MDO...

Salam and hye all,

Recently I really had felt rather empty with no debates to look forward to. Most probably, MDO is destined to be my last debate competition in Malaysia before insyAllah furthering my studies overseas. MDO was a nice experience not just for debating, but also how I met with new people, observing stark contrasts in oppinions, ideologies, race and faith but being bonded together with a common intrest of debating.

A recap of the MDO events:For the first day, we had a win and a loss. After settling in our lodges, we went to see the MU vs Fulham match. I think this match was a turning point of how we encountered continous bad luck.Haha.First, MU and Chelsea loss(with respect to Ikram). Then, we went back to the the hotel and found our room locked. We shared room with other debaters and apparantly they were all asleep and had forgotten to unlock the door. After several attempts of trying to wake them up with no avail, we decided to sleep in the car. I parked it under the 'Taming Sari' and we slept till Subuh. Lucky for me, it was raining so I had a good sleep. Then the following morning we had our first 2 rounds with losses and one of them with some judging issues. I felt really terrible at that time. Luckily, our run of bad events ran out and we won the next two debates.
At night, it was my first time I stepped in into a nightclub (Syafiq, ur right, I had to put this in my blog...haha). With all due respect, I didn't enter voluntarily but the announcement of breaking teams was done at the night club. Frankly, I am curious of what happens at night clubs but I havnt had a chance to enter without a feeling of guilt.=P..So I did relish the chance to see what happens at night clubs. Even before I set foot in it, my ears were already blasted with the loud sound of the dance music played. As I entered, my heart was pounding non stop to the rythm of the music. It kinda felt like it wanted to explode. That was how loud the music was. Then I saw the dancing. No wonder people enjoyed going to night clubs; even looking at the dancing it felt like i'm in a careless free world with no probs to ponder. I have to admit, I felt like I wanted to dance too!=P. The bad part of nightclubs is of course the drinking and the free mixing of genders. (No offence to other religions but for a muslim, it is strictly prohibited!). After the break was announced, I chatted outside the club with other debaters, some who like me can't stand being inside the club. After a while, me and Ikram decided to hang out at McD (boycott that sadly didn't last that long for me T_T) with Syafiq (SDAR junior now CFS IIU debater), Adi(Was an Integrasi Selandar debater now UITM S.Alam debater) and Ard( A new friend that I got to know just outside the club, and turns out she lives in the same place as me..a small world indeed..UITM Lendu debater). The night was quite a memorable experience. The following morning I went back to BMI early since Ikram had to return to MICET for an interview in the evening. MDO was another great competition to be in. I am proud to be a part of it and want to thank my teammates and MICET (Miss Hayati!) for giving me this opportunity. I learned alot and realize that compared to some of my already developed peers, I still have a looong way to go in debating. Hope I can continue to debate in UK insyaAllah. Mada mada dane!


P.S
~Al- Fatihah to Sulaiman Rahman, Meranti 015 who pass away on Thursday 26th of March 2009(Thanks to Epen for correcting me). May his soul be blessed and sins forgiven.Amin.