In conjunction with the celebration of the parish feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, the Davao community held a clergy night on 22 June 2009.
Early in the afternoon the students were tasked to prepare the location for the celebration. The tables were set in the beautiful space between the new building and library area, which has a cozy beer-garden-like ambiance once the night sky dawns.
The students, still drowning in praises for our previous day’s song performance, started rehearsing the same song to be presented again during the event.
However, the sky had other plans.
Just when we all completed the preparations and started going around doing our own stuff, cats and dogs started falling off the sky. Everyone scampered around trying to save what were left in the garden to the mercy of mother nature. Of course, plans had to be changed, the tables were reset along the corridor and the unfinished community chapel.
At the designated time, only the PDDM sisters were found present (showcasing their utmost professionalism in their dedication to liturgy through punctuality.. wink!). The other guests were probably caught in the rain. After another half an hour of waiting, the Parish Priest announced the start of the party, and hell broke loose. The students drowned themselves in the pool of booze and everything else was a blur.
Early in the afternoon the students were tasked to prepare the location for the celebration. The tables were set in the beautiful space between the new building and library area, which has a cozy beer-garden-like ambiance once the night sky dawns.
The students, still drowning in praises for our previous day’s song performance, started rehearsing the same song to be presented again during the event.
However, the sky had other plans.
Just when we all completed the preparations and started going around doing our own stuff, cats and dogs started falling off the sky. Everyone scampered around trying to save what were left in the garden to the mercy of mother nature. Of course, plans had to be changed, the tables were reset along the corridor and the unfinished community chapel.
At the designated time, only the PDDM sisters were found present (showcasing their utmost professionalism in their dedication to liturgy through punctuality.. wink!). The other guests were probably caught in the rain. After another half an hour of waiting, the Parish Priest announced the start of the party, and hell broke loose. The students drowned themselves in the pool of booze and everything else was a blur.
When all the guest left and things were cleared, many students were too high spirited to end the party, and they continued singing and be marry. So late into the night, we still hear the sound of merriment, of students singing off key, oblivious of everyone else, and we hear of laughter echoing through the dark empty hallways...
[PS: Everyone were too boozed up to take any photos, so we leave it to the imagination of the readers :P ]
(-Terence)
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