Preparing for the Boy-Girl Dialogue
March 4, 2010: Posted by Donnady of Plan Philippines
What a beautiful day! I am done with my three events yesterday but oh there’s another one -- the Boy-Girl Dialogue at the Church Center at 4:00 to 5:30pm. I took my shower and ate my breakfast. Then I joined Amy and Saba as they walked around to look for a souvenir shop. I requested them to stop at a restaurant where the food is close to what we eat in the Philippines hoping they would like it there. And they liked it! But we didn’t eat yet, we walked, walked and walked. Then we reached the Chrysler Building. Amy told us to get inside and also take pictures with the view of the building. Finally, we saw what we were looking for – the souvenir shop! Saba bought bags, key chain and stuff toy for her friends and family. Then we had only 10 minutes left and we need to go back to the hotel for Amy’s interview. We hurriedly bought food at the restaurant we saw earlier. I ate with Amy and Saba inside their room.
Then it’s preparation time for the Boy-Girl Dialogue. I went to the practice and met with the other youth panellists. There are two boys and another girl. I am from the Philippines, the other girl from the US, one boy from Korea and the other one from Africa. After the practice, we went to the venue to start the Dialogue.
We were six persons in front of the audience, including the two facilitators. Two minutes to start and I’m so excited. A Filipino man approached me and asked me if I am okay for a video coverage by the Filipino channel. Oh what can I say? Ahhmm, yeah, but a sudden nervousness hit me. I’ll be on TV.
The discussion went well with the participation of the audience. Well, after that, the TV network interviewed me and I missed to talk with that attractive guy in the panel. Anyway, I came there to attend the session and do a good job!