Julia Gabriel's Debate Championships

YESTERDAY WAS TIRING, CRAZY, MADNESS, FUN.

:D

Reached home only at 11.40, so i didn't blog yesterday, but i'll change the date as a yesterday's post.(:

Started off with Assembly,
woah, it was longgg,
and my legs were numbb.
Had devotion,
Award presentation which consisted of alot of CCA groups and classes,
and finally the FDcrew danceworks performance.
:D

I think we actually lost the first period.
:(
So only left with a period of English,
did a worksheet on catch phrases,
which was real cool!

Then it was POA.
Creditor account?
IUNDERSTAND,
PLEASE SAY CONGRATS TO ME.
FINALLY, i understand something in SCHOOL.
WOHOOO.
(for POA) i guess.

then it was double period chemistry,
alright,
remember, i learned this all last week,
so nothing was new!
:D

Then recesss,
tskkkk.
skirtohskirt.
:(
Problemss after problemssss!
& Miss Foo disappeared!
LOL.
but it was solved in the endddd!
:DDDDDD

Maths,
there was supposed to be a quiz,
bt everyone just didn't bother
and took it as a free period.
-.-

Then left for Chapel.
i liked todays chapel,
other than that Jan & Steph who were behind me,
were i don't know doing what,
but they just kept laughinggg,
& FINALLY,
YingYng was sitting beside me!
WOHOOO!
Okay, the chapel really was good,
Honestly, it reminded me of a funeral.
But well,
it was kind of a rememberance service.
It was about a boy, Shawn, 14yrs old
and found out that he had brain cancer,
and his journal entries were really touching.
And then it ended off, with all our heads bowed, and AStars singing Amazing Grace, together with Rev.Goh and Mr Low.

We got dismissed at 1.45!
:000
And the debate briefing was at 2?
So decided to watch the lunch time concert instead,
then went off to meet Mr & Mrs Lee.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many councillors didn't turn up,
like 20?
:0
Then briefed,
i thought ushering would be the simplest job at first,
but turned out to be the hardest in the end,
okay so we had to arrange the classrooms into the debate format,
and room28 was terrible,
there wasn't any un-vandalised table.
But no choice right?
So formatted everything,
left for dinner, with the whole group of councillors.
And when we reached old macs MrsLee called to say that MissAmy ordered sandwiches for us,
but we didn't eat anything since breakfast so we went on,
i just drank iced milo and went back to school with Chastina.

There were like 82 schools coming over!
:ooooo
& some came super early
which made us all start rushing through our briefing,
and went to usher.
& suddenly teachers started using the student's toilet and complaining there wasn't any tissue paper and all,
plus the staff toilet was locked,
so it was crazy,
went to the office, and they asked to check the back of the school,
and one of the attendents who were there said there wasn't any more tissue papers left!
So decided to check the DNT staff toilet and there was toilet rolls, but they didn't have the key to open the lock,
so ran back to the G.O
and the didn't have anymore either,
so decided to run to take the shower room key to see if the staff toilet on the 3rd floor would open,
thankfully, it did!
:D
It would be a greatest joke, that KCP doesn't have toilet paper!
LOL.

Then went back to ushering,
man it was real hot,
& i started to perspire like no one's business!
I was wearing a tie, with the buttoned top,
and then as more schools arrived it became more messy because the directions to different debate rooms became more difficult,
and i had to keep running to the 2nd floor, and checking with Mr Lee where the classroom is, and then go back to the 3rd floor and then bring them to the classroom where hey should be.
And some schools didn't even know what debate room they were in,
so i had to run to the cube, from the 3rd floor,
and then bring them to their respective room.

And when it came to shift time,
the place became more crowded,
with schools that started the debate late, had not ended, and the 7.30 debate shift debaters had already arrived.
And i had to also run back to the cube first to give the adjudicator's reuslts,
and back again to give the shadow's results,

& in no time,
my blouse became transparent,
thanks to all the sweat.
Haha.
Well i managed to watch a glimpse of KCPSS one's,
Sharmala was the speaker!
SHE DID WELLL.
& then parents came asking for where that debate room is so i had to go up to second floor, and then back down to first foor, to bring them up to the second floor room.

& KCPSS won!
WOHOOOO!
Good job,
but well,
they didn't make it through to the quater finals,
but it was a great fight!

&after some time my heeels became to hurt,
but i managed ti still run here and there,
it was today that i realied well the school is quite big to a certain extend.
LOL.

The schools that i managed to see were: (not all the time, but i was staitioned there, so i could witness a little of their debates for 15mins?)
- SJI (International) VS Fairfeild Methodist
- NUS (Maths& Science) VS Bowen
- St. Andrews VS ACS Barker

SJI ( International) VS Fairfeild was actually shocking,
i mean i was actually thinking of one of the debaters in Farefield,
imagining i was her,
well i think i can never be one,
i'm so sure my brother can.
Well, i thought FairFeild would actually win because they were more better in their talking and all,
but sadly, Victory went to SJII.

The next debate i witnessed was NUS VS Bowen,
in my mind i thought it was a sure cut that NUS would win,
but Bowen was really goood,
and the debaters are definately sec1/2.
But they were AWESOME.
I was really surprised!
& of course Bowen won,
but they really were goooood!

The last one i witnessed was St. Andrews VS ACS Barker,
i think this was the worse shift, their debate ended the earliest,
they wern't really at the point,
so both were just okay,
nothing special.
But one of the ACS speakers was real poerful,
which i guess brought the ACS team to victory.

Then after the 3rd shift,
re-arranged the tables back to the original position before going off to the Auditorium,
and again,
i was running here and there,
helping people get there,
i won't sa, 'go straight, turn left', but instead say' oh alright, i'll take you there.'
& when i reached the auditoruim, i realised all the schools were standing outside so i opened the door for everyone. which was tiring. and then everyone got in,
and then when i was walking back to the liliput, someone else asked me where the auditorium was, and i lead them there again,
this happened quite alot of times.

Haha.
Then when finally i managed t get into the audi, i realised that there wasn't enough space for everyone. And i don't think it would be noce for them to go and si of the floor with their blazers, so i asked if we should take chairs out,
it was declined at first,
but i had to do that in the end.
Pulled down about 17 chairs,
brought a few up all the way
and allowed the debaters to sit there,
and then pulled more to open another two rows.

And it ended about close to 11?
So once they all left i went down to stack all the chairs up,
and then went to the liliput.
& Mr Lee had already locked the dooor!
Because most of them left for supper without helping,
so had to run back down to the G.O,
got the key and ran all the way back,
and i was perspiring like madddddd,
sweat started dripping from my faceeeee.
& i had no tissue,
Haha.
But then Miss Amy had and when she saw me she gave me 2,
and i got soaked in no time,
LOL.

Eugene & I were the last two in school at 11.45?
So Miss Amy gave a lift home,
Thankyouuuu!
:DDD

I guess i really learnt Selfless Service today.
But overall, even though it was real tiring,
it was still fun and enjoyable,
:D

It's time i end here,
got to go now,
toodles.