bts,
To our dearest MC2018,
We planned to write this piece over a month ago. Yet, here we are, hours before publishing time with the words still swimming aimlessly in our heads.
Between the two of us, we have quite a lot to say but it was difficult putting them together because… what else do we say and how else do we say it to you whom we have closely worked with for a good part of three years (some weekends and holidays included)?
However, looking back, we realized that there are still some unsaid—those which we have always known but were probably not able to say or were likely lost amidst the intensive and extensive MC workload.
So allow us to tell you these three things:
First, we appreciate you. More than you know.
We applaud your grit and determination—how you took on every single challenge thrown at you in stride and finished with flying colors.
We are in awe of your creativity and imagination—how you turn ideas into words and visuals that strike a nerve or touch the heart or warm the soul.
We admire your ability to adapt and your willingness to serve—how you wholeheartedly dedicated yourselves and your time to work, often without expecting anything in return.
Second, we are proud of you. Always have been, always will be.
We are proud of how much you have grown, not just as writers behind the pen names you wield every publishing night but as young men and women who have good style and incredible work ethic.
We are proud of how much you have come together as a group—from two or three big ones that look at MC and Ang Aninag as mere school requirements to one big solid well-oiled machine fueled by passion and purpose.
Some think what we do is all work. Well, in a way, it is for it demands so much from everyone involved. Some think it is just fun, that words come easy, that there are no serious chops required. Sometimes, it is but as we always say, the MC experience is only as fun as you make it to be. And you certainly made it so, not only for the readers but even more so for yourselves and for us, too.
It is no easy feat to handle the school paper in one semester let alone three straight years.
You’ve done it and oh my, have you done it well!
Hold your head high. Bask in the glory. Sit back and watch your legacy.
Let it sink in. You deserve it.
Last, we thank you. Very much.
For sharing the best parts of you in the poems and stories you told.
For teaching us as much as, if not more than, what we have taught you.
For choosing MC and for loving it as much as we do.
As we end this piece, we vividly remember that warm June day in 2015 during Peryodismo class when you confusedly yet excitedly took a leap of faith with us.
We dubbed you our ‘Lucky 9th’ and, in so many ways, through all the ups and downs, we are truly privileged to have been your guides on this unforgettable journey.
A lot has changed since that first day.
But a lot has also remained the same.
It will be a while before our next and we are and will always be beyond grateful that you’re the last editorial staff we have taken on this rollercoaster MC ride.
We LoveMC you, MC2018!
On to the next chapter!
Always,
Mami Cat and Mama Weng
BTS: Dear MC2018
To our dearest MC2018,
We planned to write this piece over a month ago. Yet, here we are, hours before publishing time with the words still swimming aimlessly in our heads.
Between the two of us, we have quite a lot to say but it was difficult putting them together because… what else do we say and how else do we say it to you whom we have closely worked with for a good part of three years (some weekends and holidays included)?
However, looking back, we realized that there are still some unsaid—those which we have always known but were probably not able to say or were likely lost amidst the intensive and extensive MC workload.
So allow us to tell you these three things:
First, we appreciate you. More than you know.
We applaud your grit and determination—how you took on every single challenge thrown at you in stride and finished with flying colors.
We are in awe of your creativity and imagination—how you turn ideas into words and visuals that strike a nerve or touch the heart or warm the soul.
We admire your ability to adapt and your willingness to serve—how you wholeheartedly dedicated yourselves and your time to work, often without expecting anything in return.
Second, we are proud of you. Always have been, always will be.
We are proud of how much you have grown, not just as writers behind the pen names you wield every publishing night but as young men and women who have good style and incredible work ethic.
We are proud of how much you have come together as a group—from two or three big ones that look at MC and Ang Aninag as mere school requirements to one big solid well-oiled machine fueled by passion and purpose.
Some think what we do is all work. Well, in a way, it is for it demands so much from everyone involved. Some think it is just fun, that words come easy, that there are no serious chops required. Sometimes, it is but as we always say, the MC experience is only as fun as you make it to be. And you certainly made it so, not only for the readers but even more so for yourselves and for us, too.
It is no easy feat to handle the school paper in one semester let alone three straight years.
You’ve done it and oh my, have you done it well!
Hold your head high. Bask in the glory. Sit back and watch your legacy.
Let it sink in. You deserve it.
Last, we thank you. Very much.
For sharing the best parts of you in the poems and stories you told.
For teaching us as much as, if not more than, what we have taught you.
For choosing MC and for loving it as much as we do.
As we end this piece, we vividly remember that warm June day in 2015 during Peryodismo class when you confusedly yet excitedly took a leap of faith with us.
We dubbed you our ‘Lucky 9th’ and, in so many ways, through all the ups and downs, we are truly privileged to have been your guides on this unforgettable journey.
A lot has changed since that first day.
But a lot has also remained the same.
It will be a while before our next and we are and will always be beyond grateful that you’re the last editorial staff we have taken on this rollercoaster MC ride.
We LoveMC you, MC2018!
On to the next chapter!
Always,
Mami Cat and Mama Weng
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