live a.i.d.s. silver (the UP centennial edition)

i was with my co-workers (all UP alumni) last saturday night and as my title reads, yes, we watched up samaskom's live a.i.d.s. at the up theater. 

it was only the 2nd time in my life that i got to watch this annual show at diliman, and i was soooo effin' proud of the samaskomers that night.  mahaba yung show.  it started at 7:30pm, had a 10-minute break around 9:30, and natapos ang cast call 11:20.   but in all fairness, the dragging moments were few and far between.  kumbaga, it was a roller coaster ride from the appearance of michelle obombshell until the final lines of jeff salonga & myron's "under the lagoon" (that's my sequence title, not theirs).  mahahaba yung segments, but overall, the show was really worth the 4-hour stay at the theater.  super sulit.

as an alumna, watching this edition of live a.i.d.s. makes me proud to be a UP-ian all over again.  because it's the UP centennial, they squeezed in everything they could that's UP Diliman-ish through & through:  there was an oblation run (yes. totoo. true-la-la.).  they had a real oblation (in all his naked glory, with the fig leaf, but of course).  they talked about isaw, banana cue, sampaguita & fish balls, manong ice cream, sunken garden, jogging (and finding a lovelife while jogging).  and they drove a REAL UP IKOT JEEP on stage. 

i mean, super-duper-mega-over production ang nangyari, and i couldn't help but be in awe of all samaskomers i know, both residents and alumni.  ang galeeeeeng.

i missed the e-heads concert but i am uber glad i didn't miss watching live a.i.d.s. this year.  sa mga alumni na hindi nakanood, you missed a great show.  (oo, may connection ang eheads and live a.i.d.s., kasi kung tunay palaban makabayan kang UP istyudent, maka-eheads ka AND alam mo ang tradisyong live a.i.d.s.)

(as an aside, i TOTALLY have no regrets about not attending the up law alumni homecoming night... which was held at the quezon amphitheater, just right across the up theater. hahaha. kebs ko kung nagpatayo sila ng malalaking tent.  saka na ko pupunta, pag matanda na ko.  hehehehe.)