“The free bird leaps on the back
of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends,” I know that the SoMa
and SoE students are familiar with those phrases as it is the first line in
Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” that was selected as the piece for our speech choir
competition in this English term that was held today (April 21, 2016).
Ms. Eliz started the event with a
very touching opening speech. She stated that this might be the last English
term as there will be no upcoming freshmen next school year. She gave gratitude
to the ERC faculty for all the memories and experiences that they’ve made
through the years in sharing the knowledge and developing the English speaking
skills of students in Asia Pacific College. Because of her speech, I have come
to a realization that I will miss all of the teachers that guided me this term.
Moving on, our hopes in grabbing
a place in the speech choir competition depletes little by little as we observe
the other blocks interpretation of the poem. I was amazed by the performance of
all the ABMA students as they put their creative thinking not just in the piece
itself but also in their AVPs, each video presentation gave me goosebumps as
they were well planned and developed. There were also ignite speakers that
presented their magnificent speeches every other performance of each blocks
presentation.
After seeing all of the other
blocks performance, we’ve thought that we will not be able to grab a place in
the competition. With our mindset, we’ve had no choice but to give our best
shot in our interpretation of Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird.” After we performed,
the program proceeded with the awarding of the winners.
The ABMA151 was able to achieve
the 3rd place as they really put their emotions and creativeness in
their performance and we, ECE151, was able to get the 2nd place.
Lastly, The CPE151 grabbed the 1st place in this year’s competition.
I still can’t believe that we won the 2nd place because we’ve
thought that our presentation was not that deep compared to the other blocks but
hey, I guess our calculations were incorrect. Both the Electronics and Computer
Engineers have once again raised the flag of the School of Engineering.
As I put this blogpost into an
end, I would like to thank the English Resource Center faculty members especially
Ms. Nina for giving us the chance to experience these kind of events. Because
of them, we were able to develop our block’s cohesiveness. As this term ends, I
will really miss our professors for the different memories and experiences that
we’ve shared with them. Once again, Thank you teachers!
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