And then there was KBM...

SO, for the past two weeks, we've had two debate tournaments back to back..

First, there was the Great Serdang Debate (GSD) in UPM, Serdang.
Didn't perform well there, didn't even break. Was kinda upset about it...but I told myself to stay positive for my team mates and for KBM...

Balloons (our debate coach) and Praba were the champions of GSD. Wooot! Proud of you, Balloons! You're definitely not fired. Hahaha.

And then came VC Cup 2009. We were given the honour of hosting and running the tournament for the very first time in KBM. The deal was, my job was to debate and perform up to the expectations of my coach, my lecturers, the campus director and my friends. However, someone decided to fuck up so the debaters ended up running the whole tournament as well as debating.

I've always said it, and I'll say it again; when push comes to shove, and with hope and a little bit of luck, we can do exceptionally well, and we certainly did.

The tournament ran smoothly, although with minor hiccups here and there, we pulled through and eventually hosted one of the best tournaments in UiTM (or so the feedback suggests).

Best of all, three KBM teams broke into the quarter finals, two teams made it to the semis and one team eventually succeeded in getting into the finals. That actually brought tears to my eyes, seriously.

Credits go to:

Datuk Mizan
Pn. Aida
Mdm. Josephine
Mdm. Nagamany
Balloons
Iqbal Hafiedz
KBM 1- Azim and Sha (Quarters)
KBM 2- Faris and Jehan
KBM 3- Noel and Fina (Quarters, Semis and Finals)- 4th place
KBM 4- Rosal and Omar
KBM 5- Bobo and Alif (Quarters and Semis)
Adjudicators - Mira and Milah

The Runners:
Pamie
Jeffrie
Aiman
Bob
Adi
Hamdi
Nadiah
Farah
Faez
Alief
Aina
Toni
Sophia
Rauf
Suzy

Getting 4th place was a little bit disappointing but I'm seriously happy with it, it was actually an honour to have been given the chance to stand and compete amongst great UiTM debaters on one stage. For myself, getting the "best speaker" award was truly amazing. Thanks to those who believed in me.

Thank you so much to all those who were involved directly/indirectly. Without you, this would have never been possible. And to those who shirked, I feel sorry for you, because you could have been a part of something amazing. Till next year, and many more ass-kicking years to come from KBM. We really are a force to be reckoned with.

hard at work, yo!

Mdm. Jo - bored

Finals

4th place is better than nothing, I say.

The crew, yo!

KBM 1

KBM 2

KBM 3

KBM 4

KBM 5

more pics in Facebook!