Pride of our School....

(disclaimer: this post is mainly for the debate family...will post up soon..lol...)

a very good evening my fellow debators. i am wrote this right after i came home. this is more or less a letter of gratification for each and every one of you. But please allow me to first give an overall thank you speech.

I am firstly really grateful to our teachers for allowing us to participate in the julia gabriels. I have certainly learnt a lot from this experience. I have taken back so much knowledge about debate that i probably would have never heard off if i had turned the offer down. I am also deeply grateful to the team members and coaches who have come along side us and guided and nurtured us all the way. this is specially for the debators who they themselves have proven to be very powerful speakers and definetly we have made a name for ourselves here in the debating world.

i will now move on to individual thanks because each and every one of you is different. let me start with the youngest.

Amanda. You have proven yourself time and time again through this whole course of the debate. you eloquence has certainly swept a few of us off our feets from time to time. I appreciate your willingness that you have given in participating. I will be frank and not acknowledge that your becoming is due to me however it was due to yourself. i am glad to see that you have matured a lot through this course when yr brains are really exercised. I believe that with the many future debates, you will be nurtured and have what it takes to be a best speaker through and through. I am definetly proud to have worked with you and I would love to see more of your debates soon.

Eugin Wee. You have always brought a bright cheery side to the team. I want to congragulate you on your win of 3 best speaker positions in the debates you have come out of. I have to admit to achieve such a feat is really amazing especially since none of your seniors won any. You are a very good substantive and reply speaker and continue doing what you are good at. Let this experience help you grow in confidence and ability to convey your points clearer and improve yr oratorical skills. I have seen you debate since SRJC and have seen how far you have progressed from there. From being a nervous word swallower to a confident public speaker has shown that you do have what it takes to be a good debator.

Jonathan. You have been a fellow third speaker of mine and at many time we are loggerheads however you have never seem to amaze me everytime you take the floor. I understand that many a time nerves get the better of us but i am really proud that you have improved. you and eugin have been the real debate juniors of mine ever since SRJC but i have seen you really grow. I have appreciated the times that you have really shown an interest in debates. You have taught me patience because i learn that people are different and we can't just expect people to be what we want them to be. I agree many time i have higher hopes for you because i know one day you can and will be the best you are. Disregard peoples comments cause sticks and stones can break our bones but words would never do so. Let not your dignity be lowered lest your weaknesses be exposed.

SuXin. I had a great time working with this fellow friend and debator of mine. We have been dreaming of this moment forever and finally it has come. Indeed we have learnt each others strength and weaknesses but nonetheless we make a good team. We do have disagreements at times but the process still runs smoothly. You have been a source of inspiration in your field od substantive and i have aspired to be as good as you however i soon acknowledge that we are actualy fighting a different battle. Our battle field is not on the same level. I have seen how you have promoted in your levels ever since sec 1 and am really happy for you. We have one more battle and thats the O's so ya work for it and don't back down.

Alvin. I am really happy to have met you and finally get a bloody coach la. You have really shown me and impressed me with your thinking prowess and lame ability and i guess i am really proud to say that a friend like you will last. You have inspired me to take debating to another level and really look at things in a different light. I will be looking forward to meet you again after army.

Aquila. Thanks for the week of help when we were missing the element of a coach. I thank you for your help given and acknowledge your presense with us. Thank you.

to wrap up...

Life is never a bed of roses. I hope that we have learnt a lot through this experience and that we will never give up this love for deabting. We came back with all the bondings and finally end up as a family. I thank everyone again who has supported us. rember this. What does not kill you, only strengthens you..... Bowen Debate is here to stay...!!