Salinggawi is University of Santo Tomas dance troupe representative to the 2008 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) cheerdance competition while UP Pep Squad is the University of the Philippines’ bet. Sawi is a Tagalog term for ill-fated or more appropriately used in the sentence as unsuccessful — meanwhile wagi means the opposite.
Salinggawi did not win this year’s UAAP cheerdance competition. The said dance troupe lost against this year’s champion, the UP Pep Squad, by 8 points (85.3 against 93.3 points).
I had the chance to watch this year’s cheerdance competition at the Araneta Coliseum. Despite our attempts to buy a ticket a week before the event, we were only blessed by it on the day itself — from a scalper.
I’ll bore you off by narrating our adventure to acquiring a tumataginting na ticket — but I’m giving you the complete freedom to skip this part and proceed to the real fun.
Our first attempt to buy the ticket was a week before the event at the UP College Human of Kinetics (CHK – Gym). We woke up about 6:30am, had our breakfast and did other stuff (minus taking a bath) and by 7:15am, we went straight to CHK. The queue was already a bit long by that time. We had to wait for a long time till the sale of tickets started, 9:45am. We were shocked by the magic note on the door. It said “Tickets for September 6 Game for Sale. UPPER BOX only”. And so, we left since we were there for the September 7 event. Days later, we discovered that September 7 tickets were sold the same day at about 10am. Amf.
As days passed, rumors that the event’s tickets were already sold out. It was sad. It was very sad. (Sige, papatulugin ko kayo sa post ko!!) Gladly, a friend told me that tickets will still be sold on-site. Weeeee.
September 7, the 2008 UAAP Cheerdance Competition date. We rose up from bed from 5:45am and left the dorm by 7:30am. This time, we had our baths (wahehehehe). We rushed to Araneta Coliseum, literally. We were like crazy looking for Katipunan jeepneys, running thru the LRT hallways, etc. We reached Araneta Coliseum at about 9:00am — then found ourselves in line.
The queue was very long, spell LOOOOOOOONNNNGGGG. Same as what happened in CHK, we waited the sale of tickets to start. Gladly, the agony was limited on the 2-hour wait (for the sale of tickets). The line was progressing very fast once the sale started. Toink, toink, toink. I was already three persons away from the magic ticket when the Event Security closed the gates. The general admission tickets were already sold out. Waaaaaa.
So we ran on the red gate to get our Lower Box tickets. Again, we started at the end of a very long queue. That’s when we decided to let our friend San buy a ticket from scalpers. On desperate times, we resort to desperate measures. Fortunately, San was desperate-looking enough that scalpers were approaching him like hell. More scalpers = more choices = more competition. Final price, PhP 150.00 per ticket versus the PhP 50.00 original price. Still a good price as compared to other scalper prices (average of PhP 250.00, as high as 500)..
Weeeeeeeeeee. Some shortcut. I’ll proceed to the real fun.
The first time I watched a game in Araneta was during the UP vs NU basketball game. UP won. Yesterday was my second time, a UP vs OTHERS cheerdance competition. UP won. I think it has something to do with my presence. Wahahahaha.
I’d like to quote of this tarpaulin poster by University of Santo Tomas (UST).
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That’s a 400 [Pacman <] 100 poster. Sadly, 400 isn’t clear enough. What is 400 years of EXISTENCE to 100 years of EXCELLENCE! 
Honestly, I don’t have much to tell you regarding the actual event. Tatapusin ko na ito. Waaaaaaaa.
P.S. Galing talaga ng UP. Grabe!
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ay.. freshman ka nga.
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400<100? nah…
Di pa naman sila 400 ah! 397 palang! hahaha.
go up! haha.
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ang adik mo..natawa ako sa entry mo.. wahehehe.. Tong lingyang to ang gustung-gusto ko: “What is 400 years of EXISTENCE to 100 years of EXCELLENCE!” weeeeeeee.. adik.
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Adik talaga. Wahehehehehe.
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excited naman! 397 pa lang..
pwedeng pa copy?!thanks:)GO UP!!!
Its 400 years of unending grace. not just existence :>
kapal ng mukha ng mga up ha..hahaha..excellence? asaboy naman. grabe kayo manlait. matatalinong walang moral..tsk..gang mga rally lang kayo..panget nga ng cheer niyo eh, pati costume,mukhang lupa. hahaha..magagaling daw nursing niyo? bakit eh 100 lang students niyo ha, kami 500, tas 99%. hahaha.. 400 years of unending grace in your face UP!..GO USTE!
What is 100 years of excellence without commitment, compassion and competence?
@UST@400:
Hi UST@400. Ako nga pala si Mikko, ang nagpost ng entry. Idol, kinarir ang galit.
ingat sa mga sinasabi niyo…
i’m just sharing what most of us thomasians would say..
@UST@400:
Lahat ng ito in the spirit of “cheering”, trashtalking kumbaga. Hehehe.
Kung may ganyang banner ang school niyo, dapat di kayo maasar kung medyo inaaway kayo.
Excuse me, UST@400, ilang taon (decades) pa bago kayo mag-400 years. Excited naman kayo masyado.
Let me guess, di ka pumasa ng UP kaya sinalo ka ng UST hano? Grabe, wala akong kilala na pumasa sa UP na bumagsak sa USTET. Pero marami akong kilala na nasa UST dahil di pumasa sa UP.
At isa pa: so what kung 100 lang nursing students ng UP? It’s not about quantity, you know. It’s about quality. I don’t think ganoon kaganda quality diyan sa inyo kasi madalas nawawalan ng pasok dahil sa baha. Hehehe.
@Anon: Matatawa nalang dapat siguro ako dito.
UST@400:
Your view of UP students is quite prejudiced, unfounded, and dare I say nakiki-ride ka lang ata sa perceptions ng mga tao nyo samin…hehe…
Commitment? Check. Compassion? Check. Competence? Oh Gawd please, pwede star pa ilagay ko jan?
D
Ako nakiki-ride lang din ako sa spirit of “cheering” XDD
(antagal na ng post na to Mikko ah, ngaun lang may nagreact…)
You know, a true measure of excellence, quality, competence, commitment and compassion is not measured by the school. Aanuhin mo naman ang 400 or 100 years of what ever kung ang ugali nyo ganyan. So kung kayo ipinagmamalaki nyo ang unibersidad nyo, ikinahihiya kau ng unibersidad nyo sa mga ugali nyo. Aanuhin nyo kung saan kau nanggaling kung ang ugali nyo ganyan.
^Tell that to your schoolmates.
Shucks. I stumbled upon this just now. I just checked to see if Mr. Gozalo still sends e-mails to those UPCAT passers blah blah blah. You know what I mean. =)
I’m not much into this stuff (referring to these “cheering” thing), but this is quite funny. The line, “What is 400 years of EXISTENCE to 100 years of EXCELLENCE!” had been told to me over and over again by my friends and batchmates from your university. See, I’m a Thomasian, but I passed the UPCAT and even confirmed for enrollment. But things happen, este, parents dominate your decision, and ayun, napadpad sa UST.
Para lang sa’kin, di ‘yan sa eskwelahan na pinasukan. I’m sure it’s what you become and what you contribute to this country that will matter. In other words, kung magkakatrabaho ka ba at kikita ng limpak-limpak na salapi pagkatapos mong makuha ang diploma. =))
Haha, wala lang. =))
UST- e tambakan ng mga bobo yan. Tambakan ng hindi nakapasa sa UP, Ateneo at La Salle.
tambakan talaga ang UST ng mga bobo ahihihih
student population pa lang mga pre
Top 3
UP-23,000
Ateneo-12,000
DLSU-14,000
Others
UST-45,000 – WTF!! Ang daming itinambak na basura at bobo dito hahahah!
@Karen: wala naman yan sa perang kikitain mo pag natapos ka ng mag-aral… gusto mo malaking sahod??? mangurakot ka sa gobyerno!!! yan ba ang itinuturo sa inyo??? tsk… kahit nga magagaling na tao hindi ineequate ang success sa pera… Hindi rin nga yan ang sukatan sa paglalagay ng grade sa mga universities eh…
Proud to be a product of UP…
OO, nagrarlly kami… at least hindi kami apathetic… kayo ba diyan??? may pakialam ba kayo???
wala lang… late ko nabasa… sorry naman… hehehe
hahaha… sorry… naduling… hindi pala si karen yun… si josephine pala.. sorry, karen!!!
@UST@400:
100% bitterness. From walang moral to rally to cheer to costume and to what, nursing? Hahahaha. Anggaling naman ng flow of thoughts mo. Wahahahaha!