Si, conozco Keiko Fujimori/Carlos Pueblo

Si, conozco Keiko Fujimori/Carlos Pueblo

I ran into an assistant waitress from Argentina, Alicia, on the ship and also

Knew that 25 of Peruvian also on the ship. I could practice my Spanish with

them to improve my slowly progress of Spanish studying. She was very shy

girl, after listening to my plan for future cruise to South America, she only

wished to work on the Sun, the ship on duty for that route, in order to be

closer to her home country. Another youngster, Freddy, was more talkative.

He is from Peru. At the time, there was a national election going to run off

and I made up a story in spoken Spanish including several simple sentences.

Si, connozco Keiko Fujimori ,por que? Conozco Alberto. I said that I knew

Keiko Fujimori, the one ahead at the first poll, because I was a friend of

Alberto Fujimori, her father, why? I spoke Japanese. He knew that I knew he

was in jail. You should look at his face full of surprise and appreciation for an

old man knowing so much about his country. He became one of my best friends

on the ship and I applied the same story to all Peruvian I ran into and most of

them appreciated my effort to learn the language.

Most of the time, they were very busy, yet the ship encouraged them to communicate

with the passengers. They spoke in good manor, low voice, and sincerity to high degree.

16 days on the ship was a very long time, I could see them at the restaurants, utensils

folding room, and mopping the floor etc. I would check on my textbook in the stage room

to make up a new sentence before I went out and practice it right away to impress them,

of course, I did not forget regular greeting during the day and departure.

One day almost at the end of our journey, my newly adoptive daughter asked me going

to the employee talent show to support one of her subordinate, Alicia, on her performing.

I was anxiously obey the order because that was one of my favorite on the cruise entertainment.

Freddy also asked me to go because that he had a perform as well. I sit in the very front and

Alicia came out to perform a belly dancing with a recording music instead of Freddy’s banjo

Support because his instrument was not working properly. I applauded as hard as I could and

answered the guess question correctly, her national origin, and even added her name and

stated it that she was my friend in Spanish proudly. I really had had a wonderful time and several fellow passengers were sitting behind me and indicated so later in the restaurant.

Keiko Fujimori lost to the run-off with a small margin after I came back from Europe. I told

another Peruvian worker on the Sun to Alaska, Angela. We did not have very much time to

converse yet I did remember Amy was asking her if she understood my Spanish. I was so

appreciated of her compliment.