since our upis days, we've been going gaga over the cheerdance competition. cheering, apparently, is one of the sports our university is good at (aside from women's basketball, volleyball and swimming, am i right?). so anyway, once september comes, we rush to buy tickets or reserve the tv for an afternoon of screams, pyramids, dance routines and tears.

i remember watching the uaap cdc 2003 on television. i was a college freshie then. we lost. haha. the year after, i watched it live. it was crazy with all the shrieking, booing, jumping. we lost again. on 2005, i saw it live for the second time. the routine was amazing, and i actually thought we had a chance. we lost to ust by 0.3 points. :(

i was beginning to sense a pattern. maybe if i didn't watch, we'd win. on 2006, i missed the whole thing because i was studying for an exam. we got third place. oh well, so much for that idea.

last year, i watched it on tv with my family. we were screaming so loud because maybe, just maybe, we'd make it this time around. we beat ust by 0.5 points, which doesn't really matter because UP WON!

this year, the whole rivera clan watched it. (the quantity and quality of the side comments were unbelievable. it's a good thing every single person in that room studied in up.) WE WON AGAIN!!! congrats, up pep squad! you deserve nothing less but 1st. :D

tsk. it seems i jinx it by attending live. i should just stick to the tv broadcast. :P


verse for the day:
heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. [luke 21:33]