My Point of View in Dewa Athena

My Point of View in Dewa Athena

A SMA Negeri 3 Bandung Sport Event

            So, every school (probably only in Indonesia I guess. I never heard anything like this from the outside of Indonesia) usually has an annual event of sport. In SMA Negeri 3 Bandung we called it as Dewa Athena (Funnily enough it stands for Olimpiade Siswa, Ajang Tunjuk Kebolehan, Eksistensi, dan Kebersamaan Siswa (means: Student’s olimpic, the event for showdowns, existence, and students togetherness)). It was held for 5 days, 2 days is for the freshmens (10^th graders qualifier), 2 days for the 11^th graders, and a day for semifinal and Final (which leads to 10^th grader aghainst 11^th grader).

            Dewa Athena 2017 was held at (for 10^th graders, because I am a freshmen) 25^th March, 1^st April, 8^th April.

            25^th March, The first day of Dewa Athena. I didn’t participate at anything. Because, I didn’t even come there. The reason is I need to attend a symposium. The symposium is about martial art called Aikido. I already paid for it, so what is my reason to not come and take the symposium. The symposium tooks quite a lot of time, it starts from 8 A.M. till 4 P.M. . After the a lot of exercise in the symposium, I am just too tired and trying to prepare for the next day. Because in the next day I had the exam to upgrade my belt or kyu.

1^st April, The second day of Dewa Athena. My friends brought us to the victory. However, the girls in my class got eliminated in every subject. By the way, I didn’t come to the event again. At the morning I felt a bit dizzy. But I did come to school to attend the religion class. After the class, my head is just feel a lot dizzier and I felt I almost fall. So I decide to just go home and take a rest.

           8^th April, The third day of Dewa Athena. If you think I didn’t come to the event again, you’re wrong. I did come. In the morning we are asked to come at 6.30 A.M. to ride a bike around Bandung. Later on, people were late and the ride is postponed for 1 hour. We ride around Bandung from 7.30 A.M. to 10 A.M. . On the way, 1 of my friend stopped. He is Gregory, his bicycle chain is stuck between the gears and the bicycle frame. Sadly there’s no spanner or y key to loosen the nut that locks the frame from the tyre. So, he is picked up by one of the committee that ride a motorcycle and take his bike along to the rendezvous point.

       Later on, I participated in the finals of dodgeball and soccer. I neither do good. I am just a burden that carried by my friends. And then my friend told me to not think about that and just take it as a fun thing to do. I get slightly better at the game and in my mind I achieved equanimity. Finally, we won the soccer final although we lost the dodgeball one.

      Well, I didn’t participate a lot in the event. But, I enjoyed the time when I participate. Thankfully it’s all because of my friends (and fate which has been set by God)