How Fast Things Were Last Week - Day 6

This day gave us all a sort of relief because it will be the last day of our sessions. there was only one work to be discussed this day.
i woke up a little late because we had a good time the night before. we drank so much and we got "sabog".
after waking up, i went to the bathroom to freshen myself up. after taking a bath, i went to the dining hall. this time, me and my roommate, Glenn, went together to the hall.
we had breakfast together with the other fellows. the panelists were also there.
after having a very nice breakfast, we all went back to our respective rooms. i guess we did the same thing. take a little rest before going to the conference hall for the final session of the week.
after having another time for resting, i stood on my feet and prepared myself for the last work to be discussed.
it's a good thing that the collection had a translation. it was a great help for all of us.
we went to the conference hall and saw the other fellows also preparing for the last session.
we were so excited for it was the last collection. hehe
the discussion started and we were so eager to listen to the comments from the panelists and from the fellows.
at the end, the author was revealed. it was very much obvious who was the author because he was the only one left whose identity has not been revealed yet.
then he also made some comments of his own work. i knew it. the same thing that he did on wednesday when he got drank(?) last tuesday night. he can make comments after having a dose of some liquor. hehe. nice one, Elsed.
after the session, we all gave ourselves a round of applause for a job well done. we made it all. we had a great time as well. we were so happy.
before having a break, we were told about the culminating activity that wil follow after our lunch.
we, the fellows, sort of looked at each other because we have not yet finalized our plan about the thing that we were supposed to do.
we had our snacks, and at the same time, we, the fellows, had a short meeting about the program.
after the short break, we had a workshop synthesis.
each fellow was given the chance to say something about the experiences, the comments, and anything that he/she would like to express. each fellow had his/her own thing.
as for myself, i simply expressed my greatest appreciation for being a part of the workshop even if it was still my first time write something(poems) and even submit them as entries for a workshop. i was happy when i said those. everyone was happy at the end. it was also something from the workshop that i would definitely remember forever.
after the enjoyable workshop synthesis, we took our lunch. ahw, hindi pa pala. nagmeet ulit kami ng group namin. kaming mga fellows to finalize everything.
we still had thirty minutes(i remember it right this time) before our eating our lunch.we met and planned things thoroughly. i guess it was a thorough plan. we had a funny time planning. it was full of laughter because Paul and I told them what we had noticed about the panelists. they even accused us both of just taking notes of the panelists habits and mannerisms during the entire week. we can't help but notice them, in mine and paul's case.
after planning, we had lunch.
the food was still good. we still never ran out of water because the water man(guardian) would never leave his eyes from our glasses. amazing!
after lunch, we continued planning. at almost quarter to two, we started with the culminating program.
we were first to present our presentation and i gave an overview of what will the fellows do. for sure, the panelists had an idea of what will the presentation of the fellows be after they heard the words that i said.
and so, the impersonation started.
everyone was laughing. and our goal was to make the panelists laugh and enjoy. and in that part, i guess, we succeeded. (applause)
Rhodge impersonated Sir John.
Alyza impersonated Dr. Elsie.
Shane impersonated Dr. Dinah.
Arbeen impersonated Ma'am Bevz.
Gian impersonated Dr. Tan.
Jordan impersonated Dr. DM.
all the actors were good, includind some who we decided to be fellows still during the impersonation. their task was to give the most negative comments about the works(the result of the rengga made at the cakehouse).
it was really fun. i, myself, was laughing the entire time while looking at the fellows trying to impersonate the panelists, especially Rhodge. he was a lot like Sir John. as a result, we had made our own AguaBendita of the workshop.. the two of them. hehehe
after our successful inpersonation, the panelists also had their turn. they were giving special awards to the fellows based on how things turned out during the entire week.
there were lots of awards.
i was awarded with the Johnson's and Johnson's Child at Heart Award. maybe, this is because of my poem Pamulbos, Doy!. hmmmmmpf...hehehhe
we had a great time.
after that, we were told that we will be having a tour around some spots in Bacolod, particularly in The Ruins.
after the activity, we went back to our rooms and left our things. we had ourselves ready for the tour.
minutes later, we were told that we can already leave and so we did.
and so, we rode on the bus that would help us reach our destinations.
it was a thirty-minute ride, i guess. then we reached the Ruins. the view was really amazing. as Ma'am Bevs would say it, "Awesome!".
some fellows took lots and lots of pictures.
we enjoyed our few moments of stay in the place.
we also had a tour in the place. we had a curator who had a sense of humor. he made six jokes that included his life and the life of the owner of the house. we really fell for his jokes. we can't help it.
after a few minutes, we were told that we should get going to our next destination, one that is still to be seen outside the city of Bacolod. we went to Silay.
we again traveled for more or less thirty minutes.
and finally we arrived at Bahay Negresen. i think that was the name of the place.
it was an ancestral house. a very nice one. most of the things inside were antique, while others are donated by rich people as part of the collection in that house. amazing!
upon arrival, we were told that the big group will be divided into little groups wince there are three curators for this trip inside the house. and so, we divided ourselves into three, or i think, it was only into two.
there are many in our group. we had a male curator who was good in using the English language. i did not really pay much attention at first to the way he speaks English. i thought that i might just be hearing too much stuff, thus, making his English good. however, after a few minutes, i realized that it was for real. he was good at it.
i was not able to stop myself and so i asked him as to how he became so good with the language. i even asked him if he was from Bacolod or was he studying in another country. to my surprise, he told me that he was a native of Bacolod. i was shocked. i did not believe it at first. imagine? but then, it came into my mind, he might have been good at it because it has been his job from the very first place. he has been a curator all along, so he must master the use of the English language.
we toured around the house, from the first floor, to the second floor and even to the basement and to the shop.
everything was amazing.
others took some pictures while we took the time to pose for them. hehe
after the tour, we went to the Negros Showroom, the place where the most fabulous products of Negros are placed for the public to buy and be interested in. we bought some things; food for me, piaya and some cookies. after that, we took a group picture inside the store.
we then went on our way to the Chicken House(Hauz).
we were given a treat by the organizers to the Bacolod Inasal, something we should taste before going back to our own places in the Philippines.
we had dinner in the same food house. the dinner was also great. was eating, we were at the same time planning on how we can make our last night more memorable, in other words, another tagay session and that we should all get totally sabog. like sabog na sabog.
after dinner, we were told that we can go anywhere we would want.
we decided to have a videoke anywhere, and so we asked for the nearest videoke house. we were told by one of the teachers that the bus driver will bring us to that place and then he can drop us there. it did happen.
however, when we reached the place, all the rooms were full, and the bus was already gone because the other fellows decided to just go back to BK to take a rest. we were forced to walk the streets of Bacolod, looking for another videoke house. to our dismay, we found none.
and so, we decided to go back to BK as well to call it a night. but, another unexpected thing happened.
while riding on the bus, the group suddenly planned to just buy a liquor outside the campus and secreatly bring in inside the dining hall where we will have the drinking session. i sort of agreed to that plan.
we reached our destination and jordan, gian and roselle were the ones who bought the necessary things for the special session.
i, together with other fellows, went back to our rooms. i took a bath to get rid of the dusts(char) in my body. hehe
after taking a bath, i noticed that Glenn was already falling asleep. he was not anymore interested to join the session. i don't know why.
after taking a bath, i went to teh dining hall to see if the others were also there. i found Noel outside the hall, having a Call Center duty(night shift). he was talking to someone in his phone. wonder who that was.
as i got inside the hall, i saw Gian and Roselle with two plastic bags. the first one had drinks and the other had cubes of ice.
then we played a card game. 1-2-3 Pass. the game was very interesting because i did not yet lose. and had not yet drank anything because the consequence of losing is drinking a glass of the Bar, with Pepsi as the chaser.
Roselle, Gian, Jordan, Rhodge and Alyza, who came minutes after, were the only ones who were drinking and drinking and i had fun looking at them drink. ahehehe
not until Roselle forced me to drink, i was able to drink. and it marked the downfall of Sim. i lost the next game.
Gian was making fun of me. he moved his hand slowly and i did not think that he already won. as a result, i was the last one who had his hand on the table. grrrrrrrr.
and so we continued with the game. drink-play-drink-play. that's how it was.
moments later, Gino came down to the hall and joined us. he was really good in placing pressure to the other players, especially to me, because he has the tendency to scream, as if he was going to lose the game, and eventually, he lost from time to time. there was even a moment when an earthquake was felt by the other fellows in the second floor. we did not notice it because we had so much fun and so we were able to ignore what was happening with our environment. "weird"
then they went to another card game. Pusoy-Dos, as they call it.
i tried to play it but i really did not have a full grasp of the game. so, i lost. again, i was able to drink, but this time with Tanduay. how harsh of them to make me drink Tanduay even if i was the youngest among the group during that night.
minutes later, we decided to call it a night and we went to our rooms. we stood on our feet and went on our way.
we said our good nights to each other and went inside our rooms.
i went immediately to bed and went fast asleep.
this day was April 30, 2010.
How fast things were last week.