What’s UP, Los Baños?

 Last week was the Feb Fair, a much awaited event each year by students and alumni alike. Since I didn’t have any org at all, I was not too keen on looking around the students. I preferred going to the food booths, eating barbecues (I wonder where they go the rest of the year), enjoying the food soold by international students and basically just moving around and mingling with old friends and classmates who came just for this. I met some classmates I haven’t seen since I graduated in 1995 so that was really memorable. The food was good, although I missed Mrs Phuong this year.  Do you recall eating Vietnamese spring rolls during the Feb Fair many years back? Anyway, she has a resto at Agrix so I can go there anytime.

Ever wondered how UP Naming Mahal came about?

“In the early 1920s, a contest was held to give expression to that elusive thing—the “UP Spirit.” A contest was held to select the lyrics to be put to music, and both words and notes were to move both students and alumni to recall what it meant to belong to the University of the Philippines.”

                                                  A Bit of History: How “UP Naming Mahal” Came to Be

U.P. Naming Mahal

U.P. naming mahal
Pamantasang hirang
Ang tinig namin
Sana’y inyong dinggin

Malayong lupain
Amin mang marating
Di rin magbabago ang damdamin
Di rin magbabago ang damdamin

Luntian at pula
Sagisag magpakailanman
Ating ipagdiwang bulwagan ng dangal

Humayo’t itanghal, giting at tapang
Mabuhay ang pag-asa ng bayan
Mabuhay ang pag-asa ng bayan

Keep yourself up to date on the UP Charter changes at this website.  Or  this forum.

It’s the middle of the night and I am suddenly craving for Ellen’s fried chicken. Ellen’s fried chicken paired with their signature monggo soup with malunggay leaves…