Another Debate Story

Assalamualaikum!

 Sebenarnya minggu ni nak exam. Jadi,saya tak sepatutnya online.

TAPI!! Saya dah study semalam dan sekarang pun saya tengah study ni. Dan!! kepala saya dah serabut sikit Oleh itu! Saya online-lah kejap pada pagi yang serba indah ini. Daripada tidur, baik online, blogging. Kan kan?

Actually, I just wanna tell you about my debate story, this year.

I participate in the SMKAMH Interschool Debate Championship again this year.
It is held by ex-SMKAMH debaters for SMKAMH students, last month.
I don't really have any intention to participate it this year because I am busy enough.
I got bunch of homeworks, srikandi stuff (xyah tau kot), and yeah, lot of others.

BUT!! One day.... in a school debate team training session, as usual......

"Who didn't participate in the Interschool Debate Championship?" Kak Ulfah asked.
I raised my hand with my two other friends.

In my heart says,"For real? We are the only three who didn't participate?"

"Iffah, why don't you participate?", Kak Ulfah asked. And then she said that this is the time for us to get experience, to ...yeah, you get the point.

And yeah, I don't really have any explanation why. To say 'I'm busy'? Duh, Kak Ulfah is way more busier. So, I HAVE to participate it. (My other two friends who raised their hands with me, they couldn't participate for some reasonable reasons. Really.)

So, I teamed up with my THREE understanding friends. So happy because there still friends who understand my situation.
Fatin, as the third speaker, still in my team like last year. Adlina and Nazatul, act as first speaker. They don't have any English debate experience. But, don't look them with one eye...(totally broken English)

Since we have some experience of debate from last year's competition and some experience from school debate team training, we feel...ok, maybe.

That's us, quarantine session.

There are 12 teams, and our team is named Axxess! Simple but nice. The judges are among the alumni and the school debaters.

In the debate room

Guess who?

This one is my friend, Fatin, the third speaker

And guess what?

Unexpectedly, without any means...

We made it to the Semi Final!

o.O ,O_O, 0.o, o_O...(4 of us)

We don't really have any intention to made it to the semi final. We don't even expect that we gonna make it to the quarter. We just wanna have some rest and finish our homeworks.

We are just a bunch of juniors who at first, are unintentional to participate, fighting with some bunch of superior seniors.

But we did it. Alhamdulillah~

 Surprisingly, we made it to the 2nd place among 6 teams who will made it to the the quarter final. So, as the judge have said before, the 1st and the 2nd place will not have to compete in the quarter but GO STRAIGHT TO THE SEMI FINAL! 

Waa~ so we have some time to do our homeworks, rest...and sleep, while we wait for the quarter final competition to finish. Huhu ^.^.

That's Nazatul. Stuck for a while.

 Still, who is that? (haha)....

That is Adlina! Confidently speaking. 

Wait! Where's Fatin?

She's the one who is holding the camera. She became the reserve this time.

And yeah, we just only made it to the semi final. The team, that we opposed are Form 5 boys, and the last year's winner. And guess what? They also win this year. Just annoying to face them the second time. First time was in last year's debate championship.

It's okay. To made it to the semi final was already a WOW for me, and for us. The experience we go as a team, was priceless. The essence of debate is not just about having a brilliant brain and good speech. It's about teamwork. If you don't have teamwork, debate is not for you.

Thanks Fatin, Nazatul and Adlina for having the guts to team up with me, sacrifice your time and participate in this debate. Thank you! Sayang korang!

 Kak Ulfah, Kak Laila and Kak Raihan had taught me a lot. Debate is not just something that we call 'co-curricular' activities. It is actually something will become a part of our life. 

Debate actually makes me care more about what's happening in our world. So, it really kinda bring a lot of benefit.

Yeah, it's a bit too long huh. Huhu. I'm kinda expressing actually because I don't talk much.

Pray for my examination tomorrow, and not just tomorrow, for PMR also. 

Gotta continue my studies. I'm such a procrastinator. 

Wassalam~