March 6th 2009, Fun Day was headed by President Arnel G. Ramos along with his constituents (Co-Founders, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee) in Zabeel Park, Gate 3.

Many students have gathered to celebrate a break from conventional classroom environment and enjoy the sunlight and to frolic in the reserved ample area.

Jennifer: Pls call me Jennifer, we’ll when our President Sir Arnel announced to the rest of FDA that he wishes to have a Fun Day to break the monotony amongst students and trainers, he assigned all of us our roles and I was assigned to handle the Mini Sports Fest with the assistance of Madam Rizalina Abuel.

Sir Arnel as always was able to come up with several games complete with mechanics and prize list, he’s a very organized man you know, so from there I just modified the games list, compromised the use of props, mentally visualize and time each game. Few days before the event I and my husband started looking for prizes and props in the list.

Reporter: How many games were conducted? Can you name a few? How did you determine the participants?

Jennifer: I decided with the approval of the rest of Fun Day organizers that participants would register at the Zabeel Park venue itself, it is to give way to the other activities that required participants to be identified in advance. Since Cheering Competition & Digerati Looks had performances which required choreography & polishing up as well as IT Olympiad which needed the participants to review for hands on exams, the option of registering students before the Fun Day was waived.

Most of the games played were popular and it didn’t require rehearsal; in addition to that we wanted Mini Sports Fest to be open for members plus non members of all age groups.

There were originally 7 games geared up, however on site only 5 games had complete registrants, and 4 games were executed. The build of excitement among the students was satisfying during registration, however some registrants were also participants of other activities; therefore I was able to host the games to students who wasn’t involved in any of the other competition. As the IT Olympiad, Cheering Competition and Mini Sports Fest were conducted simultaneously.

Jennifer: Well for me all of them are winners, the aim of the MSF was to persuade students to engage in a healthy competition, especially those who were reluctant to join the other programs. Also we had to consider the students guest to enjoy the day as much as the members, so I didn’t really take note who is representing which location, we were all there to have fun.

Reporter: How were the prizes distributed if there were only 4 games executed?

Jennifer: The first game was Tug of War, because this game appealed more to the students and had the most number of participants I decided to give each one a prize. The second game was Sack Race, for this game I only awarded the winning team; I needed to make sure there were enough prizes for the next 3 games. It was then followed by Crazy Olympics, which was my personal favorite; it was a close call in deciding the winning team, so I handed all players’ gifts. Lastly Scavenger Hunt, I decided that this would be the game finale as fewer participants were taking part. Before the festivities commenced FDA Logos were scattered in Fun Day allotted area, Scavenger Hunt game objective was to have the first 5 participants present me with the most number of FDA Logos scavenged from trees, shrubs, tents, etc. within 3 minute time frame, I ended up giving the left over gifts even to those who brought 4 or 5 logos.

Reporter: From what you say it seems it was the least favorite of the other main exhibition.

Jennifer: No, I don’t think that. To those who participated I salute them, none of them showed exasperation in the ordeals they had to go through to achieve the goal of the games. For those who didn’t participate because they had prior commitments, I believe that the decision in synchronizing the 3 main events was still the best idea. If you were there, no one in sight was standing idle; no one was left out of the exhilarating feeling of competing. The intention of including Fun Day as one of the ways in improving ones ability to associate with others in order to improve self-confidence and personal development was consummated.

Reporter: I’ve taken so much of your time, thank you for granting me this interview.

Jennifer: No thank you, you’ve given me the means to thank a lot of people, me I?

Reporter: Of course.

Jennifer: First of all I would like to thank Madam Cristina Ababan overall chairman of Fun Day 2009, without her late night runs to Zabeel Park surveying & planning out the area and her weekends spent in rummaging the right resources MSF wouldn’t be a sensation. To Madam Rizalina Abuel for finding the sponsor for the MSF, Sir Arnel Ramos for understanding my short comings, and to my husband Bryan Jimenez one of the coordinators of FDA who didn’t get a shut eye from wrapping all the prizes and compiling all props. To the participants who showed camaraderie with their team mates and competitors. To everyone in FDA, thank you.

“this conversation took place in my mind, thanks for reading till this point” Jennifer Guevarra-Jimenez