Lesson-enriched Evening to Early Morning Experience :D

Last July 16, 2010, 6:00 - July 17, 2010, 6:00 am, we had the "bonggacious" Taize prayer vigil here in Assumption Iloilo, Centennial Sports Complex for the first time. And take note, it was the VERY FIRST TIME EVER IN ASSUMPTION ILOILO HISTORY. At first, when our teachers introduced to us "TAIZE" the first thought that came into my mind was: "Ohh, matulugan gid ko ni mo. Hahaha." But, it seems that my first impression of it was wrong. REALLY wrong. Before the program started, at about 5 in the afternoon, my classmates and I were really REALLY excited. When the program started, we were surprised that we had GAMES! ACTIVITIES! and then GAMES! again and again. I thought going to Taize was really not worth it. I thought that I was going to be disappointed at the end because what the teachers told us was to PRAY and PRAY and PRAY the whole night long... so, BOREDOME went inside my head as the first impression of Taize. But, everything that I thought about was wrong like what I`ve said earlier. When we were given our name tags with the symbols representing the groupings we would be in, I was slight disappointed because my best friends in the section (CAROLYN, CHARLENE, PATRIZIA) belonged to other groups. Dianne and Jeanne, my other best friends, were not joining in the groups either because they were tasked to be usherettes and servers for the Taize vigil. I was sad. When we went down and were asked to go to the Centennial Sports Complex already, i was nervous because, in my group of friends in our section, i was the only one who belonged to the asterisk group. :( When we sat down the bleachers, I was surprised and I was like "enlightened" or "natauhan" when my best friend from ST. ELIZABETH, Apple Colocar approached me and told me that we belonged to the same group. So, I was like... "you know.. yey! I`m with a best friend. Finally. HAHAHA." From that time on, I started became so energetic or what we students call "HYPER". We started the program with a game "BAHAY, BATA, BAGYO". I really had fun and gained NEW friends. After the game, we had the talk. Honestly, we were really bored during the talk. SInce we (our group) seated at the back or the Complex, we could not really understand what the speaker is saying. At the back, it`s as if the speaker`s mouthing her own words, so we were tempted to talk to each other instead to prevent us from getting sleepy. After the talk, we all rejoiced when Mr.Secular said it`s time for us to eat. WOW! EAT? yeah. EAT! haha. After eating, it was that time that many of my friends and classmates felt so sleepy. Maybe because they were used to sleeping after dinner time in their own houses. At around 10 : 00 pm, the handsome, or should I say "HOT" guys (HAHAHA!) from the St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary arrived. At around 11, we were given a break to fix our selves and change because the real TAIZE PRAYER will start already. At around 11:30 pm, we went back the Complex and were told by a gradeschool teacher that the priests are open for confessions. So, my friends andI didn`t let go of the opportunity to ask penance from God from all our sins. I confessed at around 11:45 in the evening. At around 12, the Taize prayer started. After the prayer, we were again given a break and we were served Arroz Caldo, Bread and Iced Teas! YUM! foodtrip! it was like a midnight snack. It was also that time where I get to talk and communicate with my teachers. It was really fun talking to them "AS FRIENDS". Very funny and less serious. LESS LESS SERIOUS that talking to them in the classroom. When i went to the volleyball court, I saw Ms. Olvido sitting. I knew all along that she was really sleepy so my friends and i talked to her. I asked her if she really is sleepy and she replied VERY. Hahaha! so I shared with her what I did to prevent being sleepy. I told her "Miss, kaon ka bala miss Chocolates." Then she said, "why? diin chocolates haw?" I said: "Kagina Miss, nagkaon ko Chocolates tapus na dula tuyo ko asta subong." Then she said: "Ti diin Chocolates haw?" I said: "My ara ko to Miss, imo lang." Then I gave her a bar of chocolates. At around 4 in the morning, we had a mass to signal the end of our Taize prayer vigil. Most of us fell asleep but I didn't. :)) After the mass, the school offered us free hot Milo ang bread. Then, we all went home with tired and sleepy face after a lesson-enriched evening to morning experience. Thanks to Taize, we all learned valuable lessons and also gained more NEW friends.