So Why, So What, and So On

Hey folks! I've got some things to tell you here. Hahaha. Remember some previous posts about the debate rehearsal?

The competition was in Tarakanita 2. So the result is, we (me, Zena, and Lakshmi) just stopped in the quarterfinal. We didn't break to the semifinal. Okay, I'll tell you how it went. There were 4 preliminary rounds. We won 3 (out of 4) victory points. Oh man, we were beaten by SMAN 1 Serang on the 2nd round. The other 3 teams we have beaten were Tarsisius, Dwi Warna, and President HS. Dwi Warna was quite tough. They were aggressive of giving POIs and they were totally confident with their arguments and explanations. They made us mentally down.

Kak Pade always reminds us that we have to keep asking about our own arguments by saying, "so why?", "so what?", "so what is so bad about it?", and so on. Yea we did that. We did well on some debates. But sometimes it's just so difficult. And yea, we have to be critical.

The preliminary rounds were on the 1st and the 2nd day (26th Oct and 27th Oct). Then today, we went for the quarterfinal. And you know what, we met SMAN 1 Serang again and we became the government (affirmative) side like two days ago when we were beaten. It was an impromptu motion (it's like hidden motion) and it was a bit difficult for us as the government side. And they won.

I bought this pin (below) there. And I am proud to be a 1st speaker. Hahaha. Zena was the 2nd speaker and Lakshmi was the 3rd speaker (oh man we're so lucky to have her haha). Kathrin was our LO and she was very nice.

It was quite disappointing in the beginning. But now I am satisfied that as beginners, we have done a great job by getting 3 victory points in the preliminary rounds and breaking to the quarterfinal. For me, the best thing about debating is it trains us to be more critical. It's quite addictive. Because it makes us want to speak more and more. And I think, the best thing about debate competition is that we can meet some debaters from other schools. When we were debating, both our team and their team seemed to be like hating each other and all those stuffs. But after the debate was over, we started shaking hands, smiling each other, having some stuffs to talk about with them, or even exchanging contacts with them. It just made me feel good.

I told some other debaters (at school) after we lost, including Nydia and Raissa. Nydia gave me some advices and she cheered us up. Tannia did so. Wohooo it was quite great experience. Really looking forward into other debates. Hahaha.

Anyway, Melisa and her team (Ingrid and Raissa) got the 3rd place in Smak1. 4 thumbs up for them :) Hahaha just read Melisa's blog. Okay then, bye folks!