Leeroy | 2017

Leeroy Ting Kah Sing

"The land you came from should never determine
Your ability to rise up
The sum of your successes
The journey to fame
Between the trees and the full moon
The land you came from should never decide for you
That the moon is too far away from your grasp.

He is that.
He embodies strength, and courage.

The courage to dream,
Beyond the sovereign island and the South China Sea,
The courage to dream has brought him
Days worth of small victories
Weeks worth of knowledge hunting
Months worth of encyclopaedic journeys
Years worth of fame and fortune.
He does not falter in the presence of challenges
A testament that optimism in the face of Giants
Coupled with mountains worth of conscientiousness
Becomes the construction of bigger victories.

With very little inevitability, Leeroy’s aptitude to wrap his speech with astuteness,
Turns into paragliding handle like bones onto his spine
With wings he spread, breathing out the insides of his being, ringing in voices.
From Macau, to Championed the Macao Debate Open.
Down South to claim Quarter-Finalist of Jakarta Asian British Parlimentary Debating Championship,
The journey lengthens far into the hemisphere,
Bagging the title of ESL Champions of the Australasians Debating Championship.
Coming back home, with trophies encased in gold,
He spoke in greatness as the Grand Finalist of Petaling Jaya Debate Open
Semi-Finalist of IIUM Asians Debaing Championship.
Leeroy triumphs once more as the Champion of Royal’s Debating Championship.
He shone brighter than the diamonds on the necks of monarchs that night.

The speaker’s stage loses relevance
Without the judge of reason.
Leading the panel of adjudicators,
He has adj-cored
ICRC Humanitarian and Law Debating Championship
UKM Debate Open.

And now, ladies and gentleman, and non-gender conforming friends,
I present you,
Adj core of HEP-IPTS Debating Championship!

He has librar-ied out his mind,
Constructing motions for you to prove that the many worded pages in your mind
Can transmute into tongues of contention.
So come one, come all to HEP-IPTS Debating Championship 2017.
Allow Leeroy to flip the pages of your brain
And grade the wavelength of your voice of reason."

- Allison Jong

Co-Defender of the State of Sarawak,
Fellow comrade in Malaysian Inter-Varsity Debating Championship 2016,
Petaling Jaya Debate Open 2016, IIUM Asians 2017,
Royals Debating Championship 2017,
And your default teammate for tournaments back in Kuching,