Burnt Ashes

TOMORROW is the day. We are finally going to Lipa, Batangas for the Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) 2015. Although the RSPC proper will be held on Monday, of course we need to be prepared so we’re arriving a day earlier. Monday is for the parade, opening ceremony, and other categories’ competition proper. And yes, Tuesday is the big day.

We’ll be competing against hundred other editorial writers from different cities of Region 4A – CALABARZON. It is only today that I feel so pressured about this. Imagine representing not just only your school but also the whole city. Mayor Jenny has funded us more than a million worth of peso and of course, it is our job to pay back with awards and all. I am nervous. I want to be confident with myself but I find it so impossible especially that I’ve seen one of my competitors from Laguna. Lord, I trust myself to You.

This week better be great or else everything I sacrificed will mean nothing.

Slash that V, dot that I, curve that C, T, O, R, Y. Go Team Dasmariñas!

The best moments are hard to narrate because.. that’s why. Chauce, so ililista ko na lang mga di ko [gusto] malimutan sa tatlong araw na stay sa Dr. Jose P. Rizal Elementary School para sa Regional Schools Press Conference training.

• Ma’am [Dr.] Fortunato. Not just only a judge for the upcoming RSPC [Editorial Writing category] but also a Filipino Professor from UST and DLSU Manila. Wowza. Ang hirap hulihin ng gusto niya, hirap pulsuhan schette, kaya siguro single pa siya kahit [senior] na chauce hahahaha.
• Peers. Ewan ko pero we all clicked agad nung first day pa lang ng stay. Tapos syempre bukod kay Denise, mas nakasama ko sila Rhick, Regine, Chanz chaka si Kamar [huhu di ko alam spelling sorry please]. Sila din katabi ko matulog ganern. Pero sama sama naman kaming lahat na editorial team most of the time. Engot huhu iship daw ba kami ni Rhick, huhu walang spark hahahahaha. Pero schette yung librong Theodore Boone, medj late na ko nakatulog last night kasi pinahiram ni Rhick yung libro tapos ayun, ganda huhu download ko nga.
• Inside jokes. Sa sobrang sabaw naming lahat, puro na kami kalokohan. Tapos mga inside joke namin, yung sa Taguig [kasi yun yung venue ng Nationals], magtataho and the tambays, Japan! Japan!, Gines/Genes, “Edi wow”, sophisticated, beacon, and many moooore. Huehue, I love my editorial team already what hahahaha.
• Food. Thank you talaga kay Mayora hahahahahaha! Kasi covered talaga lahat, simula breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack then dinner. Eh yung mga snacks in between e di basta basta snack, heavy meal din. Rapsi pa kasi meron ding side dish, dessert or fruit, thank you Annie’s Catering hahahahaha. Feeling ko tataba ako sa dami ng pinapakain samin — tatlong araw pa lang ‘to ah, pano pa sa RSPC mismo hahahaha bundat.
• Ma’am Porto and Ma’am Cabrera. Si Ma’am Porto talaga trainer namin ever since pre-RSPC training tapos ang cool niya talaga. Kahit bipolar siya, ang bait nya samin unlike ibang trainers na on/off na nga ilaw sa gabi e push pa din pagawa ng articles. Ang kanya lang, kailangan namin matapos every editorial. Imagine, ilan pinapagawa nya sa isang araw, caiyac beh. Hahahahahaha. Si Ma’am Cabs naman, cool din, easy lang. Siya nag-aalaga samin ganern. Mga nasa 50s na sila pero shet, rad.
• Chanz. Elem lang ‘tong sing Chanz e, grade 6. Pero tuwang tuwa talaga ako/kami sa kanya kasi para siyang matured na ewan, tapos hindi siya yung jejemong bakla hahahaha. Glam talaga. Sa kanya talaga nagsimula yung Glam shots. Ewan ko basta nakakatuwa siya hahahahaha mga joke ganon laitera hahahahaha love life nya hahahaha ay nako. Hays.

Dami pa talaga kong gusto ilista kaso shet pagod na ko hahahahaha pudpod na utak ko mag-isip. Ah meron pa hahahahahaha tanginerts, nagdala ako ng powerbank pero deputa di ko naman nadala connector, bobo eh hahahaha. Tapos ayun, malamig sobra. Ge.

All in all, super saya talaga, worth it yung pag upo halos buong araw kaka sulat at kaka isip. Sana manalo kami sa RSPC he he he 🙂

Thank You Lord!