Believe it or not New year's Eve here was spent on work and
being on "standby" ., because of vetting inspections. A few hours
later then came the discharge operations. It’s a good thing that discharge
operations of this ship for now in South Korea is via SBM., So basically
there's not much to prepare on mooring wires (In fact none at all) . When we
were preparing for the pilot ladder and gangway accommodation ladder , A.B.
"Noel" Approached me and said to me that my cabin should be vacated
immediately for the incoming visitors of this ship (referring to the Korean
mooring team , and surveyors). I told "noel" that as soon as I'm
finished on work, I'd get my stuff out of my cabin, in addition I asked
"noel" were will I stay for the time being ? , A.B. paused for a few
minutes and didn’t know how to reply to my question and radioed back to bridge.
A minute later a reply was given that I would be put to stay on the ships
hospital for the time being, until the discharge operation of the ship is over.
As soon as I was finished I immediately went to my cabin in
haste and grabbed everything I could carry from my belongs and put them on the
nearby Ship hospital room. It didn’t took me long to pack all my stuff and
transfer it. As soon as I was finished I went out again for the mooring
operations
During Mooring operations in the forward area, O.S. Dalida
and O.S. "Alvin" had a heated conversation about the winch operation.
I just stayed out of their way and played Switzerland in their argument, I
don’t want to get dragged down on other people's business especially heated
arguments. They were having such a heated argument that even the Korean mooring
master got their attention and had to yell to O.S. Dalida to focus in operating
the winch rather than chatting with O.S. Alvin.
After mooring in the forward section is finished , I was
ordered by Chief Mate "Merk" , to be the watchman on the bouy at the
forward section. After my few hour long watch I was relieved by O.S. Dalida on
noon time in the forward area. When I was on the starboard side section in the
accommodation block. I saw A.B. "jun" , O.S. "Alvin" and
A.B. "chris" talking to each other apparently from what I notcied
they were still brooding over the mooring incident. As I passed by they said to
me and told that I should be careful in hanging out with O.S. Dalida as he has
a tendency for betrayal and has an attitude in backstabbing people around him.
I was puzzled on what they said and just proceeded to my routine after work to
rest and have a hot shower to warm myself from the freezing weather of south
Korea.
Inside the ship hospital (where I temporarily stay), I
immediately sorted out my belongings and compacted them on my luggage. So I
could easily be more mobile in moving my stuff, when I go back to my cabin
after this operation. After the hot shower , I just dried myself and slept to
the hospital bed since it was the only bed around the room. As I lay I looked
more like a sick patient rather than just simply taking a nap , but thankfully
the hospital bed seemed to be more comfortable.
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| My whole stuff just got transferred to the hospital room on the last minute |
