The second preliminary!

Well...well...well...after a fantastic kick off, here we are in the second preliminary round! Everything went on as smooth as silk.The hitches encounted in the first round were mere memories and nothing more than that. Jycinta and Vinod the emcee’s for the day kept the introduction short and sweet.

The show was on and we proceeded to the first speaker, Wilander Law Cheng Guan, a dentistry student. His topic was ‘Communication’. He was communicating well indeed, as the audience seemed mesmerized and actively responded to his questions. His sense of humour was good, too.

Next came Iderpreet Kaur who is a Foundation in Science student. Her topic ‘Embracing the ‘F’ word-shooting the elephant’, was indeed an eye raiser. I would have to admit that she was a great speaker as she was very motivating.

‘Hope’ was the topic for Saravana Kumar Sanderan, a Foundation in Science student. He appeared quite nervous in the beginning but overall he was inspiring.

The fourth speaker was Ooi Cheng Lee a Foundation in Science student with his topic ‘Proton-National pride or national disgrace?’ He put the facts on the table and asked the audience to decide one way or the other. Im sure you are wondering what the audience decided? Well what’s your decision?

Next came a Pharmacy student, Ann Lisa Arulappen who wanted to show her prowess in oratory with her topic, ‘Ragging’. She seemed to have hit the right vein as the audience were extremely excited with her topic and her views. Afterall, most students love to hate ragging.


Another Pharmacy student was the next speaker to take the floor. Joanna Selvi Reneera spoke on ‘Pharmacy-the whole truth’. She was confident even though she had stirred the ‘hornets nest’ as her topic is indeed a very divisive current raging debate between pharmacists and doctors. She seemed pro pharmacists in her speech. However, she contradicted herself on a number of occasions.
The last speaker of the day was Tan Chze Chze a dentistry student, with her topic ‘ Should or should not doctors prescibe contraceptives to girls under 16? Although she failed to shock the audience with her topic, she succeded in doing so with her informal attire. We felt relieved after learning that she had medical reasons for doing so. She seemed nervous at first but managed to end her speech well.

Finally, what can I say about the emcee’s for the day? Simply superb as usual. So...what’s next? Wait for the third preliminary round, this coming Thursday! I assure you, you will be pleasantly suprised...Till then..

-Vatsela-