Day 6

Undokai

Two hours of mental and physical strain, champions against champions. Head to head, the six companies raced to become the winner of the day’s events, including a three-legged race, chopstick and bean race, water race, frozen t-shirt contest, whipped cream eating contest, and, for the finale, a ferocious water balloon fight. Undokai took the place of morning language classes, quite a treat for tired teenagers. Even though there were only three winners, everyone had a ton of fun cheering for their teammates, the opposing teams, and being crazy. Dressing up was also a big deal. Crazy costumes stuck out everywhere one turned: a red Power Ranger mask, a superman cape, a Pikachu hat, music note war paint. If teams lacked in physical strength, they certainly made up for it in spirit. Weldon won the Spirit Award for his prize winning war cry and Samir and Monica won the Ganbarri Award for the best effort shown. They certainly were up to the tasks laid out before them.

To top off the morning, rewards and punishments were given to the winners and losers respectively. A tradition at the Academy, the losers are forced to take on tray duty for the rest of the Academy; winners were rewarded simply with the privilege of not having to do this. Simple but effective; the entire event was successful, prizes or no. Having to work as a team brought us closer together, the fast paced nature of the activities gave us a chance to stretch our legs before sitting in a classroom, and many pictures and memories were made. Everyone left tired and with smiles on their faces. (:

Jillian