| Mirror
Magazine |
||||
|
On
top of the world... Gimara, a pupil
at Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, and Nizla who studies at
Bishop's College, were Lanka's representatives at the 4th SAARC
Radio Quiz, held in December 2002 at the Headquarters of the Pakistan
Broadcasting Corporation in The Radio Quiz
was organised by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration
with the SAARC Secretariat after a lapse of four years. Two participants
were selected to represent each country and Gimara and Nizla were
selected after gruelling rounds of written tests and interviews
organised by the SLBC. It was a surprise,
they say, when they were notified that they had been chosen to represent
the country for the competition, which was to be held in Islamabad. However, they
prepared enthusiastically for the tough event ahead of them. The
run-up to the finals saw months of immense preparation. They were
determined to arm themselves with every bit of information about
the SAARC association and the SAARC countries and most importantly,
general knowledge, which meant absolutely anything! Preparing was
a mammoth task and it meant searching the Internet and visiting
embassies. The quiz comprised
of three rounds and it had seemed surreal when they realised that
they had managed to answer all the questions in the first two rounds.
This gave them a winning total of 880 points, with the Pakistani
team coming a close second. Gimara and
Nizla were ecstatic when they realised that they had won. "It
was noteworthy that we were the only all-girl delegation, which
made it that extra bit special for not only us, but for the Pakistani
women, who also seemed very happy that we had somehow managed to
beat the guys!" they added. |
||||
Copyright © 2001 Wijeya Newspapers
Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Islamabad,
Pakistan. 
