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Last March, I visited my school at Sta. Mesa, Manila to get my college diploma certified as authentic (one of the requirements for PAEF’s Fulbright Scholarship).
Last time I was at PUP was in 2000 to get another copy of my transcript. While I was waiting for the Student Records Section to open, I visited my old haunts. The canteen building is still there — now with a new color. Plus, an adjacent comfort room that urged users to Observed Cleanliness. Reminds me of a bumper sticker — Get Closed to God Not To Me. The canteen was so memorable because it was where a female classmate “proposed” to me. Being the clueless, gutless nerd that I am, I froze up. To date, I’m still thawing.
Next stop was our student org building which was now a dance / tambayan area. The Catalyst (the student publication) office is now at the main building. In 1987 – 1991, we had our Catalyst office at the student org building. The mini-theater at the first floor was another unforgettable place because it was dark, cool and I was the only guy in a section of 40 girls (I won’t tell you the sordid details because I don’t want people knocking on my door with torches and pitchforks). Anyway, that mini-theater is no longer there.
One new thing that I really appreciated was the development of the university area near the riverbank. They’ve taken a hint with the improvements in the Marikina river and in Manila’s Baywalk and applied those at the river’s edge.
Unfortunately, the famous (or rather, the infamous) lagoon is still there. They’ve replaced the banks but not the water itself. I sometimes wonder where the dirty water comes from. It would have been better if the lagoon were really clean, teeming with koi, catfish and humpback whales.
I’ll probably be going back to the university soonish because I need new copies of my transcript. Maybe I’ll get better photos of places and people.
The LRT – MRT and Janet
For a time, Janet (my sister) used to go to work riding the MRT. Going home, it’s the LRT. Little did she know na ang kanyang pamamangka sa dalawang ilog would lead to the loss of her poise and composure!
Manic Monday at North Avenue station: long lines, short tempers, late Ayala office workers – the whole shebang. But, she bullied people and reached the glorious turnstile! Popping in the card, Janet was shocked — there was an error message in the panel!
Then, a Jaguar Man (guar-ja) became her salvation: “Ne, pang-LRT yan. MRT ito.” She was inserting an LRT token into an MRT booth. She was going for a Gloria when it should’ve been an Erap!
The LRT and DLSU (Taft)
I had a marketing presentation in my MBA class in DLSU. Andaming people that day! Shumoot tuloy yung isang lola sa pagitan ng platform at tren. Isa namang handbag ang naipit at bumiyahe hanggang Fifth Avenue, habang yung ginang na may-ari eh naiwan sa Monumento.
Meanwhile, sumubsob ang isang guy inside the train – plakda! Syempre, hagalpakan ang mga otaws, except ako – kasi ako yung sumubsob. So, parang, debba, I just murmured na I didn’t really fall down – I was picking up my contact lens without using my hands – astig debba? Anyway, I got a 4 in my presentation, so there!
I’ve missed masters studies. The last time I went to DLSU – Taft as an MBA student was in 2000 (I think). I was a Far East Bank scholar and because of the take-over by BPI, our funding was uncertain. So, I had to discontinue my studies.
My MBA studies and my career / life are actually a bitter-sweet relationship — you spend a lot of your spare time (if any) doing research and planning for presentations and examinations. But it’s really fulfilling once you listen to your professors and some great insights from your fellow students.
De La Salle – Taft is a great campus. Well, it’s not really perfect in some ways (there wasn’t a place to take a nap or siesta before my after-lunch subject and you had to take a nap because you felt sleepy at 1:00 to 2:00 PM). Everything else — facilities, the corridors, the nearness to the LRT and especially the library — was okay. The best part of my stay there was the class presentations and recitations (especially if you studied for the session).
Maybe I’ll get to continue my masters studies someday and it doesn’t have to be at DLSU – Taft.
Yale, Harvard, Ivy League or Princeton would do.
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