September
04, 2018 Tuesday
Sulu
Island Philippines, Enroute to Kwinana , Perth Australia
Working
almost at the border of the Philippines., I never imagine or thought that this
ship will be at transit on Sulu island Philippines. Never occurred to me that
this ship transit is so close in the Philippines that the whole sulu island is
visible on the naked eye., Of course the whole island is technically still a
few kilometers away , but it's so close that signal reception of cellphones in
Philippines telecom operators are picked up. This is good if the my cellphone
was not registered for roaming function,. And perhaps I could even get an
internet signal. Unfortunately reality check is that my cellphone is in
"roaming" mode. ( Anyway maybe I could get some internet sim card and
internet on australia later on )
The
cellphone signal lasted for at least 3 hours before of being lost.
Speaking
of which, During that time I was on the bridge because since this ship is
transiting HRA , the Chiefmate decided that there should be a double watch on
the ship bridge and incidentally the time slot 4am to 8am falls under me. I
went there just barely for two hours - just during the night time.
