16 - On The Way To The Public Speaking Competition 

Every end of the English term, they organize an event Public Speaking, Ignite Speech, and Speech Choir competition.

In the Public Speaking Competition, their Speech Communication subject professor or commonly known as EPUBSP2 prof choose their top 6 students of each class to represent their blocks in the competition. The top 6 students will first undergo the eliminations round where evenly divided students will go to different rooms and compete first there. The top 3 finalists of each room will advance to the finals. Finals will be held in the APC Auditorium where an audience will be watching and listening to their speeches. 

Now let's go to when our professor, Ms. Nina, chose our top 6 or rather 8 students to represent our block. Ms. Nina had 8 in her mind it was: Nicole, Bianca, Ado (Palma), Yana, Carolyn, Gracielle, and me. I was shocked that I was included to represent for our block. As you all know if you read my previous blogs, I mentioned there that my greatest fear would be public speaking.

Now let's go to when our professor made us do the persuasive speech with the top 8 having their theme the cult of celebrities. I made my speech and they made their speech and everyone was done. It was time now to vote for the top 6 since we were 8. I was literally shouting and almost crying that they shouldn't vote for me. Luckily, I wasn't chosen. Thank God. Ahaha.

Moving on to the competition. While the others were in the eliminations round, we were at the auditorium, together with the APC Speaks, playing games and listening to music. Their games were pretty scary. It was the Speed Speech and the Impromptu Ignite Speech that made me scared as hell. Of course no one wanted to volunteer to join those games. They had to call randomly. They had to do that...Oh my god. My hands were freezing as hell. 

When the finalists already arrived at the auditorium, boy am I glad to see them. We are finally done with the games. And afterwards, they did their speech. They decided to award the winners during the Speech Choir and Ignite Speech Competition.