Last January 27, 2007 (saturday) we celebrated our annual fiesta. Maybe for you it’s not a big deal, but for me, it was. Why? Because i spearheaded the whole event to make our fiesta be festive. It’s tiring but it’s my achievement. Let me describe to you what happened during our celebration.
By November last year, I already encountered three major problems. My first problem is our organizational president suddenly resigned from her post. And my main problem is our organization financial status, and my big problem, there is nobody wants to help me. Suddenly by the mid-year of 2006 i received rumors that our organizational president resigned from her post. I thought maybe it’s not true, but then when the ber-month came, there is no president care to plan for our upcoming fiesta. And so, i did the initiative. I called my co-officers and the members for a meeting, to start a plan for our fiesta. But, still the president "no-show" in the meeting. That night, i concluded so the rumors are true. She’s giving up his post. Well, whatever her reasons are, I DON’T CARE. And so, we planned a program to make our celebration merry. Of course, i headed the said meeting, mind you i am only the treasurer of the organization. And we had a planned, but it didn’t started right away because our (my) second problem is the organization financial status. Suppossedly we should have just enough to implement a big event but our "resigned president" keep on withdrawing cash slowly. Apparently, we had less than one thousand pesos in our account. Good thing, my mom donated just enough amount to add to our less than one thousand pesos to start implementing our plans.
We’re planning to organize a "Little Prince and Princess of Palsy side 2007". This is our main program to our fiesta celebration. We agreed to make it a money contest for the reason to raise funds for our chapel. The Sinulog day comes, we had our counting of ballot boxes. From then, the chapel raised around not less than five thousand pesos, plus we had a solicitations, all-in-all we raised more or less eleven thousand pesos (good for us). With this amount i started to planned for the whole big event.
And the coronation night has come. At the start of the night, i was a little bit upset because the person that i assigned for some preparations hasn’t done their part. So, i did all the preparation. I have to cleaned first the sorroundings, i have to prepare the set-up for the whole area, the set-up for the stage, i gathered and arranged the candidates and most of all i do the HOSTING. I even carried a big table and chairs for the guests, grrrrr…. With this, i asked the help of my father and an old friend to entertain our guest. Good thing, they nodded.
When the program started, well, at first it didn’t go well, but then it was covered by a little comedy scoop made by one of the candidates. One candidate for Little Princess, sitted in her chair fronting the audience and the guest, suddenly raised and spread her legs showing her white panty and then abruptly she scratched her middle (u know what i mean). And so the audience reaction, laughing. But they don’t mind it because the candidates (our candidates) ages are 4yrs to 7yrs old. As the program continues, all goes well. And after the program, i had to cleaned the mess, well actually it’s not really a mess. I just have to return back the tables and chairs that i borrowed from one of my neighborhood. And this time, good thing, the person that i assigned for the set-up showed up and he carried the tables and chairs. After the cleaning, i had to go home for awhile to change my sandals, i’ve been complaining having a pain in my foot wearing 3inches sandals. Then i go back to the chapel with a long-neck bottle of Tanduay for the barangay tanod in my hands. I had to watch-over the funds from the disco paid by those people wants to dance. At around 2:30am, after i get the proceeds i hurriedly went home to rest. In the morning i woke up early coz i was assigned to read the 1st or 2nd reading for our sponsored mass. But unfortunately, i didn’t make it. But at least i made it to attend the mass despite of my headache due to being drunked that coronation night.
With this big event that i headed, i learned that i should not rely on people whose giving false hope. Also i learned that in everything we do we should planned it carefully. Though we cannot avoid some hassles but at least we should try to find alternatives. Based on my experiences, even though i did all the work, of course with the help of my friends, Marjorie and Ruby (joining the three of us… full force) i did the celebration WELL DONE.
Thank you for those people who wholeheartedly giving me assistance to make our celebration a success. Gelli who voluntarily decorating our chapel, decorating the stage and she even volunteered to assist me during the program (miraculously). "For the boys" who helped to construct the stage and the barangay tanod for watching overnight our disco. My dad and Tatay Erning, even though they are not part of the organization anymore, they still extend there arms to help me in supervising the whole event. And most of all, thanks to our patron saint Sñr. Sto. Niño for providing me these people and for never leaving my side.
Now, i was thinking, I have started my 2007 such a great achievement. I hope this won’t be the last.
