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Beta Epsilon 2008 UP Christmas Fireworks Display

 

UP Diliman campus

December 17, 2008

   
 

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PEYUPS, WHERE BRIGHT MINDS MEET.

Peyups Legend
Joined: Sep 2003
2008-12-03 09:32      

bitin ang fireworks kagabi.
at ang kanyon, nanggugulat

Ginoe
Probie
Joined: Jul 2006 2008-12-20 02:04    

Super ganda ng fireworks (well, in Philippine standards ah kase compared naman sa pyrolympics wala talaga sya pero I understand din yun kaya gandang ganda pa din ako sa UP Centennial fireworks) and haba at ang ganda pa ng ending nya, parang mga curtain lights.

Last thing, katuwa yung mga hosts, si Sir Jovy yung isa (ayt?) tapos yung isa hindi ko kilala. Parang nasa sala lang kung machikahan ng mga komento nila sa parade.

All in all, napaka ganda ng Lantern Parade. Hindi na-cancel at walang bomb scare. A culture to be proud of as a UP student. I heard nag lantern parade din ang UST pero yung isang college lang nila, I dunno kung natuloy.
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prinsesa_ako
Peyups Addict
Joined: Dec 2003 2008-12-17 23:29      

Fine Arts - the best talaga. Creativity at its finest.
Bonggang bongga din ang fireworks!

College of MassComm - more parading parin talaga than lantern making. HAHA! Let's go, Maskom!
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caricatura
Active Member
Joined: Aug 2005 2008-12-18 00:20    

Naiyak naman ako sa fireworks display.
Notalgia talaga kung nostalgia.


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DAX_PeP
Active Member
Joined: Aug 2005 2008-12-18 00:43    
 

hindi siya lantern parade, people parade ang nangyari at kamusta ka naman sa mga tao sa AS sinagad na nila buong street so wala ng madaanang ang mga nagpaparada parang ewan lang talaga...hahay...

Though masaya pa rin ang Lantern Parade at magaganda pa rin gawa ng CFA at ang FIREWORKS it was the awesomest fireworks sa buong UP LIFE ko...hehehe
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weird_diva
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Joined: Sep 2002 2008-12-18 03:25      

disappointed with the parade hay  but loved the beta ep fireworks so ok na din kahit pano..
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ekang_
Forum Resident
Joined: Aug 2003 2008-12-18 05:02    

^ yep kami dun. suuuuper disappointed talaga kami. and sorry sa mga atga FA peo nakakalungkot lang. bakit naman nila hinayaang magpresent sila ng ganun ka----.... uhm..
pero talaga ang fireworks ng beta ep.
panalong panalo talaga. napaiyak pa ako sa saya. hehe

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imberna
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Joined: Apr 2006 2008-12-18 06:36    

hindi ako nakapanood! nakakainis
yung fireworks na pinupuri ng lahat ang gumising sa akin bandang 9:30 kagabi.. imberna lang diba. im!
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ekang_
Forum Resident
Joined: Aug 2003 2008-12-18 06:43    

ay daaaaay. parang nilamon ng fireworks ang sangka-yupihan. alam mo yung ganun.
5M daw ginastos ng beta ep.

 

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 sawgirl
Posting Expert
Joined: Mar 2003
2008-12-18 09:06    

wow, beta ep pa rin pala yung nagsponsor ng fireworks? akala ko hindi na, kasi bonggang bongga lang. bongga din sigurado ang gastos. sabagay, mayaman naman ang beta ep. pero ang ganda pramis.

yung parade naman.. uhm.. wala lang. di ko masyado feel. medyo disappointed din kasi nag-expect ako nang sobra dahil centennial e. nag-enjoy lang ako dun sa performance ng PEP. galing galing as always! kakatakot lang yung mga hagis hagis. lo

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elixir_624
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Joined: May 2006
2008-12-06 11:54    

^around acad oval ang parade.

wish ko makapunta ako. excited ako for the centennial parade at sa bonggang-bonggang fireworks.

may balita na ba sa concept ng fine arts this year?
 

 

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ˇHola! - Centennial Fireworks Display


A few short clips from this year's special Lantern Parade, including the lively UPM opening performance, the Pep Squad intro, and
the heavily-anticipated Fireworks Display courtesy of Beta Epsilon. Hope you like my shots! ...
ˇHola! - http://jcbpbayan.multiply.com/blog
 

 

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botchok05c has made a comment on The Beta Epsilon UP Christmas Fireworks Display 2008:

they played the Frat song... ganda....

from: 
http://sonofaditch.blogspot.com/2008/12/lantern-parade-2008.html

 
The parade made their way to Quezon Hall and once again did their thing. We viewed the final stretch on a widescreen alongside University Avenue. Then the choir did their "community singing," na parang hindi naman community singing kasi wala kaming kaalam-alam nung lyrics ng pinagkakakanta nila.

Then the fireworks.

It was AMAZING! For about 10 or 15 minutes the sky was lit up by bright, vibrant colors. The air was filled with music, explosions, and the cheers of the assembled crowd. The finale featured the 1812 overture by Tchaikovsky, and upon hearing it I immediatetly went - "Syet! V for Vendetta!"
 

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He he. 15 minutes? Double the actual ang pakiramdam niya. - Mon
 


 

 

 

MARKET FRESH - Like A Little Boy At Christmas

 19 Dec 2008 ... I ventured to meet the Frontline Youth members to watch the UP Lantern Parade. ... And the "rainy confetti" fireworks were the best!

 

From Inquirer:
http://blogs.inquirer.net/talesofthenomad/2008/12/18/the-best-lantern-parade-ever/

The best lantern parade ever'
12/18/08
Posted under Manila, Philippines, UP Lantern Parade

"This is the best of them all."

Thus said former UP president Jose Abueva himself when asked to describe this year's lantern parade.

The annual Christmas event also became a fitting conclusion — the "climax," says Abueva — to UP's year-long centennial celebration.

"So many people are here," he said, when I interviewed him while he was watching the parade from atop Quezon Hall, overlooking the Oblation statue.

"We are out to make it the best celebration because it's our centennial year. This year, UP was proclaimed the national university and the amount of people here shows that UP is indeed the people's university."

All seven UP universities and 12 campuses were represented in this year's centennial parade.

The Lantern Parade is one of the most anticipated events in UP's calendar not only by students and faculty but also guests from outside the university.

For a change, the staging area was held in front of Quezon Hall fronting University Avenue, which serves as the gateway to the university.

The parade was traditionally conducted at the mini-amphitheater at the back of Quezon Hall, which houses the UP administration.

During this year's parade, the Oblation can be seen hovering above as each college presented in front of a jampacked audience.

The College of Mass Communications was pronounced as the Most Creative while the College of Engineering was awarded Most Resourceful.

You can also watch this grand fireworks display to mark the UP Centennial:

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There is no video but this blog has many nice photos of the lantern parade and a few fireworks photos.

From:
http://mellyrnleaf.multiply.com/photos/album/30

 

 

 

Pyro bouquet in the Sky - the UP Lantern Parade 2008 Fireworks

by anne a


para sa mga naka-miss ng fireworks last night (UP Lantern Parade), here's a video recording of that magnificent fireworks display. i used my digicam to record it so the quality's kind of bad (sorry!!)

erm, i wasn't able to film the entire thing since my cam was already screaming "Memory full" during the last couple of minutes... kung kelan patapos na. grrr.

what else?

forgive the very audible "whoa's", "wow's" and "eeeek's!"... namangha kami ng todo with the awesome display that we couldn't contain our delight.

Click below for the video:

http://www.vimeo.com/2563507
 

 

 

UP Lantern Parade 2008
Dec 20, '07 1:55 AM

We stopped by CFA before the parade - which was a good thing, because we got to appreciate the floats up close and in daylight [si Nikki pasaway na senior]. Then we watched the parade at Quezon Hall; we were lucky enough to get a spot right in front of the platform. It was fun though I felt harassed and jostled after.

After the parade itself was a "PirewOrks... Display". As well as STAND-UP's attempt to spark a protest rally [which was quite amusing, especially to the non-UP students we brought with us].

Made me remember [and miss] those stressful times of float-making, and the days of being an iskolar ng Bayan.
 

 

From an Atenean:
http://lifedrive.wordpress.com/
 

The University of the Philippines Lantern Parade 2008

Published December 18, 2008 Events , News , places 2 Comments
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"Just by looking at the big crowd, the floats and the atmosphere, surely no other university can match it."

-Me.  6:00 p.m., Running alongside the parade to AS.
 

Every year, prior to the celebration of Christmas, the University of the Philippines holds their one-of-a-kind Lantern Parade. Every college and organization takes part on these momentous event. A parade of lanterns and astonishing presentations give color to UP Diliman's 2.2-kilometer oval. I was really excited since this was my first time to take part in this event. I am not a UP student but an Atenean and that is why I can say nothing in any university can match, not even my university. The atmosphere is really alive and everyone who can join took place beside the road to cheer on the best floats around. Also, a finale of spectacular fireworks display was lit.

 

This was one unique Lantern Parade because it is also UP's Centennial and what my UP graduate mother said was true, this is gonna be one hell of a presentation. For instance, the eternal cheerdance competition champion, UP PEP Squad performed in front of Palma Hall, (where I viewed the presentation) and made me realize how good they were. Imagine, perfoming on a basketball court surface would be nice but doing the same actions on tarmac, that would be really a very brave and great performance.

 

I had a lot of fun joining another university's event. It is really nice and a very good kick-off for your Christmas vacation. It really takes a very big effort for one college or org to build a fully lit float… or a lantern, I should say. We have a similar event in Ateneo not about Christmas but in celebration of the "Linggo ng Wika" which is called Sagala ng mga Sikat although that was very nice, I find UP's Lantern Parade more exciting. Nothing beats it(sorry my dear alma mater… ) It is very nice.


I was with my barkada (who all went to UP and left two of us in other universities, I'm in Ateneo and the other one at La Salle) to celebrate Christmas with them. They've done this before and I was not able to join them because of multiple long tests before Christmas break starts. Now I was able to sneak out of the long tests and was able to join them that night. I didn't know that they had a lot of expectations before the year ends. I was laughing with what they expected of me. Although what they've expected was fulfilled.  :D

 

Anyway. It's a nice event, I wish I can join the rest of the parades with the rest of my stay in college. Cheers to University of the Philippines, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I might upload a gallery of pictures. I still don't have the snapshots but I'll upload them on the gallery section of my blog as soon as possible. 

 

 

 

From: 

 

Just went to UP Lantern Parade 2008 here in UP Diliman. Great lanters--specially Fine Arts, of course--and the fireworks display. Again, happy 100th birthday, University of the Philippines! UP FIGHT!

 

 

From: 

http://secondchances.blog.friendster.com/2008/12/bitter-sweet-momentsang-magulong-kwento/

then ayun! asteeg ng fireworks.. antagal.nangawit kami sa pagtayo at pagtingala..worth it naman. daming surprises.. kala mo tapos na. but then wait! there's more!more!more! (malamang salamat sa o-seven and above un galing)

 

Note from Mon: If you noticed the video, after Joy to the World, you thought it was the end of the fireworks because Joy had a fade out. Hans the Fireworks contractor programmed it too that there would only be one or two rockets shooting up. Thus, viewers thought that was it, the end. And then the finale of 1812 Overture. It was a good joke on the audience. He he.There is also some thrill in making jokes with the audience.

 

 

From:
http://peterangelo.blogspot.com/

Thursday, December 18, 2008

2008 UP Lantern Parade


 

Diliman, Quezon City--- What a way to end the UP Centennial Christmas Celebration than to end it with a parade of colorful lanterns topped off with a splendid fireworks display!
 

Thousands of students and visitors crowded the streets of UP Diliman yesterday as they watched the annual lanterns being paraded around the academic oval.

 

"Masaya kasi manood ng lantern parade...( it's fun to watch the Lantern Parade)" claimed one of the Alumni of CSSP.
 

Colorful lanterns in all shapes and sizes with hundreds of students participating in the event.Among the lanterns were the Carabao lantern made by the UP College of Agriculture, the interesting Landcape Puzzle of the College of Architecture, and the Robo Lantern of the College of Mass Communication.

 

Some colleges even have their own marching bands, some in colorful costumes, others have their own gimiks of attracting attentions.
 

"Kanya kanyang style yan! ( Each has their own style!)" says Gina, a College of Arts and Letters student.
 

The UP Pep Squad certainly didn't pass up the chance to wow the audience with their cheers and acrobatic stunts.Various constituents of UP also attended the event, where the Aguila Lantern of UP Mindanao garnered much attention.
 

After the lantern parade, students and visitors alike were treated with a marvelous diplay of fireworks lasting for about 15 minutes, ending the light show with a flash of light sprinkling like dust under the night sky."
 

"Worth it yung pagpunta ko!"

Posted by Peter Angelo at 9:34 PM

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From:
http://www.geocities.com/lokisky_walker/journal/lanternparade2008.html

 

Welcome to the Night Parade

12/18/08

My back aches and my hair is dishevelled due to last night. I slept with wet hair as I am drained of energy due to the collective effervescence that passed through me as Beta Epsilon's fireworks drew fractals on the sky, drew smiles on our faces, and drew cheers from a gaping crowd. All thanks to chemical kinetics* and projectile motion. Hoo ha.

 

This entry was shaped as early as yesterday by adventures and misadventures. Today as I type it is being shaped by euphoria, the residue of collective effervescence, and recollections. I arrived at UP way early for the show because I wanted to shoot some pictures here and there, the way I did for last Tuesday's Oblation Run (minus the run I didn't really see), as you might now see at my Flickr. I stood in front of my first subject as I searched through the messes of my bag for my digicam. Here are some notebooks, here is my umbrella, here are my flashdrives and...and...

 

My heart broke. In less than a minute it dawned on me that I left my un-edgy digicam at home. I stared at my camera cellphone with some amount of melancholy. Looks like it's you and me again I tell him in my thoughts.

 

So for the rest of the day before the Lantern Parade--the rest of the day I purposely set-aside for shooting wallpaper-worthy pictures here and there--was spent in whole-hearted contemplation of the philosophical mystery of my forgotten digicam instead. I called forth the other personalities hiding in my being and asked them to pat their Main Self's back for forgetting the digicam for the Lantern Parade. And, of course, saving my handy-dandy cellphone's battery and memory space.

 

But when the parade started, I knew that I'm in for big time. For the most past of the early part it was just a parade with scant amount of lanterns in between the throng of people moving forward. The real show started when it got dark and I find that fortunate since how do you honestly expect to enjoy lanterns when Earth's very own year-round lantern is still lit up?

 

However, all those cool lanterns gets a mere 1.5 for the effort. The hard-earned 1.00 goes to the College of Fine Arts for indeed, last night's show belonged to them. Anyone else saying otherwise must reserve appointments with a psychologist. Now. The College of Fine Arts put up a most wonderful presentation. Just wonderful. Fantastic like no other. When it comes to the UP Lantern Parade, UP Colleges are divided into two: Fine Arts and others. Their show erased every previous fascination I had for the lanterns from other UP Colleges. So well done.

 

But then the colors of this parade would've grayed out if you cheered alone. The same goes for this season and, indeed, every season of the year. I'm thankful that I learned this lesson before learning Scheme and Algebra. Already its been applied numerous times this year and it acts like some feel-good algorithm for me. Thank you to everyone who knows why I am. As always, you awe me more than any lantern, FA or otherwise.

 


From Monram's email:

 

excuse lang po... UP did not spend even a cent on that fireworks... its the BETA EPSILON of the college of engineering...

This YouTube video of a blogger is so far, I think, the best of the videos in terms of content. You can hear both the shouts and the wows and also the commentaries (like "Mahal yan!". The youthful exhuberance is evident and very infectious.

Moreover it has all the modules in almost all its frames because the videographer manipulates his camera to follow the pyros.

Unfortunately, the music is hardly audible because they seem to be far from a loudspeaker. I have downloaded this one, converted it to mpg and will add the music since the beat of the music adds drama to the pyros salvos, especially that bunch of rockets which Hans triggered as the frat song starts to play. Kakatuwa yon. Also the rockets that shot up as we hear the sound of the big bell at the end. That was beautiful.

BTW, nagtalo pa ang mga comments kkung sino ang gumastos, but two guys said it is Beta Epsilon.

Mon

The video is here:

 

YouTube - UP Lantern Parade 2008: Fireworks

  ]18 Dec 2008 ... UP Lantern Parade 2008: Fireworks .... UP did not spend even a cent on that fireworks... it the BETA EPSILON of the college of engineering. ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVEhEa55pCI - 10mga oras na nakakalipas -

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excuse lang po... UP did not spend even a cent on that fireworks... it the BETA EPSILON of the college of engineering...


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oo nga! 1000 per unit na :'(
pero Beta Epsilon daw sponsor nyan.. diba?


redkamatish (1 day ago) Show Hide


noooo!!!
tuition namin...
noooo!!!
:(

 

   

 

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