Sports Day 2008

They say sportsmanship takes you higher in life. Whether its sprinting like wild fire in a 100-metre race or pushing on and not giving up in a 600-metre race, with lungs on fire, and limbs protesting, it makes you stronger and bolder. It is widely said that the people who indulge in sports are the most successful in their adult life. The Sports Day 2008 was not only an event for me to show my athletic endeavors, but it also opened a new horizon and a brilliant opportunity for me. I was awarded the "Athlete of the Year' Award on the 2008 Sports Day. The Chief Guest, Marvi Memon, the current MNA of Pakistan, congratulated me and invited me to Islamabad to visit the National Assembly, and to spend two days with her, to get a flavour of the life of an MNA. It was only two months after that I had received my ticket from her via email, and I was flying en route to Islamabad. Yes, I was nervous, but a saying which had made me get the athlete of the year award as well ran in my head:
WHAT DOES NOT KILL YOU, ONLY MAKES YOU STRONGER.