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shinsukesgf · 3 years

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Osamu with a housewife who stays at home and takes care of everything while hes out, n osamu absolutely adores her.he thinks shes so cute letting him do whatever he wants to her. he comes home to a spotless house and dinner warm and ready on the table if hes coming home late and tired from the restaurant. when he showers his little wife is there washing his back and kneeling down to relieve the hardness between his legs with her mouth. she would do anything for her husband n vice versa. thanku<3

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UPPPP PLS BEING SAMU LIDDOL HOUSEWIFE IS MY DREAMMMMM (´༎ຶོρ༎ຶོ`) also i changed it a lil bit & instead of the shower ure giving him head while he eats dinner !!!

!! nsfw !!

contains : oral (m receiving)

he truly adores the fact that you become his own little housewife. it truly is a nice sight to see you in your small little apron tied tight around your body, cooking & cleaning, just ready to serve him after a tiring day at the restaurant. all he asks from you is to keep the house clean & be ready to serve him anything he asks of you while he works the hardest to support the both of you.

“i’m home, babe,” he announced as he opened the door. he managed to be home earlier than usual, his coworkers insisting that he ought to go back home to you this night & to leave closing up the restaurant to them instead after they found out osamu was always the last one to leave the place.

he found you in the kitchen, busy preparing dinner for him. his shirt that you were wearing barely covered you up & the apron tied around you accentuate your figure. you were reaching for a plate up in the shelves on your tiptoes, shirt riding up & giving osamu a nice peek at the cotton panties you were wearing. osamu felt his pants got tighter & heat rushing through his body. did you always look like this when you’re alone at home? maybe he should take off days more often.

“hm, you’re home? you can sit down at the table already, i’ll get dinner ready for you soon ‘samu,” you gave him a quick peck on his lips before you got busy with preparing his dinner.

as he took a seat at the dining table, he couldn’t stop staring at you, all busy like his little housewife. god, he couldn’t wait ‘till he could get his hands on you. to feel that tight cunt of your clenching around his hard cock. to have your mouth milk him dry of all his cum-

“here ya go ‘samu, hope i didn’t kept you waiting for long,” his sinful thoughts were interrupted as you place his plate on the table.

“you know, babe. i think you sucking on my cock while i eat my dinner would really help me feel better after a long day at work, dont’cha think?” he spoke lightheartedly it could be passed as a joke, not wanting to pressure you into doing it. but he knows. you’ll be ready to do anything & everything for him the moment he asks for it.

so there you went, on your knees & under the table as osamu began to eat his dinner. you fumbled with his pants before pulling it down & releasing his leaking hard cock. osamu tried to continue eating his meal as normal but with the way you were teasing his sensitive cock with small kitten licks, he couldn’t help the grunts that left him.

“that’s right take all of my cock into that mouth of yours, babe,” he said as you took all of his cock deep into your mouth, causing you to slight gag as the tip of it hit the back of your throat.

osamu looked down to see your teary eyes staring back at him, mouth full of his cock while he eats the meal you prepared so diligently for him. his little housewife, so submissive & ready to follow any of his orders. his cock throbs at the thought of it. he wouldn’t want it any other way

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dreamwritesimagines · 2 years

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DREAMMMMM OH MY GOD THE SNEAK PEAK 😳 okay he deserved it... but my heart 💔💔💔💔💔 I just love the pain but actuallyI want them together BUT WHEN BUCKY REALIZE THE STUPID MISTAKE HE MADE and I actually think he realized it after she killed this mf I the previous chap OR he will realize it really in this chapter ... I don't know how they will get together back ... yep the holidays are coming so... what was it - the angst is coming too 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Omg thank you loveeee! ❤

I think he realized it that moment she shot the guy! ❤❤ Like that gunshot made something click in his head😈

Holidays are coming so angst train is coming! 😈😈😈

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harryfeatgaga · 3 years

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imagine being at a bar like after work on like a wednesday just having a lil wind down drink by yourself and the bartender comes over to you with a drink and your like 'no this isn't mine i didn't order this' and they go 'no but the guy at the other end of the bar sent it over to you' and you like roll your eyes like 'great🙄 i gotta talk to some rando' and then you look up and HARRY is the ONLY other person where the bartender indicated🤭

and maybe he's looking at his phone and when he looks up you kinda tip the drink in his direction as a thank you and he comes over to talk to you🤭

like imagine harry just sending you a drink in a bar lmfao

GOD PLEASE THE DREAMMMMM AND ALSO ID LOOOOVE TO SEND HIM ONE UGHHHGJRNBFHIJVK

#harry concept

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inkykeiji · 3 years

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no thoughts head just dabi and a oversensitive reader 🥺 you’re flinching nd squirming everytime skin contact happens, immediately getting flushed when dabi condescendingly pokes ur cheeks. mean dabi loves playing w u and teasing u by sneaky touches. when he’s pissed at somethin and decides to prey on u instead, he grabs ur waist tightly and kisses ur neck, satisfied by your moans, huge reactions and weak attempts to get away!! -🐰

(i’m combining both of your asks together my lil bunny i hope that’s okay!! <33)

OH MY GOD AN OVERSENSITIVE READER BUNNY I LOVE THIS!! YES dabi would be so fucking mean to his lil oversensitive baby simply because he finds it so funny, so cute, gets so much glee out of teasing you with the gentlest touches <3 he loves how responsive you are—it’s hot, and it’s such a huge ego boost to him. he can make you cum so easily, so quickly, relishes in your breathless little squeals asking him to stop because it’s too much! when he’s only just getting started, baby 😈 speaking of sneaky touches, he’d also totally use your oversensitivity to his advantage when you’re in public, gets an absolute rush from the embarrassed tears that spring into your eyes when he brushes his fingers down your spine and you moan, smirking with his lips against your ear like you okay, baby? when he knows full well you aren’t <33

bunny my luv you just described my dreammmmm <33333333 aaaaaaaaah 🥵🥵🥵 pls dabi lemme suck you DRY :( yes yes i want him to use and abuse my throat to the point where it’s sore n raw n there are tears endlessly spilling from my eyes, would never ever spill a drop of his precious cum, n then (i want him to speak 🙊) i want him to tell me how good i did n call me his precious lil princess n spoil me while still talking to me in a v condescending voice <333

#SUCH lovely ideas bunny bb thank u for sharing them wif me <33 #i hope you’re having a good day!!!! i suddenly have a tummy ache and a headache????? not cool 😠#lotsa love n hugs to you sweet bunny <3 #🐰.anon #clari gets mail #clari’s dabi hcs

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musingsofaperpetualdaydreamer · 4 years

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Folklore first listen✨

There’s no other magical experience like listening to a new taylor album for the first time. It’s like being immersed in a whole new world. Idk does anyone else like just make themselves cosy in a little listening cave somewhere so you can really take it in? There’s so much and it’s so exciting to see where she’ll take you on the journey and how the songs flow together. I love coming on here and seeing everyone else’s take on the new album, I imagine it’s what a Christmas morning feels like to a little kid. Anyhow, I thought I’d just drop this here for my own memory mostly to look back on. *presses play

Ok i’m super nervous, idk why. Like excited nervous. I just know it’s going to be so magical and beautiful and make me cry. Ahhhhh ok here we go.

the 1

ohhhh the piano

miss taylor…yessss girl

if my wishes came true it would’ve been you oh my god

it’s so honest and raw

WE WERE SOMETHING DON’T YOU THINK SO

AND IF MY WISHES CAME TRUE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU

IN MY DEFENCE I HAVE NONE

BUT IT WOULD’VE BEEN FUN IF YOU WERE THE ONE

i’m crying…BYEEEEEE

cardigan

ooooooooh I’m in a movie, it’s like james Morrisony

her voice is so velvety

I am wearing this song and never taking it off it’s a song that actually FEELS like a homey cardigan HOW?!!!!

speechless i am speechless

*slow dances around room holding self

the last great american dynasty

oooooh orchestra…drums

a STORY…AHHHHHHHHHHH

WOW WOW WOWWWWWWW

HER SMILE when she sings

my heart is beaming but also sad and nostalgic for a time I can’t remember..ohhh I am just gonna close my eyes and just wow my heart is SMILINNNNN

exile ft bon iver

more pianos? A DREEEEEEEAM

OOHHHHHH yesssss it’s dark and velvety

LORRRRRRRRD THE FEELS my heart

Taylor….ohhhhh god her voice

noooooo they misunderstood each other ohhhhh nooooo

*curls up on the floor and drowns in tears

my tears ricochet

angels…I am in heaven

lyrics lyrics LYYYYYYRICS

TAYLOR ALISON SWIFT, HER PEN IS SHARPER THAN A KNIFE

my heart…nooooooooooooo

I didn’t have it my self to go with grace

IF I’M DEAD TO YOU WHY ARE YOU AT THE WAKE CURSING MY NAME WISHING…LORD

I CAN GO ANYWHERE JUST NOT HOME

BYE BYE BYE I have left the planet….

mirror ball

oh my god, the guitars

oooooohhhhh

her voice is a dreammmmm

I am in a bohemian dress dancing under the night sky under pretty garden lights with tears streaming down my face

seven

HOLD UP i have never heard her sing like this

I AM DOWN

Sweet tea in the summer cross my heart won’t tell no other oooooooh YES YES

LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND TO SATURN YES YES YES

IT IS BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL

HER VOICE IS SO SOFT….I AM DISINTEGRATED

August

Lana del ray vibes

I am in a 1920s holiday great gatsby dreammmmm

August slipped into a moment in time …meet me behind the mall

you we’ren’t mine to loose

remember when i said get in the car and cancelled my plans just in case you call

living for the hope of it all

DAAAAAAAAAAMN THE LYRICS ARE SUBLIME

this is me trying

wow wow wow wow the synth rhythm

i feel like this is like those indie coming of age movies where they go on a late night drive but it’s also so grown up in how honest and raw up it is

they told me all of my cages were mental, so i got wasted like all my potential…DAMN

THE LYRICS….i’M WOW

I’m speechless

illicit affairs

wait hahaha cheating but like made to sound so cutesy and like ‘it’s nice to have a friend’ sweet

this is so mature, clever and the lyrics are so deep

ohhhhhh wowwwww the LYRICS

ALSO THE BIG WORDS…YES MY LITTLE LITERARY THESAURUS…BROADEN MY HORIZONS

THE BRIDGE? THE DAMN BRIDGE….TAYLOR THE BUILDER IS HERE

The transition…BYE

invisible string

oooooh this is like INTHAF

IT’S SO DREAMY

isn’t it just so pretty to think All along there was some invisible string tying you to me

ooooooooohhh

her voice is sooo soft and luxurious

LYRICS LYRICS

ONE SINGLE THREAT OF GOLD TIED ME TO YOU

HELL WAS THE JOURNEY BUT IT BROUGHT ME HEAVEN

GOOD LORD SHE IS ON TOP FORM SHE IS ON TOP FORM…BYEEE

mad woman

More pains and sting i am winning

a scorpion sting when fighting back they strike to kill and you know i will

it’s like dark vintage velvet and the tone she’s singing in

F U? HO HO HO HAHA MISS TAYLOR DID YOU JUST-

Every time you call me crazy i get more crazy, what about that? I AM HOLLERING

you made her like that damn

THE LYRICS THE LYRICS THE LYRICS

THE WAY SHE SAYS MADDDD THEN WOMAN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I HAVE BEEN MURDERED

IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND VINTAGE AND DARK AND DANGEROUS

I HAVE BEEN MURDERED

TAYLOR IS AT MY FUNERAL IN A KILLER OUTFIT RED LIPSTICK STUNNING SUNGLASSES AND A GORGEOUS LARGE BLACK HAT SMIRKING AS I AM BEING LOWERED INTO THE GROUND

IT’S WHAT I DESERVE

epiphany

the orchestra…I am in heaven…this is HEAVENLY

SHE SING’S LIKE AN ANGEL SHE IS AN ANGEL….

it feels like a war song, like you’’re watching him go off to war and die

ohhhh it is

hold you’re hand through plastic…

some thing’s you just can’t speak about

I am genuinely in tears…wow it hits so deep

I don’t know why it just makes you cry…wow

betty

ooooh it reminds me so much of never grow up

ooooh a story

would you want me…would you tell me to go F myself

I’m only 17 I don’t know anything but I know I miss you

ohh the hope beauty and tragedy of young love

I’m just gonna lay here and beam…STORY TELLING SWIFT HAS OUT DONE HERSELF

will you kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends

Standing in your cardigan again kissing in my car again

awwwwwww

peace

ooooh i love the melody

I have never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near

darrrrrlin ooooh i love it

i’m a fire i’ll keep your brittle heart warm if your cascade ocean waves blues come

all these people think love’s for show but i would die for you

MY GOD THE LYRICS

*chef’s kiss chef’s kiss chef’s kiss

I’M CRYING THIS IS TOOO MUCH TOOOO MUCH OH GOD

GIVE YOU MY WILD, GIVE YOU A CHILD…. A BABY?!!!!

GIVE YOU THE SILENCE ONLY WHEN TWO PEOPEL UNDERSTAND EARCH OTHER

SEE YOUR BROTHER AS MY BROTHER??????

BYYYEEEEE

I’M GOING TO CLOSE MY EYES AND LAY HERE FOR A 100 YEARS AND DROWN IN THESE TEARS AND JUST DRINK THIS IN

I AM IN LOVE I AM IN LOVE I AM IN LOVE

hoax

POETRY POETRY POETRY EQUISITE POETRY

THE PIANO…OH SWEET HEAVEN

YOU’RE FAITHLESS LOVE IS THE ONLY HOAX I BELIEVE IN

THE BRIDGE…THE HEAVEN SENT ARCHITECT HAS BUILT US ANOTHER MASTERPIECE

MY ONLY ONE MY KINDGOM COME UNDONE

I AM IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTIONS… oh my god

the lakes

IF THIS IS A WEDDING SONG ANNOUNCING THEY GOT MARRIED BY A LAKE I WILL LEGIT GO INTO CARDIAC ARREST

I’m actually speechless. I- wow. Excuse me while I drown in this ocean of tears. Wow.

#taylor swift #taylurking #folklore #first listen #i am obssessed #excuse me while i drown in this ocean of tears

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laminy · 4 years

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Do you ever think about random things about your characters that you never included or will never include in the fic cause they’re kind of just pointless facts? Like what’s Gwil’s favorite color? Or does Joe have social media where he posts stuff about them all?(on private of course and only for friends and family), just random stuff like that that maybe the readers wouldn’t know but you have in your head about them

oh my god it’s my dreammmmm, I’ve always wanted someone to message me and ask me specific questions like this, like mini-headcanons, thank you.

oh, Joe definitely has social media, are you kidding me? that boy loves posting selfies of him and Rami, and tries to post pictures of him and Ben and Ben’s just glaring at him the entire time but allows it to happen, and also he loves posting pictures of Augie. I feel like Rami would also have an Instagram but just for Augie, but like, he forgets about it, so maybe once a month you get a photo of Augie stretching out on the floor or a close-up of his eyes. Ben maybe had one back in his uni days, but after the break-up, he just stopped posting. Gwil hasn’t really caught on with it, but he loves taking pictures with Joe and doesn’t mind when he posts one! Ginnie loves to comment on those ones in particular.

Gwil likes blue and green. Just…blue is pretty, he loves the sky, but green to him is like, the colour of life and plants and biology (and if it also just happens to the colour of his boyfriend’s eyes, who’s going to say anything about it).

One of my bffs recently asked me how does Ben currently pay for things (as he has now been unemployed for over a year), and it’s never been explicitly said, but: upon returning to Earth, Gwil and Rami and all the Mercury crew members were given A: 100 years of back-pay, and B: a huge settlement, basically just due to public outrage at what happened to them. The PR was bad enough already - 20 people, lost their entire families, their entire lives, and the IIS was just like “oh god here take this, don’t sue.” Also, when Gwil retired from the IIS, he got their standard retirement package, ha, as organized by Ben and HR. So both Gwil and Rami are very well off; neither of them ever have to go back to work again (and Rami and Joe’s kid will also be set for life), but Rami really wants to. Also, the IIS pays well. Ben had a fairly limited social life (ie he didn’t spend a lot of cash), so he had a lot of savings to live off for awhile! It took a lot of convincing, but he’s finally able to let someone buy his dinner, or his movie ticket; Rami in particular is always ready to pay for something for Ben when they’re out together.

This might be Ben angst hours, but the reason Paul and Ben eventually broke up, which has never been addressed, is that Paul started lying to their friends about Ben cheating on him, and saying that he walked in on Ben with a couple other guys. Ben had always listened to Paul and what he said, and really believed it: he believed when Paul said he was dumb, that he was only good for his looks, that nobody else would ever date him, but once Paul said that, something that Ben knew didn’t happen, knew wasn’t true, he realized that Paul might’ve been lying about a bunch of other stuff too, and finally just ended it. It’s why Ben doesn’t really have any friends from uni - by the end of it, all his friends were Paul’s.

#answering asks #into the blue and sunny morn'

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kellyzeagman · 4 years

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G’day

So, about once or twice a month we do practice drills for emergency situations. Mostly for fires but also security threats, man overboard, evacuations, etc.. It’s always a pain in the butt to do them because they take up to two hours sometimes and you have to participate even if it’s your time off. It also often affects time off at ports. If I had the day off to go to an island, I can’t get off until the drill is done. ANYWAYS. Practice drills are all fun and games and laughs and everyone complains about them but they are important because truth be told, no one knows what is going on ever, so it’s important to prepare people if there actually was an emergency which just so happens to have taken place on Jan.18th for REAL this time. We are always given a warning when there is going to be drills, or it’s put in our schedule, but this one came as a surprise to everyone at 1:30 in the morning. The emergency code for fire on a ship goes as followed on the announcement- “Bravo... Bravo... Bravo... “ and then is followed by the location of the fire on the ship and then in practice drill situations is always followed by “this is a drill for the crew” so we know it’s all chill and not a big deal. BUT on Jan.18th it was far less chill as it came as a surprise to everyone and was not a drill.

So, after we had all gone to bed and had started falling asleep, we were all abruptly woken up to a REAL bravo. Announcements never come on in crew cabins unless it’s a real emergency, which is 99% of the time a medical emergency. So, while it’s still shocking to hear the PA system come on in your room, it’s always just for medical reasons. When I heard the announcement turn on, I just laid there with my eyes closed waiting for them to say “Alpha.. Alpha.. Alpha..” which is code for medical emergency because it happens quite often. HOWEVER. When the words bravo, bravo, bravo came out of the persons mouth at 1:30am, shit got REAL. I had never sprung out of my bed so fast. Every department has certain duties for a bravo, and ours is to go up to the kids club and wait for further instruction. You have to get to your location in 7 minutes or less. As I was frantically changing into my uniform, my co worker down the hall knocked on doors around her to make sure we were all up. I dashed out of my room and met up with 2 others on the way and were about to boot it up 12 flights of stairs until we saw the chief engineer taking the elevator so we went in with him hahaha. (You aren’t supposed to take the elevator, but I figured if he was taking it we could as well). Crew were all sprinting down the corridors to get more info/to get to their locations. While people were keeping their cool, everyone was definitely panicking. My team of 12 all waited at our spot for further instruction, all confused and experiencing minor panic as we had no idea how bad the fire was. After about 10 mins, the captain came on the system and said there was a small fire in one of the food prep areas but that it had been contained and we could all be dismissed. Absolutely mental. Because, my first thought as soon as I sprung out of bed was that the ship was gonna burst into flames and sink, or we would have to get everyone onto life boats and evacuate the ship. The process of getting 3,000+ guests on life rafts is just hilarious to think about, it would be SUCH a mess. If a real emergency happened, god I just can’t even imagine the chaos. I was expecting it to be a really, really long night, but alas, just a small little fire that was put out easily. As we waited upstairs for our fate, a big part of me was hoping that a good chunk of the ship would get damaged by fire (no injuries of course) and that we would have to shut down for a few weeks to rebuild and we could get put up in hotels in Sydney. However, no such luck. Once the drill was over, I couldn’t stop laughing just because of how much of a gong show it was and how crazy it could have been. It was hard for anyone to fall asleep that night after the adrenaline rush of knowing there’s a fire on a floating vessel. So that was just a crazy, stressful, intense but hilarious situation. My friend has worked 5 contracts and had never experienced a real bravo, so it’s crazy for a lot of people.

Speaking of getting people on life boats, I have quite a funny situation. Some people at home actually already know because I told them when I found out but for others, here’s a nice laugh for you- crew and staff are all assigned to over 25 different life rafts in case we ever needed to evacuate. Out of all the possible ones I could have been assigned to, my friend Laura and I are assigned to the same life raft as the captain, chief safety, chief security, hotel director and staff captain. Aka, this is the last life raft to abandon ship. What is our luck. So, allllll of those important people, a few restaurant staff, a few maintenance guys, other random departments and two youth staff will all be the last to evacuate. Cheers! I’ll just be waiting till absolutely everyone gets off the ship until I’m allowed to leave with the captain. Good stuff. (Obviously I’d try to sneak off earlier). Hopefully we never have to :)

I’ve been quite lucky the past 2 weeks because I have had the shoebox room to myself. Unfortunately, my roommate Lucy had to be signed off in Sydney at the hospital/a hotel during the last 12 day cruise because the doctor feared she had German measles. In the end, there was never a complete diagnosis, but she stayed off the ship for those 12 days and she completely had to move everything out of her suitcases in case she got sent home. After she returned, she ended up getting placed in another room and I was assigned a 55-60ish year old sports staff from Poland. She completely cleaned my room, vacuumed and bleached and cleaned the bathroom, amazing. However, when I woke up in the morning she was gone without a trace. Completely packed up like she was never there. It turns out she requested to move cabins because mine made her too sea sick?? Strange considering everywhere on the ship rocks. Anyways, I know am on day 19 of having my own room and will more than likely get a new roommate when we get back to Sydney and a bunch of new people sign on.

Speaking of the 12 day cruise, what an absolute shi* show. We had our highest kid count so far (1,200) and we were already one down with my roommate being signed off. Then on the second day, we were two down because another guy on our team got confined to his room for 48 hours because he got the flu. I worked multiple 11/12 hour days. We were absolutely exhausted. The sports team was down 2, the cruise entertainment staff were down 2, and then mid cruise the cruise director aka the face of the ship who is responsible for all entertainment on board cut her foot on coral and had to get 20 stitches in her foot and couldn’t walk for a few days. Needless to say, everyone was overworked and had to help out in extra ways over those 12 days. Still managed to get off a few times and enjoy some beach time though. Feeling #blessed that those 12 days are behind us. I’m hoping that is the craziest it will ever get. Australian summer is now officially over as of yesterday (the 26th) school started today (27th) so the kid counts should go down. But there’s still a cruise coming up in 2 weeks with 800 kids so I don’t understand. Apparently aussies don’t care about having their kids out of school. I’m sure it will go down as soon as I leave on March 7th with my luck.

On the topic of leaving, if I was Chinese, I probably would not be able to go home. This Coronavirus is obviously being taken very seriously, even with royal caribbean. As of now, they aren’t flying home practically any Chinese employees. For example, a friend of mine is supposed to fly home on turnaround day (tomorrow as I write this) but is allowed to extend his contract because they aren’t letting people fly into parts of China and royal is letting them extend to keep safe. Same with the other way around, the process of getting them on board is difficult and has changed. Originally, they weren’t going to be sending any Chinese citizens onto ships, but now some are allowed depending on where they are from/when they start. There are 3 girls leaving my team on feb.5th, meaning 3 new ones are coming. One of them is Chinese, and we didn’t think she would be able to come. However, it turns out she is now coming, BUT has to be confined to a room for TWO WEEKS. All Chinese staff coming on board must be confined to a shoe box room for 2 weeks to make sure they are fine, how CRAZY. No window, sunlight or fresh air for 2 weeks. It seems a bit stupid to me that they just wouldn’t decide to send them at later times rather than make them do this. ANYWAYS, we will see how it goes. This is her first contract, so she has no idea what to expect and will start off her journey by being confined for 2 weeks.

On a side note, Spectrum of the Seas sails out of Hong Kong and the crew received some amazing news. Even though the circumstance is obviously horrible (the virus), they are cancelling all cruises for at least the next 2 weeks and all the crew will sail to japan with no guests and stay there for 2 weeks, no guests. I believe they will be able to get off and tour around as long as the coronavirus doesn’t make its way there. Those employees are living the absolute dreammmmm.

This virus will have a big impact on ships because many, many employees are Chinese. However, the Chinese employees do not even come close to the amount of Filipinos and Indonesians. There’s probably about 60 Filipinos for every non-Filipino. Filipino, Indonesian, Indian and Chinese are for sure the top 4 most popular nationalities on board. There’s also a lot of Ukrainians on this ship. There’s maybeeee 10 Canadians? Not a lot, but more than Americans I think. I think there’s only about 5 that I know of. Lots of English and Romanian people as well. I’ve said it before, but my team is made up of 2 Canadians, 1 Russian, 1 Ukrainian, 1 from Chile, 5 English, 2 Brazilian and my boss is Filipino.

We went to Lifou, Loyalty Islands a few days ago and I experienced perhaps the craziest story I will ever have experienced/ be able to tell in my entire life. After missing out on some cool tourist locations due to lack of money, my friend Vera from Russia and I decided to test our luck at the beach. We walked far down a path to bring us to an area where there were no crew or guests. Just a tiny, tiny little beach that had about 15 locals swimming at it. My friend Vera has never snorkelled before and last time I was at this exact spot I found a really nice area that had a bunch of nemo fish about 80m out from the shore. All of the locals were chilling about waist deep just cooling off, whereas I was going out decently far to go find this coral/the fish. I told Vera that I would wave her down once I found it and she said she would come swim out to me. So, after making it out there and somehow miraculously finding the exact location I had stumbled upon before, I turned around to start waving to Vera to make her way out only to find out that I am now quite literally the only person in the water and all of the locals are now standing on the sand. Not only are they now all standing out of the water, they are frantically WAVING me down yelling at me to swim back to shore and giving me the SHARK FIN symbol and yelling “SHARKKK SHARKKKK” So at this point, I am the only person in the water, with 80m to swim to safety and swimming with a shark. I pretty much blacked out and tried not to think about what was happening and just swam with my eyes facing towards the shore. I didn’t dare look under water with my goggles because if I saw a shark I would have absolutely lost my shit. Sharks have never scared me and I saw them at mystery island and wasn’t bothered, but the fact that I was alone and decently far out and was not expecting it, I definitely panicked. The whole time I was swimming back I was just WAITING to feel a chomp. My friend Vera waiting for me on shore was definitely freaking out as I swam back. Once I got out, I laid on the beach for a good 5 mins like a beached whale trying to process what had happened and for my heart to stop beating so fast. Anyways, I’m alive and it made for a great story. On the way back to the ship while waiting for the tender boats to pick us up, we saw 4 sea turtles by the docks too, perfect way to end the weird day.

Australia Day fell on our last cruise, which is just like Canada day but for Australia. It was also India’s national day the following day, so we had a huge party at our crew bar area to celebrate with the hundreds of Indians that work on board. I didn’t see much of the Australian festivities, but it is definitely unique to see people so patriotic for countries (India and Australia) that you aren’t a part of.

The next two cruises are going to be quite interesting. They are 3 day and 2 day “tasters”. We did one after the crossing. The boat literally just goes out to sea and back, how silly. The kid count drops to 500 which is nice going from 1200 and 800, but it’s still TOO high. At least these will go by fast and we will get to go to Sydney 3 times over 6 days. Then, we have a 2 week cruise which we are all praying has a small amount of kids. Australians went back to school a few days ago after their summer break, so one would assume the counts would drop a bit. After that 2 week cruise is done I’ll only have 17 DAYS left. Absolutely insane. I’m finding it rude that this year decided to be a leap year and February has 29 days instead of 28 like usual, as I’d get to have one less day on my countdown to coming home. Still having a good time, but the countdown is most definitely on. “Sign off” mode is setting in.

Well, I must go now as I have to go participate in “waves”. This is a farewell event for guests which consists of a special guest show, and then a royal caribbean song performed by the singers and dancers about thanking the guests for cruising and that we will see them again soon. It’s quite literally the corniest thing you will ever see, then people from each department (me) walk along the stage and wave goodbye to everyone.

Final thought- I’ve seen so many birds flying around over the last 2 sea days which makes no sense to me- how do they survive on the open ocean without any land near them? Where do they sleep? The closest land was hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of miles away.

That’s all from me :)

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thebrowngirlstakeontheworld · 7 years

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All The Single Ladies.

Man guys. I'm gonna be real frank. I've been feeling the urge to write about something super personal. MY SINGLENESS. Many of you have known me to be single for my whole life. Which is almost accurate.

1. Because I've never been married so that qualifies me as a single gal 2. Because I've never announced any of my guys to any of you #sorrynotsorry

So there's that. Now. I told myself that I was guarding my loved ones from being attached to a potential future ex, but the reality is much more complex. I would just prefer to be single above anything else. Kinda. I’m the epitome of “Single ladies be like... I want a man, but I don’t actually want one.” I'm so selfish in this time in my life. I enjoy living in my apartment with everything in it's place and no one to tell me otherwise. I enjoy using the bathroom with the door open. I enjoy singing as loud as I can without a soul telling me that I'm not Whitney Houston because I am. I enjoy dancing in my living room to songs that fill my spirit (Shout out to “That’s my Girl” by Fifth Harmony!). I enjoy sobbing crying for no apparent reason because that’s normal. I enjoy traveling with my sister and single girlfriends! But in all this enjoyment, I realized that I sought companionship as well. Kinda.

I settled for a relationship with a great OK guy with the main selling point being that he lived far far away from me. Long distance was a dreammmmm for me. I saw this person maybe twice a year while I was able to still do my New York thing, unapologetically. I got to do the whole brunch with girlfriends thing and dance the night away without ever asking permission or feeling bad for not hanging out with "my man". There was freedomish in a long distance relationship. Except he and I lacked true companionship, and I didn't even care to notice it until recently. (There’s a point coming... I promise.)

My sister moved to Philly temporarily, and I realized that I had been using her as the companion he should've been to me. Whoa. She took me to movies, she let me cry on shoulder, she bought me ice cream when days were impossible, she held my hand when I was anxious, she fought for me when I just didn't feel like fighting for myself, and she validated me as a good person worthy of being loved. As hard as it was for me to admit to myself, my sister (my best friend and confidant) was/is my soulmate and my go-to in the partner department. When she left, I realized just how many nights I was spending alone without someone to tell my day to which sucked. My guy would call me, but I didn't really want to talk to him about all my troubles. Being a listening ear wasn't his job. That was my sister's job. I didn't want to talk about how emotional “This Is Us” made me. Because that was my sister's job. I didn’t want to talk to him about anything really because I talk to my sister about everything. Then, I realized I had some seriously jacked up relationship expectations.

That's when I had my "a ha" moment.

This was a ME problem. I'm the problem in my relationships. That hurt to admit. I felt bad for all of the guys I dated previously with no purpose and wasted their time. I also felt bad for the most recent guy because I treated him basically kinda a friend acquaintance. So, then I was tasked with thinking about what would be next for me. Really thinking about how to fix mend the ME problem in all of this. I had to make a choice... mend myself or continue in another failed partnership in which I potentially destroy hurt confuse another person. YIKES.

Here is the solution as I see it. I decided that I need to date myself for a minute with Jesus as my main squeeze. Everything that I used my sister for (and sometimes this guy), I should actually talk with Jesus about. I can still cry for every emotion with Him and talk about some wild shows and talk to Him about my days. I can still sing and dance and leave the door open when I pee. I can still have my independence with the best partner there is! Part of being 28 (soon) is figuring myself out. And Shanda B needs to better her relationship with her Creator if she plans to have realistic relationship expectations. Because not wanting to talk to your mate is not normal. Wanting to live far away from your partner is not normal. And it's a direct reflection of what my relationship with God looks like which is scaryyyyy. It's time that I take time to really evaluate myself and spend some quality time with my Savior who not only conquered death for me but conquered singleness (Because Jesus was single. Duh.). Before I become anyone else's partner, I must become a good partner to the one who first loved me.

So, to my friends and family, don't tell me to date. Really think about what you’re asking me to do. My relationship with God is in no way how I want my romantic relationship to be (in it’s current state). It is very one-sided. He loves me unconditionally although I rarely talk to Him. You really don't want me to date. Trust me. I'm just not ready yet. And God knows that. And I'm grateful for the gift of singleness where I get to work on my relationship with myself by deepening my relationship with God. Ok I’m done. I hope that this makes sense and really encourages other single folk out there.

If you want me to write more about what my journey into a deeper understanding of my singleness looks like, let me know! Tenisha and I are working on being more transparent on the blog and would love feedback.

Love, Peace, and Happiness...

And as always... Let your little light shine.

Shanda B.

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