Friday, April 4, 2008

From Hong Kong

So after about 40 days at sea I'm now in Hong Kong. Thank God for land. You know you've been at sea for too long when you start finding unattractive dudes attractive. Not cute, ok. It's like beer goggles except without alcohol. Sea goggles, ok.

I heart Hong Kong. So many Asia. Narrow streets, shabby buildings, electronics, funky smells, stray dogs, skyscrapers, people with terrible haircuts and terrible teef. I heart it. Something that isn't fun about Asia is how my google is now in Chinese and I can't un-Chinese it because probably I forgot (never learned) to read Chinese. Probably!
But yeah, thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday! It was like any other day underway, except I got to eat this ridiculously SWEET dinner that they cook for all the people with birthdays in March and it was just the fattiest thing ever. So good.

I'll try and update this blog as much as possible with what I've been doing/where I've been/and random thoughts. I'm a bit disconnected with the world since I spend all my time in a warship actively patrolling the Pacific Ocean, but...yeah. The only connection I have is e-mails from friends/family/the People subscription my mom got me (it's great).

Some baby FYIs:

-No, I'm not still in Guam. I was there for a brief port visit earlier on in my deployment. The way it works is we are out at sea for the majority of the time and then will pull into port for a few days (average 3-4 days) and then will go back to sea for about 3-4 weeks (sometimes more).

-I get back in late May/early June and it's going to be glorious.

-I do not have access to facebook, gmail, or youtube. If you want to contact me, e-mail: zahra.osman@ddg53.navy.mil

What is going on in America? I'm so out of it. And fuck CNN.com. It's still useless. And the NYT is too bougie for me, ok with it's college level words. I need that shit DUMBED down because I don't have time for that shit. I need a Best Week Ever for international and national events.

I also need for all my friends to join the Navy and come on my ship.

I'm just saying.

2 comments:

kgood said...

discovering this blog just made my week. miss you zahra. solar shields for life.

kgood said...

ps. this is katiebgood. like a little baby bird.