" i know it's bad to be taking videos on the deck in a
tanker , but the end justifies the means. I'm not greedy when it comes to
knowledge and i share it to the world , Compared to other filipino sailors who
withheld knowledge in the pretence of
"safety" as an excuse"
Never occurred to me that
my little rag tag group will outlast the other group on the internet, given
that the group I assembled for the internet wasn't met with much enthusiasm at
first. Anyway so far business is doing good and hopefully it will be that way
till our rental on the internet expires soon.
For the moment I had been
taking pictures and video on deck , but having a regular camera for recording
video's is way too exposed and noticeable for prying eyes especially if the
rules on work says "No electronics of any kind on the deck area" .
Despite the risk - I'm trying to record on video and capture on photos as much
as data as possible on this entire journey. I feel that surveying and recording
every detail on how we sailors work is an utmost priority for me and sharing
the knowledge to the public ,
Of course most people and my own kind out there wouldn't agree of what I'm doing and often times they would think that its "unsafe" working practices but I do not care of such petty excuses on attaining results - what I want is to provide knowledge to my own brethren and available not to a limited few people but to everyone out there, even if it puts me on the risk . Most Filipino's seaman aren't capable of doing than, nor have the balls to risk themselves for the sake of others. just plain greedy hypocrites who withheld knowledge in the pretence of "safety" as an excuse. What a pathetic example . Anyway I should not be bothered on the bad side of Filipino culture in writing.
In relation to this , I
had been thinking of how to get records of video's on the deck without being
noticed. I was thinking of two ways , One is to buy a specialized recording
camera like "action camera" , which is nothing more than a regular video
camera that can be mounted on a helmet. This method is good in the sense that I
can capture the video in good clarity and continuous recording, the bad part of
this plan is that since it’s a full standard action camera its very obvious and
expose, meaning that sooner or later some dip shit sailor here will yell at me
for saying no electronics on-board.
Another part on my plan is
to buy spying equipment - like the ones used for surveillance during the cold
war , this is effective and doesn’t draw
attention plus you can now easily but this equipment on any electronic and
surveillance store anywhere in the Philippines
but the problem with this ultra-small recording device is the battery
limitation , from my personal use it is only estimated that’s only last for
about 20 minutes on full charge or maybe less.
Power supply is a big limitation.
Anyway in the mean time
I'd still going to decide on which of the two will I choose to record
knowledge.
In other matters …..
The discussion and
settlement of our internet bill for Ecuador has been settled , and to the best
of the situation he (surveyors name is dick Prado) only charged us about 150
U.S. Dollars all in all on the 9 days it was used. Fair is fair , that’s what the
business deal was all about. Now most of the people from the other group who
had internet envy us because we settled and got the best deals on internet in
Ecuador.,
Midway on this ships stay
, O.S. Bantic and Chief cook Regidor Pineda disembarked and was replaced with
two new guys.
On Friday afternoon , this
ship departed and will be going to panama back again after two days, after that
there will be a crew change and our lovely dipshit captain will be replaced by
an equally ruthless bastard captain. I still have at least four months more to
get out on this hell ship but I had a feeling that everything will be fine. I
just had to sit tight and finish the contract.
