Our Song. Our Chance.

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Everyone experiences failure and we must not take them negatively instead we should use it as a motivation to strive harder for success. Failures must not be a burden we have to carry every time we remember it, it is there to be a lesson.

We experienced failure on our first competition as a section, during our Aerodance. It really made me feel hopeless because that was the same scenario last third year, my section ranked lowest on the said competition. Why does it need to happen again this year? Why can’t we just be on the middle that will do, why lowest again? But one contest took  the hope out of me, the “Likang Awit”. It is one of the contests brought up by the Filipino department for the “Buwan of Wika” celebration. I thought that, if our section is not up for dancing competitions, maybe we can compete with singing. There is always hope and another chance to prove that we are something.

Every section from Grade 7 to 4th year are included in this competition. We, 4th year students,  will have to choose from the songs we composed for our project in Filipino that 1st Grading Period. Each section have 2 songs for an option.  In our case, we did not use the composition of my group because it is really not qualified for competition. Luckily, the other group from our section made a really amazing song. The song is entitled “Tara”. Alo, one of our classmates, really made a good tune which is easy to sing along and remember. The lyrics which is written by Gee, is also good.  Thank God we have them.

We Won’t Stop : Hello and Goodbye

Wazzup Pilipinas!

“Tuloy po kayo”- a line always heard from a Filipino household accepting their visitor/s.

Nowhere in the four corners of the world can you find a group of people where the hospitality is as much as the Filipinos. Here in our land, everybody, regardless of color, appearance, status, or any differences about that matter, are treated equally and served them with a smile. Filipinos are unique like a colored balloon in a daguerreotype picture of a park making it standout from any elements caught inside in that picture.

What makes Filipino’s hospitality remarkable? Well, there are lots of reasons why this trait store in everyone’s heart and mind. Like for example, the usual greetings of Filipinos when they are interacting with others. Filipinos say to their guests the line “feel at home”.

After they've come, they may leave a little bit disaster in the house, be ashamed on that, still it’s nothing to them. We are so importunate on asking randomly if they have eaten already and not too forcibly give the plates to them to eat whether they are already full or not, “Huwag tanggihan ang grasya”, always said by Filipinos.

Tara!

 

Wazzup Pilipinas!

There are times that we should know when to look back to able to appreciate all the things we have today and to know whom we should thank them for. In order to do that, our class was chosen to compete with other sections from different year levels by singing an original song . Our song entitled "Tara!", recalled the times when our ancestors were just starting to figure out the way of life, how they communicate with each other, what were their beliefs, how did they see things in a different perspective.

But before the competition, we encountered problems that have somehow made us lose hope. We had a hard time because we were not able to practice that much. We had too much going on, too many projects, too many requirements to pass in just a short period of time. Luckily one of our teachers saw potential and offered us some help. He suggested ways on how to make our performance better and livelier. Our plan was to make our performance look like a variety show that would showcase our talents. To show people that we, as a class, are united and that we are there to have fun and compete.