Malaysia Debate Open 2009

The Only Chinese dudes (i'm so racist.lol.)
missin-in-action : Moi Zjen Pang

The title said it. 8 of us, Ming Yuen, Seo, Sanjiv, Anila, Shobana, Saranya, Moi, and me joined the competition held from 21st to 23d of March 2009 at MMU, Melaka. We formed three teams. MHS 1- Shobana, Ming Yuen and me, MHS 2-Seo, Moi and Saranya and finally MHS 3- Sanjiv, Anila and one guy by the name Kitso we find on that day itself. Let me just get on to the crazy things we did there.

First Day, 21 March 2009, Saturday:
Arrive there around 8.30a.m. . Thought we were late but it seemed that we were the earliest compared to most of them. Oh well, you know Malaysians famous for its punctuality XD. Moving on to the long boring opening ceremony followed by the mock round but sad to say everything is out of schedule. Wasted a lot of time here. Finally around 4something the real competition start. The time it supposed to start is 2.00p.m. I shall skip the complaining. First round, we (MHS 1) faced some dudes from UT MARA. The motions were:

1. TH believe that terminally ill patients have the right to die
2. TH Believe teenagers should have the right to vote
3. TH would ban abstinence only sex education in all schools

Motion 2 was chosen. We were the government We lost this round though. I don’t want to be a sore loser but all of us felt that this round we should have won. It was because of the noob adjudicator. I don’t think she can even speak a proper English yet she the one who judged us. Forget about that. Second round our opponent is UT MARA again but different teams. The motions were:

1. TH believe that criminal cases should be tried by jury
2. TH believe that evidence obtained through unlawful means should be admissible in court
3. TH would elect its own judges

Motion 3 were chosen. We government again. This time we lost. yes again but this time we satisfied with the result coz the some of our points were out of context and this three dudes are pre law student. Bad day huh. It all ended around 8something. Then proceed to the hotel thinking it was Mahkota Century but in the end it was Mahkota Guest House. The name souns great huh but as a matter of fact, it is a dormitory. Sad. Thinking is a waste of money to stay there, we refund the money and stayed at seo's place instead. Thanks to seo's dad for providing us a comfortable stay. So much better than that stupid guest house. I didn’t tell you what we did before we went to bed. After our dinner at Amigo, we went to have a walk at Jetty. It was pretty cool. Was playing with seo some ranking game( hehe XD). Then we head to mcd to get some drinks and lepak at dp field. A really nice place to hang out at night ^^ around 4something we only sent the girls back to the "hotel" and finally went back seo's place. We did encounter some unnatural stuff. I think is best for me not to say.lol.

Second Day, 22nd March Sunday.
I lazy want to explain in detail already. Just straight to the points. 3rd round we faced UiTM KBM 3. The motions are:

1. TH would allow corporations receiving government bailout the discretion to give bonuses to their employees.
2. TH believe that the states should give incentives the entertainment industry to produce content with positive social message.
3. TH would repeal tax exemption on all religious institution.

Motion 1 was chosen. Opposition this time. We lost. Pretty sad rite. lol. Moving on to round 4 with opponents from UiTM Perlis. I forgot the other 2motions. The chosen motion is TH would extradite war deserters. This time we challenged the definition given by the PM and we won(yea..finally). Round 5 we faced UiTM Johor. The motions were:

1. TH would fund religion based criminal rehabilitation program
2. TH would nationalize all prisons
3. TH would allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for the shortening of their sentences.

Motions 3 is chosen. Opposition again. We won again. haha we finally show soomething we are not to be played easily..lol.. and finally round 6 which is a silent round (a round that u will not know your result) The motion i forgot ad coz is kind of confusing for me to interpret. Is something about economics about tax saving. I did quite a bad job here and pulled down the rest but luckily my team mates brought it back up and we won again!!(we went to ask the adjudicator on the next day to see we won or not). That night was my first time went in to pub. The organiser had the break night at The Cube. Quite an experience for me. haha. Dont worry, i didnt take or consume and drugs. Still normal. haha.

Last Day, 23rd March 2009, Monday.
It was nothing much on that day. Wasted a lot of time. I regretted for skippin school for this. Only around 4asomething we watched somethiong fun. Team from MMU and IIUM were competing in semi-finals. The grand dinner was sucks. The food is is..i dunno how to describe but seriously it was sucks.Dont ever held your party at Water City Resort. You will make your guests upset. The grand final too. Not what we expected for the final. Maybe they are nervous coz was competing up the stage. The motion was something about selling nuclear weapon to other countries to terminate their own program. Basically it was something like that. I lazy to type already. I might update now and then to fill in those I’ve missed. Till then ^^

My Team

Dinner @ Amigo

The Grand Final aka Closing Ceremony