went for the DA june camp.. attended workshops n learnt to integrate real life into debating.. overall i've leant quite some stuffs although i may nt b able to put all of them into gd use.. wanted to teach those kids wat i learnt, bt i dun hav sufficient resources.. all will hav to depend on whether i cn gather enough info aft my Os..
there'll be another dec camp.. it is more on direct debating skills.. i'll definitely go cz i'm sure there's a lot to learn..
it was quite a pity tt i was the only one frm fhs to attend the camp.. those kids wasn't interested.. hope they'll go for the dec one.. there's a lot of room for improvement for them.. n they hav to lead the team nxt yr (although i'm nt sure whether there'll b enuf members), so there shd b some substance in them..

one thing tt DA, esp the main organizer, could impove on, was the admin system n time management.. it was simply freaking..

18/6 sunday BLUR

last day of DA camp.. actually workshops nia..
so.. went to tampines regional library to watch a exhibition debate by the participants.. i was late n thus i missed the starting n till nw, i still duno wat exactly was the motion.. i only know it has got to do wif Guantanamo Bay & US.. bt nevertheless, i noe tt the debate wasn't well prepared.. cz it's messy n arguments were weak..
initially i wanted to leave hse at 1pm aft finish watching an engineering show.. bt no choice, i had to reach the lib at 1.30, n left b4 the show ended.. it's so interesting.. bt of cz i was stil late.. n when i reached, i din go str to watch the debate, i looked for bks instead.. kinda diao of me la..

aft tt i went to tampines mall, there was a few bookshops, bt none had wat i wanted.. pathetic isn't it.. cz the only way i could get those bks are thru amazon.com..

then i went off.. n on my way hm, i saw justin..as usual, we juz walk past each other w/o saying anything, as if strangers on the rd.. he looks as arrogant n qian da as ever.. wat a senior i've gt.. oh ya, he's in army nw.. still tot he had gone missing.. cz he din appear this yr..

The Road to Guantanamo is showing on 22/6.. i want to watch!!

17/6 saturday More Interesting

2nd day of DA camp.. learnt more..
attended Negotiation Skills (NS) & Int'l Relations (IR) workshops.. speakers were clearer than the previous one n i was able to make more notes.. h/e, i found the workshops too short n many things which i expected to be covered were nt discussed at all.. if only i could attend the other 2 as well, Stage Presence (SP) & Legal System (LS)..
during NS, we had a modified version of the nuclear talks..
n for IR, we learnt abt Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism.. n oso watched a movie on Rwanda.. a gd movie to learn from.. bt i duno the title.. anyone knows??

16/6 friday Bad Time Management

1st day of DA camp.. time wasted bcz of ppl who like to b late n ppl who duno how to spend time wisely..
attended Governance & Politics (G&P) workshop.. the speaker blabbers off as he likes and i try as hard as i could to catch the main pts bt i still missed some.. haiz.. din learn much.. he juz talks in bits n pieces.. we watched a documentary abt the 9/11 incident.. the title is Loose Change or something similar.. i duno either.. bt it's nice.. can look at some tiny details n hav diff perspectives on the truth of the incident..