xavier fair memories

in my three years as a xavier teacher, one of the events that i enjoyed the most was the xavier school fair. scheduled usually during the first weekend of february, it's the time of the year where people flock to xavier for the class-made booths, carnival rides, and the highly-anticipated variety show. traditionally, fairs have an "xs" integrated in the title, depending on the theme used for the given year. looking back, i had fond memories of three editions of xavier fairs: scorched, big bang theory, and foxsilized.

my first fair had the "wild wild west" theme, complete with horseback riding as one of the featured rides in the fair. that year, our class won the best booth as we got the highest income from among the booths in the fair. i also enjoyed the variety show, as it featured what perhaps was the "tail-end" of the resurgence of opm rock. that fair was also quite "colorful" with all the sub-plots involved. but that's another story.



my second fair had the "outer space" theme. unfortunately, i had rather vague memories of that fair, though i remember that i even "broadcasted" that such could actually end up as my last fair, but wasn't exactly so. our class booth was at the tail end of the income list, but i guess it didn't really matter at all. for some reason, i also forgot what transpired during the variety show. oh well, maybe it wasn't that much of a highlight then.



my third and last fair had the "dinosaur" theme. it was the first time i had to be "hands on" with a fair booth as a class adviser, and it was quite difficult juggling things with all the academic stuff at hand. but i enjoyed preparing the booth, from buying the prizes to the entire process of brainstorming and executing the plans. there was also much "drama" then with my advisory class, but that just made my final stretch at xavier quite memorable. the video above had some of the major highlights of the fair. i actually had a cameo somewhere in the middle. hahahaha!



this year, xavier will be using the "superheroes" theme. i won't be able to enjoy the fair this year due to prior commitments, but looks like it will be one interesting fair ahead. i am truly amused by this video done by my former students dancing to the tune of super junior's "sorry sorry"... even inside the director's office. wow. hahahaha.

in the end, all these are memories now. i enjoyed my three years working at xavier, and i can say that "i had my time." for now, there are more pressing things to deal with, and with the clock ticking, i guess i'm running out of time.