Glossophobia

Freshmen year was the year to beat. We had LOTS (yes, it deserves to be written in caps for super duper emphasis) of activities then! One of those is the Extemporaneous speech contest. I just can't forget it though. I was one of the contestants!!! I was unlucky - slash - lucky enough to be part of a contest which I don't have any idea of to start with. The day before my teacher said that I'll be representing my class was our Outbound so yeah, I was a bit cranky then. She was like "Joanne, can you join the Extemporaneous Speech Contest?" and I retorted with a "Ano yun? (What's that?)" Teehee. Then I found out that it was an on-the-spot speech blah blah blah, just ranting thingy. I agreed because I had no choice... or at least, for experience.

I was the tenth contestant for Division A... and it was just so blahhhh having mental gaps on stage. I guess I quite screwed up. But I'm a first timer, that's understandable! Or not? Well in my case, that should be.

Oh hi, I just feel like ranting how everything went. Practically, after 4 or 3 years. The effect of just sitting and watching the Extempo yesterday. xx.

Now, for whom?

And I could tell you;

his fav'rite color's grey, he likes to argue, born on the thirty-first.

His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes...

If you ask me if I love him, I'd lie.

I don't entirely get why I feel this way

I totally forgot to rant about how our favorite teacher hugged each one of us. Okay, lol, that's not me on the photo -- it's my classmate! And I just posted that photo here just for the reason that it touches my heart to the  realm everytime I see it. I miss October 27 and how euphoric it was! xx.
*11:42A.M., 10-31*

The Story of Us

It's been a habit every year! It's just that this year's celebration happened 11 days after the actual day. Ok, halt! I'll hold back the tears 'cause I'll be starting from the beginning.

H'okay so, I was almost late for school! For the first time, I fell in line in the middle-rs. Waaah, blame my forgetfulness -- I ran back home just to get the gloves I'll be using for our ValuesEd presentation! Speaking of which, everybody did great! As in every - freaking - body. It just goes to show that our batch is the best. Hahaha! Yes! And I'm so proud of my section who managed to pull out a rather decent presentation for this. I don't know what our grades will be but I hope it's something worth seeing. Yeah, 'cause I squeezed all my brain cells for all the choreography I know and making. Helluhvuh! `Cause I'm just a dancer who just can't contribute any steps which are as good as theirs. LOL, kay. 

Then again with St. Thomas, we hella spend the whole day watching Salt in between! Yeah, we were so into it. We love it! Then Step Up 2 after. Also, we had the elims for the Spelling Bee contest next month. I was supposed to be the representative but turns out I placed 2nd so bye! It's always been like that, I would place second from the representative. Waaah. boo. Oh well, that's how life goes -- I'm not destined to be a speller. LOL.

I've been waiting for dismissal since the moment I opened my eyes that day! That's the time we'll do the party kasi, so yes, I was really THAT excited for it. We surprised our beloved 2nd adviser by scattering around the corridor giving him our letters one by one leading him to the party room. Yeah! We were all like, pushing each other! Like everyone's too excited for it. And as he entered, everybody sang a birthday medley!

After which, we settled down to hear his speech! What happened to him was a total tearjerker, I must say. And learning that he appreciates the 3 years we have shared totally left me smiling. Heeee, the best, ever. Remembering all of those still makes my heart somersault.

Ending this post, here's a picture of us doing the `I'm such a Louis` pose! Because we are -- always have, always been, to infinity and beyond. xx.


Photos; courtesy of Manel Santos