who would've thought i'd be in a debate team representing my college?? even i wouldnt have seen it coming... With that, this is going down in my life's scrapbook...
With the 1st round of the Inti Inter-Campus Debate 2009 being only my 3rd time debating, me and the rest kinda knew we were in for a whipping! The rest inclusive of: Cerlyn, Tze Horng, Elizabeth, and supposedly Annie...
Upon arrival, i thought we were going to see some other "noob" teams like us participating in this event. BUT, seeing the other campus' teams looking so profesional-calm-collected, we were literally like lil kids.
So after the opening ceremony, it was time for all of us to get down with business... guess who were we drafted against?? Metro's 1st team!! Muneeba, Danny, Nicollette, and Marc. The motion: This house rejects the American Way of Life. Our team was the Govt. for this motion. How'd we do? Like any other practice we had back at college... Obviously they won!!
Nicollette - Muneeba - Danny - Marc
mr pay - me - cerlyn Muneeba - Danny - Marcnewbies / noobiesAfter getting whipped by Muneeba and her team, it's time for the 2nd round. The motion : This house Believes academic qualifications ensure success in life. This time, we were up against the team from Inti International College Penang! They said they beat Muneeba's team last year. So.. yea.. :s But we bacame real good friends after the debate! Daryl, Aaron and.. er.. cant remember the 2nd speakers' name, and of course, Phang... An interesting individual...
For the 3rd round, we were up against the only "imported" team from Inti JAKARTA!!! They looked fierce-scary. The motion: This house Rejects that only African countries should be peacekeepers in African conflicts. Kinda blank on that motion but we still put up a fight! Cerlyn and Lizzie did great that round, whereas me, well, that was just one of my bad moments i would say. :( Right after the adjuricators said we could leave the room, the Jakarta team took off thier poker face and were the friendliest bunch of people you can find!! Didnt catch thier names though.
Nightfalls and our team knew we wouldnt make it to the semis the next day. We still stayed over at Inti though. Nice rooms i would say. Had dinner with Daryl and Aaron who were kind enough to bring us around and walk around the campus after dinner.
the peeps who wentMetro's 1st team
Team METROPOLITANUs with Annie
The fact that the 1st team not making it trough the semis really pissed us off. Unjust-Unfair-Bias. It was clearly impossible for them to NOT make it to the semis and whip those Inti asses. But, there was nothing much we could really do. We missed College Day which was happening simultaneously with the semis and Finals. Overall, i would still say i enjoyed the thing as a whole. Meeting new people, morphing and of course learning.
Metro peeps."point of information, sir...."
