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Life at sea

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Jose Asada Chua II has lived most of his life at sea, 20 years ago he started a a junior member of the crew and at present he serves a Chief Engineer for container ship, Irene's Remedy. Elmer wanted to see the world for free, that was the main reason why he decided to work as a seaman. Irene's Remedy made a brief stop at Melbourne where we had a chance to catch up with the two and talked about life at sea.


 Image: Elmer Enriquez (L) and Jose Asada Chua II (right) at Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne (Sacha Payne, SBS)


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