June 30, 2011 together with CDU Teachers, Korean students, administrators, API Staff and CEO Hans Lee, we went to Brrio Luz Elementary and HighSchool to have the turning-over ceremony of the "Adopt a School Program at Barrio Luz. When we got inside, a lot of chosen students are already sitting in their places and waiting for us to get started.
Before this event, we decided to render an intermission number for them the J Lo's song, Hit on the Floor. For two weeks, we kept on practicing that dance number and it's quite tiresome but fun. Our Academy Directress, Ms. Juvy joined us during the practice but didn't dance on that day (kkk..she said that she doesn't want to be embarassed in front of the administrators).
During the program, though it was raining cats and dogs, we did some activity like making a poster contest with the theme "A clean school starts with me" and we are divided into 6 groups. All of us joined in the said activity and we did our best to help other. In my team, consists of 10 Filipino students and 3 Korean students drew two children - one in a dirty surrounding and the other in a clean place. Luckily, one of the Grade 3 student knows how to draw so we let him do the drawing and stuffs. And other Korean students helped to draw also. When we finished our work, we took a picture together and surprisingly, our team won the 1st place (whew!). Good thing we are the winners because the prizes are intended for the students.
What happened next was the giving of new school uniform done by the CEO, administrators, CDU faculty and staff and all our Korean students. The smile of our dear Filipino students are very warm and you can see it in their eyes that they really appreciated all the gifts we gave to them.
I can't forget all the things happened on this day because it was a sure-to-keep memory and it's an eye-opener to everyone of us. People who have everything complain more than those who don't have nothing. In this world we live in, we must consider the fact that we are lucky enough to have not all the things we want but the things we need. I hope people would really be grateful for all the things they have and consider every thing as blessings.
