So much has happened for the past 3 months. There's just so much that I've decided not to mention them, because you know, IT'S A LOT! Anyway, I've been really busy lately, doing such things as watching TV shows, doing projects, watching TV shows, and... wait... watching TV shows! I know, I know, I'm lazy. That's why I decided to blog because when I blog, I tend to think of important things like exams, stress, and oh wait, MY FUTURE! I really have to do well in my exams this semester. I got a VERY depressing grade for my IA, and that's 10 AUs killing my already good chances of getting First Class or Second Class (Upper) Honours upon graduation. That's why I have to do well in the remaining semesters, including my final year project, so that I could balance my VERY depressing grade in IA. I may not get First Class, but I really do hope I get Second Class (Upper) Honours. Anyway, enough of the nerd-talking!
Ok. I may have mentioned that I would not discuss any event that occurred in the 3 months that I've been away from my blog. But just let me talk about the International Cultural & Food Fest (ICFF) 2006 that was held last February. It was quite fun. With the additional Filipino students this school year, the practices for our performances were, shall I say, unforgettable. There were the card games in between practices, the emotional moments, and the goofing around during practices. Anyway, the Filipinos performed the Polkabal and the Fashion-cum-Cultural Showcase, which I shall call the Posible performance since the song we used was Posible by Rivermaya. I think the people were impressed with our Posible performance. It was really unique, in a sense that we were the only group to incorporate dance movements into our fashion show. The other countries did their tradtional costume fashion shows, but theirs were the walking and posing ones. Ours was indeed colorful. For the first part of the performance, we had 3 dancers doing neo-cultural dance or modern jazz (I'm not so sure of the dance style). Then, during the chorus part of the song, 2 pairs and 1 person were showing off their stuff on the stage: The "Moro" pair, the "farmer pair", and the "maglalatik". By the way, these people were dancing while modeling (interesting right?). After the first chorus, the modern dancers came back to do more impressive dances. Then on the second chorus, the "Igorot pair", the "Spanish-times elite pair", and the "dalagang Filipina" had their turn on the stage. Anyway, if you're curious, I belong to the "Spanish-times elite pair", which my partner and I called the "Pre-American Conios". Well, it was fun. Anyway, for the ending, Derek (who was wearing barong tagalog) joined all the performers with the flag. And I swear that at that moment, I really felt proud of my country. The Philippines has been given bad publicity lately (Last week, there was one lady who asked me why our government was corrupt, while another time, someone asked me if we Filipinos always wanted to oust our leaders). But despite these bad images of my country, I can still proudly say that I'm a Filipino. Anyway, back to the topic, people were really cheering after our performance, and we were really happy about it. We knew that all our hard work paid off. And it really felt good.
Ok. That's it for now. I have to start on my simulation assignment, which I need to submit next week. Adios!
