WEDNESDAY, FEB 24TH--AT SEA

I have no idea what happened to time today. It is already 6pm and did not get pictures uploaded that I took yesterday at Borobudur. I barely have time to write this so it may be short. Have to be at dinner tonight in an hour. Allan is showing us and another couple his “unbelievable” (according to him) card trick after dinner. So Rebecca is now down in doctor’s office again. She coughed a lot again last night but today she says she is feeling better. At 10am I entered shuffle board contest with George as partner again. We have won last two tournaments but came in second today. The guys that beat us are leaving ship tomorrow in Singapore. Good! At 11am we went to another of Sandra Bowern’s lectures. This one on history of Singapore. At noon Allan, ex-Marine, and I, ex-Air Force, went to meeting of veterans. We had 2 Navy, 2 Marines, and 2 Air Force guys show up and had a great time sharing “war stories”. After lunch I had a croquet tournament at 2pm and Baggo tournament at 3pm. Lost both but lots of fun. Then went to gym for 1 ½ hours to workout. Rebecca is not working out until she gets better and that bums her out. If you know her well, you know she is afraid of gaining even 1 single pound. Dinner and show last night were great. Tonight we are going up to La Veranda for a less formal dinner. Then we will go to the show room to hear Karen Beckett, the Australian singer, perform again. Tomorrow we dock in Singapore at 9am and we have a 6 hour, “Round Island Tour” leaving ship at 9:15. It is the end of the second segment of the World Cruise so passengers will be leaving and new ones coming. The General Manager, Michael, said there will be 50 less passengers on the Singapore to Hong Kong segment. We will remain over night and depart Singapore at 1 pm the next day. Right now, we are crossing the Equator again and heading northbound.