The UP Community led by the U.P. Vanguard, Inc. commemorated Andres Bonifacio Day last Wednesday, 30 November 2011. More than 100 admirers gathered around the “Ala-ala ng Bayang Filipino sa mga Bayani ng ‘96” Shrine in front of Vinzon’s Hall to offer accolades, ceremonial salutes, ruffles, flourishes and taps to the Great Plebian. Arrival and [...]
Remembering the University of the Philippines (UP) never fails to evoke in me nostalgic memories of events and circumstances that are now remote and irrecoverable. My UP episode began in 1948 when I graduated from Rizal High School, Pasig, Rizal. I enrolled as an 18-year-old Foreign Service freshman at UP on Padre Faura Street, Manila. [...]
You’ve gone ahead, Left us behind; Farewell dear friend. You’ve gone through wars, Won many battles; Farewell dear friend. You’ve been a good teacher, You’ve taught us as well; Farewell dear friend. You’ve been a good brother, We’ll miss your presence; Farewell dear friend. You’ve done your job, You’ve earned your rest; Now you’re on [...]
The old cadet comes home. Once again he walks the fields and the corridors of his youth. Familiar faces bring shenanigans shared. And memories of standing shoulder to shoulder, yet not seeing eye to eye. He hopes to fill himself with the past, but will leave with even a greater void. Unless- Unless he can [...]
As the semester comes to a close, every cadet looks back with the air of a conqueror as he tries to recall once more the events that made this semester what it was. As he racks his memory, he invariably visualizes the happy as well as the unhappy events, sometimes, but more often than not, [...]