A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

I had a wonderful experience, that was when I joined IVED (Indonesian Varsities English Debate) as an observer in ITB. It was a competition held by Indonesian debaters. We joined there with a high expectation.

I went there with four my friends, they were Eni (Chief of EDS), Rian (sixth semester), Afit (Math/sixth semester), and Virgi (sixth semester). Eni, Rian and Afit were Unnes’s debaters, and Virgi as Adjudicator. The competition was held on 16-20 of January. In the journey we were very excited and expected that we would be one of breaking team.

In the first day there was Adjudicators selection. That was for deciding who deserve to be chairs, panels, and trainees. Virgi could pass his target to be panel. Not only that but also all of adjudicators was accredited by Core Adjudicators (CA).

In the second day, we debated along the day, we were exhausted because there were three preliminaries. We were so sad because we just got one victory points (VP) that was when we lost STAN B but we was lost by ITB C and Teknokrat Lampung. The first day finished at 11 p.m

In the third day we tried the best we could and we were happy because we got two VP from three prelims and another was silent prelim. We lost Unsoed, and Atma Jogja and the silent was when met ITB A. We could end the day happier than in the previous day.

In the next day we did city tour, it was a trip to many beautiful places in the city that the competition held. We went to Tangkuban Perahu and Cihampelas, we were so happy because we could get many friends from other university. In the night the committee held break night party, it was like a hardcore and the announcement of the breaking teams and adjudicators was announced. We were surprised because we weren’t one of them, but we had to be sportive.

In the last day was the final and UGM vs ITB C. That was very hot debate ITB was as strong as UGM. All of the speakers did their best and the member of house were also excited. We thought that UGM would be the winner but the result ITB was.

Although we didn’t complete our target like the previous competition, I got many beautiful experiences and knowledge. I felt that I was the lucky one because I was chosen to join this and I hope I could get this again.


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