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Gian Karlo Dapul Wins ESU International Speaking Tourney

Gian Karlo Dapul bested 57 other contestants to clinch the top plum in the English Speaking Union International Public Speaking Competition held in London. You may remember that Patricia Evangelista won the same competition not so long ago. With his speeched titled Fish Mucus and Foot Fungus, Gian reportedly wowed the judges and audience about his knowledge about research and his humorous delivery. He delivered the same speech during the Philippine qualifiers where I judged and from the get go I knew that that type of geekiness and nerdiness would sell. LOL.

Congratulations Gian. I knew you could do it.

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This was written by benj. Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at 11:54 am. Filed under debate, high school. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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  • At 2008.05.11 12:07, bleue said:

    Wow! Do you have the copy of his speech? Can’t wait to read. Good job Gian Karlo and good job judges. haha!

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    • At 2008.05.11 15:35, Jez said:

      so you were in Gian’s room during prelims! hahaha. thanks for accepting the invitation (or not refusing to be spontaneously dragged) to judge the competition. good job in picking him. :)

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      • At 2008.05.12 10:04, J said:

        Wow. Congrats to Gian and to the Philippines!

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        • At 2008.05.12 16:50, cindz said:

          cool! :)

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          • At 2008.05.12 19:38, ryan said:

            oooohhh… naks kuya, nag-jujudge ka pala sa mga ganitong contest! astig! :)

            kilala ko si Gian! haha. magkasama kami sa theater club sa pisay. :) he’s REALLY good. :)

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            • At 2008.05.13 11:59, Poyt said:

              Is he another Patricia Evangelista in the making?

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              • At 2008.05.13 13:44, benj said:

                I hope he is – though I dont know what you meant by that, Poyt. haha

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                • At 2008.05.14 02:53, Kae said:

                  Benj, what institution is he from?

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                  • At 2008.05.14 20:33, Cecile Maris said:

                    Awwww.;( That’s sad. High school research sucked bigtime for most of the people I know. So I guess you’re not alone. LOL

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                    • At 2008.05.16 17:18, wilskie said:

                      gusto nyo marinig speech nya punta kayo abscbn news online..may video sya doon….naka you tube

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                      ed. The video is here. http://www.atheista.net/2008/05/14/esu-finals-video-of-gian-dapul-fish-mucus-and-foot-fungus/

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                      • At 2008.07.15 13:40, Lorelie Chua said:

                        I’m proud of u anak:) keep it up!

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                        • At 2009.06.30 21:20, dan said:

                          Proud GRLA!!!

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