All the Diliman Feels

Don't worry, UP Manila. You have already secured a spot deep in my heart despite all your peculiarities and nuances. So don't get all jealous with this post about UP Diliman, yes?

That was just me reassuring myself of my love for my alma mater before diving headfirst into this UP Diliman post. BECAUSE I MIGHT FORGET ALL ABOUT UP MANILA AFTER WRITING THIS! (Kidding, UPM. Love you!)

For most aspiring seniors in high school, what enters their mind as they fill up their UPCAT form is a scene including Oble backdropped by the stately-looking Quezon Hall with inspirational blue skies in the background.

Basically this.
(c) Bulanhagui

I'm part of this dreamy seniors who daydreamed of being welcomed by Oble on my way to class everyday despite the funny little fact that I didn't even write UP Diliman as one of my campus choices back then (it was either Los Baños or Manila for me). Hence the frustration (which I have brought upon myself) of not being in the campus and absorbing as much of UP Diliman as possible as I can, seeped into me when I first encountered the topsy-turvy Manila. Perhaps until now, the unending want to run around the Oval, eat somewhere in Area 2 and just enjoy the landscape is never truly gone.