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I returned home in May. It was the middle of the peak season for our Nyonya Chang dumplings. That meant my entire family was in the production rooms, making dumplings. It was the perfect time to tell them about Evert. If all 7 of my family members had peace about
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I didn't know if I would ever see Evert again. I'm not coming back to the ship. And Evert will be staying on for a year. He will be meeting hundreds, if not thousands of girls from all over the world. I didn't know
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After the first conversation, I asked him if he wanted to have tea next time. And he was happy to accept. I had a great conversation with Evert that first night, sharing our God stories. I wanted to know him better as a friend. I realized Evert liked me after
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It was my first month on the ship, April 2023. One night after we've finished our work, me and my friends Evangeline and Rui were sitting on the floor of our squeezy tiny cabin, chatting. "Okay guys, don't think I'm weird, okay?"
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A reflection of my time in Doulos Hope. Of all the time I spent in Doulos Hope, and all the memories I created, the ones that stick with me are all the horrible people and experiences. They always remind me of the bad kids in kindergarten. When I was working
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During a time of sailing, the receptionists of the ship had no work to be done. Therefore, I had a receptionist assigned to the Galley. "Belle, I've got an aunty for you during sailing," Lukas told me one day. "Only because I think you handle
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Belle, [7/6/2023 9:18 PM] It all started when R and I were put together as a team for C-Day. We were together with another woman called J. He wanted meetings to discuss what we would do for C-Day, and he always called them short meetings and short
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We were seated opposite a man in his forties (later known as Mark Arram) and a large German boy in his twenties (later known as Lukas the German Baker)...(actually I'm not sure if he was even there at that time. Just that some strange faces were around