April 3rd
2009
American Family Insurance HQ
Madison Wisconsin
Age 12
Motivation You've made it this far now go make your comrades proud.
It's 5 AM.I'm tired I still want to sleep but then I remember what is going on today. today it's time to go to state. And so I got up out of bed went for a shower ate breakfast and finally got in the car and I was on my way. It was me, my mom and my uncle. All three of us had one destination in mind, Madison. As we were on our way there I watched the sun rise and thought to myself everybody is with me. They have put their faith, trust and hope in me and now time to go live out my dream. As we approached the AMFAM HQ I was amazed by the sheer size of the building. When I saw a map and the outline of the building I couldn't believe it. This building was divided into 5 buildings and they were Buildings A, B, C, D, and E. At first all three of us got lost but after receiving help from a couple of employee's we finally made it to the lobby of the building where I checked in and waited. Even the Lobby itself was impressive with beautiful marble carvings. Finally after waiting an hour or 2 all parents and kids had to report into the auditorium. As I took my seat I looked around the Auditorium great 100 kids. Some may have the same knowledge than me or they're smarter than me. After watching a couple of advertisements and receiving a debriefing from a couple of judges the groups were then divided. After being divided into groups each group split up and went to different corridors there state shall begin in each one of the corridors. As my group reported to our corridor we took our seats in comfy office chairs so I knew enjoy it, relax and time to meet my opponents. Like the school geography bee I was told there were 7 rounds and with each round the difficulty would become harder. I powered my way through rounds 1-5 but then my downfall sped up to me and finally caught up to me and brought me down to my knees. Rounds 6 and 7 were cultural and historical geography. I knew historical geography but that was from the world wars and onward. And cultural geography was my final downfall. I needed 7 points to advance to the tie breaker round but I was only at 6 points and so I kissed state goodbye. Though I've met my downfall it wasn't the only failure that happened that day. I also failed my fellow classmates but I thought to myself even though I failed I did set three records and that was. First Asian to go to state in something, First person in Horizon history to go to state and first one to almost win all three consecutive years. It was an honor being here though I've failed I doubt nobody shall ever meet a person that has this much passion such as myself.
"From that day onward I've swore that I shall return to state and avenge for my loss that year 2 years later in 8th grade I'm 13 years old I've gotten wiser, smarter and taller. Whenever I look back at my past to events such as this I always know that someday I'll be back. I have an upcoming Geography Bee on January 19th. What shall happen? I don't know but whatever happens I shall live to tell the tale."
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