by Bernadette Nason | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yes, I’m publishing this on the 10th, a day late; I’m busy and exceptionally tired in real life too! My mum always said to go through everything I write and remove all “verys” and I see what she means: there are 7 “verys” in this...
by Bernadette Nason | May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Not much to note except that I mention a boy by name: Chris Tucker. Who?! The African-American actor wasn’t even born until the following year. I didn’t know any boys when I joined the ship. We barely mixed outside our school circle during the day so I...
by Bernadette Nason | May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Monday 7 May 2012 S.S. UGANDA Cruise Personal Log, Seventh Day I took few photos and those I took were awful, not just because I was inexperienced but because my camera was an el cheapo piece of crap. Not surprising I couldn’t buy more film. How could my...
by Bernadette Nason | May 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
All my young life, wherever in the world I was, I had to find the Catholic church; couldn’t get away from it even shipboard! Hey, what would’ve happened if the sea had been rough and we’d been unable “to keep the service under control”? ...
by Bernadette Nason | May 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
First notable thing: the honeymoon period is over. I no longer like the food, I complain about lessons, and don’t even attempt P.E. The loudspeaker bell annoys me, I don’t enjoy the film, I just want to go to the dance. And lo! A stereotypical teenager...
by Bernadette Nason | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hurrah! Day 4, we arrive somewhere! My memory of this day is quite clear yet the log is surprisingly bland. This is called “lying by omission.” I’ve left out that on the main street, my group of five uniformed schoolgirls was stopped by a group...
by Bernadette Nason | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Obviously the academic powers-that-be on board expected us to do school work as usual, (pleased to see I enjoyed the lectures) and deck games were a regular event (not sure about them.) There was a fun fair? On an educational cruise? What?! I picture big wheels,...
by Bernadette Nason | May 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wednesday 2 May 2012 S.S. UGANDA Cruise Personal Log, Second Day Riveting stuff this. Please note the Navigational Log. No idea where the details came from; no recollection of these facts. I omitted to write that, in the course of this day, the weather got so bad,...
by Bernadette Nason | May 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m finally working through personal papers brought to the US after the 2007 sale of our family home. I recently shared Mum’s first letter to me when I was on a school cruise around the Mediterranean. I’ve now found my log book which we were...
by Bernadette Nason | Apr 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have three cats: two old black/whites that live mostly on the back porch and one fluffy little grey called Gris-gris, a name with voodoo connotations, meaning literally grey-grey (or in American, gray-gray). While Doobey and Minx, the B&Ws, are strays,...
