Yes, It happened in Palmy

Bersatu Games 2009 was held in Palmerston North from the 6th to 9th of July. Yes, It happened in Palmy. Due to the efforts of Iylia and Rahmat, Bersatu Games 2009 was a success in the eyes of not only us, MUMSA, but also got heaps of praise from the other contingents. I give a standing ovation to the those two, who I am proud to call my friends. I sincerely say that the games success were due to mostly thier efforts however modest they would be and give credit to the whole association. I am one who feel that I could have done so much more to aid my friends in thier time of need, but thank god, the event went well. I cannot say yes when people come up to me and ask me, "wahh, lega la kau lepas ni, boleh tido..". I don't deserve to say yes to that, because frankly, I did sleep. Only Iylia and Rahmat and a handful of others deserve to answer those questions with a "yes".

Bersatu Games 2009, a fairly smaller event compared to the previous years I have been to in terms of contingent participation. This year, we see a collaboaration with UMNO and Petunia, as well as CMSA and Petsoc, which reduces the number of participating contingents by 2. Also, we did not get any representatives from WUMA as well as Lincoln University, which again reduces the number by 2. Bersatu Games 2009 only got 6 contingents.

Alhamdulillah, the weather was good despite a few brief moments of showers, in general, it was good. The only sport that was effected by the rain was basketball, which was promptly dealt with, when smooth running of the Sepak Takraw event finished early, which left an opening for basketball to be played inside.

This year, it is not only the year that Bersatu Games is hosted in Palmy, but MUMSA has made history by coming in second overall for the first time ever. Last year, we were estatic when we won our first gold, but this year, it has been really unbelievable, when MUMSA's name got called for almost all the sports, meaning winning a medal for that event. Even for handball, when we got first place, It was unreal, coz we only trained once. (I apologize to all that got pushed around by me during handball, thats the way i've played with the handball club in Massey, I sincerely do apologize)

Anyways, all of MUMSA are now down with coughs and colds, I guess due to all the cheering and the sleepless nights. I'm gonna make this post on Bersatu Games 2009 short and sweet because the event was short and sweet.

Yes, It really happened