Went for rounds 3 and 4 of the MIDCs yesterday. It was a crapping-ly nervous day since we cannot afford to lose anymore rounds. We reached there quite early, and the first person we saw was Nick munching one of the African suburbs away. People in the debate team are always eating, Sonam depleting Somalia's food reserves, Nick munching some African suburbs away, Estee.. first girl I've seen finish an entire foot long sandwich. Anyway, i was super hyped for wins.
Whee! So we went for the first pairing and motion release. We got paired with IJC, and I felt a little better and some of the jitters went. Its the whole "branded schools are scary" thing.
*drumroll as motion is released*
"This house welcomes the 44th President on the United States".
*Jawdrop*
*Commotion throughout the entire Lecture Theatre*
In my mind the only thought that went through my brain was "Obama is the 44th US President... right??!?" I know, sounds damn bimbotic, but I'm seriously bad with general knowledge. Still, it turned out okay. The verdict was a little unexpected though, we didn't get best speaker but we were awarded victory. Meh, still good. Oh, and Sonam went up, and man with all the rejection of going up she put us through, she did well after all. Woots! :D
The second pairing was like super-duper scary. I was told I'm up, and turns out we were against the Swing Team, VJ's junior team. And then Edwin tells us "This might be the last time you guys debate as a team". I was like just going SHIT! Then the motion comes up "This house would teach abstience in schools only". Not as bad as the previous one I thought, but I didn't realise how difficult it was until we started deciding on the case divide. I was still trying to understand my sectors, so I decided to focus my speech on rebuttals, we're on the opposition after all.
So thats what I did, and desperate to win, I tried to be aggressive but making sense at the same time. Must've worked decently, cause the others present seemed to be quite happy with it. And woohoo, we won. YAY NICK, ESTEE, SONAM AND AMREETH! Its VJ's junior team but VJ nonetheless! Woots.
Now just for the results to see if we managed to break into the quarters.
I have my fingers crossed
*fingers crossed*
Right.... thats about it. I still have homework and a maths test on tuesday. Not that im planning to pass this test but i still gotta put in some effort. Thats it. :)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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