Battle of the Sexes

District 51 recently held one of its biggest event at Wisma WIM on 27 May 2009 and it was an absolute BLAST!

The Organizing Chairman, Mr Dominic Gerard Joseph had organized the Great Debate or better known as the Battle of the Sexes. The title of the debate:

In the 21st Century, Men Are Less Reliable Than Women As Leaders!

For the motion (The Women Team)

1. Kiang Fanng Pyng (Captain)
2. Meera Raman
3. Chew Sher Ling
4. Kay Fong

Against the motion (The Men Team)

1. Lee Swee Seng (Captain)
2. G. Subramaniam
3. G. Jayam
4. Jon Tan

Alright. So, which one of us were there? There were in total 6 of us from SCTMC. Bushra, Maya, Muthu Kumar, Lucas, Amy Choo and myself made a trip there to see for ourselves how great the debate actually is. At 6.30 p.m. we treated ourselves to the special nasi beryani served there. The organising chairman then delivered his opening address at 7.30 p.m. and the nights' highlighted debate began at 8 p.m. sharp.

The ladies were up first, with Kay Wong standing her ground on women as the more reliable gender when it comes to leadership. Then, Jon Tan from the men's team took the stage. And the roles switched to Chew Sher Ling, G.Jeyam, Meera Raman, G.Subramaniam, Kiang Fanng Pyng and last but not least, Lee Swee Seng. Now, all 6 of us came to this event without any idea of the speaker's capability. I personally have only seen Lee Swee Seng delivered a speech in TLI but the rest of the names were unfamiliar to me and I am sure, unfamiliar to most of SCTMC members. However, all 8 speakers were accomplished and competent speakers and their performance supported that. It is truly an eye-opening event. The speakers seem to blend in humour with so much ease and truly winning the heart of the audience of around 100.

Bullets were being fired. Salts were being rubbed on open wounds. Snipers attack. Chemical warfare between the teams.. Men are less reliable!! No, women are less reliable!! Look at the global credit crisis we're in. The leaders of the companies were men! The Great Depression..World War... And the men's team rebutted, confine your arguments to only year 2000 - 2009. No empirical evidence were shown! Men are equally reliable if not better than women... We also heard the issue of IQ and EQ being brought out...the qualities of leadership were explained by both teams to their favour. Statistics were flinging in the air..

Phew..you thought it was tense? Not at all. It was indeed a Battle of Wit. Not a single speaker failed to crack the audience into laughter. And seriously, it was super super funny. Well planned speech and delivered to perfection. "Men are like advertisements. Their promises are never true!" XD XD "How does a man not doing the house laundry got to do with leadership?" "You married the wrong man lah!" LOL!!!

Yap. It really was a splendid exposure towards a higher level of communication skills. Watching them perform, I realised that I am still far far away from being on par with these fellows..but I will be there, we will be there...one fine day! Hee~

That's a wrap from me!

Oh, i forgot. Guess who won the debate?? Haha..I suddenly feel like being naughty and not release the results to you all yet. I'll post the answer...say, next week? Haha..naughty right?:P Try finding out from other sources if you can. In the meantime, Ladies and Gentlemen, what is your say? Shall we have a simple debate on the similar title here?

Drop in your arguments. Debate style.

In the 21st century, Men are Less Reliable Than Women As Leaders.

Are YOU for the motion or against it??

Until next week,

Cheers!

LIM SZE YUE
VPPR

15 June 09 - Result..Men Team won