Just a thought - are you guys more likely to check this, or your email? Cos obviously this can be updated more easily than the mailing list cos yahoo takes 2309812031 years to send out an email to Hotmail. Though, for more official purposes (mailing out of speeches etc), we'll prolly have to stick to the mailing list to be safe.

ANYWAY - I see activity here, which is very exciting, keep up the good spirits, people!

WRT yesterday's training - you guys all did a decent job. No Denise, you didn't "screw up". Not anymore than everybody else, anyway. Haha. At this stage, it is obvious that all of you suffer from a severe Lack of Knowledge. Ergo, once you know enough about the issue, you will find that 6 minutes is incredibly little time to deliver a comprehensive speech. So conclusion? Read, read and read some more. Set a news website as your browser homepage so every time you use the net you are forced to at least look at the headlines. I like the International Herald Tribune alot; google news is quite nicely organised too. Also don't neglect local news, because afterall, we are still debating in Singapore.

Additionally, I have tried to call the up-till-now-absent people to fairly depressing results. Elijah has 2 numbers - one is not in use, and I think he switched his phone off for the other. 2 interesting observations/questions:

1. Do people still NOT check their email regularly these days?

2. Do people (teenagers) actually......go to bed before 9pm?!

Discuss.

Anyway, what I wanted to say was, if anybody has their emails, please give them to me, so I can add them to the mailing list and try to contact them.

As it stands, it seems like the 15th is gonna be the best date thus far. I'm looking at doing a full day (morning-late afternoon) thingum so we can spar, do a style exercise and do a bit of team bonding. Which should hopefully be fun.

At any rate, for those of you who have been turning up conscientiously - I REALLY appreciate it. I'll hopefully see you guys again this December. Check your emails!

"We have too much to say."

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