Oh, the dreaded competition. I still remember the moment our professor, Sir Deeno, called my name as one of the top 7 who will compete. I was both honored and scared at the same time because the responsibility was immense. All I could think about was me making a fool of myself up there on stage. Three of us even thought about backing...

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"You are the first TM block to win the Speech Choir Competition." It still sounds surreal to me even though it's been about a week. Before it started, we were all so nervous because even though we practiced early and ahead of the other blocks, we still needed more time to rehearse (hence why we kept going out of the auditorium). I came...

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Ever since the start, we already have representative in mind, and that was Charella. She's just so eloquent and fluent in the English language that we all knew she would do nothing but make us proud. The other competitors were so good that they made it such a hard competition for her, but a great watch for us audience. I can only imagine...

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The voice! Yes, the voice. I couldn't help but squeal when I heard their voices the first time. The first one that wowed me was Carlotta. That amazing, powerful voice that is perfect for musical theaters such as this. Then miss Christine Daae and the one whose voice just melted my soul away, the Phantom himself. The emotion, the clarity, the magnitude. It's...

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Before entering the auditorium, I was actually very nervous to go and watch the high school students battle it out on the stage because I know that I will be performing on that very stage soon as well. I was chosen as one of the seven students of our section to compete. When I heard my name, I was both happy and scared....

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Listening to a person talking about media literacy isn't new to me. Before I attended college, I used to encounter and research about this a lot because I was actually kind of interested in it. There were three speakers. they talked about "How to effectively write a story." She said that journalism is basically "storytelling with a purpose." Kind of like Miss World's...

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Plagiarism is something that we all have done in the past. Even I can admit that I have done it in the past as well. But that doesn't mean that everyone should think it as a normal act in society. But what exactly is plagiarism? According to the internet, "plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and...

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