Dirk's Work Thread.

[dirk diggler]

http://english.hhi.co.kr/files/common/player/hhi.webm

Here is a video I found online Promoting the Shipyard. Pretty interesting to see all the stuff they do here.

[peterpan]

It says can't be played as video is corrupt.

[dirk diggler]

Works fine for me but no problem, I found it on Youtube:

[dirk diggler]

So, last night while I was sitting in with the heating full pelt nursing my hangover with a large meat feast pizza and watching the football whilst praying that the evil storm outside wasn't going to cave the windows in, I missed out on all the action.

The visibility from my window was nada anyway, but this was happening right outside:


South Korean coast guard members fight against high winds in their search for sailors who went missing after a strong gale sent three cargo ships into rocks along the coast of South Korea's Ulsan City on Nov. 25, 2013. The three ships are from China, Korea and Panama, respectively

Bum Jin No. 5 among three grounded ships in storm off Ulsan

The "Zhou Hang 2" along with the 11347 dwt tanker "CS Crane" and the 3565 dwt tanker "Bum Jin 5" which all were at an anchorage off Ulsan, were blown ashore in gale force winds in the night of Nov 25, 2013. As conditions worsened, the vessels weighed anchor to move further away from shore. Before the vessels could reach a new anchorage, the winds reached 45 miles per hour and waves rose up to four meters. The vessels were pushed off course and went ashore. The "Zhou Hang 2", which had been at the E-1 anchorage off Ulsan had weighed anchor and tried to move away from shore. It was pushed off course by very strong winds which caused the ship to hit an underwater rock formation about 320 meters from land at around 1:47 a.m. The vessel suffered hull damage as it struck the rock formation. There were no reports of injuries to the total crew of 46 men aboard all three vessels. The South Korean Coast Guard responded and was able to rescue 11 crew off the "CS Crane" which grounded at 2.30 a.m. and the "Bum Jin No. 5" at 3.55 a.m. Weather alerts had been issued by authorities the day before. All the ships were grounded because they were unsuccessful in moving to a new anchorage further out to sea. At the time of the accidents, gusts of wind reached up to 20 meters per second, with waves rising to four meters.

That's about all I can find about this but I will take a walk down tomorrow and see if I can get any pics.

[dirk diggler]

Here's some pics I took yesterday of the boats from the news and a few more around town etc







































As it happened I couldn't buy anything from the market as I had no time to walk to the cash machine so I just went to the supermarket, picked up a few items and paid by card.



For comparison, I get 80,000 Won ($75) per day to cover meals. All that lot cost me 61,000 Won.

[xanax]

Fascinating stuff mr Dirk, thanks. Wish I had $75 a day for grub!

[dirk diggler]

Cheers Xanax.

Today I'm gonna walk down to HomePro in search of one of those wee room humidifiers you just pop on top of a bottle of water. That and a chapstick.

It's getting pretty cold here now and the humidity is zero. If I don't get some moisture in me I'm gonna dry up like the fish in the picture. Seems to be affecting everyone.

Will take some pics if there's anything interesting along the way.

[dirk diggler]

I heard somebody creeping around the flat and went to investigate. New guy from Thailand.

So I suggested he come with me and have a look around and he was well up for it. When we started off and I told him is was gonna be about a 20min walk he nearly shit a brick and we flagged a taxi. You can take the boy out of Thailand...

Anyway, turns out Home Plus is closed on Wednesdays but I got my humidifier in a nearby electrical shop.

No pics.

[beerlaodrinker]

interesting thread this one dirk, good to see how other people make a living , i might crank up my mining in Laos thread again, still taking photos, and we still have lots of accidents

[dirk diggler]

I'd love to read it, feel free to post a link here!

[beerlaodrinker]

i asked the mods to archive it, there was some shit going on at work some naughty chaps had been putting up those hitler youtube videos, taking the absolute piss out of management, They didnt see the funny side, my thread was harmless enough i think but better to play it safe i thought,

[dirk diggler]

I went downtown to Ulsan proper tonight, took a few pics. They came out a bit shit though.













Downtown is pretty cool. We just wondered around for a bit then went for some food.

I got refused a watch battery at a Tissot shop because I didn't have my warranty card with me. WTF is all that about?

[MissTraveller]

Very cool thread, Dirk. I lived in Ulsan last year and took many pics of that place from the beach and park across the way. Now I know what goes on in there.

[MissTraveller]

Downtown is pretty cool. We just wondered around for a bit then went for some food.

I got refused a watch battery at a Tissot shop because I didn't have my warranty card with me. WTF is all that about?

Ah, I've been to that mall and the wheel. Don't forget to ride the ferris wheel. It is a good way to see more of the city. I lived forty minutes from Ulsan southbound. I literally lived closer to Busan and barely visited Ulsan since it was boring and not much to do. They do have a few nice beaches and parks though.

[dirk diggler]

It's weird right? Ulsan ticks all the boxes, it's big, clean, crime is basically non-existent, no homeless, wealthy, metropolitan, friendly, bla bla bla...

It's just... Fucking boring sometimes.

[dirk diggler]

Very cool thread, Dirk. I lived in Ulsan last year and took many pics of that place from the beach and park across the way. Now I know what goes on in there.

The video at the top of this page is a good way to see what goes on there, even shocked me how much they have going on!

[MissTraveller]

^I'll check it. I had a few engineer friends who actually worked there. They were from India and told me about how they had to go to a meeting every morning and it was all in Korean (which they barely spoke). I understood them though as I had to do the same thing where I was teaching.

If you haven't already try to find 'O'Taco' restaurant. It is near where you are working by the water. It has great Mexican food and beer.

[dirk diggler]

I've seen the taco place, only a couple of hundred meters from my apartment. Will be sure to check it out as I've heard its good from a few folk now.

I'm just counting the days now for this trip. It's cold and I'm missing my gf, my dog and my bike. (in that order in case she's spying). 12 days home just wasn't enough. Couldn't get too far on my bike and the puppy only 6 weeks old. Got a month off in 2 weeks time so bike runs to Krabi and Samui, xmas, new year, puppy training and hopefully pick up a new car is shaping up to be epic festivities.

I managed to slice open my achilles tendon on a door incident too and although it's not serious it's hurting like a bitch and not getting any better with work boots. Wish I never committed to an extra week for overtime now.

Fuck it, troop on!

[MissTraveller]

Best of luck, Dirk. Your trip back to Thailand is something to look forward to. I miss a lot of things about Korea, but glad to be back home at the moment. I must go back to putting my Xmas tree up.

[patsycat]

Lots of piccies of Archie soon I hope!!!

[Jshorts]

Thank you, interesting ! More girls please ?

More guys, please.

[dirk diggler]

Lots of piccies of Archie soon I hope!!!

Any time for you, Patsy.

























Oh me, they grow up so fast...

[dirk diggler]

Thank you, interesting ! More girls please ?

More guys, please.

So you joined Teakdoor in Sep 2008 then 5 years later came out of the woodwork to ask me that? On a Korean thread?

WTF is wrong with you?

[CNF55]

^^ Cuteness overload! Love his eyes.

[Bilbobaggins]

Very interesting thread Dirk, great pics too.

You working solely as a test engineer?

I'm assuming they get local labour to install the pipework systems?

Asking as I have a petrochem background myself and looking to try and get out to Asia working sometime soon, so any tips gratefully received!

Looking forward to more from you fella.