Effervescent Debates = One Lukewarm Judge

Fatigue conquered me once I saw the sofa. Collapsing onto the soft and pillow-wy surface, I made up my mind...

I'm not going for Physics & Chemistry tuition today. NO WAY.

Yesterday was Children's Day in my alma mater. The most wonderful time of the year. Damien came back with a big bag of junk food. *burp* Excuse me.

Chinese Debate was vivacious. Being one of the judges, I get to sit so near to the participants I can even see their hands trembling.

Was dozing off when suddenly Yen started debating. Either she's trying to be humorous or I-don't-know-what, she deliberately drawled the whole speech out.

The Secondary 3s were good. All of them had this puissant jargon in their speeches which hypnotized the pencil I'm holding. I gave them marks ranging from 65-80.

Kah Hui's group won an easy battle, debating on the topic 'Health is More Important Than Wealth'. Being the opposing group, they were able to come up with reasons strong enough to persuade the audience.

When Kah Hui asked, "May I have a raise of hands from all those in favour of this topic?" I see that as a killer question, because none of the audience, nor the group in favour of the topic raised their hands. She then proceeded, "May I ask why none of the members of the group in favour raised their hands? Since you put health as the epitome of your life, why not you empty your purses and let us use your money to help those in need of the money to cure their illness."

Yen vs. Kah Hui on 'Secondary School Students Are Ready for Relationships'.

It was languor at first but when participants were given 6 minutes to debate freely, that's when the fun began. Vivian's mind functioned like a race car, incessantly shooting reasons and questions towards Yen. Wai Mun was nervous when he defended and Yen was full of vitriol.

One phrase Kah Hui uttered made me thought her as a stuffed shirt. "I believe now that everyone here can sort out the winning group in this debate, in a very blatant manner."

Seriously. There's no need to be so pompous and haughty. But I really do think her group was winning, I am the one giving the points, after all.

I used to think Wai Loon would quiver when it comes to giving speeches in front of public. I was so wrong. He sounded like he was trained well before this. KJ continued defending, standing firm on his ground even though the bell rang twice which meant that time's up. He sang some Chinese song he simply made up about not doing homework. The audience were laughing. I got stomach ache.

The surprise was that Yen's group won. It's a miracle. Ms. Woon said that Yen's group used beautiful phrases and good sentence structure, that's why they won.

Tomorrow, KJ vs. Yen. All the best.