Andrew Cesario's Birthday Celebration

BENJAMIN ALVES POETRY READING AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

          Last March 18, 2016 seemed like a normal day for my class and the only exciting thing that day was that it was Friday but little did we know what was going to happen. It was already our last subject, Expository Writing and the time was 1:35 pm, all of us knew that in a few hours we would all be going home, relaxing but instead of having a class our professor asked us to go to the Multipurpose Hall 1 at the first floor. He said that there would be an event but he didn't tell us specifically what event, so we went there hoping for a surprise.

The birthday cakes, all lined up.

          When we got there, we were surprised. There were lights and cameras everywhere, food stalls on the side and almost all of the first year ABMA students were there along with some Engineering students. In addition, there were birthday cakes on the side and they had these small posters beside them that read "Happy Birthday Benjamin Alves!" After seeing all the things inside the MPH-1, two questions immediately came in to my mind, who is Benjamin Alves and why is he celebrating his birthday here?

          We searched for a place to seat, my block mates scattered all around the hall, while me and seven of my block mates were left with the front row seat because I guess no one wanted to sit there. The host of the event was Ms. Tessie, a comedian from GMA, she entertained us with jokes and funny comments while waiting for the birthday celebrant. Then Benjamin Alves came in and suddenly I remembered,he was one of the main actors in a previous movie we watched, "Sana Dati" but still I was asking, why celebrate here at Asia Pacific College?

          Benjamin Alves came up to the front and thanked everyone, he thanked the GMA Artists' Center for coordinating with Asia Pacific College to make this event possible and all the students and school personnel who attended his birthday celebration. Later on, several students came to the front and read their poetry and from that moment I knew that aside from being a birthday celebration, this was also a poetry reading event. 

Benjamin Alves, reciting his poem.

          Of course, Mr. Alves also gave his share of poetry, it was a love poem. I couldn't remember the whole poem but what struck me the most was the last line: "Love is the most perfect thing, even if it's never." He mentioned that he is an English Literature graduate, which explained his English proficiency.

          Overall the event was a blast, there was food for everybody, we laughed and got to take pictures with Mr. Alves, there were fun activities and everyone just had a good time.