Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till its gone..

Thought this was an appropriate title at this point in my voyage! I don't like that it is almost the halfway point- but I must not think of that!

Okay never mind about that, lets focus on how much fun I am having!!!

A few nights ago we were able to watch the Presidential debate J A student on my boat sat in an internet café for three hours uploading the podcast to the Presidential debate. How awesome is that?!? We all thanked her like crazy.

The election is heating up and is in less then one month- ahh!

 

Before I left for Semester At Sea I was bummed that I was not going to be able to vote, however- I was able to get do an absentee ballot that will be sent to Malaysia. Most of the students did it this way. Yeah now I get to vote =)

The boat was also able to upload the Vice Presidential debate as well, which was good but not as interesting as the Presidential one.

 

As far as classes go, I am getting stressed because I have my first midterm tomorrow on Global Environmental Policy. My teacher is a little wacky- so who knows what is going to be on the test. I am just kidding; I know what is going to be on it!

My next midterms are this coming Saturday and Sunday. This is really weird to say because I have never had classes on Saturday and Sunday. Oh well I am traveling around the world!!!

To give us a break from studying and classes, the boat puts on something called the "Sea Olympics." The ship is broken down into different sections according to where you are on the boat. These different sections are divided into "seas." Basically each hallway is a different sea: Caribbean, Arabian, Aegean, Mediterranean, Bering, Red, Yellow, etc. I am part of the Bering sea!!

 We will be competing with other seas on different events like hot dog eating contest, pizza making, workout relays, synchronized swimming, jeopardy, sudoku, etc. I am really excited it should be a blast. I am not doing any specific event, but I am judging the hot dog eating contest and the workout relay with some friends. Everyone was trying to get me to partake in the hot dog eating contest and there is just no way I can eat twenty-five hot dogs! I will update more later- but here is a quick post letting you know some activities on the ship!

 

Sending my love around the world,

 

Kristen