Cooking Debate

My heart beating gradually faster. I felt it this morning. It often happens when I confronting competitions. I'd prepared many things that be needed for this competition as well as I can. But, I always felt never well prepare on this competition. After attempting and praying, I surrender all of results to God. 

The competition would be begun soon. Committee prepared and checked implements. It was English debate competition. After being chosen random, our team that the members were Luthfie, Adelia (Dhea) and me be the first dual with team from another school.

Dhea, my junior class, was given time to prepare this competition is less then fifteen hours. Ready or not ready, she had to be ready. She succeed one of my friend that resigned from this competition because of something. I never imagined if I be Dhea. She was great. She wanted to succeed my friend. How great she is!

The competition went on. Our team lost. Our opponent team continued to next round to debate again. From participants who I watched, I know all of them were great cause they represented their school there. There were trained participants, talented participants, trained and talented participants and less of preparation participants. 

I know my weakness at that moment. I less of practising. (My debate practising with my dolls apparently it hadn't be maximal yet).It is about the common reason: less of time or actually difficult to manage time. After watching great debaters, I'm like getting recipe to be like them. These are ingredients of the recipe:

1. Understanding of English

2. Can speak English (though you'd been fluent yet)

3. Understanding motions

4. Having complete facts about the motions

5. Practise

6. Practise

7. Practise

8. Being confidence

The recipe has to be complete without less of one ingredients. If you less one of ingredients, consider you only have 1-4 ingredients so the food (performance) won't be delicious (maximal) on taste (result). Or the other probability. You only practise once time or few practising make your performance is awkward (not fluently).

In this case, there is exception for talented persons. Talented persons have the skill from themselves so that they can be great persons on their skills, whenever with or without practising. But, it is better for talented or not, we've to always attempt, practise, practise and practise in order to get maximal result. 

Practise makes perfect! 

June,25th 2012