In Chinese culture, your father's brothers' kids are considered to be your siblings. I should have 1 brother and 2 sisters, but they haven't kept up with their familial side of the deal. I saw one of my "sisters" this morning. She was at my bus stop. She lives in my complex, but I've never seen her around. I've only been told.

She had a spot for herself at a temple in the case that she passes on, but she gave it up for my dad. I only heard about that too because she never told me. In fact, she never contacted me after my dad's death. I think she was quite close to my dad. They saw each other a lot when my dad was around. After my uncle died (my dad's only brother), his family kind of disowned everyone. They're very superstitious and they didn't agree with my uncle's funeral date. Apparently bad luck would fall on all the men in my uncle's family. Who knows.

And on the the news the other day, they reported that crime on cruise ships were on the rise, but they didn't say what kind of crimes. I only immediately thought of sexual assault. I had my first real kiss with a cabin steward. I think I ended up rather lucky and nothing bad happened out of the stupid situation I put myself into! I had agreed to meet up with him in some cabin. I forget where we met for him to give me a key. He said he wanted to talk. (I was only 16...a little naive...BWAHAHAA) When I got to the cabin, there was nothing in there except for a magazine! Anwyay, I didn't stay in the cabin too long. I forget his name. He said he'd never done anything like that before, and he was so nervous his hands were freezing cold! When I left, he told me not to tell anyone what happened. He had wanted to do more than just kissing, but I said no.

That incident made me a lot more cautious, so the next time I was on a cruise, I declined the invitation to go for a drink. I don't know what he did on the cruise ship, but I think he was more than a lowly cabin steward or food service staff. Sometimes I think working in certain positions on a cruise ship is horrible. Certain staff are only limited to certain levels of the ship ... to remain unseen!

The only other time I did anything with cruise ship staff was go to some club in Puerto Rico with our assistant waiter. He asked my dad if he could take me out. My dad figured this guy wouldn't pull any moves on me...Well, he was wrong. 

I don't get that kind of attention anymore on cruise ships. I'm too old! BWAHAHAA