July week 2

Law Olympiad 2012

I just had a taste of sweet victory after a very long time. The Help University Law Olympiad 2012 was, I would say, my fist major competition in my five years of high school and I am elated that my team emerged as champion. I'm happier to achieve this feat though not on my own in a competition as big and grand as this just as its name suggests. I consider myself lucky to be part of my group as the rest of the members are more reliable and competent than myself. At the beginning, we were excited of the thought of venturing out of our comfort zone, challenging ourselves in a major competition as most of my team members who are also my closed friends are not the type who actively and voluntarily sign for every competition that crosses our path. But we decided to try it out largely because we were desperate to gain some credibility that might help us apply for tertiary education. Needless to say, we were in a state of shock and disbelief when we heard our team announced as the winner. Among all the jumping, laughter, hugging and celebration we doubted in our hearts,"This can't be right. There's got to be a mistake somewhere." But we didn't want to spoil the moment, if there was any correction to the outcome let us cry of sadness later, for now, we're winners! Want to know the honest truth? We came completely and I mean completely unprepared. It was as if we're just going to an event outing, uninterested of our competitors. When we said we must win among ourselves, it was merely a joke, a far-fetched dream just enough to amuse ourselves. When my friend told me that the past winners of this competition prepared really hard for it and the most we did was flipping through pages of a thick fat book about famous quotes at the last minute and hoping that our trump card, Nicole whose parents are both lawyers, is all set to take the main role, I knew reaching a top position was impossible. In one of the games in the competition, we screwed up so badly till we didn't have the motivation to carry on with the next game. From three objectives joining this competition, 1. Fat hopes of winning it, 2. To at least earn a certificate of participation and 3. Gaining experience, we would only get to comfort ourselves with objective number 3, so I thought. We were feeling down in the drain as we thought that we couldn't even manage to get top 10. At that moment when we heard our team called out, it was so surreal. I didn't know what to feel, my entire body was trembling and cold and smiling for the camera was the most uncomfortable thing to do at that moment. But somehow we managed, how can we not? It was a special and not to mention rare moment for my friends and I who are the mind-our-own-business type in school. Most evidently at that time was how much I appreciated my team and my gratitude towards them for making this achievement possible. All in all, I'm happy to have participated in a competition representing my school and I'm thankful for having this amazing experience that I will certainly remember for a very long time. All due credit to the Law Faculty of Help University for organising such a wonderful event, not to mention all the interesting and intriguing games that we truly enjoyed.