15th NYC in Kalibo

This event was moved since the original date would have fallen on the date of the Ati-atihan festival.But nevertheless the event pushed through with flying colors and both speakers and STI students were excited with the event. The previous year, STI students from Kalibo, Barotac - Viejo, Antique and Iloilo trooped to the SM City in Iloilo for the 14th NYC, but this year STI College Kalibo played host for the 15th NYC.

For one I was very excited for this part of the National Youth Convention since it is the event where veteran speaker Dennis Evangelista will start to join the team. A witty, hardworking and down to earth person, when Dennis first started to join the NYC team way back in 2005 he showed that he can connect to the STI audience and that he is as funny and dynamic like the other NYC speakers as well. Couple that with the things that he has learned from the STI National Youth Convention then you have a world class speaker who is a legend in sharing great thoughts with the STI students.

The two other speakers, Pido Aguilar and Romy de Villa also had nice things to share. Pido as usual was his fiery self and the song bayani ka was well received by the STI students. At the same time, Romy de Villa who heads the development group of Globe Labs added a game to his presentation. In the spirit of fun and making his presentation more exciting, Romy had nice inputs and his game was a hit.

STI students from Aklan were high praises as they were seen with their new Convention kits and were taking down notes on the three topics that were at hand. The sampaguita gardens were filled with many STI students having their pictures taken from various points of the resort. Two years from now we will be back again and hope that we go straight to Boracay afterwards. But for now the NYC will shift back to Iloilo next year. Until then aklanons will be looking forward again for another breathtaking spectacular show.