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8 - SoCSIT Week

The week before the last (From July 27-31,2015), APC celebrated its annual SoCSIT (School of Computer Science and Information Technology) Week and these two were the highlights of my week:

Opening Ceremony
       
 This was held last July 28, 2015 (Tuesday) at 1:30 PM at the school's parking lot. All the freshmen SoCSIT students were lined up while some of the higher-year SoCSIT students watched. The freshmen had a little parade at the parking lot just to display their banners and dressed in their 90s outfit. And of course, being a freshmen SoCSIT student, I'm also a part of it. After the parade, the APC Dance Co. performed a dance number then they introduced the Mr. and Ms. SoCSIT 2015 contestants. The ceremony didn't really take too long: They just declared the SoCSIT week open. It was supposed to be until 3:30, but it ended at 2:30 -ish (?)


Fire it up, SS151! (c) Eugene Delfin ☺




30 Seconds of Fame or Shame






(L-R: Kate, Fevy, Nicole, Shania, and I) (c) APC Flickers


This was held last July 29 (Wednesday) at the APC auditorium. They said that it is a tradition that every one of freshmen SoCSIT students must perform at the auditorium. And I think they also said that it's part of the midterm grade and there will be a punishment if you didn't perform, which I think was a total bluff, because many students didn't perform that time and got away with it (I think and I feel) and I didn't think it affected my midterm grade also. I thought we're supposed to perform and that's it, but N-O. We were at the powder room and some higher-year student asked us if we're freshmen SoCSIT, so we said yes. But then she said something that made us even more nervous. She warned us to do our best because there will be consequences if we got "shame." So us, being new to all those stuff, we got nervous.

After several groups were called, it was finally our turn. We sang "Can We Dance" by The Vamps. And guess what? We got...



Shame. S-H-A-M-E. Ha! What a shame. I knew it. I totally felt it right from the start that it was gonna be a shame  because we didn't even have a decent practice. So the consequence was, we have to  drink something that tastes disgusting. I didn't know what it was, but I think it was milk and they mixed it with something I don't recognize. It tasted like smoke or "burnt" (LASANG SUNOG) The after-taste was even worst. Although it was very embarrassing because we look like we didn't know what we're doing, we still had fun. I mean, come on, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it's not like everyday you'd be embarrassed in front of the whole freshmen body (and maybe some 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students.) Besides, it'll be one of my happy memories at APC.


Those are all the events that we attended to because while some of the events  being held, we were still having our classes. Oh, me and a very few blockmates came to watch the Mr. and Ms. SoCSIT 2015 pageant, but I didn't finish it because it was getting late. I just came to support my two blockmates Rhea Ayungon and Kyla Julian, who all looked very stunning that night.


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