NERDing it up!

i remember the first time i experienced COEDSO days. twas last year and i hardly knew anyone. i was new in the college and find it difficult to engage in the activites because i was still having a hard time accepting the fact that i got kicked out of the psychology program.

but this year was totally different. i was our group's coordinator for the strategy booth we made for the hearing impaired and represented SPEDers for the annual quiz bee together with 2 other co-majors. the booth, eventhough we had a hard time agreeing on what to do, was still ok. we had fun brainstorming but i admit that was the hardest part coz everyone has their own ideas and we can't seem to find a common ground. we had fun teaching the elementary kids the alphabet sign and some phrases they could use everyday. twas really tiring but seeing the kids have fun with what you made makes it all ok. the quiz bee which happened just this afternoon was about general information so i was kinda ok with it. and knowing that one of my team mates is a friend of mine made it even better. the whole time we were on stage, answering the easy, average and difficult questions, we were laughing! yea, we look really stupid but we can't help but laugh at our answers. 95% of the time, we were guessing. and around 98% of those are correct! we're only 4th placer though. well, at least we're not the lowest. :)

from my previous post, November 13, 2009/Friday d 13th, i've mentioned about trusting my instincts more. i still haven't learned. there were at least 6 or more questions i answered correctly but went for my team mate's answer just because i was not sure of my answer. wrong move! there were 2 questions in the difficult category that i correctly answered and would've earned us at least 10 points. just those 10 points and we could've won! -sigh-

anyway, i think what's important is that we had fun! my group (Joy, Hanoi, Ana, Nestor, Chaz, Diane, Charity, Trish and Anceline) in the strategy booth and my team in quiz bee (Joy and Jephuneh) are the best! we had some really SPECIAL fun! :)

omg! i actually had fun! i really sound like a nerd now. i used to hate academic school activities. i would just participate in school but mostly in sports and dancing. and now? ack! im seriously liking it! twas funny seeing the faces of some of my schoolmates when they heard i was part of the SPED quiz bee team. i was just fighting the urge to tell them that im not what they think i am. i may not look like your typical nerd girl, carrying a bunch of books, with glasses, always participates in class discussions actively and finishes every requirement on time but ....surprise! surprise! :)