Onboard experience

My second ship was Eagle Sibu. I went on board the vessel not knowing I'll be having a great time. at first, the voyage was near and everyone was busy with STS operations. we barely had time to go shore leave or to watch a movie but still, I had to go out for only one reason, to buy clothes for myself. Well, I lost my luggage at the airport. basically, it was the airport that lost them for me but still its lost so it doesn't matter right? I was without my luggage for two weeks, washing my clothes every day so I can use it again tomorrow. I wasn't lucky enough because by the time I touch down at the airport its already 11 and all the supermarkets are closed so I can't even buy underwear, which leaves me no option other than wash one underwear and use another which was in my carry bag. how the other underwear came in my carry bag was not a mystery, its just because I saw it on my sofa when I was getting out of the house. enough of that. when we went to Texas city I get to know a girl online. her name is Manu. she was from India but currently staying in Texas. we talk a lot and end up talking 2 to 3 hours of video calling. my ship doesn't have wifi so I just buy roaming plan using my hotlink and Digi sim. My vessel was suppose to go to Texas city again but the plan changed so I didn't get to meet her, but I will meet her one day because she have a very nice personality. after two months on board, we had to go to dry dock at Tuzla, Turkey. the journey to turkey was tiring because we had to clean the sludge from tank by ourself. Due to less time we work from sunrise until 8/9 pm. Once we reach turkey, the work was a bit less because of the shore people who came on board to work. Every day I work from 8 am to 5 pm and 6 pm ill be at the gate of the dockyard, waiting for taxi to meet my friend who I met in a restaurant. She works in the restaurant that my pumpie and I went to have dinner. the first two days I was going out with my pumpie, but he finished his money so starting from the third day I went alone. I normally hang out with my friend, we go for a cup of coffee or have ice cream and just talk for some time. every night when I go back at 11 pm there will be a roadblock and the police will ask me to show my passport and belongings. It's really annoying because its the same policeman that check me every night and he will make me wait for 15 minutes before he checks me and let me go. there are times when I go out with my both OS and they bought so many things, I ended up buying biscuits and drinks for one month and a coffee maker machine. Even though I went out with the Turkey girl I still talk to Manu every day. Once when I was working I accidentally hurt my hand. The handle of the paint store was just welded but the worker didn't put any notice. Without knowing I hold the handle with both of my hands and got my hand burnt. luckily a safety officer from the shore was there to help me. I helped him before when he hurt his feet last time. He applies some grease on my hand and put it in the ice. after two days my hand healed but I still work during the healing process. Throughout my voyage for 7 months, my cabin is always full of food because I'm too lazy to go downstairs at night just to get food. at the end of my 7 months, I came back home with just 200usd. although I had less money but still I was very happy with my experience onboard.