The Life of One Sailor

As I was researching about the lives of merchant marine sailors, I ran across this one blog, a true-to-life account of one sailor who’ve lived and worked at sea for, I guess, years. At first I was reading the entry because I had to. Then the amateur photos taken by our sailor, Marty, enamored me and had me scrolling down the page. The photos told a story by themselves so I kept on browsing till I reached the end and quickly hit the Home button to start reading the article itself.

Marty’s account of his life at sea is no less than captivating – even if you shoved the idea of being a sailor to your brain’s recesses the day were born. And might I tell you that Marty doesn’t just take photos (which I burrowed one here), he can paint too. But what struck me the most about Marty’s account was when he told about the taunts that the sailors make on the unregulated VHF over the Mediterranean. I never knew that my sailor kababayans (countrymen) were famous for being called monkeys out there – a taunt that we’re all too familiar wherever we go in the world. Amusing and, ermm…! a little personal at the same time.

I won’t speak further about Marty’s story here because it’s not mine to tell. I’ll let Marty tell you firsthand about the life of one merchant marine sailor – his life. Please head to Live and Work on a Container Ship.

Thank you Marty for your wonderful account!