A Love Affair with M/V Doulos and Books

Welcome on board!
The day had finally come, the day to visit M/V Doulos. It was a wonderful day to visit this huge ship. Everyone was excited to go.
Definitely, there were two batches and we belong to the first batch, so we went there earlier than the others did. In the morning, we had regular classes because we were going there in afternoon. Our teachers gave us some instructions. They were quite busy, too looking for some jeepney we can ride in going there. Supposedly, we were going to take a Kaoshung bus in going there, but the mother who looked for some told us that it was okay but there were no busses available. So what we did, we just hired for some jeep.
Some of my classmates said that they are going to buy some books. Books! I really wanted to buy, too but I do not have enough money. However, I just brought my money with me. Everyone was ready to go and everything was ready. There were four jeepneys waiting for us, just enough for the two-year levels: the freshies and the sophies. We were two pay P15 for the fare, going there and going back to the school. Before we went inside the jeep, there were some who went first to the sink and beautify their faces, just making sure they will be beautiful and handsome in going there. In each jeepney, a teacher is assigned to go with the students. Mme. Logarta, our Social Science teacher was with us.
There was then the roar of the motor and there we go! Before we left, Mme. Logarta told us to pray, so we prayed. Our jeepney was very noisy. We were talking about much stuff. Mme. Logarta scolded us for being noisy but later on we finally came up with an agreement: “It is okay to talk inside the jeepney but when we reach the ship, everyone should be quite.” I bought, too candies for me to chew. It took us several minutes to reach the ship because it is located at Pier 1, Berth 28, Cebu Domestic Port. We were excited that even though the jeepney was still running, we went out of it. The ship if truth were told was big. We were to fall in line. There, a crew of the ship met us. He was talking there like a giant man and he was scolding us because we were talking. Then later on, he knew that we were still high school students and apologized for scolding us because he thought we were college student. At this height? But well, he told us about the captain of he ship, Captain McDonald. At first, we thought that Captain McDonald and you know Ronald McDonald, a famous character of a fast food restaurant, were the same. Afterwards, he explained that the two were different. We also passed by the ticket booth and an American woman smiled at us. We smiled at her, too. By the way, we had a free admission but adults must accompany us. Lucky for us. Then we went inside. At first, we went to the book fair. There were so many books inside. Doulos carries a stock of half a million books for sale, covering subjects such as Science, Education, Sports, Cookery, History, technology, Photography, Christian Living, and a wide range of Children’s Literature. There we go! Everyone there was busy reading. I was also quite busy roaming around to look for a book that can fit my budget. I was dizzy looking for one. There were many books of choices. Outside the book fair, there was an ice cream booth. I was planning to buy but it was very cheap. Imagine, just a small cup of ice cream costs P30. I went outside to see if there were other foods for sale. I was just going back inside when an attendant told us that we could not get inside back. We asked for help. Luckily, one person helped us to get inside. I started again to look for a book but then our teachers announced that we were going down for a forum. When we were going down, some crews were giving a sort of a storybook. I had one.
When we reached the lower portion of the boat, some people in attires and in different nationalities greeted us. Then the forum began. There was also another school there. We listened to what they were saying, especially about God. We enjoyed, too the games. When it ended, they gave us also a magazine entitled “Book of Hope”. I enjoyed reading it. We went upstairs again for the book fair. At last! I have found a book. It just fitted my budget because it just costs P50. The book was entitled “Safely Home”. Alcorn wrote it. I am not so familiar with him but as I read the back portion, there were good comments about him. In fact, until now, I have not read it yet because I am busy with some works to do. Our teachers then announced that we were leaving. We went down and waited for our jeep. We reached the school happily and talked about the things we did in the boat.
It was such a memorable day to visit the ship, M/V Doulos and the have a keepsake from the ship, a book.