Blog entry for : June 02, 2016 Thursday
Despite the
moderness of my equipment, I still kept reverting (or looking back) to my old
designs I used a few years back. Probably because of the fact that my old
designs were lightweight, easy to use and easily constructed. The designs of my
equipment date as back as 2010 and might consider it nowadays as obsolete but
however it is now phased out.
In relation
to this entry, I recently received a lot of flak from my fellow co-workers ,
both Filipino, Indian and Singaporeans alike. Apparently they haven't saw any
sailor before that arrived on a ship with so many working equipment, and much
to my suspicion some of them are even jealous that I came here well prepared
and are doing everything to discredit my work (don't they all). Bosun even
tells me openly that I should stop using my equipment, so I don't get any nasty
attention. Frankly I think I already have and he's the one who's jealous of my
equipment and he's just putting up an excuse.
Anyway I'm
not really fazed on their horse shitting, and I'm already used to the fact
about this and have been expecting that these imbeciles will not understand my
methods, In any case I'm not bothered on their meddling - they just look at me
as much as they can and drool on what I'm doing. As far as I know there is no
such rule onboard any ship that forbids the use of my tools, And if there is
some equipment that is in question like my headlight and flash light - all
those equipment complies with the "instrically safe" standards
imposed in Europe. So technically I can use it not only in this ship , but to
among other ships as well
Anyway
going back on the main subject , No matter how much I change or
"evolve" my designs from the earlier it still finds it way from back.
Probably as I mentioned earlier. Good thing that despites the designs
obsoleteness it still has plenty of uses up to now.
In other
news….
On the
working environment here in this ship, Indian working system is much more
crueler and more brutal than the soviet type of working system and I had to go
to all the trouble of waking up early in the morning just to attend to my
personal agendas . Back when I was with NSB, I didn't have to do this because I
had a lot of time for myself, Here it's obviously a shit on a stick.
What's more
is that the perks and special privileges I enjoyed back in NSB are none
existent here in Norstar. There are no bond store here , no liquor , no
chocolates and worst is no soft drinks of any kind at all (be it either sprite,
coke, Pepsi or 7up). Plus I'm drink water from a questionable purifier hooked
up on the ships fresh water tank.
Another
thing more annoying is that despite the modern of MLC, and technology. There is
no internet connection of any kind here whatsoever, not even the basics of
emails which is imperative to contact a sailors family in the Philippines. So
for short , I'm working here blind on what is happening back home and the same
goes back home where they have no idea what going on or how the hell are they
going to contact me while I'm trapped here
