There's a friendly debate this afternoon at our school. It's between our school's debating team and Tanglin Secondary School's debating team. The motion was a tricky one: This House will not support human cloning. NHSS was the proposition and TSS was the opposition.

I was told to invite TSS's debating team to the Reading Room, where the debate was held. Then, I transformed into a last minute reserve for NHSS's team, writing notes on the debate.

The debate went on smoothly (unless you count the chairperson's occasional blunder). Note: The second speakers of both teams were boring.

In the end, it was a one-mark difference which might have resulted in the win of TSS. But, TSS thrived on content, but not the overall appearance and performance. Therefore the win went to our school.

That afternoon, we also received our motions for the first preliminary round of the Singapore Secondary Schools Debating Championships 2003 (SSSDC 2003), to be held next Friday. The three motions for the day were:

6.00 p.m.
This House believes that the influence of Hollywood is bad for society

7.15 p.m.
This House believes that only native-born citizens should be allowed to represent their country in international sports

8.30 p.m.
This House believes that the widespread availability of the Internet has done more harm than good

Our school's team got the first motion. And we are on the Proposition team. We are on the wrong side again!