SPPECH CHOiR !!

SPEECH CHOiR !! YEAH !! WE WON! iT WAS SO EPiC ! 

December 13, 2010 

               That was the date when we won our FIRST and LAST speech choir together. We were so excited to compete for we know that we did our best in everything. From props to practicing the piece. I'm so thankful that we achieved one of our goals. Kevinne, our leader, was so responsible. He wants us to practice and not waste a single second. He is such a good leader. Even though we were noisy, and stubborn, he still managed to explain everything. Because of his patience, we won. He taught us proper discipline and that is one of the reasons why we won. PROPER DISCIPLINE. 

               I love how we always complained about our voices getting weaker and weaker, that we need water breaks, that we have to rest for a while, that we were repeating each stanza over and over again and that we go home late almost everyday. But those are the things which made us win. I'm thankful for all those complaints. There were also arguments but it didn't last long for we have to be one once we competed. 

                December 10, 2010, Friday, we still practiced the whole piece even though we knew that we had it perfect and we still have no props and costume at all. When we finished practicing, we started to make our costume. We decided to make armor like costumes so we cut out metallic papers. I love how we help each other to finish everything. Did I just say to finish ?? Wait, we didn't finish everything yet. We decided to continue the costumes on MONDAY. Can you believe that? MONDAY. The day of the competition. So, we had our clothes ready and we continued making the armor like props. Luckily, we finished it. Yeah, we did. Thanks God. We decided to practice one more time before going to the Audio Visual Room or AVR for short but someone told us to get there that very moment so we just held hands and prayed then we went there full spirited. 

               We were second to perform. We were actually nervous and all but when we stepped on the stage, all our nervousness left our bodies. We started our piece and I'm telling you, I had goose bumps all over me. It's as if there were no girls at all. We all sounded like boys. And I find it funny that it was one of our problems when we were practicing. The voice of us girls. it's too high but when we were there, performing, in front of many people, we sounded just fine. No, we sounded like we're one. We can hear pure silence, until we were moved by the things we were saying and our feelings just empowered our whole body, the audience gave us a round of applause and we were just getting started. After that very moment, the AVR was covered with silence again. We could feel their eyes staring to us with full concentration. Others were smiling and others were wearing their serious faces. 

                After the performance, we were so relieved and of course, happy that we delivered it VERY WELL and because no one made mistake. We waited for the other performers to finish so we can hear the most exciting part of the day. THE RESULTS. We were kinda noisy outside the AVR even though we know that the DEPARTMENTS are just in the hallway. Our hearts were pumping very fast when they were announcing the winners. It started with 3rd place, it was III-Acacia , 2nd place , IV - Crimson and the noise went down a bit for us to hear who the 1st place was. We were holding our breath with full confidence and hope. Then, the most awaited moment came, the 1st place winner was US! The moment the judge called CONTESTANT #2, we felt like our heart left our chests and it kept jumping up and down the hallway. We screamed like crazy and we were really jumping up and down. We cried and hugged each other. Yep,. it was all tears of joy. We started singing DYNAMITE GALILEO VERSiON ! hahah ! We were also thankful to Taylor Alison Swift because it was her birthday! We performed it again in the gym the next day for the whole school to see. 

              Yeah, we just proved something. And that is really something for us to be proud of. Because it was who we are and how we managed to become one. We may be stubborn, lazy and noisy, but we know we can do anything once we work together. We may have arguments inside our classroom, but one thing is for sure, we become one once someone goes against one of us. That's how we love and support one another. Yes they're special to me. They are the closest to my heart. They are my classmates, friends, barkada, kakulitan, kasama sa galaan, bestfriends but most of all, however you wanna call it, they are my life. GALILEANS FOREVER ! 

-- Maxinne♥