Our Own Orchestra

Today, I woke up late due to my intensive practice last night for our special number this A.Y. program. As usual, I went to church and attended the sabbath school and divine worship program. After that, we went home to have our lunch.

After eating, I practiced together with my sister, who is playing the organ, and my cousin, who is playing the flute. Together, we formed our own orchestra. Then after a 15-minute practice, we headed to the church to attend our choir's practice. We sang the song:"Seek ye the Lord", and had some vocalizations. It took us an hour to master it. Then after that, we were supposed to practice once more but we ended up playing different songs, not the one we are supposed to practice. Then I easily got exhausted and rested for awhile.

While sitting, I hit the microphone and it suddenly fell. As I was reaching it, my violin suddenly fell. It was quite a shock. I hurriedly took my violin, and looked if there were cracks caused by the fall. Fortunately, I found nothing but just saw that the bridge was removed.I tried to put it back, thinking everything will be alright. But, it won't fit, so I was forced to loosen the tuning pegs for me to be able to put the bridge back in place.

Then, when it was in place, finally, I tried to have them tuned. Good thing Kuya Eric, our pianist was there and Kuya MJ, another music expert was there as well. They were the ones who helped me out have my violin tuned. But, while tuning the G-string, the string suddenly snapped.

Good thing I always have my extra strings with me in case of emergencies just like this one. I put it out and replaced the broken string. And later on, my violin which was once broken, is now back to normal once again. I was able to practice before the program started.

Then after the singspiration, prayer, and bible game, it is now our time to perform. Before performing, i had a short prayer thanking God for everything and asking for his guidance. We went out there ready to share the blessing we had received through music.

Though I had a couple of mistakes, I feel truly blessed because despite all of these that has happened to me for this day, God still gave me a chance to serve him and share what I have through music. I feel happy after the performance because I did my very best and I know that god was listening to the song we offer him with.

Hour Of Worship

This Friday, June 20,2008, a lot has happened to me. After having our classes, we had an hour of free time intended for us to attend our club's meeting. Since I heard from my other co-Science club members that we don't have a meeting, I intended to attend the meeting of the SSG and then later on try to audition in the Liriko. But while going to the Home Economics room,where we will have our meeting and at the same time where the auditions will be held, I met up with another co-Science club member who told me that we have a meeting that will be held at the Nat. Sci lab at this instant.

So I walked hurriedly to the Nat. Sci lab where I saw the other officers and members sitting. I grab a seat close to my classmate. Then later on, Ms. Pareja started discussing the projects of the club and the rules and regulations regarding the usage of the compost pit and the search for the earthwatch teen 2009.

After the meeting, the students are all in line already so we just stayed at the front of the canteen till the announcements were over. Then while the teachers are announcing important things, some of the students were dismissed because they are not feeling well. One of them is a friend of mine, so I went to her as soon as I saw that she was guided by the company commander into one of the chairs.

I tried to help her and later on, she told me that she is now feeling better. " Whew, what a relief", was what I said in my head because I really got worried that one of my friends is not feeling well. Later on, we went home and I went to church after having my dinner.


This Saturday, is yet another special day for me. I woke up early today in preparation for going to church. We had our lesson by group and later on, we proceeded with the second service. After the sermon of the speaker, we had our communion service. First we had the foot washing and later on the distribution of the bread and the grape juice which represents Jesus' blood and His body when he got crucified.After that, we had the closing song followed by the prayer led by our church elder.

Then after lunch, we had the Sabbath Afternoon program.at about 3 pm. Though it is already raining hard, nothing can hinder us from worshipping God. First we started the program by singing praises then it was followed by a prayer asking for God's guidance. Then we had bible activities wherein we had so much fun and learned a lot more things.Later on, my cousin and I played an instrumental piece for the special number part. He played his flute, while I played my violin. Then after that, we had our group dynamics and after the activity we had our closing song and then closing prayer.

84th anniversary

Today, dated June 14, 2008, is the celebration of our church's 84th anniversary. I invited some of my friends to come and visit our church but unfortunately due to some instances, they were not able to come.During the morning, I took part in the Sabbath School program by being one of the usherettes who warmly welcomes visitors, hand them programs, and shows them to their seats.The whole program lasted for almost four hours of worship and giving praise to God.Then a special presentation will be held later on after lunchtime.After the whole preparation, we are now ready to perform and go on with the concert.

The Spring Chorale, our choir, started first with singing songs in between the deliverance of the church's history from the time it was built. The first people who were responsible for the programs in the church were stated as well. Then after that, the part II, began, the chairs were arranged and we were seated while singing the songs entitled: "Thanks Be to God", "He Leadeth Me", "Pillar of Fire", and "The Majesty And Glory of Your Name".

Then after that, we had the acapella part.We sang the songs:" I Will Rejoice", "I'll Be There", "Ride The Morning Winds", "Climbing Up The Mountain", "Count Your Blessings" and many more.Then, we were given a short break, while the Spring Wind Ensemble took our place in performing in front of everyone.

Then after their performance, we had the last part of the concert which is in VOP style. We sang songs from the hymnal and were assigned to have solos for a specific song.Then our last and final song was the "Good Old Gospel Singing" in the prayer of the pastor.