Sunday, August 10, 2003
ANG PAGOD AT PAWIS NG TATARIN
The Damage Report - Year 2 - Ending Week #09
Background Music: "Mr. Suave" by Parokya Ni Edgar
NOTE: This is a weekly blog entry that summarizes a series of events of a finished week in and around La Salle.
BUWAN ng Wika once again and just like exactly a year ago, our block section participated in the parade. At least that shows how active we are! Well actually, it's all in the professor if he or she decides to let his or her class battle the other classes and their professors.
I spent MONDAY scrambling from practice for the Buwan ng Wika performance to attending a meeting for the AB Comm Channel and for Heraldo Filipino. Mondays for me are now titled "Org Day".
JOU2-1 would be doing the movie TATARIN for the Parada ng Pelikula. I was assigned to Sounds and I then I assigned myself to Documentation just like last year when we were JOU1-1 and did the "Burhams Tragedy Re-enactment".
I was frantic on finding a sound system for the competition part of the parade to be held at the Rotonda. I went from our adviser Mr. H. Palad to the CLASC President Kuya Mikoy. From 3rd Year AB Comm friends like Jude and Hanni to the CPC President (Ate) Ella. The Filipino Department did some fingerpointing and I was getting no where.
Alas, I gave up when I heard that a Kareoke system was to be installed. I craved for a louder sound system, but that'll do. I headed for the dorms and then to Heraldo Filipino feeling the onslaught of over six articles to work on and trouble setting interviews.
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TUESDAY came and it was the day before the events. The weather was cloudy and there were some rainshowers throughout the day. We practiced during all breaks and we were all feeling that frustration due to lack of practice.
But like Teenah said one year ago... she is amazed by how our block section squeezes all there efforts in the last five minutes before the show. It's that sudden burst of energy, effort, and power to perform that has led our class into performance level ratings.
I'm not bragging but I'd like to boast out due to sheer frustration of how little our course is still that our block section seems to be the most active block out of all Broadjourn sections. Do I need to proove it? Haha. We have four in the Teatro Lasalliana, four in the Heraldo Filipino, three in the AB Comm Channel, two in the DLSU-D Chorale, 1 in the Pointes and Flexes Dance Troupe, 1 in the Filipiniana Dance Company, 2-3 in the Ex Cathedra, 1 in the DLSU-D Speech Club, etc.
We've participated actively in dance competitions, parades, special competitions, and awards nights. So active someone labeled us as "parang High School"... but it's all this activeness that looks so damn good in our future resumes. Plus, all of these things make our College Life FUN, not BORING. *Ahem*
Sings: "I don't brag, I mostly boast." ^_^
And with the Broadjourn Program Council, I don't know what's up right now. Only one thing has been achieved as far as I've clearly seen which was the Freshmen Orientation for Broadjourn.
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The big day was on WEDNESDAY and it was cloudy again. I woke up late for the General Rehersal, but that's down on my attendance not performance since I'm not even dancing. No way I'm going to dance half-naked with my current body frame. If I was macho gwapito or something, yeah, why not show off those abs, chest, shoulders, and biceps... but right now? Ugh. Pass.
I joined my classmates near PLS where the assembly point was at. I passed by other block sections with their movies. I saw Roxanne Guinoo, a schoolmate in Atheneum before, with Mano Po by Psychology 1-3. I saw Francis, Lance's roommate in F4, holding the Bagong Buwan banner of Nursing 1-3. I also saw Dhenyvoi of HRM1-1 holding up their banner as well.
Shayne, BJPC President, was also there on the side next to us.
I saw my classmates and the moment was there once again. We were about to compete and perform, something I've been craving our block section to do at least once more in our College lives. It was fun watching them... altogether... dancing.
It was fun being with them along the way across our campus.
It was fun laughing at the same time noticing the block section in front of us and behind us looking at us probably wishing they could break free and dance wildly like some of my classmates did.
As I passed by the audiences that watched from CBA up to Square Canteen up to the SBC... I noticed the reaction of the other students. "Tatarin!" I heard from one. "Bakit meron mga talong nakadikit sa branch ng tree?" is something I heard from another.
It was just temporary madness! Only three 2nd year sections participated. We can't participate next year since we don't have a Filipino subject anymore. The other two 2nd year block sections were BSA/BSM2-1 (my dorm mate and friends Tom and Mark) with the movie "Engkanto" and PSY2-1 with the movie "Jose Rizal".
The rest were First Year sections. Sadly, no JOU1-1 or JOU1-2 were involved. And the only AB Comm section involved was COM1-2 with the experimental movie "Himala". Read about them later, because something sad happened.
The class dancers in Tatarin cheered like crazy and danced wildly as we all entered the JFH and CLA grounds. A lot of people were there. Finally, since the parade was in alphabetical order... the first movie to compete happened while the rest of the parade stopped. We stopped right in front of JFH and PCH-facing-the SBC.
I went ahead to the competition area to get some good ground for the sounds. I disappeared into the crowds at the Rotonda to search for the Kareoke system, only to find none! I txt'd the others and told them there wasn't any but I don't think they got the messages I txt'd.
Movie after movie performed. Some of them were a bit common already. The "Shouting and the Drama" ones... to me, are too common. Nevertheless they did it and it was alright. I personally liked how daring Markova was done, which was by a 1st Year Nursing section filled with so many gays.
Then came COM1-2's "Himala". The Nora Aunor looking gay was on top of the largest and nicest looking float in the whole parade. S/he was starting to give his speech and the audience reacted with awe. "WALANG HIMALA!!!" sabay "STOP" from the person in-charge of time control from the judges. 2 Minutes maximum for performance time was the limit.
You should have seen the look on the surprised, shocked, and angered faces of COM1-2. Even the audience was disappointed. They had prepared and they couldn't even finish. It was extremely disappointing. They could've at least finished their performance.
Then came Tom, new-HF staffer and my dorm mate since last year. He directed and played out his own part in the movie they did "Engkanto". He even choreographed it. The way it was done was freaky and very attractive. The sounds and the dialog was powerful and I loved it. That's where I spotted his classmate and also my dorm mate and friend, Mark. Like me for JOU2-1, he was in charge of sounds for his block section. I asked if I could borrow their sound system and Mark let me.
After them came others like Mano Po, which was cut-off and started late. Sayang. And then finally... the words came from the loud stereophone behind me: "NEXT... IHAHANDOG NG JOURN2-1 ANG PELIKULANG TATARIN!".
I started taking pictures and I pressed the button on the sound system but nothing came out. I wasn't sure if it was probably too weak to be heard amidst the screaming audience behind me... but Keith started playing his drum so I thought it would all be ok.
I took several pictures and enjoyed watching my classmates. ^_^
After they performed I ran and followed them and then they cheered as we left, a signature sign of our block section. Cheerful.
We took pictures as the remaining performances happened and it started to rain exactly when the competition ended. It was all over.
I retrieved the radio from the Filipino Department and returned it to Tom in the Men's dormitory. I rushed to the HF Office to join the Batch 18 Orientation. Tom was already there and Kate was sitting down.
Eventually that ended after Ate Chiqui told everyone what sections they would work for. Kuya Marthy called the New Features Staff to a meeting at Square Canteen.
We spoke for a while at Square Canteen and then returned to the office. And to think it ended there, it didn't. We have new assignments in DECRETO due in a week. I accepted it. But later on I was frustrated at how the assignments came together with my assignments for NEWS.
I was now overloaded at Heraldo Filipino.
EIGHT ARTICLES. Do or Die.
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Due to all the stress, I'm not even sure what night I went out for the Tropa dinner. Well, one night we took three jeepnees. First we were to eat at 5+2 Chinese place near Manuelaville but as we got off the jeep slowly... a whole line of Chinese students (like 20 of them) walked swiftly to the restaurant ahead of us. It was a "Tropa-mo-ment".
Then we tried Frio Mixx but the rest didn't agree. So we ate at Red Ribbon.
And on another night, we ate at Square Canteen at night. Stayed there until curfew.
And in other notes during the week, there was a Novena for St. Claire at the E-House every single night of the week.
And it was Kyle's Birthday on Thursday.
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I'm tired so I don't want to enumerate. The pictures say it all anyways. Stress is all I can say happened to me. Kate Mamon and Tom Wagan are now with us in the HF and I'm very happy. There are a lot of new faces to meet and greet now.
Ocho-Ocho was held on Friday and I watched. Fahad Al-Obaidly (Basil's Brother) was a Tenor next to that one really good guy, Kuya Louie?. Then of course there's my classmate Leah Sison and my friend Edward. Of course VPAPU was there and I saw Genesis and Connie and Jerwyn and the rest. Mark watched with me because I asked him to accompany me. It was full house but we still got to sit down. Happy 15th Year DLSU-D Chorale!
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I would not go home until Sunday afternoon.
The title translated: "The Tiredness and Sweat of Tatarin"
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