These Entries are backdated and I often give a retrospective point of view noted by (parentheses)
I decided not to RE-write my entries, I thought it would give some insight as to how much I have changed since Fall 2006.
Hawaii. We got onto the ship in Ensenada, Mexico and Alie and I went to the closest bar for some serious Margaritas before on-ship time. T minus 1 hour. These Margaritas were huge! There was an Australian bartender and futbol on a TV from the early 90′s. The ship’s horn blew and some grey-haired cranky woman drive her car around the town yelling for all the “SASers” to get back to the port.
( At this point, the term SASer had little to no meaning to me, however, as the month went by it quickly formed a place in my vocabulary)
By the time we got to port in Hawaii, I had just gotten to know my roommate, Briana S. Brie is an only child (a product of divorced parents) and has a horrible step-mom. Sound familiar at all?
Back to Hawaii. We went to the beach, did some last minute shopping for necessities we’d forgotten and ate at a Thai restaurant. It wasn’t that great, but then again how many Thai people do you see in Hawaii? Nothing beats aunt Tina’s Thai. It was Me, Roy, Zach (ugh) and this girl Kristine. She’s the most hilarious alcoholic from Indiana. We went to the International Marketplace in Waikiki and I got a pearl out of an oyster shell and set it on a silver band with two small diamonds. It was absolutely gorgeous and reminded me of the one grandma Bim gave Mom. (This was the first of all the expenses mom thought unnecessary!)
Next Port of Call: Kobe, Japan.
Tags: semester at sea