Seasickness

The journey began at Aberdeen railway station at seven fifty two A.M. on a grim, murky, and wet Saturday. I boarded the train for York, a pungent odour of fried food engulfed my senses. It made me feel nauseous, great start ! I wished I was back home with all it's familiarity and the delicious smell of my mum’s highly scented candles. Eventually later that day I arrived in Grimsby, I thought the day could not get any worse; I was confronted by the same bleak and grey weather i had left behind in Aberdeen. The town seemed desolate and wretched, a few old people trudged out of the station looking miserable. There was barely a soul in the small old fishing town where this new life experience was too begin. However I gathered up my luggage and tried extremely hard to gather enthusiasm for the trip ahead. TS Royalist in all it’s glory, was waiting for its next set of shipmates to arrive. I was one of the last onto the boat, being late was becoming an extremely bad habit of mine! I captured glares and scowls from several people as I jumped inside the ship. I started to make conversation with my fellow cadets, all teenagers, I am pretty shy and introverted when meeting new people and I found this very hard work. No one had any idea how relationships would develop by living together in a enclosed and claustrophobic space for twenty four hours of the day. Nevertheless the small talk had begun, discovering where we all came from: England, Northern Ireland and of course Scotland. By…

Yann Martel's Life of Pi, a story about a 16-year-old Indian boy named Pi Patel, uses symbolism such as the color purple, animals, and the algae island as a way to represent the ways Pi's survival, but water, the profoundest symbol shown throughout the novel. Shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, Pi has to worry about events such as, hunger, loneliness and that come with the ocean, but he will have overcome these things he will have to overcome to survive and the water with help him. When…

You are getting ready for your much anticipated cruise vacation. The best way to maximize your cruise travel is to have some of these cruise tips about the little things you should know. Many cruisers have questions about phoning home, seasickness, laundry facilities, and photography while on their cruise vacation. These are not big items that should concern you during your cruise travel but helpful hints nonetheless. Phoning home always gives one peace of mind when they are on vacation. It is…

I am writing in response to your appalling review of Mr. Debussy's music. I for one am a tremendous fan of Mr. Debussy's stunning and marvelous works. You claim his music is inconsequential and would never last through the ages. I am writing to you from the 21st century and I comprehend Mr. Debussy's name and yet know nothing about you. The chords which you claim are “musical dust and mosaic” are some of the utmost profound and recognizable chords in this world. The fluidity and grace of his…

We are wet, cold, and scared. The choppy water making us all feel sick. I clench my stomach trying to hold down the seasickness. I can see the others are trying to as well but Diehl and Ricker are unsuccessful. I can smell the powder in the air mixed with the saltwater. My stomach drops with each whooshing sound of a bomb going off. Water keeps coming over the sides, drenching us even more. I couldn’t sleep last night, my mind constantly going back to Thanksgiving. For the first time in years my…

I felt humiliated at having ruined my family trip. However, soon more people started getting seasick, and even the guy next to me got ill and disappeared for a while. Although dad, brother, and grandfather each caught one fish, my brother caught the only fish we could keep to eat. Eventually, my dad and brother fell ill as well, although neither of them was as sick as me. This made me feel a little better, seeing as misery loves company. After four hours of torturous seasickness, our trip came…

The deck of the ship heaved disconsolately to and fro like a lazy beast, not the storm wracked intensity of the high seas but the easy rolling of a coastal current. The easy motion had long since become second nature to Kyanna and she filled her lungs with the salt sprayed air. She was no sailor herself but after the initial seasickness had worn off and she'd found her legs she could see the appeal. She knew that drive that some men felt to return again and again to the sea, drawn to it like a…

December of 2015 me and my family went on a cruise to the Bahamas. This was our first cruise. Since it was right before Christmas we went on a short cruise. It was not as fun as I thought I'd be but I still enjoyed it. We flew down to Florida and stayed there for a couple days and then went down to the port. We took the Carnival Cruise Lines. It didn’t take very long to get to the Bahamas which was nice, I really wanted to be off the ship and explore. When we arrived, we were told to hide…

to safety that one will make when exposed to the objects keeping Pi alive while on the lifeboat, the universal appearance of the colour orange is also indicative of Pi returning to safety in the future. Along with the various coloured objects that Pi comes into contact with, are several different animals that present themselves within the novel. Excluding Richard Parker, the first animal that Pi sees bearing the colour orange is Orange Juice the orangutan. Despite not heavily impacting Pi in…

and settled in the new world with a sense of appreciation. In William Bradford’s short story, “Of Plymouth Plantation,” Bradford details the arrival and settlement of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Traveling to the new land, the Pilgrims set out to be a figure the rest of the world could look up to because of their religious freedom and strong community. In order to become that figure, the Pilgrims had to work hard and deal with many harsh factors such as “being infected with the…