How Did I Start My Seafaring Career? | Chief MAKOi Podcast ep. 1
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2023
- As requested, I am launching my podcast in English as a lot of you have expressed interest in it. I was supposed to do this in Tagalog and in a different channel, but I decided to keep you guys on the loop and make an English version, since podcasts are relatively easier to make compared to my vlogs/documentary style videos.
Enjoy!
Thanks for doing this in English, Chief. Your videos are always fascinating to me. I appreciate you keeping us in the loop.
My pleasure!
Agreed!.
Always enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for taking pity on us who only have one language.
Videos with subtitles can also be good in there's that extra layer of a language which is a part of who you are. Although they are more work.
Would it cut down your work if you did Taglish with English subtitles only for Tagalog or would the result not make sense at all? We might even learn a few words 😁.
I am an engine cadet myself and your channel has been the biggest inspiration for me going forward with my seafaring career. Thank you for sharing your experience, it is really inspiring 😄
He does have that effect on people ' and I'm not even a engineer or a seafarer 😁👍👍
There is a whole world out there that 99% of us will never see or be apart of, let alone understand. Thank you for bring your life at sea and more for us landlubbers.
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Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) is a maritime higher education institution operated by the Philippine government in San Narciso, Zambales
We are waiting! I was USN 50 years ago and loved being a a boilerman that lead me to a career in steam power with a couple Edison companies. I also worked at a shipyard here in Toledo Ohio between Edisons and loved it. As a retire I still follow some of the Great Lakes ships I have done repairs on. Keep it coming !
Thanks!
I liked being on boats and went to the US Merchant Marine Academy. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to be on the bridge or in the Engine Room, so I did both.
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Your story provides an EXCELLENT EXAMPLE for ALL young men interested in ships and the sea…please keep going with it!
Epic! You did better as you went further into the story.
Thanks!
I was going to say exactly this, the story became smoother and more engaging.
If you have some topics that you want me to discuss, leave a comment here and I'll see what I can do.
Not a video request - but do you have any idea on how hard it is to find an academy or university that does this outside of the Phillipeans, specifically the EU? I know that maritime is a huge profession in many Asian countries and I've seen many academies in that area but in the UK specifically it seems to be a very hidden, niche profession.
@@crusaderguy1817 Maritime Institute of Willem Barentzs in the Netherlands is a good one.
Perhaps how you and other mariners get their contracts? Do you have to join unions? How important is seniority and how much choice do you have have? Do you as the Chief Engineer get to pick your own team?
Would you like to be an instructor at the Academy yourself one day?
Since the Philippines has so many different dialects, is the instruction at the Academy in English?
I’m retired Senior Chief from the US Navy, I work mainly below deck in the aviation fuels, back when we had AV-Gas, love it and yes I miss it both below and flight deck. I did 10 years active duty, and 13 years I the Reserves. I would have done all active but being married and kids changed that. The Reserves work out because I didn’t want to lose the 10 years. 😊 keep up the stories it brings back so many memories and good times, and it’s so work related as to my experiences all except the engine😢
Hi, I am not a seaman either, but I'm an 58 yr old danish electronics engineer and worked my but of in maritime navigation equipment, all the way from RIBs, fishing vessels to deep blue water ships, so I really enjoy your content too. I had often hoped to find out more about your way into the business. As it turns out, my 21 yr old daughter has chosen the goal as you. She starts her cadet training from September this year, with Maersk Supply Service.
Question from her to y'all: how does the engine crew think of the fact that women is becoming more and more present in the engineering onboard?
Hello, I am not a seaman, but I'm an engineer, so I really enjoy the knowledge and good practices that you show are applicable to any profession or simply to your life. You can always learn. I'm glad to hear from you again. Take care and greetings from Mexico
Thanks for watching!
I'm a marine engineering student in Nigeria 🇳🇬 you're really source of inspiration and motivation to me🙏🙏
As former US Navy seaman I really enjoy your channel. Thanks a lot for including us in the pod cast. I’m living in the Philippines now, and I have several OFW friends and relatives via my wife who are seafarers. So I’m doubly interested.
I have enjoyed all of your videos including this one. You have a distinct style of presentation that makes your subject matter interesting even to someone who has no knowledge or experience in the marine seafaring life.
Wow, thank you!
I completely agree. I have a lifelong vertigo/seasick condition that makes it impossible for me to be on ships, but I adore Chief's channel. It's the excellent style of presentation, true.
Thank you. 👍
Thanks Chief for your story. Look forward to hearing the rest of it. Mark from Kansas USA.
Thanks for listening!
I read recently that when all is done stories are what we leave behind. Stories inform, inspire, caution, and so much more. Tell the stories Chief Engineer Makoi...the future always starts in the now. Much love good sir.
I agree. I grew up in a small town and telling stories was a constant. I later moved to a large city and nobody I worked with told stories. I always wondered how are these people going to get to know each other if they don't tell stories about themselves or their background? To this day I still tell stories about things that happened to my dad and my grandpa years before I was born.
Thank you for sharing. While in the US it’s interesting to see how different countries and cultures join the maritime industry. It’s great to give the world the exposure so that it increases understanding across the world.
Well said!
Keep going Chief! I graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy in 1969 and can relate to your cadetship experience. 😎
Great presentation, always enjoy watching them. USN veteran. Machinist Mate in auxiliaries 50 years ago. Our Home port was Subic Bay. Spent about 2 1/2 years over there in the Gator Navy transporting U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Vietnam. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, knowledge, and sea stories. Looking forward to the next adventure.
These videos in English, regardless of topic or targeted audience, help educate those of us in the general public. I'd love to see a world geography of ports from a seaman's perspective series.
I love it all, we Americans love to see experience outside of our own! Keep up the great work
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks chief for this history of your career. ALL of your posts are fascinating, but hearing of your ladder upward adds a touch of realism to your accounts. Be safe and continue your posts on your marine career.
Best, bob
Chief, good to see you back!! I found your first PC interesting and it reminded me of my four year engineer officer cadetship that i started in 1974. We did two years at collage, 12 months at sea and a year back at collage. I also took my first flight at 18, from the UK to Chiang Kai-Shek in Taiwan to join my first ship. Many happy memories. Keep up the good work and i look forward to your next content. Thanks!
Pls don't wait so long to post a vid. I enjoy you adventures. Thank you, stay safe.
Thank you! Will do! Podcasts are easier to make so I'll probably do this more often.
Thanks for planning to include subtitles for the tagalog podcasts dealing with topics specific to the nation(s) that have a large seafaring population. Over the years, I've become increasingly aware of human rights violations in the shipping industry, and I presume some on the podcasts will deal with finding reliable/trusted employers, good placements on ships, what to be weary of and so on. What's happening in international waters really is in equal parts fascinating and disturbing.
Having watched your previous videos/onboard adventures, I think you have much to contribute to young/new crew about how to conduct yourself professional. I am sure you have the skills to build these episodes into really interestingly useful videos. Good on you.
Thank you Chief; for including us in these productions. Your background is what makes you a better leader. You can relate better to those who came up the hard way .
It is nice to see you creating content again, and that was very interesting Chief. You are a very good story teller. I would definitely like to hear more of the story about how you became a mariner.
This was good can't wait till the next one
Thanks!
Super glad you're doing this in english as well man, been great to have it in the background while working on stuff.
Academy graduates are a close bunch. They have experienced the same challenges and triumphs together. This forms a strong lifelong bond among them as professional mariners. When you need to count on your shipmates to do the right thing, at the right time and do it to completion, look for academy grads to lead the way. You can identify them within minutes based upon demonstrated leadership and skill. 🇺🇸⚓️
Glad to see you back. I appreciate your ability to inform others like myself what it's about working in the maritime industry.
I couldn't imagine having to do all that at 18 on your own. Very impressive, a really good story. Obviously you survived so good work.
This was an interesting video. As for me, I am also a seafarer (now retired). In my high school days I was interested in amateur radio. Back then Morse code was a requirement so I listened on my shortwave receiver for loud signals sending Morse code so I could practice. Stations that were communicating with ships at sea were the easiest stations to hear. After a while my thoughts were 'someday I'm going to work as a radio officer on ocean going ships'. It didn't quite work out that way because when I eventually entered a Merchant Marine academy they didn't have a program for radio officers. I was forced to choose the deck or engine side. At that point I started my training as a marine engineer. Eventually I did become a chief engineer and only then did I finally switch jobs and become a radio officer and realize my childhood dreams.
Chief, you shed the light on a topic that is very underexplained. Until I saw your channel I didn’t even think about seafaring, it is fascinating and thank you for taking us all along. I look out at the ships in Vancouver harbour and now I think of what you have taught me.
Thanks for sharing your story Chief! you have been always an inspirational person for me. Please continue in English. And keep it up!! , I have an idea if you can host a cadet or senior engineers on your podcast or live on Instagram where we can get inspired about others' stories through you. I'm Syrian and I graduated this year from CGU in India, I have been watching you since the start of my academic journey.
*CGU = C. V. Raman Global University.
Awesome podcast Chief. I hope you'll continue (as time and circumstance permit) in English.
That's the plan!
Dear Chief, similar story as me back in 2006..family difficulty, try getting full sponsorship at any course. It was hard time though.looking forward to your next podcast..enjoy it
Thanks Chief MAKOi to offer your podcast in English too. I appreciate it
I said the same thing as you when asked by my father, "What are you going to do after [high school] graduation?" "I don't know." My dad suggested an apprenticeship. So, like you, I passed the tests and was accepted. That was FIFTY years ago.😮 And, like you, it served me well.
I love your videos. Keep 'em comin'.👍
Good to hear from you chief, last year I commented on starting my seafaring school, I'm proud to say I passed all of my subjects in my first year. Thank you again for showing this workfield to me and many other people that otherwise never would have thought about it.
Thanks for giving us an insight into the world of seafaring. I have many interests in life paths, I could have taken, but I found your channel a number of years ago and have found your life history to be interesting. Please keep up the good work. The teaser in the last episode with the chickens, helped me understand the full range of your skills and willingness to expand your efforts to support your family. Please continue.
Thank you for doing this in English! I first found your UA-cam channel after the Ever Given mess in the Suez Canal. I've been fascinated by the seagoing life since the 1950's when I was 11 y.o. But i was a girl and, in those days, women DID NOT DO that sort of thing. I have maintained my interest while going into IT instead. Your videos and this podcast have been a nice window into what I missed.
Thank you Chief and happy Day Of The Seafarer on the 25th
Thank you too!
Outstanding first episode Chief! I love hearing the seafarer stories from my wife's relatives when they were able to join the US Navy and some of them continuing their sea going careers after the Navy. Before meeting my wife 21 years ago, never knew how important the Filipinos were to the maritime industry. Looking forward to additional stories through the podcast.
Hello ı am in college studying ship machinery management and today ı will graduate from college. Thanks to you and your educative videos about marine engineering ı learned a lot. Soon ı will start my internships and thus the journey of seafaring will begin for me. I will continue to watch your quality videos for years to come ı hope. Thanks chief.
Lovely hearing your life story. Adds some depth to your character.
Appreciate the inclusion, Chief! Lay the wisdom down and thanks for everything!
I'm glad you decided to do this. I find your story very interesting and can't wait to hear the next chapter.
Chief, we all must make sacrifice as we travel through life, you my friend shared your life and times for your sacrifice of family,friends and home life to serve others!! Thank you for your hard work along with your coworkers over your career path.
Chief, I am really looking forward to hearing about year 3 and 4. It would be nice to hear how your family functions when you are gone. Perhaps start with explaining how your parents and siblings managed when you were in school at PMMA and then how it works for your family now. Obviously nothing very personal, just an oversight into how a seafarer’s family functions when the “chief” money maker is away for so long,
Thanks for thinking about us English speaking audience Chief. As someone who is taking his first steps in this sector your videos are both interesting and informative. Cheers.
Thank you very much for making your podcasts available in English Chief ☺.
I will be watching all of your future videos as I have in the past. Welcome back!
I've been waiting for this content chief. Your journey from cadet to chief engineer. Praying for your good health, for us to enjoy more of your videos 😅. God bless Chief 🙏
I have sent this to my grandson who is figuring out what to do after school. Thank you for this, chief.
Awesomely inspiring chief
Looking forward to the next installment
Very noble of you to help your family. I doubt very many young wayward children would do this today. Prove me wrong and make my day.
I love these videos!! I've been an Asst Chief Stationary Engineer (power plant) from L.A. for about a year now. Your videos motivate me, even I'm primarily in a stationary plant setting.
I think this is my first comment. I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos. I'm sure I am one of thousands who has missed you while you took a break. Frankly, my assumption was exactly what you said, you were burned out. I am glad you are back. I enjoyed every detail of your story. Keep them coming. From landlocked Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Thank you so much 😊
Funny thing is Chief, I thought that when you were on hiatus you might have accepted a teaching position at PMMA!
Thanks Chief for your story. Look forward to hearing the rest of it. Mark from Kansas USA
Very enjoyable, looking forward to your next instalment. Thank you.
Away nice to listen to someone's life story 😊👍
As always, it's a pleasure to hear from you, Chief. I remember that series on the PMMA. Impressive. Keep these podcasts coming. All the best to you.
Awesome Chief great to have you back for future episodes could you talk about the ship in the worst mechanical shape?
So nice to hear your story and that you're back. Please keep it up.
Thank you for keeping the english viewers in mind. If you do switch to tagalog, double check the subtitles, and sometimes they are SUPER SUPER bad if you try youtube subtitles for south american spanish videos because spanish in the americas is just mumbled spanish, and the subtitles never work right.
Chief, we wouldn't be here if we didn't want to hear your stories. You have captured our souls with this educational seafarer channel.
As an ex-pat Canadian living happily in the Philippines with a beautiful wife and teenage son, I am proud to be your neighbour now.
Keep them coming sir.
Thank you, Chief it was very interesting to hear your story. Looking forward to learning more about your life at sea.
Yes, I definitely enjoyed your story on the beginning of your seafarer career. Great logo combining an anchor ring and the big end of a connecting rod. 👍😎✌
Excellent! Very interesting.
Thank you! Cheers!
This was awesome Chief!!!!! So glad you shared your amazing story. Can't wait to hear the next chapter!
Thanlks Chief. I think i can say for everyone that we love to hear more stories and adventures.
Thanks so much. I was hoping you'd reappear and I'm very glad to get your update (in the past episode). Best wishes
Chief, I'm on a completely different field of work but I love your videos and I'll definitely watch anything you post in English, regardless of the style (documentary, vlog, podcast, etc)
Simple stevedore here, watching your vids are always a pleasure because you show me the world and work of seafarers that I don't see, being dockbound, and hearing how you became involved in seafaring is a treat for sure.
It helps me do my job better, knowing what seafarers have to deal with when abroad and at anchorage/dock.
I look forward to your next installment, good sir.
Thank you for having your podcast here, Chief !!! It's entirely relevant to your channel that we've gotten used to watching.
Chief, very well done! Down to earth and informative. A length of 15 minutes, more or less, is just right.
Love watching your vids Chief!! Keep up the work. Podcast experiment looks very good to my eyes.
Everyone has a story to tell and each tale is unique. I enjoyed your story, Chief, as I had two uncles in the British Merchant Service and another, a North Sea trawlerman. Your experiences will give me an insight into their lives and travels. I shall eagerly await subsequent chapters of your saga. Thank-you.
Staying tuned in Indiana and waiting patiently for your next episode! 👍👍
Looking forward to the rest :)
Love the podcasts. Hope to see you on the Apple platform
I really found this interesting Chief! I'm not seafarer or sailor of any kind but the world of shipping fascinates me. I must have been a sailor in a prior life. Haha.
Ah, that's very interesting. When my dad was a teenager in Germany he really wanted to be a marine engineer. Unfortunately it was the war and it never happened. But from your description it sounds like a great career. Lots of training and experience required.
Thanks for sharing your interesting seafaring origin story, Chief.
Great to see you back.... Good morning from Charlotte NC....... What's the craziest thing you ever seen at Sea.....
Thanks for sharing. When I was in high school I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I attended a training school with a classmate and decided to try that field. I did it for 43 years. My classmate quit after a few months. Thank again Jerome Manhattan Ks.
Chief, you are a great story-teller. Thank you for this podcast. I enjoyed hearing about how you started your seafaring career. I look forward to the next podcasts. Cheers from Liz and Ginger (pic left) in Australia.
Enjoyed this quite a bit. You are a good storyteller, aboard or in front of a cloth backdrop... :)
I have to say ' your page is one of the most interesting things I have seen on Facebook ' you come across as a nice person and a great ambassador for the Philippines '
Mind you I think most people love the people who come from the Philippines ' you may not be rich 'but you are rich in the way your attitude to life is. All the best from Scotland. 👍
Great job chief
Thanks!
Very interesting Chief! Looking forward for the next episode!
That would have been a reasonably exciting time in your life, travelling aross and around the world as a young man. So yeah, I do find it interesting, thankyou for the effort.
Thank you for your return. Any direction you choose, I will follow. Your a superb story teller.
Your story is very interesting. Cant wait for more . Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting and informative as we have come to expect.... thanks for doing it in English as well, appreciate it.
Bless you brother.....Thank you
I enjoy seeing you in THIS FORMAT 👍
Glad you enjoy it!