off topic, but just to respond.

bluebruiser90:

Bene HS '93.

Never heard the SBCA cheer in Bene but I am familiar with it since it was still part of the cheers of the Bedan crowd during NCAA games in the early 90s.

I may i have a good guess of your surname and if I am correct, then I think you're referring to my batchmate who graduated 2nd in our class. He was my classmate in law school and also my batchmate in college. Actually, I also had a classmate in highschool with the same surname. You're probably related to her.

The cheer was never used in Bene after that one time that it was introduced. That was probably 1979 if I recall correctly. They should start using it again in Bene.

Sent you a PM panero regarding my relations with your batchmate in HS.

Just finished 36 pages of posts, almost two years worth of replies. Whew. Great thread. Dispelled alot of my misgivings about Ateneans in general.

IT IS.. it has a lot of nostalgia in it.. hey u guys should be present on dec 10.. do you reckon the babble will cheer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vygQcImuqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUmXTgx7tM

I think a few pages back someone requested to hear what our Indian Yell sounds like? here it is.

Haven't been in these parts for a while myself. Congrats for winning the NCAA crown. Vicariously, I celebrated the win as well. PULA din naman ang dugo ko.

^ congrats to you too. hehehe you should have seen the players when they went to Alabang, they came to thank the Alabang supporters. They were treated like rockstars, the gym was filled with red shirts.

The scene was unexplainable, it gave me goosebumps. Gone were the days when Alabang was considered San Beda's prodigal son. hehehe Bene no more, but San Beda Alabang.

BTW, The Indian Yell was a joint cheer of the three schools. Alabang sent a big contingent as well. We were all surprised actually.

i think San Beda is looking at a timeline of 2-3 years before they get University status and a shot at applying for a UAAP seat.

if and when they join the UAAP.. will they still cheer their fabled "is-kwater! is-kwater!" cheer?

Sana nandiyan ako para makita yan. It's nice to see all the Bedan schools coming together under one Bedan identity. Dapt din magsaya ang Bene (it will always be Bene to me, puwede pang "BENE BULOK!!" pag panay hard core kasama ko, with pride of course, he he he....inabot mo ba yan, saka na ko ipapaliwanag..) of course, over the years, particularly during our time when we didn't have a college department and a college team, we threw our lot with the Red Lions. I remember some classmates getting into an argument with another classmate who made the mistake of bringing to school a Letran commemorative poster of their championships in the early '80's (taga Letran yung erpats at mga kamag anak). Muntik ng punitin on the spot. We also sent our token share of ballers over the years to play for the Red Lions the most noteworthy being Eric Altamirano (BAS HS batch '82) who transferred after his second year in Alabang. Jolly Escobar made a cameo appearance his freshman year in Mendiola before leaving for the US.


I'm hoping this victory by San Beda is the start of something big. Maybe a jump to the UAAP would be inevitable in a few years. Though at this point my heart is torn on whether or not to wish for the Red Lions to compete in the UAAP. I welcome to see San Beda in the UAAP stage but it will be very hard to cheer against them. San Beda in the NCAA will also double my chances of ending the basketball season celebrating a championship. Pag sinuwerte, double title or quadruple title pa (pag nagdikit dikit ang mga bituin ang pinagsabay na mag champion ang seniors at juniors, isa pa sigurong bituin at damay na Women's team ng Ateneo).

For the meantime, dasal tayong hindi kinakalawang ang Ateneo at San Beda para magtuloy-tuloy sa finals ng CCL. Sample nang makikita natin kung matutuloy ang San Beda sa UAAP.

I still call the school Bene, force of habit I suppose, studied there for 13 years. You guys were lucky that you had a connection with Mendiola before. As of now, it's deja vu all over for you for the current crop of Alabang students see the ReD Lions as their own. As what the Rector President said on that day, "they are your team too." You can say basketball has a way of uniting things.

We both know that Alabang has a lot of potential, it is a major tool in helping San Beda achieve her greatness. Of course I know the "Bene bulok" thing hehehe we use it all the time back in HS, especially after we left for college. hehehe That's Typical Alabang brattiness for you hehehe