~kIte~

Friday, June 02, 2006

this was wat i typed yest night.. onli post it todae..

" Back again!! Heez.. blogger is down now.. so using "ms words to type first.. yest was fun! My company organized a trip on board their vessel..this is not the first time they are doing this.. we were lucky to be able to go with the other new staff on this trip coz the previous batch of students missed the trip.. maybe this is my first time on board a ship that I am so excited abt it.. of coz I am not including ferries and boats.. well I have neva been on a cruise before.. haha.. but this is definitely not a cruise.. it’s those kind of ship that transports containers from port to port.. the staff in charge sent us to PSA and here we are jus before the big vessel.. amazing to see how big the ship is to contain so many containers.. and see the beautiful sea at the topmost deck of the big.. neva knew spore sea and sky can have beautiful shades of blue.. coz I always see polluted beaches? Haha.. and the crew on the ship are all Italians including the captain. All of them are so hospitable.. greet us and shook hands with everyone of us.. many of them work on the ship for many yrs.. and worked on the ship as their first job till now.. the captain worked for 47 yrs.. all the way from young till 10 plus yrs ago when he became captain till todae.. he taught us abt some of the operations on the ship.. in the captain’s control room.. such as the radar system and the compasses.. how they detect obstacles in the surroundings, how they get to know the details about the directions and climate.. He even brought us to his room where he rests… so comfy.. and we stayed at the top of the engine room where the temperature can go up to 60 degrees when the ship is moving.. we didn’t dare to go down coz it is already very hot when we stay at the top..

The best part is when the chef prepared the dishes for us.. e first one was lagsane.. delicious man.. small but filling.. and after which we had the pizza with most crispy crust and bread I have eva eaten.. another dish that I feel is different from wat we normally eat..next we were served fish .. a huge fish dat they said they caught in the middle of a stormy night.. haha.. dunnoe is if it is true or not..sound so funny.. “One stormy night..”.. and guess wat.. the chef made an ice cream cake too!! The most marvellous cake I have eva eaten.. coz it is not those kind that the more we eat the more we become sick of it.. u jus feel like eating more of it.. maybe it is more like home cooked food.. dats y it is not so creamy and fatty like those we eat outside.. and lastly we had fruits.. the oranges r jus so juicy.. and they told us they eat these dishes not everydae.. but almost everydae! That is like eating gd food everydae.. eat pizza at least once a week… ice cream cake too.. oh yar not forget.. we had red wine while we enjoyed our lunch.. the red wine tastes different as well.. all in all we had a sumptuous lunch ~~ it is really an experience that we may neva have again for the rest of our life.. unless we go into shipping line..

Well .. jus wanna pray and hope for the best for my paternal grandma ..may her pain be lessened.. will b back soon~~ "

photos taken during MSC Maeva trip..



taken before reaching PSA.. in one of the perm staff's car..


taken on the car as we entered into the port..


caiwei with me before boarding the vessel~~

taken in captain's control room.. cool~~


beautiful scenery from the control room.. see another ship in the middle of the blue sea?

its me!! heez..


amazing to see so many containers in front me .. so close to us..

shall post more pics the next entry.. my internet v connection v slow.. by the time i finsih uploading i wld have fallen asleep.. be back soon!!