Oh the lazy days of sea days. Last night we had to advance our clocks by an hour to synchronize our clocks with the upcoming Singapore time. So the night was short by an hour and we elected to sleep in until nearly 10am as there was no incentive to get up earlier. I was able to get a last minute breakfast before we attended the Mariner award reception and award presentation. This gathering seemed to aimed at 3 star and above Mariners and those reaching the 100 days of sailing on HAL or Bronze medallion Afterwards we enjoyed a Mariner lunch in the Main Dining Room.
Master Kam was back at 1pm with a talk on the politics and history of claims to the South China Sea. While his talks are interesting, I do wish he wouldn't just read his PowerPoint Slides and learn to speak within the allotted time. Following Master Kam, it was 45 minutes of "Ask the Captain" which generated a great number of interesting questions.
The Indonesian crew show was at 3pm and it was very well attended compared to the normal times we have seen it on previous cruises at 11pm. It was a nice day out and we walked a mile around the Promenade Deck before changing into our formal clothes for the final Gala night dinner. There was supposed to be an Inter Denominational church service at 5pm in the Wajang theatre, but HAL failed to put it in the daily program and when I inquired about it, the HAL representative said it would be announced over the PA system. However, we never heard it. So when we showed up at the Wajang theatre, only Don the volunteer chaplain and his wife and my wife and I were in attendence. Don was going to pursue why the mixup with HAL as will I.
At the Gala dinner, we were seated with a British couple and two ladies from Las Vegas. The food was good (lobster and filet mignon) and the conversation was lively and engaging. David from Great Britain turned out to own a BMW R1200GS similar to mine, so we immediately connected. He'd also ridden in India on Enfields which was very interesting to hear about.
Our evening Main Stage entertainment was a very funny & energetic British comedian, Rikki Jay who we've seen before. Since today's science fiction movie, Thor:Ragnarok didn't appeal, we retired to our cabin where I updated this blog and watched BBC television.
Tomorrow we're re-crossing the equator and I understand there may be some hijinks in the afternoon. Time will tell. Stay tuned.
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