Things
might have turned for the worse here, (at least work wise) apparently , there's
a rumor I heard during breakfast which O.S. Alvin and A.B. Jun are talking
about. From what I overheard is that Saturday and Sunday work schedules will be
changed., Saturday will be apparently be a whole work while Sunday will be at
least half days work schedules. If this rumor will be true then this ship will
be rendered to a "every day Monday" schedule., for short working
hours will be long and the whole contract will be uncomfortable.
Of
course this rumor I heard is still yet to be confirmed and I will find out
later within the week if this is the case, If it does , then the next move I
should make is what step will I be doing to adapt for it.
A.B.
Jun and O.S. Alvin , while hearing this jokingly said that "my rest days
will be screwed" . They also added to the joke that there might be
"overtime pay" for it. As for me I just kept quiet and hid my thought
just inside my head, its safe that way. Just hid in the "shadows"
Personally
I dislike the system "every day Monday" work schedules, In fact if I
recall correctly this actually violates MLC regulations specifically the part
on the clause "every seafarers should have at least one whole day
rest" . Besides that , I had a previous experience before on a ship that
practices this and it turns out to be a very uncomfortable experience -
workwise. As for the fools who think that there will be overtime pay for it ,
then they should know better that it doesn’t mean that we will be working more,
means also that they are also (principal and company) paying more. The fools
didn’t realize that the clause and part of the contract that states
"Guaranteed Overtime Pay" (G.O.T. for short) , which meant that they
could let us work on a certain amount of extend time, Whether that certain
amount of time is used up or not , Company will pay for it. Its very similar to the policy "I'd pay
you a little extra for an unlimited amount of overtime work".
Anyway
just to avoid disagreements , I shall remain to keep my mouth shut and whatever
my thoughts , feeling and opinions on a certain situation, it is best it would
just be inside my head and It would be best on this ship that I have to keep my
mouth shut at all times., Those fools ! They have no idea on what will happen
if the "every day Monday" get established here.
My
General impression of this principal get soiled as time goes by ., Their work
policies get fouler and fouler each day I stay here , and as far as I'm
concerned they have already violated the rules on cash advance. I had been here
for more than two months now and going on to three months by January 15th and
yet they haven't made any single step or effort to pay onboard wages. On this
hardship situations it makes me think that I should have stayed on my previous
principal TCC and that I just simply swapped an even worse principal than my
previous one.
As
far as I'm concerned this is my first and last contract on this so called
"Hunter" principal of OSM., I'm better off being in TCC than this,
Just finishing this contract and I'm out of here for good.
In
other news
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| Id stop drinking cola for now because caffeine worsen my anxiety |
Due
to security concerns, and probably my paranoia that someone here on this ship
might one day violate my privacy and read this journal, I have now put a
password protection to keep it safe. Like I said always that’s my situation
right now, I cannot risk my own personal safety especially to the likes of this
people onboard., I don’t want to regret that one day I would say to myself
"I should have put on a password protected journal" . So for my
assurance this section of my journal cannot be accessed without a password from
my computer.
In
relation to this O.S. Dalida just recently uncovered my "hentai"
collection on the hard drive he borrowed from me. For now I have to hide those
files for security reasons in fear that they might be used against me , or in
my case O.S. dalida might suspect that I'm not exactly trusting him 100
percent. As what I mentioned on my previous post that its dangerous to be too
trusting to people here onboard, especially if its known that most if not all
of them a bunch of gossipers who leak information every now and themn .
I
had to assure that these files will not be used against me , or be used as ammo
by my enemies against me.
In
other news
O.S.
Dalida said during his visit on my cabin , that Pump man Carnaje is showing
signs of change and based on his observation has become "nicer" . I
said to O.S. Dalida that it might just a façade for something. I added that as
far as I know a person who's been a dick for the past 20 years will not change
overnight. The only possible explanation to his observation are only two
possible scenarios.
Scenario
one is that he may be planning (or plotting) something big, I cannot tell what
is his intention but he may be planning something and for now could not just
simply figure it out.
Scenario
two is that he may be laying low for a while given that at the moment , the
superintendent is here onboard conducting his job, any disturbance or
aggression made on his behalf will definitely reflect badly on him ., So to
avoid this ,. He decided to be "off the radar" for a while until the
superintendent disembarks, after that he's going to resume to his old habits of
being a cancer to society .
One
thing I learned in all these years as a Filipino seafarer is that "there
can be no action , if there is no cause" ., and that he's sudden change of
behavior is no coincidence. There's always an overall reason to it. And lastly
the thing I learned as a seafarer is NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN., because if you
do - you'd definitely regrets it and DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE YOUR ENEMY.
