(another) s3w debate story

so.. I came to SMAK 3 Week for the second time.

their theme this year: The 8th Wonders

my team consisted of:

- Stefanny as the 1st speaker

- Me as the 2nd speaker

- Kario as the 3rd speaker

just like last year, we had 4 prelims and quarters, semis & final after that.

for the prepared motions, they gave us 3 headings:

Religion, Indonesia & Electronic Lifestyle

1st pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)
motion: THW ban Blackberry (prepared) as GOV
Single adju losing decision with margin -1,5

2nd pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 2 Tg Selatan)
motion: THS the us of torture in U.S. (impromptu) as GOV
Single adju winning decision with margin +2

3rd pre-eliminary (vs SMAK 3 B)
motion: THBT TNI/Polri should have their rights to vote (prepared) as GOV
Single adju winning decision with margin +6

4th pre-eliminary (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)
motion: THW criminalize homophobic movements (impromptu) as OPP
Single adju winning decision with margin +0,5

until the end of the prelim we've got +7 margins

quarter final (vs Ipeka Sunter A)

motion: THS the use of terror in protecting environment (impromptu) as GOV

Unanimous winning decision 3 to 0 (3 adjus) with margin unknown

so, here..when it came to motion preferences, me and my team were like "how the hell on earth my opponent chose this order of preference? it's easier for their position to debate about motion number two than ecoterrorism!". since I used to love being in the "good position" to be hard on ppl who hurt environment, my team did the debate kind of greatly (yah at least I guess so).. after the decisions we asked Dyslai why did she prioritize this motion and she was just saying "Ya ampun! gua salah preference gara-gara Glen!!" then we laughed out loud..hahahha

semi final (vs Ipeka Pluit)

motion: THW acknowledge all religion, faith and believe in Indonesia (prepared) as OPP

Unanimous winning decision 5 to 0 (5 adjus) with margin unknown

after facing IPSUN on the quarter..I just relieved, it's done, facing our own friend. but then, tragedy..oh..tragedy. it happened (again), we had to face IPLU with Glen as one of the speaker. the last time I faced Glen in a debate was last year's BL1TZ SMAK 1 Cup on Quarterfinal round, he did great with his british pronounciation style..and I felt so retarded, left behind by my junior high school's best friend -____-. lucky, we won :D

grand final (vs SMAN 1 Tg B)

motion: THW abolish all limitations on immigration (impromptu) as GOV

Split losing decision 3 to 6 (9 adjus) with margin unknown

I didn't understand what the motion is all about, I'm dying, telling my teammates "I'd better faint than got ashamed this way!!". but then, they forced me to struggle, but I stupidly came forward to the podium brought up my shameful points which are not my points at all because Kario just told me what I have to argue since I didn't really understand how this mechanism's going to work. I'm not into my speech, it's an argument without a soul from the speaker, no way it'll be great. I'm sorry mates.. forgive this awful second speaker :(

so.. again, I lost to the team that had Sindhu as one of them for the 2nd time =_____=

it was totally my fault, because I didn't know the case, I didn't understand the thing / issue, I've never even been abroad!!

though Kario (the only one in my team who's ever been abroad) tried hard to explain me about immigrations/visa/etc I still can't get the point.

I came forward as a second speaker of the GOV team, talking about nonsense I didn't understand! :(

it made our team looked so lame and it wasn't even a proper debate as a FINAL ROUND.

worst debate I've done in this competition was the final round.

great.. I ashamed myself hahaha! =_____=

even most of the adjudicators give me such bad comments when I asked for personal assessment,

one of the adjus; named Alun, said:

"All of the 2nd speaker's points are silly"

alias

"Semua argumen 2nd speakernya konyol abis" --> HAH, you mean, ME? it hurts my deepest butt, no, I mean HEART. I was about to cry, lucky I could hold it back :'(

the best speaker's Gabby from SMAN 81. congrats gab! you're cool! :)

but, then think again. I'm still thankful to all my friends who supported me, my understanding mom and God! :)

p.s.: this time we sent 2 teams; my team and 1st grader team. we're so happy because the 1st grader made lot of friends and seemed like they love debate as much as we do (L)

muchas gracias. hasta luego!