Time Flies

12 February 2007

Cruise 37. I have so many bookings for this week. Fantastic! Our manager has given us so many incentives, for example if we make our target for the week we get an extra half day off..so I’m booking my column full until 10pm at night.
Saturday night we went out to oliver twist a bar on the highest level of the ship, never been there-it is so stunning. Got home around 1am, Jaqui stayed over in our cabin.
Sunday we got to Miami, I was excited cos I needed to go buy a laptop and cycling shoes cos my feet are killing me! I was greatly disappointed when they announced that we had gone into Code Yellow, meaning that the ship has had to many incidences of gastro and us staff have to spend Sunday morning bleaching the whole ship..A couple of weeks ago the ship was in code red, meaning they were not allowed to sail! That is bad, you don’t want to get that far.

One thing that I have found really different from home is that in a lot of the islands we go to people are allowed to smoke anywhere even inside small shops…weird.

I have had so many compliments on my accent and it amazes me how many Americans love South Africa! I have gotten quite close with my friend Jacqulin-she is from Australia, but the more time I spend with her I realize how close we South Africans are to Australians, our culture, our mannerisms and even the way we phrase our sentences. It is definitely the next place on my list to visit.

We have a fitness convention tomorrow in Mexico with the big bosses of the fitness team. Think it could be good training for me, I need to master this sales thing I have to do! That is all they are interested in. I think if I had to come back onto the ships I ould work as Sports staff where you get to organize all sports tournaments, work at the rock wall and the wave pool, their hours are also much better.

I have learned to drink Carona beer cos that is all that everyone drinks on the ship and to order wine cost about $7 a glass, madness. I did have a Jameson and water..remined me of my sis and I at News cafe.

I am writing fitness programs for all the spa girls, then I get all my treatments free…works for me.

I can't believe I have been here 4 months, it feels like I was in England last year.