Thursday, February 09, 2006
ladies and gentlemen.
tmr's the first round of jgs 2006.
this officially marks the beginning to the end of my debating career.
a short and pathetic span of 2 yrs.
has brought about loads of tears, smiles and friendships i dont think i can ever forget.
like miche said, from dep jr. 2004, people have changed, the circuit has changed and well,
debates itself has played a pretty darn big role.
the joy of getting into dep jr in 2004,
to the disappointment of not getting into intermediate in 2005
have been part of all the highlights in my 2 yr span.
it feels like my career as a debater hasnt even begun and yet its drawing to an end.
the numerous secret trainings at subway and the hilarious times we've had,
digressing from our cases and ending up at the neoprint machines.
(:, the many group prayers before our debates, where we held hands and all pretended to be calm, and made up ridiculous prayers which did really have a solemn meaning to them.
the ij bears constantly falling off the tables as we debated.
and most importantly, the late night dinners after all our jgs rounds (:
these are all unforgettables.
and then, the very first thing that sparked off my career,
youth fourteens in 2004.
where al sonn and i.
conquered all fears and ventured into the rj premises having not prepped for the motions.
(: where my first third speech came about, without even knowing what i was talking about.
and where the three of us.all blur blocks with messy desks.
ended up as semi-finalists.
losing to catholic high.
and then meeting my dysfunctional family along the way/
one yr ago,
my first jgs competition, being thrown in when someone backed out of our team.
speaking alongside char and van.
the most incredible time it was to experience a team with two other seniors.
much more experienced and calm then i was.
then again, im still the most emotional one on the team lol.
i rmb how much i idolized judith and nalli.,
the way they managed to co ordinate so well on the floor,
and to one day become speakers like they were.
i've probably never reached such standards, but knowing that i had such ambitious dreams really is quite a laugh.
today's post might be really cheesey.
and so what if no one really understands a thing about debates.
and how essentially its all just bullshit with little substance (:
where 6 speakers each talk for 6 minutes about utter crap.
and boring issues which normal teens cant be bothered with?
the fact is, i enjoyed every minute of it (;
the breakouts, the failures, the bad judges, the wins, the people, the teams i've worked with and the stress and ridiculous rebuttals and POIs i've given.
you give and take.you learn and live.one life is all you've ever got, boy u've got me started and im not gonna stop.so slide along slide yea baby thats right. im gonna show u the time of your life
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