BACK TO BACK TO BLACK, B’CHEZZZ!

Who’s the king?

Blue Eagle, The King!

And it all ended on a dramatic third and deciding game,

to break the 25-championless streak

or

a back-to-back championship win.

ATENEO WINS AT LIFE.

2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate?

UE! UE! UE!

BLUER THAN BLUE

Blue Eagle The King!

What can I say? It was one awesomemotherfucking game! Fine, I wasn’t actually IN the dome but I was there in spirit .. and voice .. and stomping .. and booing Greens .. and Halikinus.

Clinically Insane and I were supposed to catch the tail end of the game at NSG but her bitch of a boss didn’t leave early and neither could she. Thus, I was stuck in the office watching a live streaming of the game like an idiot. I was pacing up and down, yelling obscenities, in full view of everyone else that didn’t give a shit about the game. Finally, as Uneditedmara is wont to do, I said “Fuck it” and just decided I couldn’t take this lone cheering anymore. Man Adik (upon his request, shall heretofortwith be called Uber Guapo Medyo Adik Man (or UGMAN), in light of recent drinking events) was kind enough to wake up at the end of the 2nd quarter and meet me at NSG.

Aaanyhalikinuuu .. pictures! Not mine, of course. I’ve gotten too lazy to take out my camera because everyone else’s is bigger and prettier and more powerful .. Camera envy .. *Homer drool*

Fly high. Fly proud.

“Why the Ateneo needs Tiuperman”

I can’t hear yoooouuuuu!!!

Inamo, La Salle!
(They didn’t even come back out to receive their medals. Bitterness much?)

Meir-effer

MAN LOVE!

The Sixth Man

The Championship Team

ONE BIG FIGHT!!!

Blue Eagle, The King!

And God saith, “Ateneo shall be number One.”

UGMAN and I promptly drowned a couple bottles of celebratory beer while I was heckling him and he was conceding defeat with all the bitterness of a La Sallite. We moved to a cheaper beer station (ie. Krocodile) and rang up Red Bull, also a former officemate. A sisig and more beers later, I found myself a boyfriend in Red Bull. Can I just say that having a pretend boyfriend makes me more aware that I am NOT actually a nice person. I was drunk and WTF-ing myself at this point, to which, the boys suggested we leave Greenbelt and head off to Valero and drown a couple more at Chilipeppers. Boys, boys. I only have one teeny, tiny lightweight stomach. And so after luving it up with Red Bull and putting on a damn good show, I hauled ass home, with images of blue and eagles and Chris Tiu spinning in my head. Before my head hit my pillow, I realized that I just might have found my second Happyness, True Happyness of the year. And that having just two was good enough for me.

(Thanks, La Salle )

Intro to Ateneo – La Salle Games

Re-posting from Glen.

ADM 102: Introduction to Ateneo-La Salle Games

Course Description
The course introduces the student-cheerer to the dynamics and principles of the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry. The course employs both theoretical and application dimensions. The theoretical phase exposes the student to the history of the rivalry, the tradition of cheering, the construction of the ideal Atenean 6th Man, and other theoretical concepts.

The application phase on the other hand requires the student to put into practice all the theoretical principles. These practices include, among others: effective skills in lining up for the games, cheering (pre-game, during the game, half-time and post-game), jeering, heckling, creating effective posters and banners for one’s favorite players and posing and smiling for Fabilioh.com.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course, the student should have been able to:

* understand what it means to be the Sixth Man
* understand the difference between an Atenean and La Sallite
* integrated himself with the community of believers
* develop his school spirit

Course Outline and Reading List

Chapter 1: What is School Spirit?

* Required Readings:
o Excerpts from the “History of the Ateneo”
o The student’s “OrSem Manual”
o “The Ateneo Cheerbook”
o “Who and What is the Ateneo Sixth Man?”
o Ruel De Vera’s “The Eagles Have Landed”
o Selected Speeches of Angelico Sinjian (Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion)

Chapter 2: Knowing the Enemy

* Required Readings:
o SUSPENDED! The 2005 UAAP Scandal
o “We Must Come From/Hit Them From Behind”
o “What is Sports Science and Translation Management?”
o “How To Spell Correctly During Cheerdance Competition”
* Optional/Supplementary Readings
o “No Cheering During Time Out”
o “Get that Ball! — UE”
o “Why are there Two Birds in UAAP?”
o “Who let the (Bull)Dogs out?”
o “You Cannot Overcheer Us!”
o “NABRO: Equality or Social Injustice?”

Chapter 3: Pre-Game Rituals

* Required Readings
o “The Art of Lining Up”
o “Sketching Great and Creative Posters and Banners for Your Favorite Players”
o “Scalpers and Where To Find Them”
o “Reserving Seats for Friends in Upper A and Upper B”
* Optional Readings
o “How to Jump From the Gen Ad to Upper B: A Step-By-Step Guide”
o “How to Jump From Upper B to Upper A: A Step-By-Step guide”

Chapter 5: Game Time

* Required Readings:
o “Developing Your Endurance”
o “The Psychology Behind Get That Ball”
o “Who are the Gang Green?”
o “Half-time is Game-Time”
o “Fly High” + “The Victory Song”

Chapter 6-A: When the Final Buzzer Beats (In case of Victory)

* Required Readings
o “The Song for Mary and the Proper Way to Sing It”
o “How to sing The Song For Mary and Still Look Cute for Fabilioh.com”
o “How To Argue with Sore Losers in PinoyExchange.com and Gameface.ph”

Chapter 6-B: When the Final Buzzer Beats (In case of Defeat)

* Required Readings:
o “Win or Lose, It’s The School We Choose: Deepening Your Spirituality — The Sesquicentennial Edition”
o “Contemplating on the Meaning of Life: An Introduction”
o “Surviving the Wrath of Fr. Adolfo Dacanay SJ”

Course Requirements

Written Long Test will assess your memorization of the tradition and history of the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry. The test items consist of Multiple Choice questions and an evaluation of True or False statements.

Oral Exam. The student will randomly draw two cheers from a lot. The student must cheer/sing the cheers he picked. Afterwards, he must be able to explain the significance of the cheer/song. He must also be able to identify when these cheers/songs are used.

Practical Exam: The student must line up for tickets. This is a pass or fail exam. If the student is able to acquire a ticket, he automatically gets an A. If he doesn’t get any ticket, he must take the Make-Up Test.

Make-up Test: Negotiating with Scalpers. Students who wish to pass the first practical exam for the course but failed to do so must take the Make-Up test. The student must locate a scalper within the vicinity of Araneta Coliseum. This is not a pass or fail test. The student’s grade depends on how he was able to acquire a good ticket with the lowest possible price. The better the ticket with lower ticket price, the higher the grade.

Final Exam: Students are required to cheer during the game. The grade depends on the voice quality and frequency of the cheering. The Ateneo standard grading system will be applied. Therefore the passing score for the Final Exam is 70%. Students who cannot stand up and cheer 70% of the time automatically fail the exam.

Bonus points are given to students who are able to convince others to cheer loudly, either through a well-articulated speech or forceful coercion. Extra points are also awarded to fans who make creative banners for their favorite players.

Written Long Test: 20%
Oral Exam: 20%
Practical Exam: 20%
Final Exam: 40%

Course Policies and Other Reminders

1. Plagiarism. Plagiarism is an extreme offense. Do not copy cheers from other schools.
2. Cellphone Use. Using your cellphone to place in bets is illegal. Do not get yourself into trouble.
3. Cuts. Once you are inside Araneta, you are not allowed to leave. You must watch all four quarters. Win or lose, you are not allowed to leave before the Song for Mary is sung.

ONE

BIG

FIGHT

The rivalry is well underway

Here we are.

Blue vs Green

In the arena of choice.

Game 1 aptly summed up in these images:

Not in my house, douchebag.

TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES!

Giving you DOMINANCE all the way from Bacolod.

Nonoy is god.

[cheers to this guy and this guy]

Stolen from die-hard, blue-blooded Double Agent.

GAME 2.

BRING IT, BITCH.

A Nation’s Passion Lives in a Rivalry of Green vs. Blue

We’ve made it to the New York Times!  Whoa.

QUEZON CITY, the Philippines, Sept. 21 — Senators, foreign diplomats, cabinet ministers, a smattering of Forbes’s 40 richest Filipinos, movie stars and enough professional basketball players to play five-on-five. They are the elite of Philippine society, and they all gather at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City to watch the men’s basketball rivalry between the universities Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle.

The rivalry allows Manila’s elites to relive their carefree college days, said Ricky Palou, Ateneo’s athletic director. “It’s the passion they have for their alma mater,” he said. “They become immature. They act like kids.”

The fans’ excessive behavior is matched by the largesse that the alumni lavish on their teams. A group from Ateneo installed the hardwood floor used for the 2000 N.B.A. All-Star Game at the university gym. Not to be outdone, Razon donated about $1 million, which went toward refurbishing La Salle’s sports center and financing athletic scholarships.

(Full article)

It’s okay that Ateneo lost ..

 

.. really.

12-step program

Today, I think, is officially the day I acknowledge that I am a shopaholic.

I went to this site because I’ve been pining over this paisley Nine West bag for a month. But I promised that I’d buy it come payday and not a day before. Today, it wasn’t there anymore. And I felt like my whole world just fell apart. Like finding out it was one big lie. I mean, it was there YESTERDAY. And now it wasn’t. It fucking wasn’t.

You know the feeling of puppy love and you’re so into each other and you’re just crazy and you talk all the time and you feel like smiling all day long and then you lie in bed at night just thinking about the many sweet things that you could do for them just so you could be the one to make them smile but then you find out that the scum was making out with your best friend behind your back while you were in the hospital having your tonsils taken out that summer but not after falling off your bike and scraping your knee. It’s like that. But set in a much hotter climate with a lot more poor people that stink and are poor and want you to give them handouts just because they can’t pull themselves together to take a bath. I seriously wanted to scream. I felt betrayed and cheated and robbed. UGH. Shitshitshitshitshitshitshit.

I was so in love with that bag. I mean, I FRAKKIN’ PINED FOR IT FOR OVER A MONTH!!! I dreamt about it and imagined all the different clothes I would match with it and how it was SOOOO PERFECT with the blue paisley wedges that I bought a couple of months ago. Fuck that goddamned sonovabitch that bought that fuckin’ bag! I hope she ‘s chased by rabid askals and she breaks her ankle while running and then falls into a pit full of razors that cuts her all over and then a truck dumps vats of freshly squeezed lemon filling the entire hole.

*kicks male officemate in the ‘nads*

Tigers involved in Eagle carnage.

Ateneo lost.

Good game though.

Move along people.

There’s nothing to see here.

Eagles have Tigers for breakfast

As fierce a fan as I am to Liverpool and as red as my blood may run, I am, first and foremost, an Eagle. Last Sunday was the first game of the 69th UAAP Championships and the Ateneo Blue Eagles faced the UST Growling Tigers.

Just having come from the Baguio trip, all I caught was literally the last (and apparently, most important second) of the entire game. To leave the dramatics out, UST led by one point, 72-71 and the clock froze with ONE SECOND remaining. Coach Norman Black called the Boys in Blue to strategize. Game on. Clock ticking .. ONE SECOND .. Escalona outside, double-teamed by every Tiger, leaving Kramer WIIIIDE OPEN under the basket. Escalona passes to Kramer .. Kramer ismootly .. iswabily sinking the winning basket.

“A game can be won in less than one second, so I never gave up hope that we can win the game if we could execute.”

Ateneo Coach Norman Black said this yesterday as he looked back the gem of a play in the final second that lifted the Blue Eagles past the University of Santo Tomas Tigers, 73-72, in Game 1 of the UAAP Men’s Basketball Championship Series this Sunday.

With the Tigers set to celebrate what looked like a sure win, Macky Escalona, inbounding from halfcourt, found Doug Kramer free under the basket and the Ateneo center turned around and buried the shot that broke the Tigers’ brave hearts.

Now it’s all even. UST may have stopped Ateneo’s bid for a record nine straight victory in the eliminations, but the Eagles have exacted revenge on the Tigers. More importantly, the Eagles only have to win on Thursday to clinch the title.

…

The escape act was the latest in a series of close calls the Eagles have weathered in their campaign as the top team in the eliminations.

Kramer played the hero’s role to the hilt. “I actually wanted the ball in my hands, I knew the game wasn’t over,” said Kramer. “After Coach designed the play for me, I started to pray to God. I asked Him to lay His hand upon me and give me the confidence and the composure to make the shot.”

“I was feeling a bit nervous, but after I prayed I actually felt so confident and optimistic that things would go our way,” said the 6-foot-4 Kramer.

*****

Another account of the most heart-pounding one second in my life.

ANIMO ATENEO!