Assalamualaikum, and welcome back to Orange Shots.
Welcome back to one more interesting video.
Today's video is important because,
soon, ALLAH willing, in the next few days,
I'm signing off, and I'm going home.
So, that's a really exciting thing that's happened for me.
It's been 8 months on this ship;
not willingly,
Due to pandemic,
every country had their own requirements and all,
so I couldn't sign off earlier.
I'll keep making videos about this vessel, and shipping in general,
but for the next few months, I won't be on the ship anymore.
ALLAH willing, I'll still give you interesting videos to watch.
And by the way, the sunset looks extremely awesome,
and there's a ship passing by it.
I'd like to show you that.
Doesn't that look awesome?
So, while packing up to leave,
I thought why not fulfil another request,
I've been receiving requests about a cabin tour:
about how my cabin is, how I live in it,
how my accommodation is.
So, today, I'll give you a tour of my cabin.
I'll show you exactly what I have, and what I don't have in my cabin.
So, let's start.
By the way, the sunset looks really awesome. It looks beautiful.
Awesome.
This is my favourite spot in the mornings.
This huge porthole behind me;
it's very nice!
Since we're going to Fujairah, the sun is at the back,
and it gives off a nice light, I really like it.
I enjoy having my tea here.
I really like the portholes in my cabin, it's like having a window that looks outside.
You get to see everything outside.
You can see the full deck, you can see the sea.
I like that.
Where I'm standing now is the "sea deck", right below the bridge.
Right above me is the bridge, and above that is the "monkey island"
which I walked through to get here.
On the starboard (right) side of the sea deck is my cabin
(on every ship, normally).
That's why they say, "The captain is always right."
Because the captain's cabin is always on the right side of the ship.
My accommodation doesn't start from my cabin.
There are a few more things that belong to the ship's captain.
One of them is this, i.e., the captain's pantry.
Behind that is the captain's office.
On the right side are my dayroom and my bedroom.
Now, we're in the captain's pantry,
where they've given me a washing machine
so I can wash my clothes privately
if don't want them washed, I can always wash them here.
And this small area here has a washbasin and a sink.
These top cabinets are for glasses.
I had them removed because I wasn't using them.
But this is where I can keep them for my guests.
On the opposite side is an oven,
for if I want to heat up food.
There are some small steel cabinets here
where I can keep a few things, dry things.
I can store some mugs here too.
Coffee making equipment, too,
I can keep all those things here.
I also have this small fridge.
The only things inside are Coca Cola and water
but if I want I can keep more things over here.
I basically keep them for the guests.
Because I have my own fridge in my room.
So I keep most of my food there.
I usually keep stuff here when we go through ports
for when someone comes to meet me,
I serve them (the drinks, etc.) I store here.
That's pretty much everything found in the pantry, as the name suggests.
Basically coffee making stuff and whatnot.
There's also a heater here
for when you want to cook something.
The main food is cooked in the galley.
But they also have facilities here for me.
I told you earlier about a captain's office, here it is.
Let me just switch on all the lights.
So, the captain's office consists of these cabinets, you see behind me.
The cabinets hold all the ship's plans
plans of the engine room, electrical plans, drawings of the deck.
These are very important because whenever we need a spare,
or if there's anything we need to order or get info on,
we can find all of those things from these plans.
And if we want to see the lineup of our different things,
i.e., where all the lines and wiring are placed,
that can be found here.
Apart from all that, this is also a sitting area,
there's a table here with six chairs,
so six people can be accommodated here.
Those people are usually third parties like vetting inspectors,
port authorities, I usually ask for them to be seated here.
So we sit here and discuss whatever we have to see or do.
We actually do that over here.
All the meetings and discussions happen over here.
The captain's office also has my telephone here,
so I can call or be called on this number here.
Basically this number and my room's number are the same
so whenever I receive a call, I'll hear the ringing in both rooms.
So, this is also a good thing,
that way, I can call anybody for anything I might need.
I've also turned this area into the ship's library because
the ship doesn't have a lot of room, so this is my library.
These are all the books, there are novels in between, too.
They're always over here.
Anyone can come in and read here. I've allowed everyone to.
As long as they don't make any mess, I have no issues.
They can come to sit in here, read,
or if they want to look through any plans, they can always do that here.
They can always find anything they like from this office.
The only thing they have to do though,
is put everything back in its original place.
Both the plans and the books.
That's my only requirement.
I've shown you the pantry.
I've shown you the office where I meet everyone.
Now I think it's time to head into my day room and my bedroom.
Let's go.
Just as you enter my room,
the first thing you'll see is my table here.
This is a good table; a huge table. It's L-shaped.
On this side of the table is my computer,
it's a Windows computer given to me by the office.
It's meant for emails, scanning, all sorts of documentation, etc.
This computer is connected to our ship's intranet,
meaning, it's connected to all the other internal computers in this ship.
There's one in the chief engineering cabin, one in the ship's office,
the CCR, the ECR (engine control room).
This is connected to all those computers, the bridge's computer too.
Plus, this computer is also connected to the internet.
I receive all my emails here, and reply to them from here as well.
If you give this table a second glance, I have one satellite phone here,
for calling purposes.
The second satellite phone is over here,
I use this satellite phone more often for calls,
that's why I've placed near me, and secondly
it also has a loudspeaker.
It's easier for me this way.
That's why this is placed closer
not that one, though, it doesn't have a loudspeaker.
Then I have my table lamp over here,
and my writing pad over here,
and of course, this is my phone, my AirPods.
This is my writing pad.
I also have highlighters and pens for all my important notes.
A stapler too.
I've set this table for my own convenience,
so I don't have to walk too far to get my stuff.
All easily accessible.
Call it laziness.
But it's easier when everything is within arm's reach.
The satellite phone, the papers, the computer, everything.
Below the table are my scanner, copier, and my fax machine.
So I can easily copy, scan, or fax,
or rest my legs.
That's also a good thing.
The CPU is on this side, two drawers here too,
which contain all my necessities.
Apart from all of that, here's how I've arranged this side:
a multipurpose charger here, with 3-4 cables attached,
USB-C, and whatnot;
for charging my phone, my power bank,
my gimbal.
I have my iPad over here,
my Sony headphones.
This is basically my charging station.
Here's the charging dock
that charge's the ship's walkie-talkie.
So these are all the different things I keep here.
Right above the table is my colour copier.
This is also a laserjet.
I use the black and white one more often.
This one isn't used as often, I don't like using it much, anyway. It's a bit slow.
The black and white one works faster.
So I like to use that more than this.
On top of that, if you look at these two things.
These are the external buzzers for the SAT-C.
The Inmarsat C, like I showed you in the bridge videos.
These are the alarms.
So that I'm always aware of what alarm is going off.
On this side is the VHF,
i.e., very high-frequency radio.
Can you hear the noise?
I can always use this here.
This way, I don't have to leave the office to use the VHF.
I can always use it while sitting inside my cabin.
This display you see here,
shows our ship, which is in the Gulf of Oman at the moment.
We'll reach Fujairah tomorrow, in sha ALLAH.
I'll be signing off from there.
So this is where you can see the ship moving.
I always know where we are thanks to this, sitting inside my cabin.
I can keep track of the vessel's progress, its speed, its position,
the next waypoint, I also know when we're supposed to reach a certain port,
all those parameters are always here in front of me.
Now here's a cover that I don't often remove.
But I'm removing it now just to show you what's behind it.
This is our Kongsberg alarm monitoring system. MOS-33.
Any bridge equipment alarms, in fact,
any CCR alarms too for that matter
are displayed here.
Some engine alarms are displayed here too.
So I can always check whenever any equipment alarm goes off,
but I don't like seeing that, so I keep this covered.
Because if an alarm ever goes off, they should try handling it first,
they can call me if it's something important.
If I keep these alarms in front of me, I'll keep bothering them unnecessarily.
I don't want to do that.
I want to give them the freedom to solve issues
and obviously, they're in front me, I know what's going on.
and I also know how they end up solving the issue.
That's basically from experience
but I don't want to intrude unnecessarily.
Over to this side is a seating area.
It can accommodate 5 people.
The sofa I'm sitting in is a single-seater,
then there's another single-seater opposite to this one,
then there's a three-seater here.
So 5 people can easily be accommodated over here.
I only invite people here if something's personal
otherwise, it's the captain's office.
So the chief officer, chief engineer, the second engineer,
they're always welcome to come here.
We like to sit here and chat away.
So, this is basically an area for relaxing.
I usually lie in the three-seater to watch TV,
because the TV's mounted right in front of it.
I have my tea making equipment here, too.
Some peanut butter, chocos, coffee, honey,
a water bottle, creamer, Nescafe Gold, green tea,
a random iPhone box.
So I have some stuff I use here as well.
It's easier this way
because you don't have to call anyone to bring you tea.
There's a biscuit box here too. Ritz.
I eat it sometimes.
And some Chinese Danish cookies.
Chinese Danish cookies!
Anyway, this is my refrigerator.
It's a small one, but it's enough for me.
There's some Redbull inside, some milk, some sweets.
There's also some fruit yoghurt, and I think that's it.
I think there are some injections here, too.
These are all injections.
The second officer put the ship's injections here.
These injections are controlled drugs,
so we don't keep them in hospitals.
Anyone could go in and use them, usually no one does.
But according to regulations
they're supposed to be in the captain's custody.
That's why they're in the captain's fridge.
This is my Samsung TV. I rarely use it.
I usually edit videos in my free time.
I don't get time to watch TV.
There's also a 5.1 entertainment system below it too
but I haven't used it that much.
I don't get much time.
I spend most of my free time editing.
Editing, filming videos.
So I don't watch much TV.
Even now it's 12:30 am.
I had a bit of time so I thought I should film a video.
I'm going home afterwards, anyway.
So, at least I can do something before going home.
So I'm still not watching TV.
I think that's pretty much the day room.
I think now we should head inside the bedroom.
Okay, so, now we're inside my bedroom
but I wanted to start here. This is my wardrobe.
Only clothes inside, that's almost all.
Then there's a drawer below.
There are clothes inside it too, nothing special.
And this area under my main wardrobe,
contains a life jacket, an immersion suit.
Safety shoes as well.
In case, God forbid, any emergency arrives,
I can always take them out and wear them.
This is my bed. It's a double bed.
Honestly speaking, it's quite big. 6 feet by 6 feet.
This is the same telephone from my office,
so that the others can call me.
This is connected to the ship.
The telephone outside is also connected to the ship,
and the phone in the captain's office is also connected to the ship.
Some power outlets here.
This is a hairdryer.
I have my charger here too. Some hair creams as well.
For combing, etc.
This is my huge mirror,
which I stand in front of to comb and style my hair.
This is that mirror.
Another interesting thing I want to show you is these drawers
I keep my different toiletries here.
Let me show you.
This has some toiletries, a MacBook cover,
different things like that.
This drawer has papers and invoices.
Nothing too interesting.
I have my prayer mat and hat here.
And here's another interesting thing.
I showed you one telephone there,
there's one in the office.
There's one in the day room.
This phone is completely independent of them.
This is a sound-powered phone.
This is a rotary phone like the ones in the olden days.
It has a rotary dial here,
You rotate it, set the number on the dial,
i.e., the number you want to call.
This phone is in my bedroom and my office.
This is for when, ALLAH forbid, any emergency arises,
and the electronic phones stop working,
this phone will keep working.
Apart from that, I have my shoes here as well.
Here are some of my bags, too.
They're here because I'm signing off soon.
I'm preparing for that.
Now, to the bathroom. What's even in the bathroom to show?
There's nothing interesting to see in the bathroom, but
I'll show you anyway. This is my bathroom.
This is the washbasin.
And then I have a vacuum toilet system over here.
The bathing area is over there.
There's a shower curtain here,
so the water doesn't get everywhere.
I'm not going inside, it's not that interesting.
So this is my bathroom.
And to be frank, it's quite unremarkable.
Some ships have nicer bathrooms,
the one in this ship isn't as nice, but it's okay.
You're here for a while anyway.
I think they're okay, they're fine.
This is a PA system, or public address system.
Whenever there's an announcement, I can hear it from my room.
Then there's one more interesting thing I'd like to show you, people.
And that is the BWMS or bridge watch monitoring system.
If there's someone watching the bridge for 4 hours,
(the ship's always moving) and something happens,
this will let me know.
Every 12 minutes, the watchman has to acknowledge an alarm,
if that doesn't happen, the alarm rings in my room.
That way I'll know if something's wrong.
If the watchman is doing okay up there,
i.e., if he hasn't acknowledged the alarm in 12 minutes.
It then rings in my room.
All these posters you see are for different purposes.
I've already filled this up with air,
so I don't have to do that on the plane.
I can just wear it like this and go to sleep.
And I'll wake up, ALLAH willing, once I reach Lahore.
All different tables here have drawers.
There are drawers under the bed, too.
Under the TV, over the fridge,
there are plenty of drawers, plenty of storage space here.
All of them are used for different purposes.
They're filled with files and paperwork.
Nothing else there, really. Mostly paperwork.
There's another mirror here, too.
I can check myself in this mirror before I leave the room.
Over here are my helmets.
My earmuffs, my goggles.
I wear them when I go to the deck or the engine room.
This was today's video, I hope you liked and enjoyed it.
Until my next video, take good care of yourselves.
Remember me in your prayers.
With tons of love to my Orange Shots family,
and to-be Orange Shots family.
Take very good care of yourselves.
This is Orange Shots.
I'm Zahid Nisar,
ALLAH Hafiz!