DSSPC 2011

“Yes, we made it!”

With God’s grace, our school, Pangasinan national High School, was able to retain the “FIRST RUNNER-UP” crown in the Division Secondary Schools’ Press Conference. Even though we were not able to romp away the champ crown, being the First Runner-up is already a big achievement.

I’m really happy with the results because I was able to win in my events. I got 3^rd Place in Editorial and Feature Writing. Our team also grabbed First Place in Tagisan ng Talino. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to top the radio broadcasting contest. But still, we ranked fourth in the Overall radio Broadcasting and Scriptwriting. Actually, our team copped 3^rd place in Best in Newscast, 2^nd Place in best in Script, 4^th Place in technical Application and 5^th place in infomercial. And, for me, those weren’t bad at all.

Meanwhile, instead of totally being free for the last day of the DSSPC, I still had to join the Online Writing Contest. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to grab an award for that. Actually, we didn’t understand what really happened. At first, the emcee announced the top three teams for the Online Writing Contest who would compete for the final round. Unfortunately, our team wasn’t called. But after five or ten minutes, the judge approached us, saying that our team qualified. He even mentioned that he liked our output best. And that the sole reason why our team wasn’t called by the emcee was because the judge thought that the two papers we submitted are two different entries. He regarded our output as different entries. As a result, he didn’t choose it. But after minutes of reading, he realized that the two papers he just read must be taken as one.

Thus, we were called for an interview. After that, we expected of course for our output to be awarded after the words that we’ve heard from the judge himself. But all we had is the bitter taste of failure.

Despite that, I’m still happy since all practices and preparations I’ve made for the DSSPC produced triumph. Well, after three days, I’ll be competing in the Regional Schools’ press Conference. So, wish me luck! Hopefully, I could bring home the bacon and qualify for the National Schools’ Press Conference which will be held in Palawan. God bless to all the RSPC participants!