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8th Division Press Conference and Contests: A Bonding Experience
So Patrizia managed to post before me. I feel somewhat ashamed, I'm posting late! .. (Kidding!ü) Nah, I'm actually glad someone posted here. :)
Friday. All BH arrived in maong/jeans, so I had to give people two minutes to run and do their "needs", so the rest of the school wouldn't question our attire. Hmm.. Permit slips. I was going around, questioning everyone, asking if they had already given me the permits. 28. 29... 30? 30. Ms. Cedo said twenty-nine. We finally figured after ten minutes (because I went from person to person to ask if they had any failing grades) that one of us couldn't join, so she had to borrow school things from her classmates. So we boarded our coaster and L3, and talked and talked and talked. I love Lyka.
Kalumpang Elementary--I led BH all the way to the third floor, and gah, the registration line was still so long. But we went through anyway. After teaching my copyreading and headlining contestants what to do during the contest, I met up with my old friends in MIST and MSH. My cousin Claudine, who's the current EIC of Infant, was there too. Good, she went for Copyreading. I went for Editorial Writing. :)
Hmm, hmm. Talkies, doxology, swearing (Journalist's Creed, led by my first year best friend, Valerie Barcinal, who's now the News Ed of MIST), welcoming, attendance of schools, dances, songs, and all the usual things done in the press con went next. Then we were led to our rooms. Had a 15-minute break. Chat, chat, chat outside the room with Lyka, Valeria, K. Lacson, and everybody else. Afterwards, Sheana and I went into the exiled room, and waited for our proctor. We were asked to sit down alternately (my number was 9).
Write, think, blank stare, write, scratch, write again, stare at the green board, twirl pen, write again, write, write, write, sigh deeply, twirl pen, wait for the proctor to enter the room, pick up my bag and notebook, submit the paper, drop mouth (Proctor tells me, "Tapos ka na?"), say yes, exit the room, find Ms. Cedo together with PJ and company, laugh with Ms. Cedo.
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We then waited for the rest to come out; among the last were Lyka, Krizelle Lacson, Krizelle Talladen, Patrizia Marcelo, and Charlene Coronel (this was expected, because they went for ::not in order:: Editorial Cartooning, Feature Writing and Pagsulat ng Lathalain). We took some pictures, then Ms. Cedo and Mrs. Adigue went around Kalumpang to hire a jeep. So we rode the jeep. And breathed each other's uniforms.
RP. Popeye's. Biscuits, chicken fillet sandwhich and (record!) Coke Lite. After the agreed-upon schedule of 2 at the main entrance, Lyka and I separated from the rest of the group and hit the stores. All the stores in RP. Or almost anyway. Many went to Timezone, but I really don't know where the others went. A few minutes after 2, Lyka and I went to the main entrance lobby with the Timezone group. People kept on eating candies... A few of us sat on the mall floor (record #2!) and I took pictures again. The guard told us to stand up. Oh, the shame. But anyway, our advisers came, and we rode another jeep back to Kalumpang. We loaded our coaster, and I taught our group "such an enjoyable game" called Signs. And I had to promise to allot one whole BH period for playing that game, because they wouldn't leave the coaster--addicts. :) Ha, I'm excited anyway. ü
Announcement of winners will be on the 13th. Since the teachers will be having their 3-day retreat in Tagaytay starting that day, only the contestants would go to Kalumpang to hopefully(!) retrieve medals and certificates. Afterwards--RP!!! :)
Hope that we win. I really want to win. I know I did my best.. Guys, just please pray for me.
--What the heck? Why am I forgetting my staffers? Pray for all of us who competed... The judging might be going on right now.
Friday. All BH arrived in maong/jeans, so I had to give people two minutes to run and do their "needs", so the rest of the school wouldn't question our attire. Hmm.. Permit slips. I was going around, questioning everyone, asking if they had already given me the permits. 28. 29... 30? 30. Ms. Cedo said twenty-nine. We finally figured after ten minutes (because I went from person to person to ask if they had any failing grades) that one of us couldn't join, so she had to borrow school things from her classmates. So we boarded our coaster and L3, and talked and talked and talked. I love Lyka.
Kalumpang Elementary--I led BH all the way to the third floor, and gah, the registration line was still so long. But we went through anyway. After teaching my copyreading and headlining contestants what to do during the contest, I met up with my old friends in MIST and MSH. My cousin Claudine, who's the current EIC of Infant, was there too. Good, she went for Copyreading. I went for Editorial Writing. :)
Hmm, hmm. Talkies, doxology, swearing (Journalist's Creed, led by my first year best friend, Valerie Barcinal, who's now the News Ed of MIST), welcoming, attendance of schools, dances, songs, and all the usual things done in the press con went next. Then we were led to our rooms. Had a 15-minute break. Chat, chat, chat outside the room with Lyka, Valeria, K. Lacson, and everybody else. Afterwards, Sheana and I went into the exiled room, and waited for our proctor. We were asked to sit down alternately (my number was 9).
Write, think, blank stare, write, scratch, write again, stare at the green board, twirl pen, write again, write, write, write, sigh deeply, twirl pen, wait for the proctor to enter the room, pick up my bag and notebook, submit the paper, drop mouth (Proctor tells me, "Tapos ka na?"), say yes, exit the room, find Ms. Cedo together with PJ and company, laugh with Ms. Cedo.
üüü
We then waited for the rest to come out; among the last were Lyka, Krizelle Lacson, Krizelle Talladen, Patrizia Marcelo, and Charlene Coronel (this was expected, because they went for ::not in order:: Editorial Cartooning, Feature Writing and Pagsulat ng Lathalain). We took some pictures, then Ms. Cedo and Mrs. Adigue went around Kalumpang to hire a jeep. So we rode the jeep. And breathed each other's uniforms.
RP. Popeye's. Biscuits, chicken fillet sandwhich and (record!) Coke Lite. After the agreed-upon schedule of 2 at the main entrance, Lyka and I separated from the rest of the group and hit the stores. All the stores in RP. Or almost anyway. Many went to Timezone, but I really don't know where the others went. A few minutes after 2, Lyka and I went to the main entrance lobby with the Timezone group. People kept on eating candies... A few of us sat on the mall floor (record #2!) and I took pictures again. The guard told us to stand up. Oh, the shame. But anyway, our advisers came, and we rode another jeep back to Kalumpang. We loaded our coaster, and I taught our group "such an enjoyable game" called Signs. And I had to promise to allot one whole BH period for playing that game, because they wouldn't leave the coaster--addicts. :) Ha, I'm excited anyway. ü
Announcement of winners will be on the 13th. Since the teachers will be having their 3-day retreat in Tagaytay starting that day, only the contestants would go to Kalumpang to hopefully(!) retrieve medals and certificates. Afterwards--RP!!! :)
Hope that we win. I really want to win. I know I did my best.. Guys, just please pray for me.
--What the heck? Why am I forgetting my staffers? Pray for all of us who competed... The judging might be going on right now.