Cruisin' along...

Today's our last full day on the cruise and as usual, we woke up late from our crazy night in Nassau. The cruise director tried really hard to fill our day with “fun” activities, but instead we ended up with “who’s the hairiest passenger contest?” and “ask the captain any questions you have about the cruise crew members.” The former would have easily been won by Hani (winner of the hairy beast contest held by our med school class), and the latter was not as risqué as one would expect. People were asking really nerdy questions like “Does the crew stay for free?” and “Where does our used water go?” So we tried to fill our day with our own fun. Tony and I ended up playing ping-pong for a good part of the day and Alvin gambled (Alvin has this extreme hate for money and has these episodes when he feels dirty with money and must cleanse himself with black jack). But we also blessed the gym and the basketball court with our presence as we attempt to battle the “dark side” of pizza available 24hrs per day on our cruise.

Speaking of food, we had our last meal with Aquino, our waiter (who’s not Filipino but is Indian, and I’ll never figure out how he got that name), and we tipped him an extra $10. Though he questioned Alvin’s ability to read the menu because of his small eyes, Aquino will be missed. In the end he made up with Alvin with a friendly gesture known to most as a “dap.”

Whatever happened after dinner is kind of a blurr to me. We did sing Brian McKnight’s “One” at the karaoke bar, and we were about to sing “Roses” but the DJ got all karaoke nazi on us. Whatever, I thought we sounded great! The rest of the night I spent talking to Jaya, who claims that lawyers not doctors can save the world. God bless her soul, she wants to practice civil rights law and I think she'll be great at it.