Sunday, November 26, 2006
scribbled by anna katrina
6:17 PM | 0 comments
6:17 PM | 0 comments
Bringing out the nerd in me
Lately, I've been stressing about this idea that "I don't know anything" regarding everything I ought to have known ever since I decided to become a debater. It's kind of a 'chartered' obligation for everyone who dare call him or herself such, that he or she must know EVERYTHING - well, at least those things that have significance when debating. It is held, in the debate community, that no inferior, substandard mind can ever be able to truly contend with the brilliant minds of THE debaters. (I'm starting to sound more and more like a poet. Haha.)
And you see, stemming from my naivete or perhaps my lack of sentience with reality (cut me some slack, I was young), I always had this delusional idea that we (Silliman) would someday beat the hell out of the hegemony that is Ateneo. Sadly, after reading their blogs, I found out about their life-long commitment to kicking ass, through higher philosophy and shrewd reasoning. And at the rate we're going, all hopes have now become impossible.
So, in order to at least be able to have a decent round with any Ateneo team, I have devoted myself to the pursuit of learning (and this time, I mean it). Kudos to the other Silliman debaters who have also come to realize that occasionally reading TIME is not enough, hence, Kristi with "The Republic", Yana with "The Prince", Gers with "The World is Flat" (read: it's good to know the basics) and RJ with his new obsession, "Venus in Exile" which made him all crazy about beauty in a postmodernist perspective. (BTW, accolades RJ for letting everyone borrow his books).
I, on the other hand, am trying to understand the philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard and Michel Foucault, which, DAMMIT, aren't easy. As strategy, I began with subjects that were most appealing, such as the former's existentialism and Foucault's sexual revolution (credits to Lyde, and Sir Casocot for letting me sit-in in his literature class).
Hopefully, I don't end up confusing myself even more with information overload.
And you see, stemming from my naivete or perhaps my lack of sentience with reality (cut me some slack, I was young), I always had this delusional idea that we (Silliman) would someday beat the hell out of the hegemony that is Ateneo. Sadly, after reading their blogs, I found out about their life-long commitment to kicking ass, through higher philosophy and shrewd reasoning. And at the rate we're going, all hopes have now become impossible.
So, in order to at least be able to have a decent round with any Ateneo team, I have devoted myself to the pursuit of learning (and this time, I mean it). Kudos to the other Silliman debaters who have also come to realize that occasionally reading TIME is not enough, hence, Kristi with "The Republic", Yana with "The Prince", Gers with "The World is Flat" (read: it's good to know the basics) and RJ with his new obsession, "Venus in Exile" which made him all crazy about beauty in a postmodernist perspective. (BTW, accolades RJ for letting everyone borrow his books).
I, on the other hand, am trying to understand the philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard and Michel Foucault, which, DAMMIT, aren't easy. As strategy, I began with subjects that were most appealing, such as the former's existentialism and Foucault's sexual revolution (credits to Lyde, and Sir Casocot for letting me sit-in in his literature class).
Hopefully, I don't end up confusing myself even more with information overload.
