Overnight there was a little motion to the ocean but nothing too severe. However it was extremely foggy. There was even fog inside the covered LiDO pool area which made quite an eerie view.
As a volunteer for the interdenominational service it went okay. Leading songs is not my strong suit, and someone volunteered to help with that at our next service. Today's ventriloquist entertainer volunteered to read the Scripture, and he volunteered to help in the interdenominational devotional times for the next 6 sea days.
Mr. Greenburg gave an excellent presentation on differences between Japan and the West. His 4 key points were:
- Hierarchy vs Equality
- Individualism vs Collectivism
- Certainty vs Ambiguity
- Acceptance of contradiction vs logic
At noon the Captain came on the PA system and announced that the ship's time was now 1pm. So in less than 24 hours we've lost 2 hours!
I finished reading 'The Greatest Generation' and started a rereading a novel titled 'Terms of Use' by Scott Alan Morrison. It's a mystery novel about cyber attacks. I also started a new action thriller 'Field of Fire' by one of my favorite authors in this genre: Marc Cameron. They are high intensity action packed spy thrillers with a central character of Joshua Quinn who rides a BMW motorcycle.
Harry Strong began his lecture series on One Ocean this afternoon. It was just an introduction, but he appears to be a good speaker. Following his lecture we resumed our customary spot in the Crow's Nest watching flat sea and thick fog pass by accompanied by the long blasts of the ship's horn every two minutes in accordance with international maritime law. Those tones continued throughout the day and into the night. I wonder how much longer we'll be sailing through fog which makes wildlife spotting nearly impossible. It was also about 39°f outside which made walking the deck a bit challenging.
The evening's entertainment was a ventriloquist, Rob Watkins. He was quite good with a number of different routines.
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