Even though I haven't finished writing about India, I wanted to write about Neptune Day which happened a couple days ago. Neptune Day celebrates crossing the equator, and was full of excitement.
We were woken up around eight by crew members dressed in Roman costumes drumming, whistling, and banging on our doors. Then we gathered in the seventh deck pool area where Mr. Crabtree (executive dean), Mr. White, Mrs. Crabtree, and Don Gogniat (global studies teacher) acted as King Neptune and his court. They were dressed all out with white robes, sparkly crowns, and hula skirts. After introducing everyone with much pomp and cirumstance, it was time for all of us "pollywogs" (people who hadn't yet crossed the equator) to be inducted. The ceremony involved getting drenched in this green, fish-smelling liquid, kissing a fish (yes, actually lip to lip), kissing King Neptune's ring, and then being confirmed by the power of Don Gogniat's sword. Then a bunch of people, including several girls, shaved their heads. It's been interesting walking around the ship recently with so much baldness.
After dinner, we finished off the evening with a talent show. It had some really good acts - breakdancers, swing dancers, salsa dancers, singers, guitarists, poets.. just to name a few.
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