Mondays #loveorhate #languagediarychallenge day01

Lundi matin - l'amour ou l'haine? Je pense que je ne suis pas qualifiée pour faire cette distinction. Pour la première fois de ma vie, je travaille du lundi au vendredi. Pendant la dernière décennie, je travaillais sur un bateau de croisière et là, on travaillait sept jours par semaine. Donc, il est peu importe…

#languagediarychallenge day96

L'altro ieri ho scritto che ho avuto bisogno di ritrovare un rapporto con la lingua italiana.Quella sera, la mia amica da infanzia mi ha scritto - i suoi genitori hanno bisogno un receptionist, sarei interessata?Lei era il mio rapporto passato con l'italiano (pioché la sua famiglia vengono dall'Italia e hanno attività qui ed in Italia)…

#languagediarychallenge day94

Sto imparando del mio lavoro in italiano affinché forse puoi lavorare nel cantiere navale per la nuova nave. L'Agente Marittimo rappresenta il lato commerciale dello scambio delle merci. I lavori possibili sono: agente marittimo, mediatore, spedizioniere, magazziniere portuale, e le ditte della compagnia portuale.Le principali mansione di un Agente Marittimo sono quelle di preparare l'arrivo…

#languagediarychallenge day34

Are you working hard or hardly working? Travaillez-vous dur ou travaillez-vous à peine? Lavori duro o lavori poco? / Stai lavorando duro o lavori a malapena? Ben je hard aan het werken of ben je nauwelijks werkt? Δουλεύεις σκληρά ή δεν δουλεύεις σκληρά; Any corrections are welcome!

#languagediarychallenge day23

Aujourd'hui, j'ai postulé pour le trentième poste. Bref, c'est une trentaine d'emplois que j'ai envoyé mon CV … et seulement deux qui me contactent du tout. Je pense qu'il doit y avoir une meilleure façon de le faire. Je pense donc que je ne vais pas du tout postuler pour octobre. Mais s'il y a…

The Grass is NOT Always Greener

It seems that lately I come across many people who make assumptions about me and my life without any real knowledge of the things they are assuming.  When you work with people from all over the world, this happens quite frequently.  For me, this helps put things in greater perspective.  Other people, however, seem to…

My Life is Your Vacation

I'm writing this about 3 weeks into my current vacation from ships.  This time, I left the ship in Jolly England, so decided to delay my flight home a week and explore some of the country.  I spent a few days staying with friends down south followed by a couple days partying and sightseeing in…

Karma’s a B**ch

Let me preface this my saying that my work has been really short staffed the past month or so because they fired a bunch of people for bull shit reasons (always seems to happen this time of year).  So now, those of us left have been worked into the ground and are therefore all sick,…

Don’t Judge Me!

For those of you who don't know, this weekend was Gasparilla Pirate's Fest, Tampa's own little version of Mardi Gras (only better because it's pirate themed!) I had the fortune to be in the parade this year (which was always on my list even though I don't think I ever wrote it).  I'm not sure…

Christmas Eve Eve

As a kid, I always remember going to my grandma's house or my aunt's house on Christmas Eve for a big Italian dinner and opening presents form the family (we still waited til Christmas morning to open presents from Santa, of course!)  Then we'd go to "midnight mass" (which I put in quotes because it…