YOUniversity Life: Haunting Halls Event Highlights
The two day event of JPMAP-PLM, the “YOUniversity Life: Haunting Halls” started at Gazebo 10 of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. HROM officers haunted the walls at exactly 10:50 am with the emcees— Erson Clarence Condicion and Felicity Dela Cruz. Participants walked their way towards the catwalk around the campus showing their chosen costume themes. There were those Sims, Mafia Bosses, “Pagod na Haribons”, Angels, Elves, Anime characters and lastly, the winner, the Inside out Characters.
As the committee officers went back to the event place, the Wear Your Fear costume contest began. Representatives from different committees showcased their costumes as part of the contest. The first contestant represented the Committee for National Convention with anime characters, specifically from Jujutsu Kaisen. The second contestant represented the Committee on Ways and Means with their angel costumes. Third contestant represented the Committee on Training and Development with their elves costume. For the fourth contestant, the Research and Publication representative, took a more scary and realistic turn as he cosplayed the "Pagod na Haribon". The fifth contestant represented the Committee on Fellowship, Wellness, and Sports with a mafia costume. The sixth contestant pulled a playful effort, literally living up to the theme of Sims characters, representing the Committee on Events and Membership. Lastly, the seventh contestant kept up with the trends by portraying the characters from the movie: Inside Out, while including the latest character, Anxiety. By the time all the contestants had confidently shown and represented their committees, all the executives of different committees started deliberating for the winners of the contest.
At 11:42am, the announcement of the winners started. The second runner-up is the Committee on Events and Membership with their Sims-inspired costumes. The first runner-up is the Mafia bosses of the Committee on Fellowship, Wellness, and Sports. The grand winner for the Wear Your Fear Costume Contest was welcomed with Joy, as the winner of this event is the Committee on Marketing and Creatives with their Inside Out-inspired costumes. By 11:49am, the contest had come to an end, after the closing remarks of the emcees, Erson and Fel bid their farewell.
On the second day, JPMAP-PLM continued its Youniversity Life: Haunting Halls with a Podcast— together with the Emcees: Jehan Hife and Cieanne Karla Espino. The podcast centers around the horror experiences and stories of our fellow HROM students. Moreover, the emcees read their spooky literary entries such as poems, stories, and even through emojis . Before the winners were announced, a short-video about the face-to-face highlights of the event that happened yesterday was featured. As well as the interview of JPMAP officers about their fears, ways to overcome it, and things they are looking forward to this December. Going to the announcement of the winners, Bev Marlem T. Rojo won first place with her piece “An Encounter” in the contest entitled ShakesFear. For "Wear Your Fear", Andrea Nicole Sales got first place cosplaying Joy from Inside Out. The Committee for Marketing Creatives got the special award for wearing the Inside Out inspired characters. While for the Two Sentence Horror Story Fatima Sta Ana won first place. Lastly, one has successfully conveyed its fear using emojis; named Macriz Macapagal grabbing the victory for the Emoji-phobia contest. The podcast ended with the poetic outro of the emcees.
Thank you for participating, see you at the next event of JPMAP-PLM!
Written by: John Larry Ramos & Jim Cymer de Guzman
