JOURNALS OF A FILIPINO SEAMAN

"It is my responsibility and duty to keep my family together and alive, it is my burden to know that I cannot. They must make their own future. I can guide them . Give them the tools to survive . But I cannot control them . Their choices will be their own as will their consequences" <<-Excerpts from my journal , personal log "Unknown Filipino Sailor" >> As predicted My arrival on the house was meet with a lot of unresolved issues. Not exactly personal ones but financial ones, I do not question on what's the situation as a matter of fact I'm very grateful that my sister took those steps in borrowing money from numerous loan sharks in order to preserve my mom's life and will help her in any way I can financially. I had a lot to thank for to my sister that she has maintained mom to be alive, and it was her efforts alone single headedly,  that mom is still vertical despite predictions by other medical doctors that mom will not last more than 48 h...

While waiting for a flight to get back in the Philippines, I decided to spent my time exploring every nook and cranny of this city. It wouldn't be helpful for me to be just confined in a small hotel room and waste my time there doing social media . Here are the picture i took while exploring Rotterdam, for the moment i had located some tourist spots around the local hotel I'm staying (called maritime hotel). Maybe one day i'd be so familiar on this place I'd definitely be able to walk and explore the surroundings even more Officially we had already disembarked on the ship and awaited for our flight schedule back to the Philippines. From what i heard on captain abibba. flight schedule will be on the 23rd december and arrival date will be on christmas eve, In the meantime while waiting for our flight , i took the opportunity to roam around and explore Rotterdam fully. I believe that i shouldn't waste my time just holed up on the hotel room and stick all the time on so...