Christmas in UP

Just a couple of things you could check out this December :)

Christmas is my all time favorite holiday. I just love how the air becomes cooler, people become generous, and I dunno, it's like when I'm walking I can feel love all around (HAHA). What really gets me though are the Christmas decorations being set up everywhere. I particularly love the lights along Makati Avenue, and of course the light adorned buildings and trees of Rockwell.

My school has gone all Christmas-y as well. Colleges have started to put up decorations (my college created this stained glass effect on windows of our building, College of Engineering has a belen set up out front). This will be my second Christmas in UP and I'm so excited for all of it to unfold. Each college has more or less their own string of activities during this Christmas season, but there are two big events that every isko looks forward to: Lantern Parade and the Oblation Run.

Each college creates a lantern, which is actually really more of a "float" or "exhibition piece", to be paraded around the Academic Oval. Each one will be judged according to certain criteria blah blah the main point of this event is the display of skill of my fellow iskos. Earlier today I was able to see the lantern of College of Science. It has two big test tubes pouring something into a bigger Erlenmeyer flask. So cute!! I would have taken a picture if the jeep had stopped moving. For those of you who do not study in UP or have never watched the Lantern Parade, I suggest you drop by UP. You will really be in awe at the creative genius of the students. Last year's lanterns were SO AWESOME. Here are a couple of pictures from last year's parade:

College of Fine Arts

I can't remember which College

PACMAN

Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao's mom, Aling Dionisia (this lantern looks exactly like her. AND her eyelids move)

That's me on the left. I had to make a little "lantern" myself. The theme was nature so we all made trees

(First 4 pictures taken by Patrick Jalasco. Last 2 pictures taken by Seph Dela Paz.)

I'm so excited for this year's parade. I'm sure this year there'll be a lantern about the budget cut.

Aside from the Parade, December has become a much awaited month because of the famed Oblation Run. Apparently, this yearly event has it's roots in activism. In 1977, the APO Fraternity did that in protest to Marcos banning the film Hubad na Bayani, which in English translates to Naked Hero.


Dates //
Oblation Run: Decmber 15, 12 noon @ Palma Hall (or AS Building) // Lantern Parade: December 17 @Academic Oval

See you!! :)