In pursuit of its objective of promoting cultural exchange through Japanese Language Education in the Philippines, the 2008 Nihongo Speech Contest was held on Saturday, 23 February at the EDSA Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. The speech contest, in its 35th year was one of the major events of the 3rd Nihongo Fiesta, which featured the National Bento (packed lunch) Competition, the Japanese Taiko and a lot more cultural performances, contests, exhibitions and demonstrations.
I was luckily in Manila on the day of the speech contest and I was able to watch it. In the contest, there were 17 people who delivered speeches and all of them performed very well. And what the most made me happy was the result that there were three Davao People out of a total of 4 winners in the contest.
The Winners will take part in an all-expense-paid week-long study tour in Japan.
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< ![CDATA[Hi Ichi: I was there, too! It was exciting to see the cultural exchange and witness the fun and the music.
Cheers! Hope to meet you soon - be it in Davao or in Manila! :smile:]]>
< ![CDATA[Ichi,
Were there any good speeches about science? hehe Hope you're feeling better. I'll be coming to Davao in June. Take care Kevin]]>
< ![CDATA[Well life is amazing as I was there too!!!!!]]>
< ![CDATA[So sorry, I missed it - and my Japanese is becoming very poor. Kampai!!! (Sorry wrong spelling!). But you know, what I mean!!!]]>