by Agung Cahyadi
When I was 11th grade, I
joined computer extra curricular. There were 2 kinds of computer extra
curricular program. The first program was programing and the second was graphic design.
And I chose graphic design. Because I like operating CorelDRAW or Adobe
Photoshop. The member was from 10th grade until 11th
grade. Every Thursday we always came to
this
extra curricular.
One day, there was a competition from
Unisbank. The competition was packaging design. Participants had to make design
for food package. The students
of Unisbank informed to my school. And my teacher agreed to join that
competition.
After that, my teacher formed two
groups. Each group was consisted by three students. Two students were members
of graphic design, and one student was member of journalist extra curricular, because journalist could make sentences
as good as possible.
First selection was online
selection. My work was sent to their e-mail. After that, the last selection
would be held in Unisbank. Before starting the last selection, there was
seminar about packaging design and announcing the ten best works. The ten participants
who entered the top ten, would be selected again.
Two teams had worked hard. There was
junior in each team. I had to teach him
because he was a bit green. He didn’t know much about CorelDRAW. And
then we made the design hurriedly. It was deadline. Sometimes, I was blue in the face because we had to finish
our work and sent it immediately. After we finished, we would send our work.
The next day, my teacher informed us that our works were not
eligible. And then both of us were not selected. But we were registered in that
competition so
that we came for the Seminar, and we didn’t bring anything.
On that day, we came to the
competition. There were so many competitors.
They were from various schools.
And they had prepared all. On the other hand, our group, there was no
preparation at all. We just sat and heard the Seminar.
After Seminar was announcing the top
ten. The host had announced one by one. But, there were participants who didn’t
come. Suddenly, my group was mentioned by host. It was surprising. I was white
with terror. My group didn’t prepare it. I didn’t know what to do. What should
we do?
And then, my group made a powerpoint
as soon as possible. Luckily, I brought the files in my flash disk. We made it in
black and white. After break time, we would compete
the competition.
One by one, The competitors
performed. They showed the best performance. They used good animation, and real
sample. It made me turn green with envy. It was great. While my group, it was
ordinary performance and no real sample. How embarrassing I was.
Finally, My group didn’t get the
first, second, or the third place. We
just got on
the top ten. That was a red-letter day
though. Although
My group was in top ten, it had made my school
happy. A few days
my Headmaster gave congratulation to my group. I was so happy. Every cloud has
silver lining. Even though we found difficulty, it will get better eventually.
Agung Cahyadi P.
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