MV Doulos

Today, after church, me and my friends went  to Vivo City to see MV Doulos, the World's Oldest Ocean Going Passenger Ship. The ship was built in 1914, just 2years after the Titanic. Doulos is staffed by about 320 volunteers from around 50 different nationalities. Doulos seeks to bring Knowledge, Help and Hope to nations around the world.

We went to see the Bookshop, one interesting thing was that they don't use one particular currency on the tag price, instead they use Units, example 25units, 100units, etc. They will convert the unit price into currency in which country they are visiting, example, 100units = SG$4 (in Singapore).

After the book shop, we took a tour around the ship. We went to see the captain's deck, crew cabins, engine room, services room (Laundry, Kitchen). Our tour guide, Eunjung Choi, a Korean girl who's been in the ship for more than 1 year, and she signed the contract for 2 years.

Like Eungjun, all the crews work voluntarily. They will sail with the ship from ports to ports to make practical, useful and educational information available to people around the world, especially in countries where it is difficult to access good literature.

This trip certainly gives me more insight about voluntary works, but of course seeing is different than actually doing. It gives me something to think about now, whether or not I can do like that, step out from my comfort zone and work as a volunteer, far away from home.