As the hours tick by on Christmas eve, December 2019. The familiar dress up photos and Christmas dinner I had been doing yearly commenced, Such celebrations had been tradition for years and some of it have even taken place during times on ships that had I enemies with(or people im at war with) . But as hours went by , it was etched on my face that my situation could not be won.,
It
is imminent, that this work "tour" would be a disaster for me later
on and that I had to be calm and keep a façade all the time just to avoid any
more trouble. Across the workplace, it was always a cat and mouse kind of
scenario. Pump man Carnaje would become the cat and I the mouse. Always dodging
and avoiding , and if often times unavoidable and no options available - I just
simply ignore him as if he wasn’t there. It was always a tense presence
whenever he is around.
Aside
from having Enemies around., My stay here is complicated on the fact that working policies here are very limiting and
that crew welfare policies is not suitable. For the first time ever I think it
will be a possibility that I will go empty handed when I return back to the
Philippines. Main culprit to this is there is the "No Cash advance"
policy here of any kind.
