end of week 1
saturday was hard. went to barbers point to train in firefighting and water rescue. on the way there we past the governor's house and saw diamond head way off in the distance. Had a bus driver that was a militant Hawaiian national. pissed off about the pollution in pearl harbor by the military and the overthrow of the Hawaiian empire years ago. got to see a double rainbow, one was really strong and i could see both ends clearly. and saw another double on the way back
put on the whole fire suit and just about boiled alive... without being anywhere near the fire. when we went to fight the fire i had to do it blind because the breather mask did not have room for my glasses. that was interesting. we also put out an "electrical" fire with a co2 extinguisher... boring.
the water rescue was in the pool and that was cold when we had to get out. learned to get in the raft a few different ways and how to flip it the right way if it was upside down.
The dinner that night sucked ass. we ate in the skyline restaurant, the "5" star dinner. i have yet to figure out why people would pay that much money to eat shit. maybe 6oz of lamb with a tablespoon of white undercooked beans and a cup of flavorless mint sauce. guess i will be losing a lot of weight here.
Sunday
another day of meetings. this time it was the official orientation. we had the ships captain, and a few others talk to us about thing on the ship. each one of them reminded us about the drinking policy... 0.04% and thats all, two beers an hour. must have heard that about a hundred times so far. doesn't matter any our cards don't work for some damned reason. something to do with putting us in the system. they worked earlier in the week.
got my work kitchen and guess the fuck what... pantry. every fucking kitchen every fucking time i work at a different place. and people wonder why i am getting sick and tired of working in kitchens. maybe i can bug the next chef enough to at least get moved to the pizza ovens.
wanted a beer after work but can't yet. very cheap $1.75 a bottle.
