And the Winner is...

So Sea Olympics were in full swing. We had the sign-up sheets filled out for events, routines completed for synchronized swimming and lip synching, and all of our yellow gear collected. All that was left was for opening ceremonies to commence and for the games to get underway.

Finally the morning came and opening ceremonies were crazy!! All of the seas were decked out in their respectful colors and decorated from head to toe. It reminded me of blue and white day in high school…my favorite day of the year. We were all chanting our cheers and getting excited. Archbishop Desmond Tutu had the honors of getting the games underway…”Let the games begin!!”

I immediately went to the 7^th deck by the pool to see the synchronized swimming event. It was awesome to see all of the different routines and ideas by all of the other seas—some better than others, some more funny than anything, but all in all one of the best events to watch. The Yellow Sea went with the all-guys routine. It was hilarious. They used a mix of songs ranging from Milkshake to RESPECT to Bye Bye Bye. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen…especially since they were all in little yellow shorts. Watching that made my day! Unfortunately we didn’t place, which I think we should have, but it was still a strong effort.

I went around for most of the day taking pictures/videos and cheering on my team. We placed third in the Tug of War competition, which is still good, but the best part was the face that we were able to beat the Caribbean Sea (black), which had been winning all day, and had all of the big-muscled jocks on their team. That made Amy’s day. For the rest of the day, when we wouldn’t win events, she would go around saying how we beat the black team in tug of war. It was actually hilarious!

My other favorite event was the Lip Synching event. Each sea was to put together a performance while lip synching to a song/mix of songs of their choice. Some of the seas put together amazing routines. My favorite was the Aegean Sea’s routine. They were phenomenal. They had a routine with about six different songs ranging from Single Ladies to Thriller to I Like Big Butts, with a little Justin Bieber thrown in. It was the best routine of the night and they deserved to win first place. The Yellow Sea put together a mash up of Britney Spears songs which was awesome, but wasn’t enough to place in that event either.

The Caribbean Sea won the Olympics, with their prizes being to be the first ones off of the ship in San Diego, and they also get to have a dance party in the staff/faculty lounge. The Yellow Sea came in at a solid fifth place. Not too bad. Out of ten seas, we came in the top five haha. Once it was apparent that we were not going to win, all of the competitiveness didn’t matter and we just let loose and had fun with it. I think it was better that way. Of course I would have loved to win, but it was still so much fun to just see all the events and see the spirit that people expressed. All in all, the day was a lot of fun and I’m sad it’s over. Congratulations Caribbean Sea!