During
my college days (this was between 1988-1995), the Fine Arts (FA) students of UP Diliman used to to be housed in the Main
Library. So that's where I brought Laura and Dylan so they can see where
their kikay lola studied.
Mama said dito raw ang classrooms nila during
her time (this was in the early 60s naman). Imagine, naabutan ko pa!! Medyo sad na nga tingnan ang
library ngayon kasi nawala na ang Mountaineers (andaming hunks nuon sa
tambayan nila!!) and nawala na rin ang mga quirky FA students!! I have
seen their new college but no memories there e. At least ang Beach
House andun pa sa likod, di lang nga ako dumaan. I remember the Beach House, which is actually a restaurant, served the best barbecue in the university!
To
all those who went to UP Diliman: I found some old pictures of the
Diliman campus, back in the day (circa 1959 ata eto). I think these
are Mama's stash. She told me that she spent her freshman year in Padre
Faura, and then they all transferred to the Diliman campus the year
after. Mama took Fine Arts and she said her classrooms were in the Main
Library, and when I was a freshman, ang College of FA, andun pa rin!!
Imagine that!!
I don't know why she has a picture of the
College of Law because no one in our family or our extended family ever
took Law!! If you jog around the Sunken Garden today, it is eerily the
same structure - the National Engineering Center is just beside it now,
on the left side, and that's where I spent most of my 4th and 5th year,
very rare na sa Melchor Hall. I rarely made a shortcut through the Law
school, I could have, but I was not worthy haha!!
