October
15, 2018 Tuesday
Enroute
to Perth Australia
For
some time now, I had been making thoughts on modifications in the equipment I
had been using , to fit more in the TCC working environment. I had completed
some of the modifications now, although some of the equipment that I had in
mind will not use here due to "Work Politics" such as using my very
own head light. Apparently here they don’t allow 3rd party equipment brought in
by their crew., Funny that on this ship (and company) they don’t sufficiently
supply their crew with head lights and yet when it comes to the crew providing
their own equipment for work (which is far more superior than their standard
issue) , they will forbid the use of it and will come up with a lame excuse
that "other third party equipment is prohibited and use only company
supplied equipment - even if its instrincally safe" (from this part , they sounded more like that Shell )
Pathetic
Fools !
Anyway
what can I expect from an industry environment that has been laid back for
forty four years, it's only natural I guess to assume that people inside it is
also thinking forty years late. Of course it's not my business if they think
that way, my concern is on how I do work comfortably , using some modified
equipment.
Despite
some limitation, it does not stop me on my work and the use of my light
equipment is just a minor setback. Most of the equipment I have can be used
here , and they can't come up with any stupid excuses of why I shouldn't I use
it. Thankfully even though there are some limitations and ban on certain
equipment people and TCC is not that hard headed and single minded compared to
Shell and that folks here still have some room for open mind when it comes to
progress.
In
any case my latest work involves me in modifying the helmet I use. Hopefully
jealous folks here won't notice some the modifications I made.
Another
changes I had to do is can my balaclava I use on daily work , the previous one
I'm using was already too old and worn out and that I had been wearing that
head equipment for almost three ships now , spanning back when I was still in
career ship management. So I guess it's about time I retire that balaclava and
make a new one.
In
other news….
After
the loading of cargo in Papua New Guinea, this ship is back again heading east
to Perth Australia to discharge cargo and has already started to adjust its
clock to the same time zone in the Philippines. Probably I'd get an internet
connection there thru the Optus internet sim card I bought there. Probably I
may even get to publish or update my blog once this ship reaches Australia or
maybe even download the RPG game I bought recently for the Nintendo switch
called "Octopath Traveller"
In
other news again …..
Finally
got my hair trim , thanks to fitter who has some knowledge in being a barber.
The long hair is already starting to bother me because its already starting to
itch in my ear area, and sadly I do not know anyone here onboard who knows how
to cut hair - that is before I found out fitter can.
So
I guess now that my hair is already trimmed again, I won't have to deal with
the long hair issue for a month or two and no itching for a while.
Having
a long hair maybe good when I'm stationed in Europe, since hair acts as some
sort of heat insulation (which traps body heat) for the protection in cold
weather environments , but currently I'm now in the tropics and in south east
asia and this area in the globe is one of the hottest places and basically heat
insulation is practically useless., and having a long hair is a terrible idea
as in might lead to heat exhaustion or
terrible discomfort.
On
another news…
Lately
some of my crew mates decided to play a LAN multiplayer FPS game called
"Counter Strike" . Yeah the game is very old as in about roughly
almost 20 years now and yet believe it or not we still play this game like it
was yesterday. It was actually 3rd mate who came up with the idea , and I just
went along on what they were thinking. There are six of us playing the game ,
so it's basically a 3 on 3 shoot-out game.
I'm
hesitant at first probably because the computer I had with on this trip is not
exactly built for gaming , rather the one I have right now is for office use
and for internet only - if I wanted to play games all along I could have
settled for a much larger more muscled computer to play games with. Aside from
that , right now I'm in the transitioning from Playing PC games going to
console gaming like what I had the Nintendo switch for.
The
good thing playing counterstrike , is that this game is so old that almost all
computers can play this game and no computer will have difficulty running this
game.
