I think LB is a lot more laid back. UP Manila on the other hand is really cosmopolitan. A lot of students (at least those who dont have to wear uniforms ) dress up as if they’re going to some night out. There used to be a Seattle’s Best in our canteen. hahaha.

true. pero pag tiningnan mo na ang get-up, halos magmumukha pa kaming pulubi compared to the konyo people in BA, Econ, Stat, maybe even CSSP and CAL.

ang delineation naman sa Eng’g and CS, science high schools. shempre since freshman year pa lang, nagkukumpulan na ang mga taga pisay, q-sci, masci at kung anu ano pang sci sci. most of them even have their own scholarships or tuition cuts (DOST scholarships primarily, most have their tuition cut by Php 4500 at least). subsidized na nung highschool, subsidized pa sa college. talagang maglilitawan ang mga laptops (for school daw… pero ginagawang pan Dota). culture nila ang mas dominant compared to the private school geeks (like me) and those coming from the provinces. mas nakaka-OP pa kung tutuusin.

Anyway, still, the majority of the block came from the provinces but that didn’t stop them from adapting the Manileño culture right away. Mind you they’re more prone to have booze outs than saintly *gag* little Catholic schoolboys and schoolgirls like us. Save perhaps for my friend na Kostkan na nam-BI dun sa kanila. Haha.

Yes, the AS Steps is the coño hangout. I think mostly those are the psych kids or CSSP kids. Pero madami din rich kidz sa BA, Econ at Stat. Actually kahit saan eh. Sa EEE nga ang daming de-kotse, bitbit ang mga high-end laptops eh.

Yes, I know Fr. Perez. He’s old and he still insists on BASIC while the rest of the younger pack want to teach OOP. Hehe.

Yes, even I (poor little me who was doing odd jobs by the time I was a junior to make tuition) got remarks like “mayaman-mayabang-na-Atenista”. Even up to now, when people get to know I came from the Ateneo sa high school. Ewan ko ba. Baduy ko na nga manamit eh.

@benj Ewan ko kung pointless yung honors course kasi most of them from section A Honors class are quite okay guys themselves are not of the pencil-neck geek types. Yes we even had (Ateneo still has) semi-honors class for Math (section B) and English (section O in my time) even a pull-out section for English with kids from A, B, and O.

Diliman’s like a world on its own dahil sa laki ng campus (now I wonder what it’s like sa LB, with the mountains and grass/weed? :p).

Man, I’m really curious about how it wouldve been like to study at Diliman.

Anyway, I came from a simple “private” parochial school and came to UP with culture shock as well. And with the transition, I was one step closer to getting out of the box. ^^

And I don’t regret learning the real deal at all.