One Of The Aggressions

Miss me? Seems like I haven't been posting much since July. That's because I have been very busy throughout the past month. I had an entry scheduled for last week, but I just didn't had the time to publish it.
So here I am now. Let's get things started in here, shall we?

Just last week, I took part in my second debating competition for the year, which was the '1st National Inter-High School British Parliamentary Debate Challenge 2010'. There were 80 teams that took part in this competition. It was definitely better than the previous one I've been too, which was the 'International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Humanitarian Law Debate' in June.
I was paired up with my classmate, Mun Shin, throughout the entire journey. It was her debut season in the debating scene, but it was our first time debating in a 'British Parliamentary' (BP) style debate. One word, exhilarating.

Even though most of the motions that we were given were all pretty easy to understand, it was the knowledge on the matters that were the main problems.

On the first round, we went up against St. George's of Taiping, and the teams from Sri Gardens, with the motion of 'This House Believes That UPSR & PMR Examinations Should Be Abolished'. We took second in that deliberation. Actually, we were tied with the top seed, St. George's, who was a finalist of the competition. We were placed second because we failed to give more response towards the Closing Government. We were the Closing Opposition. According to the adjudicators, we kept hammering the Opening Government's case and lacked attention towards the closing bench.

On our next round, we weren't that lucky either, for we took the third placing, with the motion of 'This House Believes That Prisoners On Death Row Should Be Allowed To Choose Any Matter, Way, Manner Or Mode For Them To Die'. We were the Opening Opposition. The adjudicators had a tough time, deciding who should deserve the top spot. We were quite close, but yet so far away.

On our third round, the odds were totally against us. The motion given was 'This House Believes That Turkey Should Sever All Ties With Israel'. Guess which side were we on? The Opening Government, our weakest point! We lacked knowledge on the topic, and we got the last spot, the fourth placing. It was quite rough, and we were demotivated.
But on the fourth round, it was an entirely different story. We took the first placing, for the first time, with the motion of 'This House Believes That Parents Should Be Allowed To Manage The Careers Of Their Child Stars'. It was our first win together, as a team, and we were really proud of ourselves. When we got to know the motion when it was first released, I screamed and jumped for joy, because it had to do with the pop. Well, what can you expect? Pop is my house, and I dominated it.

I love them mad fools.

On the final preliminary round, we dropped for we didn't do that well. The motion given was 'This House Believes That Malaysia Should Ban Party Hopping'. We took third, and in the end, we failed to break into the top 24.
We were ranked number 46, with a total score of 7, and speaker points of 689. Strange, the team from Damansara Jaya which was ranked 25th had the same amount of speaker points as us. Well I guess that's too bad.
Sean Beh and Aaron Leong broke 8th, whereas Aileen Loo and Becca Chong broke at number 11. They were supposed to be ranked at number 43 at first, but then they were misplaced, and somehow made it to the top 12. Surprisingly, their team made it into the semi-finals, whereas Sean and Aaron's team couldn't even bypass the quarters. Even so, I felt really happy for them all.

Although we didn't do that well this time around, we will never give up and will try to rule the charts next year. Together, we will push boundaries and soar, like no other.

Mun Shin and I, preparing for Round 3.

All of us.

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