Birthday On Board 🎂

                    On board the life is like clockwork, you work, eat, sleep and repeat. When you start you think that life is gonna be that, but then out of the blue something surprises you. Like for instance your birthday. When I had my birthday coming in my first ship, I didn't expect much out of it. As I just came to work, and I'm the only seafarer with the least experience. I didn't care of even telling anyone except my Chief Cook who had asked me about it earlier once before. But on my Birthday, I never knew it was going to be my special birthday ever. My Chief Cook took the time and effort to bake not one but two Cakes, you might be wondering why two? I asked him the same thing, he replied with one is for the Ship's crew to eat after the celebration and one is just for me to eat. One whole cake just to myself? I couldn't even remember the last time I had cake for my birthday and this was like the sweetest thing that happened to me. Even I had two cake cutting and two birthday celebrations. I would never forget the compassion and the companionship on board a ship.

Cutting the cake in the mess room in-front of all of my Ship's Crew while they are singing "Happy Birthday'.

                  Giving Cake to the Man who baked it, while my cool Pump Man photobombs it.

Cutting another cake in my cabin in the late evening with a small party of Second officer, Cheif Cook, Fitter, Oiler and AB. Ignore the bad hair. 

                 This was the last piece of cake that was seen before the whole cake was savored by me!