tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23171621440979956652024-03-06T01:15:09.455-08:00I'll give you a piece of my mindLorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-84267051050239906212021-11-16T01:44:00.001-08:002021-11-16T01:44:39.327-08:00Rain, rain, go away........Earlier this past summer we experienced wayyyy too much heat....scorching heat, over 40 Celcius for a few days and sadly many unprepared people died. Now mere weeks later there's been too much rain and 7000 people have had to leave their homes. As far as we know right now nobody has died from this horrific unrelenting rainfall that lasted for several days but many many people have lost their homes in the city of Merritt. The fire in Lytton burned all the houses, stores,schools, businesses etc. except for one house that was left standing. Now this flood; pretty much all the homes have been ruined but greatfully all the people got out as far as we know. It's unbelievable but a freak of nature took over; everyone is alive but they too will likely not have a livable home to go home to.Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-34652612622746009042021-11-16T00:46:00.003-08:002021-11-16T01:06:14.295-08:00What happened to beautiful B.C.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWI0jK7CAmDK8L7z2WhewRdrwRi1ZAu9VUQsru3qTLzJMy3xSV7vpldIdK99OXw9U53k8V5bY8TkoxuQXpza9olZEfD5QMBdK_4Er5p7-LsWtyY9BoUjQOXHz5BlragyeWXmNKj5oZYg/s640/257279367_10165854587705302_6412508723186855686_n.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWI0jK7CAmDK8L7z2WhewRdrwRi1ZAu9VUQsru3qTLzJMy3xSV7vpldIdK99OXw9U53k8V5bY8TkoxuQXpza9olZEfD5QMBdK_4Er5p7-LsWtyY9BoUjQOXHz5BlragyeWXmNKj5oZYg/s320/257279367_10165854587705302_6412508723186855686_n.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW3vgs80rYnpfribBdxV1t92ucuc0MeRpCsyzrB_NNDMxDKjhUDHSYmuwiOyCgrgz-V228WWAJsQ-YPbYYhZn55RY4OJUPNenODjRSrZY14aZNq_3phNLyoHXX8RcWOIZPHWUdHvMS-A/s960/257808347_10165854587575302_7928361811766100290_n.jpg" style="display: block; 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So will simply track Willy like this.
Sighted on Sept.3, 2020 at 05:03 in Sydney Forks Nova Scotia.
Travel time from previous entry 93 days, 1 hour, 38 mins.
Distance 34 KMs.
Average speed per day was 0.37
No pic,as i cannot figure out how to do it anymore.
Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-19481496093426044832020-06-02T12:17:00.000-07:002020-06-02T12:17:41.610-07:00willy hit again less than 3 days from his last sighting<br />
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<tr bgcolor="#333367" class="tabletitle" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; padding: 2px;"><td colspan="7"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;">Twenty Dollar Bill, Serial# <b>EYZ------7</b> Series: <b>2004</b></span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#333367" class="tabletitle" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; padding: 2px;"><td colspan="7"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;">This bill has traveled at least 21,018 KM in 11 Yrs, 14 Days, 7 Hrs, 50 Mins at an average of 5.2 KM per day. <br />It is now 993 KM from its starting location.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#333367" class="tabletitle" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; padding: 2px;"><td colspan="7"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;">This list is in reverse-chronological order</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#333367" class="tabletitle" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; padding: 2px;"><td>Entry Time<br />(Local Time of Zip)</td><td>Location, State/Province<br />(Green=USA, Blue=Canada, Purple=International)</td><td>Travel Time<br />(from previous entry)</td><td>Distance<br />(KM)<sup>*</sup></td><td>Average<br />Speed<br />(KM<br />Per Day)</td><td>Send<br />Anon<br />email</td><td>View<br />User<br />Profile</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">02-Jun-2020 03:24 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/ns.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=B0E-1B0" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Baddeck, NS </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2 Days, 18 Hrs, 17 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">274</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">99</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Guy who gave this bill to me at work said to come to the site on the bill. Cool 20, little rough but it's still paper. Will pass it on</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">30-May-2020 09:07 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/ns.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=B3H-2V1" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Halifax, NS </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">91 Days, 21 Hrs, 13 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1,426</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">16</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Got it at Ferry terminal. Written on but otherwise nice to see a paper bill !</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">28-Feb-2020 09:53 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/on.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=L8J-0K8" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Stoney Creek, ON </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1 Yr, 308 Days, 44 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">149</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">0.22</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Gift</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">26-Apr-2018 10:08 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/on.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=L4X-1R7" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Mississauga, ON </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">140 Days, 6 Hrs, 59 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">42</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">0.30</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">07-Dec-2017 02:09 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/on.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=L1V-6S9" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Pickering, ON </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1 Yr, 96 Days, 1 Hr, 51 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">493</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1.1</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Issa GG Mike & Najaye REEE</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">02-Sep-2016 01:18 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/qc.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=J2W-1X1" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1 Yr, 34 Days, 15 Hrs, 53 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">3,040</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">7.6</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><img border="0" height="18" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/noemail1.gif" width="23" /></td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">30-Jul-2015 07:25 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/ab.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=T2Z-2G7" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Calgary, AB </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2 Yrs, 343 Days, 22 Hrs, 24 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2,393</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2.2</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Willy was great he's from burger king he was worn out I loved him very much</td></tr>
<tr class="usa" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">20-Aug-2012 11:00 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><img border="0" height="14" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/usaflag.gif" width="25" /> <a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=489-06" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Lansing, MI </span></td><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">73 Days, 2 Hrs, 26 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2,507</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">34</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">i got it at the store its in amazing condition</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">08-Jun-2012 06:33 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/ab.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=T1L-1H1" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Banff, AB </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">165 Days, 18 Hrs, 54 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">2,724</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">16</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">26-Dec-2011 12:38 AM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/on.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=N6C-4B1" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">London, ON </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">96 Days, 5 Hrs, 12 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">393</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">4.1</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><img border="0" height="18" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/noemail1.gif" width="23" /></td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Change from a forgotten night!</td></tr>
<tr class="usa" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">20-Sep-2011 08:26 PM</span></td><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><img border="0" height="14" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/usaflag.gif" width="25" /> <a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=468-04" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Fort Wayne, IN </span></td><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">326 Days, 17 Hrs, 42 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">560</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">1.7</td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="http://www.whereswilly.com/anon_email.php?args=aa3152b574766b2807bd453981f61de82805c171211c91fb84b395f4cda9275000855e50c4d29cb84842645e5abf6c6e5096d944d691359452650ce0a0ae567733948c6dbd04906e54f9b32818dcc129b4bdf89f9aa163141bdbbd53b2c7278605feda4dc143e878d536e84b6cbaf3e58e61a3f5f4e35a033ff740804220959f5ee4ea4e0165120b7941fc6894dcbf358f21c3453750dd4114cff5ed915b2d271c0f1a896f94812c" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/email1.gif" /></a></td><td align="center" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </td></tr>
<tr class="usa" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Bill Entry Changes:</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #007000; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Zip Code has been changed</td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Help me track where willy has been!</td></tr>
<tr class="can" style="color: yellow; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">29-Oct-2010 02:44 AM</span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" height="19" src="https://whereswilly.com/flags/on.jpg" width="30" /> </a><a href="https://www.mapquest.com/search/results?query=M5V-3Z1" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Map this location" border="0" height="15" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/icons-location.gif" title="Map this location" width="15" /></a> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Toronto, ON </span></td><td style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">82 Days, 21 Hrs, 35 Mins</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">3,345</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">40</td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="http://www.whereswilly.com/anon_email.php?args=58740b2345ba845aaafeac9e1e4716f4bd04aa67eb5b50004345be498fef5188bdbde16da5b774ba5b4330b67582fb382e462a7d1ee9223dfb6789da1e6299b44dd39f950d6bb3f316cebad09d61b307421d4d4ea1f68a49b660e071359e0470df29328aefb33c9f257e7eb0340a8be47d1cadf4245358393ff740804220959f5ee4ea4e0165120b7941fc6894dcbf358f21c3453750dd4114cff5ed915b2d271c0f1a896f94812c" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/email1.gif" /></a></td><td align="center" style="background-color: navy; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #111111; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt;"><img border="0" src="https://whereswilly.com/images/profile1.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr class="note" style="color: white; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; padding: 4px;"><td style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">User's Note</td><td colspan="6" style="background-color: #777777; border: 1px groove rgb(170, 170, 170);">Bill came through the office at my work downtown Toronto right near the CN Tower.<br /><br />The last hit on this bill was on my birthday. :p</td></tr>
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-80973432646490059772020-04-20T01:48:00.000-07:002020-05-31T02:23:41.762-07:00The 2020 cruise that didn't happen<br />
I was supposed to be onboard NCL Bliss tonight for a 21 night cruise but here i am at home surfing the net and creating Gelli prints. Who knew back in the beginning of the new year that a virus called Covid 19 would happen and ruin my plans.<br />
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I've always wanted to go on a huge ship and it was finally supposed to happen today. I had booked it back in Feb. and had been soooo looking forward to getting aboard my biggest ship ever. Bliss carries 4000 passengers and with 1700 crew pulling it all together i thought i was going to be having the time of my life. I was aware of everything that was supposed to happen today like exactly when my husband would be driving me to the airport, the moment when i'd land in New York, meet my room mate and have a nice dinner and after a good nights sleep, board the ship and find the beautiful midship balcony suite that we had been upgraded to. Doesn't that just take the cake though, my first major upgrade, first suite, first cruise with my friend Judy, first time sailing out of New York and sailing under the Verazanno Bridge. We would sail past the Statue of Liberty and this would be my second time; i had sailed by it in 2014 in the dead of night but still, it was pretty awesome to see her standing there in the morning. Even so though i was really looking forward to sailing by her this time in daylight.<br />
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Bliss was built in 2018 and she's not the biggest ship on the seas but that's ok, she would be my biggest ship and i knew that afterwards i'd have to drop down to smaller ships as i'm getting too feeble for all the walking involved on the big 'uns. I was planning to drive a Go Kart onboard as Bliss is home to one of only two Go Kart race tracks at sea. Then there's the Ocean Front which is a space 1/4 mile long. The Jersey Boys show and another called Six that i was looking forward to seeing onboard....my list of what to do on this beautiful ship is a mile long so i won't go there. We were going visit to Cartagena, Columbia to see the old town and find out why they say it has a Caribbean flavor. Then after traversing the Panama Canal i would be on a mountainous excursion in Puntarenas Costa Rica and then an Eco river cruise adventure in Puerto Caldera. Another day for the Antigua Puerto Quetzal Discovery visit in Guatemala and then an excursion in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and another to Cabo San Lucas then to Los Angeles to see the beachfronts and Beverley Hills and meet my roomies friend who planned to come down to meet us there. Two days of sailing next to Victoria, B.C., the capital of my Province where we planned to rent a car and see the sights with a possible stop at Butchart Gardens if time permitted. Eventually the cruise would come to an end in Seattle where we'd spend 2 days at the port and then disembark the ship and head for the airport to catch my little one hour puddle jumper to Vancouver. San Francisco had been a port on this itinerary but cancelled and nobody knows why. Whatever, what a waste of a gorgeous big ship that's wasting away at anchor somewhere out in the drink and a friend that i now won't be seeing, sights that i won't see, games that i won't be playing food that i won't be eating, you get the picture.....it's all so sad.<br />
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Not sure if i'll ever be a passenger on Bliss now but one just never knows what might happen, things changed and the whole world has been stopped in it's tracks. But we'll be up and running again sometime, hopefully soon and in the meanwhile stay safe, be kind and keep sailing on.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-53876696271262659312020-02-29T16:49:00.000-08:002020-02-29T16:49:00.013-08:00Where's Willy 10 years laterSorry i couldn't figure out how to post this; different computer and i forget how to do it after all this time!<br />
I was totally surprized to find that my $20. bill is still in circulation after all this time.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-75433838625990913822019-12-07T02:38:00.000-08:002019-12-07T02:42:01.044-08:00Oct. 30, 2019 Bye Splendor, hello Singapore airport <br />
Waiting on the shuttle bus to the airport with just a handful of people so far. I was out of my cabin before 7a.m. Dragged and pushed my luggage to the Lido and had some breakfast. Then went to deck 3 because nobody could hear the announcements with the din in there. Fortunately 3 was the departure deck and a lucky guess because it can be other decks depending on the tides and stuff. I had a hellova time handling my two suitcases; they each wanted to go different ways. Once out of there it was a long walk into the terminal and out the other side and then to find my shuttle.<br />
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Yippee i'm on my bus and it's just after 8 now and all i'll have to do is figure out how to get through the airport and to my gate. My flight isn't until 12:55 so i'll have lots of time. Maybe i shouldn't be so confident as i know how things can get messed up and plans can change.<br />
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The airport is so big here, huge and beautiful and maybe even easy to find your way around in it if you're young and smart and healthy which doesn't include me, lol. This bacterial infection is causing me to cough and then i worry and then i hyperventilate so it's not that easy.<br />
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I was so grateful for Linda and her hubby who were passengers on the ship but i hadn't actually met them before. They and their entourage waited for me at different points making sure i got on the train to another terminal. At one gate something went wrong and i don't know what, maybe i was randomly picked. Whatever, the guy at this point seemed suspicious of me and i was held up for quite a while, answering alot of questions, showing my passport and they even asked for my ships card which luckily i still had in my purse. I was under suspicion for something but you understand and don't ask questions, just stay calm, let them do their job and co-operate and do what they say and soon everything will be ok. I was fingerprinted, photographed and finally let go after the guy in charge took his merry old time checking me out. By then i was so tired of standing and walking i asked about getting wheelchair assist. Don't laugh, remember i've got this stupid bacterial infection and the meds the Dr. had given me yesterday had caused some grief. Needless to say i wasn't going to take those pills on flying day and probably wont even after i get home either because that sceneria was brutal and painful.<br />
My new friends had waited for me! I was surprised and so glad they did and it was totally unexpected. To save the airport employee from having to get somebody to push me in the wheelchair Linda offered to do it. She and her family were so kind and considerate to volunteer to look after me as they did. They pushed me along for a very long way and then at one point i saw that we were coming up to a bookstore and as much as i hated to hold them up still more i did ask if they minded if i ran in to grab a couple of magazines and they graciously said go for it! Off we went again and they were so much fun and a pleasure with their wit and generosity and determination to make sure i got to my flight. They figured out where we needed to go and i'm not sure if i would have been capable of figuring it out on my own because it seemed complicated to me.<br />
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We were almost at our gate when Annie came walking towards us from there. She said there was nothing of interest near our gate, not even food nearby and that she was going to the snooze lounge and asked if we wanted to go there too. I said i did but my new friends chose to go a different way and so Annie took over the drivers place of pushing me and off we went. Meanwhile we passed so many interesting things, this airport is not one anyone would get bored in thats for sure! It was quite a long way and into a glass elevator where we went down a floor and there was the snooze lounge nearby. Several people were already snoozing but there were lots of loungers so so we each got one to lay down on and had a little snooze. Annie set her watch for a wake-up call in 20 mins and when it rang we got back on the road, uhhhh, carpet which i liked alot as she pushed me on it. It had an awesome pattern and last year i had taken pics of a different awesome carpet in there that was real cool too. This aiport is amazing and you could spend days admiring it and all it has to offer. You could vacation in there! There's tons of interesting food venues and all sorts of interesting amazing things to look at. There's even a swimming pool and an amusement park, an adult slide to another level, and all sorts of stuff for kids but they wern't on our route.<br />
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Soon it was time to get on a beautiful big Cathay Pacific plane and as i walked through the first class section to get to my second class seat i saw Linda and her family sitting in there. They were obviously well to do and the nicest, kindest, most considerate helpful people i've ever met. Shows to go you, you just never know who people are. I am humbled and forever grateful to them for their kindness to me and i hope i can pay it forward somehow, sometime.<br />
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Before we flew off i found a different thing on the tv that i'd never seen before. I could see the planes wheels on the tarmac so i left it on that channel wondering what that was all about. We took off and i was able to watch our take off from a totally different and better viewpoint than the one you get at a window. The camera is installed under the belly of the plane! It was literally awesome watching this from my aisle seat as immediately we were out over the bay and there were ships everywhere by the dozens, maybe hundreds, freighters, cruiseships, container ships, and all sorts of ships and boats. It was the most beautiful sight i've ever seen. I had wished that i'd grabbed my camera and taken a pic but i was so mezmerized i didn't want to miss a second of seeing what i saw, it was that awesome!<br />
In retrospect i know it wouldn't have been good if i'd taken that picture because my camera has a pop up flash and the sound of it along with that flash of light probably would have scared the passengers so i'm glad i didn't do it. I'm probably the last one standing with that pop up flash and people wouldn't know what the heck had happened. Yeah, i really do need a new camera.....no, not a phone, a camera!<br />
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So, on my way to Hong Kong now for a few hours and then i'll get off and get on another plane to LA. I have to collect my luggage in LA and go through the whole process once again before getting on the plane to Vancouver. Yeah, i'm taking the cheap route; the milk run. It's going to be a long day.<br />
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It's now 4pm on my watch and not sure if HK will have a different time. I want to keep track of how long this journey takes. Last year i did the same flights and changed my watch to the local times when i was there. Result - no idea how long it actually took to get home.<br />
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Well, i lost track of the time and we landed, a lot of drama ensued, too much to go into here. Anyway me and some other passengers just barely made it to our gate in time. So now on American Air and just took off from HK at 7:20p.m to LA. I think it's about 12 hrs to get to LA and i'm already tired of flying but i have a window seat so maybe i can rest my head on it and get some rest. I can't believe i made these stupid arrangements. All the little bits are just too much. I should have spent a couple days in Hong Kong and then also in LA because this routine i'm doing just might do me in. Good grief, if i feel this bad already how the hell am i going to feel after 30 or more hours of it?<br />
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I forget what time we actually landed in LA but it was all sunshiny and bright. I realised that i wont know what time it is unless i change my watch to the local time and i'm too tired, coughing and my brain is fried and i can't do the math of how long it all takes.<br />
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The good news is i got a great agent at the LA airport and he took care of everything as he got me on two different shuttles and through all the formalities. He was a very hyper man trying to do everything right and his frantic jittery ways reminded me of Steve. He was also very friendly and he asked me things about Canada and he wanted to know if i was pleased that Justin Trudeau was voted back in. I said yes, that i didn't vote for him the first time around but that i thought he was doing a real good job and i was glad that Canadians had overlooked his little gaffoo and forgave him for the mistake he made when he was 20 years younger.<br />
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On the little puddle jumper plane now and it's 2 seats, aisle and 2 seats with maybe 30 people onboard and very different than any other plane i've flown on and frightening too. I'd much rather fly in a huge plane any day. My breathing has become alot worse, i can't stop coughing so i'm trying to do breathing excercises and stay calm and not think about it and after awhile i'm ok.<br />
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Just after 9p.m. now and less than 2 hours to go. Going to play my game before the battery dies. I forgot to bring the charger with me; it's in my suitcase. When will i remember all these innovations like being able to charge your devices on the plane. I'm thinking maybe there wont be a next time to remember but you know me; i'll forget all the crap and hard parts that happened and just remember all the good times of living on a ship somewhere far away in this big world.<br />
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My plane landed safely just after 11 p.m. and i was asked if i wanted handicapped assist and i said yes. I guess they forward that info on from airports. In the past i would always think i can do this, i'm home. Then all the passengers walk so fast i'm left in the dust with no one to follow. I knew there was going to be an elevator or two and theres tons of them and that means i'm gonna get lost. I rode on a little car to checkpoint number one and then a guy with a wheelchair drove me to the baggage claim.<br />
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At this point i really needed to go to the loo so i started towards it when i heard "oh, miss, is this your luggage?" and i couldn't believe my eyes; my luggage was there already. I think it must have come on an earlier plane because there was none coming down the chute for the other people on my flight. Another good thing to know about wheelchair assist. So, forgetting about the loo i just latched onto my stuff and then it was just a short walk to where my husband was waiting for me. He took over with the luggage and walked me out to the car and we drove off into the damp Vancouver air and i was on my last leg to home sweet home.<br />
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Very nice carpets throughout<br />
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and glass displays<br />
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Is the carpet awesome or what<br />
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This is my friend Annie<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-70314985348586535692019-12-06T02:41:00.001-08:002019-12-06T02:41:12.157-08:00Oct. 29, 2019 The day to say goodbyeI was coughing all night and there was times when i couldn't get my breath. It was scary but i know what it means. I've had pneumonia on a cruise before, back in 2014 or 15 as well as 2 or 3 times it's reared it's ugly head immediately after i got home from a cruise.<br />
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I'm pretty sure i've got it again. I feel miserable and weak, my body aches from head to toe, i have a headache and i'm tired. When i cough there's no phlem....can't remember if that's good or bad, whatever, i feel like hell.<br />
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Yesterday as well as today workers have been working on the ship and i know as most passengers do that this isn't right. When a ship is on it's way to dry dock they shouldn't be jumping the gun and start working while there's still passengers onboard. But they do; i guess they're ordered to and unfortunately for me they're ripping out the old carpet in my hallway and laying new carpets with dust and smelly glue fumes lingering in the air. I wonder if that's what's making me sick. Another possibility is that while i thought the hall carpets looked in great shape apparently one of the issues is that there's mold around the edges caused by the showers leaking and they're all located against the wall beside the hallways. They've probably erroneously thought that people arn't in their rooms and they can get a jump start on the job. Yesterday i had encountered a work squad in the lobby by the elevators unrolling and cutting the new carpet which is identical to the old carpet. This makes me wonder if they think they're getting away with something as by the time passengers come back it'll be all finished and everything will all look the same. All i know is that i don't feel well at all and but i was ok yesterday so wth.<br />
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I was going to call the ships hospital to make an apt. but just then my friend Judy came by and said no apt is needed, just go. So i was going to and then Anthony came along so i dbl checked with him and he said yes, just go so i did.<br />
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The waiting room was almost full and i was given a questionaire to fill out with all my info inc. what i was there for. I didn't mention the dust or fumes or possible mold or anything. Eventually it was my turn, thank God because they keep it so cold in there i was already numb. So this RN guy said he needed a urine sample but i had just gone before going down there so i couldn't do it. He said i'll get you a glass of water and he came back with a tiny cup with about an ounce of water in it, lol. I knew it would take alot more than that for me to be able to supply a sample.<br />
Next was the actual Dr. and he was very thorough and when all was said and done he said it's not pneumonia but a bacterial infection; you're not contagious. He gave me meds and some cough syrup and i was so relieved i almost cried because i had a picture in my mind of wearing a surgical mask on my flights home.<br />
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Funny how it is when you think you're at deaths door and then you get the word that you're not and then you hardly cough anymore. And so you happily carry on with life and i did go with my friends for lunch and i enjoyed it. After lunch they were going to sit in the hot tub and i didn't want to so i just sat in the sun for awhile before returning to my room.<br />
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Later they came to my room and we all went for dinner in the Black Pearl. In the lineup i was coughing lightly, not often and when i did i was covering my mouth with kleenex and some asshole comes up to me and he says "you know you should see a Dr. about that cold you have" I wish i would have called him a bad name but instead i said "i DID see the Dr. today and it's not a cold and it isn't contagious so don't you worry about it" What a know-it-all asshole, especially since it was relatively mild dry short coughs and many many passengers in the lineup were also coughing so why did he have to pick on me.<br />
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Annies three friends joined our table and then Annie came by just for a minute because she wasn't feeling well either. I could have lived without that dinner; it was slowwwww like 30 mins between each of our three courses. I kept thinking about that man picking on me and then i'd start coughing again. At one point i started hyperventilating because i felt so picked on and put down by that insensitive man and i was feeling sorry for myself.<br />
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Finally dessert and it was the best baked Alaska ever! Glad i stayed for it,lol!<br />
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Afterwards we went to pick up our passports which the ship has had on hold since day 1 and we found another long slow lineup. I also had to clean out my casino account to get the money i had deposited into it and not gambled away. I didn't stop to play because in that moment i had to get to a toilet asap. I think my diarhea was caused by the meds that ship Dr. had given to me because it burned like hell and really hurt and my dinner certainly wouldnt have caused that.<br />
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Later i returned to the ships hospital to get the notes re my visit there. I was surprised that the info they provided was 6 pages long and very intensive and informative to give to my Dr. once i get home. My visit there had cost $200. which i had to pay upfront but once i get home i'll contact my VTG agent for how to submit my claim to the insurance Co.<br />
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Everyone had to pack up their stuff tonight and it was a shame i had to miss the show because the last show is always the best one. It took me forever to get all my stuff together. Packing to go on a cruise is so much easier and done over a long period of time. At least it is for me; i start packing a couple of weeks in advance. But tonight will not be too bad for me as what most passengers do which is to let the crew collect their luggage tonight and then they'll look for it in the terminal in the morning.<br />
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I am going to self - disembark; i planned this a long time ago but it's now causing me some worries. Can i really handle all my stuff by myself when i'm not feeling well? Where is my husband when i need him? Well, i have to stick with the plan or possibly spend hours in the terminal again like last time. I am going to walk off of the ship first thing in the a.m.and climb aboard the shuttle to the airport and just hope that it all goes as planned. My flight is at 12:55p.m. and because they're calling people in alphabetical order starting at deck #1 i'll be amongst the first to go which is nice cuz i'll be able to spend more time in the worlds best airport. I've been living on deck 1 and my last name starts with A, how lucky is that?<br />
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My mail today consisted of one angry sounding note from the organizer of the excursion to Vietnam. She claimed that she had to pay double what i had paid her because of my empty seat......it was my fault that i didn't show up and left a seat empty! It was obvious to me was that it wasn't my fault but hers and i lit into her for not providing me with a ticket or at least the info on where the bus was parked or why she didn't come back looking for me since she knew for sure that i had signed in and had been there in the atrium all along.<br />
All the info i had was Bus B 9a.m Atrium which was fine as long as you're on the ship but what about after getting off? There wasn't info for that so HTH could it possibly be MY fault! I had seen her arrive in the atrium and i said good morning to her but she didn't even respond, she just stood there looking around, not saying a word or giving out any info or instructions about her tour. What happened after i went to the ladies room was that the group was ok'd to depart and they all did, all at once following her and once they got off she didn't stop to count or tell anyone anything, they just kept on walking without even looking back. I think she should have taken a roll call outside and told the passengers what the plan was and especially the info on where to find her frick'in bus'es. I know now that at the time she pretended that she didn't even know where her buses would be parked and to me all the more reason why she should have kept everyone in the loop with signs held up for BusB or whatever buses there were before taking off so fast that anyone 1minute behind her couldn't keep up.<br />
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But the fact is that she did know; this wasn't her first rodeo; she knew only Carnival buses could be on the dock property and that the ones she had hired were outside the gates on the public streets. Now that i know that i know that but at the time it never occured to me. She'd been doing these excursions for a long time and that's how she is able to cruise so often! She knew the routine but let on that it was all a big surprise to her to find her buses off of the dock. BS.<br />
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I was so upset after checking out every single bus on that huge acerage of a dock in the blazing hot sun and almost 100 degrees i was fit to be tied. How was i supposed to know what she knew?<br />
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So i missed out on my excursion to Ho Chi Minh city and what can you do but climb back onboard your now empty ship and collapse in your cool ac cabin.<br />
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Needless to say i am pissed; that woman is rude, deceitful and unfriendly and incompetent and now shes saying that it was all my own fault. No way! It took her two days to contact me and she was upset and mad at me? But because she's a good person she'll give me half of my money back even though she said technically she doesn't owe me anything. I wonder if she thinks i should pay up again because of her "having to pay double for my empty seat" or maybe for her inconvenience that i wasn't there? Huh? Whatttt?<br />
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Well i had seen people walking up to that gate and disappearing to the outside world but i assumed they were the young, seasoned and brave travellers who learn the ropes of going off into a foreign city on their own and they'd live to tell the tale. Not my elderly cruisemates going on an excursion that left from out there!<br />
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Later i found her angry note with half of my money begrudgingly refunded, what a jerk. Never would have thought a Canuck would do anything like this to a fellow Canuck. WTH is wrong with this woman; i feel so embarassed for her. I just hope i never see her again, ever!<br />
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I took my story to the facebook group and some of the passengers that made it onto this excursion said that none of them knew where the buses were waiting but she had led the way to the gates and beyond and there they were. Guess she was just lucky finding them so fast eh! Several passengers told me how it really went and then SHE got wind of it and either she contacted FB re my trashing her or slandering or whatever it is and maybe it was she herself who was able to remove my conversations with the others. Whatever, those posts were deleted with a threatening message sent to me that she was going to have me kicked off if i kept it up. It didn't scare me but i decided wth, it's over and done with and while she likely didn't pick up any clues or messages from this my lesson is learned. Several people had read about it before it was taken down and nothing can be done about it now anyhow so i decided to just let it go with a reminder to cruisers - take the ship excursions where you know you'll be covered and there won't be any crappy surprises! They will give you your ticket with all the info on it re where your bus is going to be and at what time; what the name of it is, and as well they definitly won't come back to the ship without you.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-46892913202060643822019-12-05T00:53:00.000-08:002019-12-05T00:53:33.096-08:00Oct. 28, 2019I awoke early, way too early but couldn't get back to sleep. Finally grabbed my IPad and played a few of my games. I won some and lost some so just gazed out at the ocean for awhile and now i feel all tired and headachy. Going to jump in the shower and start my day because this cruise will soon be over and i want to make the best of it. My friends Judy and Florine are probably out and about but they said they'd come to my door about 9 and we'll go to the buffet and hatch a plan for the day.<br />
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Well, i'm ready to go but no Judy and Florine yet and no sense in going down there like i did once before and they wern't there so i'm stuck waiting in my cabin for people who might have forgotten or maybe got tied up with something else or could be in one of the other elevators near my door and we could pass like ships in the night.<br />
I don't think i'll fall for these kinds of get-togethers anymore. I'll just tell them i don't operate on a schedule and just go whenever i'm ready. Why didn't i think of this weeks ago?<br />
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So, i'm still waiting, looking out the window and theres a huge ship in the distance. It's pretty cool because it seems you can cruise for days and days on this bug ocean and not see land or another ship so it's a treat for the eyes.<br />
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Everyone got a paper that has to be filled in and turned in today. One of the decisions i have to make is whether or not to self-disembark in Singapore. The difference is that self disembark means that you are going to handle all your luggage by yourself but get off and out of here quickly and the alternative is to place your luggage outside your door the night before departure and the crew will take it out to the terminal and all you have to do is walk out there and find your stuff amongst a zillion other pieces of similar luggage. I've been there, done that and it took me a few hours last time so it's a no brainer for me; i'll handle it myself.<br />
The only problem i have with this is i have a headache, i'm really tired and coughing alot, difficulty breathing, panting upon the slightest exertion, all typical symptoms of pneumonia which i've had during or just after my last few cruises. What a hellofa thing to have to face when you're a million miles away from home and knowing how brutal it is to get all the way home from way over here when you're feeling like crap.<br />
I took a couple of the pills my Dr. had prescribed especially for this scenerio and i just hope they work to catch it in time before it gets worse.<br />
Meanwhile wth is Judy and Florine? I'm tired of waiting for them and i'm hungry too.<br />
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Eventually i took off and had my breakfast in the buffet. I thought i heard Judys voice a few times and i think it was coming from the second level above the buffet. It's a seating area and there's no elevator to it so you have to climb the stairs and nope, i'm not gonna do that! So i finished eating and i really didn't feel well at all, i was still listless and weak, breathing hard and still had the headache so i returned to my cabin, put my pj's on and climbed into bed. No sooner done and my phone starts ringing but i was too lazy to get up and answer it. A few minutes later knocking on the door and i kinda knew it was Judy so i got up and let her in.<br />
Well, she talked me out of staying in bed and i knew she was right. So i got dressed again and after sitting chatting for awhile we went for lunch at the Black Pearl and Florine met us there. I had an excellent lunch of salmon and then an amazing chocolate cake with my coffee..<br />
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Sometime during this Judy asked me what time it was and instantly i knew why she didn't get to my door at 9a.m. like we had planned.. She had forgotten to move her watch ahead an hour. During this cruise we've had to move an hour back many times (every second day) and then suddenly out of the blue we're told in teeny tiny print at the bottom of the Fun times to move it ahead an hour. So that explained that. My eye had caught it but neither Judy or Florine had seen it so we were an hour off of each other.<br />
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After lunch we decided to go to the casino and we found 3 penny slot machines in a row.They were all the same with paper money symbols. It was fun cheering each other on and and i won $50. and cashed out but eventually they got it back because it's hard to just watch others play and not play yourself.<br />
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Back in my cabin i had a very cute towel animal character hanging from the rafters. Everybody today got several papers delivered by our stewards directly to our rooms. They were instructions that had to be done before Singapore in 2 more days. I filled mine out and took it to customer service and returned to my cabin which is quite a long trek. Then i noticed the guy who handled it had made a mistake or what looked like a mistake to me so i had to go all the way back up there and get in the line-up once again.<br />
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But this time there was a helper guy who was helping by asking people in the line up what their problem was and i guess if he couldn't answer it you'd stay in the lineup and wait to see the guy who could. But if he could answer your question then you could leave and the lineup would get shorter. Many in the lineup had just a simple little problem which he could address and it made things so much better than standing there waiting your turn with the one clerk.<br />
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My issue was that i had arranged for a Carnival shuttle to take me to the airport and that would be fine except that i had also filled in the request to do the self-disembark routine. Well, it was clearly written on one of the papers that you cannot self-disembark if you're going to use their shuttle. What a conundrum and a stupid pointless one too.<br />
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Well, my guy in the lineup said it's ok, bring your luggage and you'll still be able to use the shuttle. Good thing as i had already paid for my transfer so that was a relief. I just hope he was correct in saying that! Another nice thing about it is that passengers are going to debark in alphabetical order so i'll be one of the first to go.<br />
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On my last cruise that also ended in Singapore i couldn't find my suitcase amongst all the zillions of suitcases in the terminal. There was literally thousands of suitcases all in nice neat rows that went on and on forever like the sea and they all looked sort of alike. My suitcase was new, on it's first trip and i thought it was blue but when it was eventually found it was black and grey with just a tiny touch of blue. Sooooo embarrassing. I don't want to ever face something like that again ever! Hence the decision to self-disembark and avoid another stupid scenerio of me not knowing something important and giving my companions the wrong info.Anyway, this time i won't have any companions with me.<br />
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As well, my flight to Hong Kong is at noon or thereabouts and if i had a problem finding my bags i could miss my flight. If it were a normal disembarkment i might not be as worried but just like last time this ship too is going to dry dock after dropping all the passengers off so i already know what a madhouse it's going to be in the terminal.<br />
Just so you know; here's a little tip; ships on their way to drydock are cheaper cruises. Some of the implication is that the ship is in need of repair badly but honestly, they are not that bad, in fact they're in good shape.The Splendor is going to Australia afterwards and and she'll be all spiffed up and will be getting a new Guys Burger joint which for me is the best burger and fries ever made but sadly i won't be there to eat one.<br />
I might also be a little scared that i can't handle a big suitcase and my carry on as well especially if i'm still feeling under the weather. I will also be wearing two purses; one with the money, passport and important papers and another bigger one for Ipad, candy, maybe a magazine or book so i'll be loaded down and just hope i can do this in that HUGE airport. In the past i've kept the carry-on with me but this time i'll put a tag on it and send it to the hold which will free me up a lot. Simplifying is good i think! But also a little scary because usually the carry-on holds your most precious things and i think it's the item that goes missing the most.<br />
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Judy called and asked "where are you?" i was invited to meet them for dinner but i'm pretty sure i had said no, i don't want to get all gussied up for elegant night. When i answered the phone i think i was asleep or half asleep and i said omg, i'm so sorry, i forgot and lost track of the time. She said well hurry up and we'll save a seat for you and without thinking i stupidly said ok.<br />
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After hanging up i remembered the conversation about it and me saying i didn't want to go but now that i had said ok i rushed around trying to pull myself together because there was no way i could call her back to say no, i wasn't coming. I set out sprinting down the hallway and then realized that i had on the same clothes since lunchtime and i had sneakers on my feet. You cant go to elegant night in that attire so i turned around and went back to my room and once there i decided ok, i'll go to the Lido for dinner. Judy might be upset but i don't want to make a fool of myself arriving late wearing the wrong attire with all eyes upon me. I hate elegant night anyhow; it's so not me; i am not a sophisticated pulled together elegant woman, i'm a Lido lady!<br />
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So i had some delicious veggie frittatas, chicken and rice and then brought a glass of ice cream back to my room, mixed in my espesso and had my own little party before climbing into bed. There's nothing on the evening agenda i wanted to attend as it all sounded old and boring to me tonight.<br />
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I think maybe this cruise has been a few days too long for me and that's something i never thought i'd ever say about any cruise. Especially a special Journeys cruise with the famous Lee Mason as the cruise director.<br />
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Ah, well, you can't win 'em all but this cruise started to drift right from day one. My own fault re all the card games i was going to learn and play everyday, the slot pulls i was signed up for to play in anticipation of a nice big win, the scavenger hunts i was so looking forward to attending, the ducks i was going to find, the excursion i missed out on and lots more that went off the tracks for me.<br />
I did have a good time and enjoyed most of it but it could have been better. I enjoyed the postcard swap and i got my camera back, i played a game of LRC, did some handicrafts with a group, made lots of friends, saw some awesome sights, ate some wonderful foods and learned to do alot of things all by myself so i'm glad i went, i saw and i conquered.<br />
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I wonder if there's any good ads up yet for next year.........hmmmm.......<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-69718069768948786502019-12-04T01:59:00.003-08:002019-12-04T01:59:43.249-08:00Oct. 27, 2019 Goodbye Vietnam<br />
I didn't get much rest last night, kept waking up every hour or so.The people in the cabin next door had their tv on all night. Usually i hear a man and a loud woman but there were no conversations last night. I was thinking maybe the woman wasn't well. I figured out who they were when i heard her voice in the Lido one day and she was either in a wheelchair, walker or a scooter, not sure because i didn't want to gawk or seem interested in them. We've never gone or returned to our cabins at the same time so i don't think they'd know who i am and i decided maybe that would be best. I just returned from the Lido and saw the man but not the woman so it seemed a little unusual to me. I hope she isn't sick and in the hospital. I had seen the man last night in the casino as well but not the woman so i'm kinda curious but really they're none of my business.<br />
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I got ready and went for my muesli breakfast and a lady who asked to sit with me told me that there was a display of towel animals on the deck chairs around the pool. I made sure to go that way instead of the shortcut i usually take because sometimes neat little things like that are very brief.<br />
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I returned to my room to leave my bottle of fruit juice in the fridge, picked up my little canvas stool and left just as Anthony was going to clean it so good timing. I went to the atrium and there wasn't many people waiting there as we hadn't even docked yet. I sat with two nice ladies from Georgia and the one that was checking off the people who were going on bus #C.<br />
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I didn't see anyone with a sign for my bus until a lady arrived about 20 mins later holding up the Bus# sign and then i went over to her immediately and had her check off my name. I was tempted to ask her some questions but by then there were so many people milling about and talking it was pandemonium so i let her off the hook and went back and sat with the bus #C lady who said it wasn't necessary to sit with your group number because we'd all be getting off at once anyhow and then all you'd have to do was look for bus #B which would likely be beside bus C. I went to the ladies room then along with bus C lady Barbara and we both peed at exactly the same time but i stopped to wash my hands before leaving while she didn't. It was probably less than ONE MINUTE that i came out of the washroom and everyone was gone including Barbara. I don't know how they all could have vanished that fast.<br />
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So i ran to the elevator and went down to deck 0 and disembarked really surprisingly quickly too. Outside i looked all around for someone i'd recognise but there was no one. I could see a million buses all parked in nice neat rows all over the acrage of the dock. They all had their bus numbers and excursion name on the windshields but you had to walk right up to each bus to be able to read it. It was so hot out there on the tarmac; it was 96 degrees and so many people going every which way. I started walking to the first section and they looked like Carnival buses so i knew they wouldnt be mine as this was a privately arranged excursion. So i went farther on down the line looking at each one until i thought i going to pass out in the blazing sun. There were so many buses it was ridiculous but i managed to check out that entire huge parking lot and none of them were Bus B and none of the drivers spoke english even though some tried to figure out what i was looking for but it was all wasted time. None of those buses were mine.<br />
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I started heading back to the ship which was so far away it looked little in the distance. I saw some small buses pulling in and so i checked them out and they were shuttles to the gate. I thought to myself they'd be for the brave passengers who were going to go out on their own and maybe they find public transportation outside of this very large dock complex. I was so wiped by then i went and sat in one of them really just to rest out of the sun. When people started climbing aboard this little bus i asked them and sure enough they were taking this free shuttle to the gate. Well, i wondered if there were any buses all the way up there and/or outside the gates so i stayed on and rode it up to the gate. Got out and looked up and down the street outside the gates and there were no buses out there either, just traffic, and people galore in a big city. Well, i'm a bit of a chicken and i knew i could get into trouble going off into a foreign country alone so i went back inside the gates, got on the shuttle and rode it back to the parking lot. I was thinking i could have asked some of those passengers if i could go with them but, nah, that would be kind of rude or invasive for a couple who had their own agenda.<br />
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I was sunk and so pissed off you wouldn't believe it. How the hell this scenerio even happened was bizarre and lightening fast. I had tried to ask so many people along the way through this and most were Vietnamese and didn't speak the language and frankly a little intimidating. The ones who did speak english wanted to see my excursion ticket which i wasn't in possession of because nothing was given to me but the words Bus B. period and none had even heard of it. Throughout my search none of the buses there had anything as simple as Bus B or C or A or anything like that. They all had the title name of the excursion. Mine was a mickey mouse excursion designed by an incompetant woman and who knows where the hell it was waiting or how everyone else had figured it out. Was it possible that while i was in the ladies room for that minute and a half they had all gotten out there and onto their buses and had left already? I really didn't know.<br />
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DO NOT EVER BUY A TOUR THAT'S NOT A SHIP SPONSORED EXCURSION!<br />
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Well i sure learned a lesson. Actually in hindsite i had heard this on my very first cruise many years ago. The couple we cruised with told us this and so i always took the ships tours, though sometimes they were more expensive and/or didn't sound as good as the private ones. Now, i'm sure this doesn't happen to everyone and in fact i had been a little puzzled that i wasn't given a ticket, a name or some sort of guarantee or any info on where the bus would be waiting. The reason i let it go was because the woman who had sold me this is a Canadian and i guess i felt safe although i knew she wasn't at all friendly or informative. I will never make this mistake again. I wanted to see Vietnam again but it wasn't to be. It made me feel sick that i had missed out but what can you do. I might never get to Vietnam again but i will always have my memories of my visit there in 2018 so at least i've got that. If it had been a first visit to anywhere then it would have really been sad to miss out.<br />
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So, here i am back on the ship which is nice and cool and theres a handful of people still onboard, mostly couples and me. I wonder if this has ever happened to anyone else but me. It's still unbelievable when i think of how i had gone to the ladies room and there was a room packed full of passengers that disappeared just like that! The ship was empty by the time i got out a minute or two later. Unbelievable!<br />
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I went straight to my cabin and recurled my hair which had been straightened out by the heat and humidity out there and then i went to the Lido where i saw a familiar face. Vivian was there getting her lunch! I felt relieved and happy to see her and be able to cry my woes to her. I copy-catted her lunch which was from the Mongolian Wok and it looked so good. You choose the items you want and the chef cooks it for you while you wait. Unfortunately it wasn't to my taste and i had to leave it and go around collecting my tried and true stuff.<br />
Vivian is still not feeling better and maybe is actually eeling worse. I feel so sorry for her being so sick on her cruise. She said her husband had gone out but i'm not sure if it was an excursion or if he just went out to dock where some sales tables of t-shirts and souveniers and the like were set up in tents. So she was going back to her room to rest and i decided to do the same. What a stupid day!<br />
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Later as it became dark outside i stood at my porthole and watched as bus after bus arrived back with passengers. I didn't see my group arrive however and now i know its probably because they'd have to walk in all the way from those gates which felt to me like at least a mile away. There was a lot of people milling around out there and in the dark so i couldn't tell if they had walked in or gotten off a Carnival bus.<br />
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Later i called the room of this woman who had sold me this excursion to tell her i wanted a refund. Her husband answered the phone and he said she was playing in the casino. I knew immediately that was BS because the ship hadn't departed yet and that means the slots wern't even powered up yet.<br />
Cruise ships have to be sailing for at least 30 minutes before gambling can commence. So i said that and he said well, shes there waiting for them to be powered up then. So just in case that might be true i took off immediately and went to the casino, walked all around it looking everywhere and there was no sign of her. I knew right away she was a gypster and she was going to hedge on a refund for me.<br />
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Stupid bitch; for starters she's not the least bit personable; gives minimal info, doesn't answer questions, not the least bit friendly and yet she had unpaid helpers such as those women who had done the checking off of the passengers waiting to debark while she just stood around not saying or doing anything.<br />
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I feel badly about this whole thing and months back when i booked this cruise and had learned that she was from Labrador (the Province of Labrador and Newfoundland) i wanted to chat with her. My dad was born there and it's extremely rare to ever encounter someone from there. In my whole life i have only met one other person from there and that was Linda who was also on this cruise. This biotch is just not approachable and now i don't want to ever see her again or have anything to do with her. She bloody better refund me or i'm going to trash her name as a horrid travel agent. I'll make her rue the day she gave me the shaft and i'll make her life miserable on FB where she sells her excursions. So there!<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-36939614072862054182019-12-03T03:07:00.001-08:002019-12-03T03:07:43.498-08:00Oct. 26. 2019<br />
I was wide awake at 5:15a.m. what the heck! It's hard to figure out but i think we're about 14 hours ahead of British Columbia so it's about 7p.m. last night there and i'm living in the future here. It might have been an ideal time to phone home but then i don't want to disturb my neighbours even though they disturb me with their tv on way too loud too early too often but i won't play that game. If not for that adjoining door i'd be more comfortable knowing it's pretty sound proof in cruise cabins. But sometimes you take what you're given and this is the cabin that was assigned to me and it was a bargain so i took it.<br />
All there is to do this early is play my IPad game so it's a good thing i brought it. Actually that's not technically correct as the casino is open 24 hours when at sea and there's food to be eaten and probably passengers to talk to in the Lido but who wants to do either at 5a.m?<br />
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I was ready well before 9a.m and the plan was that Judy was going to knock on my door at 9:15. I decided to go to the Lido and find her there and save her the trip. I took my new water bottle with me to fill it with the awesome mango juice that's available only in the mornings. So i walked through both main sections looking for her and when i didn't see her i returned to my room and would you believe in that short of time Anthony had already vaccumed, dusted, made my bed, removed my garbage and laundry, left fresh towels, turned the thermostat down and left me a very cute towel animal.<br />
Judy arrived a couple minutes later and we took off for the Lido so i could get my breakfast and she had already eaten so she just had coffee.<br />
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We then went to the Morocco room for trivia and dance class was still in operation. Annie came to our table to tell us of a galley tour that was going to be held today and we hadn't known about it because the info about it was sort of buried in the Fun Times program and i guess i skipped over it. I know that everyone wants to be in on these kind of tours and i'm thinking there'll be lots of people attending. I did a galley tour on HAL years ago and it was awesome and free to see the area where all the food is prepared but now-a-days i think some cruiselines are charging a fee. So we def wanted in on this one.<br />
Well. as it turned out we got the last seats available in the back and the room was full with at least 300 or 400 people. The head of the food dept. gave us a rundown of it and then he said we'll leave from the back of the room and use the stairs to go down to the galley. Luck was on my side and i became the 5th or 6th person in the lineup! It was very cool to see and hear what goes on on deck 0. We didn't get to see any actual food preparation but it was cool to see the place with the fridges, stoves, freezers, grocery and all sorts of other lists and the spic and span stainless steel. I didn't find out until later that Judy and Florine didn't make it; they couldn't do that many stairs so they just hung out in the casino.<br />
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We went from there to another trivia game in the atrium and out of 20 questions we got a few but nowhere near to ship on a stick fame. From there we went to the spa where we could win a nice prize like a 3 day spa pass or a massage pkg but we didn't win either. So we went to another trivia and it's subject was scary movies and lots of passengers came dressed for Halloween. There's been a lot of people around the ship today with their costumes on and some were really pretty awesome. Surprising that people will make the effort, take the time and use a lot of space in their suitcase to bring all the stuff they bring.<br />
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We went for lunch in the Gold Pearl and i started off with a glass of an awesome fruity whatever it was with floating chia seeds in it. and then a salmon and veggie dish and banana cream pie for dessert. Since i've been home i've found those drinks in my fav grocery store and i've been enjoying several different flavours of them ever since and they're actually real good for you too.<br />
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I walked with Judy and Florine to their cabins so they could get their swimsuits and go for a little swim and then i walked to my cabin to take a little break and phone my hubby. My timing was pretty good; it was 11:30 p.m.on Fri. the 25th at home and 1:30 in the afternoon of the 26th here on the ship so i am a full 14 hours ahead of him and living in the future.<br />
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Later i went to the casino and found Judy and Florine and we played the slots for awhile. I didn't win anything but Judy picked up $50. We left there and went for dinner in the Black Pearl and sat with a mom and her son from Australia and then Florines roomie arrived so we had a table of 6. During dinner the Aussie mom revealed that she had been chosen to make a dress for Queen Elizabeth! What a feather in her cap that was. I would have liked to chat with her about it, the whys and when and how it all happened, the fabric and fitting etc. but she was on the opposite side of the table from me and the din in a crowded dining room makes conversation hard. It was a fun lunch with a lot of people in costumes a little early but what do i know of American traditions, maybe they celebrate a few days unlike us who just do on Oct. 31st. But i guess because we'll be off the ship on that date it can be a free for all for a few days which is a lot more fun.<br />
My last cruisemate Annie and her friends were all dressed up as witches and they were all very beautiful witches. Another witch i saw had a huge spider on her shoulder. There were all sorts of costumes everywhere and another one i liked was a monk and then there was a nurse pushing a wheelchair with a very cleverly made pillow person sitting in it. Lots of guys too dressed as the devil or an animal but most went the way of the macabre.<br />
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There were free drinks today in the atrium and i was going to take a blue one until Annie recommended the pink one and it was very nice, and that one drink made me tipsy.A drinker i am not,lol! I went back to the casino like a glutton for punishment, left there and saw a jewellry clearance sale was going on so i took a look. A couple rings tempted me but i ended up not buying because i've already got way too many rings.<br />
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Soon it was time to head into the Spectacular showroom and it was a really good show tonight with 50's music; a lot of Elvis and the members of the Glee club doing partners dances to a variety of the songs of the good ol' days which the audience also sang along to. I think it was the best show of this cruise so far, only 3 more to go before we depart.<br />
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Everyone is out and about tonight but i had such a full day and am too tired for any more celebrating. so I returned to my room to rest and prepare for my excursion to Vietnam in the morning.<br />
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Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-79667318586901907362019-12-02T01:46:00.001-08:002019-12-02T01:46:22.834-08:00Oct. 25, 2019 Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia<br />
I was up way too early again playing my game. I won and i lost and then won again so it was a good time to stop playing. I showered and got ready for my excursion to Kota Kinabalu and still had time to go for breakfast where i saw my friend Vivian in the Lido. I was relieved to see her because calls to her room had gone unanswered but she said her husband found the phone to be in a bad location so he had put it in a drawer. I know exactly what he means because there's only one electrical outlet in the room and it's right behind the dam phone. As well not for him but for me when i use the curling iron it gets twisted up with the curly phone cord as well. It also gets caught in the top drawer alot because thats the drawer you use the most, right? Well, i knew exactly what he meant by it being a huge PITA.<br />
Anyway Vivian has been sick in bed for several days now and this was the first time she had ventured out when i saw her in the Lido. I was so glad to see her because i had thought they might have left the cruise in Guam for some reason. We didn't have much time to talk as i had a set time to debark and it was time. We said goodbye for now and then i walked off in the wrong direction so took a lot of extra steps again today.<br />
So i got off the ship and the heat outside at 9 in the morning was stifling and it was quite a trek to get into the terminal building and then out the other side to where a zillion buses were waiting but i made it thanks to my little three legged canvas chair that i took with me.<br />
I found my bus and was one of the first to climb aboard and the ac felt awesome. Once we were full we took off for the hills on the wrong side of the road until we arrived at our destination which was the cultural site.<br />
After a short walk we came to a bridge and let me tell you that was one scary bridge! Only 5 people could be on it at one time and it not only had strange uneven slats on the floor but higher ones as well and they were randomly placed. It was a swinging bridge with hand rails....not real rails but more like a rubber hose and you had to hold on to both sides as you watched your every step and with the bridge swinging as it did well, i was sure hoping we wouldn't have to come back the same way because the river or creek below was vicious and fast running with a lot of rocks and twists and turns and waterfalls. I made the mistake of looking down at it and it was so scary it made me dizzy so i concentrated on my footing. Some people chose not to go over it and they turned back and went and sat in a little covered platform sort of an outside room that had benches all around, toilets and a water dispenser.<br />
I made it across the bridge and carried on down a very rustic path and little did i know but you were supposed to stay with your group but who knows everyones face from a full bus? Especially since i sat in the front. There were at least 10 bus loads of us and we all arrived at this destination about the same time. So, i was having to watch my steps and not looking for familiar faces. I just fit myself into whatever we came to next. It was also a case of some people lingering longer at an exhibit than others so i just moved along with the crowd to the next exhibit at my own pace. I thought that was what we were supposed to be doing anyhow. I had no idea if i was near anyone from my bus; i just moved along through the whole complex and when i saw my tour guide i asked him if we'd be going back the same way we had come or would we be carrying on to another exhibit. He said we will be going back the same way.<br />
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I don't know why or how i interpreted that to meaning that our tour was coming to an end. I decided to get a little head start because then i wouldn't have to rush and i could take my time and sit on my little chair when needed rather than sprinting up that hill to keep up with all the spry ones. It was so hot and i just wanted to get back to the bus. I was also having a hard time breathing or i should say trying to breathe and it wasn't happening naturally. I even said to myself OMG i can't breathe i must have asthma or something and i was on the verge of a panic attack but somehow managed to make myself relax and breathe. I think i've always had something wrong with my lungs but it never became an issue because i'm never in a position like this where i knew i wanted to keep up with my group and that meant i'd be huffing and puffing all the way back and then someone would make a big deal out of it. I didn't want any of that sort of drama so i just kept on going back up that hill by myself, in little increments, sitting every 30 feet or so. When i finally got to the swinging bridge i was the only one there and suddenly there's two employees at my side offering to help me across and one offered to carry my chair. I was so grateful for them being there as i would have probably waited in the beating sun until my group and guide caught up to me.<br />
I forgot to mention that part way on my way back there was a couple from my bus and the husband had taken a bad fall. His wife told me that he had hit a slippery spot and fell with one shoe flying off and he tumbled into the bushes and came close to falling in to that raging river. His knee and knuckles were scraped and bleeding and his shoulder was out of whack. She said the emergency squad had reponded real fast and they were actually cleaning his wounds and applying banages and eventually they had been able to bring a medical van down fairly close to the location. Then they put him in a wheelchair to get to the van and drove him up to the top to wait for the bus.<br />
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So, there we were, the rebels and the wounded and me, the one who didn't know that our tour wasn't over yet and the rest of my group were still way down there enjoying a show of the local dancing. Well, we all had to wait and it took forever for our bus to finally appear. By then i was well rested and cooled off and had been enjoying some time spent with Judy and Florine who had chickened out at the bridge and so hadn't been anywhere. I think we waited for close to 2 hours there right where there was shade, toilets and drinking water, a friendly dog and two cats.<br />
Still though i know i missed out on a lot of awesome entertainment that had gone on down there and apparently a gift shop too.<br />
The drive back to the ship was uneventful but took a while because of rush hour traffic. By the time i got back on the ship and into my nice cool cabin i was totally exhausted.<br />
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I rested a while and then jumped into the shower and got myself together just in time when Judy knocked on my door. So off we went to Florines room and then we all carried on to the Black Pearl for dinner. We sat at a big table with an Aussie couple and the Aussie twin guys that i had met way back on day 1 or 2. I had a huge dinner of soup, salad, turkey, potato's and when i saw succotash on the menu i had to have that too because i'd never eaten it before and then an awesome almond cake with a honey sauce.<br />
Afterwards we carried on to the casino where we all lost some money but didn't stay long enough for it to become a big waste. I didn't like this casino from day 1 and i still don't like it now; way too tight for the minor penny players, too loose for the people who can play $8. or $10. per hit, old fashioned machines and then to top it off those stupid backless stools. And along with it being a smoking casino well, nah, i'm not fond of this one at all. But then again most if not all cruiseships do allow smoking in the casino and sometimes it doesn't bother me that much so maybe it's because they have better air filtration.<br />
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Later we went to see the mind readers show in the showroom and he was ok, a little egotistical but it was all fun for him and he did read peoples minds amazingly too. Judy and i walked together to deck one and she went one way to the odd side and i went to the even side and we were both exhausted from this day. Funny how you always look forward to a port but then it's often a hard or tiresome day and you have to recover from it. I guess we get kind of soft on a cruise, especially one such as this one with very few ports and lots of sea days where you get a little spoiled. Port days are often like this, maybe always like this. But it beats staying onboard because the boredom and the usual over eating scenerio that can get you down worse than the exhaustion. I think typically the only people who stay onboard on a port day are the sun worshippers or those who are ill. Or the ones who miss their excursions for whatever reason.<br />
All in all it was a very good day and we have departed and are on now on our way to Vietnam.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-76305989612318387142019-12-01T01:25:00.002-08:002019-12-01T01:25:46.730-08:00Oct 24, 2019Wide awake at 7a.m. which is way too early for me but then remembered it was another fall back day so it was actually 6a.m. on this ship; What a person does at 6a.m. is beyond me. I tried to get back to sleep but nope it wasn't going to happen so i played my IPad game. Turned out that was a good time to play ir because i won back some of what i had lost. And now i feel like washing my hair.<br />
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I went for a very fruity breakfast plus my two little bowls of muesli. I added a pot of peach yogurt to one and a pot of coconut yogurt to the other and both ways were delicious along with tons of sliced kiwi, pineapple, grapefruit, otranges and all sorts of melons. I havent drank any morning coffee on this cruise though i might one of these days. I drink two big mugs of espresso every day at home. I headed down to the showroom and as you have to go through the casino to get there i tried a couple of my games without any luck; bad timing i guess.<br />
I sat in the upper section of the showroom and Lee was doing a raffle that i hadn't been early enough to buy in to so i was out of luck on that too. The prizes were hand made crochet and knitted items but i missed out on hearing how they were obtained but maybe donated in yesterdays campaign for St. Jude hospital.<br />
Afterwards i stuck around for Glee club which i hadn't attended before and didn't know what it was all about. I'm so glad i stayed for it because it was pretty awesome. A lot of passengers went up on stage and two Carnival singer/dancers lead the way in song. They did Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, and more from the 50's and they sounded like pros although the pros had mics and the passengers didn't but i'm sure i could hear them and they were all in tune. They followed the pros steps as well and everyone, like about 50 or more people of all ages, even some in their 80's did remarkably well. Not sure if this has been going on since day one and if so maybe they're the chosen ones who made the cut at some point or if anyone who wanted to go up could. Whatever, the passengers were as good or better than some of the ships entertainment i've seen so far.<br />
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I went to the store and bought some candy, toothpaste and a water bottle. I don't usually carry a water bottle with me, actually i never have but onboard i decided it would be a good idea. The only thing is it has Carnivals logo on it so does this mean i'll have to buy one on whatever ship i happen to be on or maybe be un-cool carrying a different ships bottle. Big deal eh! Lunchtime!<br />
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I forgot what i ate but i'm sure it was delicious, this ship has some pretty good food. I sat with a lady that i had sat with before and because i had forgotten to bring my Fun Times program with me she told me what was going on this afternoon. The one i chose to attend was a rock n' roll show and it was ok but wayyyy too loud and it gave me a headache. I am way too old and fragile for loud, it hurts and it's ridiculous that they have to have it that loud because i know alot or actually most people don't like it. And then i felt a little choked when Lee introduced the show and asked how many Americans were there and they were the majority and he picked 4 of them to go onstage.And then he asked the same of Australians and 4 of them went up onstage. And that was it; he didn't ask for Canadians or if any other countries were represented. Maybe i'm too sensitive, whatever, i think he could have spread it around a little more by getting one or two people from each country to go up.<br />
Later i went back to the casino and ended up with a small profit so that made me all happy again.<br />
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I've been calling my friend Vivians room for a few days because i havent seen her around since the day before Guam. Maybe their cruise ended in Guam but she hadn't mentioned it to me so i'm a little concerned because every time i call her room i get the busy signal. I was thinking they either talk on the phone alot or maybe that's what happens when a room is vacant or something. I'll keep looking for her and her husband and if i don't see them by tomorrow i'll ask at the desk if they're still onboard or what. But i'm not even sure if they'd give me that sort of info.<br />
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I went for dinner at 6 and it was ok but nothing to write about so i took off for the Spectacular show and i was a little late and it had aready begun. I forget the guys name but he was a vocalist from Broadway and he did actions and sang in a sort of opera style. I hate to walk out of a performance but i couldn't do this; it was just not my style and never will be so 15 minutes was all i could handle and i walked out and went to my room.<br />
Early to bed tonight as i'll be visiting Kota Kinabalu in the morning. It's going to be over 80 degrees and i'll be wearing my jeans, prob not the best thing to wear in a hot country, but shorts? No, not me ever!<br />
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I've got a messed up 'puter and some pictures will be shown with the wrong post. So the following pics are the start of my excursion to Kota Kinabalu on the 25th. It's also partly the effects of crossing the International date line that has the dates all mixed up. Sorry to say i also cannot straighten, sharpen, or enlarge so i can see them until they've posted nor can i organize my pics with this new 'puter.. Then things became worse after taking it to a repair shop and some of my stuff was lost and i now can't transfer my notes from IPad either so having to type it all over again. Oh, woe is me, sorry.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-15531333749968168452019-11-30T01:59:00.003-08:002019-11-30T01:59:42.458-08:00Oct.23, 2019<br />
After breakfast i went to a question and answer session with the cast of the shows and got there a little early while our cruise director Lee's morning show was still on the stage. From what i gathered somebody had found out that Lee doesn't like boiled eggs so you can imagine they all had fun with that, goading him to eat one, which someone had brought. He choked it down and was gagging while holding his nose and it was hilarious. Afterwards he admitted that it wasn't that bad but he will never eat another one.<br />
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Lee was then the host of the Q+A session with the Splendors musical show cast of 4 guys and 4 girls. They all introduced themselves saying where they were from and i was surprised as just about all were from the U.K. I had presumed they'd all be Americans. People in the audience asked all sorts of questions which they answered and it seems it's not an easy life they live. They have to practice every day and do 2 or 3 shows a few nights a week. Lots of costume changes and and how they manage to change into different costumes so quickly etc. One of the girls dbls as the seamstress and only the singers get their own cabins; the dancers have to share a cabin. One girl put it all in to perspective by saying how tiring it is to be dancing and singing at the same time and she said just try it. I believe her!<br />
Afterwards i checked out the library which had a few people sitting reading and it was so cold in there i don't know how they could stand it. Also don't know why they didn't just take a book to their quiet comfy cabin where distracting people couldn't just come walking in anytime. The supply of books was few and all were hard covers. I'm guessing people download the books they want to read on their phone or IPad now-a-days and maybe libraries will soon be a thing of the past. I got out of there quickly, no magazines to look at and that's all i really wanted to know.<br />
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By then it was lunchtime so i went to the Lido for salads, scallops and purple potatos and then returned to my room. On the door was a note from Annie reminding me to go to the boardroom for the Left, Right and Center game at 1:45p.m. to learn how to play it before the game starts at 2p.m. I got lost but made it on time and Annie explained the game to me and soon there were at least 20 people all seated around a very long table and the game began. It was fun because a game costs only $3. and if you won you'd get $60. because there was 20 people playing today. Annie asked me if i wanted to share the pot if either of us won and i said sure, good plan. I was up and down w/o any money left several times but you're still in the game because the people on either side of you might have to give you some, if they have any left to give. When that happens you can keep building on it and have lots to play with but then again you might roll the dice and have to give a bill to either your left or right side and/or the pot jar in the center. The game continues until the last one with money wins the game and all that's in the pot jar. We played 3 games and i think it took over an hour and i was second to last on the third game but got a bad roll on my last chance and and the lady beside me won it all. Fun game; i liked it and wish i'd been involved earlier on this cruise.<br />
Annie had explained to me how to get to this room by an easier route and how to get back from it as well, two different ways were needed. Well, i messed up again and walked way too far and when i saw the elevator i jumped in it and hit the casino only to be a loser once again. Not my day today!<br />
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When i returned to my room i glanced out the window as i entered and saw a school of some kind of curious little fish leaping away. There must have been thousands of them and it looked like they had come up close to the ship to check it out and then got scared of the sound or the wake as they played and it looked like they were actually flying away. I'm not sure of exactly where we are right now but in between Guam and Malaysia and the water is polluted with a lot of seaweed. I keep hoping to see a whale or dolphins or other sea life but so far not much. There's lots of mountains in the distance and tons of small islands throughout the area that are all a part of the Phillipine archipelago.<br />
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I returned to the Lido for a dinner of mixed misc. including barley. I love barley in soup and have never come across it served just plain like that. It was a good idea and delicious with my fish and veggies, fruits and 2 pcs of cake. Going to have to make some barley at home now and serve it with green onions and Asian dressing. I by-passed the ice cream machine on my way out to watch the movie Yesterday which was about to begin. I found the movie to be a little strange and i wasn't sure what it was all about but something to do with the Beatles. I stuck with it to the end mainly because Ed Sheeran was in it and he was my singer for a long time until i replaced him with Passenger as my #1 fav. There's a lot of distractions watching a movie with a pool in the vicinity....people diving in and splashing around, people walking by, me looking at the stars in the sky instead of on the screen, lol. I can't believe there's just one week left of my cruise. Time flies when you're having fun!<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-66574094797957474122019-11-29T02:39:00.001-08:002019-11-29T02:39:21.507-08:00Oct. 22, 2019 I was up a little too early this morning because of moving our clocks back another hour but i got up, got ready and was eating my brekkie before 8a.m. I sat with a lady from Australia who was just finishing up a bowl of prunes and i asked her where she got them because i hadn't seen them today. When she was finished she left and was back in a minute or two with a bowl of prunes for me. It was very nice of her to do that and i enjoyed them and hope they do their job.<br />
From there i headed down ship to the Survivor trivia game and saw a woman sitting alone so i asked if i could be on her team. She was a very nice lady named Francis from Florida and we had a lovely chat before the game started. Most of the 20 questions were really hard and even though i rarely miss an episode of Survivor i couldn't get many answers. I mean who on earth can remember the name of the person who won in 2006, or any year for that matter? What episode was it that so and so won? The name of the guy who said he just gotten the news that his grandma had died? Or the name of the nude guy? Lol, i do remember him but his name? Nope. It made me wonder if the categories had been revealed maybe even before the cruise had begun. or with the Fun Times paper being delivered the evening before the game is it possible they've studied the info online all night. If so i'm calling "Not fair!" even though i guess it's fair enough,lol. I've noticed on many cruises that there's teams who win alot, all the time, no matter what the category is. I realise there's smart people out there but come on, not that smart or i would have seen them winning on Jeopardy by now. Or do they brush up on every single category there is or what! Lol! Whatever, Francis and i got 3 correct and that's about par for the course so i get no ship on a stick again. Oh well, i do enjoy the whole thing even w/o remembering any of it 10 minutes later and i really don't need or want a ship on a stick. Ironically the day i visited Maui the trivia was all about Canada; go figure eh!<br />
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After trivia we remained seated for the next event which was all about social media.. After it began i knew i was sunk because it was all about very deep stuff that i don't have a clue about or even want to know. I had no idea you could use your computer to lock your doors for example. Sure i could have stuck around and learned something but it was just too seriously deep for me so i whispered to my new friend Francis that i was leaving. She said "just a minute" so i waited and she wrote me a note inviting me to join her and her husband for dinner tonight at 7:30 in the Gold Pearl dining room. I whispered yes, i'll see you later and i left.<br />
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I had to go through the casino from there because it's the only route i know i won't get lost on so i stopped and played a little; picked up $60. real quick and headed to my cabin. I was no sooner in the door when the phone rang and it was another lady i had befriended; Judy inviting me to join her for lunch at the....guess where....the Gold Pearl. Strangely enough i've been there 3 times in the last 2 days and i hadn't set foot in there at day 17 of this cruise.<br />
Judy had boarded the ship with a cruisemate but she is a solo cruiser now because her friend had become sick and departed by ambulance to go to the hospital for gall bladder surgery.<br />
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So Judy knocked at my door and came in for a minute or two and then we proceeded to the Gold Pearl which is a longgg way from here.I had to stop and rest a couple times but we eventually made it and were seated at a big table with another couple from down under. They were very well travelled and had interesting stories to tell including being robbed twice. So i told my story about being robbed in Beijing when i went a few years ago. We also had been joined by a couple of guys who will be getting on a Celebrity ship in Singapore to sail back to the U.S. instead of flying home. I really liked that plan of theirs as the flight from Singapore is extremely long and boring and tiresome. Going to have to remember remember to check the idea out if or when i cruise again. These guys knew all kinds of ways that people are not aware of that they can get robbed. It's really a big business now a days with pro robbers, not just the common pick pocketers. If anyone wants to know how to keep your money while in China i can recommend that you should keep your money on you at all times and do not ever use the in-room safe. I know for sure that i was robbed of small amounts but it happened every day over a period of a week before i clued in.<br />
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The waiter who took my order must have gotten it all wrong because i'm pretty sure i wouldn't have ordered squid. No i never would! In fact i had ordered two dishes and this wasn't one of them and the other one never did arrive. You might get a mix up like this on a ship (or any restaurant) So you complain and tell him and then you'll get the correct dish or dishes, whatever you want. I don't generally do that. I just accept it and try it out because i'm easy that way and sometimes interesting things happen because of it. Well, for me this time i couldn't eat the squid but the veggies that came with it were awesome; potatos that are al dente are something i love but when i cook them at home my hubby wants them well done and if i catch them in time i'll remove one early for myself. However most of the time i either forget or i'm too late and it's already well done so this was a real treat for me. I had arugula too so it was actually a really delicious meal for me. Do try a rare potato sometime; it's a special treat!<br />
We saw another cruiseship in the distance and through this all i neglected to snap pics. Afterwards we returned to our deck and each went a different way directly to our cabins for a little nap.<br />
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I have run out of drinking water already! I'd had a doz. of the large size sent to my room on day one and i was sure that would be enough but nope, also a 6 pack each of tonic water, club soda and diet coke all gone.I drink the tonic water at night before i go to bed to help prevent muscle spasms especially on days where i've walked alot. These stupid dam charley horses get me in the ankles alot lately and are a PITA and ocassionally in the thighs as well. It seems weird or unusual to get them in those places but strangely enough the ones i used to get in the back of the lower legs and feet have stopped Now, not even sure if the tonic water has helped or not but i've developed a taste for the stuff so maybe i'll order some more from room service. Just about everyone i know drinks the ships water but i can't do it, call me spoiled but yeah, i need good ol' Canadian drinking water and the thought of drinking what comes out of the faucet in the bthrm makes me gag and would probably give me an intestinal upset. So i did the math on the price of small bottles and the large bottles and it turns out exacly the same price per ounce. There's already 2 big bottles with the price of $3.75 each on my dresser which i've been trying to avoid drinking. My other plan is to buy a water bottle and fill it daily from the iced tea, mango juice or lemonade machines in the Lido which would be made with the ships water but is well disguised. I've seen lots of people fill theirs in the Lido and then drink from them all day when out and about. Not me, i don't want to be carrying anything onboard as it's the only time i can go around empty handed w/o a purse and i love the feeling. It's so freeing and men get to do it all the time.<br />
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I had just returned from lunch when Annie called about a game called Right, Left and Center and it sounded interesting and i'd love to learn and play it. Tomorrow is my chance to get involved. Annie said to bring one dollar bills as it costs $3. per game. I'll remember to get some bills broken down in the casino tonight. There's always the need for small money as well for tips so i'll be prepared.<br />
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I got ready for dinner with my new friend Francis and her hubby and made the long trek to get to the place on time with extra time for getting lost too. My feeling about the Gold Pearl is that it's a little higher class than the Black Pearl; better food, attentive waiters and live music. So i met Frances and i enjoyed hearing all about their many cruises and travels all over the world as well as their life in Florida.<br />
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After a very nice dinner i went back to the casino and picked up a few bucks from several different machines and i had a lot of fun doing it. As you probably know every casino has a time for winning and a time for losing; you just have to figure out what time it'll be or just hit it lucky when you get there.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-1172354917978424192019-11-28T01:17:00.002-08:002019-11-28T01:17:44.021-08:00Oct. 21, 2019<br />
I was up and about at 7a.m. but still feeling tired. There's lots of fluffy clouds out there that look like towel animals and you can hardly tell where the sky and sea meet because it's all the same colour. I still havent seen a whale or a dolphin on this trip, i wonder where they are.<br />
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Spent some time playing my game and didn't have much luck so after getting ready i started out for the buffet breakfast but then changed course and and decided to do the brunch in the Gold Pearl. It's been years since i've been to a brunch but a change of pace is nice once in awhile.<br />
At the desk i asked if there was a solos table i could join and was lead to a table of seven and they all knew each other; either married couples or as room mates. It was a little disturbing feeling like the odd one out but they were all very friendly and welcomed me so that was cool. Nobody had ordered yet so my timing was good. The menu seemed a little limited but maybe not unless you've been a regular at the buffet; the land of plenty.<br />
I ordered OJ, the fruit and cottage cheese plate and french toast. The fruit plate i received consisted of 8 pieces of fruit. They were cut in tiny pieces about dice sized. I got one each of canteloupe, honey dew,pineapple, apple, orange and grapefruit along with a grape cut in half all laying atop the thinnest slice of watermelon and there was a half a tsp. of cottage cheese artfully placed in a tiny strip the size of a matchstick. I had to hold back my laughter. This sort of delicacy is so not my style, hell, gimmee a half of a watermelon and a big 'ol spoon, lol! The humungous bowls of cut up watermelon pieces the size of at 4 dices they have in the Lido makes a person feel free to get a soup bowl full and then go back for seconds or thirds and they keep adding more all the time and they never run out.<br />
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One man at the table broke the ice by telling me that he used to visit Vancouver alot with a group of guys that went fishing together and he'd love to go again. Another said that she had driven across the border from Oregon into British Columbia. I had to correct her on that as B.C. only borders with the States of Washington, Idaho and Montana. The two ladies in the group were cruising from one to another cruise and doing a lot of back to back cruises and this time they'll spend some time in Singapore before hopping on another ship. What a life! A very charmed life! They also gave me alot of info on being a casino cruiser. One of them had received a call from Carnival inviting her to find a friend and they could both get on this cruise for free. They were even given cash to spend and it was a sizable amount too!<br />
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Now, i've never received such a call but i'm sure hoping it'll happen. But the key thing is to stick with one cruiseline to build up your status and one has to do several cruises per year to make the cut. I already know i likely wont get called; i cruise on misc. lines so it'll be me calling them and i'll pay whatever they say. Oh well, i was enjoying my pipe dream there for a minute.<br />
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Between the eight of us at that brunch table we all had different info....well, gossip if you please.....their story re the 52 yr. old man who died of shock after winning the $24,000. in the casino went like this - 48 yr. old man won $20,000. died of a heart attack in his cabin not in the casino. The first death that went from it being a woman to a man went back to it was a woman according to these people but according to the couple that sat at my lunch table today they said they saw the dead guys wife and she is very old and in a wheelchair. The latest one was apparently a Phillipino worker onboard and i just realized that i hadn't seen my room steward in a couple days. OMG i hope my Anthony is ok.<br />
Well, somebody is tending to my cabin but i just thought of 2 clues that it might be somebody else....my towel animals are not made in Anthonys style and whoever it is isn't leaving me a fresh shower mat everyday and Anthony always does.....well, did.<br />
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As it stands now there's been 4 people who died on this cruise so far and several have been taken away in ambulances at every port we've docked at. My new friend Judys roomie had to leave by ambulance in Honolulu as she needed gall bladder surgery. Not clear on if she flew to her home city and hospital from there or if it was done in Honolulu. Somebody said the record number of deaths on a cruise was 30 and today i heard it was 35. Either is hard to imagine but maybe it was on one of those world cruises that last 100 days or more. Or maybe it didn't happen at all.<br />
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Well, on a ship this size, which certainly isn't the largest by far there's up to 5000 people onboard counting the crew and all. The majority of cruisers are over 60 so thinking about it in terms of if it were a city with this population i sort of do believe it. I remember as a child living in a town with a pop. of 4000 there was at least one a day and my dad was a pallbearer for just about all of them.<br />
There's alot of older people in the casino at any given time and they're in the elite status and getting free drinks.....well, there ya go!<br />
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Later i went to customer service to get a printout of my cruise expenses. I've spent $47.40 so far but one entry is questionable. It shows i bought 2 specialty coffees at the coffee shop but i only remember buying one. Maybe i'll find out if or when i read back in my blog if i bought one or two,lol. My call to my hubby back home cost $22. and that was much less that i would have thought it would be from Hawaii.<br />
One of the reasons i write all this stuff is to be able to dbl. check things but mostly i enjoy reading it like 5 years later when i've forgotten everything. It jogs my memory which would be totally lost if i didn't. Heaven forbid that Blogger should ever shut down! And hell, i forget cruise things after a year, never mind five.<br />
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The ocean and the sky have now become two distinct things unlike earlier when it all looked the same and you couldn't tell where the ocean and the sky met. Theres clouds in the distance that look like they're sitting on the ocean making it look like a snow covered mountain range. I'd take a pic but my camera is charging and anyhow my window is very salty so pics would be blurry. As well, my porthole is old and i think all on the ship will be replaced when she goes into dry dock. I think the carpets are ok for the most part but new furniture is needed. A cruiseship takes a lot of wear and tear being it does one cruise after another after another non stop for years. I don't really mind these conditions as it makes for a cheaper cruise when a ship is on it's way to drydock.And actually this ship is in pretty good shape, just as my last years ship was.<br />
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This Splendor ship is not coming back to the U.S. because after her retrofit she'll be cruising in Australian waters so i might not see her again. But then you just never know as we were passengers on Carnivals Spirit "last" cruise in U.S. waters when we sailed from Vancouver to Hawaii several years ago and she carried on to Australia "never to return". I remember how we waved and cheered her on as we watched her leave from our condo the day after we had arrived there. Well, for whatever purpose or reason the Spirit is now back cruising in N.America again. So i'm sure Splendor will return again too.<br />
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After dinner in the Lido i went to the casino until it was time to get a seat in the showroom. It was a songstress and she was allright but not my style so i slipped out midway and returned to my slots. I picked up a little over $100. so that'll keep me going for a few days trying to build on it. There's 2 machines that i want to play and they're the only ones of this type with rhinos being the main character. i'm a real sucker for rhinos; i love those things! But every time i've been there there's already someone playing them so i just sit back watching and waiting for them to leave and i'll jump up and grab it but they never leave. Today i figured it out; it must be a family or friends or some sort of a group deal thing who have taken over those two machines, taking turns playing and maybe they've made a pact that when it pays off big they'll all share in the pool. Now, i think that's a brilliant idea if that's what's happening because a machine that's played 24 hrs a day non stop has got to land on the jackpot soon. Or maybe not. Whatever, i think it's a good plan they've organized if that's whats going on and i hope it pays off for them.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-66787531880870267342019-11-27T01:33:00.004-08:002019-11-27T01:33:56.969-08:00Oct. 20, 2019 a visit to GuamWhat a crazy night. I fell asleep with the lights on and woke up because the phone was ringing and my watch said it was 9 oclock.I thought it meant it was 9 A.M. and that i had missed my excursion or maybe someone calling to tell me to get out to the bus asap. It took me a minute to figure things out; it was 9 in the evening! I'm turning into a different person on this cruise, a strange unusual person who i don't know and who sleeps in half hour increments.<br />
Once i figured that out i was ok i went back to sleep only to wake up every hour or half and this repeated all night. By 5a.m. i was exhausted but could sleep no more so played my game and wasted yet more of my points and i think i'm down to almost half of what i had built up over a very long time; i'm talking years! It's discouraging but i figure the only way to handle it is to continue playing and maybe it'll all come back. The stinker is that the more you bet the more chances you have to hit a million or two which you'd think would help but then you keep making those big bets and it gradually gets eaten away. The next thing i know is i've lost a lot and i'm poor again and have to bet small which doesn't give much payback and is a little boring.<br />
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When i opened my curtains i saw the pilot boat beside us guiding our way in to the dock. Off in the distance were many other watercrafts both large and small. I had hoped to be on the side facing land but no, i got the opposite view. It would be awhile before we'd dock but i decided to to go to the designated area and be first in line.<br />
I got ready and headed for the Black Pearl restaurant where i have to see the immigration/customs officials before going on my day trip. I presume a boat had already brought them to the ship; probably on that same pilot boat. As usual i got lost again trying to find the Black Pearl. Just when i think i've got it i end up in the wrong place. I've never had this problem on any other ship but this ship is crazy and i don't know what to do with it! At one point i thought i'd found it but it turned out to be the Gold Pearl and they're not even close together.<br />
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Once i found the place i saw millions of people milling about everywhere already. Everyone wanted to get the formalities over with so that when the ship docks they can get off first. The first thing i had to do was find out where the end of the lineup was and it was a long trek with switchbacks. Turns out the end was very close to near where the beginning was. Then the guy in the lineup ahead of me tried to convince me that i was in the wrong lineup and that i had to go somewhere else to get a sticker on my key and he showed me his sticker. I usually believe know-it-all people with instructions but decided not to trust this guy because i had been under the impression that this was the lineup to get the sticker so i stuck with my spot while he insisted i was doing wrong to stay. For some reason i never saw him again but i'm pretty sure that he had stood in the same lineup twice to get a sticker that he already had.<br />
The cruise director was making announcements which were hard to hear or understand because of the din of so many people. At one point he said everyone in a family had to be present to be seen by the officials and people were instantly irate because they had stood in the lineup while their partner or kids had gone for breakfast. Then after all the families had panic attacks he announced that only one person per family had to appear. It was the most bizarre, crowded stressful confusing debarking routine that i've ever seen and equivalent to the embarking scenerio in LA to get onboard.<br />
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This sort of thing doesn't happen on most cruises and especially unheard of on cruises that stop at a port every day or two. Having said that i remember that all the other ships i've been on except a different Carnival one use the showroom as the meeting place and there's never a lineup. Passengers are all seated waiting to hear their excursion number and when it's called just those people get up and walk in single file to the gate. Such a huge difference and why didn't Carnival do this? Well, the showroom is very large but it's on 3 levels so maybe that's the problem. Too bad but it seems that alot of ships are being designed this way now a days.<br />
I met my friend Leeanne and her husband on a couch in the lobby and there was enough room for me to squeeze in. Eventually i was able to debark along with them as we were on the same bus on the same excursion. So a couple hours later the whole thing was done and and over with and the throngs of puzzled people found their way out and enjoyed their excursion but i'm sure nobody is ever going to forget the crazy way they went about it.<br />
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Our tour guide had all sorts of facts and legends to tell and she was very good and i liked her. She pointed out her elementary and high schools, where she lived and things about her family. She said there's still a lot of live bombs in the jungle areas that could go off if a person stepped on one or sat on a large one and that people are advised to never touch one. Her own grandpa had picked up a small one and it blew 3 fingers off his hand.<br />
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She told of how the reef that protects a lot of the beaches from sharks is formed and how the ocean water is warmer than the air sometimes. I didn't know much about Guam and thought it was small but it's larger than i had thought. There's all the high end hotels and resorts, stores like Michael Kors, Dior, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Chanel etc. and as well i spotted McD's, Burger King, IHop and then theres the malls too. It's like a smaller Hawaii.<br />
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We visited several points of interest and one was Lovers Peak, the place where a young couple in love had braided their long hair together and leapt off the highest peak to a watery death rather than to be married to others as their families had planned.<br />
We stopped at a few interesting places and a Holiday Inn Hotel where we enjoyed a very nice buffet lunch and then took a vote on where to go next; either the mall or Kmart. We ended up at KMart. I thought they'd have a craft dept. or at least some yarn, string or thick thread but as it turned out nope, nothing of the sort there. I should have voted for the mall but who knew? The reason i didn't vote for it was because the Ala Moana mall didn't have any handicraft supplies and too late i found out that the Guam mall did!<br />
This Kmart store is the last one standing in a U.S. territory and it's very popular. We were told that if a Walmart came there'd be no more Kmart here or anywhere. We were dropped off for an hour to shop and i did the entire store looking for the things i wanted. I had a couple things in my cart which as it turned out i didn't buy. The store was very busy with lots of cusomers and long lineups at the tills.At one point i asked an employee if there was a till that was for just a few items because alot of the locals were buying whole cartfuls of stuff and nobody wanted to get in a lineup behind them. She said to follow her which i did and she took me to a shorter lineup. Well, this lineup stood still without moving at all because the cashier was leisurely, slowly, carefully lining up and then counting the coins in her cash register and then she put all the coins in separate bags and walked away with them. I waited for a long time along with the few ahead of me but she didn't return and by then i had just a couple minutes left before my time was up and i had to get back to the bus before it left without me. It was a little disappointing but i had to walk away leaving the things i had wanted to buy in the cart. I had 2 pkgs of paper napkins, unusual colourful patterned tissue paper and a sack of candy to say bye to so it was a sort of weird experience but not really a big deal.<br />
A lot of the passengers had purchased pop and i would have had some in my cart too but but i was worried about being able to carry it without knowing how far away the bus might be. Of course i can buy some onboard but it costs a lot more. I wonder where the locals buy their craft/hobby supplies. I hope it's local and that they do have hobbies and are doing crafty things but now i'll probably never know. If KMart is the most popular store there and they don't carry any art supplies then i really feel for them if they're not able to get things locally. Sadly noticed the same thing at the mall in Honolulu but then i'm sure Walmart has cornered that market.<br />
The bus was parked waiting quite close to the entrance of the KMart which was nice. Anyone that comes back to the bus late usually gets an embarassing round of applause with sometimes a few jeers and if you're really late the bus will be gone and you'll have to return to the ship in a taxi. As it turned out for me there were a couple people not back yet so we waited patiently as everyone knew why it was taking them so long.<br />
Back on the dock there was a local dance group doing their traditional dance and i watched for a few minutes and then climbed onboard the ship without further delay. It had been a lovely day overall but i tire very quickly and easily and have to be able to rest.<br />
So i hung out in my room and watched from my porthole for awhile because i enjoy seeing the tugboat getting us going and then seeing the pilot jump off the ship and onto it. Then i freshened up and went to the buffet for dinner.<br />
My new friends Leeanne and Paul joined me and afterwards i thought of heading to the showroom to watch the hypnotist show but i found it difficult to walk, my legs and feet were sore and i was tired. I got some ice cream and and returned to my cabin and mixed some espresso into it in hopes it would give me some relief and energy but nope, it didn't work.<br />
We are off now sailing for 3 or 4 days before getting to our next port which is Kota Kinabalu in Borneo. Thank goodness for time to recover and then i'll be doing the excursion routine all over again. It will be the ships excursion so it might be easier and maybe i'll get priority. I had purchased this one a long time ago, well before the private sellers popped up selling their excursions. The one i'm going on cost more, does less and doesn't include lunch. However, i decided to stick with it instead of cancelling and going on the cheaper one that does it all better because and i don't know why, fear of fate maybe. I hope i don't end up regretting my choice.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-18318078904174490302019-11-26T00:41:00.001-08:002019-11-26T00:41:22.956-08:00Oct. 19, 2019<br />
I fell asleep playing my game last night and that was a first for me, another dam sign of growing old!I must not have been out for long, in fact it must have been brief because my IPad was still lit up and it goes black after just a minute or two of non action. So i turned off the lights and went to sleep and don't even know what time that was but it must have been early because i was wide awake at 5a.m. People at home know i'm a night person and usually my bedtime is about 3a.m. and then i sleep until noon. Crusiing has a way of changing ones habits but i know i'll go back to my old ways once i get home.<br />
I had put my camera on the charger for the night but this morning it had the sign on it "battery exhausted" Maybe it hadn't been plugged in securely enough so i reset it and all of a sudden the lens shot out with a strange grinding sound and it kept it up until i thought to remove the battery. So while the battery was out anyway i decided to swap it for my back up battery as i knew that battery was dead for sure and would need alot of time to charge. So i tried it after i showered and was ready to go but it still wasn't charged enough yet so i left it there charging. After breakfast i went to do my crocheting with the ladies and spent about an hour there, came back to get it and i could tell something was wrong; it still wasn't charged. So i took that battery out and replaced it with my regular one and the lens shot out again making that awful sound. I had no clue of what to do about it except to take it to the Pixels photography studio which really isn't a camera store but the closest thing there is to one on this ship and i figured that anyone there surely would be able to figure it out.<br />
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However, the lady there said she couldn't help, that they are not allowed to handle a passengers camera! First off i decided not to tell her that a guy from there had adjusted it for me a few days ago so wth. I didn't want him to get into trouble because of it and so i said nothing and as i walked away i tried turning it on again and it did. I decided that it had just been some weird random thing that had happened but it was now back to normal so end of story. Except unbeknownst to me when i tried it again it again said "battery exhausted"<br />
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So i went for lunch and it turned out to be a three hour lunch because i met a very interesting woman from Chicago and we talked cruises for awhile and then an older couple asked to sit at our table and we said yes. They were Australians and had cruised lots and had stories to share so we lingered and it was a very interesting and informative lunch and now i really want to visit down under asap.<br />
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Afterwards i went to the showroom for an info talk on Guam as we'll be docking there tomorrow. It too was very interesting and informative and i learned all sorts of stuff about the Marianas Islands and Guam that i hadn't known. The speaker was excellent and almost brought me to tears telling of some of the history of the Marianas during the war years. One in particular was quite a poignant story of how one Japanese man remained there hiding out in the jungle and he didn't find out that the war was over until 1971. One reason for this was that he had taken to stealing chickens for food and some of the owners had started shooting at him to scare him off. No wonder he thought the war was still going on!<br />
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I also like hearing about how deep the ocean is in the area of the Marianas. I forget the actual stats already but the water there is way deeper than the tallest mountains on earth are tall. Why that info affected me so much i don't know but i was trying to picture it in my mind and it just seemed to be a very important thing that i wish i would have learned a long time ago. Meanwhile we are sailing in those very waters tonight and all through the night. I think theres 14 populated islands that make up the Marianas and i won't see any of them until we get to Guam.<br />
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Now i'm back in my room and have the camera charging and i hope it does otherwise i'll be screwed for taking any more pictures unless i buy a new camera. I also know there'll probably not be a pocketable camera for me to buy which means i'd have to buy one that i don't even like, just to have one. My excursion in Guam tomorrow is going to dedicated places and then when i get off the bus back at the ship i can get on a different free one that takes passengers to to Walmart. I presume they'd have some sort of camera for me, hopefully. I also hope to buy some yarn or string to carry on with my crocheted stencils. They do have GoPro cameras onboard but i really don't need some of the things it can do so going to have to play it by ear.<br />
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I went for dinner in the buffet and met my friend Annie who was my cruisemate a year ago.Annie feels that this ship has the best food while i feel it's merely mediocre and Regal Princess had the very best.Well everyone is different and eats totally differently than others so maybe we havent happened upon the same dishes. I saw Mala the chef for just a moment at lunchtime and and he said he'd look for me tonight at dinner but he either wasn't there or saw that i was with a friend. I'll likely see him again because as i told Annie i will probably only eat in there from now on because the routine in the dining rooms just isn't cutting it for me.<br />
Afterwards i went to the show and got a nice seat just in time for the show to begin. Afterwards i played in the casino for awhile and walked out in a huff because the machines i play are still too tight. to waste my money on and anyway i want to go to bed early because my excursion in the morning starts at 7a.m.<br />
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I had few pics from today but lots from my excursion in Guam so i'll add some of them here and the remainder tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-84547941201427917192019-11-25T00:33:00.000-08:002019-11-25T00:33:43.095-08:00Oct. 18, 2019<br />
I was up and about quite early again this morning. This is so unusual for me. It seems i become a different person while on a cruise. When i look out my porthole window i see dullish colours, big dismal grey clouds and it looks cold out there and you can't tell that it's actually a very warm 82º<br />
So i went for my usual breakfast in the Lido and sat with a woman from Manitoba. She's the first Canadian i've chatted with in a long time and a very nice lady. She invited me to visit her and her friend on deck 10 aft where they paint together. That took me by surprize as i didn't know passengers were allowed to bring paints and do their art on a designated deck. It made me think i could bring my Gelli plate next time. Going to need to ask her if you need to get permission or to just do it. It might be a little different with Gelli printing though as i use very thin paper which could easily fly away out on deck. So i think that's the end of that story as cruiseships are dedicated to not polluting the ocean in any way. The cabins would surely be off limits as well as theres carpets and a balcony wouldn't work either because of the wind and sun.<br />
Later i returned to my room and got my stuff for my next project and then met the group in the Robusto bar for a fun session with everyone doing their craft and enjoying the comeraderie. Most of these ladies are really amazing making the most beautiful blankets, sweaters and stuff.A few are doing embroidery or needlepoint, some crochet, some knit and eventually i'll probably bring the door hanger thingy that i started in an onboard craft class. My project today is making my 4th and last square doily stencil because i'll be out of yarn as that's all i had brought with me. I had found 4 balls each a different colour of Martha Stewart yarns in a thrift shop and at the time i thought the coarse cottony yarn would be perfect. However, i hadn't actually tried it out before coming on the cruise. Now i'm thinking it's too heavy and i wish i would have brought a selection of types and maybe even string or a very thick thread or something that might leave more distinct but delicate marks on the Gelli plate. But without having tried any yarns before i have really no idea if it'll even work out ok for hopefully interesting backgrounds. Time will tell!<br />
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After lunch i chose to just chill in my room as i was too late for some things and too early for others on the opposite end of the ship. The sky still looks dull and ominous and i bet it's going to rain even though it's actually really hot out there.<br />
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I heard today that the woman who i mentioned had died a few days ago was actually a man.Weird how the news or gossip can get all changed around. I feel so sorry for the mans wife as she tried to wake him up in the morning but he had passed away in his sleep during the night.<br />
I also heard about another man who died but now i'm wondering if it was the same man or another one. Apparently he had won $24,000. in the casino on a penny slot and the shock of it all killed him. He was in his early 50's. Not sure if this story is true but the lady who told me seemed sincere. And i know for sure that there are several penny machines in the casino with the top payout of exactly that amount.<br />
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My dinner was disappointing because i chose a delicious looking slab of pork ribs that hadn't been cooked enough. The meat should fall right off the bones but my knife couldn't even separate the meat from the bones. Gotta wonder if it was the same chef who served pork roast yesterday and the piece he cut for me was red inside. Good grief and geeze Louise. I hardly ever choose beef or pork and then when i do there's something wrong with it. I'll be sticking with fish and veggies from now on.<br />
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I made my way to the forward end and you have to pass through the casino to get to the showroom. At least my route takes me there but technically the showroom has seating on 3 different levels. I spotted my friend Yumi who said she wanted to join me for the show but first she had to go to her cabin and get a sweater or money, i forget which. So i said ok, i'd wait for her. Anyhow i waited for a long time and she didn't return and the seating was filling up fast so i went in at the last minute and then had to go up a level in order to find two seats together and then i watched for her. The place was full to the rafters and soon the show started without her. It was music from the 80's and i felt bad but what can you do when a person doesn't return are you supposed to wait outside and miss the show too? Well, apparently that's what she thought i should have done and because she wasn't back before it started it was my bad and so she ended our friendship. But i hadn't seen her in the showroom nor in the casino afterwards either so wth. I just did my usual thing and it was the next day that she confronted me saying fine friend you are! But i know that she knows that its a very long walk from there to her room; it's on my deck but way down aft and i don't know if she had actually come back or not. So for the remainder of the cruise we were civil to each other whenever we passed. Well, at least i was and i think if i didn't say hi first she might not have and so that was pretty much the end of our short onboard friendship.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-54182089445930803872019-11-24T00:41:00.001-08:002019-11-24T00:41:51.384-08:00Oct. 17, 2019 Are you ok?<br />
I was up way too early again and so were the people next door. They had their tv on loud at 6a.m.and alot of conversation too. I've never heard a couple that does as much talking as they do. I'm not sure if the sounds are coming through the walls or the door that adjoins our cabins but probably the door. Now, not all cabins have adjoining doors; i just got lucky i guess, lol. Adjoining rooms are usually assigned to a family with kids so they have access and can leave the door open if they want. otherwise the door is locked and cannot be opened except for the staff if needed. I also havent heard a sound from the cabin on the other side of me and so i gotta wonder if there's anyone in there but i'm sure there is and maybe it's a single because i know this cruise was sold out. At least now i know that if i flush the toilet in the middle of the night it isn't disturbing anyone.<br />
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I puttered around until 9 before going up for breakfast. I had another little visit with the chef with the long name. I try my best to get his words but have to admit that many times i don't understand a word he's saying but i let on that i do because it's usually a one way conversation and i'm eating and he's not.<br />
Well, today he seemed snoopy asking if i was ok a couple of times and then even a "are you sure you're ok" It made me wonder if i looked like a mess and it reminded me of an incidence on my last cruise when one of the regulars there asked me if i was ok. I said yes, i'm fine thanks for asking and she says " well, that's good because you looked like hell yesterday"<br />
I was shocked and insulted but didn't let on and just laughed. The woman was usually sloopy drunk even early in the a.ms.and often puts her foot in her mouth. Anyway i always take care of myself everyday with a shower, makeup, nail polish,, curl and style my hair and i wear clean and neatly pressed clothes, and a smile and a positive attitude. It made me feel insecure that this guy kept asking as if i was suddenly going to confess that i wasn't ok or something. WTF so i changed the subject and asked him if he had a nickname and he said his friends call him Mala so i will too. Co-incidently i had recently met a woman named Mala and it's a name i'd never heard before and now i know two.<br />
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So i finished my brekkie and Mala said he was going to look for me at dinner tonight and i said that would be nice but i left the room feeling strange about the way he seemed to be concerned about me or my well being or something and he was making a point of watching over me. Maybe it was something like a grandkid might say to their grandma. So i returned to my room and Anthony had already been in and done his thing, bed was made, fresh towels were hanging, dusted and vacummed and it was all spic and span along with a stingray towel animal on my bed.<br />
I checked my appearance thoroughly in the mirror looking for whatever was wrong and didn't notice anything being off or out of the ordinary but it still bugged me why he had asked "are you ok" three times. I'm so frigging insecure it actually made me feel like not going out and about today so i didn't. How vain is that!<br />
It was strange how my day suddenly turned but it was strong enough that it caused me to feel down with no energy and i just felt blahhhh. The power of suggestion even by a stranger is stronger than what i ever would have thought. Even right now i'm thinking maybe i should wash my hair. Or my clothes. Should i redo my nails? Lipstick? What needs to be done? Son of a gun, i dunno what!<br />
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So i played my Pharaohs Palace game and lost 5 or 6 million which was easily the most i've ever lost in one play session. But, i stuck with it all day and got most of it back.I moved up several levels in the doing and am now on level 490. It's a fun slot type game with many different levels or "worlds" and it took my mind off the question of the day.<br />
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About 6p.m. i decided to go for dinner back in the Lido. I had formulated a plan of how to respond to the question of are you ok? I will ask back "why do you ask?" It was as simple as that and it took me all day to think of it.<br />
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As it turned out Mala was nowhere to be seen tonight and i felt quite relieved. I found my friend Vivian and she had just arrived too and so we got our dinners together and then visited for a couple hours. Neither of us felt like going to the show, trivia, casino or art function. We just chilled and our dirty dishes stayed on the table all that time which was most unusual as there's always someone removing dirty dishes within moments of finishing with them. It seemed like there were hardly any workers tonight and maybe they're all players in the show or at a crew meeting or something. It was a very unusual day.<br />
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Meanwhile earlier today i got a call from the lady who is looking after the excursions for Guam, Malaysia and Vietnam. I've arranged for Carnivals excursion in Malaysia and the other two privately with her. It sounds like it's going to be an ordeal getting off the ship in Guam possibly because it's going to be a first for Carnival. She was preparing me for a similar scenerio like embarking in LA had been. I think we'll be supplied with a visa for the two countries as well as a possible face to face visit with the authorities there. Maybe we're the guinea pigs who will work out the issues for future travellers there. One plan was revealed and it was that passengers will be called deck by deck.. Not sure if that's going to work so all i can say is i hope there's a plan B.<br />
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Well, it's the way it's going to be done and guess who's deck will be called first? Mine, deck 1, lucky ol' me. At first i thought cool but then thought how hot it's going to be out there. It's hot as hell already and we're still hundreds of miles away and getting hotter as we go. This might be a good thing or a bad thing. I did bring some cotton tops but i'll be wearing jeans cuz that's the way i roll. I am a conundrum because i'm almost always cold and i hate the cold. I also don't like extreme heat yet here i am going to these hot countries, go figure.<br />
Now, there's an example of that i might not be quite all right. Right?<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-35314796531381509332019-11-23T01:55:00.000-08:002019-11-23T01:55:31.474-08:00Oct. 16, 2019 another busy sea day<br />
I was up early again this morning and in the Lido eating breakfast before 8a.m. This is so not me. But i had awakened with my problem nail almost completely off so i put it out of it's misery with a pair of scissors and cancelled my apt. to get it fixed. Now my thumb feels raw and weird but what can you do.<br />
I bumped into my friend Vivian in the Lido and after brekkie we decided to go to the general knowledge trivia game in the El Morocco room. I hadn't been there before and it's a beautiful large room on deck 5 aft. When we walked in it was a very crowded place. There was a ballroom dancing class going on and i spotted Annie, my roomie from last years cruise dancing and it was so lovely and graceful to watch. We watched until it was over and then our trivia game started. I love attending these games but i get very few answers and so it was again today. A man came in a little late and sat near us and asked if he could be on our team and we said sure. Because of him we got 6 correct answers out of 20 questions, so double what Vivian and i would have had. We had fun and hopefully learned a few things too but it's info that will probably never be needed like how many bones are in the human body and how much bacteria is in us etc. For me it was a take a wild guess game but that was ok, it was something to do and interesting to find out who the smart people are, lol.<br />
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We then headed to the art room for a seminar by the same woman as yesterday and it was on the artist Destino Dali. Neither Vivian nor i had known of the connection between him and Walt Disney so that was pretty interesting to learn how that all came together. We both had been given a blanket which were actually bigger than yesterdays and covered up from head to foot so we were greatful for that. I don't know why they keep that room so cold unless it's something to do with preserving the artworks.<br />
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Afterwards we were planning to attend another trivia game on the royal family but then decided to bypass it because it was way down the opposite end of the ship. Too bad because i might have been able to get a couple answers on that. Strangely enough i had also missed a trivia game on the day that i went to Lahaina, Maui and the subject had been Canada. Again i might have been able to get a couple. Guess i'm just not lucky that way.<br />
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Lunch was calling so we took off for the Lido and got a great table by the window on the starboard side and watched it raining outside. Soon Vivians husband joined us and we spent some time in there eating and chatting. They hadn't heard about the woman who passed away on their deck yesterday and they were shocked and saddened to hear about it. Even though her name and cabin number wern't revealed it was a terrible blow for them to hear. They thought they had probably passed in the hallway or shared an elevator or something as neighbours do so it was terrible to find out about it. I think theres actually a lot of deaths on cruiseships so a common occurance because lets face it, we are mostly all old passengers. But still, hard to come to grips with.<br />
We then had to scurry to get back to the El Morocco room for the comedy of Kathleen Dunbar from Las Vegas and she was hilarious.<br />
We split afterwards and each went our separate ways, i went to my cabin for a little nap and Vivian and hubby had to get ready to attend the captains formal dinner party tonight. I will eat in the Lido and afterwards spend some time with the ladies handicrafts group, maybe visit the casino, attend the variety stage show or the movie or otherwise find something to do.<br />
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Well, i didn't nap, just chilled with my IPad game and then finished my dishrag. It's a round one but i made it big enough that i know for sure will fit on an 8"x8" square cardboard. By the time i got out of my room it was after 7p.m.and there wasn't many people in the Lido. A lady from Texas named Yumi joined me and we had a lot of laughs and then decided to go to the casino for awhile before the second Spectacular show begins. Yumi didn't play the slots because she said she had lost alot already and i should have followed suit but no, i can't go into a casino and not play. So i wasted a few bucks and then suddenly won some of it back so i knew it was time to go. We watched a guy who was a mind reader and he pretty much knew everyones names and birthdays and more! I thought he was amazing but halfway through Yumi said goodnight, she was tired and had to go to bed.I watched to the end and then had a brainwave to take the promenade route past the Red Room and to the ElMorocco in my quest to blaze a new and better trail from this area back to my cabin. Yes, of course i was hopelessly lost and quite quickly too. I don't think there is such a route from that area. So at least now i know better than to bother anymore and just accept that i'm destined to take the longggg way home.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-66212482203497643412019-11-22T02:33:00.002-08:002019-11-22T02:33:32.998-08:00Oct. 15, 2019 Theres no Oct. 14th for me<br />
I woke up at 6:30a.m. and the ship was very quiet. Well, it's always quiet on the cabin decks but still, this is unusual for me to see this early hour. It's sunny and bright out there and the ocean, sky and fluffy clouds look so calm and peaceful. We are zooming along quite fast and i love the gentle rocking of the ship.<br />
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We actually did have a little of Oct. 14; it was one hour long when we sailed over the international dateline. I still don't really understand this thing especially since we've been moving our clocks back an hour every day or two. Then suddenly we're told to jump ahead 23 hours. I just do it and don't need to understand it i guess as long as everything and everyone are all on the same schedule. Whatever and however, when i get home i'll simply believe whatever time our clock says it is and adapt to it accordingly.<br />
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I know theres people out and about already and breakfast is in progress but i'm going to chill for awhile playing my game and enjoy the calm, peace and quiet.<br />
Just before i went out there was an emergency call over the P.A. for a medic alert. I've never heard such a call on a cruise before and i just hoped it was a drill or something and that nobody was in any sort of distress. Unfortunately i found out at lunch that a woman had passed away in her sleep on deck 8. So sad out here in the middle of the ocean for her husband or whoever she was travelling with to have to remain onboard until we get to Guam in a few days. From there i guess they'll send the body and survivor home. My friend Vivian lives on deck 8 so praying that it isn't her.<br />
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I went for my muesli breakfast along with yogurt and fruits. It's weird that i drink a couple cups of espresso at home every day but here on the ship i havent even tried their coffee. I brought some of those tiny plastic bags full of my fav, Nescafe instant espresso to add to my ice cream to make like a frappe or milkshake with ice cream and today is the first day i thought of it. So after lunch i got a drinking glass and filled it with what the sign said was vanilla but out came a chocolate/vanilla twist and once mixed with my instant espresso it made a delicious frappe and for free! It was better than the one i bought yesterday for ....not sure but i think about $8!<br />
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After breakfast i returned to my room to get my crochet project and made my way down to the Robusto bar without getting lost and found the crafty ladies all in a a big circle doing their thing and i joined in on their lively conversation. I did a few rows on my "dishrag" which you know is going to actually be a stencil. I decided not to bother telling the ladies this because they've probably never heard of the Gelli mono printing addiction. Maybe you havent either and if so go to youtube and you'll see millions of videos of it being done in a million variations.<br />
I seem to be an odd one out because i like to try to be neat unlike the majority of artists who work in a sloppy sort of manner that i just can't. They also never wash their Gelli plate nor do they wash their brayers....i can't do that! Truth be told i do not like the way this art has gone but have to do my thing with it and it doesn't matter if it's different cuz everyone is different. I think with so many and maybe the majority of videos on Youtube being done in the slaphappy easy going way any and possibly all new artists who watch them will attempt to follow suit and get in the groove of not caring that they missed a spot, or ten. They'll leave a corner or two bare along with other spots of bare white paper showing through all over the place because it seems that speed and a mutitude of colour is of the essence and as well, the way they use stencils is also very messy. I know they like the way they're doing it and of course differences are the spice of life but i'm not spicy, just neat or at least a little neat-er, lol.<br />
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Later i dropped my crochet project off in my room so i wouldn't have to carry it around with me all day. My next destination was the art seminar in the Red Carpet room and i forgot if it was before or after the big empty block so rather than getting lost i decided to take the route to the casino and then have a little extra walk back the same way that i'd come from so i wouldn't miss the beginning of it. I made it in time but then noticed how very cold it was in the room and i was thinking oh no, i'm going to have to leave.<br />
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But then somebody asked does anyone want a blanket? and 4 or 5 other people besides me put up their hands. The blanket was warm and fresh from an oven somewhere and so i was cozy and comfy after that. So the seminar began and omygosh; it was absolutely brilliant and the best one i've ever attended. The speaker was a woman who was sooooo good she was literally amazing and i learned alot and enjoyed hearing about the life and times of Pablo Picasso. She didn't read it to us and maybe she's done this seminar many times before on a million cruises and had memorized every detail but whatever, she did a bang up job of it. She didn't make him out to be an angel in any way but told the truth of what he was like and how and why he became that way. I have much respect for the guy and how he changed the face of art in the world forever. When she got to the part about how and why his "blue period" happened i think everyone in the room was in tears because it was so unexpected and sad. And i learned that's how blue became the word for depression. The guy left behind a legacy of more than 80 thousand awesome paintings!<br />
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From there i went to the Lido for my lunch and seeing nobody i knew i had to sit by myself but not for long before a guy named Frank from Chicago joined me and then two Australian ladies and we ended up lunching and visiting for a couple hours. I filled my platter with many different salads, carmelized onions, and something else which turned out to be real good but i don't even know what it was. It looked like cubes of beef but the lable said it was a vegetable that i didn't know and now i've forgotten the name of it. In any case it was an excellent lunch.<br />
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After an hour or so it started raining out and it happened to be the first day that the retractable roof had been opened. It was kind of comical watching all the sun worshippers all beat it in to the Lido. Just when they're generally putting things away the staff had to scurry around to tend to all the people lining up to eat leaving the pizza and burger stand by the pool without any customers.<br />
I returned to my cabin thinking id have a little nap but started playing my game instead and i'm glad that i did because i won 8 million dollars (play money of course, lol) But that was the most i'd ever won since i started playing the game of Pharaohs Way, the Treasure collection about 7 or 8 years ago.<br />
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After awhile i decided to finish off my dishrag stencil as i just had a few rows to go. Without a ruler i wasn't sure if it fit my requirement of 8" square but i thought it was close enough and when i get home i'll darn well stretch and staple it all around the outside of an 8" piece of cardboard until it fits and hope it'll work like i want it to. I'm sure it'll be ok but now i'm thinking it would have been better made of a coarser type of yarn or even string. Well, no shopping here so it's going to have to work! Otherwise remove the staples and use it as a dishrag, lol!<br />
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All day i've been thinking of calling the spa to see if they'd do a one thumb nail job for me. Feeling a little silly but it's quite long and it's developed a little notch on the edge which i've tried to file out with no luck and it keeps coming back and is getting worse.It's just a matter of time before i snag it on something and rip it off. I hate to cut or file it anymore because it's already getting a little slanted. Maybe the nail technician can fix it for me somehow but don't even know if they'd do such a thing as a one nail job. Maybe tomorrow.<br />
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Meanwhile it's almost time to eat again, good grief, i guess i'll go see whats for dinner. Well, it was a real nice dinner and always is because there's so many things to chose from. I love ship buffets and tonight there was creme brule for dessert as well as a pistachio pudding that appealed to me so i ate both and they were awesome. Sat with yet another Australian couple, there's many on this ship along with lots of Americans and Japanese but not many Canucks that i know of.<br />
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Then i was in a rush to get to the Spectacular showroom for the magician show. I sat in the upper level and and the casino is next door so needless to say i dropped in there afterwards and wasted some $ fairly quickly. At home i go to my fav casino once a week and spend anywhere from 4 hours up playing pretty much steady and quite often come home with more or close to the same amount that i went with. On cruises i divide my weekly amount by 7 so i can have my little playtime daily. It seems it's just not enough! But i really don't want to get into it for more than that so if i'm not a winner right off the bat too bad, i get up and leave. There is a program where you can actually get money from the cruiseline to play with but ironically you have to be a big time spender first before they'll invite you to play for them. They even give you a free cruise! There's something wrong with that scenerio isn't there!?!?<br />
I made an apt to get my nail fixed in the morning. I'm going to start on a new dishrag/stencil pattern tonight if i can understand the instructions other wise get help from the crochet group in the morning either before or after i get my nail dealt with.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-91666475478270498902019-11-21T00:37:00.000-08:002019-11-21T00:37:05.955-08:00Oct. 13, 2019 at sea<br />
I awoke early; well, early for me. The people in the cabin next door talk long and loud. I havent seen them and i've noticed they have the "snoozing" sign on their doorknob just about all the time.<br />
I went to the buffet for breakfast but couldn't find the muesli promised. I asked a couple of chefs, one of whom he didn't know what it was but the other one did and he told me where i'd find it so i headed there real fast in hungry anticipation. I looked and looked but i was looking for the huge bowl that it's been kept in the past and i didn't see any big huge bowls at all. However, i did notice several tiny jelly sized bowls with a couple tablespoonsful of something all nestled on a tray that looked interesting and somewhat familar. Most dishes are labled with their name but this one wasn't. When i asked the girl attending what it was i was surprised when she said muesli. It had cranberries, strawberries,and shredded coconut in it so it looked quite different but mostly it was the size that just seemed wayyyy off and wrong. But i was interested and it was a big deal for me so i took 2 bowls of it. Wish i would have taken four or more because it was so good. This muesli was really special with pumpkin seeds, all sorts of fruit and nuts and seeds and topped off with a sprig of mint. Now that mint was a genius addition and it made it extra special because it was the perfect addition which i had never even considered adding when i make it at home. I have never seen it looking like that with the strawberries, cranberries and mint and more and i will say it for sure was the best muesli i've ever eaten but i wish it was in the huge bowl of the past because i felt self concious in taking more than one bowl. But then again i'll have it tomorrow and the next day and the next..... until i am home! Tomorrow i wont be shy, i'll take a few and go back for more before i dig into the various melons that i love to eat for breakfast too.<br />
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I saw the friendly chef from last night who's name is something like Sumaniedonieterain or whatever (maybe i'm exaggerating) and he came over so i graciously thanked for his wonderful muesli and he seemed truly extemely pleased. I don't think many people think to compliment a buffet chef and i'm probably one of them but in this case he needed to know how greatful i was for his very special muesli that i had eaten and thouroughly enjoyed.<br />
The next time i see him i'll ask if he has a nickname because i'm not even going to attempt to pronounce his very long name.<br />
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I wandered around the ship for awhile with nothing particular in mind to do or a place to be at a specific time. I quite enjoy days like that. I stopped at a general knowledge trivia game in progress and it seemed especially hard so i carried on to the front desk to ask for a tiny bit of scotch tape which was given happily and so my name and number is now safely on my camera. My route then went through the casino where i wasted a few bucks before going into the showroom to watch a movie about life under the sea. Then to the general store to buy hairspray. I had planned to join the ladies of the knitting/crochet group but hadn't brought my project so that didn't happen and then it was lunchtime. What a life!<br />
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But first a phone call to my husband because i had figured out that it would be just about his bedtime so i went back to my cabin and called him at home. It took a few rings before he answered and i figured he was snoozing but he said no, he was resting with his leg elevated after just returning home from the emergency room. A few weeks ago he had an itchy spot on his leg which he scratched so much it started oozing a clear liquid. At first i was relieved because it wasn't blood but when it didn't heal in a weeks time he went to the Dr. who said it was fine and to just keep it covered which he did. Well, since i've been gone he said it got worse and he felt that he should go to the ER and i'm so glad he did because it was infected. He had just arrived home and was following the Drs. instructions to keep it covered and elevated.<br />
I carried on my day after lunch with more wandering around checking out this rather awesome and elegantly beautiful ship before ending up in the Lido visiting with a couple from Darwin, Australia. Turns out i sort of knew the woman whose name was Leeanne because she had been a regular on the facebook group for this cruise. It was nice to meet and chat with someone met online and then we all went to watch a hilarious couples show in the showroom. On my way back i stopped at the coffee shop and got a nice white chocolate and caramel frappe to take back to my room. The barista asked if i wanted a chocolate straw and i hadn't even know it was invented yet so i said yes. Turns out it was only good for a few minutes and then it started to get soft and fuzzy. I didn't like that at all and the fuzzies gave me the creeps but then there's no plastic straws on this ship so what can one do? Well, in anticipation of this because i had the same scenerio on my last cruise with no straws i had brought some of my own.<br />
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After my dinner of a delicious sweet and sour fish of some sort, potato salad, artichioke hearts and mushy peas i met Vivian to attend a lecture of a famous artist which was pretty awesome to learn but already i've forgotten who it was about! Tonight i might go to the movie under the stars or maybe not and just chill out with music and playing my Ipad game in my warm and cozy little cabin. I am really enjoying relaxing and doing my own thing on this cruise.<br />
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<br />Lorrainahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503904212738268753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317162144097995665.post-50003085449013954082019-11-19T00:39:00.003-08:002019-11-19T00:39:39.614-08:00Oct. 12, 2019 Postcard exchange and lost camera day<br />
I was up early enough to get all my cards delivered before lunch. So much for all my worrying about not being able to do it! It was a bit too much walking with some backtracking because i mostly used the midship elevators doing half and then the other half of each deck. And then to a different deck and do it all over again. If i were smart i might have done the addresse's that were in the aft on every deck and then do the same with the forward addresses. But i was thinking how difficult that would be to sort them that way and maybe the solution could have been to do the odd numbered side and then the even numbers. Probably no way is easy. It was quite tiring and kind of stressful too because my back, knees and feet get tired and start burning like hell so i was sitting on the stairs of every deck more than a few times.<br />
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After a little break i was ready to carry on and i was miles away down the hallway when i realized i no longer had my camera in my back pocket. I knew if it had fallen out i would have heard it hit the floor so it must be on one of the stairwells. I beat it on back to the last place and nope, no camera was there. It wasn't that the camera was of much value except that it held all of my cruise pics so far so in that way it was very valuable to me. I knew it must have slipped out of my pocket when i sat on the stairs or maybe i had taken it out and set it on the stair when i was resting, got up without thinking of it and carried on with my deliveries. That's when i thought the worst and that somebody might have broken their neck if they had stepped on it or tripped over it. OMG. That's when i got really stressed about it but i carried on and finished delivering every last card before going to the front desk to see if it had been turned in. Nope, no camera had been turned in. I thought i better give it awhile and so i went to lunch.<br />
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I met my friend Vivian in the buffet just getting her food so once we were ready we got a table and had a little visit while we ate. A lady then asked if she could join us and we said sure she could. Her name was Won Moore, originally from Korea and now from Texas and she laughingly pointed out that her name was pronounced like One More. She was a retired nurse who now goes on lots of cruises. It was a nice distraction and i could relax a little during our visit.<br />
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After lunch i went to my cabin and there on the door was a note saying "if this is your cabin call Jackie in cabin number 1234; i think i might have something you lost"<br />
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OMG again, i was sooooo relieved as i knew it was my camera she was talking about but how on earth had she figured out who lost it?<br />
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I called her room and she asked me a few questions and then said, yes, i found your camera. I beat it on up to deck 7 and knocked on her door and Jackie invited me in. She told me that she had lost her camera on a cruise once and when she phoned front desk they said that yes, a camera had been found and turned in so she had gone immediately to claim it. Unfortunately while they had kept a record of it they now couldn't find the camera! They never did find it either! God only knows who took it.<br />
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So, it was for this reason that Jackie did her own sleuthing to find the owner of the camera she had found. She very cleverly went through all my pics looking for clues and in one picture that i took the day i boarded the ship she found the owner. Unbeknownst to me the pic i took as i entered my cabin for the first time gave up all my info. In the picture which i meant to be just my first look at my room was the case of water that i had ordered and it was sitting atop of the dresser. Jackie enlarged the picture enough to be able to zoom in above it and read my name and cabin number that was on that little receipt on top of the water! I didn't even know that my camera had the ability to do that! She then came down to my room and i wasn't home so she talked to my cabin steward and showed him a pic she had found on it and he confirmed that was me in the one and only pic i've allowed to be taken of me in years and had unintentionally forgotten that was left on my camera.<br />
That picture had been taken of me when i went to the Pixels store onboard because there had been numbers showing on my screen that i didn't recognise as i hadn't used that camera in a long time. I had been concerned that i may have accidently changed some setting when putting it in or taking it out of my pocket and i wanted to make sure it wasn't on some weird setting or something. The guy who looked at it reset it to whatever was needed and snapped my pic to show me that it was now on the correct setting. I had planned on deleting that pic as soon as i went on my way but then totally forgot all about it. It also turned out that today i was wearing the same top as i had worn and had my pic taken on that day! Another little bit of proof that it was indeed me.<br />
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I am so relieved and grateful for this honest couple who gave me my camera back. I offered to take them for dinner at a pay restaurant to show my gratitude or some other reward but they refused my offers. So i said i'd pay it forward then whenever i could and they seemed to like that idea. A huge YAYYYYYY and vote of confidence to these awesome people Jackie and her husband from Newfoundland, Canada!<br />
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After a much needed nap i went to the Lido for my dinner. I've definitely become a buffet person on this cruise but then maybe i've always been one. I've been disappointed and unhappy with the dining room food and living the elegant but s....l....o....w...experience. It's sometimes cold in the dining rooms as well. I've found the buffet is always ready and it has my kind of food and my kind of people so going to stick with it whenever i can.<br />
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Tonight i ate alone, didn't see anyone i knew and it was a little lonely. But then all of a sudden one of the chefs approached and a started a conversation with me. He introduced himself and i didn't quite catch it all as it was a very long name. It was also on a badge on his apron but i didn't get the pronounciation of it because it was about 12 letters long and most of them were vowels. But mostly he was doing the talking and i was eating and i didn't think i needed to know exactly what it was anyhow. He was from India and on a 8 month contract with Carnival as are most ship employees. He showed me a picture of his beautiful wife and two year old son who was adorable. He spoke english fairly well sometimes but other times not so much because he talked so fast but it was fun trying to figure it out and respond appropriately.<br />
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At one point i asked him why there was no muesli for breakfast amd i told him it was my favourite breakfast food. Well, he said, they only serve it in the dining rooms. I was surprised as it doesn't seem to me to be a dining room type of food and i've only gone for breakfast in a dining room once that i can remember and that was years ago. I remember ordering waffles and the ONE i was served was about one inch in size in the middle of a huge plate served with a caramel sauce along with a pot of strawberry jam. Ewwww. That's probably when i began to dislike ship dining rooms. Not saying i wont ever try one again and when i do it'll probably be for dinner but yeah, buffet is more people friendly. Anyhow, to make a long story short he says see that guy over there and i says yeah, and he says i am going to tell him to get some muesli in here pronto; you're going to be enjoying the best bowl of muesli tomorrow morning. Needless to say i hope i don't go and sleep in or something cuz i want and need that muesli pronto, lol.<br />
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So i got a bowl of ice cream from the machine and went and sat on the outside deck and watched the Alladin movie under the stars for awhile. It was already in progress and i couldn't really pick up on the gist of it so i wandered off into the casino where i can understand things. I don't have a fav machine on this ship like i've always found on other cruiseships so just wandered around looking for something i might like and i started off on a two bit poker machine and once my $20. turned into $40. i cashed out and walked around looking for another that i might like and a penny machine was calling out to me so i invested $20. which turned into $60. i cashed that out but still sat there for awhile and then decided it deserved another $20. and lo and behold that turned in to $80. so i cashed out and left it there high and dry. I then spotted another interesting looking thing so i put $20. down and got a few wins on it and left with a tidy $200. in my casino account. I felt like a deserved another ice cream so i got a nice big bowl of vanilla and took it to my room.<br />
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Once back in my cabin i remembered that i had wanted to go to the front desk to see if they'd give me a little piece of scotch tape so i could tape my name and cabin number on my camera in case i lose it again. Maybe getting a little paranoid about it but wth, it's really weird how when you're on a cruise you're unable to get certain common items like tape, pencils, ordinary writing paper, ruler, eraser. There's none of that in the ships stores although i'm sure they used to have stuff like that; especially paper and pen in the drawer but nope, not on this ship anyhow. I havent felt the need for any of these things until now and it's mostly because i keep seeing ideas for stencils everywhere i look; in the carpet patterns, curtains, wallpaper, clothing etc. I know i have to draw these ideas because i'll never remember them if i don't. Even at the Ala Moana mall yesterday i came up empty handed as i also did on the main drag of Lahaina the previous day. I'm really wishing now that i'd gone to Walmart instead of the places i did. But then again maybe they were there and i just didn't find them!<br />
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