My second tournament for the second-half of the year, Singapore Debate Open '11 ran memories for me. I remembered the previous year's tournament and hope it would be just as good if not better. Fact is, I was taking a week off from my studies (in the midst of its importance) to debate - What a bloody risk.

Anyway, this was a road-trip manned by the five of us: Mifzal, Badhu, Tasha, Awatif and I. I was designated to be teamed up with Badhu and ace it through the rounds. Breaking would be ideal, although let's face it - The odds are far. But if there's anything I learned, it's to just give it all you've got.

We took lodgings in the heart of Little India at a backpacker's called The Inn Crowd. Compared to last year's Checker's Inn, it's less luxurious but still great nonetheless. We made friends with an activist Australian by the name of Charles who even happily followed us to the Singapore Debate Open '11 Grand Finals.

Debate-wise, I found a focal point of my debate weakness as well as my fundamentals which I'm now on the way to repairing. Though we didn't break, I know we're on the way there - And I'm much much closer to kicking the backsides of those ahead of me. It's just a matter of time.

Intoxication. Jazz bar live performances. Mad public transports. Delectable Chicken Rice. A dancing priest. Road-trip from Johor to KL in the break of dawn. Highway conversations. What I wouldn't do to return to next year's Singapore Debate Open. Even if it meant facing the end of the World.

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