.. everyday it comes to this- catch the things you might have missed....

.... today was Napier, New Zealand... and it was the completion of a very big circle for me. I used to go to Tofino and stand in the water there, watching the sun set and wonder what was over there- what was it like? Today- I dove into the Pacific Ocean 13,545 Kms from that very spot and found out. Circle Complete. Question Answered. Next.

that pretty much encompasses the last 37 days. I spend the morning trying to remember all the feelings/questions/general wonderments about the world that have gone through my head in the last 15 years, then i leave the safe zone of the ship and get lost for a few hours and see if they get answered. Mostly- they they don't. But on the off-chance that they do- like today, one more doubt about my choice falls away and this all makes a little more sense, gets a little easier.

... we used to dream, now we worry about dying...

.... I've been trying to put into words the feelings that have gone through my head since i left... and today i found them:

'.... if you give it a second- it'll make sense. trust me'.

That's what the old lady who owns this Beach-front B&B said to me before i took this picture. And it does.

Trust Me.

..... I don't worry about dying anymore.

tdk.

21NOVEMBER2009

Napier, New Zealand

... everything is awesome and nobody's happy.....

.... have you all seen that Louis CK skit on Conan that's been making the rounds of late? No? well, then i suggest you get on it. It's boss.


This has all come to light over the last few days that we have been traveling around Aus and the Satellite Internet/Phone Connection has been down. I'm utterly amazed at how pissed off people are that they can't get their emails while on vacation.

The key word being VACATION...

You've just spent the sunny side of $14000 to be able to check your flaming email? WTF?!

.. but here's the kicker.. for me anyways- The mean age for this ship's passengers this cruise is 74... I actually had one old lady get pissed off at me because she wasn't able to blog to her Bridge Group!

Aside from all that- things have been really good.... I'm getting into the swing of things and really starting to feel like I'm actually contributing, rather than just being the FNG. I haven't had much time to get off the ship in the last few ports because i've been covering for some other people that wanted to go ashore for the day. I'm saving up my Brownie points for the next Cruise we do to New Zealand. I have already booked most of the day off to do a sightseeing tour of The Bay of Islands, which has pretty much been the one place I have been looking forward to this whole time. I have always wanted to go to New Zealand, and we now get to do two complete tours of it- J'aime Excite!!

... not really much else to go on about.... I have really been taking this time to get back to me of late- and it's good. Real good. I like the fact that have the time to read and think and go to the gym.

... I'll upload some more pictures later when I'm in Tasmania on thursday- the net is still too slow here.

Stay Gold, Kids.... I miss you.

David Komadowski

07november2009

Somewhere between Adelaide & Melbourne