Athletes might retire and become administrators, but the DTM Sports day showed, one can never take the competition nor the desire to win away from them.
The Dream Together Master Program prides itself with its strong network in bringing people together for the future benefits of their societies. Yet friendships and alliances were suspended as members of the 6th and 7th batch were placed in two teams to compete against each other in the first DTM Sports Day held on November 2, 2019.
Athletes might retire and become administrators, but the DTM Sports day showed, one can never take the competition nor the desire to win away from them.
The Dream Together Master Program prides itself with its strong network in bringing people together for the future benefits of their societies. Yet friendships and alliances were suspended as members of the 6th and 7th batch were placed in two teams to compete against each other in the first DTM Sports Day held on November 2, 2019.
Teams white and black took to one of the indoor gymnasiums at the Sports Education and Research Building in Seoul National University to compete in six sport events including; mini-games, futsal, tug-of-war, dodge ball, charades, and a Korean game called “moyeora chingudeul” or “let’s get together friends.”
The games were evenly and most times loudly contested by the teams to the chagrin of the referees and spectators. The games showed mental alertness and also the level of physicality of the participants. Most remarkably for members of the 7th batch, the games came as a pleasurable release of healthy competition from the ongoing academic classes.
A memorable participant of this event was 9-month-old Sein, daughter of 7th batch student Raimee Je. She became the calming factor for some of the aggressive competition going on.
In addition to the competition and great sportsmanship on display, this event also created an opportunity for a relaxed social meeting between the batches and the development of trust and friendship among team members. (DTM always wins).
President of the 7th batch class Amjed Mustafa mentioned that this event remains one of the highlights of the DTM program for the 7th batch students and it is an event that should be held quarterly even if it is just within the class.
“It was very interesting,” Amjed said, “to see how competitive my classmates were. Coming from different experiences and backgrounds, practicing their common passion which is sport, it showed me that the competitiveness inside us didn’t fade away with all the intensive academic education we’re having in SNU.”
While 6th batch president Kenaz Mensah said, “It was a really good gesture from the DTM to have the classes get together and have fun doing what we do best which is sports. I believe we can make an even bigger event out of this and make it more colorful. This event was everything that the DTM program promotes: it was both competitive and fun.”
The non-stop laughter and enjoyment was echoed by all the participants, though sometimes mistaken as hostility by those passing by. The students enjoyed their time competing with their mates as they sat in the end to some delicious Korean kimbap, pizza, drinks, and conversation as the competition faded away to friendships and plans for the next day.
Though the white team won at the end of the day, the Dream Together Master ensured every student went home with a gift for effort.
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