I have never seen, heard, or played this amazing game called Phase 10. It is a card game that you play to achieve ten phases first before anyone else in the game. The most stressful rule in this game is that you cannot skip a phase until you complete the phase you are in. For me, I was stuck on phase six for five rounds. It was mentally and physically draining because it was 3 AM, and I could not finish the game.
Like Phase 10, I believe BME CUReS has ten phases for us to complete in order to grow as cancer fighters. The first phase must be to break the awkwardness. Many nights of playing games, talking about politics, and sharing personal anecdotes, I believe we have gotten much closer and breaking down the awkwardness. But the most effective way to break down the awkwardness was going out to Austin and exploring what this vibrant city has to offer.
We went to see the bats fly off the bridge near South Congress. Well, we tried. We went to the Museum of the Weirds on the Sixth Street, but I think it was a bad timing because there were just so many bikers that day. We went out to eat In N Out burgers, and we were not disappointed by its taste and its price. As a person who is from NY, I never had In N Out, so I think this is my favorite memory I have so far from being part of this program.
There are so many more phases for us to complete, and even though we might be stuck on the same phase for weeks, it is good that I won’t be the only one stuck.
Shinhyuk Bang, Syracuse University
