UPLB's 95th Loyalty Day

It is only almost a week later that I actually had the time to post this because other things just had to come first. 

I can't believe this is already my 3rd time joining the Loyalty Day parade! The first one was back in October 2011, only a few days after I first reported to work post my hiatus. The second one was last year, where I officially covered for the CEAT Centennial year.

This year, our office, the Office of Public Relations, is the main team for documentation. Also, this is the first time I am joining the parade with my mom because we are both under the same main office. 

We're the team under the bunch of yellow umbrellas.

UPLB's 93rd Loyalty Day

Loyalty Day is like the alumni homecoming of UPLB. When I was seven years old, I look forward to UPLB's Loyalty day because it's like a UPLB-wide festivitiy complete with floats, sky divers, family picnics, balloons and street dance/show.  



Last year it fell on a Sunday and I was able to enjoy a family picnic together with my good friends, the awesome and fabulous Jarumayan sisters who all came home to elbi all the way from Makati just for the loyalty day.


And last year was the first time after more than 10 years since I last watched the parade. This year, I was not expecting that I would be "joining" the parade and I'm not even in my "home court".

Assembly

Found my friend Franco covering for UPLB FI

Friendly CEAT Peeps

Look at the long line

Our Bosses getting ready with dressed balloons

I actually don't know what they're doing

Lines are arranged by color and by department

This is where each department/college will present

On our way to present our college cheer

We are CEAT

We are here to fight, 

Fight, for nature,

to make it green and bright!

(I learned the words 5 minutes before we went live and I hope the cameras didn't catch me laughing)

Then our bosses released the balloons and some Chinese lanterns

Up, up and away they go

While the guests and the big bosses looked on

Everything is going well and we're excited to go back to our college (naks! "our" na talaga) for the Centennial Luncheon when...

 

 

One of our Chinese Lanterns got caught up in a tree!

Anyway, we didn't burn the tree naman. I think  it died a natural death. I had a good time at the parade because it wasn't that hot though I was wearing a college shirt over my blouse.


Too bad I didn't get to see my friend Aya, we could have shared a 5 minute laugh-fest, before we hit the parade. We had to go first before her team.


Happy 93rd Loyalty day, UPLB!