To our very, very beautiful adviser and MAPEH teacher, and to my fellow classmates and Augustinians,

good morning to you all.

Without further ado, let me officially welcome all of you to Paligsayahan 2016! Now I know we’re all
excited to begin the games so I’ll make this short. This year’s theme is Paligsayahan 2016: Strengthening
our bodies and minds and developing good sportsmanship through good rapport. For us to be able to
understand more the goals in which we would like to achieve through this event, let me break down the
said theme. “Strengthening our bodies and minds,” this pertains to our first objective which is to make
our bodies healthier through exercise and playing sports. This pertains to our strategic thinking in
playing sports as well. “Developing good sportsmanship,” the games also aim to, well, develop good
sportsmanship among the class. Lastly, “through good rapport,” our last objective is to simply have fun
and create memories that we will always remember.

So let the playing commence and keep in mind that victory is in the quality of the game and not in the
final score. Once again, welcome and good day to you all.