UP Baguio Oblation Run

December 16, 2011

On a freezing Friday night at Baguio City, just hours after I arrived at the coolest place in the Philippines. 

It draws its name from the Oblation, a statue of a nude man located in every University of the Philippines (UP) campus, which symbolizes "a selfless offering of one’s self to the country."

It was my first time to witness the Lantern Parade and Dance of the Brave (Oblation Run). I was with my BS Biology friends who are studying in UP Baguio, luckily one of them is a member of the Alpha Phi Omega who does the annual Oblation run as part of their tradition.

 

They entered the crowd unannounced and they left me dumbfounded. 

 

I stood there frozen like a statue, speechless and amazed on how brave these guys were as they run naked through the crowd of UP students shouting, figuring out who they were and waiting for some  precious roses from them.
All I did that moment was to tick my camera and capture some precious memories and hopefully get a nice  picture

And if given another chance, I will still watch Oblation Run not because of then naked hot guys but because I want to witness how they strive to preserve their tradition and continue the legacy of their fraternity.

Addicted to Richard Gere

It all started after watching Nights In Rodanthe which made my tears fall, then I searched for a couple more romantic movies and found Autumn in New York, after that I was addicted to him and downloaded some more movies which I think is soo good: Pretty Woman, American Gigolo, Amelia, Runaway Bride, Shall We Dance, Chicago and ended it all up with Unfaithful. Richard Gere is the best actor in a romantic movie plus he is soo handsome (more than George Clooney) especially when he was young!

I must stop now, he is really addicting!

1. Pretty Woman:

 

2. American Gigolo

3. Shall We Dance

4. Run Away Bride

 5. Amelia

6. Chicago

7. Unfaithful

 

8. Nights in Rodanthe

Pretty Woman and Shall We Dance are my new favorite movies 

(I already have watched them three times!) haha

He's religious, he's handsome, he has this wicked unique soft smile which melts every woman's heart, he's a great dancer (Shall We Dance), maybe a singer too (Chicago), he does not seem to age.

He is a great actor.
Richard Gere is the BEST!

12-07-2011: Nostalgic Me

time flew too fast! We visited Bataan delegates for SCUAA 2011 this afternoon and found some of our team mates in CLRAA 2007 still playing their games until the sun sets. hmm.. oh i miss training and playing my favorite sport all day for weeks of “quartering”, living with other priced (sometimes good looking) athletes in one venue, when our only problem is how to eat everything they feed us and how we’ll wake up so early to jog after a night’s chismisan. it was during that time when i realized and felt how wealthy the government is.haha! free uniform, free shoes, free food, allowances…I could not ask for more! I loved the athlete’s life…the good, if not the best life!