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I feel privileged

This morning I woke at 9am in the hostel room that had been my home for a month all those weeks ago. I walked out onto the veranda and looked at the cruise ships majestically resting in the port like well fed posh show cats…

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Welcome to heaven

OK, so I might say my job is the worst job I have ever had, blah blah, but it’s not all doom and gloom. Every now and then there’s a sunbeam that shines through the routine, and yesterday was one of them. Yesterday was a…

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Welcome to Hell

On my first day of work one of the crew members said to me, “welcome to hell.” Another said, “welcome to Prison Andrew.” (The cruise ship I’ve been working is the Prince Andrew) Yet another told me, “If you can work on this ship you…

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Living the nightmare.

 Once you’ve lived the dream of working in Antarctica, what’s left? The answer is: “Just another job.” I’ve always liked the quote: “We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many who work without living.” Dean Charles R. Brown…

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