I have, what is now, 5 days until I get back to working friends! Aren't you excited? haha...
So to give an update:
My cruise on Princess was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there... being in a new situation with new surroundings. My wonderful friend, Kat Kramer, signed me on as a passenger. So I got a wonderfully large room, with a large window, and large bed, all to my little ol' self.. haha The ship itself was around 2700 passengers with 1100 crew members... so it was a large ship, it had 16 decks, and was just big.
I know a lot of ppl go on cruise ships to feel like they are cruising... I love that feeling, but ironically, I don't want that all the time. This ship provided that... when I was in one of the dining rooms, I felt like I was actually in a restaurant.. when I was in a bar, I felt like I was in a bar.
The entertainment was good, they had older shows. But it was just a joy, if nothing else, to watch my friend perform after all these yrs. Soo, all in all, I would cruise again on Princess in a heart beat. :)
Now... I have loved my time being home... but I'm ready to get back to work. Back to sailing, back to my lovely lifestyle.. haha :) Our lovely singers have already been in LA for a little over two days and have started singing through all the songs... and then us dancers arrive on Mon and start working Tues...
I just have a wonderful feeling about this contract. :) So I've got a few days left at home which are left pretty much to me just lazing about waiting for Monday to come... with the occasional outing with the family, bitching and moaning about packing, and general internet usage that will be sorely missed in about a wk...
Will update a bit more in the coming days... :)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
New experiences...
...is the way I'd describe this past wk. haha
I had the opportunity to sail with my family on the Rotterdam as a PAX. I've never been a PAX before on a ship, I've only worked for HAL as a cast member... so to be on the other side was rather interesting.
It was a novelty to be able to wear whatever I wanted, to go wherever I wanted, to sit at a bar stool... random things like that. So that was nice, and it was nice not to have to think about work.
But at the same time, I've only just been an employee, it almost felt wrong to be there as a PAX. lol.. As odd as it sounds. I found myself wanting to go down to crew areas and drink with ppl I'd gotten to know... I felt like I had to dress up and do the 'employee' things...
So on top of other random things, format changes, new bars.. it was all kind of a bittersweet experience. Will I ever sail with HAL again as a PAX? Probably not. But I did have fun and am looking forward to getting back on the ship as a crew member. :)
On that random note, I am getting ready to go on the Sapphire Princess as a PAX... Soo, I am hoping that this experience is different in the fact that I've never been on a princess ship and the experience itself will be new. So we shall see. :)
I had the opportunity to sail with my family on the Rotterdam as a PAX. I've never been a PAX before on a ship, I've only worked for HAL as a cast member... so to be on the other side was rather interesting.
It was a novelty to be able to wear whatever I wanted, to go wherever I wanted, to sit at a bar stool... random things like that. So that was nice, and it was nice not to have to think about work.
But at the same time, I've only just been an employee, it almost felt wrong to be there as a PAX. lol.. As odd as it sounds. I found myself wanting to go down to crew areas and drink with ppl I'd gotten to know... I felt like I had to dress up and do the 'employee' things...
So on top of other random things, format changes, new bars.. it was all kind of a bittersweet experience. Will I ever sail with HAL again as a PAX? Probably not. But I did have fun and am looking forward to getting back on the ship as a crew member. :)
On that random note, I am getting ready to go on the Sapphire Princess as a PAX... Soo, I am hoping that this experience is different in the fact that I've never been on a princess ship and the experience itself will be new. So we shall see. :)
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Today is just another day...
...nothing really exciting going on. I did my last round of Chiropratic stuff for this month. Nothing is really wrong, just popping me back into place.
It has been absolutely beautiful out, so I've been trying to enjoy it as much as I can. Today though I just don't know what to do, don't want to spend money, but tired of sitting around the house. Don't really want to drive just around anywhere, would like something to do... maybe I will figure out something sooner or later.
Going on a cruise with the fam this coming Sat, just to Alaska. Apparently it's been absolutely amazing weather this year, so it'll be nice to have some sunshine up in AK while sailing there.
Only a little over 4 wks left to go, then I'm back to LA for rehearsals. I'm very excited to finally get back into it all, this break at home has been amazing, but slowly wanting to get back to doing something.
The cast seems awesome, talked to almost everyone. They are all energetic, happy, fun bunch of ppl, all whom seem ready to get on a ship either for the first time or again. Can't wait to actually meet them all in person (at least those who I don't already know ;)..).
Anyhow, signing off to go be bored somewhere else. haha :) write later.
It has been absolutely beautiful out, so I've been trying to enjoy it as much as I can. Today though I just don't know what to do, don't want to spend money, but tired of sitting around the house. Don't really want to drive just around anywhere, would like something to do... maybe I will figure out something sooner or later.
Going on a cruise with the fam this coming Sat, just to Alaska. Apparently it's been absolutely amazing weather this year, so it'll be nice to have some sunshine up in AK while sailing there.
Only a little over 4 wks left to go, then I'm back to LA for rehearsals. I'm very excited to finally get back into it all, this break at home has been amazing, but slowly wanting to get back to doing something.
The cast seems awesome, talked to almost everyone. They are all energetic, happy, fun bunch of ppl, all whom seem ready to get on a ship either for the first time or again. Can't wait to actually meet them all in person (at least those who I don't already know ;)..).
Anyhow, signing off to go be bored somewhere else. haha :) write later.
Monday, June 21, 2010
So here we go...
... I am actually going to try to keep this up now.
Right now I'm just on an extended break from ships. I did the Maasdam replacement and then a replacement on the Prinsendam. I needed a break, physically and mentally, so I've been home for a little over 5 weeks, and I have another 5 to go.
I'm excited to get back out, I'll be going on the Zaandam with some people that I've worked with before, and some that I've known of but haven't ever met until now, and some new people that I'm looking forward to meeting. It'll be a relatively easy contract with shows that I know and itineraries that I've done.
This next year is going to be a big transition for me. I feel (and a lot of you people who know me are going to laugh...) that I need to make a change. I feel like that this contract is going to be my last... after what is going to be almost 7 yrs and 13 contracts, I think it is going to be time for me to move on and see what I can do.
Where do I want to go? I don't know. What do I want to do? I don't know. But I know change is coming, and I'm looking forward to it.
Right now I'm just on an extended break from ships. I did the Maasdam replacement and then a replacement on the Prinsendam. I needed a break, physically and mentally, so I've been home for a little over 5 weeks, and I have another 5 to go.
I'm excited to get back out, I'll be going on the Zaandam with some people that I've worked with before, and some that I've known of but haven't ever met until now, and some new people that I'm looking forward to meeting. It'll be a relatively easy contract with shows that I know and itineraries that I've done.
This next year is going to be a big transition for me. I feel (and a lot of you people who know me are going to laugh...) that I need to make a change. I feel like that this contract is going to be my last... after what is going to be almost 7 yrs and 13 contracts, I think it is going to be time for me to move on and see what I can do.
Where do I want to go? I don't know. What do I want to do? I don't know. But I know change is coming, and I'm looking forward to it.
Friday, December 4, 2009
So
...I told you, I don't ever keep these things up to date.
It's a year later, and it's been on the Rotterdam. I was in the Baltic, the Med, Africa and various other places...
I"m going back out though, only been home for about 20 days, and I get to go back out to the Maasdam for a replacement. I'm not really in the mood to write a lot, so I bid you adieu right now, but at some point I will write more. :)
It's a year later, and it's been on the Rotterdam. I was in the Baltic, the Med, Africa and various other places...
I"m going back out though, only been home for about 20 days, and I get to go back out to the Maasdam for a replacement. I'm not really in the mood to write a lot, so I bid you adieu right now, but at some point I will write more. :)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Race...
Why were (still are?) afraid of different colored people?
I'm sitting here watching “The Great Debaters”, with Denzel Washington, and it's at the part where they are debating at the end about race and such. It got me thinking though, why we were truly afraid of black people at one point in our history, Japanese at another, and so on and so forth.
Why though? What did they do? They aren't mutated, they aren't smarter, or dumber, they just look different.
If you know me for long enough, I make fun of Asian's and being Asian. I find it funny, and anyone who really knows who I am, knows it's all in good fun. But I've never looked at someone and thought that I wouldn't talk to them because of how they look, as far as race is concerned. Just because someone is Asian, and I'm not suppose to associate myself with another race is just odd to me. (Just an example)
What brought us to the idea that we are better because our skin is darker, lighter, whatever. How did our social status become determined by our race...?
I'm blessed to have grown up in an adoptive family, I think. I'm from South Korea, both my parents are Caucasian, and so is my brother. I live in a predominantly white neighborhood, but not too far from an Asian community. I've danced and experienced different cultures, different lifestyles. I've traveled all around the world, literally, and seen just about every different culture imaginable, with many more to be found.
How you can't gain a RESPECT for different ppl, as oppose to a DISrespect, is amazing to me, and quite dumb if you ask me. Look around, and see the differences, and remember they look at you the same way...different and out of place. :)
I'm sitting here watching “The Great Debaters”, with Denzel Washington, and it's at the part where they are debating at the end about race and such. It got me thinking though, why we were truly afraid of black people at one point in our history, Japanese at another, and so on and so forth.
Why though? What did they do? They aren't mutated, they aren't smarter, or dumber, they just look different.
If you know me for long enough, I make fun of Asian's and being Asian. I find it funny, and anyone who really knows who I am, knows it's all in good fun. But I've never looked at someone and thought that I wouldn't talk to them because of how they look, as far as race is concerned. Just because someone is Asian, and I'm not suppose to associate myself with another race is just odd to me. (Just an example)
What brought us to the idea that we are better because our skin is darker, lighter, whatever. How did our social status become determined by our race...?
I'm blessed to have grown up in an adoptive family, I think. I'm from South Korea, both my parents are Caucasian, and so is my brother. I live in a predominantly white neighborhood, but not too far from an Asian community. I've danced and experienced different cultures, different lifestyles. I've traveled all around the world, literally, and seen just about every different culture imaginable, with many more to be found.
How you can't gain a RESPECT for different ppl, as oppose to a DISrespect, is amazing to me, and quite dumb if you ask me. Look around, and see the differences, and remember they look at you the same way...different and out of place. :)
Monday, October 20, 2008
Randomness...
Faith.
5 letters, one word, something bigger than most ppl can imagine.
What is Faith? Some people believe, I'd imagine, that it is believing in a higher power. Either it be God, Allah, Buddah, Mickey Mouse. Who knows. I know it as having the power to believe in something that you can't touch, feel, see, taste. It just is, and you have to have the Faith, to believe that it is there.
When I think of Faith, I connect it to Jesus, and God, and the church related things that I have read and pursued myself.
Now, most ppl at this point who might be reading this, think I'm probably go on some religious rant about faith or God or something that has to do with religion. I'm not really, I just have the motivation to write about this.
I'm not going to go on some soapbox speech about how it is wrong to believe in one thing and right to believe in another. Because, one, it's not my place, two, whatever you believe is your own thing.
I personally think just having Faith in something is a great thing, obviously if it something perverse then it isn't great, but I think you can gather what I mean in the end.
Having faith is not easy. I have faith that someday I will find a companion, end up married, have kids, the whole nine yards. But I don't know when it is going to have, or if it is even going too, but I have faith that it will work out.
Having faith I think is what keeps a lot of this world going, we may not know it right away, but we all have faith in something. We may not call it faith though, we may call it luck, or karma, or something to that effect. But we all believe that something is going to happen, or we want something to happen in our favor.
Do you have faith in something? Can you right now look at your daily life and think of something you want to happen and you are wishing for? Put you Faith in something, it's amazing what can happen if you do.
5 letters, one word, something bigger than most ppl can imagine.
What is Faith? Some people believe, I'd imagine, that it is believing in a higher power. Either it be God, Allah, Buddah, Mickey Mouse. Who knows. I know it as having the power to believe in something that you can't touch, feel, see, taste. It just is, and you have to have the Faith, to believe that it is there.
When I think of Faith, I connect it to Jesus, and God, and the church related things that I have read and pursued myself.
Now, most ppl at this point who might be reading this, think I'm probably go on some religious rant about faith or God or something that has to do with religion. I'm not really, I just have the motivation to write about this.
I'm not going to go on some soapbox speech about how it is wrong to believe in one thing and right to believe in another. Because, one, it's not my place, two, whatever you believe is your own thing.
I personally think just having Faith in something is a great thing, obviously if it something perverse then it isn't great, but I think you can gather what I mean in the end.
Having faith is not easy. I have faith that someday I will find a companion, end up married, have kids, the whole nine yards. But I don't know when it is going to have, or if it is even going too, but I have faith that it will work out.
Having faith I think is what keeps a lot of this world going, we may not know it right away, but we all have faith in something. We may not call it faith though, we may call it luck, or karma, or something to that effect. But we all believe that something is going to happen, or we want something to happen in our favor.
Do you have faith in something? Can you right now look at your daily life and think of something you want to happen and you are wishing for? Put you Faith in something, it's amazing what can happen if you do.
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