monday roundup.

it was a very busy week for me...

• i was chosen to be the unit secretary for the ship's unit meetings. the unit meetings are the crewmembers way of voicing their concerns to the ship's senior officers, so each department is represented. the unit secretary is automatically the administration representative. in other words, more work for me.
• monday night we had the filipino crew show. this particular show was special because it was filmed by a professional crew and will be edited and produced as a dvd as part of holland america's plan to market the filipino and indonesian cultural shows.
• my crush hung out in the neptune lounge this evening. actually, first he walked back with me to the neptune lounge (deck 7 midship) from suite 4176 (deck 4 aft). he hung out for a bit and did his rounds. 5 minutes later he was back and he stayed for about 20 minutes, until a guest came with some questions. syempre natuwa naman ako na tumambay sya diba? babaw...
• my crush watched the filipino crew show. he stayed for the entire thing. it made me glad that i was part of most of the numbers. he knows i sing. now he knows that i dance too.
• we have a filipino guest relations manager now. i have to say that she's very good. i am now convinced that filipino supervisors and managers are so much better than their foreign counterparts. they're smarter, have a great work ethic and still manage to show compassion to their team.
  
• to be completely honest, the guest relations attendants are also better than the supervisors. for one thing, we know more things and perform our tasks better than they do. the only thing that gives them an advantage is the stripe on their uniform.
• they're showing "a few good men" on the crew channel. i never grow tired of this movie. especially the court exchange between tom cruise and jack nicholson. perfectly written and executed.