The "I'm Going on Vacation" Thread

[dragonrage]

Going to clean up after the riots 'eh. Good luck, have fun and be careful.

[Munsu]

Going to clean up after the riots 'eh. Good luck, have fun and be careful.

I think she's going there for the riots.

[Buffalobiian]

I think she's going there for the riots.

Sapphi started the riots. She's now going there to witness her work first hand.

[dragonrage]

Espionage?

[Kraco]

She's going there to learn how to organize successful riots. So, the next time the cops arrest dancers, Sapphi's going to give them a hell they won't easily forget.

[Archangel]

Maybe they're giving her a good deal seeing as the whole country is falling apart?

[Sapphire]

In London. It's sexy and I love it. USD sucks ASS. The value of my dollar is halved here.

[Sapphire]

Coming back today! I went all over London. And even up to Blackpool and to a suburb next to London. It was sweet!

I'll continue the story contest when I get back.

[Animeniax]

Didn't school start for you guys on the East coast? Also, shouldn't you wait until the hurricane devastates the area before you return?

[enkoujin]

Didn't school start for you guys on the East coast? Also, shouldn't you wait until the hurricane devastates the area before you return?

You weren't supposed to tell her that.

She's going to get blown away by the news now.

[Sapphire]

I should have stayed in Londonnn. Work got cancelled for me too.

[rockmanj]

You didn't read the news? Oh, you young people~

[Sapphire]

Not really. I was too busy having fun thousands of miles away. I didn't get the work-cancelled email till I was on the plane, too. :<

[rockmanj]

I am envious of you...'ave never been to Europe.

[Sapphire]

Don't you live in Korea? That is awesome as well.

[Buffalobiian]

Did you notice my absence for the past week? Probably not.

But I was, because I was cruising around the Whitsunday Islands on this catamaran for 7 days. It's a graduation trip with a fleet of around 12 boats.




-Navigation is pretty fun. That was my main job as First Mate. It's relatively simple with GPS maps that show you exactly where you are, but we still did things a bit old-school by measuring out distance/bearings and matching it up with tides.

-Anchoring is more involved than I thought. Before this I expected it to be a "drop it in the water and all is good" exercise. In reality you have chain length, tidal/wind approaches, mud/sand/coral bed and shore distances to consider.

-Polarised sunglasses are the bomb. Everyone should get them.

-There's no such thing as sneaky sex. The boat rocks. We know.

-Expired sunscreen can be okay. It can also give you a rash. You've been warned.

-Check that the sulage pumps have power. Not emptying your holding tanks for 3 days means it starts to smell quite bad.

-If you're not tipsy you're doing it wrong. Drinking enhances boating 100x. Just keep someone under the limit in case boat police people come by.

[Animeniax]

Wow sounds like a lot of fun. What did you graduate from, university or post-grad work?

Ditto on polarized glasses.

Drinking while boating is bad if the trip is rocky and you get sea sick.

[Buffalobiian]

Thankfully I seem to be immune to sea sickness. Everyone else on my boat got it to some degree depending on how choppy things are. They get better when they look outside. I sit there and read like a boss.

Graduating from MBBS

[Kraco]

I sit there and read like a boss.

It's thanks to all the anime you have watched. Probably. Maybe. It's not impossible.

[shinta|hikari]

It's all those vomit inducing FPS games he's played.