Sunday was a day of no classes, but by no means was it a day of vacation. We were woken up at 8:00am for opening ceremonies for the sea Olympics. Each hallway is a certain sea; my sea is the Arabian Sea. And each sea had a color and our color was white. The day was going to be filled with competition ranging from trivia to ping pong to synchronized swimming. My contribution was the opening ceremony. I was on the committee that came up with the chant/song and made the banner. I was not the most helpful person. I would have participated in more events but there was nothing I was passionate about while other students REALLY wanted to do certain events. The day got off to a good start and we got 3rd place for our chant. I think it was partially because we had no explicit lyrics while other teams did. It just seems like common sense not to because our professors are watching along with their children and the life long learners. Oh well. I did not have very high hopes for my team, I am not sure why. I watched a few things, including the synchronized swimming and the limbo just to cheer my friends on. I also watched the lip-synching which was what locked us into 2nd place. I was very impressed. You may be wondering what the prize was for this competition, and dad, I am sure you will be very pleased by this. The 1st place team will be first off the ship on May 14th, the 2nd place team will be second off the ship, and so on. Generally, the disembarkation process takes about 7 hours, but being the 2nd place team means that I will be off the ship relatively early. There were about 10 teams. The sea Olympics was fun and I have some funny pictures to share with you guys. But while a lot of it was going on, I watched the Illusionist with Kelsey since I had fallen asleep the previous time I tried watching it.
The dean and professors considered this a day off. But it wasn’t. A day off is a day where you can catch up on work you have fallen behind in and maybe even get ahead for the next week. This day was more jam packed than any school day. I guess the professors realized this and the dean called a meeting where they decided that they are going to lighten the load of work. The problem is, they are trying to give us a normal semester’s amount of work, when in reality, it’s not possible. They don’t want us to do work while in port and they aren’t expecting us too. Everyone is stressed out and they are recognizing it and I look forward to seeing how things are going to change. This far, I am doing very well in 3 of my courses. The required one, Global Studies, is torture and I’m definitely not the only one who thinks so.
Ashley and I ready for opening ceremonies of the sea olympics to begin
TUTU announcing that the olympics had begun!
1 comment:
Hi Jord,
It is great getting two new blogs at once! I even read it out loud to Tova who you know can't sit still for very long! Loved the new pictures too! One of the women I am meeting on the trip saw your name on Brenna's blog and sent me her address! This is really so much fun; I feel like I have already been on the trip with you. See you in less than 2 weeks!
Love, Mom & Tova
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