15 - Storytelling

Did you remember when your mom/dad used to read bedtime stories for you to sleep?  Stories that really affects you. Stories that you can’t get over of. And Stories that you thought true.

A couple of weeks ago, English Resource Center conducted an event “Ignite speech: Confessions of a book-a-holic & Storytelling”. Students who are enrolled in World Literature class needs to have atleast two participants in order to represent their block.  Our block represents by our own Jemima Faith Yucoco and Marti Yokoi and their title is the legend of the coconut tree. The legend of the coconut tree was contains of different characters which was played by the five of us from ECE151. The play was indeed great. We all have it’s own role to act with. For me, the best part of the play was when it’s the animals turn to shine (HAHA) no. lol just kidding. I just say that because I’m the snake there. Hahaha. But, I think what makes us look great is that because of the lights (thanks to Wilbert) and of course, it is also because of our caring adviser Ms. Nina. I remember right from the day we met her, from the cheers and chants, story-telling, and other things.. up until speech choir she never leave us alone. She always guides us. If it wasn’t her, we would never bring the gold trophy again. We would never win.

Moreover, this competition is something that you can’t forget of. It’s unique. I don’t know but I love this kind of program. It’s entertaining. It’s not the typical type of program that others do. Well, I just love hearing and reading stories. And choosing legends stories is really nice because it’s like you’re going back to the days where you are still young.

14 - Who wants to be a millionaire?

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Right after when our basketball game finished, I and my friends went to the Auditorium to support Jemima Yucoco, Winzy Casil and Napoleon Labuson. They are the ones who represent our block.

Who wants to be a millionaire was another program that was conducted by English Resource Center Faculty. And Ms. Eliz was the one who made those questions. Speaking of questions, I don’t know but I when I saw those questions, I wanted to leave as soon as possible. Hahaha lol (I’m exaggerating)

To know more about “Who wants to be a millionaire”, let me tell you its definition. According to Wikipedia, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is also known as WW2BAM. It is a Filipino game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The main goal of the game is to win 2 million Philippine pesos answering 12 multiple-choice (previously 15) questions correctly. There are four lifelines: 50:50 (fifty-fifty), Phone A Friend, and Switch and Double Dip. The latter two replaced Ask the Audience, which was used until the 2010 seasons and of Phone-a-Friend until the 2012 season and reused for the 5th Incarnation replacing the People's Pick lifeline instead.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was broadcast from 2000 to 2002 on the government-sequestered Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, produced by Viva Televisionand was hosted by actor Christopher de Leon.

On May 23, 2009, the game show returned under a new home over TV5, with actor-host-comedian Vic Sotto as the new host.

The show aired its season finale on October 7, 2012 to give way to another game show hosted by Sotto, The Million Peso Money Drop (the Philippine version of The Million Pound Drop Live created by Endemol).

However, the show returned on air September 15, 2013 for a new season together with Pinoy Explorer and Wow Mali! Pa Rin in exchange to the now defunct talent show Talentadong Pinoy. This incarnation ended on January 11, 2015 in preparation for the launching of Move It: The Clash of the Street dancers on January 25, 2015.

The show returned on May 10, 2015 at 7pm, replacing Move It: The Clash of the Street dancers which held its Grand Finals two weeks before the launch of the new incarnation.”

This is a competition that you will learn a lot of things. This includes advantage for students like us. It is really helpful because through this competition our  knowledge in English would widen.

sources: (photo from Jem Yucoco)

13 - SHOCKING MOMENT (Speech choir)

-- April 21, 2016 ( Thursday) The day where the last program for the English term  speech choir and ignite speech competition. Of course, English Resource Center faculty are the ones who organized and made this program successful. The program was started with an opening program by which Ms. Eliz thanked her English Resource Center Family. After her message, the slideshow pop up on screen.  The first thing that flashed on screen was their solo pictures which all of students refreshed and shouted for their own advisers. But, when the photos of Get-togethers, bonding, and happy moments they had shared for the past couple of years were flashed, the crowd became quite. The crowd feels sad knowing that most of Professors wouldn’t be part of the English Resource Center again.  

In 3 months of being with the ERC faculty, I can say that they are undeniably great. They are professionals in their own way. They are the ones who are great to be with. Indeed, it’s true that they are who you can count on.

Back to business, the speech choir was composed of participants from (4) four block from ABMA and (2) two from SOE. We are all freshmen students. ABMA 153 were the first who performed followed by ABMA 152,  ABMA 154 , ABMA 155, ABMA 151 (from school of multimedia), next is CPE 151, and of course our block ECE 151 (from School of Engineering). Each block represents their speech choir presentation great. It was amusing. ABMA students were really good that’s why I as well as my blockmates (ECE-151) claimed that we would never win this competition. Right from the start, when the ABMA 153 showed, we are really nervous because we know that most of the faculty and students in the Auditorium are waiting for our turn. They are expecting that we would bring the gold trophy again. But, Oppppsss! Guess what? We won the title of being the 1^st runner up. Yasssss! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT RIGHT?? WE WON! IT’S REALLY UNXPECTED. Up until now, it’s still not syncing on my mind. Hahaha. Still buffering -_- All the late nights practices and all the sacrifices were worth it.  

12 - Zombadings

“Yuck! Gay!”

“He deserved nothing!”

“They are immortals!”

Words like these are somehow happening in real life. Words that they hear almost every day. Words that they are offend of. Words that hurts that results them to break down.    

Gossiping into one’s shame, laughing at someone’s mistakes, and judging them without knowing the truth are the things that most of us always do. But, why? How do we do that?  How do we say those offending words? When in fact, we hate hearing those and we don’t want to feel that.

It’s indeed true that people will always be people. People will always judge you.  People will always say something about what you do and will always see nothing but mistakes.

--Tuesday, A couple of weeks ago. Ms. Eliz watched us the film "Zombadings". 


      

Zombadings is a story about a guy named Remington who was cursed into a future of becoming what he hates the most- a gay man. It started when he teased a gay “Bading!!” and laughed at him where he had just seen in the Cementery. However, his new girly fashion (sexy figured tight shirts and cute shorts) started, then a change in his beki language (atey!), followed by an evolution in his physical movements and sexual preference. He can’t control what is happening in him.

Each night, he is haunted by someone he doesn’t even have idea who was it. While all this is happening, a killer targeting gay people are killing them for no apparent reason. Remington, together with his friends, tries to find a solution to his problem and that is to break the curse and solve the mysteries about the killings that are happening in their town. Moreover, all the undead sisters rise from their graves to take revenge..

In the end, the only solution that they have is to pass the curse to someone. By that, his father decided to sacrifice and claim the curse so that his son won’t suffer from it.

Furthermore, this is a story that makes you laugh harder from the start until it ends. But that’s not just all about that, because this comedy film has also moral lessons that all of us should know and learn. It has a message that says that we are not born to judge, discriminate, hate, reject, ridicule or degrade a person for being homosexual. We are all humans. 

11 - LITTLE BEAR. BIG ADVENTURE (Paddington)

What if you found something that is new to your eyes? Not just one but more than hundreds…
What will you feel? What will you do?   

There was an explorer that goes to the darkest Peru. His name is Montgomery Clyde.  Montgomery

Clyde was researching for a species of bears. Even though he tried to take one of the bears, he eventually decided to stay with them. As the time goes by, he became friends with the bears Aunt Lucy  and Uncle Pastuzo. He then realized that bears can be as smart as people too. The explorer learned a lot of things from bears. Also, the bears learned a lot of things from people. But they were parted because the explorer needs to go back to where he lives.

In continuation of the story, there was an earthquake that parted the young bear and old bear couple Aunt Lucy  and Uncle Pastuzo. The trees and other things in the jungle we destroyed. Aunt Lucy and young bear were the only one who still alive. Uncle Pastuzo was nowhere to be found but only his cap which was gave by an explorer Montgomery Clyde.

Auntie Lucy grab young bear to hide on a little boat inside the ferry. Aunt Lucy said that young bear was the only who will go in the London to find the explorer because the explorer would be the one who would protect them. The young bear found himself on the train where he met the brown family. He stayed in the house of the said family but a few days passed, the father of the family Henry decides Paddington needs to go because the young bear didn’t do anything good but let the brown family bring into harm.

Moreover, the daughter of the great explorer wanted to be powerful and rich in the world.  With that, she planned to take the young bear from the brown’s house. As she successfully took the bear, the brown family hurriedly went to that place to rescue Paddington.

In the end, the young bear found a real home and it’s the home of the brown family.

This story is about the important relationship among the family members. It reminds us that family should stay together. Even the hardest time come, we should never easily give up.