“When my
heart beats for someone…” Those were the words that Jem, Cylord, and I uttered
last March 9, 2016 at the Art of Spoken Words Competition, one of the events lead by
the APC Speaks and English Resource Center.
It was a
nice Wednesday afternoon when Ms. Nina asked a huge favor to us. Me and my
block mates have a feeling that it was going to be something about a
competition and our speculation was correct! After our GRAMCOM class, she told
us that there will be a slam poetry competition that will happen after 1 week.
She asked us if we are interested to join the said competition. Almost an hour
passed and no one was still willing to join. In order to not disappoint Ms.
Nina; Me, Cylord, and Jem had an agreement and grabbed the role to represent
our block.
With the
help of Ms. Nina, it took us approximately 4 days to construct and practice our
piece that we will be using for the event. While memorizing my parts in the
poem, I can’t help it but to reminisce my best friend in the past. Just so you
know, I fell in love with this best friend of mine a long time ago when I was
still in high school. To make the story short, I was not able to properly
confess what I really feel about her until we part ways. With that said, I had
no idea that I will be able to use this experience in a school event.
After
rehearsing a bazillion times in school, we were quite confident for the competition
UNTIL we stepped inside the room where the event was being held.
One after
the other, each team recited their piece in front. They did so well and gave me
goosebumps! It’s now our turn to perform and recite what we crammed in the last
few days. With the café themed room, we recited our poem the way we practiced
it. Although we’ve had a few mistakes (especially me), who would’ve thought? We
were able to hook the 2nd place!
We would
like to thank everyone who helped us in this competition. Our block mates who
helped us in the proper delivery of the piece, and of course Ms. Nina. Without
her, we might not be able to achieve our place in the competition.
Source(s):
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Congratulations to the three of you for a great performance. A well-deserved win.
ReplyDeleteMs Eliz
Yey! Congratulations to us! :) I had a great time practicing with you and Cy-Cy. To more competitions together! :D
ReplyDeleteThe three of you really did a great job in the slam poetry.
ReplyDeleteI hope your best friend could read this, because I can sense that you still haven't moved on with her ( kidding). Seriously, I really hope she sould find time to read this, that she may know how important she is in your life. (Cheeziness Overload)
ReplyDeleteWell, that's ECE 151! (haha) Thank you for making our school of engineering proud :'>
ReplyDeleteNaps, i think you(and our two block mates) are the ones who really won the contest. You, Jem and Cylord did very well in that slam poetry competition.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations guys! I know you are really deserving to win knowing that you exerted a lot of efforts during practices. Also, I like your poem. Seriously, I felt the "LPS" (Last Poem Syndrome) (hahaha so corny as always) I kept on reciting some part of your poem in our house. :P
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the 3 of you! you both did a great job.
ReplyDeletethe three of you did a great job congrats on your win! 1st runner up yeah?
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