An Unforgettable Moment

When I was in junior high school. I joined biology club. That club was kind of an extraculiculerr until it was closed lately. It was built for preparation of science competition such as Research, Olympiad, and many more. My friends and I used to join the meeting at Tuesday afterschool. Mainly, we studied biology with our teacher till afternoon.

In 2012, my teacher told us there is a research competition. It was national competition. I was so excited about it. I suggested bio plastic (eco green plastic), and my friends also gave a lot of idea, but at last my teacher picked my idea as the research. We conducted experiment for 3 months. It was exciting research that I have been doing. After the research, we made a report about it and sent it to the education ministry.

Late August 2012, my group was chosen as finalist at the competition in Banjarmasin, south Kalimantan in the next month. We were so excited. But, only one person as group representative can be flight to Banjarmasin. Luckily, my teacher picked me as that person. I was so happy about it. About one month to the competition. I prepared myself to demonstrate the research by using presentation.

In late September 2012, I flight to Banjarmasin with the other delegation. It was my first long flight. It took about 2 hours until we arrived at Syamsudin Noor Airport at Banjarmasin. Later, we continued an hour car drive to Hotel Aria Barito (the place where competition was held).

After arrived at the hotel. I prepared for the opening ceremony at the hotel’s ballroom. The ballroom was very crowded, many delegation from other province gathered at one place. I was very excited because, that was my first experience to meet other people outside my province. The competition was opened by people from ministry. And later on, I just went to bed because of tired. Anyway, I got room with North Sumatra and West Sulawesi delegation.

On the next day, I meet other contestant. We shared a lot of things. Mainly, we discussed about our research. They were good researcher, they had many unique researches. Many delegation had demonstrated their research. They shared about their experiences when they were in the judging room. Many expression nervous, sad, and etc.

When the others people had finished their demonstration, I just went to the judging room. I got 33 from 38 number. In the judging room I was very nervous, and luckily I nailed it. The last days I just spent it for strolling around the city, sightseeing, until recreation by staff from the ministry to museum and Martapura.

In the night, was closing ceremony and also announcement of the winner. But unfortunately, I didn’t make it. Maybe, I was a little bit disappointed, but anyway I had got a good experience that I never have before.