Archived Glimpses of Ephemeral Thoughts

6:00 AM

I feel tired. The moment I woke up, I felt the sudden urge to skip the day. I’m tired of preparing for the competition. Damned Magis!

6:30 AM

A friend of mine who is a nurse sent me an SMS and informed me about the CCNAPI outreach event. I so want to be there right now. God, why do I love debate?!

7:35 AM

I’m in AdZU and as expected the ever energetic Ma’am Ruth is early. Now, usually, I’m one of the last people who would arrive especially when its Col. Salipsip. Henry and Espi are still missing. What was commendable was, certain debaters were already there. Damn! There are debaters already and the convening time is 9:30 AM. Bueno pa sila…

9:30 AM

We readied and briefed the participants. Motions were released. The motion I contributed was “THBT the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has lost its usefulness and should be dissolved.” I do hope everybody is excited. I learned that allocating adjudicators is stressful especially if there are many adjudicators. Probably the most debating teams and adjudicators for the Col. Salipsip Debates in all the years it existed.

9:35 AM

There was a late debate team. I hate headaches.

11:30 AM

It is the end of Round 1 and where is my mamon? Oh, well, I do hope it’s a heavy lunch. The motion I contributed was “THW explore and drill for oil in the Arctic Circle”. I liked this motion. Kansaw man research and man create kuneste. Yey!

12:50 PM

Joey called and I wasn’t able to answer. Well, if I did hear the cellphone tone, I still wouldn’t answer because I’m in a debate. Still. Too bad, I didn’t have load and I wanted to send him an SMS. I wonder why did he called?

1:10 PM

The debate was short. I got too many undertimed speakers. Well, I’m hungry and I miss my girlfriend. And I suddenly thought, “I’m working right now instead of enjoying the game. This is so weird”. Maybe I’m getting old for debate or maybe my peers are just so young that I just can’t seem to understand my fashion is an element of debate. Hmmm. Lunch! Munch! Munch!

2:20 PM

Motions were released. My contribution was “THBT a female prime minister won’t make a difference in Israel”. For this particular motion, I was a bit hesitant to release. I wanted to rephrase it to “THBT a female prime minister won’t make a difference in the Israel-Palestine relations.” I think this will be an unpopular motion. Oh well.

Around 3:40 PM

The Semi-finals. At last, less headaches, less teams to worry, less adjudicators to allocate. Ruth looks haggard already. Poor Ruthie, overworked. Wait, I remember, poor Ellery, no food. Damn it, somebody ate our, este, my share of food. I can’t believe it, sin verguenza, as if the person really deserves it. Yes, I’m evil. By the way, the person didn’t contribute whatsoever to the success of the competition. The person just ate. Fantastic, isn’t it?

4:10 PM

The Semis started. My panel consisted of Dr. Clare, Allen, Mycer, and Merryl. This would be my first time to adjudicate with all of them. This would be interesting.

5:10 PM

It’s already dark and I fear that it might rain because of the thick nimbus cloud formations I see. Time to deliberate.

5:15 PM

Its a split decision 4 - 1 in favor of the opposition, I was a member of the majority. Woo! Serka ya man putuk. After an attempt to persuade the other party, he was still adamant and belligerent. Oh, well, democracy rules. It’s a good thing it’s still on our favor, 4 - 1.

6:00 PM

I wanted to be with my girlfriend but I still have responsibilities. I can’t believe this. Where are the ADU people? They simply banished, they didn’t even help in arranging the chairs and tidying up the place. Poor Ruthie, she had to carry everything. At least it was a time for Ma’am Ruth, Ma’am Clare, Henry, and I to unwind and talk about the day.

7:00 PM

I so exhausted. I need to be home. I’m hungry and I need to call my sweetheart. And I also want to play Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. I think I’m an addict.

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