UP vs ATENEO
Okay, so there really is no battle between the two. I mean, UP for me has no worthy rivals while Ateneo’s famous rival is La Salle. Haha! They are just my and Josh’s Alma Maters.
As most of you don’t know, I am way ahead of Joshua when we were in school. I was 15 when I entered college and he was also 15 when he was in 2nd year high school. Haha. Since he studied in Ateneo, he had to go through Grade 7. He even went through Nursery, Kindergarten, and Prep while I only had to go through Kindergarten once before I stepped into Grade One, and yes, wala kaming Grade 6. In other words, isang taon lang ako nag-aral tapos Grade 1 na agad. Yun. (Yabang no? Haha.) Basta student number ko 99, sya 02. Graduate ako ng ‘03 sya ‘06. Tsk. I’m 25, he’s 24. I’m 5′7″, he’s 5′X”.
So what’s the point? Wala. It just so happened Josh and I visited our schools last Friday, Aug. 22, because he needed to get a copy of his diploma for his new job (yey!). Since he was going, I decided to go too and get mine from UP after what, 5 years? Gosh. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I’ve only been to Peyups five times since I submitted my thesis. First time to get my Sablay, second for my graduation, third to have dinner at Chocolate Kiss, fourth after we visited the Mango Farm and I wanted to eat at Rodics, and lastly, for our pre-nup shoot.
Josh, on the other hand, hasn’t been to Ateneo since his graduation so imagine his excitement that he’d be going to what has been his 2nd home for almost two decades. He’s a Blue Blooded Atenean, meaning he studied Grade School, High School, and College there. And he’s very, very, very proud of that. (Hay naku sakit sa ulo.)
Ang haba na nang kwento wala namang kwenta. Basta, we rode the trike to the Boni station, then the MRT, then UP Pantranco jeep to UP. Went to MassCom, my college, to get my diploma but wala, I didn’t have my transcript or clearance with me. I ate CMC fishballs, my favorite and the best in the whole world. Naglakad papuntang PHAN to meet Sam and get the car. Sabay bili ng ice cream sa tapat ng AS. And then off to Katipunan.
Hindi ko talaga madescribe pero Josh was just too happy, nostalgic. He asked me to take a photo of the new logo pa. Haha. Tawa lang sya when he saw the posters/billboards of the bball players. Parang nasa EDSA kasi. Hehe.
We went to his tambayan, Berch, to see if there were some people he knew. Sadly, there was none. Not even a bench. =( Ang sad, sad, sad nya. So meaning, wala ng bagong generation ng Berch Boys. Sigh.
Madami daw bagong buildings. Tama. He was just too amazed but he said nothing much has changed. Same old, same old. Dumami lang siguro ang WiFi zones.
He wasn’t able to get his diploma too because there was no signature yet. Ha? After 2 years wala pa rin so we have to come back after a month pa. Next month malamand, adventure na naman for me. Hahaha.
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Some other kwento:
Ako, bigay ng 20 pesos sa driver sabay sabi ng:
Reah: Dalawa po UP.
Driver: Kulang pa ng tatlong piso.
Reah: Ah ganon ba? (Sabay tawa)
Hahaha. Hindi ko na alam so kinwento ko kay Sam. It turned out, nagoyo pa kami ng drayber kasi 11 pesos lang pala ang from Q Ave to UP. Hekhek.
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Matapos kumain ng fishballs iniwan ko lang sa tabi tabi.
Joshua: Ano ka ba..bat di mo tinapon sa basurahan.
Ako: Eh wala naman eh..hayaan mo yun.
Josh: Sa Ateneo di pwede yan..
Ako: Eh UP to oh..welcome to UP.
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Sam: Liko mo dyan…kanan ka..
Josh: Eh entrance lang yan oh..
Sam: Marunong ka pa sa taga UP eh..
Josh: No exit nga..entrance lang…
*pero dun din dumaan…at natataranta pa habang ako tawa ng tawa
Reah: Nasa UP ka..kaya makinig ka sa amin…hahaha…
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Ako, habang nasa masscomm..
Reah: Ate Terry, di mo na ba ko natatandaan?
Ate Terry: Oo kilala kita no, si Angel Locsin, kaya lang..parang tumaba ka ng konti
*(uy! konti lang pla eh..haha)
Reah: Hahaha! Eh naku nag-asawa na po ako nung January eto oh…
Ate Terry: May baby ka na?
Reah: Wala pa, tsaka na po.
Ate Terry: Mag anak ka na no! Ano pang hinihintay nyo.
Ano nga ba? 
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Sa UP to:
Eto naman sa ATENEO:
Same, same lang.
Sarap…namiss ko to..
The great Plaridel Hall, CMC
Bwala ka dito! Tsupi!
UP and ATENEO graduates = away
Mga Jesuits ba to?
Sa Berch…