.Saturday, July 11, 2009 ' 2:36 AM Y
Oral Conversation Day 3
One competition i entered would be the oil rig competition. The competitions require the competitors to build a model semi-submersible oil rig, and use it to race other model oil rigs built by other competitors. As we thought that it was a competition that was easy to win, we joined it in hopes of winning it. We took the competition very lightly and slacked until the last week before the competition. It was only then we realized that we are way behind time, as building a model oil rig didn't seem as easy as we thought. Many factors had to be considered in order to make the rig, for example, the weight of the rig, the center of gravity and the speed of the rig. We thought that we were unable to finish it in time, so we wanted to disqualify ourselves from the competition. However, with the encouragement of our teacher-in-charge, and the help of the DNT teacher, we manage to build the oil rig in time for the competition! Although we didn't win it, we felt that it was a good experience, and hope that we can join it next year, if we were able to....