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to hear laughter from our batchmates during the day we lost was actually heart breaking and disappointing. grade 10, late 2018, we always needed the auditorium to secure our blockings and get used to the—
to hear laughter from our batchmates during the day we lost was actually heart breaking and disappointing. grade 10, late 2018, we always needed the auditorium to secure our blockings and get used to the—
—spacing that we needed for our whole routine so that we won’t mess up during the day of the competition itself. we all knew that the auditorium was always used by the other program so we always experience “agawan ng space.” what was disappointing is that the other—
—program would call us out indirectly when in fact may usapan naman na half court, kami ang gagamit. imagine niyo nalang na half court samin then half court was for the other, they wouldn’t be afraid and careful kahit matamaan ka ng equipments nila samantalang kami—
—dahan dahan talaga kami na hindi maoverlap ng props namin yung hati and things like that, mag paparinig pa na “may avr kayo diba?” “dun kayo sa avr sumayaw” “hay nako andito nanaman sila”
another thing, same event different year. it was i guess 2017 dfot, i was assigned to a group na ang costume is bahag. yes, i know i am “fat” and whatever u want to call it but i love and accept my body because it is mine and not yours.—
—ofc i heard several ppl laughing abt my body but what traumatized me is that even after the event, months have passed, i still got body shamed. it made me hate myself, think of not wanting to dance anymore, and lastly wrap myself so that my “fats” won’t be seen.—
—it scarred me the most knowing that i had more years to come dancing with bahag. thankfully my friends were there for me and always cheered and helped me. i always was afraid to passby that certain group of sps boys kasi all i would hear is—
— “uy yan yun may tumatalbog oh” “uy yan yung may suso diba?” “uy yan yung bakla diba na ganito ganiyan?” hello i know your names and faces up to this day for what u have done to me, i would and will never forget those words. those words that may have scarred me before—
—but made me stronger and accept my body more today.
adding this, a message from one of my closest friend, she’s a lower year tho. if i remember correctly i have heard a lot of similar stories from them as well hearing these words coming from that program :))
