Since the topic for this blog post is “English Debate
Competition”, so why don’t I try to write this in English especially my MUET
examination is in the next month? Then, another English blog post is written.
Today is the English Debate Competition for my school. The
topic for the competition is “This house would imprison those women who smoke
during pregnancy”. What’s my team stand? Opposition, which means we are going
to disagree with the statement.
For this competition, I had burnt so much midnight oil and
tried to put effort as much as I could. For sure, I was scolded by mom for
several times because she worries about my health. Preparing for the debate
competition at the eleventh hour isn’t a good thing.
This morning, my friend suddenly felt not confident. She said
that she won’t enter the competition again even if we win for the first round.
Then, she told me one thing that made me scare and nervous. The thing is she
doesn’t want to prepare the reply speech which is only allowed for the first or
second speaker to represent. Oh my god, she’s the second speaker and I’m the
first speaker. So, this burden automatically falls on me. Last minute write a
speech and represent it? I never did that before even in the Chinese debate
competition! My weakness is language, luckily this is not Malay debate
competition, because among the 3 languages, Chinese, English and Malay, Malay
is my worst language. I used to able to speak in Malay better than English, but
don’t know why now’s my Malay worse than my English.
Anyway, I accepted the challenge, forced to accept it. We
knew that our opposition team is quite well. I heard that they were well
prepared for the debate competition. Their first speaker, debated in Chinese
before like me but she has a better English speaking skill than me. Their
second speaker, debated in English before, knows the rules and tricks of
English debate competition well. Their third speaker, he is our school public
speaking competition champion.
Suddenly came out an idea. Adding one more point in about 2
hours before the competition start for back-up. Never felt nervous before the
competition start, but joking around, asking the opposition team not to be so
aggressive in giving point of information (POI) during the competition. Yes, I
was pulling their legs for fun.
Once the competition started, I found that my hands start to
shiver like what they always did in the debate competition. Their first speaker
able to finish their speech well although declined some POI from us. After that
is my turn to give my speech. As I expected, they were trying to give me POI so
that I can’t answer them well. Anyway, I accepted all the POI as this can help
in my score.
After I ended my speech, I still can felt my heart was
pounding so fast, hands were shivering. I tried my best to note down their
mistake but due to the shivering, I can’t write them well. Their second speaker
is quite well in giving his speech too. I gave him POI too, for sure, but he
replied the POI with quibble well (To me, that’s quibble.), don’t know whether
the judge believe him or not.
Our second speaker was not bad too. She showed her ability
in debating well. Opponent team third speaker is very brave. He didn’t prepare
any script but just trying to prepare it on the spot. Although he looks so
nervous, he is still able to end his speech well. Our third speaker accepted
some POI, and then she almost declined the remained POI from opponents. This
made me laugh, the opponents laugh too.
Finally, the result was announced. I can’t believe my ears
when I heard what the chairman said. The winner is opposition. We won the
competition. The most unbelievable result is… Me as the best debater in this
competition! I never won this honor before. It’s hard to believe that I beat
those who are better in English speaking than me. After checking the result and
the marks I get, slightly win our second speaker, she had 70 but I got 74
marks.
So, what’ll be the next? Semi-final. Will my luck continue
until the competition is over? Anyway, our second speaker decided to quit and
third speaker doesn’t want to be third speaker anymore. So, how’s our team
going to rearrange? The forth participant plays his role in the next round.