Our first "Saturday" experience all semester!

So the day we returned to the ship for the first time at sea we actually did not have any classes, the first time while at sea, which was fantastic. Although it was really on a Tuesday, it was the first time we had had a "Saturday" with nothing to do for a very long time. IT was just nice to sleep in for a little bit! They have had several smaller activities recently to keep us interested, like showing "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and then tonight they are showing "The Office" tonight along with "Gran Torino". In addition, they were playing "Clueless" on the circuit so we have been having actual dosages of movie time.

I also recently saw my courses for Geneseo which, as the nerd I am, I definitely got excited about. I did a lot of research on my schedule and hopefully it'll all work out. Unfortunately we're having difficulty figuring out when I will be registering and how, but I think it'll be fine in the end. We had HIV/AIDS awareness day and all wore red, in addition to a presentation on HIV and AIDS in ports. In Thailand, this is a major issue because of the high amount of prostitution there. This was really interesting until our friend Scott got sick all over his room later after that presentation. He felt the need to show us pictures too...not funny! I did give in and actually get a hair cut while at sea, but I'm figuring because we have reached and passed the halfway point of the ship that it was needed. Hopefully I won't have to get another one until I get back and see Jill! Also, we decided which style of dance we will be doing and we will be doing the Hukilau hula, which is the most common contemporary.

Later that night we had a karaoke night where even one of the little kids on board, who is unfortunately leaving the ship in Thailand, sang oen of the cutest little songs along with a whole bunch of silly students. They have given us pretty good food lately, including fudge brownies, fries, butterscotch pudding, torteloni, and Thai food for dinner tonight. Our Cultural pre-port was pretty good, as presented by one of our Life long learners who lived in Thailand for several years. She is also in my dance class and had a lot of info in general about neat places to go and what is good to eat. Also, we were actually bunkering in Singapore which was neat because I got to see the skyline from the ship's deck while I was at Pilates class. It looked gorgeous and it made us feel like we were back on the east coast looking at NYC. Like I said before Thai dinner tonight was great, but it was also an extended family dinner which was neat. Our "dad" bought us cookies and cake in addition to our awesome Thai dinner which was great. Well we're off to Thailand tomorrow and I will be going to a Tiger zoo, visiting the Grand Palace in Bangkok, a service visit to an Orphanage in Pattaya, an elephant village and lastly a visit to a rural village called Nong Nooch. I'm really excited for these trips and I'll have more stories about what we do in our off-time after these day trips are done with. Wish me luck!!