Before I explain exactly what the Sea Olympics are I just wanted to let everyone know that our ship stopped in Singapore to refuel. We then went through the Straight of Malacca two days ago and yesterday. I am happy to inform everyone that I am alive and so is everyone on the ship. Apparently there was a terrorist threat on the Straight of Malacca when we went through it according to CNN. That could explain the gun boats surrounding our ship for protection I guess. I don't know why some people were worried, it isn't like Semester at Sea would put all these students in a dangerous situation, they have been doing this for 100 voyages now. Don't believe me, here is the article:
I personally did the Extreme Musical Chairs, and yes, it was extreme. They tied our hands behind our backs and they threw wads of paper at us while we played musical chairs. I did quite well, I got in 4th place.
I also participated in the relay. In the relay there was many stations where you assigned some of your sea to go to, once completed they would pass the "baton" (which was a t-shirt) to the next station. Stations were located all around the ship so there was allot of power walking, we could not run for safety reasons. Some of the stations included leap frog, human wheel barrel, flip cup, mystery drink chug, library book find, whip cream pie (you had to find gum in a whip cream pie and then chew the gum and blow a bubble) and fishing. Specifically, I did the fruit pass. In this event, there was a team of four and you had to pass a fruit without using your hands. You had to place the fruit between your chin and your chest and had to pass the fruit that way. We did very very well in the relay, we came in second by 2 seconds.
Other events included dodge ball, tug-of-war, synchronized swimming, lip singing, ice cube chop stick grab, and many others. By far the funniest was synchronized swimming and the lip singing. Some of the choreographed dances were just hilarious. Our sea might not have done the best out of all the seas but we definitely had the most fun.
After the olympics, the crew actually grilled us hamburgers and ribs. I can't tell you how much I miss those things, it has been forever since I have had one! Then, we tried to see how many people we could fit into the pool. The pool became huge and pretty much a dance party. The pool on this ship is really small, it is more like an oversized jacuzzi! The pool was pretty much empty by the time we had to get out.
While all of this was going on, the crew was practicing man over board drills. They threw dummies off the boat and would turn around the entire ship, get into a life boat, and pick them up. We were all cheering for them when they picked up the dummy.
Today was such a nice break from the normal routine of classes. I practically lost my voice from all the cheers and yelling but it was a great time. I wished we could do this more often. Next big day at sea is Neptune Day, which is after India. India in a couple days!
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