18/01/2026
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐นโ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ. ๐
The ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฆ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ may not have ended with medals or a place in the RSPC, but it gifted us something far greaterโ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด that will stay with us long after the event. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐; ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ. ๐๏ธ
This journey reminded us that ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, and ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. Every late night of preparation, every rewritten line, every quiet moment of doubt and courage mattered. We may not have stood on the podium, but we stood for something greaterโ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต. ๐ฐ
Our sincerest gratitude to ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ถ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น for the warm welcome and comfortable accommodation that made us feel at home. We deeply thank the ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ตaff of Manili Elementary School for their ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ. Your hospitality and dedication truly made this experience meaningful. ๐
We sincerely thank our ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ ๐ฟ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ป๐ป ๐. ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ for the trust and unwavering support, and our beloved mentorโour ๐๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐. ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป, and also to ๐ ๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ท๐ฒโthank you for the ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๏ธ
To our ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐, thank you for ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ faced reflected your commitment to truth and creativity. You showed up, gave your best, and proved that your voices matterโeven when the outcome wasnโt what we hoped for. ๐
This experience may not take us to the next level of competition, but it has taken us somewhere far more importantโcloser to who we are becoming. And for that, this journey will always be worth remembering. โ๏ธ
๐ผ๏ธ: Abella, Leah
โ๐ป: Masamayor, Eureka
