March 29, 2013 Sea Day

Almost caught up with my blogging. Hoping to get some sun, but it was cloudy all day. There was a pub lunch today, but we really liked the menu in the dining room so did that instead. They have a grilled tilapia on a tortilla with spices that is to die for. They call it a fish taco, but it's much nicer than that!

Then, we went to the port lecture on our next port Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). After that was the scholarship at sea presentation called Get M.A.S.H.E.D. You may remember the TV show MASH and the character Hot Lips Houlihan played by Loretta Swit. She has been on board since Hong Kong and we had been seeing her around the ship and knew she was doing a talk at some point on this cruise. She showed clips of all the things she has been in over the years and of course that included her role in MASH. Then she answered people’s questions. She only had one request and that was no candid shots. She would only allow photos after the show where she could pose for them. Then, she only allowed 1 person to take a picture at a time and when the photo was taken she looked at each one to make sure she approved. I suspect she is a bit vain….

My camera continues to act up and won't focus at any given moment.

 Loretta Swit with Carol

Loretta Swit with me... she like that our hair was the same color



Tonight is a formal night to welcome aboard people who joined in Hong Kong. So, we dressed for dinner and the show. Only 4 of us were at the table tonight. Rick and Janie and Marianne were boycotting formal night since the menu was nothing special. Normally formal nights have "fancier" food on it. Tonight’s show was Jon Courtney with a whole new show. He was the one who played piano and was also quite funny.

Tomorrow we have another sea day! Whoo Hoo!