut's pet cage (cat needs a new pet cage), pay a few debts to my younger sister , buy a...

Somehow whenever i read this article i remember a part of me and ponder if being a Filipino Sailor is really worth it. This article I've read is very neutral and doesn't really show or give the big picture of whats really happening on the maritime industry in the Philippines. Anyway my blog is based on the perspective of a Deck Cadet / Ordinary Seaman prospective. They say here that the minimum base pay was 450 USD for the lowest rank, but when i got there i was earning only 305 USD based on the contract i signed, but the actual money i was being paid when i went working is just roughly 275 USD. Somehow i feel cheated and that the contract I signed was UNFAIR  worst was that they kicked me out after enduring the maltreatment and serving them loyal. Look closely and the article says there are around 280,000 who *graduate* (AMT and not BSMT) and the actually numbers of overall combined Filipino sailors from 1987 up to present are just 200,000 to 250,000 more or less. What ...

No ID cards were yet issued for our batch here in TRANSCOM and when I checked at the reception area in the fourth floor of the building I only get to see that only five of my co trainee's had been issued with an ID, the rest which includes me still have no  company I'd yet. The five co-trainee's of mine who had an ID was "Alan", "Dan" , "Jason", "Mark" and another one which I can't remember. In other news Most my co-trainees were terribly worried about our actual calls, "Mico" seems to be calm though she says that she will do her best on those calls , "Mcvin" was in Anxious and the same thing goes to "Gwen" and "Rose" , while me an "Jason" were not worried at all and was very calm probably because we knew that the QA is will not listening on this one and this is just some sort of Phone exercise. At 11pm Norman (our trainer) told us to go to the 4th Floor production area to hear som...