da BEST carolling...

hindi ako patatawarin ng konsensya ko kung di ko ito nablog.

it was the usual sunday evening carolling problem. walang tao. mas malala nga yata yung ngayong gabi. dumating ako walang kababaihang naroroon at nagpapractice and it was dark already. medyo nakakatakot, nakakalungkot at nakakakaba subalit, the show must go on. when all the reinforcements (as if ang dami. hehehe) came in, we practiced. although medyo down and low sa simula, we slowly gained the confidence and the rhythm for this evening's carolling.

what happened? what did we do?
SIMPLE LANG.
WE ENJOYED and WE HAD FUN.

simple lang ang sangkap ng isang magandang performance. todo-bigay. masaya. magulo. maligaya. the essence in carolling, i believe, is not in the perfect and clean performance but it is in the emotion that you impart to your audience. tipong, malinis nga ngunit nakasimangot naman lahat kayo. kahit hindi masyadong pulido naman, masaya naman ang mga inawitan niyo dahil masaya rin kayo.

i think that capped our whole evening. we did it because we had fun. we made the most out of it. to think, all the cards were stacked against us. 2 soprano, 3 altos, a set of basses and tenors. masaklap pa, tenor ang conductor, 2 tenors ang gitarista. hahaha. hey, we pulled it of. that includes songs that we don't usually sing (such as, gumising and ang aking pasko).

even though there were stressful moments and moments that you would want more people to participate in this event, we just made the most of what we have. it turned out to be one of the best performance, though undermanned, that the aclc carolling had for this christmas. masaya eh. nadala ang tunay na diwa ng kapaskuhang dala-dala ng mga awitin.

sabi nga ni fraggy, we ended in a high note. pun intended.
masaya. kay saya. ang tunay na diwa ng carolling ay nasa kaligayahang taglay ng mensahe ng mga awiting inilimbag at isinulat. masaya ako. masaya sila. sana ganito lagi. masaya ang magcarolling.

oh, by the way, i just enjoyed how we spent our last minutes in ateneo taking pictures and viewing the wonderful performances we did for the two houses this sunday evening.

SING WE ALL NOEL!