Wednesday, November 11, 2009

1st TIME DEBATING =)

chickened out last minute yesterday from the workshop [giving reasons like 'i have no courage to say that i have the courage' & 'i dont think i can do it in any way']

well i was fotunate enough that 1 of my classmate/team mate went for the workshop dispite me fleeing home =)

so i was thinking that hey i have to post for the form 6 cocuricular society so i mind as well get my self a certificate n some participating marks out of it.....besides the will ony be 8 teams [including my team] compiting.....so why not give it a try after the long persuading coming from my team mate....since there will be no harm done even if we do not win anything we still get certificates for participating =)

*anouncement*: participants of the debating competition pls be at the lecture hall after the assembly...
*anxiety boiling* : are u really positive u wanna take part [i ask]
*stares* : dont be such a chicken juz do it coz we can manage it [replies]
*stones at the staircase*: after 5 secs.....OK FINE! lets do it =S

puts stuff in class then heads to lecture hall......
well to my expectation.....there were mearly even 1...2...3..4...5! people in the hall....
so there wasnt really ony1 taking part after all.....
after long hours of waiting......briefing.......joking around.....the mock debate....we were allowed to go for our refreshments......

i some how still do not understand what is a cluster school suppose to be like....
how to define cluster quality.....
how should i react when it does not reach up to my expectations.....
it's the 3rd time it happened sice i entered the school on the 10th of july n i'm not sure did it happen b4 i even came in.....
the school is very prone to face water crisis almost every month =S
is this what u call cluster quality??

after the refreshments...we were called to gather at the hall once again....this time it's to ask us to remove our belongings n move to the library due to some reasons n the form 3 students needed to use the hall.......

well.....the worst part isnt having to move around the school.....it is becoz the school library is located on the 4th floor!! so this made us climb 4 stories of stairs to realise that there was not electricity supply there bcoz the main switch is in another class room n needs to be turned on =S
the worst part is only 1 of the air-cond was working in the whole library! n even tho the main switch was already turned on....there was still no current flow in the library =S so again......we had to move to other class room that are not occupied!

this is what u call cluster school? lol
i think the school is better off without the title!
poor water n electricity supply...........

finaly we settled down in 1 of the class rooms to give out the motions.....groupings.....n the titles....
moved into respective groups n classes.....
started to discuss bout our topic.....
not realising 30 mins was already up.....
DAMMIT!

well...so we all moved to our respective places....
our topic was on 'students should take parenting classes'
n i was on the opposition......n i was the whip speaker....huhuhu~~ means i will be tha last to speak =)

when the debate started.....every1's face started to turn to (0.0) (*.*)
the anxiety n adrenalin rush woosh~~~!
my mouth turned dry....
my hans start sweating......

finally it was my turn (O_O).........
when i started talking my heart was as if it was gonna throw it self out of my throat!!
7 mins was not easy to speak for.....
i only manage to speak for 6.21 mins.....thank god.....& fortunately i was able to answer all the POIs given =)


phewww.....it was all over n the scores were being announced....
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the winning team goes to......
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the opposition! [OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
we won by only 6 marks!
it wan a really great debate as both teams gave their all =)
thank god.......

bt the worst part is yet to come............
round 1 is over,.....
here comes round 2....
which means we'll be up against even stronger teams =(

i'm starting to feel not butterflies but worms =S...........
hope that i'll bbe able to give my best!!give my all for the debate 2moro......




pray n wish me luck ................


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