“Have regular hours for work and play;
make each day both useful and pleasant,
and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
Then youth will bring few regrets,
and life will become a beautiful success.”
It was my first time inside the
Miriam College. I, together with my classmate, was invited by my former tutees
to visit them in MC for their annual lower and middle school fair. The fair was
entitled #BeBrave: Students in Service, Leaders in Action, and was held last
November 28 and 29, 2014 at the MC Lower and Middle School Fair Grounds.
As soon as we stepped in the
gates of the fair ground, we were amazed at the number of food stalls and
bazaars present. Different kinds of food and snacks were available for the kids
to munch on. Also, a lot of cute stuff were put on sale.
Moreover, different kinds of booths were
prepared by the different lower and middle school classes. One of my former
tutee’s class, Sam, who is currently in lower school, prepared a game booth
wherein you can play board games and win prizes. On the other hand, my other
tutee’s class, Tammy, who is currently in middle school, prepared a game booth
wherein you can play games in different levels and can win prizes if you reach
the highest level.
Aside from my tutees’ booths, one
of the booths that I really enjoyed was the CUPCAKE GAMES. With just 50
chits/50 pesos, you can decorate your own cupcake. It’s really fun decorating
the cupcakes using the icing, sprinkles and marshmallows. But of course, eating
them was the most fun part! Yum!
Then there’s this scary booth,
but unfortunately, we didn’t try it even though it’s just worth 20 chits.
Alongside with the horror room, you will see a pathway the leads to the
“go-cart” area wherein you can rent a go-cart for just 20 or 50 chits I guess,
depending on the length of rent time.
Everything in the fair was so
colourful, creative and alive. Everyone’s been bursting out with vibrant
energy. But there’s this one group of people whom I wish would be drained out
of their energies – the jail booth people. Funny it may be for me to wish them
zero energy but they are the ones who are catching anyone they see and put them
in the jail booth. The bail may be just 20 chits, but I don’t want to be chased
by a kid trying to catch me and end up inside one of their jail booths. But I
would say that it is really funny watching kids running around and catching
other kids.
We spent the rest of our time
going around the fair grounds. We went to visit the field and listened to the
middle school band who played some of Paramore’s songs, which I personally
enjoyed! Also, on the right side of the stage stood a high wall climbing
activity booth. I wanted to try it but unfortunately, the walls and stones were
dirty because of the little rain and I didn’t bring any extra clothes so, yeah.
After roaming around the fair
ground with food in our hands, we then decided to try the glitter painting. It
was so cute because you can choose any of their available designs and put it in
any part of your body. Three of us tried this, and it took longer than we
expected, but the results were pretty much glittery!
We ended our tour by having a one
last look at the bazaars and buying more food for us to eat on our way home.
It was really fun and refreshing.
This may be a tiring day, but this very day made me realized that it is not bad
to have a little time to let out the little child in you every once in a while.
I’m really looking forward for the fair next year. I’ll definitely be visiting
MC again, because today, it’s like I was a kid again J
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