(Updated) Taking part in the celebration at UP

UP logo I’m sure this is just one of the many blog entries on the start (okay, “kick off“) of the UP Centennial celebration.

Joy and I were at UP Diliman last January 8 (Tuesday) to witness the grand celebration. Would you believe that some of her former professors at UP Visayas who attended (including the incumbent Chancellor of UP Visayas) still remember her? Then again, it should not be surprising as she was a student leader in the late 1980s.

Below are some pictures for your enjoyment.

As I mentioned in my Twitter post, there is something ungrammatical about the de facto slogan “Ang galing mo!” (You are excellent!) Do you know what that is?

Disclaimer: I got the photograph above from another Flickr account. Unless otherwise specified, the ones below are taken by Joy and I.

These are selected photographs of the contingent from various units. Where was I while Joy was on her way to the UP Diliman campus? Engr. Mon Ramirez, webmaster of Arkibong Bayan, sent some of the pictures he took via email. (Thanks, Mon!)

If you’re familiar with Quezon Hall, you would know that we took this picture beside the Oblation. While there, I managed to take a picture of the well-lighted Oblation by sunset.

We stayed there until the lighting the cauldron. (Sorry for the low resolution. We only used a Nokia 6288 to take this picture.)

Finally, some pictures of Joy and I to prove that we were there. (Not that we need to, but I’ll post these just the same!)

Updated (Jan. 10, 5:45 pm): A former student, Bianca Consunji, uploaded a “UP at 100” photo album on her Multiply account which includes the photograph below. Please check out her photo album for more pictures, as well as interesting and intriguing comments from her friends.