JOURNALS OF A FILIPINO SEAMAN

"Hero - A person who fights for a cause" Couple of days' time, I will be leaving this spoiled country behind temporarily. I won't be seeing the terrible traffic of EDSA , corrupt government officials , and the terrible 32 percent of income government tax . (means more than 1 / 4 of your entire income for a month is taken away by the Philippine government) Life in the Philippines is difficult for any Asian country. So difficult because of economic depression that has been raging on for decades, and I think I'm not going to see that the Philippines and its Filipino society will not get any better in decades to come - or at least on my entire lifetime. For now the trend in the Philippines is send its people to faraway lands, some end up in the middle east , some in the united states , few in Europe, others in Asia, but all of them wind up doing slave work or very manual jobs like a second class citizen. Funny thing that the Philippines has all the ingredients to beco...

The thing about Xmas in the Philippines , is that you're god son's always kick down the door and ask for Christmas gifts . I'm still researching on what part of Philippine history did it started , I dont recall in history class that Filipino's are doing this during Spanish era, or even america period . hmm i think it must have been during after world war 2 that this started. Anyway point here is that every year , god fathers are always plagued by this Philippine tradition  PAMASKO PO NINONG !!!! , and put youre hands up in the air where i can see them :D

Can you imagine that your worst boss  in real life would be pictured here as a saint and a hero ??! WHAT THE FUCK ???! why don't they just stab my heart with a stake huh ?! anyway sailors are meant to be deceptive in the first place , only shows their character that they don't tell the truth. Maybe one day when my biography gets the big screen or Hollywood , i get to choose the actor to be the heroic one like alden richards (from eat bulaga tv show) etc... nah !!! that idea is pathetic hehhehe    In a few days' time we will be saying goodbye to 2015 and will be greeting 2016, Amazing that one year just went by in a snap and being in prison with the ship for six months was tolerable. Lately I had watched the film, known to sailors as "Captain Phillips" . This film is well known to any sailors around the world especially Filipino sailors and believe it or not it was nominated on the Oscars, this film was based on the height of Somali piracy few years back. In this c...

There is some trouble lately on the internet connection, for some reason "Smart communications"  lately pulled out its unlimited prepaid internet connection and replaced it with a much less disappointing 800 MB per day offer called "SurfMax" . Not a very good news for me given that I use torrents for downloading of some stuff I need , in particular PC games. Frankly I'm having a hard time finishing those downloads because of it. In other news related to my work … For now things are going smoothly and in fact, I had just finish all the necessary working papers needed. I am now just literary waiting for my time to be called up and wait for the dispatch orders coming from my company. However despite being ready there is one part of my working papers that is somewhat questionable, Specifically my Schengen visa (European Visa) - from what I recall its was supposedly to be expired this September and I had to renew this visa. I'm not entirely sure that my next ship...

Been sometime since I wrote anything, in fact I was lazy to write anything at all, probably because I lack the creative idea lately. So in response I'm going to start fresh again in writing and pick up where I left off,. The latest news I had been doing is preparing for my next ship assignment , which I had accepted although I'm reluctant because my last experience with CSM. Anyway there's nothing much I can do now but ride along on the 10 month ride in that cursed ship and had been preparing heavily and investing a lot on working equipment to ensure that I can last long enough on prolonged isolation. I had been buying a set of clothes and all sorts of stuff in preparation. I took pictures to show on this blog what's the kind of clothes and equipment I had selected. Why prepare ?! That's a big question most people would ask . In fact some sailors that I had talked about this even question the necessity of my methods and instead say that I should have faith and relay...