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its even harder to describe how bright the stars at night and how fresh the cool morning air when you are in the middle of the ocean...
the hardest thing is to describe how close you are to death and how god could took your life at any time...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

story of a watchkeeping officer - i failed...but its not the end....


 right..im still stranded here...and need more time to re-float


Right after i left mariners club at Port Klang...i catch a commuter and head back to Ampang..it was on October 29th 2009..the last day for oral examination of the WKO <500 GT unlimited...then i got a phone call...

"hey...how is it bro....?"

"bad...i failed"

"whaa....seriously..with captain samad...no way..."

"yeah...seriousl....im not joking...but then it wasnt really bad after all...it just we made lots of mistake in the calculation part...it cant be helped...you cant bullshit bout calculation right..."

"...ahaa...what he ask you on calculation...?"

"he gave us great circle sailing..mercator sailing...sunrise and sunset with amplitude...we were screwed on the sailings..our ETA were a day apart..it was cross pacific voyage...forgot to apply the International Date Line..."

"damn...he asked you bout other things...??"

"went a lil bit on radar..then he stamped our forms with red since he felt our standard was unsatisfactory...he didnt asked about collision regulations...buoyage...lights....he said that a true and competent navigator should be really good at calculations and radar interpretations..."

"right...anyway bro..dont feel bad...still have another chance it wasnt really the end...its not your luck..god willing you will pass on the next attempt...i pray for you..."

"thanks..i didnt really feel bad coz im ready for any circumstances...sorry guys coz i didnt make it...i appreciate the supports u guys gave to me...it really helps..."

"...hahaha...that what friends for...dont give up yet bro..."

"right..i got to go...my cell phone got no battery lah..."

"ok2...see you later..then i`ll buy you a drink..."

"hahaha..right...see ya.."



thanks guys for your support and congratulations for those who passed the oral examination...to those who had failed...im not giving up so you shouldt be too...im a few thousand miles behind but with prevailing winds i`ll catch up with you guys...god speed...



-come to sea and see for yourself-

2 comments:

Shika said...

conversation sounds familiar..
;)
anyways,all the best for the next attempt!!
back to back bro~

kudabesi said...

gud luck bro..

smoga berjaya nex time