The Year 2010

In a few hours the the dawn of the new year comes, 2011. The year 2010 was a new chapter of my life. This is the year I started my shipboard training. I went on board last 26th of January. For the past months travelling along the Oceans of Asia Pacific and India. It is the best opportunity and experience I had and I have no regret about it. I'm so lucky that my training officers were so kind, also most of them were Mapuans that entered the bridging program. I also have a 10GB of Video and Photos taken during my shipboard training, some of it now uploaded on my facebook account. But the best are the documented maintenance operations I've made.

Every night before I go to sleep, I would recall my experiences or the things that what I have for the day. This is to asses myself improving to a better person. As I do my recollection, my assessment, I try to shift it to a simulation thinking of another situation that it will give me an awareness and a sense of preparedness in the future. And so far and it worked pretty well. It became better when I got an idea of documenting by video of my work, reviewing it and taking down important notes.

I'm a technology enthusiast, while I'm still on board, improving and increasing my work efficiency. I try to find ways which tools are more better. Not just choosing from a spanner wrench to a hammer but the use of computers to aid my work. I encourage some of my shipmates to use their laptop has a tools not just for entertainment, then I got results. One of my officer used his Sony Play Station Portable in reviewing instructional video while overhauling a turbo charger. Nice!

Because my family, relatives and friends were seafarers. They have told me different stories life on sea, half are true and half were just made. A good example, the saying: "TO SEE THE WORLD FOR FREE." - it is BUSTED not true. Also the stories are very old except for the SAFETY MATTERS. This is the modern time the age of technology. I remember my mom and dad exchange snail mails as mean of their communication, but now via ships e-mail and satellite phones news from home reaches dad instantly.

Before I became a seafarer it took me 6 months of academic study 2 months of training and certification 6 months of waiting and gathering the last 27 years of experiences . As the days of 2010 unfolds, different challenges were faced and tasks were finished.

There's more to come in 2011...

Today, I do my best for tomorrow I can make it better.

LET ROCK AND ROLL!!!