MAXimizing Debate Performance

As a crappy debater now and then, my relationship with the debating world has been and on and off. The Indonesian term is, kapok sambel (in english, chilli-give-up, i guess) Because it's so hot, you said you've given up, and don't want to continue wating it, but you'll e coming back for more the next day.

In helping my self to survive the harsh debating life, i wrote this paragraph on my writing class.


Enjoy!

Maximing Debate Performance

Debate competition rounds can be stressful if you do not master these steps. Before the speech, you should have an effective preparation that will save your time. Plan what you are going to look for in your research, so you will not waste time on reading materials that are of no worth to your arguments. The general guideline is using 5W+1H question words when treating an issue. These questions will help you understand the issue completely. Next, when building the case, your arguments have to be logical, populist, and feasible. The points you bring should be acceptable to the logic of common people, and your solution should be something that could be applied and not harm anyone. For example, you cannot say that killing the poor is the best solution for solving poverty, because this kind of idea would not go in line with other people’s thoughts. During the speech, you have to be confident with whatever you are saying whether you even understand it or not. In order to show this attitude, eye contact is mostly the key that the adjudicators use when scoring the debater. Then you have to be fierce to show that you do not give up easily. In conclusion, the pride of winning could be yours if you stick to these procedures.

The Olympus Trip 35

This holiday, I found a vintage Olympus camera in a box in my mother’s closet. Unlike vintage plastic ones, this one looks more handsome because the outer body is made of metal and it is encased with a black checked jacket. By checking the production code inside the film compartment, I found out that the camera was manufactured in October 1977. Thus, this camera has been around for 32 years. What’s more remarkable is that the camera is still working in good condition which I think is because of its manual feature that makes it quite tough for all these years.

I have never used a manual camera before. To make things worse, my father doesn’t feel like teaching me. He said that I should just use the usual digital camera. Manuals are inconvenient and more expensive in its operation due to its film purchasing and photo developing process. So I went online to find the instructions and learn it myself. Afterwards, I went to buy the film and it cost 28 thousand rupiah. I was in shock because I thought films are like 6 thousand rupiah now due to the lower demand of films. When I went to my father for more money, he gave me the-I-told-you so eyes.

Then it came to the time I test the camera. Najwa, Novi and I went to the food promenade in Tebet and start shooting. At first we just took normal smiling photos at the café we were eating in. But after seeing the minor traffic jam, I had an idea where Najwa and Novi should strike a pose between the cars as if they were the ones who made the traffic happen. To make long story short, it failed because the traffic was actually quite free when they crossed the road. Even though I haven’t developed the photos, I could tell that there will be no cars around the girls in the photo. Maybe I'll upload the photo later, when I find the time to scan 'em up.

Solution for Poverty

News programs and newspapers always cover about the negative issues in the society. We know the types. From natural disasters, criminal actions, economy downfall, religious clashes, war between nations and all things that signifies suffering of the people. These problems already exist since the beginning of time, but it seems to get worse by the year. What is more hurtful is that the ones who feel the direct hit of pain are usually the people living below poverty line. They don’t have enough supply of money to cope with the problems of the world when we know that money is the generator of human lives nowadays. For example, when a war happens in a country, the people who can flee out and find safer places to finally survive the chaos are the ones who can afford to take such flight. Another example is when a plague occurs; the ones who have the funds for medication are more likely to heal and live. So, in order to survive from modern society tragedies, human needs money as their assurance.

What happen to the poor then? Now let’s take a look at how poor people are being exploited in the media. News about Lumpur Porong survivors and reality shows of poor farmers are aired everyday. We can see how the old farmer weeps about how helpless he is when his crops fail and how he doesn’t know where to go in seeking help. Ideally, the government will help him. They will aid him in replanting the crops and give fund for his basic needs until the next crops harvested, but we all know that it is hardly going to happen due to the corrupted and blind government that we have. This example is only a small fragment of the trouble that our country has to solve. According to Bappenas, the number of impovered Indonesian in 2009 is 29.99 million. Something fast has to be done in order to save these people. That’s why I’m here to offer a solution which is by terminating these people.

We all know that the government is lacking in attention to these people, and these people are never going to be taken care of if the government stays the same. By terminating them, we are saving them from onward suffering. It’s the government’s task to classify which ones to be demolished and the common grounds will be the ones who don’t have function in society which is the poor and unskilled. If we want to terminate them, the action must be done to the whole dysfunctional class in order to demolish poverty thoroughly. To make things better, the corpses should be processed in a way that will advantage the country. Make it into fertilizer, for instance.

This will bring huge a controversy due to ethical and religious reasons, but this is the fastest solution by far. Now all we need is a leader and his apparatus that is not afraid to overcome the sin. We need a leader who will accept the possibility that he might go to hell because of this policy. We need a leader that is willing to sacrifice his self for the people. We need Jesus.

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