#backatsea

First week of work on the Enchantment of the Seas means another start up is under way! I’m so excited to be back at work again for the third time this year! Things are looking up but this pandemic ain’t over friends so stay safe out there! #work #dancingthrulife #backatsea #letsgo #royalisback #love #itsmedahveed #grateful https://www.instagram.com/p/CW5vApYrRmx/?utm_medium=tumblr

Back at sea Fujifilm X-T2 | 23mm f/2 . . . . . #backatsea #saltyframes #seastory #seamanlife #research #wageningenmarineresearch #newjob #mightysea #calmsea #oilrig #seagull #seabirds #bnw #minimalizm #minimalism #bnwminimalism #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmphotography #fujifilm #xf23mmf2 #xt2 #fujifilmlove #fujifilmtravel #fujitravel #seawanderer #wanderluster #wanderlust https://www.instagram.com/p/CUGBftbrhWe/?utm_medium=tumblr

#BackAtSea (kinda). (Fake) #stargazing.

All about the view #cornwall #view #ocean #backatsea (at Lizard Point, Cornwall)

The days are passing by pretty quick here even with these hour gains!. The due dates for all of my assignments are all nearing. These are the days I’m starting to regret signing up for 4 classes here lol. It’s too much work! Anyways this morning I signed up to go running this morning in the gym. I needed to get back in shape. For some reason, last night my right leg was having muscle spasms, the charley horse. So my right leg got really sore in the mid morning and pretty much the rest of the day. I guess that’s the universe’s way of telling me not to exercise lol. I guess I’ll just have to wait until another day. Today in my poverty class, we talked about migration and how that affects the poverty rate for each country around the world. After that I went back to my friends room to work on our papers. When their roommate came back we went to lunch. Today reservations for tables were open for the Alumni Ball so my friends and I went to reserve our table. I’m prett excited. The food looks pretty good. It better be! During global studies, we had the music teacher come and talk to us about foreign music. It was pretty cool to hear all the different song clips she brought in. We had another teacher come in and talk about Islam religion too. In my management class we talked about strategy implementation within international companies. In my water class we watched the stuent presentations. I still have to finish mine but I don’t present until we get back in Morocco. After class we went to dinner and then I had a meeting for a group project for our poverty class. After that group meeting finished, I had another group meeting for my international management class! And then when that finished I met with my friend to finish our paper for our international management class. I pretty much spent the rest of the night in the computer lab working on my paper. I’d say this was probably the most studious day I’ve ever had. I still have a lot of work to do sigh… I’m ready for Morocco. 2 more days! I may have to find an internet café to do more homework lol.

Well its been 50 days on this voyage! 16 more days left before it’s over! Part of me is excited to go home because I have a lot of stuff to take care of before school starts again, but the other part of me doesn’t wanna leave and I want to go to more countries! I guess I’ll just have to travel later in life! Well today in my poverty class, we talked about the food crisis in the world. The food prices are constantly rising in the world, and it makes it harder for the poor to get access to food and water. My friend and I went to lunch afterwards. Then I met with my other friend to work on our group essay that’s due tomorrow. I had to skip global studies so we could work on it. Our grades were supposed to be posted today lol uh oh. My friend told me our teacher gave us credit for 2 questions because almost everyone got it wrong lol. Apparently the morning class average is a C and the afternoon class average was a D!!! ahhhhh! That was pretty scary. Anyways we worked on our essay until our management class. In that class our professor postponed it to the next day and she said she can turn it in after Morocco too! That was a relief, but I still have to finish it because I have other work to do. We had a case study in this class about Philips vs Matsuhita the light bulb companies. In our water sanitation class, we had some presentations. My presentation is due after Morocco, so I have to get on that too. After, my friend and I went to dinner and then we heard our global studies grade was finally posted so we went to check out grades. I GOT A 92!!!!!!! I don’t know how that happened because I have never guessed so much on a test until this class. My Last test grade was a 76 and I thought that test was easier lol. But hey I’ll take my A. That was pretty exciting. After, I had a group project meeting for my politics and poverty class. We were working on our country poverty profile on Greece. We present a couple days after Morocco. We’re almost done, so that’s one less thing for me to worry about lol Tonight, we had a ship wide talent show in the Union so my friends and I went there to watch it. There are some talented people on this ship lol. We had some kids perform. The little girls performed some yoga, we had a boy play piano, and a group of boys sing and perform Justin Bieber “Never Say Never” lol. The little boy that played piano was really good, the whole Union gave him a standing ovation. We had a couple other singing, guitar, and piano acts that were pretty good. We also had some play acts, belly dancing, and comedians too. The prize for the talent show was a private party in the Glazer Lounge for the top 3 winners, and the top winner gets a gift card to the student store. In third place was a piano player, 2nd place was a girl who did slam poetry, and in 1st place was the girl who did belly dancing. They were all really good. After the talent show my friend and I met up again to work on our essay but we both weren’t feeling good so we decided to call it a night. Towards the end of the night I had a headache so I decided to call it quits. My friend was feeling seasick so they were out. We gain another hour tonight, so I decided to call it an early night. 3 more days till Morocco!

Another day at sea, another day of classes! 4 more days till we all arrive in our last country of Morocco! I do have a lot of work to catch up on and turn in before we arrive in Casablanca. Well today in my poverty class, we talked about rural urbanization and trade and aid. I’m pretty excited to go on my field trip with my professor in Morocco. After, we went to lunch quickly because we had our global studies midterm next. I went to my friends’ room so we could do some last minute cramming before failing lol. So we went off to take our global studies midterm. I don’t know how I did lol, but let’s just say I have never done so much guessing until I got into this class. The grade doesn’t transfer to my school, so I don’t think it matters to much. I just need to pass lol. Then in my international management class we talked about corporate and international strategies of companies. Then in my water for the world class, we went over our schedule for the rest of the voyage and talked about desalinization, which is the purification system our ship uses. Today there was a silent and live auction, which all the funds goes to scholarships and financial aid for Semester At Sea. All the items were donated by students and faculty. There were items as small as food and chocolate, to someone donating their skill of packing your bags, to like vacation homes in China and all over the world. The silent auction went on all day until about 7:30pm. The live auction went on from 8-10pm. I was going to bid for someone to pack my bags at the end of the voyage, but apparently that was a hot commodity and everyone wanted their bags packed lol. My friend and I went around the silent auction to see if we wanted anything towards the end of it, but people were pretty competitive with the bidding. I was also going to bid on all the photos and videos taken by our professional photographer and videographer too. If only I was rich lol. Then we went into the live auction, where they talked about being an alumnus and what scholarships and financial aid does for us. Apparently the ship costs $80,000 a day to operate. That’s crazy! Some girl went up and talked about how without financial aid and scholarships, she wouldn’t be able to be on this voyage. Then the live bidding started! Some of the items were like dining with the Captain, honking the horn when we arrive in Boston, giving the last announcement over the intercom, dance lessons, vacation homes from all over the world, Internet minutes, reunion voyage, and upgrade of your cabin. Some people were going crazy over the bidding lol it was pretty exciting to watch. After my friend and I got together to start working on our 7 page group paper for international management that’s due in 2 days! Ahhh!! After we worked on it for about an hour, I went back to my room to finish one of my papers for poverty and politics class. I’ve never had so many papers and presentations due within the same 2 weeks. It was a good thing we are gaining hours going to Morocco. We gained an hour tonight, so that was good. One more hour for homework and sleep!

Well, first day back at sea and back to classes! And here comes the mountain of work I need to catch up on lol. Semester At Sea classes love assigning papers and essays to everyone. All pretty much due around the same time too. Although I am not procrastinating till the night before, I was pretty much typing an essay in every class so I would have less work later. Today in my poverty class, my teacher returned so it was back to lectures in this class! She was Turkish so before we left Turkey, she gave us a bunch of ideas of stuff to do. We were pretty much reflecting on what we all did there. Her son is healthy now so that’s good. Since this is my first class, I always get hungry in it and have to wait for lunch. After my friend and I went to lunch, and the pasta they had today was pretty good. After lunch I had global studies, and we have a midterm in this class tomorrow! So today we had a review for the midterm and our professor was telling us what to study and we had time to ask him questions. In my management class we were discussing what were the pros and cons for companies expanding internationally. In my last water sanitation class we reviewed about Turkey and how water was used there. After class I went up to the Wellness Center to go get a haircut. My hair was starting to look like an afro so I decided to buzz cut it off. I went to dinner after and for dessert they had fruit pie! I was pretty excited because I am avid lover of pie and they’ve only had it once or twice before. After dinner I went back to my friends room to watch tv a little bit. After, we went to TEDxSemestertAtSea! This was really good. The first speaker was the theater teacher Drew Khan, who spoke about Anne Frank and story telling. The second speaker was my friend Lyndsi Sherman who also goes to my school and she talked about smiling and the law of attraction. The second speaker John Paul talked about financial literacy and how students should be taking business classes starting from elementary school to prevent future recessions. We had some piano players that played between speakers. Our last speaker talked about entrepreneurship for a better world. He created a business that helped build houses for the aftermath crisis of the Tsunami. We also saw a video of a lady who presented in TEDx Dubai who talked about the extinction of languages and how English is taking over the world. We ended with a video of a guy who recorded street performers from all over the world performing “Stand By Me”. It was really cool. TEDxSemesterAtSea was a success! Lara Stein, TED director of licensing, got up and spoke and thanked us for having her here. She will be leaving us when we get to Morocco to go back to work. After, my friend and I went to an info session on becoming a Global Ambassador for Semester At Sea. Global Ambassadors are alumni students who go around and inform other interested students about Semester At Sea. I think I might apply for it. It sounds pretty fun and interesting. After, everyone who helped out with TEDxSemesterAtSea went up to the pool deck and had a little drum circle celebration. It was pretty cool I wore turtle shell drums around my neck while one of the kids was banging on it with a stick lol. The music teacher was there to help us be in sync and give us rhythm. After I went back to my friends room to study for our global studies midterm for the rest of the night. Talk about a busy first day back at sea! 4 more days till Morocco!