The past few days since 3rd of July sees our fellow Honnets training for the Debate Competition of 2017. This training is overseen by Mr Bakhtiar, who guides the Honnets into improving their presentation skills and confidence for the upcoming debate. Before training began, the Honnets were introduced to the format preferred by many debate competition known as the British Parliamentary Style. What is a British Parliamentary (BP) style Debate? A BP debate, which lasts five or seven minutes, consists of two sides: The Government and The Opposition. The all sides are split into four factions: 1. Opening Government (first faction): Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister 2. Opening Opposition (second faction): Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Opposition 3. Closing Government (third faction): Member of Government Government Whip 4. Closing Opposition (fourth faction): Member of Opposition Opposition Whip Two groups of Honnets ...

On the 5 th of July, Honsbridge organised lessons on how to deliver a great speech by a guest instructor, Mr Ranjinath Muniandy. Present are some Honnets along with Mr Sandeep and Mr Bakhtiar. The objective of this lesson is to help Honnets improve their presentation skills in preparation for the Debate Competition. Each Honnet volunteer to deliver a speech based on any subject of their choice and Mr. Ranjinath, Mr. Sandeep and Mr. Bakhtiar will provide comments on how to improve their presentation. The highlight of the lesson is Wan Hariz, who presents a moving speech on depression and how he overcomes it by helping those in need. Mr. Ranjinath, Mr. Sandeep and Mr. Bakhtiar gave commendations, as well as comments on how to improve on his speech. The lesson ends with a video presentation about a Toastmasters International champion, Darren Tay. Darren Tay talks about facing and dealing with bullies, while wearing a white underwear outside his busin...