Getting Back on Track/ ?The Voice?

So, admittedly, I haven’t been journaling and blogging as much as I should. I extend to you my deepest apologies. The only excuse that I have to offer up is that life aboard the MV Explorer is extremely busy, and any internet connection is extremely slow. But don’t fret, from now on I have every intention of doing better about documenting my journey around the world. By now I’ve already been to Dominica and Brazil (how weird is that?!?! I’ve already been to those places). It just proves that this voyage can fly right by without even realizing it. My game plan from now on is to either discuss an aspect of life here on the ship in every blog post or talk about my time and experiences in ports. For today, I’ll talk about “The Voice”.

Throughout the day we get several sets of announcements. Whether they’re about club meetings, time zone changes, or administrative business, announcements happen pretty often here. And most of them are given by The Voice. Preluded by a short ding-dong, The Voice fills us in on all the things that we need to know over the intercom system. We call her The Voice because....well we just do. Her real name is Marty, our Assistant Executive Dean. But we also receives messages from our very own Captain Jeremy. He’s the one that administers all of the pesky, but necessary, safety drills on the ship (all with a charming British accent).

Announcement usually sound a bit like this:

Ding-dong
Ah-tention shipboard community. Ahhh-tention shipboard community.
Take note that we shall lose another hour this evening.
Also, this is a reminder to please keep your feet off of the furniture.
That is all.

OR

Ding-dong
These are today’s announcements.
Please read the Dean’s Memo.
That’s it for the announcements.

Ok, so those might be silly examples, but no matter how excessive our announcements can get, I still enjoy them. Listening to the announcements is an experience that we all share aboard the ship. Announcements are really just used to reinforce the information posted in the Dean’s Memo, our daily newsletter. I'll post a picture of that later.

Until next time,
Anna