08/02/2026
If you ask me to tell you about Samiha, I’ll tell you a story. It was the fourth round of an online BP fest. We were surely getting a break if we got 2nd or 1st in that round. I was locked in, ready to give it everything I had.
The matchup dropped, but my teammate was nowhere to be found in the VC. I told myself she’d join before the motion released. The motion came out and still nothing. I called her once, twice, three times, and then I stopped counting. Ten minutes of our twenty-minute prep time ticked away in silence. I wasn’t even angry at her anymore; I was furious at myself for choosing to partner with her in the first place. So, I backed off. I gave up.
Half an hour later, my phone rang. It was her.
While I was sitting there cursing her for abandoning me in a "debate war," she was busy fighting a real one. She was battling for her own life against the people around her, a conflict she never signed up for, a struggle that earns her no crests or certs, but one she is forced to carry every single day.
Suddenly, the anger shifted again. I felt sick for being angry at her in the first place. But then, she got angry at me for backing off. Even in the middle of her own emotional explosion, she came back to the round ready to debate, ready to win. I got angry at her for being angry at me, and honestly, that cycle of being angry at each other is what we are carrying on.
The moral of the story? Samiha is probably the most "unreliable" person you’ll ever meet. But does she strive to be dependable? Constantly. Does her life, her BPD, or her MDD always allow her to be? No.
Yet, I am perpetually in awe of how she commands the largest club in Rajuk while carrying that weight. She isn't just a leader; she is a warrior. Today marks another year that the Earth dealing with her, so here's to the earth! (Happy Birthday, Samiha!)
Written by,
Ahnad Aariz Enan
Former Debater, Rajuk College Debate Club
