As I said I came from Cebu with my mom last week to work on my requirements in my previous school so I can transfer officially to another school. I stayed there for four and half days. What a lovely day it was! I ride on one of the country’s huge passenger ships the Sulpicio Lines. Particularly, the ships name was M/V Princess of the South. 8:00 p.m. the ship will leave the port. I was amazed when I get inside the ship it was like hotel with very creative and wonderful decorations. But there decoration has just only impresses our eyes until I discover some burns in my grading sheet that creates my personal dismay. Forty five minutes gone by when my mother feels that she has to go to the comfort room, I bought her a tissue paper worth 20.00 pesos, affordable isn’t it? What else? Ahah! In their dining area where we sit and took our dinner, One signed boards caught my attention it says : “BAWAL MAGLABAS NG GAMIT” and “BAWAL MAGLABAS NG PAGKAIN” now, what are we going to do we just took half of our dinner, but good thing we see lot of people taking in their dinner. I think they won’t even bother the sign. But to think it is a Dining area. In my own interpretation, a.) How can we eat when the sign told us not to bring our things for eating in the dining area and we are not allowed to bring our food in the dining area? Hmm.. b.) Or maybe we are not allowed to bring eating materials and food we bought inside in the dining area? But how was it going to happen when the store inside the dining area were close from the moment we get in the ship until we leave the ship? c.) It’s ticket inspection time! Oh my GOD! The inspection teams of the ship were not at all fresh looking and smelling as they inspecting passenger’s ticket. Uniforms not pressed one with white towel around the neck and one has a comb in his back pocket. Yielding like little boys playing during inspection time visible to some passenger. Some shouting “okay na ZAIDO na checked na lagi” d.) Lady receptionist gets mad and madly sharing to her co-workers incident story in the information. e.) lastly, when I saw an old man who finds so hard to secure his things because perhaps his luggage weighted as much as his weight., nobody has help the old man until he reaches the end of the highest stairs. How come? Many employees have seen the old man? No even greetings and all they know was perhaps the numbers of cottages and rooms of the ship. Good Service! Five stars!
All of this was observed during our stay. Going to CEBU May 29, 2008- Going back to Cagayan de Oro June 3 2008.
One very critical problem shocked me when I have read some of the High personnel’s profiles until I read about some certification hang in the walls. This I quote:
“Republic of the Philippines
Department Of Transportation and Communication
Maritime Industry Authority
PPL Bldg. 1000 UN Ave, Manila
Telephone No. 521 65 27
Certification # MNL-50-05
This is to certify that the safety film of M/V Princess of the South owned/operated by Sulpicio Lines Inc.. has been reviewed/evaluated and found in compliance with the requirements of MARINA memorandum circular numbers 72 and 136 the contents/feature of the ten minute safety film are hereby approved.
The safety film must be shown/played on board the vessel immediately upon departure and must be supplemented by an actual demonstration on the donning of lifejackets by designated crew members. Your compliance thereof shall be subject to fines and penalties under the above mentioned circulars.
Issued at manila on 5 August 2005
For the administrator:
Arnie Santiago, MSc MSA
Officer in charge
Enforcement team.”
Unquote
My observation about this notice or certification for me is very alarming, considering that there are people whom I say uninformed or unknowledgeable about how those lifejackets be worn out incase of emergency? Some I think will lose lifejackets benefits are old people, uneducated men and women and some children. Basing on my experiences, I can’t recall even in a single moment there was a film viewed by us. From the first we ride until we ride again to go back where we from. All I remember was, they played only series of big screen movies. The only thing which I am so concerned is the safety of all passengers. I think the MARINA and DOTC should investigate about this because considering that they have forgotten this very important obligation. The safety of each passenger. I suspect that they have done this for several times already because to think we have ride two times and I observe that the certification has been disregard.
Lots of accident in the sea had already taken many lives, especially passenger ships. Well, I think this is one reason why some were not able to survive because of lack knowledge on wearing lifejackets. Even it is visible on each passenger on the ship but if they don’t know how to wear it properly then I guess another problem would also appear on the times emergency in the ship will be made. Let’s not take LIFE for granted. We should not also stop thinking our safety and we hope that as we are being advantage to anyone we should also help them to understand the important things as far as each LIFE is concern.
WAKE UP!
All of this was observed during our stay. Going to CEBU May 29, 2008- Going back to Cagayan de Oro June 3 2008.
One very critical problem shocked me when I have read some of the High personnel’s profiles until I read about some certification hang in the walls. This I quote:
“Republic of the Philippines
Department Of Transportation and Communication
Maritime Industry Authority
PPL Bldg. 1000 UN Ave, Manila
Telephone No. 521 65 27
Certification # MNL-50-05
This is to certify that the safety film of M/V Princess of the South owned/operated by Sulpicio Lines Inc.. has been reviewed/evaluated and found in compliance with the requirements of MARINA memorandum circular numbers 72 and 136 the contents/feature of the ten minute safety film are hereby approved.
The safety film must be shown/played on board the vessel immediately upon departure and must be supplemented by an actual demonstration on the donning of lifejackets by designated crew members. Your compliance thereof shall be subject to fines and penalties under the above mentioned circulars.
Issued at manila on 5 August 2005
For the administrator:
Arnie Santiago, MSc MSA
Officer in charge
Enforcement team.”
Unquote
My observation about this notice or certification for me is very alarming, considering that there are people whom I say uninformed or unknowledgeable about how those lifejackets be worn out incase of emergency? Some I think will lose lifejackets benefits are old people, uneducated men and women and some children. Basing on my experiences, I can’t recall even in a single moment there was a film viewed by us. From the first we ride until we ride again to go back where we from. All I remember was, they played only series of big screen movies. The only thing which I am so concerned is the safety of all passengers. I think the MARINA and DOTC should investigate about this because considering that they have forgotten this very important obligation. The safety of each passenger. I suspect that they have done this for several times already because to think we have ride two times and I observe that the certification has been disregard.
Lots of accident in the sea had already taken many lives, especially passenger ships. Well, I think this is one reason why some were not able to survive because of lack knowledge on wearing lifejackets. Even it is visible on each passenger on the ship but if they don’t know how to wear it properly then I guess another problem would also appear on the times emergency in the ship will be made. Let’s not take LIFE for granted. We should not also stop thinking our safety and we hope that as we are being advantage to anyone we should also help them to understand the important things as far as each LIFE is concern.
WAKE UP!
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