The debate team met up this afternoon to prepare for the debate. We had an impromptu debate after brainstorming for points that the opponent could come up with. After the substantive speeches, the speakers worked on their speeches while Xiao Thong and I lazed around. After a while we found something to do: we did a flip over thingy for keeping track of time. Using a calendar which Mdm Yong kindly contributed, paper, markers and glue, we drew the numbers in half-minute increments and pasted them on the calendar. I even drew a 'Nan Hua Sec Sch Debate Rocks!' and pasted it on the front of the calendar.

At 6 plus, we headed out. Casandra, June (both ELDDS members) and Pei Hwa (one of the debaters in the first mock debate we had) accompanied as spectators. We hailed 3 cabs. Xiao Thong, our dinner (nasi lemak) and I shared one taxi. We were the first to arrive at the canteen of ACS (Barker Road). Berton, an ex-debater from our school, was already there. The debaters and the spectators came a few minutes later. We had settled down to have our dinner when Eugene, another ex-debater, came with her mother and her sister. He helped the debaters a while after dinner while the rest lazed around.

Our debate only started at a few minutes past 8.30 p.m. Our opponent was St. Margaret's. A flaw we spotted in the Proposition team was that they did not link their points back to the motion. It resulted in me being confused as to how their points are even part of the debate at all (what enlarged breasts and facial hair; the debate was about banning sportsmen who take performance enhancing drugs). Our team won, but that didn't mean our team was really good, as it wasn't a unanimous decision. After the debate, Berton, Abraham and I hitched a ride on Eugene's mother's car. I rushed home to watch Survivor: All-Stars, missing half the episode.