Christmas，2013-12-25

【Aiden in English】

        Merry Christmas to all! It was another sea day, crossing the Indian Ocean from Mahe Seychelles to Mombasa Kenya. I had nothing to do. The regular activities that went around the cruise ship were mostly to get people to distribute Big-O-Points.

        The first thing was the indoor putting tournament. To score a point, you had to hit the ball into a hole on a raised threshold. Today's challenge was near impossible. Everyone got equal Big-O-Points because no one had ever had one. At least everyone was a winner and everyone was tired of 1^st place with a score of 0.

        Next, I headed to the table tennis tournament with two brothers, Alex and Nick. It looked like Santa Clause didn't want me to win this game with the luck of the draw. I was paired up with the 4-time champ. Let's just say I tried my best. However, it wasn't enough.

        We then raced to shuffleboard, which I was the master at. It was me teamed with a guy named David against Alex and Nick. From the start, the game was in our team's control. Nick got his team negative 10 points, while David got his solid 22. I scored another 15 and David continued to smack the extra and unnecessary 10.

        It was probably the best sea day yet because I was able to gather 12 Big-O-Points! I guess no matter where you go, the luck of Christmas is always with you on Christmas Day. Hallelujah!

【紅霞譯文】

        聖誕節快樂﹗今天因為要繼續東西穿越印度洋，從塞舌兒馬埃島駛往肯尼亞蒙巴薩市，所以恰好趕上海上航行日。我遊手好閒，打算加入遊輪娛樂大軍，跟隨其他乘客一起找樂玩遊戲。

        第一項是室內高爾夫輕擊球。如欲得分，你必須將球打入人工加高的洞口內。今天實在無挑戰可言，沒有一位參賽者能夠擊球到位，大家平分秋色，也就是說，每人都是贏家，彼此始終站在同一起跑線上。

        第二項是乒乓球循環賽。我和亞歷克斯、尼克倆兄弟打完室內高爾夫輕擊球後立即跑去參加乒乓球循環賽，看來聖誕老人並非希望我出人頭地，從分組抽籤上就能證明這一點，我與連續四次榮膺冠軍的選手狹路相逢，雖有心應戰，但力不從心。

        第三項是沙狐球。這是我拿手好戲，我與名叫大衛的隊友聯手對付亞歷克斯和尼克。比賽一開始，我們就先聲奪人。尼克將球推入倒扣10分區，而大衛則一舉拿下22分﹔我巧借東風再接再勵，新添15分﹔最後，大衛將比分拉大，又額外多得了10分。

        這麼過一個海上航行日真的不錯，我收穫了12點遊戲積分﹗我覺得聖誕節這一天無論你走到哪裡，都會深感福祉盈門。哈利路亞，感謝上帝保佑！

Christmas Day in History(歷史上的聖誕節)：

2012: Christmas @ Sea, Chile(智利遊輪上過聖誕)

2010: 節日禮物(Holiday Gifts)

2009: 新西蘭基督城(Christchurch, NZ)

Christmas Gathering (聖誕節聚會 12-25-2013)

Christmas Chocoholic Tea (聖誕巧克力茶點)

Bar @ Nautica Oceania (“大洋·航海”號遊輪——吧檯) 

Crosslink(相關博文):

Across the Indian Ocean(穿越印度洋)