My debating years

Suddenly I have so much on my mind. Har har.

It happen when I was in Form 2 and Form 3, although basically I debate with everyone I love throughout my whole life. It's just what I love to do.

I totally enjoyed debating because my coach was terribly awesome. It's Ms Ida and Mr Chow. They're the coolest teacher. We had so much fun deriving ideas and pointing out cases, pros and cons to breakdown the opponents arguments.

And in MRSM, its the parliamentary style debate, so you can imagine the serious faces, hands taking down notes and points, flash cards, kids in suits, people arguing this and that. "Points of information, sir!" ; "Excuse me, but I think you have it wrong sir" ; " If I may interrupt your speech" and yabeda yabedoo.

So that day, we were against which MRSM I don't remember, but the motion was 'Teachers should wear school uniform to school' something like that, and my team were to go against the motion. I was the second speaker. I was talking quite confidently, my speech all laid out neatly, points accordingly, rebuttal and stuff. I was talking about confidence and teachers feeling good of what they wear so they have self esteem, and identity, which makes it easier for the students to identify their teacher's characters and to follow what's good and yabeda yabedoo.

I was so high, so confident, and I said something like, "everybody wants to feel good in what they wear so that they can be so confident in what they are about to. Like me, I'm in my suit and I feel so good debating here", and I sang " I feel good, na na na na na na, I know that I would".

Blank.

You see, it's just two harmless lines, but the whole room erupted with laughter. And suddenly I became nervous.

But when seeing the score sheets, I actually get the highest point on strategy. And hell yeah, we won that round.

It's not something that you can do in a parliamentary style debate, but I guess it's a one time thing, so I was forgiven.

So debaters, don't so this, sure thing, I was scold by my coaches, but they did bought us KFC as promised, for winning.