August
30, 2018 Thursday
Anchored
at kemanish, Malaysia
While
we wait for the day for this ship to go berth , We do the usual work that
seafarers do when a ship is out to see.
MAINTENANCE
On
this work in maintenance , we were tasked to paint the whole mast area just
above the monkey island. In short we have to paint the tower that houses the
radar equipment. The radar was switched off as per safety working practice.
We
were already in the middle of work and painting the area, and I myself was
right in front of the blow horn of the ship , when suddenly a big blasting loud
"HONK" sound was made by the blow horn. Everybody on the whole Mast
area, was interrupted by that deafening sound and me in particular as I was
working in front of the blow horn, Sound was loud enough to be deafening. Good
thing all of us were wearing a safety harness just in case.
No
one was injured on that sudden sound blast, although it did scared the chief
mate - thinking that someone might have been injured on that sound blast.
A
day after that painting of the mast, we proceeded to work on another "high
area". This time it’s the ships chimney, I didn’t get much action on this
work, as I was only just assigned to be a look out (more like a guard dog) and
just assist and bring in any working equipment the group might need. I did
bring in to them a few water hoses, for cleaning and some paint.
Later
on that day ,.
We
had an emergency drill, basically not anything new - just the usual fire drill,
abandon ship drill and enclosed space rescue.
During
the abandon ship drill, there was this minor incident in which a lashing broke
off while lowering the starboard life boat. Apparently from what I heard they
never released those lashings when the life board was being lowered which
resulted for the wire to snap out. Based
on what I overheard from the chief mate ., the captain was stupid enough to
said lower the life boat, not even knowing that the wire straps have to be
released first. Totally dumb ass "Uwak's" they only know how to make life complicated,
by their self-made rules but they themselves are stupid enough to not know the
basics, they couldn’t even follow their own rules. In the end of the drill , he
called for a meeting and started the "blaming culture" Uwak's are
known for and the poor old second mate was the one blamed.
After
pointing the blame to someone else , that old crone even has the guts to brag
and mention the word "resilience" lecture which came from Shell
company , my former employer. Yeah right
! Resilience ? - for all I know when I was with shell , their so called
"Resilience" lectures were nothing but pure horse shit and as what I
said earlier, they couldn't even follow their very own lecture or apply it
correctly.
All
that big talk about their so called lectures, rules and discipline - look has
what lead shell into, An "uwak" infested company that every Filipino
sailor should avoid at all cost, and on my personal experience - one of the
worst companies I worked on my entire career as a sailor.
Save
that "uwak" filth for another "uwak"
