Inside the coliseum, it was a festival of drum beating and cheering...
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
August 7, 2011 10:12pm CST
I had to accompany my daughter to watch a basketball game at the Araneta Coliseum yesterday afternoon. It was a requirement for her PE class. I was apprehensive at first because we were suppose to join the cheering squad at the General Admission, and I had never ever bought tickets for general admission. I would always secure a seat for myself somewhere in the lower box or ringside. Not that I am a coliseum goer, in fact, I could count by my fingers the number of times I queued the ticket booths....
But I was there, perched on the topmost cemented seats, with the loudest of bass drums beating and the snares rolling... The cheerleaders were dancing, shouting... and one of the teams even had trumpets and horns calling... The coliseum was alive with college students deep serious in cheering for the game, and I was so amused at how synchronized they move and play that I forgot to watch the basketball games....
If only the parents know that there is an alternative to their kids' boredom like cheerleading, then there would not be other adolescent woes.
I recommend it, attending games, I mean, after all, when the beating of the drums echoes the beating of the hearts of the children, there a life about to be when tomorrow comes. (Les Miserables)
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@jazel_juan (15745)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
I agree with you eileen, when i was in college my father does not approve me of going into such events because he believe college should just be studying alone. The thing is, i sneak lol and get to have fun!
As a parent now, children will not go though as what i went through. I will let them go and attend such and have all the fun and if my daughter would want to join cheering squad or my boys will want to be in the basketball team or soccer team, i'll let them be. It will mold them to become better persons.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Aug 11
In fairness to parents, there are really people who are not into sports. I, for one, brought my children to music school when I saw how physical karatedo could get, and my younger daughter cried because she had to go through the mandatory rounds, which meant the sisters had to fight each other. (run on sentence, I know) So, I shifted extra-curricular activity and we had been playing music since. Sports is a whole great challenging but fun-filled world. Given the soccer and dragonboat feats we had hurdled these days, I am up to it, chaperoning the children to the games, I mean.
@LetranKnight25 (33117)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
Hello Jazel,
Parent's and their own perception of schooling, where is the fun with out watching those Games it's part of College LIFE?!
being part of the game whether watcher or participant gives a very unique entertainment and ever lasting memories for us to remember. Lucky for me my dad was on abroad when i started going for college, I have watch almost every NCAA event most specially when my school became champion
being part of the game whether watcher or participant gives a very unique entertainment and ever lasting memories for us to remember. Lucky for me my dad was on abroad when i started going for college, I have watch almost every NCAA event most specially when my school became champion1 person likes this
@LetranKnight25 (33117)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
Hello Eileen,
That's a good choice for choosing the lower box or the ringside. not only that it's hot on the high box or higher seats but when ever the game is heated on, some students like from fratenities might start a brawl or fight. I hope there are cops guarding the place when ever there is a game..sometimes I watch the cheering squad and most of the times i just skipped it and watch the final rounds.
That's a good choice for choosing the lower box or the ringside. not only that it's hot on the high box or higher seats but when ever the game is heated on, some students like from fratenities might start a brawl or fight. I hope there are cops guarding the place when ever there is a game..sometimes I watch the cheering squad and most of the times i just skipped it and watch the final rounds.1 person likes this
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Aug 11
Knight, the ambiance was pure cheers and games, nary a clue about frats and freaks! And the bleachers was high-falutin, it was all beat and rhythm, faith and spirit! The Araneta Coliseum is conditioned well for breathing. I was comfortable and secure.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
yes, collegiate sports are electrifying and exciting. the energy circulating in the stadium must be high in any measures. the loyalty and identification of students and fans to their schools are beyond the shouts and cheers. people oftentimes cry and pour out their emotions when their teams lose or win. that's how they value and strongly identify with their school team.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Aug 11
I was in turmoil!
I was a yellow Thomasian seated with the maroon shirts. Then the Blue Eagles, my Grad School, came and positioned beside us. Gave me the goosebumps, the rhythm of the drums, when I realized I was not there for the colors, but for fun of enjoying life....
I was a yellow Thomasian seated with the maroon shirts. Then the Blue Eagles, my Grad School, came and positioned beside us. Gave me the goosebumps, the rhythm of the drums, when I realized I was not there for the colors, but for fun of enjoying life....
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
8 Aug 11
Well I was watching those games ever since they were still held at the Rizal memorial coliseum instead of the Araneta and my high school alma mater was still with the NCAA before they joined the UAAP, yes it's so much fun being in the bleacher because of that " we belong" feeling , I also remember being dismissed early from classes if there were games but there would be an attendance check on the stadium,our school even held pep rallies before the actual gamkes, we were also allowed to wear denims instead of our usual black pants when there were games, so it's denims and barong polo for 4th year high school students.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Aug 11
Mushy memories, huh! It is nice to remember the good old days, yes, those denim days when every young soul was fuzzy over maong. I was in the WNCAA, too, and would you believe I was in a basketball team!?
That's the word - bleachers - and that's where the real action happens....
It is nice to remember the good old days, yes, those denim days when every young soul was fuzzy over maong. I was in the WNCAA, too, and would you believe I was in a basketball team!?
That's the word - bleachers - and that's where the real action happens....