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Artist: Sublime Album: Sublime Song: What I got [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Lyrics Blog like you're Charlie ~  --If you need a break just from being yourself, how do you relax?Hmmm, that's an interesting question because I never take a breaks from being myself  . That's just what I am and I can't function differently. And most of the time I can't find enough time just to chill out a little bit. I'm always super busy either with homework and school or with work. The other day we had prompt in 30DBC where we talked about an extra hours in a day. I could definitely use that time but I would still use it on being myself. However, it would be awesome because most of the people would become multitalented after a while. Imagine that everyone can do whatever hobby or craft are into within these extra hours  . Maybe only then I would find some time to relax, I dunno. Right now I'm in the middle of my exams and it's exhausting. I feel so drained and empty and all I think about is how to finish all work this week  . People say that we need to find some balance in life and I'm totally for it but sometimes it seems like homework will never get done and I will never stop working. I don't know how some people never get exhausted. I have this kid on math class with me and he's like so full of life and positivity every day that I admire him. I wish I can do that with all things on my mind but I know it's impossible. There are days when I don't want to do fucking homework or work and I just wanna lay around and listen to music or watch movies all day. I mean, that's everyone's dream, right? I've learned though that good attitude helps you to get through things you don't wanna do. I seriously struggle more than anyone else I know but I try to tell myself to chill out a little bit. I don't really ever quit with doing homework so I can do something else instead, I usually try to combine it with other stuff. For example, right now I'm writing this blog entry and I'm listening to music or if you see me online all day here it's just because my WdC tab is open while I'm working. So, that's my kind of having a break from being myself, doing multiply things at the same time while I'm still myself or whatever. However, it's important to take a breaks even if your lifestyle is too busy. I have my own chill list that I want to share with you guys here but it comes with warning: this may not work for everyone except for Charlie:Charlie's Chill list  Cigarettes and swizzle, this always works for me Sleep. Most of the time I find myself staring at the ceiling at night when I can't sleep and when I think too much. If I have nights like that my morning will be shitty but I will never finish the day without taking a nap whether on my couch or on my working desk shrug* Music. I so fucking love music and I cannot imagine my life without it. From the moment I wake up in the morning I'll go through day with it. It is just something I depend on. Check 'Sublime' for ultimate chillin' Friending. No matter what try to find friends everywhere you go because you will always have someone to talk to. Try to avoid people who cramp your brain and bring you down of course. Get a cat. I mean, you can get any pet but cats are just super easy to have and plus they will never say no to 'cuddling'.  Wear comfortable clothes. I can easily walk the day off if I wear t-shirt and pair of jeans. That should be everyone's style at some point. Cigarettes. Oh, I mentioned cigarettes already .That's about it. If this entry looks like it's written within five minutes trust me that it's not. Well, life is (too short), so love the one you got 'Cause you might get run over or you might get shot Never start no static I just get it off my chest Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest Take a small example, take a tip from me Take all of your money, give it all to charity ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| Blog Party--Outer space party! What the hell is outer space party and have you ever been at one? You mean like NASA employees having a party after the rocket is launched? Okay, I can do that but I wont lie; I tried to search youtube for every single song that has some kind of connection with space, stars or whatever. Here's some kind of list of mine:1.Intergalactic, Beastie Boys --I don't care what you think now but I'm sure I'll link Beastie Boys in every prompt this week. Another dimension, another dimension, another dimension , yeah!2.Believe, The Chemical Brothers --The Chemical Brothers were my favorite band when I was into electro and techno and somehow they are the only band where I didn't need drugs to love them. Their songs just make sense somehow. I loooove 'Believe', the video scared the shit out of me when I first saw it but the sound is perfect for outer space party or any electro party overall. It's basically about kids, don't do drugs point of view. Check it out please. It's screaming for attention. 3.The X Files --while I'm in electronic mood I would definitely play the X Files theme song. It simply gives you that feeling of being in some space shuttle. I thought of this song instantly because. ya know..The X Files and the truth is out there meaning. 4.Children, Robert Miles --I just...who doesn't like this song may shoot himself. Whether you're at some crazy party or driving on a long highway it's is just perfect addition. I would definitely play 'Children' in my outer space party because it's so uplifting and beautiful.5.Mea Culpa, Enigma --you may not like this probably but this song just give me some out of this world feeling. Like, I can really imagine my being floating in that space by listening Enigma. All of her songs are like that. I think I can just swing while listening to Enigma, she sounds like she's from another world, maybe even from another planet. This one is little bit slower than the songs from above, not everyone likes Enigma I believe, maybe I would play this song at the end of the party when everyone is already wasted. It's really relaxing. 6.Only Time, Enya --and ohhh, this one is too beautiful to not be played at my outer space party. Same like Enigma, Enya music is relaxing. I never really listen neither one of them but sometimes I come across few songs on youtube or..okay, let me tell you a story. I'm really scared sometimes to sleep in dark room and I hate silence at night. I always sleep with music or my TV is on, not really loud of course. In one of our national channels, when their program is finished at night, they just start to play this kind of music all night long. I really like to fall a sleep by listening to it. 7.Fell in Love with an Alien, The Kelly Family --one of my dearest guilty pleasures ever is Irish rock/folklore band The Kelly Family. I was maybe 7. years old when I listened to The Kelly Family and my first cassette tape I ever bought was their album 'The Kelly Family'. I think I still have cassette. OMG..you have to listen to some of their songs, it so reminds me of my childhood.  8.The Final Countdown, Europe --at the end of the party definitely. You can't have a party without 'The Final Countdown' for so many reasons. You know why you love it. Hmm..my list is too short today, I guess I'm not so good for the outer space parties. In this party I would play mostly electronic music and nothing else, really. However, these songs came to my mind when I thought about space and aliens and I thought they will be appropriate. I hope you like my list even if it's short. This prompt was weird and hard, I know there's million songs out there, I just couldn't find anything else that can fit into my space shuttle. |
| Blog Me Like You're Charlie ~ --What's your morning routine like between the time you wake up and the time you first leave the house for your day? Sup guys? I have no idea if my entries will count but I'm going for it anyway . I'm gonna make this entry super quick because I have a lot of stuff to do here. I'm hella tired today mostly because of school but also because of work. If you're expecting to read some risque stuff from me sorry, I have to disappoint you, maybe some other time. I tried to write something yesterday between school and work and I finished with drawing diagrams and outlines for my NaNo novel. It took me forever to finish all that so I'm pretty exhausted today. I have to go to school in a couple of hours again and I'll probably have Jordan over my place later on. I mean, you don't need to be a math genius to know that 15 hours of school/work/writing/personal life make you wanna hurl your body in front of a train. This is just how it works and you can call me crazy if you want but, ya know...whatever. Lets go to prompt now.Well, it depend. If I'm gonna wake up for school I would need to get up super early and I wouldn't have too much time for anything except cigarette and dressing up. Maybe I would get some coffee in the meanwhile but I usually drink coffee at school when we're on break or something. I'll check WdC on my phone before I'll leave the house as well. And don't try to fool me here because I know that's your morning routine too. WdC is a cigarette to me, I just can't move on if I don't check stuff in here even briefly. Sundays are little bit different because there's no school so I can chill a little bit. But anyway, even then I always find something else to do. Since I'm working from home sometimes I try to take days off at Saturday for example but to catch it all up I would need to work on Sunday. I'm kinda always busy with stuff. Work is not like my writing here, I can't just get up and decide if I want to work or not like with writing. I don't ever force myself to write because I'm not so serious about it. I could easily walk away the day because it's more like a hobby to me. But I need to force myself to work otherwise I will never finish it. Same thing is with homework. At Sunday I wake up around 11a.m. and I usually try to chill out in WdC. I'd go out to have a cigarette and maybe cuddle my cats in the meanwhile before I get back inside. Nothing really special but that's why it's called Sunday. If Kira is around we talk about just regular stuff and we're having breakfast together. I guess that's what married couples do. Maybe I'd have Jordan coming over if I get bored or we would go out for lunch if he calls. If we decide to go out he would just come to pick me up and we would hang out. But most of the time we stay home, having drinks and fooling around. I like to have people at my place because it's more casual than going out and trying to find some restaurant to eat or something. I usually feel shitty in the morning and all day long if I had rough night or if I forgot to take my medicine which happens so often lately. I don't know why is that but it happens and when it does I just don't like to talk with anyone because I become so moody and I can easily ruin your day. Kira and Jordan got used to it and they don't really mind if I lose my own shit. So, I'd hang out with them without leaving house rather than at some public places. I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand, Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man? These sensations barely interest me for another day, I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock away. Note*- I'm not positive sure if the things I'll write in the next few days are true or not because I don't know Charlie that much. This is just some kind of hypothesis while I was going through some blog entries he wrote here. Please understand that I don't have intention to reveal any private information about Charlie (if I'm familiar with them) and that these entries are based on the picture of him from my own head. I'll try to present his writing style as much as it's possible and forgive me if I don't succeed in it because Charlie is complicated character and I found it very hard to write from his perspective. Anyway, it's still fun to do this and I'll really try to do my best here.  |
| Blog Party--House Party Playlist!! Ahh, we've all been to a house party, right? Let's get warmed up with an easy category. Make me the best possible house party playlist, and don't forget to add commentary about your picks! I can't judge a list of songs without your blogging skills added to it. I've been to tons of house parties and by that I really mean that I've been to house parties where it's played 'house music'. How insane is that? You had to be in the house and listen to house music and your head would explode if you're not high or something. It's fun though, if you imagine summer break, hundreds of people getting naked and drunk or whatever at some of house/techno festivals by the beach. If you add soap foam to it and girls in bikinis- you're loosing your virginity . I don't know if you ever heard of Zakynthos, Greece , they have stuff like that ALL.SUMMER.LONG. I mentioned Zakynthos because it's close to my place and all my friends are going there for summer break. I do Bahamas instead . I grew up with all kind of music and I hung out with all kind of friends so I don't really know what am I gonna write about here. I've never been a DJ anywhere though sometimes I wish I was. The thing about DJing is not to play music you enjoy, you have to play the music that the others enjoy otherwise it's boring and you suck. Also, if I'm invited to someone's house I expect respect for music. It happens so often that people get into fight about which music should be played. I have to mention the ship and our crew bar. While they usually played house and r'n'b there were times when people got crazy and required something else all the time while barista is too busy to press play. And right when he got some time it's 1:30a.m., they're closing and music is shut down totally. Okay, back to the prompt . When I read the rules it said 'you have to pick up AT LEAST 10 songs you would have on party' and I'm like, great because who can ever pick up only 10 songs for the party playlist? That would be the shortest party ever and you could actually clean that house before your parents gets back. If you live with your parents. But anyway, even if you don't live with them you have to clean it. So, having everything that I said on my mind and regarding all kind of parties I attended the list of my own will contain a little bit of everything. That is the only way to not provoke any fights about which music should be played. The beginning of the party is always casual if you're not drunk already. I used to go to the parties all by myself but when I did that I made sure I went there late when everyone is already crazy so I can just sneak in without being noticed. The other days I had girl friends to go with. I'm not gonna write about that crazy thing when girls are going to the party. You know that we are always having an issues with clothing, make up and..blah.. I would totally start party with any music from the 90's. I adore 90's, I said that hundreds of time. My first song from that period is definitely Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice . It's just tune of the lifetime and I know that you think the same. Right after that is pretty cool Informer by Snow . I was in this mood for years. I mean Jump Around by House of Pain and similar groups. Oh yeah, another Jump song by Kris Kross. So, when you already feel pretty relaxed at this party I could go with another favorite 90's music such as California Love by 2Pac feat. Dr.Dre or It's Like That by RUN DMC . Somehow I would also go with Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm and She Fucking Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd . One of the favorites forgotten is My Way by Limp Bizkit and also Rollin . I'd add Superstar by Cypress Hill and Papercut by Linkin Park . I can't single out just one song from Linkin Park because thet are my favorite ever. If people let me I would go with few more such as Faint , Bleed it Out , One Step Closer , Breaking The Habit ... When you see girls already coming in you can play Gettin' Jiggy With it by Will Smith . On the side note I think that Will Smith is much better actor than singer but he had some fine songs that used to listen to in my teen ages. And ohh You Gotta Fight For your Right (to Party) by Beastie Boys . I would also go with their song Sabotage . I love Beastie Boys. I guess someone will already start to complain so I'll move to another genre, I would play some No Good by Prodigy and while I'm there I would go with another favorite one, Breathe and Smack My Bitch Up . One of the places on my playlist would belong to Sonique for sure and her only two songs It Feels So Good and Sky . I was obsessed by The Chemical Brothers, Galvanize at some period but this is not 90's anymore. Does anyone ever like Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc. ? Or even Daft Punk, One More Time ? Uhm..it's not that I'm fan of Kanye West but I loooove Stronger , it should definitely be on my playlist. I also like Estelle feat Kanye, American Boy . aww would you be my American Boy ? Can we get away this weekend?Take me to Broadway. Let's go shopping, baby, then we'll go to a café. Let's go on the subway. Take me to your hood. I never been to Brooklyn and I'd like to see what's good. Dress in all your fancy clothes. Sneakers looking fresh to death, I'm loving those Shell Toes. Walking that walk. Talk that slick talk. I'm liking this American boy, American boy. Uh oh...I changed the tunes totally. I told you I've been to a lot of different kind of parties and plus now I got lost on youtube. I could mention Beat It by Fall Out Boy because it sounds awesome, Ex Girlfriend by No Doubt , and ohhh, how could I ever forget Lords of The Boards and Open Your Eyes by Guano Apes ? There would be place for Lithium by Nirvana and Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chilly Peppers but I would already be in the bathroom here, throwing up. Shit, I can't stop now.. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd , Pretender by Foo Fighters , Blue Orchid by The White Stripes . I would probably be kicked from the party here so I'll just stop. How about Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss by Bloodhound Gang ? Okay, okay..I'm leaving. I need to do one more blog entry, plus NaNo assignment so, see ya around.  ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| 30.Day Blogging Challenge--War Chest Wednesday! Last entry of the month! Sometime Wednesday afternoon Joel and I should have details ready for October. Until then, here's your prompt, from the War Chest: What is the most annoying sound you have ever heard? The sound of alarm clock at 5:45a.m. . There is no any alarm tone that can soothe this sound and make it less annoying. I used to put various songs as alarm on my phone but I still hated when it went off every embarkation morning. That's just crazy but I guess I don't need to explain it to you, everyone who wake up this early to go to work will understand.  There's one more sound that some people hated it though this one cracks me up EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. When I was young I never missed not even one episode of this cartoon. I don't know if you ever heard something like this before, if not, here's the link . The thing is, I adore this cartoon (you can find Stripy in my personal notebook as header) and the sound of his laughter, but Stripy was driving crazy this guy with mustache. Check the whole cartoon and see what is it all about  [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] He is just infectious. One more blogging month is gone. Next month I'm doing NaNoPrep and I wont participate in any challenges around so, see you when I see you |
| 30.Day Blogging Challenge--Music Monday! Do you have any guilty pleasures when it comes to music...something you think no one else really knows you listen to and enjoy, or are maybe a little afraid to admit? (If this prompt doesn't really appeal to you, you can substitute music for television shows, or movies, or food...any kind of guilty pleasure, I suppose.) Ohhh  I blush before I even started to write about this prompt today. I adore music Mondays and this is awesome prompt, Fivesixer   . I cannot wait to read Charlie ~ 's entry today since we know that kid grew up with Pink Floyd . I'm not really sure if I want to write about music tough because I've been through all stages of music while growing up. I'm not really ashamed of the music I used to listen because I had all kind of friends with who I hung around and these groups and singers were really popular back then depend what we listened to. Music is sensitive theme to talk about because you can't start discussion about Britney Spears with Charlie because he was never into it ( or maybe he was, let's wait for his entry ). It would be stupid if he says that Britney sucks because his music taste is totally opposite. I remember when I started listen to metal while the others were still into Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and such stuff we were laughing saying how they doesn't have any music taste but when I was younger I grew up with them as well. I'm not ashamed to say that I was dancing with Crazy by Britney Spears because it looked so cool to dance like that. I was in elementary school back then, maybe 7th grade I'm lazy to count, and I was part of the few sections in our school where we used to have dancing and acting shows. Yup, I was really good actor in elementary school. I wasn't really popular at school if you imagine me like bitchy cheerleaders but I was pretty social. You have to admit that the beginnings of Britney Spears were pretty nice, she was a role model to most of the girls from all over the world until that time when she freaked out. She wasn't really bitchy like today's role models like for example Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and other boobie ladies, Britney was American dream. So yeah, from Britney Spears and Scooter to Nightwish, Linkin Park and Rammstein, I was pretty much into all of them and many more, depend on how I felt and what kind of life style I was into. Now I really enjoy in classical music because that's just how I feel. To me, music of the 90's was the best because there was so many one hit wonders that everyone remember until today even though we never saw these groups and singers anywhere anymore. Tell me now that you don't have smile at your face when you hear this song . There's also Christina Aguilera somewhere because that woman has amazing voice and she grew her music style to another level.Now, what I'm really ashamed to confess is that I really, really, REALLY enjoyed in the movies Kickboxer . I had a huge crush with Jean Claude van Damme. He was the most handsome man in the whole world. I mean check this body  . Minus his pants of course !! I knew that in every movie he will win that last battle with Tong Po and I was still watching it with one breath. I've heard there's gonna be another 'Kickboxer' movie released in 2016. and, my friends, I'm ashamed to say that I cannot wait to see that . I know that Jean Claude van Damme looks totally different now but I will still watch it just because of the fights and blood and I guess that production will be on little bit higher level than the one from 1989.year. |
| 30.Day Blogging Challenge--The Sunday News! Last one for the month (and I know some of you are relieved . What's the biggest story in your hometown this weekend? Not where you're living now, but the place you were born (if they're not the same area). This month I didn't write not even one entry on Sunday news because I don't watch or read news and I especially don't watch or read news from USA and the rest of the world. I'm really not interested in it because it turns out that all biggest news are the worse one. At least here in my country is like that. This entry will be really short but I wanted to write it down because it's the last Sunday in this month and I have to respect this prompt since you asked what is the biggest story from the town where I live. 'Tuzla canton is on the threshold of bankruptcy' is the biggest news from my town today. The government is suggesting to lower the salaries of budget users and they wont get the last salary that they suppose to get. Banks are sick of borrowing the money to them because canton is just getting deeper into dept. They reached the highest level of the debit of 10% and they don't know what else they suppose to do to buy the time or to make the situation better. Comments from just ordinary people on all this are: "you fuckers should do this long time ago, people don't have job, people don't have food because you're steeling even from your own family" and similar stuff. Of course, all this will break on the poor citizens and I guess it's time for me to leave this shitty country again. Second big news from my town is '42. years old guy died in the hospital because he got life threatening burns when his own wife spilled the fuel on him and light the fire'. The guy was working in Germany and when he came back home they entered into some kind of family fighting where this woman (or whatever she is) pissed of and the sentence 'burn in hell' became his reality, literally. You see now why I never watch any news, right? Sorry for the short entry, I have such a strong headache and I feel so down right now. |
| Creation Saturday! An eighth day has been added to the week, and you've been chosen to decide why. The only caveat is that whatever you decide must be done for at least eight of the extra 24 hours, and what you choose will become permanent for all of humanity until the end of time. What would you do, and why? I know that there's a lot of people who would like an extra hours in a day for the reason they need all the things to get done but, do you really think if you get extra 24h you will really make it? Of course not, because when you add 24 more hours you'll just have more things to finish. When I was at the ship I worked 10-11h per day without rest during 8.months of contract. Do you think I would get some rest if they add one more extra day? No, I would only have to work more. But since this is creative Saturday I'll come up with something on this theme. Since I'm doing "October Novel Prep Challenge" this year I guess I would use some more time to finish all given assignments. I think that I don't really want extra time until the end of humanity just for the reasons from above. However, I would really spend some quality time on my first novel. I really cannot wait to start and to finish it because, like I said before, I'm loosing my senses, my memories are fading away and I really feel a huge need to keep them all at one place. When I was kid I was really quiet with almost everyone. When I grew up only few people got to know me really good from inside because sometimes you meet people who are different, who are more like you and you just fit each other in some weird-known way. One of my highschool friends was pretending that she is a prophet or something. When she come to my house we used to talk about life and stuff and she was always saying that I'm full of words but it was weird to her because I was quiet every time we hanged around with others. I always felt need to write more than I talked so, I realized she was right all the time. I really hope I'll make it and that I will leave my laziness behind this coming October.  Also, if I can add 24 more hours to the week where I wouldn't need to work I'd spent it in bed with one of my friends, Aleksa. He's really fun and casual person to be around with, that's all I'll say. |
| 30.Day Blogging Challenge--Fun Fact Friday! On this day in 1492, the crew of the Pinta (one of Christopher Columbus' ships) mistakenly thought that they had spotted land. Your prompt: When has a trip of any sort not turned out as initially expected? Hahaaa well, when you're working at the ship these kind of situations are much expected. You saw Titanic, right? They didn't have a clue the ship will sink because the weather was perfect and sea was just calm. I've been through several storms and bad weather when I was at the ship and the one I'll really remember till the rest of my life is hurricane Sandy from December 2012. We were sailing from Port Canaveral, FL then. Crew members at the ship needs to know that everything can happen any time and we just need to be ready. The captain new about hurricane activity and he really did try to avoid the area but after few hours we were almost in the middle of it because the hurricane changed the course and we didn't have time to avoid it. I remember that 90% guests got seasickness and no one wanted to come for the dinner. We were running out of sickness pills and green apples (I don't know if you remember when I talked about green apples as a great way to cure seasickness) because the captain had to change the course and instead of docking tomorrow morning we had to stay at the open sea two more days with that horrifying weather. It was really crazy because we had to tie some things to prevent them from breaking especially when it comes about plates and dishes. Everyone complain saying that they will sue the company.. I was shocked when I heard some conversations between the guests. Like it was all our fault. You can't do anything when the weather is stormy and the captain did awesome thing by extending cruise then otherwise we would sink because it was really, really bad. Everyone got so moody and I hated to go to work. I was also sleeping on the upper bed and it was moving like never before and I couldn't sleep properly for two nights. I guess that everyone couldn't wait to reach safe land and complain to the company so they can refund their money for the cruise. Here's the link of the ship from hurricane Sandy. |
| 30.Day Blogging Challenge--The Wildcard Round! 5000 GPs to the random winner! Your prompt: Have you ever had to politely thank someone for something you would've normally found to be unwanted or offensive? How would you handle a situation like that? It can happen probably, especially when you work in the restaurant at the ship. There's one situation that I remember out of thousands of them and I don't know how this will sound to you but I was laughing so hard. First because it was really funny at the beginning and second time I got angry because...WTF. Anyway, when I worked in restaurant at the ship before there were three of us, waiters, in one section and we were working together. If your team is good you can possibly have the same guests every night during a whole cruise. That is great option because a lot of people like your service and they are requesting from the maitre'd to have your team as servants every night. So, I was working with two guys and my headwaiter was really nice person. As a section supervisor he was pretty organized and he never gave me too much of hard time or anything like that. He was really respectful. We shared tips, we hanged out after the dinner, we were good friends. When you have such team guests like you as well because if you're organized well you have some spare time to spend in conversations, you can do the show time with them and so on. We had one cruise where everyone we met wanted us to be their waiters but that was impossible because we were allowed to serve only 60-85 people every night. We got some regular guests, however, one very nice family with grown up children. Every night they were like guys, every night we can't wait to see you. You're the best waiters we ever had on any cruise we've been before and bla bla..yea right. I guess you say that to everyone but it doesn't matter. We smiled with them, talked some serious themes and all and then the last day of the cruise came. You guys in USA are leaving some tips in restaurants so often, right? That's what I've been told when I first went there. As soon as we were serving desert to this family father called me to come to the table and he gave me the envelope and something squared inside and he said here is some extra for you. Me, a nice girl as I am, thanked from the bottom of my heart and he hugged me. Some guests are weird as that. I have tons of them who wanted to take me to their home. I liked also most of them because, you know.. you meet people, you talk and you have something in common, same like here or anywhere else in the world. The guy gave also the envelope to my team and they left after desert. Tomorrow morning was debarkation and we didn't see each other anymore. At the end of the dinner, when all guests were gone and when we finished with the cleaning of our sections we sat and then we split the tips or whatever. That's the time when I opened the envelope(which was something extra) and found a card where it says: thank you so much for taking care about us this cruise... or something like that, and the squared thing that I didn't know what it is at first was this  . As I said, I laughed so hard at first and then I felt weird and kind of sad. Is this really what you think of people who bring and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner during your yearly vacation??The next day I found out they pulled out the money from the cruise, that month my salary was much lower than it suppose to be because of them and few other people who did the same. I think that I still cannot believe in this. I didn't know what's inside the envelope and I didn't really care, I thanked politely because it is my job and those are my manners, but when I saw 'extra' I was seriously in some weird mood the whole next day and night. |
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I love this sentiment and this look into your mom and your own past. I bet it's crazy to have that money and means now not to limit yourself when you on in a store and I can see your mom grabbing what she pleases because she can. Having such a choke hold on your finances for necessity can make it a breath breathed to do what you want. Thank you for sharing this with us and I agree with 
