The internet has been down for two days. I'm not lying when I say this has felt like the end of the world. I think I'm addicted to checking my e-mail. It is pretty insane to think how far we've come. Considering that we're a moving vessel....say on a trip from Djibouti to Fujairah....and we can just blog away. When I was a cadet (7 years has flown by!) I remember two ABs getting into a fist fight on the pier because one thought the other was taking too long at the pay phone. E-mail was shared by the entire ships crew. Captains would scold you if your e-mail was too long or contained any attachments. Now I'm uploading photos onto my personal website! It does feel ridiculous to be attached to something as nebulous as satellite fleet broadband. I'm going to keep this short and sweet because I'm exhausted. We are sailing without a Steward or a Chief Cook and I cooked dinner (that's a story for a different day). Special shout out to Won Duk Kim (or is that Yummy Duck Kim Chee?!) for the mad oriental cooking skills! I made shoyu chicken and it was a hit!

*I did not proofread this post....please forgive me....