04.04.2008

I will never forget that day! April 4th,2008 was the first day I started to work and live onboard the ship. I was 23 years old at that time and really excited to see the outside world! You probably wondering in which ship I was working before but I think it would be best if I don't mention it's name... :)
Well, all that I can tell you that it is an Italian cruiseline company and it is pretty famous. From now on I will call it the C.

The first time I saw the C it was a clear day. I was in Savona, a small city in Italy where the ship will pick up all of the guests and also crews. The C was a huge ship and brand new. Together with the other crews from different countries we entered the ship. I was particularly thinking, " When I'm gonna get out from here??!"
I was really scared. I imagined that the work must be so hard. And I was right...

I was designated to work in room service department as room service attendant. The room service pantry was a medium long pantry with 12 other collegues that I worked with. At the beginning everyone was really nice to me. But of course I need to becareful in case some of them are just pretending to be nice. Apparently,the other attendants are not the one i should feel worry off. It was the supervisor.

Her name is Anna Maria. She came from Colombia,small body and curvy with a blond hair and brown eyes. She's like a barbie if I might say. But never be fooled by the appearance cause she is a total b***h!!!!
She is so stricht (I am fine with that) and she liked to shout ( this is the main reason why I don't like her). She shouted so much I think she can't speak softly.
Many many times she shouted at me,especially when I made mistakes. Even one time she shouted at me in front of the others and it made me cried! Well I didn't cry on that spot, I went back to my cabin and cried myself out.

After that I started to have a fear of her. I was scared to even talk to her. All I did was get through the days by not making her mad or upset. From it sounds maybe you thnk that this woman is a really bithcy boss, but she did have some good things on her that I valued until now.
I realized that if she didn't treat me so harshly then I won't be as strong as now in this industry,
Thanks to her I finally able to do all the works in room service really well.

Anna Maria is no longer work in the C now. She told me that she decided to stay in Bogota and have her own bakery shop. How nice! I still respect her. And I wish her all the good things in her life.
This is one of my stories on the C. Next time I'm gonna share with you the other story.

Have a wonderful friday people!!



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Good morning people!!!

I'm hoping it is a beautiful day for all of us,either working or in vacation...
Me for example, you could consider me on vacation since i had just got back from cruiseline job in Italy...
Yup,i am a cruise ship's crew! Or now I might call myself an ex crew. I decided that I won't come back to work in cruise ships anymore. I believe now my calls is right here on the land but I just haven't figured it out in which place. :)

But I am quite sure that leaving my old life there onboard is the right thing to do. Well,maybe it was the right thing to do if I had done it before, but I refuse to feel any regrets of what i had chosen in life.
I thought that if I had quitted long time ago then I would'nt able to polish my italian at least at this level. Or that I will never meet this great guy that I care about so much. So no regrets at all!!! :)

It did shock me though that I have been working on a cruise ship for 6 years!! I mean WAW... I have spent that long! And it's been 6 years I have lost some tracks of what had happened on the people that  I cared about. I have missed my friends weddings,child births,reunions,and even my relatives deaths.
I missed so many!!
This is some of the consequences on working as a crew. You might earned good deal of money but you must sacrifice your time with your love ones.

Anyway,the reason that I wanted to quit is because I think it's time for me to have a normal life. I still don't want to continue live in Indonesia (although I do love my own country) for so many reasons. I want to have a new life somewhere in Europe (possibly in Germany) and start my own journey!
May God bless me and show me the way on achieving this dream...

Let's live our life to the fullest and be happy with it!!! ;)


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Pilot!

Well hello guys....

I finally have my own blog!! I was thinking to start a blog since i got back from my cruiseline job.
I feel like i want to share to the world about live and work in a cruise ship. I will tell you that it is not easy at all..
Well, i will tell that story later one by one! :)
It's a first post in my blog so i don't think i need to write something long now rite.. Hehehehehe...
Anyway i always want to be a writer. I didn't take jurnalism lessons but i loveeee to write since i was a kid. Mostly i wrote short stories but that was long time ago. Now i just want to write something more real about my life.
Sooo, see you again soon!!! Have a good day people...

                                                   
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