Sea Olympics! Never heard of it? It is a day
during Semester at Sea where the shipboard community participates in a variety
of fun games. The ship is broken up into about 8 different seas and on this day
we all compete against each other. I
lived in the Red Sea. There was a ping pong tournament, a blind doge-ball, who
can do the most pull ups, melt an ice block to put on the t-shirt inside, synchronized
swimming (but it was too rocky so we did that inside which was even better!),
Ship-wave-captain, standup comedy, trivia, and soooo much more. The day was
action packed with events going on and they were happening in every part of the
ship. I participated in Ship, wave, captain (version of rock paper scissor
shoot) and we took home the gold! I also participated in the leap frog portion
of the ship relay, blind doge ball, and a few other small events.
The whole day we were in first
until we scored zero points in one of the events. We ended the day with Bronze
and were more than pleased. At the end of the day it is not about points or
score boards, it was about if you had fun and made new friends doing some of the
ridiculous tasks. Did you meet someone that you had never seen before, did you
go out of your comfort zone, and did you feel completely happy about where you
are in life.
We were in the middle of the
ocean where only the sea could hear our laughs and our loud chants. Sea Olympics
is a day where the whole ship is out of their cabins and all interacting like a
true family. At dinner the cafeterias are loud with laughs and everyone is
talking about their favorite Olympic game. Everyone is full of energy and the
whole ship is glowing with pride. We are in the middle of the ocean and we are
having the best time of our lives.
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