JANUARY 18, 2014 Saturday
After a
successful dry dock operations in Varna Bulgaria, this ship is headed off again
picking up cargo in the Baltic area. For the moment the next destination will
be somewhere in Ukraine and its a ship to ship loading operations probably on
the same size with this ship.
Now that
Christmas and new year has come to pass along with the dry dock operations as
well , the big question now is when am I going home ??? . For now the only
answer to could come up with is just
plain horse shit rumours coming from 2nd officer Renan olis oveda
"bastard-o" , rumours that are just obviously his paranoid delusion
grandeur. Anyway for the information of all. Apparently his delusions of
disembarking as early as February on this ship has already reached record high
, worst part is that its just all in his head and there is no proof notices
whatsoever coming from CSM about the crew change. In other words , were stuck
here until further notice.
For the
moment before this ship arrives, my work is consisting of just cleaning inside
the accommodation area and putting back equipment here and there - nothing
special and just the regular maintenance work typically done here onboard.
JANUARY 19, 2014 SUNDAY
Should
have known from my gut that Sundays rest off are cancelled yet again, For some
reason the new chief mate is getting a nasty habit of putting the people on the
working thread mill on weekends, Ignoring the typical modus operandi here in
cape tallin that weekends are off work. Honestly i find it quiet unnecessary
that were still out here doing work and all , i mean all the crew are still
basically tired from the previous operation of dry docking this ship and
haven't recovered yet from the rigors of fatigue. Can't they give us at least a
break ? At least a day of rest ??? How can the chief mate be so ignorant about
the basic needs of people here ? They should have at least considered that fact
an be humane. For a Russian this new chief mate is doing a good job being cruel
to his crew, and i don't like it.
As
usual we were doing the regular maintenance work of putting back all the
equipment on its storage for the whole day.
Late
in the afternoon this ship arrived in Ukraine, and dropped off anchors in the
anchorage area. The difference was that the type of procedure that the anchors
will be dropped by will be via "Gravity" type meaning its not
assisted by a winch. O.S. Del Monte is the one who dropped the anchors this
time on the starboard since he has a better handling when it comes to gravity
type drop rather than me. My only role there was to count the number of
shackles that was dropped (which by the way is 7 shackles)
Early
at night , O.S. Del Monte knocked to my cabin door and said that new equipment
(as in winter equipment) was being issued now and I must go to the smoking room
to get them. So what did i get ??? A new pair of winter coveralls that looks
more like a gardeners coverall (you know the one being worn by "super
Mario" mascot in Nintendo), plus an orange coloured ordinary coverall , a
winter bonnet and a pair also of winter gloves, not bad eh ??? Some of
my co-workers are joking that i might put it on my luggage when i go
home, but i assured then that i have no intention of bringing this equipment
along with me. It stays here and i will leave it here (except for the orange
coverall, which i plan to modify when i get back home)
JANUARY 20th, 2014 Monday
Still
feeling tired and fatigued from yesterdays work , Honestly i still think that
yesterday should have been a rest day.
For
the moment rumours are still spreading that there's a possibility that , our
batch might disembark on turkey, on our way back to be specific after this
loading situation in Ukraine . I don't mind at all if that was the case , but
the problem is it appears to be just a paranoid delusion of 2nd officer Renan
"bastard-O" and there is no substantial proof yet showing any memo
regarding on the crew change , whether in the ships email (via MS outlook) nor
via paper notice.
Sweet
as it may sound that I'd be going home soon enough after this loading operation
cargo in Ukraine however relaying on somebody else word is a bad choice here ,
as i do know very well that people here have no sense "word of honour" and its a poor
choice taking their word for it. I'd hold my judgement yet until i get a paper
notice about a crew change - for now i could only dismiss the rumours as a wild
bitchy ass paranoid delusion of 2nd officer "bastard-O".
That
asshole is so eager to get home he disregards logic and fact , first before he
makes statements - we need a written proof of "crew change" list otherwise "bastard-o" is just horse
shitting people here.
Late
at night , even though i wasn't in the mood playing multiplayer "Far
Cry2"i decided to accept Chief Cook's invitation to play the game , after
all according to him he said that were
going to play in inside our cabins and their just going to bring out the modem
somewhere near the alley way on B deck (the deck were all rating cabins are
located).
JANUARY 21st, 2014 Tuesday
The
whole day work was only spent on scrubbing the deck area with chemical known as
"Sea care" on 6th wings and 5 wings deck area. I was holding the
water hose and was basically rinsing the washings. By the way i did found out
one thing , that a raincoat has more practical uses during winter time, this
time i used the raincoat as a form "Thermal insulation" (given that
raincoats are made of some form of rubber) and it worked perfectly fine , as in
no problems at all.
At
dinner time, O.S. Del Monte and Mess man Ferdinand had a nasty conversation
which eventually led to Mess man Ferdinand challenging O.S. Del Monte into a
brawl. Good thing that O.S. Del Monte isn't going to back down on this one and
that stood up against Ferdinand. I applaud what Del Monte did and its about
time somebody teaches this mess man a lesson on manners.
