NCR PARLIAMENTARY TEAM
Monday, November 24, 2008
i dont know how to start this entry.
well, im back here in mandaluyong after almost a week in baguio for the 7th national skills and development competition.
the NCR team won 2nd place in the parliamentary competition.
GO NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION PARLIAMENTARY TEAM!
i remembered that sir manuel was training us for higher endurance. well, the contest last friday really required endurance.
imagine, from 8:00AM up to around 10PM we had to keep our brains working efficiently.
there were 15 teams competing with each other.
15 teams of different regions.
the NCR team presented as the 11th demonstrating body based on drawlots.
we were actually wondering if that was a blessing or what. i mean, they were telling us that last year, the contest commenced at around 9AM and it ended around midnight.
we were afraid that, this time, the contest might end at around 2 in the morning.
that would not be a good thing since man's endurance is fallible.
well, what happened next was that i was the first interpolator from our team. together with abel of rizal highschool, we observed team number 1.
BS Physics.
this is the credential of the chief parliamentarian.
we were griping about that during the entire contest.
i mean, BS physics is good but in a contest that requires the knowledge of law and parlia procedures, the chief parliamentarian should be knowledgeable in that field.
last year's chief parliamentarian was a major in taxonomy, minor in psychology.
wth...
he could have been a lawyer...
he could have been taking up PolSci...
why physics though?
motions in parlia are VERY different from motions in physics.
he's not even familiar with basic technical and law terms.
if the point of order raised was deeply technical, he would give no points for either the interpolator or the presentor.
and he kept on overruling our points of order.
region 4B, MIMAROPA, last year's parlia champion presented as the 2nd demonstrating body.
we were watching out for them. apparently.
the contest ended at around 10PM...
we then went to watch Mr and Ms STEP competition.
NCR MR STEP REPRESENTATIVE WON FIRST PLACE!
that would put a lot of pressure on next year's mr STEP.
good luck next-year-rep! gaby did a good job as the mr STEP.
saturday.
it was free time for everyone!!!
sadly, mr chair and madam secretary had to go back to manila to fulfill their other responsibilities.
saturday night.
1,2,3 pass was the name of the game.
we were making quite a noise in the lobby that several people told us to be quiet.
being so, we decided to play the game in the cafeteria-which-is-not-used-by-people
then sir manuel came! he brought donuts for us. (thanks sir!)
we were almost complete. the NCR parlia team was almost complete.
except for the fact that two already went back to manila and one was staying in a different hotel (he couldnt get a taxi at that time of the night)
the three MaSci students were missing in action.
we asked sir manuel to join our 1, 2, 3 pass game... but he decided to call the shots for the next game.
he asked for a bottle.
my head "accidentally" began to ache... lol.
he wouldnt let me go, though.
no bottles could be found but a ballpen was nearby.
sir spun the pen too hard and it landed somewhere under my chair. sir manuel picked it up with the tip of the pen pointing towards me.
nuh-uh. i pushed sir's hand away that the pen flew somewhere in the cafeteria. but he got hold of a phone and he spun it.
this time it was pointing at me.
and there was no doubt about that. (the heavens conspired against me! haha)
truth or dare?
i cant go wrong with "dare", i thought.
haha. thought wrong.
well, let's just say that they tricked me into yelling someone's name.
and, uh, they placed me in a "hot seat".
define crush. admiration. PRECISELY. but they didnt want to accept that definition. uh-huh...
sunday.
it was a day of adventure...!!!
we roamed the city... ventured the area...
we were posing everywhere while mam lacson, mam oben, and the mandaluyong supervisor mr paras took photos of us.
lucky us! imagine, the supervisor was our temporary photographer. cool.
*gonna post the pictures in my multiply after some days*
sunday. 7:30PM.
awarding ceremony.
i wont go into the little details, okay? we were all tired and sleepy.
i even used my sunglasses to cover my eyes while i was sleeping.
then, after the hundred of categories of the NSDC, here came the category of "OTHER CONTESTS"
under that category were business planning and the most anticipated parliamentary procedure contest.
btw, region 11 won the first place. region 4B mimaropa won 4th.
im quite tired and sleepy right now. i still have another contest tomorrow. RSSPC.
gotta sleep.
poof.
10:15 PM
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