Hello, Blog! Here begins our second cruise (or second
opportunity to work on a cruise ship) as we get through our series of shows
we’ll be performing, interesting food we’ll be consuming, rule following as
crew members, and all the rest of Asian Invasion Vacation.
Life has been a ride in the fast lane ever since we left on
Sunday night. We flew 12 hours to Tokyo
and transferred to Japan Airlines to fly for another 7 hours. An escort then
greeted us, holding our names on a placard.
He guided us through customs and to the Singapore port at 7:00 AM
Tuesday as we watched our ship pull in to port.
We spent the next two days filling out paperwork, going to drills,
meetings and rehearsals and successfully put on our first show, Fabbalicious, in front of a full and energetic
audience on Wednesday night. Last night
we were greeted by guests, many of whom we’ve met before on other cruises, who
danced and chatted with us, as my feet felt they might light on fire with pain
in my stiletto thigh high boots. Of
course, off to bed about 1 am, and strangely back up with mounds of energy at
7am this morning. I guess I just had to
write in my blog and share of the craziness which has happened so far. Today will be a little smoother and
easier. We are in Thailand for the next
few days. Ivan has been before, about 9
years ago with The Dancers’ Company of BYU.
Pictures and videos will come later, for now I am just settling in and getting
used to my bunk bed and moldy smell of my cabin.
Thursday Morning, Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean in Asia
Melissa
