Seems that
every news I get lately about my work keeps getting worse than ever. Latest
news I heard from one of my former co-workers thru social media is that there's
a refresher course for PSCRB training Seminar and Career Ship Management
Requires its crew to take that. "Theo" says that folks in the office
required him to take that course and he's surprised to learn that Career hasn't
informed me yet about this. I told him that the company must have forgotten to
tell me about it earlier and will probably inform me on the latter.
Now the
problem about this is that if ever Career Ship Management required me to take
this (or decided to inform me on the latter) is that it will take me for a
while to be able to accomplish that, and upon my research on the internet the
cost of the refresher course, amounts to about 3,000 Php excluding the cost of
its MARINA COP and other expenses. Overall I estimate it could be 4,500 Php .
This price tag is no big deal a few months ago for me , however present
situation I have is that I'm currently in a pinch right now and it's not sure
on where the hell would I get the funding for it, if ever that would be the
case. Bottom line is that it’s a hassle and problematic for me if Career Ship
Management decides to impose this on me.
Another
problem, I have to deal with is the re-medical exam issue that kept
resurfacing. Apparently from what I read on the social media, medical
certificates are good only for three months if I'm still stuck on land and
valid for two years once I get onboard a ship (for legal purposes only and not
employment) , if whatever case I never got deployed beyond the three month
period , then its already expired and have to retake the medical screening
again, which bottom line means another hassle for me.
For now I'm
going to stay silent about this issues since , I haven't heard any news lately
yet from the company. The longer I stay here , the more problems arise that I
have to deal with.
In other
news …..
I
accidentally stumbled upon a special collectible BSP coin. It looks like a
normal 5 peso coin on first look , but upon closer examination it revealed that
it's an "OFW" themed commemorative coin. I took pictures of it to
show it here on my blog what it looks like.
In another
news….
I'm going
to make a few movements within the coming of days, and have asked my younger
sister that I will be borrowing money from her soon. My sister agreed but
unfortunately for me, her salary is still as far as the 20th of this month and
it meant for me that I have to sit tight for a couple of days until my sister
gets her salary for me to borrow money.
If ever I
should get the funds, I'm going to secure first an X-ray chest plate and an NBI
Clearance (law enforcement work clearance) which is needed for local
employment.
