Note: This is an old post from my Multiply site last July 15, 2009.
As promised, here is my first UAAP writeup of the year. This should have been a preview but with the first weekend of the basketball season finished, I do not think it is appropriate to tag this as one. I have already caught the UAAP fever and things are already heating up. Tomorrow, my Ateneo Blue Eagles will battle the UE Red Warriors and before another Ateneo game passes without a journal entry from me, I guess I have to finish this as soon as I can.
Last year, I discussed the various UAAP experiences and moments all throughout the season. It was a very eventful year as my Alma Mater prevailed as the champions. Nostalgic as I could be, I will take a step back and delve on the lighter things in life with regard to collegiate basketball. It is great to start it nice and easy as we do not want to get burned out during the more important parts of the season.
And besides if I am going to talk of moments and nostalgia, I will run out of it eventually…
Days ago, I was freaking sick in our team outing. I arrived home exhausted but my mind and heart were not yearning for immediate rest. The reason? It’s the UAAP season! The Ateneo Blue Eagles were facing their potentially strongest competitors – the FEU Tamaraws. Strange as it can be, my exhaustion and sickness take the back seat whenever I watch UAAP games. I even damaged my throat cheering loud and perspired a sea of sweat despite of an illness during an Ateneo – La Salle game before and I ended up losing my weak condition after it. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the UAAP season!
I admit it: I am a hardcore UAAP fan. Ever since I became an Atenean, I crave for every UAAP game on TV. I line up for tickets and I cheer my heart out even if I am situated at the General Admission area in Araneta. I am blogging right now even if I am supposed to be resting. But, I am just one of the millions of UAAP fans. At school or in work, I converse with various UAAP fans day in and day out. Thus, I have come to a realization of the various types of UAAP fans.
Types of UAAP Fans
You may be classified as one or more of these. So, to which category do you belong?
Fair-Weathered Fan. This is very common in all sports. Most people actually fall in this category. Everybody loves winners and nobody loves losers. That is the thinking of a fair-weathered fan. He cheers for his team when they are succeeding. But if his team is a cellar dweller, he immediately loses all of his association to his team. Die hard fans usually hate these fair-weathered fans
Gambler. +3 ang La Salle? La Salle ako! +12 ang UP? Sa kalaban ako! I have seen a lot of people gambling on UAAP games. Even my friends chip in some of their money way back in college to gain more as they predict who wins given the point differentials. Whoever gambles, usually forget their loyalties. They root for the team they predict to win. Of course, think of yourself first. Although there is a minority who gamble in order to have a better feeling should their school lose.
The Non-Fan. They just do not like to watch UAAP. It’s OK as long as they do not make fun of the irrational stuff that fans do. If you do, shame on you. At some point in your life, you become irrational or impractical to chase your dreams and desires.
One Big Jerk. This term refers to people who suddenly root for the opposing team of their friend/enemy. It is either they do this for playful reasons or they are just jerks. Either way, they still root and cheer so they are counted as fans.
The Pasikat Fan. Go to an Ateneo-La Salle game and you will see lots of these. These are fans who go to games just to be seen because it is the ‘in’ thing. They do not care for the game as much as the real fans do. They could be celebrities. This type of fan draws parallelisms to celebrity fans in the Staples Center who watch games to get some spotlight. When the opposing team starts to mount a huge lead, the pasikat fans are the ones who usually fall dead silent. If the game is all but over in the dying minutes, they head for the exits instead of waiting to sing the Alma Mater song.
The Blogger. When I started blogging about UAAP three years ago, I realized that there were actually a lot of bloggers as well. They put in their analysis or they just bring out their emotions via Web. They are not journalists but they try to spend some time giving out their opinions on how the game transpired. Last year, I followed one important blogger. I do not know if we are going to consider him as a fan but he did blog a lot after their games. So help me out, can we consider Chris Tiu a fan and a player or just a player?
The TV Fan. A large part of the UAAP fan population falls under this category. Some do not have time to watch the games live. Others see it more as a hassle and consider it as costly. Several of them are just too far from the metropolitan area that is why all they could do is sit in front of their TV sets. Whatever way you put it, you cannot say they are not real fans because they can be as passionate as the ticket holders in their own ways. Now that UAAP is on HD TV, being a TV fan suddenly has some perks.
The Ticket Holder. These are the passionate UAAP fans who line up or who shell out their precious pay day money to greedy scalpers just to be part of the experience. That or they are just lucky ones who have contacts. But if you are a passionate ticket holder who has principles of not buying scalped tickets, you know that lining up at 4 AM does not give you a sure Upper A ticket. You also know that lining up takes longer than watching the actual game. And you should probably have the knowledge that you should arrive hours before the actual game so that you can sit at a very good location.
The PE Attendance Fan. This does not apply to Ateneans because it’s not required. Either way, tickets are always scarce for us. But for other schools, watching live UAAP games and cheering for their teams is a requirement in their PE class. If only there was a class like this that would allot tickets to their students when I was in college, I would have taken it.
The Scalper. Shame on you!
Mr. Adidas/Nike. The merchandise man. These fans are so into the marketing hype of the top brands that they buy expensive branded merchandise of their school. This was hugely apparent last year and I must admit, I fall into this category.
The Balimbing. This is the Filipino version of the bandwagon fan. They could also be fair-weathered fans to some extent because they jump from strong team to strong team, forgetting that they do have to support their losing school.
The Die-Hard Fan. These are the fans who stand by their school, win or lose. Down by 20 points, who gives a damn! Die hard fans will still cheer their hearts out that you may think that they are the ones who are leading. They defend their school with pride and honor. They understand that there is a deeper meaning when you root for your school – it is not all about winning as what matters the most is that you uphold values of sportsmanship. They can be abnormally passionate at times but God bless them for they are the real and loyal fans.
I am not going to classify myself as one of these but you probably know where I should fall in. And so, the fan that I was, I continued watching as Ateneo mounted a huge second quarter lead last Sunday. Nice start of the season for us, I guess. Wait a minute… it is the start of the season! Therefore, we have a new courtside reporter. One of the things that I get excited at whenever I watch UAAP is to find out if our courtside reporter is attractive and interesting. I do not know if this applies to other people: I usually get excited to watch games in which I like the courtside reporter. Yup, even the bottom dwelling teams. Of course, I always watch Ateneo games but having an awesome courtside reporter is a big bonus.
Halftime break. We were leading so I expected our courtside reporter to be flashed in the screens after the halftime cheers. Lo and behold! A cute face was shown and she actually has a great voice. As I watched the rest of the game, I observed that we have a great courtside reporter. Well, Ateneo has always had great courtside reporters but what we have this year has great potential. In fact, she was the topnotcher in ACET. Beauty and brains. That’s the Ateneo way! Ladies and gentlemen, our Season 72 Courtside Reporter: Jessica Mendoza!
It actually made me think… which school has produced the best courtside reporters through the years. I can only attest from 2002 onwards but here is my observation so far:
1. Ateneo de Manila University. No biases here. Ateneans produced the best courtside reporters this decade. We had two years each of Patty Laurel and Lia Cruz. Last year, I ranked them as my top two courtside reporters as they have transcended from the normal cute girl who can report status. They have been engaging, interesting and their reports have been filled with great content. Their post-UAAP success further establishes the fact that they excelled in their fields. Patty had stints in MTV and Breakfast of Studio 23 while Lia is the face of BTV. Other than them, Ateneo has always had above average talent or beauty. Kamae and Portia delivered great content last year while Vanna and Chinie were exceptionally beautiful.
2. De La Salle University. Even in here, La Salle shows that they are worthy rivals to Ateneans. For this decade, they have matched well with their Katipunan counterparts in the battle of beauty and brains. Remarkable ones would have to be Sharon Yu and Mickey Deles. Sharon is very pretty and adds a bubbly aura in her reports. It just that it gets a bit lengthy at times. When it comes to attractive reporters, La Salle always has that plethora to showcase
3. University of the East. One name stands out: Tracy Abad. OK, she is not from UE but I am counting the reporters as part of the schools where they report in because it would be bloody tiring to search all of their actual schools. Tracy is another one of them beauty and brains combined in one package. UE also had two beautiful reporters before but I forgot their names. Either way, they are worthy of the third spot just like their basketball team as always. Haha.
4. University of the Philippines. Even if their basketball team has been the whipping boys of UAAP, I still get excited when watching them because I will always remember Gretchen Fullido talking at the stands. She will always be one of the remarkable courtside reporters this decade (especially given the fact that she was the only one who had three years of reporting). She is still prominent up to the present time as she has segments in TV Patrol. The only downside when watching her then was the fact that she has tendencies to show her biases than be objective. One can still be objective and interesting at the same time. Either way, her pluses outweigh that minus.
5. Far Eastern University. You guessed it right: Andi Manzano. Yeah, she made watching the struggling Tamaraws easy to watch then. But it was only for one season. But still, FEU had the likes of Jam Alindogan who was great in delivering substantial reports. However, I am not attracted to her physically.
6. University of Santo Tomas. They always had good potential because their reporters come from their school. I am just not that into morenas and reporting in Filipino. Don’t get me wrong… I love the Filipino language but if someone talks to you in English, you respond in English. But that’s just me. The last courtside reporter that I liked was the petite mestiza – Rheena Villamor. That was on my sophomore year in college.
OK, I retract my previous statement. I am still biased in this ranking. Haha.
7. Adamson University. They always have guys as their courtside reporters. Either way, there is still substance that is why I put them over NU.
8. National University. There is a bit of substance still for this school’s courtside reporters but it’s not enough to topple Adamson. Also, I did not find any NU reporter interesting as well.
There you go with my now-it-is-biased-because-I-prefer-mestizas-over-morenas ranking.
The game last Sunday eventually ended with Ateneo winning and with me screaming and rejoicing. I heaved a sigh of relief because I consider FEU as the strongest contender to the throne that Ateneo is defending. I somehow have an idea of how strong the teams are so I have some predictions laid out.
If last year was a lopsided year, then this year will probably make last year look like a fair free-for-all. Two contenders from last year, La Salle and UST, are both rookie-laden. La Salle showed its immaturity when UE demolished them. Even the Red Warriors are not as awesome because they lost James Martinez to a season-ending injury. They also lost their best player/choker, Marcy Arellano, as well. They were struggling a lot last year so even if they pull an upset or two against either Ateneo or FEU in the eliminations, I am still not threatened by the Red Warriors. UP should be a dark horse but their lousy game last Sunday just showed that some things never change. Adamson can pose as a threat but they still have to win games before I begin believing. NU lost a handful of their stars from last year as well. It just leaves us with Ateneo and FEU. Ateneo is a complete team and is still considered the best defensive team in the league. FEU, on the other hand, has two rookies with high potential in Nondou and Garcia. The former gives me the creeps because he is tall and agile at the same time. And of course, FEU boasts of Mark Barroca. Thus, my prediction would be:
Final Four:
Ateneo
FEU
UE
La Salle – yes, I still believe their system can put them to Final Four but I won’t be surprised if it won’t.
Finals:
Ateneo
FEU
Champion: too close to call. I do not have an idea of FEU’s potential yet so I cannot predict who will win among the two. I just hope that it is a Blue year again.
More of This, Less of That
I am going to end this article with my wishes for the new UAAP season.
More passionate cheering, less bad mouthing. I hope that even if this season can be potentially lopsided, fans would still cheer like there is no tomorrow. What makes UAAP experience the best there is in the country is because of the passionate cheering. It fuels up the teams and it makes watching live 100 times better than on TV. I just hope that the passionate fans would control their temper better. Bad words will fly in the air, I know. But, if it would be lessened, everyone would be in a better competitive state.
More graceful losers, less whiners. Losing is one of the toughest things that fans have to endure. But accepting defeat is what separates men from the boys. There can only be one. So when you lose, be proud of what your team has done. Start by applauding the opposing team during their Alma Mater song and you might feel better because deep inside you know you are doing what you ought to do. Now that we have a new set of referees, I just hope that there would be fewer complaints. One thing I learned in the past years is to just let go of bad calls. Referees are humans anyway. Bad calls are part of the game.
More tickets, less scalpers. I hope that the new solution set up by Montinola to prevent scalping would work. I am skeptical of it but I know that it is way lot easier for me to have tickets if the only game during the day is the Ateneo-La Salle game.
More chicks! Of course! I don’t care from which school they come from. =P
More real fans, less bashers. Be sport. Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit. Ang pikon ay palaging talo.
More competitive atmosphere, less pasikat people.
More analysis, less biases.
More of One Big Fight, less quitters. This is my call for the Atenean community. It is highly improbable that we are going to have a breeze-through year like last year. So when the times get tough, I hope that we continue to cheer our team. It is depressing to see your team losing. It is more depressing if you see the fans quitting on them. We have a sterling chance this year but we have a tendency to relax because we have already achieved last year. Yup, it sure is hard to reach higher if you are already at the peak. But it does not end there. So, I am hoping that we give our best shot similar to how we gave it when we have not achieved yet. One Big Fight!
As promised, here is my first UAAP writeup of the year. This should have been a preview but with the first weekend of the basketball season finished, I do not think it is appropriate to tag this as one. I have already caught the UAAP fever and things are already heating up. Tomorrow, my Ateneo Blue Eagles will battle the UE Red Warriors and before another Ateneo game passes without a journal entry from me, I guess I have to finish this as soon as I can.
Last year, I discussed the various UAAP experiences and moments all throughout the season. It was a very eventful year as my Alma Mater prevailed as the champions. Nostalgic as I could be, I will take a step back and delve on the lighter things in life with regard to collegiate basketball. It is great to start it nice and easy as we do not want to get burned out during the more important parts of the season.
And besides if I am going to talk of moments and nostalgia, I will run out of it eventually…
Days ago, I was freaking sick in our team outing. I arrived home exhausted but my mind and heart were not yearning for immediate rest. The reason? It’s the UAAP season! The Ateneo Blue Eagles were facing their potentially strongest competitors – the FEU Tamaraws. Strange as it can be, my exhaustion and sickness take the back seat whenever I watch UAAP games. I even damaged my throat cheering loud and perspired a sea of sweat despite of an illness during an Ateneo – La Salle game before and I ended up losing my weak condition after it. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the UAAP season!
I admit it: I am a hardcore UAAP fan. Ever since I became an Atenean, I crave for every UAAP game on TV. I line up for tickets and I cheer my heart out even if I am situated at the General Admission area in Araneta. I am blogging right now even if I am supposed to be resting. But, I am just one of the millions of UAAP fans. At school or in work, I converse with various UAAP fans day in and day out. Thus, I have come to a realization of the various types of UAAP fans.
Types of UAAP Fans
You may be classified as one or more of these. So, to which category do you belong?
Fair-Weathered Fan. This is very common in all sports. Most people actually fall in this category. Everybody loves winners and nobody loves losers. That is the thinking of a fair-weathered fan. He cheers for his team when they are succeeding. But if his team is a cellar dweller, he immediately loses all of his association to his team. Die hard fans usually hate these fair-weathered fans
Gambler. +3 ang La Salle? La Salle ako! +12 ang UP? Sa kalaban ako! I have seen a lot of people gambling on UAAP games. Even my friends chip in some of their money way back in college to gain more as they predict who wins given the point differentials. Whoever gambles, usually forget their loyalties. They root for the team they predict to win. Of course, think of yourself first. Although there is a minority who gamble in order to have a better feeling should their school lose.
The Non-Fan. They just do not like to watch UAAP. It’s OK as long as they do not make fun of the irrational stuff that fans do. If you do, shame on you. At some point in your life, you become irrational or impractical to chase your dreams and desires.
One Big Jerk. This term refers to people who suddenly root for the opposing team of their friend/enemy. It is either they do this for playful reasons or they are just jerks. Either way, they still root and cheer so they are counted as fans.
The Pasikat Fan. Go to an Ateneo-La Salle game and you will see lots of these. These are fans who go to games just to be seen because it is the ‘in’ thing. They do not care for the game as much as the real fans do. They could be celebrities. This type of fan draws parallelisms to celebrity fans in the Staples Center who watch games to get some spotlight. When the opposing team starts to mount a huge lead, the pasikat fans are the ones who usually fall dead silent. If the game is all but over in the dying minutes, they head for the exits instead of waiting to sing the Alma Mater song.
The Blogger. When I started blogging about UAAP three years ago, I realized that there were actually a lot of bloggers as well. They put in their analysis or they just bring out their emotions via Web. They are not journalists but they try to spend some time giving out their opinions on how the game transpired. Last year, I followed one important blogger. I do not know if we are going to consider him as a fan but he did blog a lot after their games. So help me out, can we consider Chris Tiu a fan and a player or just a player?
The TV Fan. A large part of the UAAP fan population falls under this category. Some do not have time to watch the games live. Others see it more as a hassle and consider it as costly. Several of them are just too far from the metropolitan area that is why all they could do is sit in front of their TV sets. Whatever way you put it, you cannot say they are not real fans because they can be as passionate as the ticket holders in their own ways. Now that UAAP is on HD TV, being a TV fan suddenly has some perks.
The Ticket Holder. These are the passionate UAAP fans who line up or who shell out their precious pay day money to greedy scalpers just to be part of the experience. That or they are just lucky ones who have contacts. But if you are a passionate ticket holder who has principles of not buying scalped tickets, you know that lining up at 4 AM does not give you a sure Upper A ticket. You also know that lining up takes longer than watching the actual game. And you should probably have the knowledge that you should arrive hours before the actual game so that you can sit at a very good location.
The PE Attendance Fan. This does not apply to Ateneans because it’s not required. Either way, tickets are always scarce for us. But for other schools, watching live UAAP games and cheering for their teams is a requirement in their PE class. If only there was a class like this that would allot tickets to their students when I was in college, I would have taken it.
The Scalper. Shame on you!
Mr. Adidas/Nike. The merchandise man. These fans are so into the marketing hype of the top brands that they buy expensive branded merchandise of their school. This was hugely apparent last year and I must admit, I fall into this category.
The Balimbing. This is the Filipino version of the bandwagon fan. They could also be fair-weathered fans to some extent because they jump from strong team to strong team, forgetting that they do have to support their losing school.
The Die-Hard Fan. These are the fans who stand by their school, win or lose. Down by 20 points, who gives a damn! Die hard fans will still cheer their hearts out that you may think that they are the ones who are leading. They defend their school with pride and honor. They understand that there is a deeper meaning when you root for your school – it is not all about winning as what matters the most is that you uphold values of sportsmanship. They can be abnormally passionate at times but God bless them for they are the real and loyal fans.
I am not going to classify myself as one of these but you probably know where I should fall in. And so, the fan that I was, I continued watching as Ateneo mounted a huge second quarter lead last Sunday. Nice start of the season for us, I guess. Wait a minute… it is the start of the season! Therefore, we have a new courtside reporter. One of the things that I get excited at whenever I watch UAAP is to find out if our courtside reporter is attractive and interesting. I do not know if this applies to other people: I usually get excited to watch games in which I like the courtside reporter. Yup, even the bottom dwelling teams. Of course, I always watch Ateneo games but having an awesome courtside reporter is a big bonus.
Halftime break. We were leading so I expected our courtside reporter to be flashed in the screens after the halftime cheers. Lo and behold! A cute face was shown and she actually has a great voice. As I watched the rest of the game, I observed that we have a great courtside reporter. Well, Ateneo has always had great courtside reporters but what we have this year has great potential. In fact, she was the topnotcher in ACET. Beauty and brains. That’s the Ateneo way! Ladies and gentlemen, our Season 72 Courtside Reporter: Jessica Mendoza!
It actually made me think… which school has produced the best courtside reporters through the years. I can only attest from 2002 onwards but here is my observation so far:
1. Ateneo de Manila University. No biases here. Ateneans produced the best courtside reporters this decade. We had two years each of Patty Laurel and Lia Cruz. Last year, I ranked them as my top two courtside reporters as they have transcended from the normal cute girl who can report status. They have been engaging, interesting and their reports have been filled with great content. Their post-UAAP success further establishes the fact that they excelled in their fields. Patty had stints in MTV and Breakfast of Studio 23 while Lia is the face of BTV. Other than them, Ateneo has always had above average talent or beauty. Kamae and Portia delivered great content last year while Vanna and Chinie were exceptionally beautiful.
2. De La Salle University. Even in here, La Salle shows that they are worthy rivals to Ateneans. For this decade, they have matched well with their Katipunan counterparts in the battle of beauty and brains. Remarkable ones would have to be Sharon Yu and Mickey Deles. Sharon is very pretty and adds a bubbly aura in her reports. It just that it gets a bit lengthy at times. When it comes to attractive reporters, La Salle always has that plethora to showcase
3. University of the East. One name stands out: Tracy Abad. OK, she is not from UE but I am counting the reporters as part of the schools where they report in because it would be bloody tiring to search all of their actual schools. Tracy is another one of them beauty and brains combined in one package. UE also had two beautiful reporters before but I forgot their names. Either way, they are worthy of the third spot just like their basketball team as always. Haha.
4. University of the Philippines. Even if their basketball team has been the whipping boys of UAAP, I still get excited when watching them because I will always remember Gretchen Fullido talking at the stands. She will always be one of the remarkable courtside reporters this decade (especially given the fact that she was the only one who had three years of reporting). She is still prominent up to the present time as she has segments in TV Patrol. The only downside when watching her then was the fact that she has tendencies to show her biases than be objective. One can still be objective and interesting at the same time. Either way, her pluses outweigh that minus.
5. Far Eastern University. You guessed it right: Andi Manzano. Yeah, she made watching the struggling Tamaraws easy to watch then. But it was only for one season. But still, FEU had the likes of Jam Alindogan who was great in delivering substantial reports. However, I am not attracted to her physically.
6. University of Santo Tomas. They always had good potential because their reporters come from their school. I am just not that into morenas and reporting in Filipino. Don’t get me wrong… I love the Filipino language but if someone talks to you in English, you respond in English. But that’s just me. The last courtside reporter that I liked was the petite mestiza – Rheena Villamor. That was on my sophomore year in college.
OK, I retract my previous statement. I am still biased in this ranking. Haha.
7. Adamson University. They always have guys as their courtside reporters. Either way, there is still substance that is why I put them over NU.
8. National University. There is a bit of substance still for this school’s courtside reporters but it’s not enough to topple Adamson. Also, I did not find any NU reporter interesting as well.
There you go with my now-it-is-biased-because-I-prefer-mestizas-over-morenas ranking.
The game last Sunday eventually ended with Ateneo winning and with me screaming and rejoicing. I heaved a sigh of relief because I consider FEU as the strongest contender to the throne that Ateneo is defending. I somehow have an idea of how strong the teams are so I have some predictions laid out.
If last year was a lopsided year, then this year will probably make last year look like a fair free-for-all. Two contenders from last year, La Salle and UST, are both rookie-laden. La Salle showed its immaturity when UE demolished them. Even the Red Warriors are not as awesome because they lost James Martinez to a season-ending injury. They also lost their best player/choker, Marcy Arellano, as well. They were struggling a lot last year so even if they pull an upset or two against either Ateneo or FEU in the eliminations, I am still not threatened by the Red Warriors. UP should be a dark horse but their lousy game last Sunday just showed that some things never change. Adamson can pose as a threat but they still have to win games before I begin believing. NU lost a handful of their stars from last year as well. It just leaves us with Ateneo and FEU. Ateneo is a complete team and is still considered the best defensive team in the league. FEU, on the other hand, has two rookies with high potential in Nondou and Garcia. The former gives me the creeps because he is tall and agile at the same time. And of course, FEU boasts of Mark Barroca. Thus, my prediction would be:
Final Four:
Ateneo
FEU
UE
La Salle – yes, I still believe their system can put them to Final Four but I won’t be surprised if it won’t.
Finals:
Ateneo
FEU
Champion: too close to call. I do not have an idea of FEU’s potential yet so I cannot predict who will win among the two. I just hope that it is a Blue year again.
More of This, Less of That
I am going to end this article with my wishes for the new UAAP season.
More passionate cheering, less bad mouthing. I hope that even if this season can be potentially lopsided, fans would still cheer like there is no tomorrow. What makes UAAP experience the best there is in the country is because of the passionate cheering. It fuels up the teams and it makes watching live 100 times better than on TV. I just hope that the passionate fans would control their temper better. Bad words will fly in the air, I know. But, if it would be lessened, everyone would be in a better competitive state.
More graceful losers, less whiners. Losing is one of the toughest things that fans have to endure. But accepting defeat is what separates men from the boys. There can only be one. So when you lose, be proud of what your team has done. Start by applauding the opposing team during their Alma Mater song and you might feel better because deep inside you know you are doing what you ought to do. Now that we have a new set of referees, I just hope that there would be fewer complaints. One thing I learned in the past years is to just let go of bad calls. Referees are humans anyway. Bad calls are part of the game.
More tickets, less scalpers. I hope that the new solution set up by Montinola to prevent scalping would work. I am skeptical of it but I know that it is way lot easier for me to have tickets if the only game during the day is the Ateneo-La Salle game.
More chicks! Of course! I don’t care from which school they come from. =P
More real fans, less bashers. Be sport. Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit. Ang pikon ay palaging talo.
More competitive atmosphere, less pasikat people.
More analysis, less biases.
More of One Big Fight, less quitters. This is my call for the Atenean community. It is highly improbable that we are going to have a breeze-through year like last year. So when the times get tough, I hope that we continue to cheer our team. It is depressing to see your team losing. It is more depressing if you see the fans quitting on them. We have a sterling chance this year but we have a tendency to relax because we have already achieved last year. Yup, it sure is hard to reach higher if you are already at the peak. But it does not end there. So, I am hoping that we give our best shot similar to how we gave it when we have not achieved yet. One Big Fight!
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