The curse is finally broken. After spending years at the bottom, we finally reached the top spot. It has been a crazy and tiring adventure, a long journey to the peak, but every struggles along the way and the few loses we experienced, made the ride all worthy. You’ll never know how sweet victory is unless you knew what losing means.

3 years had passed and we always rank last during Debits. This year we changed the course of history. We were finally announced as the Best Batch and won in nearly all the categories. What’s the secret for our success? Perhaps, it was the unity and everyone’s effort. Or it could also be because we just happened to had fun while doings things that needs to be done. Or it’s because we stopped settling for mediocrity and got tired of losing. But I still say it was because we had the most responsible consul general in the history of our batch. (No offense meant to the previous CGs.)

Although I felt I sort of disappointed my batch mates for not winning in the essay writing, they made me feel that what really matters is we are the overall champion. It kinda hurts when they really thought the announcer was going to say 2009 and when they started screaming and hugging me, only to find out that it wasn’t me. But let’s not dwell on that and just have fun celebrating our victory. The sweetest victory we ever had. 

Photos from the morning events: Impromptu Dialogo, Extemporaneous Speaking, Oration, Tall Tales. Too bad they don't have  a photo of the Filipino Declamation.

After winning the best batch for the CMPF last year, Acquaintance and Debits this year, I’m pretty sure there’s no stopping us in extending our victory stretch. Next up...CMPF! Watch out for us!