I'm SORRY this is SO SO SO LATE. My blog died, so I'm reviving it with my life-giving spirit. (:
Okay MOL debates just ended. NYGH2 got through to the finals! (: Nicolette and I didn't. It was mostly my fault, considering that I didn't really fulfill my role as the Closing Government. I was supposed to give an extension of the Opening Government's arguments, but my substantive was pretty much the same as the one they gave. I had 2 others, but I was more comfortable with the first because I'd written that speech. I should have taken the third substantive instead--it would have saved us. D: Nic gave a reply speech as the last CG speaker, when she was supposed to give a 3rd. But previously she'd been told to do just that, so it wasn't her fault that the content of her speech did not adhere to this format. Overall: right speakers, wrong format. But I screwed it up because I should have known better than to choose such a similar substantive. Or at the very least, I should have had the sense to signpost my substantive and show just why it was different from the Opening Government's.
The point, though, is that this is the one speech competition I've learnt a suprising amount from. Orators' Cup and NFL taught me some things; World Scholars' Cup taught me more things; and Ministry of Law Debates taught me the most. It's probably because this is my first pure-debate competition (therefore pitting me against official debaters--ACK) and I've had to really buck up my debating skills. It's also most likely because I trained long and hard with the debaters and with Yong Wei, and I learnt tons off them, people who debate throughout the year and have gotten used to it all. Ironically, the competition that I don't win ends up being the one in which I truly grow and develop (or at least, I think I have. Tell me I have!). I'm disappointed and a little pissed off with myself, but that's just how you're supposed to feel after a defeat. What brightens it up, though, is that the effort was worth what I learnt from the experience--and the friends I made in the process.
NYDC, thanks for all your support and for being such great people during training (: Training with you all was really fun. I have to admit that I dreaded it at first, but after a while I honestly began looking forward to them, and I'm going to miss them. I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to fit in with you. Thanks for being so encouraging (: I learnt tons from all of you. Kick ass tomorrow (avenge us HAHA) :D
Batch 10, thanks for coming down today to support the teams! And the two people who sms-ed me afterward, thanks a bunch (: You all were really encouraging and seeing you all there made me go all gung-ho about the debate (even though that kick-ass attitude kind of dissipated once that guy POI-ed me...uhh). Thanks for being there! I love Batch 10 too :D You all will be awesome seniors for Batch 11!
It's settled, then--my last speech competition for the year. (THANK GOODNESS.) Now it's time to get my head set on EOYs (and NOT SCREW THEM UP LIKE THIS DEBATE) and study my ass off for them!
But first...watch finals tomorrow. :D
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PROFILE
this is where i let rip, so be warned that you might not like everything that pops up here. but i do, so deal with it. (: .
loves
this is so subject to change that i'm not even gonna bother listing them down.
hates
too many, and the list would be extremely volatile, anyway.
wants
a place in Oxford University (good luck, jennifer.)
for someone to know that he has a special place in her heart!
to survive in HCJC next year
not to have so many wants (but who's counting?)