Pardo Night 2k17

Another event that we do every year is the Pardo Night. We have the Pardo Night to also celebrate the fiesta in Pardo. Fortunately this year, it didn't rain during the event unlike last year. A lot of students also participated the event. This year's theme was Malakas at Maganda. Psalm Aquino and Lyka Omnes portrayed Malakas and Maganda during the pardo night. There were a lot of different performances, like the spoken poetry by Dominic Ceballos. The dance club members also performed some folk dances.

To close the program, Asianistas danced to ACT's logo song, Fly High.

Field Demo 2k17

Every Foundation Month of ACT, we can't forget about the field demo. Last year's theme was festivals in Cebu. This year's theme was "When history seats like techno". The elementary students used the evolution of humans from monkeys as the story of their dance. Meanwhile in the JHS department, their story was about different countries colonizing our country, Philippines.

This year, us, the grade 9 students portrayed the Japanese occupation.

I was able to have fun with the field demo this year. It was fun making our props together with my classmates.  This event will definitely be treasured in my memories.

Nutrition Month 2017

Introducing one of the most looked to event of the school year, Nutrition Month. "Healthy Diet, Gawing Habit is the theme for Nutrition Month 2017. Just like last year, we had a daily trivia to liven up the mood of the students every morning. And of course if we're talking about Nutrition Month in ACT, we shouldn't forget about the Nutrition Jingle. 

Nutrition Month Jingle Champion, Seniors

Grade 9 Justice (our section) competing for the the Nutrition Month Jingle

Last July 28, 2017 we held our Nutrition Month Culminating Activity. First, we started the event with a parade inside the campus.

Grade 9 Justice chanting their yell to represent their section

After the parade we  had a zumba. The zumba was lead by Sir Dan together with the rest of the JHS faculty. 

After the zumba, the Nutri-Chef then started. The participants gathered at the quadrangle for the Nutri-Chef. I myself was one of the participants. It was really a great experience for me because it was my first time to cook something on the spot. My teammates and I luckily thought of a recipe on the spot. Unfortunately we didn't get the first place, but it was okay because we had fun cooking.

After the Nutri-Chef, we were given some time to relax. Around 1 pm the event resumed to start the Ms.&Mr. Healthy. The program started with a performance from the participants of the contest and one by one introduce their selves. Each of them were also representing a fruit. My classmate Thessalonica Mayol, our representative for Ms. Healthy, represented watermelon together with her partner Angelo Loranas (picture below).

After the introduction, the judges picked the top 5 from the girls and another top 5 from the boys. The ten of them competed for the Q & A portion. After, the Q & A portion, they announced the winners and gave out special awards. The Ms. & Mr. Healthy this year is Thessalonica (grade 9) and  Ricardo (grade 10).

Pardo Night

Pardo Night is an event we hold yearly at Bulacao Pardo Church. As the name suggests, it is an event held at night where the starry skies bless us with frames of glittering stars scattered across the black canvas of the night. Selected students from ACT were given the chance to showcase their talents through these event. Most of the participants is from our school's TAG (theater arts guild). Despite their busy schedule, considering they had to perform in the morning for our field demo, they still managed to end the event successfully. The participant's parents, friends and classmates were also there to support them and watch them perform. Because of the bad weather that night, they had to delay the event that's why they started the program around 7pm.

Asianistas performing a hip hop dance

Angel Thaniela Pedrano as one of the participants during Pardo Night

Field Demonstration

 Field Demo is one of the events that we celebrate every year. We celebrate field demo during our foundation month, which is in September. Asianistas looks forward to this event every year. We showcase our talents, skills and creativity through this big event. Every  year our field demo has different themes. This year's theme is festivals in Cebu. This year, we decided to combine two levels to perform in one dance. For us grade 8, we were paired with the grade 7. We also launched our school's DBC during Field Demo.

Grade 8 & 7 with our queen, Chloe at the center.

Chloe Quiachon as our queen for Bunga Festival

Launch of ACT'S DBC

The teachers also performed a dance 

To me, our field demo this year is very memorable because despite our busy schedule, we still managed to end the event with no problems. It was also our first time to collaborate with the 1st years and it was really fun!  :>

Buwan Ng Wika

 Kada Agosto, ang “Buwan ng Wika” ay isa sa mga pinaka-aabangang kaganapan sa lahat ng mga paaralan, mapa-elementarya, sekondarya, at maging sa kolehiyo. Isa itong mahalaga na pangyayari sa atin dahil, ito ay nag-papaala sa atin na mahalin ang ating bansa. Ayon sa Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), ang tema ng pagdiriwang ngayong taon ay “Filipino: Wika ng Pambansang Kaunlaran.” 

 Sa pagdidiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika ay. ang lahat mapa-estudyante at guro ay inaatasang mag salita sa wikang Filipino at magsuot ng pangpilipinong kasuotan. May iba't ibang kasuotan dito sa iba't ibang rehiyon. Ang sinuot ko noong Buwan ng Wika ay ang kimona at patadyong. Naglalaro rin kami ng iba't ibang pangpilipinong laro.

Ang Kimona at Patadyong na sinuot ko noong pagdidiriwang namin ng Buwan ng Wika.

  Ang Kimona at Patadyong ay isang tradisyonal na Filipino kasuotan sa mga babae na isinusuot sa panahon ng ani sa larangan. Ang Kimona ay galing sa Visayas. Ito ay gawa sa Pina Jusi. Hindi kumpleto ang Kimona kung walang kasamang isang tela na hugis-parihaba na galing sa West Visayan na balutin sa baywang na tinawag na patadyong. Ang patadyong ay katulad ng malong na ginagamit sa Mindanao. Pero sa malong may batik na huwaran ito at sa patadyog ito ay may checkered na huwaran.

  

Kami lahat ng mga kaibigan ko ay nagsusuot ng Kimona at Patadyong.

Naglalaro kaming mga babae ng Luksong Tinik

Naglaro kami ng bahaw-bahaw

Lotus Flower

   A lotus flower grows just to reach the top surface of the water, and blooms. I am a flower who struggles to reach the top, and hasn't bloomed yet. The deep water consumes me whole, and strengthens me further. I am a child growing to become a beautiful flower.

   In this dark and lonely world, I encountered different problems, but I faced them to learn and grow stronger. I am not always strong, that's why I also rely on my peer. My parents are not always there for me, that's why I need to be independent. I wish that my parents would always support me like  a pot. In school, I always try my best to reach my goals. I have so many ambitions in life that it makes me want to bloom faster. I want to explore what's above the water. I know that there is a limit to everything, that's why I wanted to reach my limit and break it to open the doors of the impossible, and make it possible.

   In the end  I realized that, even though I don't have a pot supporting me, I can always just float in the water and bathe under the sunlight. I should know how to be independent. I should work hard and give effort to everything I would do. I know that all of my hard work will be paid off in the future.   























by: Nadine Geraldez