Priceless Experience
May 7th, 2008 by Clare
Sidenote:I watched Ironman for the second time already! It is THAT good!!! Oh, and remember to sit through the credit before leaving because expect the unexpected at the very end. Hint: SHIELD (you gotta watch the movie to understand what I am saying) :D
About a year ago, I was called last minute to join the university debate team to MMU in Cyberjaya for
Women’s IV Debating Tournament
On such short notice (I got the call the day before they departed for Cyberjaya), I went, unprepared. Every participating university sent a couple of teams and each team consists of three debaters. My team only had 2 members so someone from UiTM, Shah Alam voluntarily joined us. Her name is Fazlin.
We had 4 preliminary rounds where your team must win as many rounds as possible to enter the semi-final. Our first opposition was an experienced team. It was my first time standing in front of two teams, an adjudicator and 2 audience, presenting my speech as the second speaker, trying to convince the adjudicator that we were right and the opposition were talking crap (that’s what debate is all about). My points ran out before my time. My first speaker was nailed with the point of information (POI) from the opposition. We lost the first round.
During the second round, we were faced with a first-timer team like us. They have the style, the voice and the teamwork BUT their points didn’t support them very well. My rebutal was strong enough to the extent that there were no POIs hurled at my direction during my entire speech! Well, we won the second round! 
One of the most memorable quotes in the debating history:
During her speech on the banning of homosexuality in sex education in school (2nd round),
Vivien (3rd speaker): …in sex education at school we usually not teaching about how to doing sexing activities…
Clare: *winced* [whispered to Fazlin, the first speaker] What the hell was that???
Fazlin: [whispered back] Shh…never mind. Learning…learning…*smile*
Vivien: …homosexolidy must be ban because its somettings that will confusing teenagers…
Clare: *barely alive* [whispered to Fazlin] You do the reply speech, I am having a ‘culture shock’ here…
Fazlin: Haha! Ok!
Vivien: And about de Jessie Chung and Joshua marriage, de opposites sides saids that de marriage is legal but de marriage is NOT registered!
*bang head*
Okay, basically we lost the 3rd round to a very experienced team and the topic sucked! What the hell is disarmament of nuclear weapon and what the hell has it got to do with the first world country? I mumbled my way through. 7 agonizing minutes never felt so long! I still could not think of a point for that until today. 
So in the 4th round, we met the team from the second round again!
Our team and the losing team. Haha!
And again, I think we won! The motion has something to do with banning models under healthy body mass index (BMI) from the runway. We were the government. So it was quite easy for us because we got to set the parameters and all that.
What? You think this was like the secondary school debate ar? So formal and so kayu. Quoting from this dictionary and that dictionary to explain every word in the motion. So boring! *duck rotten tomatoes thrown by Cikgu Suituapui* Secondary school wan hor, if lost liao hor, the loser would say, “We’ll come back next year! Better and stronger!” So be very afraid now!
I’d like to know more about sexing activities. Wassat?
Hmmm I think the opposing team where using the “comedy tactic” on you and your team. Crack you up, then you can’t concentrate from laughing.
Did I say crack you up? oops hahaha
Vivien: …”homosexolidy must be ban because its somettings that will confusing teenagers…”
Why is it confusing the teenagers ah? They don’t know who should be doing what and to whom isit? Wakakakakakakakka!!!
disarmament of nuclear weapon and what the hell has it got to do with the first world country?
disarmament of nuclear weapon means dismantling, stripping, abolish, throwing away the nuclear weapon lah… it has to do with the first world country because they are the ones having nuclear weapons.. mostly directed to USA and Russia the two big nuclear power. the pro-nuclear disarmament argues that it would lessen the probability of nuclear war occurring, secara tidak sengaja atau sengaja
wah, a debater. hebat!
Oi, ello! I know lah what it meant by disarmament of nuclear weapon. I was only relating on my first reaction when I got that topic then. Anyway, that was not the motion then.
Clare: *barely alive* [whispered to Fazlin] You do the reply speech, I am having a ‘culture shock’ here…
Please don’t copy and paste. Your point is?