I managed to foil the alarm system again by tying my blue bandanna over the alarm! So, I've had two peaceful morning showers. That's an accomplishment.
Clocks went back another hour last night, so we are now a full 12 hours ahead...plus a day I think.
Jeff's Country Jam show debuted last night and will be performed twice tonight. It was well received and a few folks even stood up at the very end. A rare happening for an ensemble performance. Aussies reserve standing ovations for single performers. I don't understand the thinking behind that but it is what it is.
We received our passports along with visa passes from Singapore Customs officers who are onboard so we can go onshore when we arrive in a few days. And today, Wednesday, looks like another beautiful day.
I don't think I will have to pay the daily gratuity charge since I am in a crew cabin...I will tip my steward on a private basis. I finally met him yesterday...name is Brendy and he is from Phillippines. And I don't think he does vacuuming, but he pretty much does everything else.
The spigot for extra escorts on tours (that extra would be me) has been turned off, so I'll be going on crew tours, which typically are very nice but much cheaper, or I will be paying a discounted price for the standard tours that Jeff will be escorting. It will depend a lot on where and when and how many seats are available. I have to say that Jeff made a lot of good friends in the short time before I boarded. Everyone on staff has been very, very nice to me and I have had some freebies and discounts!
So, the excitement brewing today is that the real crew and staff heard their Introduction to Pirates talk and as a passenger I will get mine soon. But from what little I've already heard, we will be in pirate territory for TWO WEEKS!!!! Now, exactly what that means to me, I'll have to wait and learn.
I had my first Captain sighting this morning and unfortunately I rather bumbled the meeting. I was trying to find the small laundry room in our little crew area in the maze somewhere...and the Captain poked his nose out of his office and asked rather sternly who I was and what was I looking for? I stammered that I was looking for the laundry and he asked if I wanted the passenger laundry? I said that I was really looking for the small laundry area in our neighborhood...and he must have been frustrated by that. So he asked if I was a passenger. I said that I was part passenger and part crew. Good thing he didn't ask which part was which!! He finally pointed where I should head. And, of course, I was headed in the right direction, just didn't go far enough. Yikes! So, next time we meet I'll have to have something to say that makes better sense so he doesn't think his entire ship is a ship of fools!
Back to excursions...Jeff and I signed up for two crew trips, one in Israel and one in Jordan. Jerusalem and Petra essentially. There is a rumor that Egypt has been cancelled, but I don't know that for certain...I may have mentioned that previously. Please forgive me if I repeat myself along the way. I don't go back and read what I've already posted each time I write a new post, I just keep going.
This morning there was a meeting of iPad users, so I went. What a mess. Take fifty or sixty people, average age 80, with widely varying abilities and stick them in one room with no leader. For the first fifteen minutes they tried to figure out how to move all the chairs into a huge circle...in an odd Y-shaped room, and no one could hear from one side to another! And, once in the circle they wouldn't leave a way out! So, if you wanted to leave you'd have to awkwardly push your chair backwards and climb over the perimeter couches which already lined the room! Oi! I sneaked out once I heard that some folks just got their machines before embarking and others had no clue what WiFi is. No one seemed to know the word blog either...but they all seemed to want to sound like experts. I had two questions and managed to have one answered before my escape.
I talked to Jack this morning and was reminded that Gaby graduates from eighth grade this week Friday and that her big dance is this week, too. He promised to have Amy post some photos of the events. My photos will hopefully be posted on my Facebook page soon since we just haven't figured out how to go camera to iPad to blog. I know it can be done but I think I'm missing a part! Brain part, no doubt.
Quote of the day: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
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