A Crazy Adventure to the Top

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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.

We don't blend. We stand out.
The other batches' posters.
The colorful transformation of UPV JPIA.
Batch 2009's official entry to the poster making contest. It may have received several criticisms from some of our batchmates, nevertheless, it won 2nd place.
Turning a mess into a work of art.

We won in the Poetry in Motion for the first time and kept the trainer's winning record.
Hagikhik sang karabaw, hagikhik sang Team Bolog.
We also won in the Creative modern dance competition which is also a first for our batch.
We dance to express.
...In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you.
Right after our performance for the music video. Everyone is eager to know what the judges have to say about our performance. We won 3rd place which is pretty depressing considering that we are the most prepared batch for this category.
We love you Totoy Bibbo!

We already felt like we won even if the winners are not yet announced.
Weird pose isn't it? That's the signature pose of our batch.

Team Bolog in high spirits as we have been declared the best batch!
Let's do the signature pose!

Jumping for joy!

After the long day, we decided to have a dinner at Ramboy's to celebrate our victory.




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! 

Photo Credits: UPV-JPIA for the poster and acapella photos and Elmark Sarmiento for the rest of the photos.