Keeping Up with The Binondo Girl

You can say that the SOAB students were really hype and excited to perform. You can see that they have really prepared fot the said competition. From their costumes/attires, their speeches, and even at their avp's!

For the Public Speaking contest whose theme was 'Fantasies and Celebrities : A Filipino Obsession... ?' All of them poured their heart out on their speeches and their deliveries but only one will stand out uniquely, and for that, congratulations to Gracielle Sitjar of AC151 for bagging the 1st place and ofcourse, to MA151's pride, Eno Mejico for bagging the 2nd place! 

And for the Speech Choir, congratulations to TM151 for bagging the 1st place, and for MA151 for the 2nd place! For the Ignite speech competition, congratulations to BM151's representative, to our representative Jelee Llarenas, and to TM151's representative. 

All of these, to God be the Glory. 

The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910. It was published in volume form in April 1910 by Pierre Lafitte.The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischutz. Nowadays, it is overshadowed by the success of its various stage and film adaptations. The most notable of these are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. (According to Wikipedia)

Plagiarism is an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.

Last November 27, 2015, was the Speak Sense Season 2 held at the APC auditorium. Speak Sense is a public speaking competition joined by different high school students representing their respective schools. The theme was "Whether it's the best of times or worst of times, it's the only time we've got." 

Everyone did their best in delivering their speeches. Of course, it's not only by the delivery, it's how you make your audience feel what you want them to feel. When you really are sincere on what you are saying, your emotions will flow over along with the whole delivery. 

The first speaker, Ms. Lian Buan taught us how to effectivley write a story. There are 2 lines fom what she said that sums up her speak. 

— "There are no bad stories, only bad story tellers."

— "Journalism is about making the important interesting and the interesting relevant."

These are what se taught us: 

Story telling with a purpose: 5 W's & H +++ 

1. Content - What is the story about?

2. New - What are the value added information? Insights? 

3. So what? - Why should people care?

4. And then? - What do we want to see happen?