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its hard to describe how a man could left everything he had on land and went out to sea...
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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Sunday, April 15, 2012

the story of a watchkeeping officer - sunday at rotterdam centraal

entri makan angin.....

ini baru suku...ade lg tiga suku metro lines merentasi timur barat utara dan selatan Rotterdam...dafuq..!!


i went ashore today (hari ini hari ahad....isnin boleh laa keje) to the center of Rotterdam...better know as centrum or centraal by the locals here in the low country....

we went there in a different manner...since we are berthed at Vopak Botlek..which is at the southern side of Nieuw Maas...where it was the hardest place to get to the city center..due to lack of transportation. The closest metro station is at Spjeikenisse..about 10km from our terminal...far away from housing area..and the closest cross Maas ferry is about an hour walk at Rozenburg...

at Buersplein...kedai ZARA saje ade 3...tige....

but since one of use have lots of Euros...we take the cab instead of walking to Rozenburg to catch a ferry crossing Nieuw Waterweg to Maasluis before getting into a train to Centrum...and it cost us 25 Euro to get from the terminal to the metro station in Speijkenisse....

with an accordion and an empty box of what used to be oranges inside...this ol man starts a small concerto at Lijnban

the Metro are another MRT systems apart from the train that we used to take at Vlaardingen and Maasluis that crisscrossed the entire Zuid and Noord Rotterdam...passing every township along the way...from east to west....

we got onboard the C line metro that passes Pernis crossing the Nieuw Maas towards Schiedam....before changing to the E line metro at Beurs to get to Rotterdam Centraal...


baloonman....


at centrum...we find that there a sea of human...everyone from different ages,nationalities and races swarming the city....ade marathon rupenye siap ade konser main lagu armin van buuren..haiseh...and its sunday also...everyone are taking the opportunity spending weekends either shopping or just hanging around at cafe`s and bars...

we walk trough the usual streets...the Kareldoormanstraats...the Kruiskade...the Lijnban...then to Beursplein...im not on shopping spree since all my money are all spent in the first two days here...(beli jam kat adik2 dan orang tua...patah wallet aku weh...)\


0% alcohol...awek lawa bg todi percuma kapada pengunjung yg lalu lalang

there are those who open up food stalls along the center...selling fries...and ice cream (sejuk2 makan es krem...gilaaa)...and giving away free non alcholic beverages (pd hal ayaq setan jugak) and orange juice...jual sayoq dan buah mcm gerai fama kat pasar tani...

ya adik akak...sayuq kankung...sawi..kobis...petola...murah2...3 kilo saploh hingget...

and surprisingly...there are also a pasar malam....literally selling items that you can usually found in our own pasar malam back at home....baju bundle....cover telefon bimbit....sarung ipad dan iphone...gerai jual kebab...kedai jam petaling streets....orang jual sayur pun ade...ish2....

haha...gaya promote dan gantung baju sebijik mcm kat uptown danau kota...sumpah

most of the traders at the pasar malam are foreign nationalities...from turkey to pakistani...indonesian..surinamese...arabians and chinese...but dont get yourself surprised..even mat sallen pun beli belah kat pasar malam....so jgn pandang rendah kat pasar malam kita...mat salleh pn ada...standard lebih kurang mcm kat tanah air...hahhaha

baru nak bukak gerai...lampu ayam dgn generator pn x pasang lagi


mat dan minah salleh bersama keluarga di pasaq malam...

we stayed until 5..when everyone starts heading back home.here shops are close right at 5pm....no shops are open till midnight like what we did in Malaysia....only pubs...clubs and cafe are open fill 9....kira malam mati laa...sejuk kot...

we head back to our ship...taking the Metro at Beursplein and heading back to Speijkenisse Centrum....dah le sakit perut...imagine...there is no public restroom a the station...jenuh weh....xde tempat nk memerut.....hahahahahaa...

tunggu tren dalam keadaan sakit perut di Buersplein....muka kena kontrol...


sunday is over...tomorrow....ship is shifting to service terminal...to load seciput lagi cargo...then if there is no more...will be sailing tomorrow evening back to East....

-come to sea...go ashore...and come back to sea again-

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