Monthly Archives: January 2009

Daniel, my best friend.  Daniel would tell me that I was his best friend.  I would tell Daniel that surely I could not be his best friend because he has only known me a year. ‘No’, Daniel said, ‘you are my best friend’.

Daniel was one of those people who genuinely cared about you.

He would drive me crazy!!!  Tyrone, how did you sleep?  Did you rest yourself?  Are you going to eat your lunch?  Are you going to… READ MORE!

Oretha left before the end of the year to attend a Discipleship Training School to return as long term staff…hopefully that will happen for her!

For some reason, not sure how, Oretha got the idea that I was a bad boss or not a good man…hmmm maybe they (the long term staff) were talking about some other chief cook/galley manager before I came and she thought it was me.  But after she got over the initial shock of me being more crazy and fun than mean… READ MORE!

On the left hand side of me is Jemima.  And yes, I did make fun of her by calling her Aunt Jemima which is a popular syrup and buttermilk pancake product in the United States(which as I remember, was also delicious).  Nope, I am not going to apologize…I explained it to her and she thought it was funny and EVEN she had heard of it.  BUT you want to know something more interesting than funny about her name?  Her mother named her… READ MORE!

Kind of quiet, HARD WORKER, and loved to wear all the odd head and apron gear he could find in our galley cabinet!

John (sorry Foday) was the real dish machine!  He would just let them pile up till they were worth doing (a few at a time while they trickle in is wasting time) and in the mean time he would help the ward cook, the cooking team, and/or the salad team prep their food for the meals.

You know that one person… READ MORE!

Foday needs an exclamation mark at the end of his name.  Believe it or not, (and it was hard for us to believe) Foday is about 50 years old with 9 kids!  The last baby he had was born in 2008 and he named it Peter (after my boss, the Chief Steward) because Foday said he wanted his child to grow up big and healthy like Peter! (I think it was meant as a compliment, but Peter looked a little skeptical)

Foday is one of… READ MORE!