Hang in There

(Posted without Mr.Teh's permission , and with a thousand apologies )

Subject: Hang on there, third officer Vikas





Yo,



Blogging by email isn't bad...at least you still get to shoot. Are there

more? We see only one other blog about you being colored.

Being 'semi-retired', I get plenty of time to write. Only our

half-hanging political situation creates so much tension that I find it

hard to write.



Hang on in there, mate. I don't know what it's like out there bobbing

around in the ocean, but I can imagine.

I only know my one week without internet connection was horrifying enough

for me. I only got it back 2 days ago.



Suggested solutions for your stopover in desert lands: Go for dates (haha

the food type lah, not females)



Oh, another milk joke: next time in China, drink only milk from the

natural sources. (Look for buxom ones for greater supply) hahaha.



cheers,

LC



Hey guys !

This is Vikas from Clipper Sun, currently anchored off Assaluyeh (Iran).

Thanks to Mr.Teh's emails I'm fully cheered up !(Thank You )

As usual , I have plenty to say, but I will not post something that is not
yet polished.

Some of them will be oneliners, some cryptic, some that you won't get.

Business as usual , right ?



Sometimes I feel that having no internet is good.Having no TV is good.Having
no cable is good.



I once asked my second mate why we are paid such good wages.

Only recently married, he said that the only reason we were paid such good
wages was because of our willingness to be alone, away from our loved ones.



For me , I think its like detox.

Routinely cutting off from the rest of the world and going into an exile is
therapeutical.Its like going to a retreat.

It is like detox.

Detox for too much internet, detox for too much TV, detox for too much
dependency and too much attachment .

I think of it as a detox from the rest of the world.



Here onboard , we have 21 crew members.We are all that we have.We make do
with it.The rest of the world is cut off.Only in ports , we get to see other
people.We are still going on in a very sane and efficient way .

So , in reply Mr.Teh , I'm hanging in here pretty good.

Of course, I'll be searching for dates in the desert...ones that don't wear
a burqa though, and ones that grow on trees !(for they are cheap here)



Got Milk ? Well, I'm not into milk fetish so I'll give buxom lactating
ladies a pass !



Cheers !

Will be writing more soon,

Vikas


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