A Seafarer And A Water Lily

A seafarer is working on board a ship which is floating on the water.
While water lily is a plant floating on the water.
If a water lily will be lifted up and put in a dry place. In few days, a water lily needs to be on the water again in order to be alive. If a seafarer is out of the water and going to their home sweet home for vacation. Only few months, a seafarer needs to be on board in order to support the daily living. If a seafarer or family has no other means of income is just like a water lily. When both a seafarer and a water lily are out of the water they will be in distress. A seafarer will still striving to survive by any other means. A water lily needs water. But a seafarer needs water and more.

Being a seafarer is not easy. Being far from family is the greatest sacrifice of a seafarer just to support the daily needs. Seafaring profession is worth loving for. I just hope I will be at home with my family at younger age if possible. I feel pity on my fellow seafarers who are older than me when giving job orders to them, but nothing I can do than to give orders.

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Seafarer's Trip Around Bohol

Seafarer on vacation with family.
Lists of towns which my dear wife remembered during our trip:

Tagbilaran
Cortes
Maribojoc
Loon
Calape
Tubigon
Clarin
Inabanga
Buenavista
Jetafe
Talibon
Trinidad
Ubay
Bien Unido
Alicia
Mabini
Candijay
Guindulman
Duero
Jagna
Garcia Hernandez
Valencia
Dimiao
Lila
Loay
Loboc
Bilar
Alburquerque
Baclayon

10 Best Android Apps Filipino Seafarers Must Have

 1. FACEBOOK
 2. SKYPE
 3. CHIKKA
 4. ENGLISH DICTIONARY OFFLINE
 5. WPS - KINGSOFT
 6. BIBLE OFFLINE
 7. SEABOOK
 8. NAUTICAL CHART SYMBOLS
 9. IALA BUOYS & LIGHTS
 10. FIREFOX

Filipino Seafarer's Money Distribution

 

OFW - Filipino Seafarer's Tax Exemption

You are exempt from filing income tax returns if:

You are an overseas Filipino worker whose income is derived solely from sources outside the Philippines.

If you are Filipino citizen working as an overseas seaman, your vessel must be engaged exclusively in international trade.


Sources:
GOVPH
BIR

BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE: REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 1-2011, FEBRUARY 24, 2011