Day 54 at sea; February 28, 2011
King Neptune and his redheaded mermaid visited the ship today in a time honored tradition. The entire ship celebrated the event with free equator slings, music and sacrificing of the ship’s staff to ensure safe passage. A huge fish—real one was mounted of a stand and each staff member had to kiss the fish as part of their punishment. They also had to endure being sprayed with gooey stuff and then thrown into the pool. It was quite a party.
Otherwise we had an average sea day. I taught my class and went to the HAL Chorale rehearsal—we are doing a medley of 15 Rogers & Hammerstein show tunes. After that I went to a cocktail party by invitation from the Cruise Specialists from Seattle. They have about 300 people on board who booked through them and I learned that they are the ones to book a cruise with. Lots of perks and good value. During the party, the captain came on and told us we wouldn’t be able to stop in Palau. As an alternative we will stay in Manila for two days. Many of the crewmembers are from Manila and were ecstatic as they will have an overnight. Several stopped serving to do a little gig. Most of us are not too disappointed, though I was looking forward to meeting a friend’s friend.
Our entertainment tonight is Paul Fredericks, a Brit who sang with the band that did Winchester Cathedral. He was great. He’ll be back tonight along with the magician comedian in a variety show. Set clocks back another hour. What time is it anyway? I do know it’s Sunday because the elevator rug tells me so. Off to bed at 9 which was really 8 because we crossed another time zone tonight.
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