Unlike my Dad and brothers, I am not quite a basketball fan but I did cheer and pray for the Blue Eagles in the recently concluded UAAP 69th season.
Imagine me and how devastated I was when we lost to the Tigers.
It would have been nicer if Blue Eagles brought the trophy back to Loyola but maybe God said, not now.
I know that it is not easy to be on the losing end, I mean not being able to bring home the bacon but with how my fellow Ateneans played the game - I would still say, they gave their best shot. I remember what Norman Black said in one of his interviews - "It is about the desire to win". And I guess, it was UST's time to win. It was their first after centuries and I give them credit for having the growling heart to win the championship game.
I give my applause and thanks to the players of Blue Eagles - you have remained one that is worthy of the Greeks.
Let's not forget that “We stand on a hill between the earth and sky. Now all is still where Loyola’s colors fly. Our course is run and the setting sun ends Ateneo’s day. Eyes are dry at the last goodbye; this is the Ateneo way.Down from the hill, down to the world go I; rememb’ring still, how the bright Blue Eagles fly. Through joys and tears, through the laughing years, we sing our battle song: Win or lose, it’s the school we choose; this is the place where we belong!"
"To the Atenean, victory and defeat do not matter much. To cheer for a losing team that had fought fairly and well is as noble, if not nobler, than cheering for a victorious squad." - Art Borjal
This maybe such a difficult pill to swallow but we have to get going, we still have another battle to conquer - Final examination and all the deadlines to beat!
Let's continue living the Ateneo way!
Imagine me and how devastated I was when we lost to the Tigers.
It would have been nicer if Blue Eagles brought the trophy back to Loyola but maybe God said, not now.
I know that it is not easy to be on the losing end, I mean not being able to bring home the bacon but with how my fellow Ateneans played the game - I would still say, they gave their best shot. I remember what Norman Black said in one of his interviews - "It is about the desire to win". And I guess, it was UST's time to win. It was their first after centuries and I give them credit for having the growling heart to win the championship game.
I give my applause and thanks to the players of Blue Eagles - you have remained one that is worthy of the Greeks.
Let's not forget that “We stand on a hill between the earth and sky. Now all is still where Loyola’s colors fly. Our course is run and the setting sun ends Ateneo’s day. Eyes are dry at the last goodbye; this is the Ateneo way.Down from the hill, down to the world go I; rememb’ring still, how the bright Blue Eagles fly. Through joys and tears, through the laughing years, we sing our battle song: Win or lose, it’s the school we choose; this is the place where we belong!"
"To the Atenean, victory and defeat do not matter much. To cheer for a losing team that had fought fairly and well is as noble, if not nobler, than cheering for a victorious squad." - Art Borjal
This maybe such a difficult pill to swallow but we have to get going, we still have another battle to conquer - Final examination and all the deadlines to beat!
Let's continue living the Ateneo way!
