But brother, to be frank, taxis had give you and your family a
living all these years, you can go fuck your boss or taxi companies
or LTA or Govt, but do not fuck the taxi, it is the most
important tool of your trade. Sayang it, it will bring more good
luck and fortune to you. Like it or not, you spend the time with
your cab more than with anyone, it is a part of you, treasure
it.
Again, I give a true experiences I got when I was a seaman
working under the dock master, we called ourselve the Dockers,
laymen call us sailor. Every country we go, we put a tattoo to
remember it, that is why seamen got lot of tattoos, some of course
for the love girls we met while sailing,
I was a playful young man, we take care of the cargo bunkers,
loading and unloading and other ship deck issues, anything on
deck is under the Dock master, anything in engine room belong to
chief enginneer, and anything on top of the deck belong to the 1st
officer who can also be the captain overlooking all matters, and
only he is allow to carry a gun incase of mutiny. (meaning crews
going against captain and took over the ship, which happened in
south america, africa, and so on). At the international
water / sea, a merchant ship got no rules, no police, no
army, no TP.
This master once taught me how to open the cargo bunker, you
need to know how to use the hydraulic function to
open the cargo bunker big cover doors, when it get stuck due
to rust or sea corrosion or frozen cargo, you need to push it abit
with a crowbar to release the ice, or whatever rust and
dirt. We also hv to maintain the mechanism by oiling,
painting or cleaning, at sea, corrosion happen very fast due to
salty envronment. I used his crowbar and play with it,
then I throw the crowbar one side, and forget to bring back
into the ship store, later the evening, the old master asked
me for the crowbar, I told him I might had lost it, I will try to
find for him in the morning, he told me that crowbar had
been with him for last 25years, it is a part of his working
tool wherever ship he went, so I told him, no big deal, I
can buy one or draw out one from the store for him. Then he
lectured me for an hour. He said, alway remember to take care of
the tool who fed you, from allen key to spanner, he had never
once change them, he take care of them like soldier take care
of his rifle in war times, because these tools helped him to
survive all these years, a good mechanics take care of
his tools, a good docker take cares of his crowbar,
a good cabby take care of his cab.
gd story bro~~~ wah u also sailor like me last
time...... ;)
