I didn't go to school today. Because my body hurts and to think that we didn't exactly have a "rest day" from school like ..Saturday and Sunday. For almost 3 weeks we were practicing for the cheering competition. In those 3 weeks, many stories were formed. Many problems, many people were giving up, blood, sweat and tears were given during those 3 weeks.
MAGPAKAILANMAN. [haha]
Our practices started last August 15. 2 days after our Periodical Exam. Brain storming. We needed "auditions" daw. I went to AJ's group. So AJ taught us some dance steps from their Crissa StreetDance Competition. But the audition was cancelled. [May audi-audition pa kasing nalalaman e. Haha.] We still haven't figured out what to do. We were just listing down the PEP squad and the boosters. Talking about what colors of our costumes gonna be, what our costumes would look like -- skirt or jazz pants. August 17. We were still discussing the same topic over again. Some PEP people wanted skirts -- because it looks more like we're PEP Dancers that way. For 2 years, we wore jazz/jogging pants during competitions. So this time, we wanted a different one. Conversations went like this way:
AJ: Bakit ba ayaw nyo ng skirt? E lagi na lang tayong nagj-jazz pants e. Kaya hindi tayo nananalo kasi ang dami nyong arte! San kayo nakakita ng cheering na hindi nagpapakita ng skin? Na balot na balot yung katawan? Tingnan nyo yung 4th year last year, yung costume nila mukang pang PEP squad talaga. Hindi sila nagi-inarte. Kasi ang goal nila manalo!
Sa discussion of costumes pa lang, we were un-united already. Some PEP people didn't want to wear skirts but willing to. Some people want to wear skirts realizing that AJ has a point. Some people don't really want to for reasons na malaki raw ang hita nila, nahihiya sila and other stuff like that. Take for example, my classmate, Nikita, she's not very skinny yet she's willing to wear a skirt.
I say, oo nga naman, bat ayaw nilang magsuot ng skirt? Kaya nga sila sumali sa PEP kasi willing sila sa kung ano man ang gagawin dito. Kung ayaw nila, edi dapat sumali na lang sila sa boosters. Tama naman dba?
In the case of leadership thingy, marami din ang may ayaw sumali dahil ayaw nilang mapagalitan like back in our sophomore and freshie days. And there's this certain person that almost most of us dislike. She always wanted to be the "bida". She don't hear our points. Like when we suggest something, what she wants, yun ang masusunod. And for one thing, sabi ng iba, nakakabastos na rin daw ang ugali nya. Like what my backmate said, "Ang feeling nya ah. Masyado syang bilib sa sarili nya." Sa mga Montessorians na nakakabasa nito, wala akong sinabing name. =D
That day while we were discussing those things, the boosters were already practicing some cheers yet dance steps and cheer moves weren't formed yet. We weren't united. August 17. Soleil came over. We decided na siya ang magtuturo sa'min since she was the one who offered us. So ayun, we discussed our problems. She said, "Yung mga away nyo, wag nyo munang intindihan yan ngayon. Alisin nyo yang away away na yan at least for now." Something like that. E ganun pa rin, un-united pa rin kami about sa skirt stuff. So we split up. Yung mga willing magsuot ng skirt sa side na 'to. Yung mga hindi dun sa side na 'to. Yung mga magsu-suot ng skirt, yun ang main dancers. Yung mga hindi, may certain part lang sa cheering namin na ilalagay sila. Okay, so the problem was solved. =D Myca and I designed the cheering costumes. But hindi yun ang ginamit namin na costume.
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Ever so dependent talaga ako sa computer. Haha. :]
So ayun, practice na kami. Yey! At last. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. We were practicing from 1:30/2:00 up to 6:00/6:30/7:00pm usually everyday. Classes were shortened. Good thing the SportsFest was moved from August 29 to August 31.
But still on those practices, many things have had happened. But it's a long story so I'll just tell about the day before the day of the competition.
Our practice was pretty good, I guess. We were rehearsing over and over again that we have had a hard time to jog because our legs hurt soo much. Pagkatapos ng isang session ng whole cheer dance, we will sit and we were like from the dessert yearning for water. We were all sweating hard. Lahat na ata ng klase ng dumi nasa amin na. Haha. Our whole body hurts yet we still rehearse our dance over and over and over and over again. Imagine just how our body hurts... we have had a hard time walking, we have had a hard time walking up and down the stairs and we have had a hard time sitting down.
Anyway, We finished at around 5:30pm. We were supposed to be there at around 9am. I was late, as usual. I came at around 10am. But we started at around 11am something because the Sophomores were still using the gym for practice. We came home at 6pm. Why? We were waiting for our costume. Kaya lang sabi nung mananahi, wala raw maghahatid. Tsss. So our 3rd year advisers told us to go home and they'll give us our costumes the next day. [August 30 yun, pagod na pagod kami at ako na rin syempre na nakalimutan ko na na birthday ng kras ko dati. haha]
Soleil even cried. Kasi nga raw hindi pa daw namin sobrang ayos yung dance. Kasi raw pag nagkalat kami sa competition, nagkagulo-gulo kami, sya ang mapapahiya. Kasi syempre sya ang nagturo. And another thing, ayaw rin nya kaming mapahiya. So they[Soleil and the teachers] did all the best they could to support us and be there during practices. Ms. Mendoza was even there until 7pm kahit na yung practice namin e, Saturday at Sunday. Kahit yung mga walang pasok/holidays, may practice kami and pumunta pa rin sila dun.
Our teachers were very very supportive. Even though they said na hindi sila makiki-alam sa mga gagawin namin, they gave all the support they can give. We're very very very thankful. Soleil even said na sila Ms. Mendoza[our Adviser--Hope] hindi daw sila naki-alam sa mga costumes nung 3rd year sila, ngayon lang daw sa batch namin sila naki-alam sa mga ganun. Why? What did they do? Gabing-gabi, pumunta sila sa may North Olympus para kunin yung costumes namin. Na-abala na raw yung anak at asawa ni Mrs. San Juan[Adviser--Humility], but then, they still went there.
August 31, I woke up at 5am. We were supposed to be there at exactly 6am. But as usual, late ako. I was there 6:30am. Nyahaha. There were only a few of us. Dala-dala ko pa e, dalawang plastic ng SM at ang laman e, mga shoe boxes. Some of my batchmates /classmates, 5 of them, requested na magpapabili sila ng Advan shoes kasi hindi sila makakapunta sa SM so ayun. Pati yung jogging pants, 1 nagpabili sakin. Kasi yung jogging pants namin, dapat dalawang stripes na white sa gilid. Tapos yung shoes, it's supposed to be white and Advan. Affordable naman and okay sa budget namin. Kaya yun na lang.
But another problem struck us. Yung long-sleeve ng costume namin parang yung pang-magsasaka. Yung parang, "Mang Pedro" type na color white. Yung camisa de chino. Sabi ni Soleil, "Hindi namin alam kung tinatarantado tayo nung mananahi e. Pero nakagawa na kami ng paraan. Sobrang mag-thank you kayo sa mga teachers pagdating nila. And wag nyong sisisihin si Jhem about dun sa costume. Wala syang kinalaman dun. Ginawa nya, nagtawag lang sya ng mananahi." Basta ganun, mahabang PEP talk. Lagi na lang kaming may ganun e. Hehe.
I read the text msg of Ms. Mendoza sa phone ni Nikita, it went something like this, "E ganun talaga. We want to give all the support we can give. Kahit na sinabi naming hindi kami makikialam, hindi pa rin namin kayo kayang pabayaan. Malalagpasan rin natin to." I forgot the other things our adviser said. It was so touching. =D
Ayun, parade na. Nung nakaupo na kami dun, mga around 9am, tumakas kami papunta sa HS Building. We needed to go kasi para mag-ready. Okay naman yung costume, kaya lang yung panloob, yun nga, parang pang-magsasaka. So ang long sleeve namin, stockings na lang. Ayos ano? Hehe. Hindi nga raw mukang stockings e. Pero galing talaga ng mga 3rd year advisers. Hehe. =D Si Chello ang nag-makeup samin. Si Golda ang nag-ayos ng hair. Sobrang taas ng pony tail namin nun. Nyahaha. Basta yun. PEP Talk muna. Parang, "eto na tong day na hinihintay natin. Always remeber, SMILE. BOUNCE. NOD. Ibigay nyo lahat ng makakaya nyo. SHARPENER!!! =D Ayusin nyo." Something like that. Tapos we linked, then prayed to God. Asked for His guidance.. etc. Then, Hand over the other over the other over the other over the other.. =D then said, "WHOO WHOO WHOO WHOO!!! JUNIORS!!!"
Tas we went to the gym in group. Astig. Hehe. We were Entry #2. Seniors ang una. Yung entrance ng Seniors nasa sasakyan sila nun e. Ano nga yun.. F150 ata. Tas, kami na. Syettt. Ayos ang entrance namin. Kaya lang pagdating nung dance na, we were like, "Bat ganun ang audio?" Sira sira yung audio meehhnnn. Nagkagulo kami dun. Yet we still continued performing. Yun yung unang dance namin, sobrang hindi ganun yung tugtog. Ewan namin anong nangyari. Yung Gasolina at Ginebra[bilog ang mundo; yung parang indian ewan na sound], malakas yung tugtog pero still may sira pa rin. Pero at least okay sya. Tapos yung sa "Worldwide".. Ladies clap your hands..*claps*, sobrang hina ng tugtog. We were wondering bakit ang tagal, yun pala tumutugtog na, mahina lang. Ako narinig ko pero sobrang sobrang hina. Pero tinuloy pa rin namin yun. Maraming palpak, di kami contented sa nangyari sa performance. We didn't get the chance to give the best that we were supposed to give. We didn't get the chance to do what we were supposed to do. Mas maganda pa ata yung practice namin before the competition kesa nung mismong competition. After our performance we were all like, "Bakit ganun?" We were all frowning. Syeeettt. Soleil cried again. She said kasalanan daw nya kasi hindi nya inayos yung CD. Nung practice namin, okay yung CD. Sobrang ayos sya. Pero in-edit kasi. May tinanggal na dalawang songs kasi overtime kami kapag sinama namin yun. Kaya ayun, nasira. Tsk. Sana sa kuya ko na lang pinatanggal at pina-edit yung dalawang songs na yun. Sobraaaa. Sheettt. Pero it happened already. So, dinala nalang namin sa projection. SMILE lang kami kahit ganun na nangyayari. We still continued. Yun ang maganda dun.
Sophomores na, sheyy. Ayos. Di ko na napanood yung sa 1st year, yung umpisa lang. Kasi umalis na kami nun e. Kumain muna kami. Pinuntahan ko mommy ko. Pina-video ko kasi yung dance namin. Hehe. Then after, umalis na mommy ko. Pinuntahan ko mga kasama ko sa Gym. Announcement and awarding of winners na. Sobrang nakikita ko sa mga mukha namin na hindi kami masaya sa nangyari. Pumunta na sa part na aannounce na yung sa cheering.
4th runner up- College
3rd runner up- 1st year
2nd runner up ....
2nd runner up - Sophomores
Pero, nagkamali. Nagkagulo. Tiningnan yung folder kung nasan nakalagay yung winners. Tas nagsigawan at nagtalunan yung mga Sophies. Etong mga batchmates ko naman, nagtalunan na rin. Nakisabay. Mga gago. Haha. Nung time na yun, sobrang nawawalan na kami ng pag-asa na manalo. As in sobra.
Sophomores ang CHAMPION. Sheeeeyyy.
2nd runner up - Seniors
1st runner up.... JUNIORS!!!!
YEESSSS. Talunan kaming lahat nun! Puteeeekkk. Naguluhan pa nga kami nun e. Pero ayun, masaya pa rin. Hehe.
Pero honestly, kung hindi lang talaga nasira yung audio namin, .... Haayy. Expected nga daw ng mga seniors kami mananalo e. Sabi nung classmate ko, "Ang galing nyo nga e. Kahit nasira yung audio, di nyo pa rin pinahalata na ganun. Tuloy-tuloy parin kayo sa pagsayaw."
Pero at least, kahit hindi kami nanalo, we know deep down ourselves na kami ang panalo. [Sorry sa mga Sophomores na makakabasa nito. PEACE tayo. Sobra.] We really exerted much effort into this. Kami lang ata yung batch na nagpractice ng Sunday e. Nyahaha. Pero I realized, siguro nga God has His reason bakit nangyari yun. Dba? At least all our hard works, paid off. Last HS Cheering na namin next year. Haay. =)
Tama nga yung sinabi ni Soleil na sobrang astig tong practices sa Junior year. Kahit sobrang sumakit ang katawan namin. Kelangan pa naming gumawa ng assignments pagdating sa bahay kahit gusto na namin matulog. Kahit madami yung problems that has gone our way before and during the cheering competition. Astig pa rin. Maganda yung story. Pwedeng pang-Magpakailanman. Hehehe. =D
GO JUNIORS!!!
JUNIORS LET'S GO! JUNIORS LET'S FIGHT! JUNIORS LET'S GO AND WIN THIS FIGHT!"
Hehe. =D Sorry, mahaba ang story.
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