5 dec (mon)
nerja, malaga, spain
breakfast as usual. will miss the pancakes!!! :( took a tour to the caves of nerja. thought that d'ambrosio would come with us but he went with the other tour bus. wanted a pic with him! the caves were good! its completely natural and discovered by 5 boys. there are many staglamites and stalatides(how to spell???) which is supposed to grow 1cm every 150 years so they claim that the cave is millions of years old. its massive! went to the town to buy some food stuff and a magnet. mine! i buy a souvenir from each place as a momento. slept during the trip back to the boat. i always seem to sleep in the bus. missed all the nice scenery! back at the boat, went for sot aerobics again. dressed up cos that night is gala night again. took pics with the waiters! subagiyo and the other guy who serves bread. saw a boring opera show. went for the midnight bufftet at deck 14. it was amazing! lots of decoration and food, all beautifully made. cakes were decorated and shaped into animals like cats, dogs and stars. the deco was awesome! but the food looks better then it tastes, though its a lot of work! finally saw sushi and sashimi there! took pic with the 'singaporean'guy. we saw him on the first day and he asked where we were from. after that, whenever he sees us, he will always say 'singapore!' haha!

6 dec (tues)
last full day here! thought that it will never come. oh well. will miss the people here and the ship! talked to sudiarta again for breakfast. will miss him! mum didn't allow me to talk to him much. :( went for aerobics and took a pic with the aerobics teacher. saw a disappointing cooking demonstration cos we couldn't understand what it was about and they wasted a lot of time letting people try the food. we were there for an hour and all the guest chef did was to use liquid nitrogen to make 5 simple deserts. boat was rocking\ quite badly cos of the rough sea. first time! parents didn't feel well. last dinner at red velvet! ate a lot cos i had an appetite but my parents didn't. talked a lot to our african friends. said our last goodbye to the waiters at red velvet. watched a michael jackson tribute. one guy could impersonate him perfectly! good show! the animation crew also came out and did a performance. they are the ones who teach us dancing, aerobics and are in charge of on board activities. went to see some talent show and danced a bit.

7 dec (wed)
last day!!! time to leave! didn't manage to get a photo with any of the animation crew except my aerobics teacher and my dance/art teacher. don't even know their names! saw sudiarta at breakfast. gave him my number but forgot the +65 in front. gave my address but forgot the postal code. and gave my email. hope he emails! feel so bad leaving out all these details and didn't get his. will miss him so much!!!!!! packed and met at the casino(its the meeting point so i'm allowed in!) met d'ambrosio to take a pic! then left the boat! :( waited a long time for our transport to arrive but it didn't cos the agent in singapore forgot to sent an email to the people in rome for the transport. :( so took a cab to the airport which was not as nice as singapore's. then flew back to dubai and then to singapore, arriving at 2pm singapore time. oh well, that's all for our holiday!

2 dec(fri)
tenerife, canary islands, spain
buffet breakfast. started looking for and talking to this guy at this buffet place-sudiarta. :) no more swimming cos got period. :( went for a jeep tour! shared a jeep with a london couple and venesuala(is it?)-this couple was very unfriendly towards us. they made some trouble with the seating arrangement for the jeep. some cruise guy(d'ambrosio) came with us to oversea the tour(the cruise people were orange shirts so i call them the orange shirt people). he's part italian but can speak good eng. nice guy. even though the tour was supposed to be in english, only 5 eng people took the tour. :( it was a sight seeing trip. we saw two beaches, one with sahara desert sand and the other with volcanic sand,its black! saw many views of the towns, cities, mountains and greenery. a bit boring..... returned to the boat for lunch and slept past dinner cos my parents didn't want to get up to dress up for the gala night. captain decides the attire for the day, so it can be formal, informal or casual. watched the musical show! it was good!!!! it showcaed a pianist, violinist and the same singers as before. heard songs like swan lake and phantom of the opera. there's a show every night to keep us entertained. walked round the boat. saw d'ambrosio. talked to him for a while.


3 dec(sat)
funchal, madeira, portugal
buffet breakfast. :) took a bus ride to the city of funchal. finally had a tour guide that speaks english all the way! :) at least we can understand more. hong kong and jap people came with us. thanks to that, some crew said 'ohiyo' to me.... do i look jap? saw d'ambrosio and waved. the place was built mostly on mountians and cliffs so the roads were very narrow. so there are small cars! amazing how the driver could manuvour such a big vehicle on small roads. tmep was less then 20 degress and though its the usual in winter, its the highest temperature so far. visited one of the highest points of the place, saw nun village and took pics. bought souvenirs and cakes/sweets too! the food is supposed to taste good(and it does) and the cake lasts for a year. visited another church and took the cable car. the start point is where the founders of funchal first landed. took a pic with msc fantasia and a fisherman gave me a fish to hold! :) tasted 18% wine. its sweet wine but it tasted bitter to me. went to the boat for lunch.and thankfully woke up in time for dinner after sleeping. talked to our african friends, joe(jospeh) and madeleine(though my mum says its marilyn) and julie joined their table. julie was alone the others at her table played at the casino. show tonight was Fantasia. its good! more dancing and singing. went to liquid disco for dancing. :)

4 dec (sun)
at sea
eating at the buffet place as usual. went with mum to do arts and crafts. today's theme is pirates! so we had a white shirt each and had to paint something with the pirates theme. our work looks like kindergarten work... :( went to liquid disco for dancing then lunch. saw sudiarta again and i wanted a pic with him! aw the towel folding demo. it was good! they made cranes, flowers, an elephant and a dog. learnt country dance then got pulled into the ships game! we won!!!! got pulled into soft aerobics too but it was good! had dinner then slept till morning! missed the pirates show and samba dance lesson. heard that the show was good! well, too bad! :( actually, there are two timings for the show. 7.15 and 9.15. 9.15 is for the first seating which is us. we finished dinner in time for the 71.5 one but we thought we would wait for the second show. in the end, we slept! :(