Meri X-mas?

It was a busy x-mas for us at Clipper Sun.

We were loading butane in three of our four cargo tanks to discharge it in
South Korea and Japan.

Now we have departed from Australia, never to return again (until next time)
on X-mas evening.



We are tired. Dog Dead Tired.

I haven't slept in the last 18 hrs.

This isn't something new. It happens a lot.

Welcome to my world.



There's a saying here on the ship...'On a ship, there are no Sundays ‘,
which is true, because every day is a work day no matter what and will
remain so until you sign off and go home.



A ship berthed next us went on a strike and refused to work on x-mas eve and
x-mas and the day after .We salute their foolhardy courage. (And tch tch
their short spanned careers)



But the 3 weeks prior to that was something else...We went to Botany, roamed
around in Sydney, and then anchored for a long time in Bonython.



In Bonython a sense of normalcy had crept in sneakily. We felt like we were
ashore.

We all had local sim cards and were talking to friends and family every day.

Even I used to call up my friends everyday! (Something rare because I hate
phone calls)

The other reason was because I could surf daily on my cell phone.

Multiply has a wap site, so I could visit multiply daily and check posts. I
also scrapped a lot of friends on orkut. (Apart from Multiply and Orkut I
have not joined any other social networking site).

It was a poor substitute to my normal broadband connection, but beggars
can’t be choosers, as the cliché goes.



But today was the last day for the illusion of normalcy to persist.

From tomorrow, a different normalcy will be enforced upon us, a normalcy
where we are cut off the rest of the world.

From tomorrow, our ship will be a self contained island once again.



Season’s Greetings Everyone!



It’s the most Non-denominational Greetings I can offer you for free. (I
charge for Hanukkahs and janmashtamis)



P.s. I read what I just wrote. It's the most uninspiring, insipid thing I've
written so far. All the best to my readers!



p.s. Let me crack a one last pj ...



Ye na meri hain na teri...

(Wah Wah Wah!)

Ye na meri hain na teri

(Wah Wah Wah)

Par hain sabki x-mas

Toh mat bolo Merry X-mas

Bolo Sabki X-mas

Happy X-mas

(Wah Wah Wah!)



(Wow , I've hit a new low in poor standards of writing)




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