Written by Derrick Ntege
6th Batch Student
Uganda
[Fifth and sixth batch sharing a photographing moment.]
As the old adage goes, there is a first time for everything; this was the first time fifth and sixth batch Dream Together Master (DTM) students went out on a field trip together.
Field trips are what any college students look forward to after weeks and weeks of burning the midnight oil. You bet they have the day marked off their calendars the moment they get to hear of it. The fifth and sixth batch DTM students had a day to remember when they were taken on a tour of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Museum of Art. We were taken around the museum having a look at different artifacts and reliving the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, which of course came along with a number of photo moments.
“Such trips always bring me joy; this is the best time for me in the semester. I look forward to such days,’’ SiGo, a fifth batch student from Sri Lanka said.
It is not too often that you get an educational tour of some of the top facilities in Korea, and who is going to turn down the opportunity when it comes along? You guessed right – no one.
[6th batch basking in the autumn sun.]
We are talking about the facilities used by some of the very top athletes in the land and there is every chance that you might just bump into one of them.
The Korea Institute of Sport Science (KISS) is where most of the learning took place. We had the honor of coming face to face with the national alpine skiing team who were going through their annual psychological testing. Talk about being in the right place at the right time for the fifth and sixth batch!
[Group photo at the Korea Institute of Sport Science.]
Yaro from the fifth batch student said “It is always fantastic feeling when you come close to someone that represents the national team, irrespective of the sport they play; it is every athlete’s dreams to put on the national team colours”.
One of the objectives of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO) is to raise national sports promotion funds from cycle racing and motor boat racing among others. The aim at the end of the day is to see the lives of sports men and women enhanced through sports and fitness programs.
It is said that save the best for the last and this was the case – The Velodrome, a 10,000-capacity arena for cycling. Here, a handful of students were given VIP treatment in the betting lounge; to place a bet on who would win the race, your guess is as good as mine – no one hit the jackpot on the night.
Well, it was an exciting day for all those involved and we hope that we can do this more often KSPO. Looking forward to the next one.
