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| Illustration and caricature of Captain Sorin |
April
29, 2015 Wednesday
Ship
has finally arrived in Spain and in preparation to this , Working schedules
were only half day as it is expected that it will be berthing upon arrival
situation. Good for us that at least we could get some rest before getting
busy. Well apparently management here was insisting that we should still be on
work till 3pm (god damn jack asses !!) but somehow it was reduced to only half
days work, which is of course favourable on our terms and we won't get over
fatigue. Well some crew here don't mind at all if there will be working till
that time but apparently their not willing to do so because NSB will not pay
for the extra efforts, In other words it will end up being just "working
for free" which is a big no - no in any workforce labour.
At
about 8pm the engines of this ship stopped and it was my cue that this ship has
arrived and a pilot will be boarding in soon. Mooring soon followed, after that
I proceeded to take a rest for a few hours and factory reset my HP pc. It
wasn't that difficult to reset my HP and my reasons why I had to reset it was
because most drives and hardware that are compatible before now seemed to be
incompatible , and can't install. Anyway it’s a good thing that I had a back
drive for everything and I brought it along on the trip.
When
I got out for my working schedule , I was surprised to learn from O.S. Rafael
Crisostomo that our lovely jack ass captain now forbids everyone to wear a face
mask gear. WHAT THE HELL !!!! , I haven't asked any further why suddenly the
captain forbids the use of this equipment and certainly I'm left figuring it
out. Obviously Anyone in their right mind won't care if people wear this , but
of course Captain sorin isn't in his right mind , so its unsurprising. Luckily
for me this is only applicable when were inside port otherwise it would be very
difficult for me
At
about 10 am the following morning this ship left , and to my knowledge it is
headed to New jersey (or new York) USA.
Couple
of days went by and at around Sunday afternoon, Captain Sorin conducted a
meeting at the bridge. O.S. Bantic came in late and our lovely
"god" captain got all fired up
blabbering about disrespect. There's a
hint on the meeting that we might even work on Sundays (Sundays are rest days)
due to the upcoming U.S. coast guard inspection. Anyway doesn’t matter and
makes no difference as long as I stick to my known routine's on the drill. It
was also discussed that after lunch break the engine crew will be unclogging
some sort of water pipe.
By
Monday, weather was terrible and had problems keeping my balance and
orientation around due to sea sickness - I didn’t throw up from the motion
sickness but my work was obviously hindered and worked slow. it was after lunch
break when suddenly I was approached by third mate corales saying that I'm a
likely candidate in handling the bond store and asked if its ok on my side. I
blindly said yes without even thinking for a second thought (which is kind of
stupid on my part). So overnight I became now assistant to third mate corales
on the bond store, Anyway bond store handling isn't really that bad. I already
handled this during my time in Cape Tallin , and also both on Stolt Strength
and Bow Ophelia on the other company. Personally I find it bothersome to be
handling the bond store despite the lucrative offer, probably on the fact that
some of my personal activities will be affected like I'd be required to be in
the crew mess every now and then, plus less time I will be spending on my free
time
In
other news, most of the work I had been doing was galley related duties
basically just cleaning the dry good shelves and refrigerator chamber. Probably
the reason why I had been doing work in the galley was the fact that our
"God" captain here is skittish
about the upcoming U.S. Coast Guards Inspections and doesn’t want any lapses of
any remarks coming from U.S. authorities regarding that this ship is
"unsafe" . Probably he's over
excited on the fact that if a ship captain thinks he's a god around the ship,
then the U.S. coast guard has the power to kill a god. In other words the
arrogance and power of ship captains is basically nothing there and U.S.
authorities has the power to send them back home packing.
I
guess public media and pop culture portrays ship captains, as gentle wise
elderly folk which has a big friendly smile , and smoking a pipe - similar to
Santa Claus. Unfortunately In reality its exactly the opposite - and most Ship
captains I had encountered (Filipino and other nationalities alike) are nothing
more than an aged hostile cocky son of a bitch who thinks of themselves as a
human version of the divine and supreme, for short - just another asshole
around. Anyway this fact just adds more to my conclusion that being in the
maritime community is just as worse as being into prison, totally a god awful
environment and definitely I don’t want to waste my (life and) career
here.
