Im a debater..lah!!

Salam and hye to everyone...

I actually thought that I would update about MDO( Malaysia Debate Open) when the tabs are out, but as it seems like its taking forever, I decided to just do it. It was organized by MMU Melaka consisting of 72 teams during 21-23 March. Unlike the novice, the pros were also participating as well.There were also some teams from other countries, notably China,Japan and some ASEAN countries. No doubt it's the one of the toughest national open debate tourneys in Malaysia. So this is how we fared:

Round 1-MICET VS MACAU2
'THBT terminally ill patients have a right to die'
This is the first time our team met with an international team.The MACAU team are from the University of Macau, China. We talked about euthanasia for this motion.It was a very,very tough debate. The adjudicator said that if they had elaborated even a lil bit on one point,they would've won.
Result:MICET

Round 2-MICET vs UKM1
'THBT criminal cases should be tried by jury'
For this round, I really want to apoligize to my teammates.I've saw this debate before(final royals 2000) and shouldve known better than to pick this motion while we are the government.
We had a very confusing proposal (I laughed myself watching me write the mechanism), and against a good team like UKM, it was futile.
Result:UKM1

Round 3-UT Mara 8 vs MICET
'This house would repeal tax exemptions on all religious institiutions'
Due to our lack of experience, we were playing with a very weak way to refute the motion; talking on issues of ethics. Since it is a very subjective matter, we ourselves were a bit confused. However, it was a fun debate.Congratz to UTM8 for reaching the semis.=)
Result:UTM 8

Round 4-MACAU 2 vs MICET
'THBT we should militirize outer space'
Don't want to comment much on this one. We met MACAU2 for the second time.The debate was okay but also confusing.To my new founded friends from MACAU(if u came to stumble by this), it's great to know u guys.Thanks for the souverniers!=)
Result:MACAU2

Round 5-MICET vs MMUM4
'THW allow prisoners to donate thier organs in exchange for the shortening of thier sentences.'
We had a dejavu of sorts, meeting Jevi(MMUM debater from Kazakhstan) for the second time with a topic about organ donations!(the first time was novice). It was a heated debate, but somehow we prevailed through.
Result:MICET

Round 6-UITM Pahang 6 vs MICET
'TH would tax savings during the time of economic recession'
UITM pahang was undoubtly a team who had only experienced high school debating.(Or was coached by a lecturer who only knew high school debating, I dunno). They were quite good with thier language but their points was kinda childish.Given time and experience they could develop well. Undoubtly our easiest debate of the tourney.
Result:MICET

We had 3 wins and 3 losses.Obviously not good enough to break.Since the tabs are not out, I have no idea where we rank.I'll update it later.The tourney was valuable experience, and it's always fun to hang around and meet new people. For the next post, I may want to share some stories about things that happened during the debate. But for now, I got some things to do.Ciao!