[QUOTE=jollyroger;1307]<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]I do not like the wording, understanding the Filipino seafarer. We got good and bad seafarer, never mind if Filipino, Russian, Chinese, Burmese or even Martian. To put it very clear, nowadays structure on a vessel, ISM Code, simply does not leave any space for national behavior, traditions, advantages or disadvantages.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]This book is sold in different versions. Ok, meanwhile we got the seafarer version. Written by a Filipino to make us understand Filipino history, behavior and tradition. On a vessel today everybody to do his job. People to work today like the ISM robots. No space for things like Filipino time, Filipino “lagay” traditions, no time for Filipino customs and family traditions, also no Taglish – English please. Chief is still chief and not sheep. Those from the South eventually can speak English, why exemptions for those from the national capital region? As written by a Filipino also for example not a single word about that very famous stinky fish, some dried fish, they do love it, when in the frying pan for our side however definitely something which with some respect should have been included in the Geneva Convention as poison gas.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]The absolute only consideration which could be given is rather religious in nature. Company may buy for them the replica of some of their Saints like Sto Nino place it in the mess room. Would cost the company perhaps 50$ and certainly better invested than buying such a book.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]When you do see a Filipino seafarer coming on board, long hairs, looking like a pirate, first thing he does is getting dressed out engine room rags box, next without that you told him anything you note him working already, you can bet that you may consider yourself extremely lucky, you got one of the very good ones.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;]Unfortunately owners never can get enough cheap crew. You nowadays may also meet those, short cut hair, uniform boiler suit, mostly yellow, most English they know is “yes sir”, without even having understood what you had been saying, very first thing they do on a vessel is to fill their tummy with a lot of rice and chicken like not fed since a couple of years, well, I guess a pretty good chance that you may consider yourself as not so lucky. From this point you may note, that we do have nowadays far other problems, in specific the one of being not so lucky. Not that I claim the content of this book any wrong, on a ship there is today simply no time and space for such.<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;][/QUOTE]
Hmmm, there’s plenty hints of racism here pal. Might be that you were out-smarted by one of those little fellows?