3.12.09

ok, people .... this post i post all the remaining days at one shot !
for the photos, i will continue to upload allllllllll on facebook. cause too much already and also not all the photos will be up .... cause really too much !!!!

haha .... view my blog here then go my facebook for the photos !!!

thanks !!!

Day 17

today is my duty …. damn tired … haha … but its better than not on duty … but thats not important …

today is the day we had party …. we even got steamboat as dinner … haha …. but the bad thing is I cant really go for the party cus night I got duty mah … haha ….

cus on duty ...at night need to go work for another 1hour to get everything ready so wont have problems at night … haha ...

Day 18

yesterday night 2.30am … fo sludge tank was full … and cannot pump cus during afternoon I let the pump run empty …. haiz …. then fixed the pump till 5.30am …

then went rest till 10am before go and work again till noon …. haiz … tired …. went to wash clothes … then play table tennis with the crew … haha …. damn fun ….

oh ya … now its damn cold …. accommodation is around 15degrees …. engine room is only 8degrees … so cold …. have to wear jacket and work … haha … cold cold cold !!!

today sunday …. again will start a new week … haha ….
3 trip to USA will end my 6month …. now only first trip …. haha …. long time ahead …. 168more days ….

Day 20

today is my most tired day ever. Cus I start work at 6.30am and end work at 10pm.

Haha.... you must be thinking why ?!

Cus its my duty today so need to wake up 1hour earlier than the rest …. then suppose to work till 5pm rest then 9pm go work till 10pm again but our chief engineer actually want the entire team of people to mop the floor. Haha ….

and we just mopped yesterday … he said not clean … mop already should be clean but why is it same as before …. since during working hours u guys cant clean properly, u will do it during ur rest time …

poor thing right ? But luckily our 2nd engineer does not agree with him, so we mopped places different from yesterday instead … and he say he will call the company and ask chief to sign off when we reach hongkong... haha ...cus actually our chief still wanna sail for 1more trip which will be like around 2months for a trip …

anyway, the whole entire engine room people do not like our chief …. for me, I still prefer my previous ship chief … he worked with us and come engine room everyday for work … for this chief, he just talk and we do ...lol … sometimes he dont even talk, he just write on the notice board …. haha …. pro …. do nothing and get 10k a month …. lol ….

today duty was quite smooth … nothing went wrong and it went smoothly and luckily there's e-mail system onboard …. we can send e-mail anytime to anyone but no attachments, plain words... but thats good enough cus like that we can know whats status at home.... haha …

time flies … its already ½ a month that I m here …. actually life onboard is boring …. everyday do almost the same thing … lol … wake up – eat – work – eat – work – eat – sleep …. haha …

oh ya …. today is 2nd of june ! Why so happy ? Cus tml is 2nd of june again … cus we going near the equator line if I not wrong … haha …. my first time going through the same day again … haha …. so u see …. time can be repeated …. provided u r rich la … cus need to take plane …. haha ….

long post today … haha …. anyway I reaching US. Soon !
See ya !

Day 23

today is the worst day of these 23days. Its my duty with 4th engineer and I was scolded by him. Its like what the fuck, he one shot gave me so much stuff to do …. keep saying and saying … and I forgot some … and he scold like …. the most thing that he said is . Should I call 2nd engineer and say this cadet cant do his stuff … its like …. omg …. he gave me all the things to do and ask me to do and he sit in control room giving command … if he really talk to 2nd engineer I will also say these.

The thing is that when I have duty with 3rd engineer I got no problems at all ….
I dont know la …. all the juniors have problem working with him ….

haiz … I m always so stress when working with him …. just endure !!!

Day 25

today is finally saturday …. half day !!!

then went to do a bit of assignment …. then at night we have our 2nd party !!!

haha …. tonight is NOL (APL SPINAL) IDOL …. haha … you can sing or dance but every junior must participate …. so I take part in singing and won 2nd price … haha …. won a t-shirt and some USD …. haha …. oh … I sang right here waiting …. haha …. drink play and eat … haha ….

sian … tomorrow my duty …. boring !

Day 27

This morning I was half an hour late for work …. cannot wake up la !!! luckily my workplace is just few level down ….

work was boring today …. just painting …. anyway we had nasi lemak for dinner …. lol ….

then after that went to play ping-pong …. but it was only a while …. then we played basketball …. first to 15 win …. we were losing at first then we pull back the score and win ….

I team with 5th engineer and 2nd cook team with junior electrician …. haha …. we won 15-13 …. lucky win …. but the worried thing is that scared the ball fall into the sea !!! haha …. but the weather was cooling and just fine for some sports …. haha ….

took some snaps and sunset …. not really beautiful today …. hope to see some beautiful sunset soon ...

Day 29

today was having the third party and playing some simple games. Drink a lot so as to sleep better at night cause everytime cant sleep. Dance, drink, eat … lol … life seems good is it ? Lol … now the place is very hot … engine room 37degrees. Hot … ok … I gonna sleep … some pics and videos !!!

Day 33

today finally reach PANAMA …. after 2 weeks of sailing … haha …

PANAMA CANAL is a really nice place … its like a forest on water instead of land …. haha …

just now went to the seaman's club … haha …. nothing much la …. sian ….

but long time never feel the ground and land … lolx …. heading to new york soon !!! haha ….

Day 36

today is 18th june … meaning … its my birthday today … lolx … I got no wishes from anyone … just e-mail by james and my family. Lol … so poor thing right ?!

No one here knows that today is my birthday either. Lolx … this year birthday is totally different ….

first …. its my first time celebrating my birthday at new york and not singapore or malaysia .
Second …. no cake, no presents, no angbao.
Thrid … not a relax day either … its a day full of sweat, dirt, oil, and cleaning stuff. Lolx …

but the only good thing is that I got half-day off … lolx …. see, I have a good 2nd engineer …

ok … I am now in new york … will be staying here for 3 days …. as for going onshore, not sure yet … cause of the H1N1 ...so will see how …. but if can I will sure go …. haha ….

Day 38

here I am in NEW YORK …. finally … haha …. have been working since 4am till 1.30pm then 4pm till now …. which is like 8pm ….. damn tired ….. but when I go out for some wind …... OMG …. 8.30pm but it still bright out there …. and the sun is just gonna set …

but in singapore, the sun is just gonna rise …. lol ….. here 8.30pm …. singapore 8.30am ….. haha …. rise and shine !!!

NEW YORK has such a nice weather loh !!! just near 18degrees … not too hot not too cold …. but too bad cannot go shore … if not I will take nice photos for u guys …. haha ….

Nevertheless, there are still some pics of the place where my vessel alongside … and some pics when we left NEW YORK for NORFOLK …. a place in the states too …. although seldom heard of this place … haha …. but I m still looking forward to the place... haha …

I start to love the states !!! haha …. people here are just nice …. even the coast guard chat with me when I went to the steering gear room cus they were having break at the aft with some soft drinks … even invited me to join them … lol … but cant la … cus working ….. if not sure join them …. lol ….

ok ok …. some pics for u guys from sea view of NEW YORK ...

Day 47

long time no write blog cause busy and tired....

today was back to Panama after going to the states. Today we are at balboa, a city in panama I guess.
Was able to go on shore for shopping !!!

it was like finally !!! can get onto the ground …. went to the biggest shopping mall over here, it is just something like our vivo but not as grand as vivo and not so much branded shops. But still got shop like Topman, Levis, even Zara for the girls … am I right ? Lolx ….

went shore with 4th engineer, welder, junior elecky, 2nd mate, deck cadet, chief mate's wife and 5th engineer …. went shopping for about 2 hours plus then sit down and get something to eat.

I didnt buy any stuff cause you convert the price back to sing dollars, its almost the same, not cheap !!!

I intend to go china then spend all my $$$ there !!! lolx ….

then after that still early, we went for some drinks at open pub. Few of the deck A/B joined us, together with 2nd cook !!! lolx ….

it was fun la …. 20USD you can drink all you want …. any drinks …. vodka, rum, jack daniels, whiskey …. anything …. and there are entertainment too !! live band, pole dance +++

so now I will be ending my 1st vovage after my next stop at korea. Then will begin my 2nd vovage again …. when I finsh my 3rd vovage, I will be able to go home !!! lol

Day 83

its been almost a month since I last blog.

Was damn busy and tired. Thats why never blog.

Been to shanghai.

The train is very new ! And clean but got so many line than singapore.
Took train to the city of shanghai, and went to a place like SIM LIM, all selling electronic stuff.

Bought a SEAGATE 500GB and a sony ericsson bluetooth headset. Damn happy. And also go shopping for tidbits. Total only spend USD150. Damn nice !!!

After the shopping, went to dinner with the gang. Drink and dine !!! super nice !!! all the senior treat …

haha …. i'll just let the pictures do the talking.

Day??? (18 OCT 2009)

its been so long since I last blog, so I do not know how many days already, but its only 41 days more to go home.

I have long got use to the life here, actually nothing much also.

Anyway, I am now in US, and will be staying here for a week before going back to china.

I have been to so many place for the past few months.
Japan, korea, New York, Balboa, Manzanillo, hong kong, yantian, shanghai, ningbo, san pedro, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami. For me, I have been very lucky to be able to go to almost all the places mention. Because everytime arrival, it is not my duty day. So after some job I will be able to go and shop and hang around.

6months onboard here will be good enough for me, or I will say it is enough. I need to go home to re-charge! HAHA!

So on the end of november I will be flying back to Singapore from New York by plane!
OMG! It will be a 12hours flight! TIRED!


Day ??? ( 9 november 2009 )

I think this will be my last post onboard!
Because 20 more days I will be going home!!!

Time pass very fast, 6months just went pass like that.

Overall, working onboard is still ok for me, as I got very good seniors. Never overtime at all, maybe once. LAUGH!

But for marine engineers, the money we earn, we got no place to spend, because from Taiwan to U.S. is about 3 weeks. And we only stay in U.S. for about 1 week. That means you earn 1 month salary and you only save it up. So when I go home in 20 days, I will be rich, LAUGH!

This 6 months I learn quite a lot from the seniors, not everything but at least some basic for my future vessel.

So thanks to the sweetest person in the world who help me post all these blog post, as for the photos I will update all when I reach home!

See you guys in 3 weeks time!
i am here at 4:23 PM