Nothing
comes easy in life. Everything that we achieve pays off from our hard work. It
might sound cheesy to most of you and very repetitive, but hey…. It’s the
truth! The young girl that I have hunted down has achieved her talent through
hard work. She worked on her passion for hours and now she even
teaches. Balance, capturing the moves and most of all, making sure you’re doing
it right. This kind of talent can only be done through patience. Her
persistence became her power to accomplishing her talent. Bianca Rakheja gave
it her best and she is now a professional skater!
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| Bianca Rakheja, 18 years old |
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| Bianca competing when 14 years old (second place) |
Bianca
Rakheja is a second year Health and Science student in Marianopolis. She
started off skating at the age of four.
“I really didn't like
it when I started,” she says. “I really didn't want to continue it either.”
However, with her
mother’s support and her coach’s hard work, Bianca soon learnt to not only
skate but love it as well.
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| Bianca competing when 15 years old |
“I started private
lessons and competitions around nine,” she says. “The adrenaline rush on ice
made me realize that this was what I really wanted to do apart from studying of
course.”
It definitely becomes
hard at times to manage Marianopolis and skating, but “if you love something”
as Bianca would say, “you can for sure make time for it”. At
the end of the day, Bianca not only manages to succeed in skating but in school
as well.
“I
handle skating along with studies because I am
given the privilege to make a schedule that fits my skating schedule. My
coaches are great and flexible as well. It's not easy, but in balancing the
activities, I have learned to work hard and manage my time well when doing
school work! So basically, it's been very beneficial to my lifestyle.”
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| Bianca winning first place to an interpretive solo "Jai Ho"
Bianca currently skates for five hours a week and she also teaches kids to skate as well.
“I love teaching kids
because it gives me the opportunity to learn how to interact with children.
It's true that I teach them, but they're the ones teaching me patience and
compassion. It's a great job, because I get to spend my time surrounded by
children. They're always happy and pleasant to be around. It's a great
environment.”
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| "If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere" -Frank A. Clark |
