*download link for UP Ang Galing Mo is at the end of this post.
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Since I am an official “iskolar ng bayan” now, it would be better if i start to write things in our native language. hays.
Ang pagbati para sa mga freshman ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Manila ay naganap sa bulwagang Fleur De Liz (St. Paul) na matatagpuan sa harap ng gusali ng Kolehiyo ng Medisina (not exactly though). It started with the entrance of colors and the entrance of the officials of UP Manila. Present in the welcome assembly for centennial freshman are Hon. Shahana Abdulwahid, the Student Regent, the Chancellor of UP Manila, the Special Assistants to the Chancellor, Director of Institutes, Dean of Colleges, Secretaries of respective colleges, faculty, student assistants and not but not the least, are the freshmen.
The opening remark was entertaining, i was laughing the whole time. It was delivered by the Chancellor of UP Manila whose name is already out of my memory. His “pang aalaska sa diliman made the whole crowd laugh.” He emphatically said that Diliman maybe the flagship campus but Manila is the top and premiere of all the seven constituents. He even said that UP Manila is the best of the seven campuses. There are lot of things that made us laugh, the comparison between Manila and Diliman, his side comments about the guest speaker (student regent) and things that are not usually said by Chancellors. The guest speaker isa graduate of UP Diliman kaya palaging nag eexcuse yung Chancellor kapag ina alaska niya yung Diliman. He even told the student regent to be seated and not to walk-out. The Student Regent, Hon. Shahana Abdulwahid was very amused by the opening remarks of the Chancellor.
Oblation scholars were presented, the ever-popular indayog dance varsity and UP Manila Chorale gave an intermission. Ah, there was also an intermission number from the Kulintang group. Its good to see that there are still students interested in playing Kulintang. The Indayog Dance Varsity was not very prepared as i see it, they made me feel bad .. the blockings, the timing, dancers were not synchronized, but I love the “sandaang taon na tayo step.” And I would surely try my best to be in that dance varsity.
The incoming freshmen were introduced to the Chancellors by their respective Deans. Then, the Guest Speaker was introduced.
Hon. Abdulwahid stood up, went into the podium and something happened unexpectedly. (for them, its not!) They made a lightning strike (tama ba?). A simple rally to be able their grievances be heard. I was very amused in that thing. I wonder how it feels to fight what you believe for. Of course, its still about the Tuition and Other Fee Increase (TOFI), they called it the “Commercialization of Education.”
Abdulwahid’s speech is very expected though I like the way she became Student Regent.
The UP Naming Mahal was played, several students did something with their hands in the last part of the song, i think, that is how they do it. Kapag kumakanta nun, kailangan mo atang itaas yung right hand mo then, i-momove na parang sa rally. It’s amusing in my part.
I was amazed all the time.
My favorite part is when they played UP Ang Galing Mo, i want to dance when i hear the song. LSS nga eh. It caught me, kaya kabisado ko na ngayon. I’ll share a copy of lyrics and a download link of MP3 ng UP ANG GALING MO!
UP Ang Galing Mo!
Narito kami nagpupugay
Sa unibersidad ng aming buhay
Ikaw pa rin ang binabalikan
‘Di pa rin malilimutan
Ikaw ang UP naming mahal
Salamat sa iyong mga guro
Salamat sa inyong pagtuturo
Taglay niyo ang kahusayan
Taglay niyo ang karunungan
Hinubog niyo kami sa kabutihan
Sandaang taon na tayo
Lagi ka pa rin sa aming puso
Kaya’t kami sumasaludo
UP ang galing mo!
UP ang galing mo!
Wala nang iba pang maihahambing
Sa talino mo’t angking galing
Daanin man sa siyensya
Hi-tech man o kahit ano pa
Ikaw UP ang nangunguna
Sa iyong mga dugo ang kasaysayan
Dumaloy sa pag-unlad ng ating bayan
Sagisag ka ng kagitingan
Bandila ka ng kalayaan
Pag-asa ka ng mamamayan
Sandaang taon na tayo
Lagi ka pa rin sa aming puso
Sandaang taon na tayo
UP ang galing mo!
UP ang galing mo!
Sandaang taon na tayo
Dangal ka ng Pilipino
Sentro ka ng pagbabago
UP ang galing mo!
Sandaang taon na tayo
UP ang galing mo!
UP ang galing mo!
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hi! thanks for the indayog comment! so much appreciated. =) we need it also. hehe. our auditions are on the 16th of july hanggang 18. i hope we can prove ourselves pa to you and to your fellow freshmen that we deserve our title as the school’s dance varsity! see you at the auditions ah? =)
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nga pala! there will be open workshops on july9-11. please do come, with your friends na rin, and we will teach basic moves and techniques. please see posters for details. =) andun number ko. =) –>friend
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dont forget to go to the workshops and auditions!
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sana matanggap ako
sa indayog! haha.
asteeg. XD>
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UP students are not supposed to be called “Iskolar ng Bayan” (Scholar of the Nation). They are “paying scholars”. If you are paying more or less PHP 21, 000, would you really feel that you are indeed a “Iskolar ng Bayan”? Upon enrollment, UP students get in line to pay for their tuition holding wads of cash roughly four times thicker than those from New Era University would pay for. I am sure that we don’t need figures, charts, and statistics to prove the veracity of my claim.
Had it been somebody from PUP, PLM, PNU, TUP, or any state university/college who boasted himself as “Iskolar ng Bayan”, I am inclined to agree. Otherwise, if it’s from UP who claims such, I will maintain the same incredulous revulsion.
Braggart, think twice! Admit it or not, you don’t deserve to be called “Iskolar ng Bayan”… in the true sense of the word.
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Isn’t that too literal? I mean taking the label “Iskolar ng Bayan” too literal. And who is to say one is used in the true sense?
Yes, we have to admit that the students of the University are paying higher than those in other Universities, even exceeding some private institutions. But it doesn’t mean that we are less.
Iskolar ng Bayan is a label accorded to us because the taxpayers subsidize our education by form of government appropriation to the University, not on the basis of the tuition paid.
We in the University accept criticisms from someone external, but I think your answer is so arrogant to tell us that we don’t deserve the label.
The true sense of “Iskolar ng Bayan” is beyond tuition or any other fees. It is bringing back to the people who subsidized us what is due for them, service, leadership and excellence.
JRRG
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Masyadong pinalala. Masyadong pinalaki. Ito ay paghahayag lamang ng kaligayahan ng isang bata nang siya ay makapasok sa pamantasang pinapangarap. Hindi na sana naging usapan ang taguring “Iskolar ng Bayan” kung hindi ito pinansin. Wala namang masama na ito ay pansinin. Nga lamang, sana ay naintindihan nito ang konteksto ng pagkakasabi ng bata.
Nakalulungkot isipin na may mga kapwa tayong dismayado sa ating pagpaptunay sa taguring sa ati’y ibinigay. Marahil tama sila, dapat nating patunayan. Sirain natin ang kanilang pagkikritisa ng ating kagalingan. Sabi nga ni Dr Jose Abueva, dating pangulo ng UP, kailangang ipakita natin sa mga mamamayan na tayo nga ang tunay na mga Iskolar ng Bayan.
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