ENTRY MADE OCTOBER 12, 2015 MONDAY
Past
few days have no significant thing that happened well at least not anything
that’s very important, for the moment this ship is still stuck in anchorage in
Panama (pacific side) and I have no idea on what are they still waiting here
for. My suspicion will be that there's an incoming vetting inspection probably
on this ships next destination.
There's
a lot of hints that vetting inspection will be on next port and that the two of
us O.S. are currently doing work in the engine room and painting some stuff.
Our presence in the engine room apparently is not met with question and as a
matter of fact I myself ask on why the hell am I doing there when I'm
supposedly doing work on the deck. Even the BOSUN is figuring out why where
currently doing work there. Us deck crew suspect that chief engineer is behind
this.
In
other news…
Wiper
Glenn's replacement has arrived a few days ago. A brand new engine cadet and
without any past work experience of any kind on a ship. Plucky little kid and
well-mannered to be honest, I think he'd fit along just well here in this ship.
Unfortunately for this little kid, his luggage was left behind and the airport
made a mistake in sending his stuff halfway on the other side of the planet. It
must be horrifying for the little kid to have no equipment of any kind and
trapped for a whole year on this ship, If this were to happen to me now then
I'd be having serious problems on my working in the ship - absolutely horrible.
It’s
a good thing that after a few days, The one of the NSB superintendents boarded
this ship for a routine inspection on the upcoming vetting and along with him
was the engine cadets luggage. So he's exactly saved by the bell.
In
other news in relation to work…
For
the past three days, much with my surprise and O.S. "theo" , we were
ordered to work on the engine department and help out the engine crew, and I
have basically no idea why the maintenance problems of the engine get dumped to
the deck department - the only thing I knew is that our lovely chief engineer
is worm tongue his way again to the ship's captain's ears to pluck a few guys
on the deck to clean up their problems. BOSUN is also asking on why the hell
does he need extra guys from the deck to do their work.
So
on the couple of days that went by , Me and Theo was busy painting the whole
floor area of the engine spaces plus removing all the garbage left behind by
the two technicians who boarded and disembarked in panama . Wasn’t really a
problem around in the engine department , the only problem I could foresee is
that the temperatures in the engine department is exceedingly high especially
in this tropical country like panama -
more than enough for me to wear my coveralls wet and maintain it that way. From
my rough estimates the temperature in the engine room is not less than 37
degrees Celsius and very hot for my preference. Anyway despite this
inconveniences , I was still able to work and record it on video on what exactly
is the maintenance work done in the engine room. Hopefully I would be able to
upload it soon when I get back in the philippines.
After
the slight side track in working on the engine department, Me and Theo went
back to the usual jobs done on the deck like chipping, polish and painting some
stuff. (and the latest was chipping off all the rust on the grating platforms
on the life boat deck.)
