First Annual Medical Bee

Some of the limbs of my body was already aching from yesterday's strenous activities. In fact, there's even a blue-black bruise on my upper left arm. Was figuring out where it came from? Could it be my partner gripped me too hard there while working together in one obstacle to go from one end of the rope to the other end?

Today is the dreaded Medical Bee competition that I was reluctantly elected to join. There is no game plan nor any intensive revision on the medical terms. In fact, I was virtually unprepared for it. I announced that I was playing it for the sake of playing and not for the sake of winning. The competition was divided into two rounds where in the first round, 28 questions were divided among the 8 teams and if the selected team is unable to answer it, the other teams would have a chance while in the second round, it's a free-for-all, grab-it-while-you-can 22 questions round. All the team had to do to have a try is to ring the bell and extend a card up into the air, of course the first-come-first-serve rule applies.

The first round for my team of three sucked big time as 3 out of 4 of the questions given is so super-complicated that we are not able to have any hint of what the answer is. However, we managed to score 4 points by having a go at the questions from other teams' questions. By this stage, I felt so demoralised and bored. Even the other team from my department had a higher score than us. It's all or nothing, we had to excel in the second round if we are not to appear as the lowest score team. During the second round, the first question regarding blood pressure cost us and a lot of other teams a deduction of one point as the answer was wrong. The tide for us somehow turned in the second round as we begin to realise that we had a chance to score points. I contributed by answering a few questions correctly (giga... pneumocytis pneumonia... breast cancer), and wrongly as well (iris instead of lense). My partner also managed to bag a few questions correctly. All it takes is just to ring the bell and put up the card fast enough. Though, wish there were pretty girls cheering for me from the back, haha.

When we least expected it, we were shocked that our team was tied at the second place. A tiebreaker question was presented. We botched our first try but since the other team (which I constantly 'encouraged' and 'motivate') didn't try to answer it, I took the liberty to break the tie. Not a bad competition, had our adrenaline rush when I managed to answer 2 questions and another one from my partner consecutively. Got a medal and a book as the prize. Another round of Medical Bee? Nah... it's time to give the chance to fresh people.