The Summer of '05: 05/08/2005

Saturday, May 14, 2005
Iskolar ng Bayan (Part III)

May 11
Day 3 (Freshman Orientation)

I arrived exactly 5 minutes to 12nn. The flyers and posters said I had to be there by 12. There was horde of freshmen outside the School of Economics Auditorium. People who know me know that I hate Eco. Eco pretty much ruined my life...haha...okay, not really, but I did get my lowest ever grade in high school in Eco. Anyway, my last encounter with the UP School of Economics prior to this orientation was when the church choir (in which I had a very brief stint) had rehearsals in one the classrooms.

There was a Nescafe Ice booth which gave out free ice coffee. I didn't know where to go since I was actually scheduled to attend the orientation the previous day. I went to the information booth and found out that I can attend this orientation, but I'll be the only Film person there. I figured it was okay since I'm pretty much the loner already anyway.

When I signed in, the gave me my block. I'm block K-4. I have no idea what that means, but in DLSU, Patty, Manna, Sam, and Moira are blockmates. Whoa! How fun! That's like AC all over again. That's the exact opposite of what I'm going through.

At the auditorium's entrance, there was a bunch of upperclassmen distributing stuff. They gave me this brown envelope that said, "Mabuhay Ka, Iskolar ng Bayan...UP Diliman." They gave me free Dough Boy Crossini. Now how did they know I was hungry? Haha...I didn't like it, but my sisters did.

The guy who checked my Form 5 suddenly cried out, "O! BA Film siya!"
Apparently, the folks at the entrance were from Mass Comm. One of them asked what high school I was from.
I said, "Assumption."
"Antipolo?!" said the other
"No, San Lo."
"Ah...AC..."

Inside, the auditorium was just half-filled. I was led to my seat. The guy beside me was not the talking type, and there was an aisle separating me from the Muslim girl on my right, so I practically spent the whole afternoon like a mute. I was pretty bored waiting for the whole thing to start. I took out the papers from the envelope. The schedule of activities said that the program was to start at 1pm. Great. What am I going to do for an hour?

I admired my surroundings. It was a pretty neat auditorium. They decorated the stage to welcome us. I looked around for familiar faces. Of course, I found none. After an endless wait, two hosts finally stepped onto the stage to start a 30-minute session of "unfreezing." Back in AC, we called this kind of thing "icebreaker."

They, among other things, made impersonations of the different personalities that are distinct from college to college. They made a survey on which colleges were the students present from. They called out those that were scheduled for today. When they jokingly asked if anyone from another college was present, I didn't raise my hand. I was shy again.

The two hosts were upperclassmen from the College of Home Economics and College of Mass Communication. They mostly made jokes about the Engineering people. They joked that we better clap for them now because next year, they'll no longer be Engineering students but Home Ec or Mass Comm students. Also, they told the Engineering students that, since jobs are hard to find nowadays, they should study hard because they were to become our future call center operators.

They impersonated College of Science people as weirdos who communicate without talking but by reading brain waves. The Bio majors are the plant lovers. The Public Administration people talk without parting their teeth. What about the Mass Comm people, you ask? Well, you know, they did the usual round of inaccurate Assumptionista impersonations. You know, how you can't go to CMC with a 3310. I found that part funny in particular because I'm going to CMC, and I use a 3310.

They finally started with the program proper with the National Anthem and an invocation. You'd think they'd forget the invocation, but we still had to pray. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I left for the CR. When I came back, they were introducing a video about the UP System and UP Diliman. Although it was a bit dated because the students depicted were still so 90's, it was very inspiring. You have to understand that this was my dream school, and finally facing the reality that I was there as a freshman was very moving for me. By the end of the video, I wanted to cry.

After a series of jokes (apparently, joking is the medium of orientation in UP) by 3 Speech Comm people, they introduced 3 College of Music singers who were to provide our intermission number. I wasn't too interested at first, but I suddenly jolted when one of them said, "We're going to sings some songs from Les Miserables."

I practically jumped. Some of you know that I've been planning to establish The Society of the Friends of the A B C here in UP. It's an organization patterned after the coterie in Les Miserables that was established by the fictional graduates of the other UP, the University of Paris (another UP I know of the Ivy League-member University of Pennsylvania).

Okay, maybe I was the only Les Mis fan in the auditorium, but why then did I hear sighs and squeals at the back? Those are the people to invite! Hmm...

They sang a medley. I was just mouthing the lyrics, but I'm sure I looked weird to some people. They first sang "At the End of the Day," and then a soloist sang the ever-popular "On My Own." After that, the other girl sang "I Dreamed a Dream." She was very good, but she was out of tempo. Then, the only guy tried his hand on "Bring Him Home." He was good as well, but you could really detect that he was training to be an opera singer. This is bad because the reason why Colm Wilkinson was chosen to play Valjean and why he was good as the Phantom was because of his rock voice.

They ended the medley with the rousing "Do You Hear the People Sing?" I would never take intermission numbers for granted ever again.

After the intermission, they introduced a final video. They joked that the videos being shown to us were very recent. Anyway, a few minutes into the mini-film, we found out that it was made by a Film student as part of his course requirements.

The video depicted life in UP. It was sort of like UP Life 101. A Freshman Survival Kit of sorts. The guy invited a couple of famous UP alums to be part of the film. The film ended with a clip of The Eraserheads performing in one of the many UP Sunken Garden concerts. This reminded of how Ely Buendia started out as a UP Film major. Then it hit me.

Is everyone in UP a Film major?! Aaargh!

After the film, we had an open forum. The hosts even stepped down from the stage. Unlucky for me, I was along the aisle, so I was attacked first. He "sensed" that I had a question. Well, I surely didn't sense the Force. He asked if I had any questions on where my classes were, but I knew where each building was, so he left me. That was a relief.

The questions varied from sensible to senseless. Someone asked if it was possible to get from Palma Hall to the Math Building in 15 mins. I guess I wasn't the only one who had that problem. Well, they said it was possible, but I'm still glad I don't have to go through that yet.

Someone asked why the Sunken Garden was sunken. UP people have wits to match that of the incoming wise guys. One of the hosts explained that the Sunken Garden falls along the Marikina Fault Line, causing it to sink an inch every year.

Someone also asked why maroon is the school color. The same host then jumped into the Legend of the Maroon:

Sometime in the early 1900's, one of the UP founding fathers wondered, "Why is that school green, while that other school is blue? Do we have a school color?"

"Meron yata."
"Ahh...Maroon..."

There ya go!

Anyway, after the open forum, they introduced the UP Pep Squad at which point I just starting laughing inside. I remembered Patty telling me that her brother said that in La Salle, your first class meetings are dedicated solely to teaching freshmen the various La Salle cheers. I can just imagine Manna and Sam flailing their fists about. Hahaha...

We did a series of UP cheers, starting from the classic "Push On UP" varsity song and ending with the popular "Unibersidad," which they claim was the first-ever Tagalog cheer. It was fun actually. One of the Pep Squad people wore a Rasta wristband. I remember telling Olivia that I will never wear my Rasta wristband in UP. Sure, I might find a Camileon or a reggae fan, but some others might think I smoke marijuana.

Before we left, we were invited to join the campus tour. I thought it would be unnecessary, but it's a good thing I waited for the next batch because a lot of tips were given through the tour. They jammed us into this UP bus which looked like that rickety AC bus that surprisingly took 4 sections to Baguio and back. Up to now, I still can't believe that that bus reached Baguio. Anyway, this bus is different in a way because it's not air-conditioned, and it's rustier.

The tour bus took the Ikot route. Here are just some of the things I learned in the tour:

The International Center is a dormitory that is unique in a way that you have a kitchen and your very own bathroom and Japanese roommate.
The isawan that I love is actually the Ilang-Ilang isawan. The isawan that I don't like is the Kalayaan isawan. Ilang-Ilang and Kalayaan are dorms.
There is a Persian restaurant hidden in the University Arcade which houses no arcade but an Olympic-sized pool.
Two ways of detecting if a student is a freshman: He/she calls the AS Building "Palma Hall." He/she calls the Infirmary "UP Health Service." My father joked that I'm even "older" than the upperclassmen because I call the Shopping Center "Dilimall."
We passed by the Kalayaan Dormitory, immortalized by the first line of The Eraserheads's song, "Minsan."
At the Procurement Center, dormers can buy P5 boxes in which they can pack their stuff for trips home to the province.
Bahay ng Alumni has the best CR and the fanciest restaurant, The Chocolate Kiss.
At the UP ISSI, they have a yearly Jag and Lee sale. They also have a Tree House, a great gimmick place for anyone who, of all things, wants to gimmick in UP.
The field in front of Plaridel Hall where daddy used to fly his kite is actually the UP Golf Course. Nothing fancy. Just dry grass.
The Balay Chanselor, contrary to it's name, isn't really where the Chancellor lives. It's just where dignitaries are welcomed in formal functions.
There is actually a shortcut from AS to Math Building. There is a path in the College of Science that can save you a couple of minutes.
The best lamb chops and steaks are found in some building that I forgot.
The College of Education is where you can find, at night, strange figures dressed in white. This is rumored to be the most haunted building in UP. It was a barrack in WWII.
The College of Music holds free jazz and classical music concerts.
The Carillon Tower bells peal every 5 or 6 pm...I'm not really sure.
Don't just swoop in the ROTC place because they have certain rules there. I think you have go inside running, and you have to tuck in your shirt. Our tour guide once went in without doing the necessary procedures, so everyone started saluting her. They thought she was an officer.
And of course, you can watch uncensored art films at the UP Film Center at very low ticket prices. I once watched Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace there for FREE.

I'd like to end this series of articles with an Ikot jeep anecdote told to us by one of the orientation hosts:

Passenger: (hands over her money) Manong, Bahay ng Aluminum, po.
Everyone on board looks shocked and stares at her.
Passenger: Ay! Sorry, house pala.
Everyone laughs.

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Hi Uhnuh!

Buti naman at tumatataas na nang lubusan ang ating career! Album launch ha! Sa May 20! For the fans ito! :D

On a serious note, your Blog entries never fail to fascinate me. Nabasa ko yung three parts ng "Iskolar ng Bayan" mo, at ang masasabi ko lang ay sobrang natutuwa ako palagi kapag pinag-uusapan mo ang U.P. Diliman (or generally, pangkalahatang UP). Talagang hilig mo ang film, at matagal mo nang hinangad na mag-aral sa unibersidad na ito. Kasi kapag nagkukuwento ka ng kahit ano tungkol sa U.P. "life" (freshman na siyempre!), naaalala ko yung mga pinsan ko na halos ay taga-UP. Maraming taga-UP Manila; kaso, ganoon din yun kasi nag-masters rin naman sila sa Diliman e. Yung boyfriend ng nakatatandang pinsan ko (parang pinsan ko na rin yun), ang daming kinukuwento sa akin tungkol sa UP! Kung may time ka (para maintindihan mo ang UP raving ko), please please please do read my entry sa Tabulas. Ang pamagat noon ay "UP Naming Mahal." Ang dami kong kasiyahang na-experience doon kahit na isang araw lang ako tumambay ng UP Diliman. :-)

Proud na proud ako sa iyo, katoto! Hwaw Taga-UP na si Raspie! :-) God bless! Meesh na kita!

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Iskolar ng Bayan (Part II)

May 10
Day 2 (Registration/Enrollment)

As planned the day before, we went back to CMC to meet Prof. Piano. Once again, luck was not on my side, and I couldn't find him. I noticed, however, that there were a couple of students waiting at the lobby. I sensed with the Force that these were the film transferees that Prof. Piano was interviewing, so I waited with them. Luckily, I was right. I realized that all I need now is a set of Jedi garb, and I'm all set...

He was able to squeeze me into his schedule, and he quickly made the changes and signed my Form 5a. I was happy although I felt that he didn't really get to alter my sched the way I wanted it to be.

I rushed to Palma Hall. The student volunteers from some frat asked for my entrance credentials. I brought out, among other things, my report card. For a brief moment, I glanced at the AC logo on the front cover. I was in UP, my new school, and that report card seemed like a lonely remnant of a life that I have left behind...

Well, actually, because of some complications, I had to go back to AC again...

Anyway, when I got to the lobby, I realized I had to wait for my turn. That would've been okay, but the line was soooo long. It was a good thing there were chairs provided. I don't really know how long I waited, but the wait gave me ample time to prepare my stuff and to stop sweating.

Finally, it was my turn. I was relieved until the woman made me return my Form 137 to AC. She told me to give them this letter indicating that they had to mail UP an official transcript. I was pretty worried, but she told me that I could still enroll anyway.

I moved on to the next counter. I spent such a long time on this counter that they told the student manning the counter to take a break after he's done with me. You see, this was the counter where I had to add/cancel some subjects. I soon realized that, maybe, I should've just gone straight to Palma Hall and made my schedule changes here. The poor kid had to dictate to me all the options I had. In fact, we already came into a new schedule (with Math at 7am), but I went back when I realized that that was too early (hehe) and Math at Math Building would come right before Kasaysayan 1 at Palma Hall.

After minutes of rescheduling and rearranging, we finally settled into this schedule:

Mondays and Thursdays
8:30-10:00 am Kasaysayan 1 at Palma Hall
1:00-2:30 pm Math 2 at Math Building
Tuesdays and Fridays
8:30-10:00 am English 12 at CAL
11:00-12:00nn Archery at Archery Range
1:00-2:30 pm Physics 10 at Palma Hall
2:30-4:00 pm Creative Writing 10 at CAL

With my new sched, I lost the 2 and half hour break on Tuesdays and Fridays; however, I now have a 3-hour break on Mondays and Thursdays. Also, even though Phys 10 is right before CW 10, at least Palma Hall is right beside the College of Arts and Letters.

Finally, they gave me my Form 5. All I had to do was copy the stuff in Form 5a to my Form 5. After this, I waited for my mother to come with my tuition fee payments. Ah...you may wonder, What is Ana's tuition fee? Well, I'll have you know that my now-La Sallite buddy Patty was flabbergasted when she found out that, compared to her P48,000 per term tuition fee, mine for this semester is:

P 5,291.50

Yes, my friends. My mother said that would just have covered my books in Assumption. Heck, my iPod shuffle is more expensive than that! That is precisely why, as the College Secretary said, everyone in UP is more or less an Isko. The government subsidizes the tuition fee using money from taxpayers. That is also why, being given this privilege, a UP student must do well and return this to the country in the form of service and excellence.

Anyway, I waited for my mother for a pretty long time. You'd think she'd be there right away since we live so near. I was pretty bored, so I walked around. I was so tempted to cross the street and buy fishballs, but I was afraid my mother would be furious and forever banish me from going to this institution, so I didn't. Well, apparently, my mother says she wouldn't have minded.

I walked up and down the staircase of Palma Hall. In the course of my journey, I saw two upperclassmen listening to their iPods. Well, I figured if they could listen to theirs then why shouldn't I? I then whiled away time by listening to Petit Leblanc. The Force was strong in me again, and I sensed my mother. Sure enough, she arrived already. She brought my little sister along. I explained to her that this was going to be my new school. I also told her that I wouldn't be wearing a uniform anymore. She said it was just like in the schools in Kim Possible and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

I was moments away from finally being registered, and I had to mess it up and delay it even further. My mother paid, and the woman asked for my Form 5. While the printer was printing something on my Form 5, she gave us our change. I only had one free hand, so when I reached for the sukli, I dropped one of the coins into the printer. Needless to say, the printer jammed.

After minutes of trying to pry the coin out of the printer (and discovering that there was another coin, previously unnoticed) and almost fully dismantling the printer, we got the two coins out. We kept one; she kept the other.

Of course, they had to bring my Form 5 to an official so she could verify it since the printer jam messed up the letters and numbers. I finally got my copy of the Form 5 with "Registered" stamped on it. Before I left, I got my ID picture-taking appointment slip. I'm scheduled for May 20.

What's next for me? Well, the Freshman Orientation is tomorrow. Then, I have to go to Assumption to fix this whole transcript thing.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Iskolar ng Bayan (Part I)

This series of articles will chronicle my first UP experiences as an incoming freshman.

As I mentioned in a previous post, after receiving my admission letter, I had to confirm online that I was enrolling at UP. A few weeks later, I had to go online again to start pre-enlisting for the subjects I wanted to take for my first semester. I was to find out on registration day if I got the subjects I pre-enlisted for.

Speaking of subjects, one of the most hilarious things that Ive encountered so far in UP is PE. To give you an idea, some of the choices for PE are duck-pin bowling, scuba-diving, tap-dancing, and (the most absurd) walking-for-fitness. I understand that people take walks to stay fit, but for PE?

After days of annoyingly stressful shuttling from doctor to dentist, I finally was able to get my medical certificate, declaring me Fit to Enroll. Of course, thats many thanks to my tito whos a doctor and a tito whos a doctor at UP Infirmary.

May 9
Day 1 (College Briefing)

To be honest, the day before college briefing, I still had no idea where it was going to be held. I knew that registration was already transferred to Palma Hall, but I had no idea where college briefing would be. I figured that maybe its at my college since it is a college briefing by the college dean, so I went to Plaridel Hall, and sure enough, college briefing was there.

This was an interesting experience. They made the different departments heads sit in front of us. I made a little game in my head since, as usual, I had no one to talk to, and no one was talking to me. I kept on thinking, If Liza had chosen UP over Ateneo, then wed be together right now. Anyway, I decided to guess, before they were introduced, who was the head of which department. I figured that the Dan Rather-ish man wearing a long-sleeved polo shirt must be the head of Broadcast Communications. I saw this simple-looking lady with glasses. I figured that she was the studious type and concluded that she was from Communications Research. Then, there was this younger-looking guy with messy, gelled hair and a broodingly artistic seriousness upon his face. Ah, this must be the Film guy. Guess what, I was correct with all of them, except for the Journalism person. She was late. Well, thats very journalistic in a sense. You know, meeting-the-deadline kind of thing.

Anyway, they showed us a Flash presentation about the College of Mass Communication. The presentation uncannily resembled my Piet Mondrian-inspired World History Flash Portfolio in 3^rd year, which made me happy.

Each of the important CMC people gave talks. Among the department heads, only the Film guy talked in straight Filipino. He told us that what sets a Film student apart from the others is that they are the groggiest and most eccentric of the Mass Comm people. He also said that BA Film & Audio-Visual Comm is the only course in Mass Comm that is under an institute. The UP Film Institute was established when they joined the UP Film Center and my degree program, or at least, something like that.

The College Secretary then informed us about the different rules and guidelines that we had to know. One of the things she told officially confirmed a fear of mine that has been building up for the past months. She told us that, recently, the Film department has boomed, and currently, it has the most number of students at CMC. Dagnab it! For the love of--! There goes my job opportunities. Everyone, according to her, wants to be a star. Well, admittedly, I dont mind being a star, but I also care about making socially-significant films as a director or screenwriter, but with all this competition, I might just be unemployed in the future.

We also had an intermission number from a Broad Comm org. Theyre called Broad Ass. Dont ask. Anyway, they wrote us a song and gave us a rendition of Seasons of Love from Rent. Awww.

DZUP (1602) is the Universitys radio station, aired right from CMC. When asked about where to find the AM stations frequency, the Broad Comm guy quickly responded that you dont really have to know. Its the very last station to the far right. Some radios dont even reach that frequency anymore.

Contrary to popular belief, comfort rooms in UP are not really horrible. Of course, the Math Building CR that oh-so scandalized Jessica Qua Hiansen of the Ateneo was bad, but the CMC CRs arent bad at all. The toilets actually flush. Up until two years ago, AC toilets rarely flushed.

At the end of the briefing, they announced where each department will hold their own briefing. After waiting for the announcement for Film, they told us to just ask the College Secretary next time because ours was still being scheduled. Okay, that gives me more time to enroll. Apparently not for dummy like me. Before leaving, we sang, for the very first time, "UP Naming Mahal." I realized that I wouldn't be singing the Assumption School Song for a very long time.

We were supposed to go straight to the Records to get our Student Directory and Form 5a. In the Form 5a, the subjects that got into were listed. I was so happy that I got all the subjects I wanted that I quickly forgot to check if I got the timeslots I wanted. I hurriedly submitted my Student Directory with the 2x2 ID pics and had my adviser sign my Form 5a so that I could enroll already.

To be advised by the adviser, I had to go to the Film area. I had no idea where that was. It was a good thing that I saw this co-Film freshman and asked her where I had to go. She directed me towards the UP Film Institute office. Its at the lobby of the CMC Building Annex. Movie posters line the walls towards that office, and upon entering in, you notice the cans of film that are stocked in the cabinets of the office. You know those film cans that are being restored by Turner? They looked like that. I felt like I was at MGM.

Well, I was too dumb to understand that the adviser is there to help you pick the right classes. I was too dumb to realize that, although I got all the subjects I wanted, I didnt exactly get the timeslots I wanted. By the time I realized that I have Physics 10 at Palma Hall right after Math 2 at the Math Building, I was already at home eating lunch. I quickly panicked.

How am I supposed to go to Palma Hall from the Math Building (located at the outskirts of UP territory) in a split-second?! Apparate a la Harry Potter? Beam-up a la Star Trek? Do mind-reading a la Mork calling Orson to listen to the discussion? Definitely not (though it would be fun).

By the time I was back at the UP Film Institute office, Prof. Piano was gone, interviewing transferees. Aside from being really annoyed at myself for not noticing that schedule conflict, I was further disappointed to find out that still more people want to take Film.

I ran around CMC trying to figure out who could advise me and fix my schedule. I kept calling the office. Prof. Piano was still out; however, by some magical twist of fate, Prof. Piano passed by the office right when my mother called up. He told us to meet him the following day after lunch.

I couldnt do anything but postpone my enrollment to the following day. That meant not attending the Freshman Orientation the following day but on Wednesday. That is if I can fix my schedule right away.

Lesson of the day: People go to college because they want to be smarter, wiser, and more responsible. They dont go to university to be dumber. They dont go UP to complicate an already simplified enrollment procedure.

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