The Vague Passion

I have been spending the entire day at UiTM, Shah Alam, for an international inter-varsity debate competition, called the 'International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Humanitarian Law Debate', for the past three days. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins and was really excited, being able to compete with people from around the globe. That's something good to hear.
Also, it was my first time participating in a debate competition. Sweet. So you can imagine how overjoyed I was.
Most of the themes for the motions were around current issues and the international humanitarian law. International humanitarian law is a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects person who are not, or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare. It is also known as the law of war, or the law of armed conflict. Besides, it is part of the international law, which is the body of rules governing relations between States.
Anyway, we had to go through five preliminary rounds, in order to advance to the quarter finals, which we unfortunately, didn't. Out of the five rounds, we managed to convince the judges and won only one case. We were in the fourth round at that time, and we were going against a team from Pajajaran, a university of Bandung, Indonesia. The motion given was, 'This House Believes That All Nations Should Rectify The Mine Ban Treaty', and we were on the affirmative side. The other topics that we debated on include, 'This House Believes That We Should Prioritise Women When Accepting Refugees In Armed Conflicts' and 'That Preemptive Air Strikes Should Be Launched On Suspected Nuclear Proliferators'.
Throughout this whole competition, or you could say, the preliminary rounds, we have encountered various feedback, critics, compliments, and insults from the adjudicators. Well, I guess that it's something good for we get to learn from our mistakes and input them in our future cases, so that we'll never repeat them, ever again.
Without the help and cooperation from my fellow team mates, Nicholas and Jerome, I won't think we will still be standing here as one, today.
It was a great yet enriching experience for us. I look forward to more debate competitions for the times to come.

Although I wasn't there to see you in your confirmation dress, just remember that you always have me with you.

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