6th Sept 1997 Flashback
Kept watch from 4am to 8am. Was tired but luckily the watch has LKY. He allows us to sleep for an hour after mustering. Today was Saturday and actually LKY has said we can have the routine but at 2.30pm, a pipe on "All Seamen, Quarterdeck, All Seamen" was made. Its Ops O asking us to do work. All of us feel let down as it is Saturday. I feel Ops O is different from the one that we used to know in the past....<*private thoughts*>.
Today, a wrong pipe or disregard pipe result in "somebody" watch keeping an extra 2 hrs watch. I kept 8pm - 12am watch. After watch while bathing, XO walk through our messes and 4 of the shipcrews were caught gambling. This fellow really something, making life difficult for us.
Also heard shore leave at *Port of Call 1* and "Port of Call 2" will require 50% of crew to be onboard. Very bad news, that means QM may only go for 1 day shore leave. Sign off, Weizhong
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On the shipcrew mention, LKY was the veteran seaman, in his 2nd stint with RSS Excellence. He has served onboard L202 long before I joined but left to work in the civilian world after completing his first contract. I only get to know him upon his return to the ship in 2007 as a PO.
Remember him as an eloquent speaker, a street smart guy who can bridge between the ship officers and the men that work onboard. He's highly experienced and many of us look up to him when dealing with seaman tasks. His positive aspect is that he know what stuffs (eg. welfare) motivate the men while able to get work done to satisfy the increasing demands of the officers. I think he also focus on important tasks than "showcase" tasks. This prevent unnecessary extra work and reduce burden on the team. He like to joke as well. Remember during MSTD, he keep telling us that the longer we sail, the more and more the attached female crew (average looking) onboard look like HK actress Chung Chu Hong.
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