guys, i need ur help for making the decision..as u guys know, i got called from MISC to attend for medical check up..but i have other story, Im not fresh spm student like most of u, Im 22 years old n already have diploma from university..so is it worth for me to turn back and start achieve my dream or simply continue my study in degree level..im in dilemma right now...

Salute  . Dont mind me asking how long does it takes to be a chief??
I would like to know are there any  malaysia seafarer forum? i would like to get to know more about maritime line and  expand my knowledge.

You can do it really quick like 6 to 7 years. Once you got your class 1 COC youre qualified to be chief all ready.
The timeline during my time is
College - 1 years
Practical - 9 months
Back to college - 2 years (to get HND in Marine engineering)
Shipboard service - 2.5 years (18months seatime eligible for class 2 COC)
Shipboard service -5 years (18months seatime eligible to take class 1 COC)
Shipboard service - promoted to Chief engineer

The 5 years long shipboard service due to MISC keep mixing up my Class 1 preparatory course. - Applied for UK COC and they keep sending me to ALAM to get the malaysian COC.

The info below is for UK COC cos did my Higher National Diploma at South Tyneside College. Malaysian COC was somewhat easier i think cos only need to take one exam for class 1 & 2 combined..

no...only medical i guess...because we are suppose to wear tie...and i don't think that we have to to do 50 pumping....lol

still havent being called..maybe im not selected . .. guess will try again nex year Always look on, the bright side of light

Hey destroyer and everyone.. I wanna ask u la.. I was selected to the interview and did quite well..
But, i haven,t received any call from ALAM yet.. Am i rejected??? My academic and sports are well but WHY i am not selected? I scored 8A 2B in my SPM and state athletic as well..
PLEASE!! Help me list any other company which are sponsoring sea cadet and is there any other marine ins other than alam,sma,puo????.. I really want to be a seaman!
GOD HELP ME

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Added on May 31, 2009, 4:32 pmi am willing to be a seafarer.. hey how much is the cost if i selfpaid and study at ALAM?? and Am i dijamin a work??
thank a lot.........................................................

oh man, i'm in dilemma..
i'm really interested in seafaring, some guys from SMA came to my school just now and gave a talk on the seafaring career and it really make me more interested (they look damn cool too  ).
It is nice and all but I don't like the "- The sea is your life. You are there much longer than you are on land. - Far from family" because I don't want to be missing out on all the fun happening on land (all those animes and stuffs) and I don't want my childs to be lack of love, I want to raise em up and be there when they need me.

i dunno who blogged this...but read this for ur own good.

Day 1 - I report at the registry around 2 ++pm N parents are not allow to stay in alam .. You know why ? coz HELL BEGIN !!! The instructor begin with a welcome speech ' good morning to gentlement welcome to alam .. we are about to start our insduction week ..ALL CADETS FRONT SUPPORT POSITION DOWN !!! '

that time i was BLUR ... how come they ask us push up ? i dont even know what is the TRUE meaning of INDUCTION ..
that day i did 50 push up 50 sit up with my formal suit .. =.='

Day 2 - we are devided to few group ..today my group is doing SEA activities..everyone is so excited to go to sea...but everyone didnt know is FULL 1 WEEK HELL .. thought it was just 1 day .. one by one we are 'send' into the deep blue sea ..hahha ... we float on the sea for around half an hour .. i cant stand it ..seasick !!!

1500hrs-1600hrs under the hot sun marching .. i think this is the 1st time i march .. haha .. since high school im so ANTI marching .. is like 1 group of robot walking on the tar road .. lol..

2000hrs tonight we have activites at auditorium .. they ask us to wear formal ..everyone was thinking tonight will be any briefing or what .. but end up the same .. HELL .. ish ~~~ everyone have a task to endure a POST .... im doing shaolin post .. left leg up . .. right hand holding a rod endure for 15 minute . 0100 hrs end.

Day 3 - I cant remember much for today .. but we are wearing yesterday WET CLOTH .. 1300 hrs start marching again .. my skin starts to burn .. few of them faint ... lol

DAY 4 (climax) - 1400 we proceed to port dickson taman reakrasi ... we are asked to build our own camp .. make wooden rack.. and a place to sleep ... after sunset SUPER HELL BEGIN !! activity start around 2200 hrs group2 will go for jungle tracking 1st .. everything is so dark !! i cant even see the person infront of me ..everyone is holding shoulder to shoulder..one stupid guy in my group on his own torch light and because of that we get push up inside the forest .. =.='

Next .. we become SEA TURTLE !! .. we must crawl from a muddy seaside into da sea den sleep there for 15 minute N rolling at the sea N put our head inside the salty sea water DEN only we can come up .. that time was 0030hrs .. very strong wind .. dam cold ..

After that blind folded jungle tracking .. im the leader for this blind folded thingy.. our guide is 1 rope and along the rope there is few check point .. each check point there is few bottle .. small and big bottle .. one of the check point got 2 big bottle .. there is the place that i need to go ... ( im still wearing the muddy wet salty dirty cloth )

THE MOST INTRESTING PART ... For tonight our bed is TAR ROAD wahaha... all those activities end at 0245.. without any blanket or leaf .. we sleep on the tar road with our soaked cloth !!! dam #$*#(* cold !!! shivering too death weh ~~ and we are not allow to bath although there is a toilet ..

DAY 5 - imagine yesterday we sleep at 0245 .. today must wake up at 0630 and hell will get worst ... today we will be doing LONG LONG distance jungle tracking ,there is from PD to ALAM (PD to melaka) .. STEAM !!! there are many thing happen along the journey .. lazy wanna write but the journey took us 3 hours of jungle tracking N 1 hour of TAR ROAD walking .. this is what i astimate the less and we are walking under the sun .. i can just pill skin from my head .. can u imagine how serious is the sunburn?

THIS IS NOT OVER YET !! b4 we go for our jungle tracking each of us receive a biscuit for us to 'protect' but end up i break it .. =.=' .. the punishment is .. 500 of physical traning exercise( i.e push up,sit up,star jump,squad jump,duck walk and so on) ... i cant feel my hand and leg and yet the hell is not over yet(still with my dirty smelly salty cloth) .. everyone must rolling from our hostel to the entrance of ALAM .. is around 50 meter i think .. is like going cockscrew for 100 of times .. lol.. DIZZY PEKAT !! every end at 0200hrs

question here, what kind of dress code is used for attending class?
jean?trouser ?shirt ?

yep. 2.5km under 11minutes in my tym. you'll be running in group. one people mess, all will kena.