Wednesday, January 31, 2007
scribbled by anna katrina
9:00 PM | 6 comments
9:00 PM | 6 comments
For the love of the craft
Tomorrow is the first Visayan Universities Debate Championship - Silliman's response to the need to spread debating in our beloved Visayas.
But more than just that, it's also a chance to:
1) establish that no Visayan debate institution is as good as Silliman University Debate Society (well of course, in the future, they could be. But not now.)
2) prove to our coach that we're not just sarcastic people with big mouths, but we're also an organization, capable of making things happen through working with each other.
I had high hopes for these goals.
I worked my butt off in the powermatching to be in the best team. To be in the team that people would be expecting to take the championship. I guess you could say that I got my wish, but I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to pull this one through. Lack of practice. Loss of passion. Doubt.
The organizing committee, I could say, has been running to and fro, cramming to make sure everything is alright. But it seems as if no matter how hard we work, we're being chased by problems! It's like we've been destined to fail. And why do all these come out just days before the event? It's so effed up!
And now, the day before the tournament, even more problems come. Debaters backing out, people refusing to help, participants moving their flights, money not coming in, EVERYTHING! Ugh! I feel like drowning.
I just hope tomorrow will be fine.
Forgive me. Ranting is my therapy.
But more than just that, it's also a chance to:
1) establish that no Visayan debate institution is as good as Silliman University Debate Society (well of course, in the future, they could be. But not now.)
2) prove to our coach that we're not just sarcastic people with big mouths, but we're also an organization, capable of making things happen through working with each other.
I had high hopes for these goals.
I worked my butt off in the powermatching to be in the best team. To be in the team that people would be expecting to take the championship. I guess you could say that I got my wish, but I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to pull this one through. Lack of practice. Loss of passion. Doubt.
The organizing committee, I could say, has been running to and fro, cramming to make sure everything is alright. But it seems as if no matter how hard we work, we're being chased by problems! It's like we've been destined to fail. And why do all these come out just days before the event? It's so effed up!
And now, the day before the tournament, even more problems come. Debaters backing out, people refusing to help, participants moving their flights, money not coming in, EVERYTHING! Ugh! I feel like drowning.
I just hope tomorrow will be fine.
Forgive me. Ranting is my therapy.