UPLB Tubaw

Five days to go and I’ll be leaving my hometown again for school. Since my sembreak is over and it’s time top read some books, scribble some notes, and listen to professors’ lectures. But, my schedule isn’t fixed yet so I have to go there a lot earlier. Even though enrollment has been done online, there are still things that needs fixing and I only have one day to do that to have a full load this coming semester. Aside from my not-so-clear schedule, I still have to worry about the responsibilities I have to attend to before leaving. There’s The Clash, reunion with my high school friends, bonding with my family and of course, rest since I rarely afford one when I’m in school. Also, my laundry is pending back there at my boarding house so I have to send it for dry cleaning. Oh, there’s more. One of my housemate is leaving and we have to look for someone to replace her so that we don’t have to pay too much for rent. And lastly, I have to look for some bag to put my things during my travel.

I went to the mall this morning to look for some souvenir items I can bring to the university and luckily I found items in groups packed in promotional bags perfect for souvenir items and fits perfectly my budget. So I helped myself and bought as many as my money can afford. Paid for it and headed home. Oh I just wish the upcoming semester will be good for me.

Semestral breaks if officially on its way! And I am more than excited to see my family once again after several months of being away with no other means of communication but a cellular phone or electronic mails because of school. Nevertheless, this sacrifice will pay-off because mom told me she’s planning to have Orlando vacations with us when I got home.

This is the reason why I can’t even wait longer to go home because I know somethings coming up! Most importantly, I can’t wait to see my family, especially my mom whom I missed so much, and my friends especially my closest high school pals. I wonder which part of Orlando we are going? I wonder how that trip would make us feel much closer with each other? Well, I guess what’s important is that I get to be with my family, and the trip is just a cool bonus! I just can’t wait till the end of October and I’ll be flying my way to Davao City! See you soon!

I think I’m going to die young. Not so happy about it, not so sad about it. Who wants to die old looking wrinkled under the casket anyway?

So why am I gonna die young? Here’s my list:

1. I skip meals, I don’t eat at the right time and I don’t fail to do this everyday. I don’t even eat breakfast anymore. Plus I forget to take my vitamins most of the time.

2. I lack sleep. sometimes I oversleep. My sister told me that there’s this study about the relation of life span and length of sleep. Results show that your life span is reduced when you sleep more than or less than 8 hours. Is this true? But whatever I still lack sleep most of the time plus I sleep past midnight.

3. Sometimes iItake a bath eventhough I’m puyat.

4. I inhale clouds of second hand smoke daily so I might as well be a chain smoker?

5. I drink more than once a week. It’ll be lucky if I don’t drink at all.

6. I drink hot coffee from styro cups so I’m ingesting a lot of harmful inorganic chemicals dissoved by the hot water from the styrofoam.

7. I eat junk food almost everyday. Imagine the amount of msg I consume daily… I think it exceeds the daily recommended dosage

8. I use pantene shampoo which contains sodium laureth sulfate- a carcinogenic substance.

Feel ko may kulang pa eh but one thing’s for sure, I have a lot of future illnesses to choose from. Ulcer, brain damage, liver cirrhosis, kidney failure, lung cancer, liver cancer, skin cancer, all types of cancer, etc. So I think it would be better if my plane just crash, or I get hit by a thousand-pound vehicle or die as I sleep. awww yung last option nalang para parang sleeping beauty lang.

You can make your list too! Kids of today are gonna die young… I can feeeel it.

Kasadya 2007= highlight of Tubaw’s September activities.

Tubaw = life of the Kasadya party!

Tubaw spirit = beer bong

Clad in Tubaw est royale shirt, the members made a grand entrance to the most anticipated gathering of all Pakusganay events. We were all there to support our candidate for the pageant, Chin-chin, who happened to be the Ms. Pakusganay 2007 (woohooo!), to claim the rewards of our victories in various sports events, to celebrate the birthdays of LA and Alee and of course to party all night long! We received lots of medals for placing in table tennis, swimming, track and field, etc. and two trophies- 2nd runner-up in Women’s Volleyball and Champion in Women’s Basketball. More rejoicing came about when Chin-chin won the title Miss Pakusganay 2007, along with other awards such as Best in Gimmik, Best in Sports Attire, Best in Night Gown and People’s Choice. Whew! It was almost a sweep! The crown will be held by Tubaw for two years straight now which just goes to show that Tubaw sises are real epitomes of beauty, poise, wit and talent and they stand out from all the rest.

After the official program, Tubaw started to party. We danced, we drank, we drew icing on each other’s faces, we had fun! and oh, we made friends with other orgs. Isn’t that something new? haha.

We went home tired but rewarded, disoriented but euphoric, drunk but burning with tubaw spirit! TUBAW KUYAW!

Davao probably derives its name from the ancient Bagobo word “daba-daba” or fire which they used for their rituals. The tagabaua tribe, on the other hand, called the river bisecting the region “Daba” and the Guiangan tribe “Davoh”. The Davao region was already an ethnic melting pot way before the Spaniards arrived. Its eastern shores were occupied by the members of the Manobo, Tagacaolo, Guiangan, Bilaan and Aeta tribes. The western part was inhabited by the Bagabo and Mandaya tribes. Samal and talicud Islands belonged to the Samal tribe.

Davao was first visited by the Spaniards, led by Alvaro de Saavedra, in 1528. Lopez Villalobos explored Manay, Baganga and Sarangani Island later in 1543. The first Spanish settlement was established in 1591 in Caraga (Davao Oriental). However, the entire region remained under the Sultanate of Maguindanao. It was only in 1844 that the ruling Sultan ceded Davao to Spian. Still, the Muslim inhabitants refused to be ruled by Spaniards. So Spanish forces, led by Don Uyanguren, quelled the revolt and killed Muslim leader Datu Bago in 1847. Uyanguren became the first governor of Guipozcoa (an area that now comprises Davao City and environs). In 1900, the Japanese established extensive plantations of abaca around the Davao Gulf and engaged in fishing, logging and trading. The number of Japanese steadily increased such that the area was called Japan kuo (little Japan). It had its own Japanese embassy, school, Shinto shrine, Buddhist temple and newspaper.

The Moro province was organized in 1903 with Davao as its district. In 1914, the Department of Mindanao and Sulu was created and Davao was one of its provinces. Davao City received its charter when Elpidio Quirino formally inaugurated it on March 16, 1937. The post-war years saw an influx of “pioneers” from all over the Philippines trooping to Davao in search of opportunities. In 1967, Davao was subdivided into three independent provinces : Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental.