28th December 2004 : Master’s Debates @ VI

Every morning at KL International Hotel (KLI), we’re required to go down for breakfast latest by 6:30am, just before everyone else i.e. the participants. So, I supposed u can guess that we’re the earliest to wake up and the latest to sleep (: *yawn yawn*

Here we are, today there’s gonna be Master’s Debate Round I & II at Victoria Institution, Jalan Hang Tuah (according to Francis, an ex-student of VI). So, in the morning we walked the participants to Chowkit monorail (about 300m from KLI). From there, they took the monorail, headed to Hang Tuah Station and walked a distance to VI. There were runners stationed at both stations to give direction to the participants, in case they might get lost. Won, Joanne and I were at Chowkit, while Francis went to Hang Tuah first to lead the way.

Then, unintentionally, the three of us took a ride with Balloons, Jay and Alex heading towards VI, in an unser. They’re bringing a very heavy icebox which containing soft drinks. I can hardly PULLED it :p Even I myself can cramp inside it! Along the way, we joked happily and Jay has told us a very funny story which happened after the Trivia Night last night. A friend of ours actually crapped on the chair in the hotel room after he’s drunk, by thinking that the chair is his toilet bowl 8-} *dizzying* And for that incident, he’d gotten his new nick ---> crapchair =))

By the time we reached VI, the Master’s Debate Round I had already started. We saw some participants playing football at the field. Then, we went to the canteen to have our lunch, burgers. At about 2pm, right before the Round II started, we distributed drinks to the debate rooms. Then, we went into one of the debate room and enjoyed the debate :) This is when I get to notice a debater, Caleb. The first impression I had in my mind was, he really looks like Jim Carrey, the famous comedy star. His facial expression, his look, his hair, just seems like a clone of Jim Carrey :))


Won & Caleb at KL City Hall (3rd Jan 2005) after the Official Closing Ceremony. He looks like Jim Carrey, doesn't he?? You judge it!

After the debates ended, we ushered the debaters onto the buses back to the hotels. Next event ---> Official Opening Ceremony of Worlds was held at 8pm at National Art Gallery. All participants dressed up formally and beautifully *eyes catching :>* The three of us (Won, Joanne & me) were actually walking around the art gallery and we did take some photos there :D


L-R: Joanne, Won & I posing at entrance of the Art Gallery :D

We’ve only got back to KLI at 11 something. Despite the thought to sleep earlier and prepared ourselves for tomorrow’s event at our own campus, Multimedia University, an urgent meeting was called at 2am. So, the four of us (Francis, Joanne, Won & I) had to walk to Grand Seasons Hotel in the middle of the night *can be treated as exercises though :>* Ramon fetched us back to KLI after the meeting adjourned, at about 3:40am. And, once we get back to our room, we were all “dead in bed”, a quote from Francis.

Above all, see you guys in MMU Cyberjaya tomorrow!