I won't be back...so I better blog about it.
JAPAN TIME
Friday, August 31, 2007,8:05 AM
Malaysia
Our last day in Malaysia was their Independence Day. Didn’t light any sparklers or have any BBQ picnics…..Although I did manage to get off the boat for some R&R. I did the comrel, but that wasn’t downtown so I was glad I was able to get off the boat. So yeah yesterday Malaysia celebrated 50 years of independence. It was of course, quite abit ordeal for their country. I guess they had an pretty intense fireworks show the night before last around midnight, but I was fast asleep at that time. Me and some ‘friends’ (thats a stretch) went in on a really nice room at the Dorsett Regency in Kuala Lumpur. (The capital of Malaysia) Didn’t do much….went to Hard Rock cafe to get another Hurricane glass for my growing collection. Went past the tallest buildings in the world (till 2004) Malaysia
we went to China Town... thats where the cheap DVDs and knockoff purses were.. Never much been into the whole designer bag thing so I passed on those, but did cash in on the DVDs. (as mentioned earlier, I got the entire SIX FEET UNDER series, the fourth season of NIPTUCK, My Name is Earl ~Season One and Two~ (wanted to change it up a bit & buy a comedy series….) Big Love, and the movie REIGN OVER ME. It was soooo hot, I couldn’t stand in one place for longer than about 3 minutes. Walking through this ChinaTown Market was hilarious. They were worse than the Carnies at the fair….everywhere you looked they were wanting to spray you with knock off perfume or have you try on a knock off ROLEX, or buy a knock off Louis Vuitton or Coach bag. Funny thing is, as dirty as it was there….the local ‘vendors’ were determined to keep their booth areas clean! haha
we went to China Town... thats where the cheap DVDs and knockoff purses were.. Never much been into the whole designer bag thing so I passed on those, but did cash in on the DVDs. (as mentioned earlier, I got the entire SIX FEET UNDER series, the fourth season of NIPTUCK, My Name is Earl ~Season One and Two~ (wanted to change it up a bit & buy a comedy series….) Big Love, and the movie REIGN OVER ME. It was soooo hot, I couldn’t stand in one place for longer than about 3 minutes. Walking through this ChinaTown Market was hilarious. They were worse than the Carnies at the fair….everywhere you looked they were wanting to spray you with knock off perfume or have you try on a knock off ROLEX, or buy a knock off Louis Vuitton or Coach bag. Funny thing is, as dirty as it was there….the local ‘vendors’ were determined to keep their booth areas clean! haha
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Thursday, August 23, 2007,9:32 PM
My Humble Abode
Someone requested photos of where I sleep/live, etc. So at the bottom of this post I am posting a link to some photos of where I currently "reside." In a few short weeks though, I will be renting a place out in the Japanese community--and I cannot wait!! My own bed, fast internet connection, and a new TV....yippee...(oh and the ability to make phonecalls) However, when I am deployed this is where I sleep, shower, etc. I currently have a bottom rack because I chose not to "evict" any of the current "tenants".....however technically I could have (Rank has its privileges) So until a more desireable rack becomes available.....I will keep on assuming the "corpse position" and slide into my bottom COFFIN rack every night. If you notice, there is a plastic/rubber type piece of cloth laying over my sheet...that is meant to cover up my sheets (since the racks are THREE HIGH) so the females above me don't get dirty footprints on my sheets. You might think I get stepped on alot, but that is what that red thing is in front of that mat.....they are "SUPPOSED" to step on it instead of my mattress....usually that is the case, but not all the time... There are roughly 34 E-6 and below females on board this ship and they ALL SLEEP in one berthing. But surprisingly I have not had a problem as far as waiting for a shower or anything. I get up a little earlier than the other females so its never really an issue.. I am done typing right now and I am going down to get in my awesome rack.....
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Monday, August 6, 2007,6:08 PM
Happy Birthday Li'l Brudder
I miss you tons Li'l Brudder.....You need to come out here to Japan! You would love it! Hope you have a super duper birfday! Love ya!
Thursday, August 2, 2007,3:45 PM
So here goes...
Ok so I NEVER have been good at keeping up with journaling, blogging, writing in a diary or anything of the sort. I always liked the idea of it, but never kept up with it. I feel like my “entries” would be uneventful and/or boring. Until now, I have decided that I am going to write this for me. If you are reading this well then super. But I am going to do this for me. So it doesn’t matter what I write about, what I don’t write about, who I write about, what mood I am in when I write. This is just my virtual therapy I suppose. Venting via the proxy if you will. I figured my moving to Japan is blog-worthy so I will start now. Granted I have only spent two weeks there (then I flew to Australia to meet the ship) but in about a month we will be pulling back in and I will find me a place to live out in town and then I am sure the blogging inputs will be plentiful. I suppose if I blog from now until then it will be about good ole’ shipboard life….to me thats BLAH but to some thats interesting. So yeah…this is where I am going to give my updates and such from now on so BOOKMARK this page if you want to keep up on what Alisha is up to… and lets just see how long this bloggin business lasts. Till next time~