Catharsis

It's really a fun-filled night. The name itself literally means cleansing of the soul. This event, which is a night of soulful poetry and music, achieved more than its purpose. I believe the performances are great, considering there are a lot of new faces who went on the stage. Also, there were more people who came this year, even though there was no 'guest performer' like another King or Radioactive Sago Project who were invited for a fee during the previous years.

The first performers (aside form the KEM Choir who gave the doxology) were the UP KEM Applicants Batch 04-A who gave a very cute handmime. I think it's the first time I saw a handmime by the kemers, since I was late last year when I was supposed to be a part of the handmime group. Some notable perfomances for me were those of the duo who were Di's Pisay friends, the groups of Pol's friends and Kietly's friends, the children form Koine Foundation who gave a very good dance number, my batchmates Andrei who performed solo for a while, the KEM Band (syempre naman), the GE Club people, and some mor which I forgot already what they did onstage.

The night was also made alive by two KEMers who hosted the event. Lou, on one hand, is already used to host events this big, so I didn't really notice a big difference. It is Pol on the other hand, who made a very big improvement. I still remember him hosting some other activities before but it was only in this event that he mad such a hosting job.

All in all, I think this event was a huge success. The tasks were not easy for the Catharsis staff to do, but they did great! Many of the alumni and resident KEMers were present, as well the applicants who stayed to serve food and clean the mess after the event.