Through Cook Strait and Across Tasmanian Sea to
Sydney.
3 Days at Sea with Enrichments programs during daytime
and shows during the evenings. Just relax and do what you feel like not a bad
program!
28. Dec. 16
1) Captains
Cooks 2nd voyage 1772-1775, by Dr. Melvyn Bowen. Serious Lecturer, but dull.
2) What you
need to know about Asia in forty-five minutes and one slide, by Jamie Metzl! He is a great fiddler, proving Abraham
Lincolns saying, you cannot fool everybody all the time. History wise is he correct, but
his analysis is all over the place. It is like throwing a lot of balls - wild
thoughts - up in the air, and if you are lucky, you might be bang on target
with a few, but most will miss and the thoughts be completely wrong. That kind
of predictions is waste of time.
3) Exploring
the Oceans, by Prof. David Drewry! Serious Lecturer, very interesting lecture,
worthwhile!
29. Dec. 16
1)
Meteorology, The weather down and under, by Dr. Melvyn Bowen. Very
interesting-
2) Rising China, Trump’s America, and the
dangerous beginning of a Post-American World, by Jamie Metzl Everybody expected
to hear some advice to Trump, but Trump’ name was apparently only mend to
attract a greater audience. Nobody dare say anything bad about Trump, they
might have to change their opinion, when they know what he real stands for.
Interesting words about China, but nothing new.
3) Rogers
and Hammerstein: prophetic voices of their time, by Jonathan Bailey. Præsentation af to fantastiske Musicals
“Oklahoma” og “South Pacific”, meget relevant med “bloody Mary”, “Bali Hai” fra
Bora Bora og Moorea Islands.
30. Dec. 16
1) Science and
Seamanship, by Dr. Melvyn Bowen. Could have been very interesting lecture, but
many lecturer thinks they have to start with a joke, to get the audience’
attention. If it is bad joke you make things worse.
2) Dust,
Drought and Deluge: Australia’ extreme climate, by Prof. David Drewry. One of
those climate lecturer, who thinks he has seen the light, but dare not answer
one single critical question. Nothing new. Uses statistical materiel without
thinking about, to whom or what it was prepared. Therefore, not worth veil to
spend time on.
3) Longing
for the past, looking for the future, Jonathan Bailey. “The Music Man” and
“West Side Story” musicals from 1957. I do not like an Instructor who makes fun
of a technician, who cannot make the work of the instructor come through. Bad
preparation from both parts.
