Concerning the Shanghai case whereby it was reported that a steward was robbed, I was told it was a rumour and the steward was not involved.
However, whether the case did happen or not, it serves as a reminder to all crew to be vigilant during their nightstops.
In the past, many were robbed, traumatised and even harmed during the nightstops.
I remember one case in HNL where a steward was beaten up badly by several unknown people at a hotel carpark. He was not robbed.
At the same place, a leading stewardess was robbed off her money and the company's bar sales money. She was badly traumatised and submitted her resignation immediately upon return to Singapore.
A steward was robbed in his London hotel room by a man who claimed he was a hotel employee going into his room to check the bar items in the fridge. The steward was slashed in the neck after refusing to surrender his Rolex watch.
There were many other cases too but the few cases I have mentioned will sufficed.
Therefore, for the Shanghai case whether it existed or not is unimportant but it serves to remind us to be extra vigilant when going out alone in a foreign country.
Oden (ใใงใ?) is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon, konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Ingredients vary according to region and between each household. Karashi is often used as a condiment.
Oden was originally what is now commonly called misodengaku or simply dengaku; konnyaku or tofu was boiled and eaten with miso. Later, instead of using miso, ingredients were cooked in dashi and oden became popular.
Oden is often sold from food carts, and most Japanese convenience stores have simmering oden pots in winter. Many different kinds of oden are sold, with single-ingredient varieties as cheap as 100 yen.
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