Anyway, it's the school holidays! Some events:
2 Dec (Thu): Snow City CIP with care corner.
Probably the last time this year that I will be going there. :( Went for some ice cream workshop before entering the cold room (the place with artificial snow). It was so so freezing cold (temp was -sth deg C)! Had fun with the kids anyway, though my shoes were wet when we came out afterwards.
4/ 5 Dec (Sat, Sun): SCMS volunteering!
Had to report at like 12 midnight for the briefing and stuff, when our duty only started at 4 plus am. The location I was situated had a great view of the Singapore skyline! :) The runners (some of them) were really friendly and gave me high-fives when they whisked past. :) Left at about 3 pm before reaching home tired.
6 Dec (Mon): CRUISE! :D day 1
A case of bad packing experience (haha probably cos I was very busy for the previous days). We didn't pack our toothbrushes and toothpaste as we thought the cruise would provide them. In the end, we had to go to the ship's store to buy them. All prices on board the ship were in US$ so each brush cost US$3 and toothpaste was US$6 = total US$18 on oral hygiene products. =.=
That aside, living onboard the magnificent Legend of the Seas for 4 nights was a great experience. :D Had lunch at Windjammer Cafe, where food was abundant in supply. They had western, chinese, and even indian food.
Went for muster drill, to unpack and then explore the ship, and it was dinner soon. Our dinner every night was at the Romeo and Juliet restaurant, and we had 2 waiters (Justin frm Peru and Guanghua frm China), who would serve us every night. They were friendly and amiable, and we chatted a lot with them on the first night where they weren't many ppl.
Went to Optix, the teen lounge at night, but it was rather empty...
7 Dec (Tue): cruise day 2
Ship arrived at Port Klang (KL), but we didn't intend to travel far into KL city. We had a late breakfast, which was where we met Sahin, another waiter from Turkey at the Windjammer cafe. LOL we made friends with so many waiters. haha.
We explored the port before lunch, but there wasn't much at the port, so yeah went back to the ship to have late lunch. Shopped around the stores (they have duty free onboard!), then started to prepare for formal night.
Formal night was quite cool, better than starcruises' one where no one bothered to dress up. Our 2 waiters were dressed in a cool gold vest that night too! Dinner was western (as always), and we then viewed the night's performance.
8 Dec (Wed): cruise day 3
Ship anchored off Phuket at around noon, and we had to take tender boats out to Patong Beach. I miss Phuket! It's been a long time since we've been there. yup, so we went on our own to Junceylon for shopping. Bought stuff from Boots (!!), Carrefour, Robinsons, etc. At the end of our shopping trip, we carried our bulk to Ocean Plaza to buy more things, and of course bargained for souvenirs on the way back.
Reached the ship at around 8pm, so it was past dinner time at R&J, so we went for the poolside dinner/ party instead. Watched Twilight Eclipse as a late night movie at the theater.
9 Dec (Thu): cruise day 4
Out at sea. Nothing much except for the activities onboard. Watched Toy story 3 in the lounge, talked/ took pics to Sahin (the waiter), watched Inception in the room, and hung out at Optix.
Dinner was great, partly because of the performance put up by all the restaurant staff. We even took pictures with Justin & Guanghua, and some random waiter for fun. HAHA.
10 Dec (Fri): cruise day 5
Ate breakfast at Windjammer, and met Guanghua there who was doing his shift. Went to take a few pictures, packed up our luggages. Oh yah I forgot to mention that our room attendant, Guoxing, was very nice as to fold towels of different animal shapes every night on our bed. :D
Disembarking was a breeze, no queue, no nothing, and shopped at the cruise center's duty free before arriving in Sg.
I really enjoyed this cruise trip, and apart from the toothbrush/ paste issue, Royal Caribbean is a great way to sail!
Can't wait for Thursday! :))
