在船底的藏書
3 Dec, 2008 :: Singapore, 新加坡
「我當初聽到BOOK HOLD（船底書艙）的時候，腦海裡浮現的事一個陰暗的挖礦的隧道，」來自英國的大衛科拉翰說。
在這底艙內，有成千上萬的書籍分門別類的儲藏起來，隨時為甲板上的國際書展補充貨源。這個團隊目前的任務，就是試著在有限的空間裡整理出更多的空間，因為新的貨櫃即將到來。您可知道，我們這艘船可是裝載了超過五十萬本的書呢！
一天下來，這個小團隊辛勤的搬動堆放成山的書箱，可以想見他們身體的疲勞反應是明顯的。在這個船底的艙內，是非常容易汗流浹背，整個空間也幾乎難以動彈，但是他們的熱情積極是不會輕易的被環境所影響的！問到工作的甘苦，大衛回答：「的確，我們大部分長時間孤獨的工作，但是，我事實上是非常享受的。我們可是把混亂回歸井井有條的幕後英雄呢！」
"I had this image of a dark mine shaft when I first heard of the book holds," said Dave Callahan (England). In the holds, hundreds of thousands of books are stored and catalogued for re-stocking the book fair. The team has been condensing the stock to create space for the next container. The ship has about 500,000 books in stock! As the team shifts and moves boxes, a physical result of their work can be seen by the end of the day. It often gets hot and stuffy in the holds, but the team’s enthusiasm does not dampen. About the hard work, Dave said, "It’s a lot of alone time, but actually, I enjoy it. We bring order to chaos and I love it!"
打火英雄演習
1 Dec, 2008 :: Singapore, 新加坡
雖然新加坡在地理面積上是個叢爾小國，但是她提供給「忠僕號」在上塢這段期間可是大大的熱情。二十六位志工船員們在此獲得新加坡國防學院的消防訓練。
來自香港的文（Manna Man）說：「能這樣實際的操演，真是太棒了！」
受訓的這些人員進入已經引燃「假的火苗」的引擎室內，並且練習使用消防栓以及其他打火的技術。這個課程幫這這些年輕船員深刻的實際操演他們在幾個月前最初加入「忠僕號」所學的，不過那個時候是紙上談兵。 同時，船上真正的消防第一線的菁英團隊也隨時待命，以免哪位弄假成真警鈴突然大響。
「如果哪裡真有起火，現在我知道該怎麼做了。」文做了這樣的結論。
Though Singapore is a small nation geographically, it offered big hospitality while Doulos was in dry dock. Twenty-six crewmembers received fire-fighting training by the Singaporean Civil Defence Academy. Manna Man (Hong Kong) said, "For practical training, it was awesome!" The trainees went into an engine room with a staged fire to practice using the fire hoses and other useful fire-fighting techniques. This course helped crew to build on training which the crew was given when joining Doulos a few months ago. On the ship a fire control team is on standby at all times, ready to jump into action in case a fire alarm goes off. "If there really is a fire, I know what to do.", concluded Manna.
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