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UP ako, ikaw?
May 20, 2009
There are only TWO universities in the Philippines, UP and others.
That was the very first thing i learned from the upperclassmen when it comes to ‘exercising’ your bragging rights. It was funny then and in general it was haughty. But as years passed and i have fully adapted to the UP culture, i now see this line as a fact and no longer a joke. In the first place, if every high school student had only taken the UPCAT and PASSED, then he will surely choose to belong in this premier university. UP is UP as they say but I would like to butt in that UP is more than a university, it is more than a huge and diverse academic community. It is a different world, a microcosm of the Filipino society. It is more of a tangible illustration of the non-existent ideals. UP is so complex that you will surely believe that it can exist on its own.
Why am i saying all these? Well maybe as a daughter of the university it is a reflex for me to feel for the university. “Makabayan ang iskolar ng bayan “,the students chant during rallies but i’d rather join the pep squad in shouting “matatapang, matatalino, walang takot kahit kanino”. This is the reason why a simple step on my head can stimulate an aggressive reasoning. Vainglorious warfreak you might call me but i really do not want others insulting my university especially those who do not know how to survive when thrown inside our territory.
I was never judgmental and i have never insulted other universities before. I can say i was really that humble that i do not want others to know where i take my classes. I am mature enough to handle those kinds of situations but this i wouldn’t miss. It’s alright for me to sound crap while writing this post because in the first place, i am not in the right sense of being while doing this. All i can feel right now is annoyance. I can always brag about my university i always tell myself but i choose not to. Why? because i know nothing can compare to UP so why bother to brag about it.
bottomline is, we may not join every single competition that exists in this whole wide world; we may not win all the sports competitions; we may not be sounding the trumpets when it comes to journalism but who cares? we are not lagging behind in the first place. UPs hundred years of academic excellence is enough to keep their mouths shut. Maybe i am too agitated, pardon me, but UP is my life,my book and i don’t want others spitting on it.
