Tuesday, January 16, 2007

CHIJ St Nicholas VS Methodist Girls School

Both are equally good schools.
Each boasting at least one best speaker.
6 girls. 4 rounds. Catfight!

SCOREBOARD

CHIJ St Nicholas Girls - 28 [Proposition]
Methodist Girls School - 72 [Opposition]

MOTION:

"Selfish? Yes We Are. Today's Youth are Motivated by Self-Centeredness Alone."

Seriously, i thought this match would be as close as Loyang VS Raffles. But i guess not. 40+ over points. That's serious! Looks like MGS is really good at catfight. MEOW!

ROUND 1 - HAVING BRACES AIN HELPING YOU.

Hazel, VS Celine. Woo. Okay. Hazel was the prop so she will start first. In fact, she was rather calm and dorsal. Taking it slow and steady. Oh wait, it's the braces. Plus, while she's giving her point, Celine is furiously writing notes and pointers to rebut? Anyway, right after her setup, Hazel got attacked by Celine with what's self centreness and self interest. Ain't the two the same?

I thought Hazel could stop talking about helping in old folks all what as a self interest. And she should focus on the fact that CIP is a requirement to score well for the CCA Points, and not briefly mention CIP. I guess, that's her downfall.

Celine's very fierce. I shall label her as fiercest girl of the match. She was constantly pointing to hazel while giving her speech, and Hazel's POIs seriously lack that umph and power. Plus, i think it's a really good strategy for the MGS to talk about their constructive point only at the last 1 minute. That's would give them a 30sec secure time.

ROUND 2 - Battle of the Bitch

As much as i say Sarah is by far the prettiest and all, her eyebrows, her smirk, her cunning grin. Woah, it made her a bitch. However, kudos to Sarah for being the only one to memorize her speech without looking at it over 5 times. That's great. And she was definately more persuasive than Beulah Li. I thought Beulah just had the content and style, but when it comes to persuasiveness, it was miserably bad.

Oh oh. Sarah also injected some singlish/singapore slang into the speech, and i thought it would add some points. Seriously, you know why debates in Singapore are boring and dull. It's because Singaporeans are so shy that their flair and style are not showcased, plus, everyone is speaking in perfect english. More like COPYCAT.

So like i said, Beulah had the content and style, but Sarah wasn't lacking those 2 miserably. Sarah lacked the flair, and Beulah was more straightfoward. Both had the smirk. Both had that eyes. Battle of the bitches.

ROUND 3 - Catfight in the alley?

Like i say, 6 girls. 4 matches. 1 rebuttal round where everyone stays at the platform. Complete catfight. Seriously, i expect more.

Deborah was really naggy. She reminds me of Shahnaz from Loyang.
Sarah was equally naggy but her bitchy personality with the raised eyebrow and all, she really sold her team's case.
Hazel was like i said so calm and dorsal, she could be miss invisible in X-men.

Celine was the one who talked the talk for MGS. The other 2 seem pretty overshadowed. Give them some facetime.
Rebecca was not that great and she wasn't pushy.
The teamwork between Buelah and Celine was formidable. The 2 were hitting hard on sterotypes and all. And they kicked St Nicholas's ass.

ROUND 4 - Sweety pie kicked meanie

Both are equally shy and all. But because Deborah was so sweet and soft spoken, it made the Rebecca seem like a bully. I think it was a good tactic that Deborah stated that her team was at a disadvantage. So true. But her points could easily break the logic and rebuttals of Celine and Buelah. Why wasn't she up first? Oh, and one point, braces ain't helping no one. Look at what happen to Deborah. She was sputtering and splatting her words.

Rebecca did not had the content. Like i don't get how come she kept giving the same rebuttals, but phrased them in a different sentence. If i was a judge, i would have point out how her rebuttals were seemingly similar, that i could predict what she was going to say next.

Pokiez's breakdown

Style - St Nicholas [They had a diversity, MGS was just fierce. Period]
Persuasiveness (tone) - MGS
Content - MGS
Personality - St Nicholas [Sweet.Prep.Calm VS Pushy.Forceful.Dull, who would you choose?]
Rebuttals - MGS

Was it a surprise that St Nicholas lost? No. They lacked the content and flair.
Was it a surprise that it was a trash? No. Despite each have a reigning best speaker in the team.
Let's just say that there won't be anymore catfight this season.


TOP 4 BEST SPEAKERS OF THE MATCH

1st: Celine Wee - Not only is she pretty, she got the ferocious flair

2nd: Sarah Yip - She's a mix.

3rd: Deborah Ho - Sweetness can get you far, but you could have been 1st, if you had that flair.

4th: Buelah Li - She's got the attitude. Miserable content. At least she's 4th and alone at her title.


Picture in ranking order of : 1st ------------------> 4th


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