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 How inappropriate to call this place Planet Earth because it is surely all ocean,  When you sail on a cruise ship   around the world , you start to borrow happiness from tomorrow; not because there is anything wrong with it, but because you will never have had such experiences like this, and the nostalgia-the suffering of remembering the past-will always be part of your future thoughts. Today is a reminder of why I do it: That Blue Stuff

 How inappropriate to call this place Planet Earth because it is surely all ocean,  When you sail on a cruise ship   around the world , you start to borrow happiness from tomorrow; not because there is anything wrong with it, but because you will never have had such experiences like this, and the nostalgia-the suffering of remembering the past-will always be part of your future thoughts. Today is a reminder of why I do it: That Blue Stuff

Working on Ships Has Been A Real Life Saver And Life-Extension I had an expression  "I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list." This was the psychology of my "future self". People  are works in progress who mistakenly think they are finished. Hint. That is not the case. Yet the power of time transforms our values and shapes our lives and profoundly influence the people we are going to become- For example young sailors pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. and as Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, in this TED Lecture adds,  Middle-aged people rushed to divorce people   who young adults rushed to marry.   Older adults work hard to lose   what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain.   On and on and on.   The question is, as a psychologist, that fascinates me is,   why do we make decisions   that our future selves so often regret? Cultivating optimism is like...

A Room With A Fake View (Inside Cabin) The light version of Paradise-Hawaii, and reconstructed islands like Castaway, remind me of French Polynesia... Travels In Hyper Reality-Tahitian Choreo-Musical Performances Moorea in the distance Outriggers- One thing for sure, they all came by boat. So did I! Reprint from World Cruise 2011 With less than 24 hours in port, the locals and locale  are living up to their sterotypes--- the Tiki style roofs, the tropical gardens and swaying palm trees, and more than that, there is still the visual sovenier that, like the Postman, always delivers: The   beautiful  exotic Tahitian Princess with their down-to-the knees long raven hair ---hand-weaving leis  effortless, while wraping themselves  in water-colored flowered sarongs, in the post colonial suburb of Paris, known as modern day Papeete. As the  ukulele soundtrack in the background  is playing , I feel li...

I managed to make this year differently  by doing the same thing I did last year---sailing to The Bahamas, but not before a 6 month "break" in the Middle East. Today is Nassau, one big shopping mall The video is from May 7th,2014, Castaway Cay,   or as I call It Cloud 10, the place I will return to tomorrow. This private island in the Bahamas, is a Disney Cruise Line port of call. In answer to the question: "When Is The Copy Better Than The Original?" This would be it . I am not talking about staged authenticity, like my visit to Papette Tahiti. Most designers spend their time creating shopping malls. Re-creating the island paradise, however, is admirable. Once used as a stop for drug smugglers.Think “Snow White” or “White Snow” . There is an airstrip on the island, but it is no longer in regular use nor maintained (I shot some video on July 4,2012, a previous visit) .It's unusual isolation becomes, in its own way, a paradise-somewhere in the Bahamas. It is ...

I managed to make this year differently  by doing the same thing I did last year---sailing to The Bahamas, but not before a 6 month "break" in the Middle East. Today is Nassau, one big shopping mall The video is from May 7th,2014, Castaway Cay,   or as I call It Cloud 10, the place I will return to tomorrow. This private island in the Bahamas, is a Disney Cruise Line port of call. In answer to the question: "When Is The Copy Better Than The Original?" This would be it . I am not talking about staged authenticity, like my visit to Papette Tahiti. Most designers spend their time creating shopping malls. Re-creating the island paradise, however, is admirable. Once used as a stop for drug smugglers.Think “Snow White” or “White Snow” . There is an airstrip on the island, but it is no longer in regular use nor maintained (I shot some video on July 4,2012, a previous visit) .It's unusual isolation becomes, in its own way, a paradise-somewhere in the Bah...