XVIII - The End of the all-English Term

The most awaited day was on December 22, 2015. It was on this day the Ignite Speech and Speech Choir competition was held (also it was the last day of classes before the holidays) and everyone was excited. At 8:00 am, every one of us in our section were rushing and cramming just to prepare for our presentation. It was very funny yet stressful at the same time.

The two competitions were performed alternately, starting with our speech choir then an ignite speech was delivered by a representative. I think it was kind off hard for the ignite speech speakers, since they memorized a piece and a speech that would be presented at the same day.

AC151, our block, was the first section to present so it was really pressuring for us. I really had no confidence with our presentation since we started practicing a week before the competition. Since it was rushed, our presentation seemed to lack and some of our movements weren't in sync when we finally presented. But would you believe that we were the second runner up? Me neither.

Nicole Timbol was our representative of our section for the ignite speech competition. For me, her content was really meaningful since she talked about agape, the highest form of love and a mother's love. She talked about the unconditional love of a mother. It was wonderful because you can feel the emotions in her speech. Although she talked very fast and I felt that I was also running out of breath. But I was really glad she became the 2nd runner up.

I felt really proud of our section because we won in all three competitions for this term. 2nd runner up in the Speech Choir competition, also 2nd runner up in the Ignite Speech competition (Nicole Timbol), and finally champion in the Inter-class Public Speaking Competion (Gracielle Sitjar).

All of these activites were really overwhelming for me, and it helped shape our skills in very way. This term was kind of fun too, despite all the deadlines to accomplish and anxieties to conquer.