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September 25, 2004
On The Contrary, Madam
A fellow blogger posted about the display debate we had last Tuesday and I felt that I should also blog about the same topic from another point of view...
The display was not professional, I concede that fact. It was not meant to be unprofessional though. Much thought and effort has been placed into the display. In fact, my team spent a large part of the night preparing for debate, hoping to put up a good show. I'm sure the intentions of the display was not to showcase our lack of professionalism... but what went wrong?
I blame this on what I call the busy IMU students syndrome. On top of the busy schedule all of us have, we have to understand that most IMU students are members or even office bearers of more than one ECA. To which do we owe our loyalty and commitment? All of them. However, if some people feel that certain activities should take priority over another, what can anyone else do? In this event, this resulted in the opposition team having one debater less until the very last minute.
Of course, somewhere along the way, we became less serious. In fact, the motion of the debate was chosen because we wanted a humour round. That is also why, if anyone could hear me in my speech when I opened the debate (gosh, the PA system!!!), you will notice my very vain attempt at a joke.
Now, on defense...
This was not truly a "last minute thing" because we did come to a decision a week ago and no one could predict or forsee what happened that day. As for insulting, it is sometimes, these friendly insults that make things very much more interesting.
I extend the invitation to all IMU students who would like to watch a more "professional" debate to come to NHSD which will be held in IMU at the end of November. For those who expressed their views with regards to the display session, thank you. I appreciate your comments and input. :)
I did not take offense to what I read in the other blog and this post is meant only to clarify the matter. My apologies if this sounds too defensive. I hope that if the person concerned should read this post, she will also not be offended
Posted by yeepei at September 25, 2004 12:10 AM
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