Serious Talk Force Unit

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

The above statement has justified many events in my life and the most recent one being the Dato' CQ Teo Debate Competition.

I was being selfish.

My team did not practice at all for 2 whole weeks due to first term exams and there I was praying and hoping we win it.

I thought well, it isn't our fault we didn't practice. We had exams! We do not have a choice.:(

I thought God will still help us win this thing cause it's not like we DIDN'T wanna practice, it's that we can't.

But it never occur to me until now that just cause we didn't practice, that does not mean no one else did. It does not mean that Sri Permata didn't work their ass off training and it clearly does not mean KGV didn't train hard for this competition.

So for me to actually ask God to give us this win, is to actually deprive other schools who obviously worked even harder than us, a chance to win.

Which is very selfish.

So I came to accept the fact we didn't win, I came to accept the fact that we didn't break.

God never wants the worse for anyone and so I know that this competition is just a lesson. A lesson telling us and teaching us that you can't and won't go far without training, without practicing. If you want it badly, you've gotta work hard for it.
And God will do the rest. :)

So this competition isn't the end, it is merely a learning process.

I, we the team, we Catholic High School Debate Team as a whole, pledge, okay, we didn't really pledge, but sort of made a personal promise, that we will do well the next competition.

We will put in our tears and sweat and if needed, blood to the next competition.
We're not going to slack off.
We're not going to find pathetic excuses to not practice.

We're gonna do all that we can, and God will do the rest. :)

Since new year is a little too far off, my birthday resolution?

Be smarter.

I believe that after all the sacrifices and time I put into this whole debate thing, it will be a terrible waste to not achieve anything.
Sure, we did achieve a few things which we truly are grateful to God for, but we can do better. We must do better.

So,
Never am I going to defend status quo as Government or be dumbstruck by a topic such as THBT the NATO should not interfere with Kabul.

I'm gonna read up, research and remember all that I've read till I can have a one hour long conversation bout NATO alone.

I'm gonna do this.
I'm gonna do this.

You've read Rachel.