Philippines: First Win

On the motion that this house would have a worldwide ban on civil nuclear energy, Montenegro (AFF) and Philippines (NEG), the debate went to Team Philippines with a unanimous 3-0 decision.

Getting the first win in was good. Even though Montenegro isn't a highly touted team, getting that first win has been vitally important. We look to improve and solidify our performance for the next round. :)

Did that sound enough like a press release? He he.

As I blog on this matter, our team is in the middle of a one hour preparation for its 2nd Round. We are on the affirmative side against Lesotho, on the motion, roughly, that this house would have full-time education students engage in compulsory charity work.

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Cultural Wales Update:

1. Food still crap.

So-called creamy herb chicken for dinner at Temple of Peace turns out to be boiled milky chicken fibers. Beef Bourgogne with a wine sauce means black-brown sludge. I kid you not. We were given a brief respite today at Bettws High School in Newport, today's venue for the rounds. We had yummy quiche, egg and ham sandwiches, curry samosas type stuff, and orange juice. The kids eat better than the uni students thank God.

2. Weather becomes more British.

Which I actually don't mind much. Rainy and colder now. Makes me feel that I'm really in Britain. The sun has come out again quite recently though, which is nice. Makes me hope that by the time we get to London in a few days, there will be neither the past weeks heatwave weather nor rainy-rainy-rainy depression.

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Wales is starting to grow on me a bit. Caerdydd the Welsh name of Cardiff seems so much prettier than its usual name. We heard some musical performances in last night's opening ceremony and they were really good. We had a tenor, a choir, a soloist, and fiddler all give good performances (esp. the fiddler). We were proud to stand and show our Philippine flag and Filipiniana attire during the opening ceremony.

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Italy vs. France. Wot.