My U.P. at L.B.
UP Los Banos will always hold a magical place in my heart. It was where I grew up, and schooled from elementary to the graduate level. Most of everyone I hold dear still live in this university town. So my last day of vacation was spent strolling the campus and reminiscing of simpler days gone by.
The UPLB Carabao plaza. Can you almost smell the freshness of this mountainside campus? Stately palm trees and hundred year-old acacia trees still dot the landscape and bring a sense of permanence.
Even a felled acacia such as pictured below has found its life again. A by-product of typhoon Milenyo, this tree serves as a tribute to how beautifully Los Banos copes with tragedies.
*heart* I just love this place. Some things never change.
But wait… what IS that?!
At first I thought that THING was a meteor-gone-falling on the campus.. or was there an Olympic held here and that was the torch?! ARRRGH.
Take a closer look…
Please. Someone explain what this is doing here in UPLB? For the life of me…
*sigh* Some things have changed. *sigh, sigh*
(Part of a mini-series, “My Journey Home ” chronicles this balikbayan’s return after 7 long years.)
Tags: University of the Philippines, UP, Los Banos, carabao plaza
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POSTED IN: Personal Experiences, Places to Visit
April 15th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Haay! I miss LB too! buko pie, tambay sa field,hiking to peak 2,Indian mango,swimming sa Pansol, and can you believe it, I’m from LB but haven’t been to Villa Escudero, also miss Granny Goose Tortilla Chips with Coke,…………..
April 27th, 2007 at 2:40 am
Didn’t you notice that even the carabaos are incongruous? They are older than me (67); they were already there when I came to UPLB in 1959. This is the 21st century, for crying out loud. If they do belong here in this campus (I live not far from there), that explains why we are a backward country: we never left the carabao mentality. In any case, that other incongruous thing is supposed to be a torch representing knowledge (as in education), the idea of alumni headed by Dr Fernando Bernardo; I’m sure it was his idea. Did you know that Dr Bernardo ‘can’t be bothered’ to use the computer, even just to type into it? I know because I edited one of his books, the one about management (!). Some things don’t change.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:30 am
indeed…..haaaaay, kay sarap sarap talagang manirahan dito sa eLBi….it’s rural and urban merge into one nature-city paradise…..siyempre, mahal na mahal ko itong LB….yan na ang tirahan ko cmula pagkabata pa…..mabuhay ka eLBi!….mas lalo ka pang gumanda ha….;)
April 10th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
D Best tlaga ang ElBi, jan na din ako lumaki e. Kahit nasang lugar ata ako yan padin ang babalik-balikan ko. Lalo na mga swimming pools sa pansol, mga views, at mga gimikan sa may grove. Hay… ka miss talaga!!! I’ll be there soon minamahal kung ElBi :)