If you ask some of my best friends about me, they'll tell you that the thing they enjoy most about my company ( besides my devillih good looks ) is my near maniacal love for understatement. But there are times when i cant help but gloat.
This is one of those times.
Yes, we made it into the finals.
No, not the finals as in judgment day.
The finals as in The 4th Yayasan Sarawak World Style English Debate Competition finals.
We sent 2 teams, UNIMAS-a and UNIMAS-b. UNIMAS-a was comprised of Soosai ( no relation to that other Soosai ), Hartini and Esther. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts and great performance, UNIMAS-a did not make it into the finals. UNIMAS-b, comprised of Gary and Goh ( or G2 as their almost affectionately called ) did make it into the finals, which will be held on the 28th of August at Dewan Tun Ahmad Zaidi, IPBL ( thats Institut Perguruan Batu Lintang for non-Kuchingites ). The UNIMAS debate team has always considered itself as one big, happy family. And G2's foray into the finals is a victory for us all. The kids are calling me their coach, but I was just the matchstick (pun intended) that lit the fire. The fire, the passion and the effort was all theirs. Kudos kids! Daddy is proud of you.
I'd also like to welcome Rohene and Prasha into the family.
The 4th Yayasan was memorable in many ways personally as well. It was the first time that i adjudicated, and the experience has proved fruitful. But more than that, I got to work with one of the best debaters Sarawak has to offer, Michael Temiotope. Michael and his teammate Gordon won the 2nd Yayasan and working with him in the Master's Round was quite an experience. We had some stiff competition from the boys (and girl) from Swinburne, but we managed to pull it off and emerge Champions.
Ok thats all for the moment. Cheers.