The Wildest UP Fair I’ve Seen in Years

The University of the Philippines Diliman Fair Week has always been a staple must-go event every second week of February. Each year, every day has a delectable menu of bands – old and new that doesn’t fail to satisfy the appetite of concert-goers. Present are also different booths, attractions and rides which make the whole UP Fair experience awesome. But behind the fun music and games, violence is also a mainstay in these events. People usually don’t mind. Until last night.

UPDATE: I shot this just a couple of minutes after tear gas spread over the UP Fair grounds. As usual, a fight broke out among the JJs (jumping jologs) which disseminated the crowd in all directions. After a few seconds, this weird white smoke engulfed the air. At first, I thought it was just smoke from cigarettes and marijuana but we felt like we’re being smothered. The gas really stung; we had to run all the way to the far booths to breathe in clean air again. Now I know how the media people felt in the Peninsula Hotel siege. Hehe.

Speaking of hotels, you guys just might want to check out Value Hotels in the Philippines.

More UP Fair videos after the jump!

Former resident DJ’s of the ex-97.1 LS Campus FM radio station have announced that they are going back on-air! If you guys remember, 97.1 LS FM got reformatted last year to cater to a more maka-masa crowd causing Campus radio to be Baranggay’d. Now, they’re back! On a different frequency of course due to insistent public demand. Good luck on your second shot, Campus!

The Crowd Goes Wild with Kamikazee!

The UP Fair 2008 starts with a bang as the 2nd year of LoveRage features today’s top bands! Watch out for daily video updates of the CokskiBlue UP Fair experience last February 11, 2008.

Beware: Lots of Emo peeps jumping around.

And that’s Jay Contreras everyone of Kamikazee on spending Valentine’s Day alone in bitterness.

I posted this a day late ’cause I know most of you would be out on dates or maybe too busy on some corner – crying and daydreamin’. So yeah.

How was the daaayyy of lurrrve for everyone? Well, if you ask me, I still have the same views on V-day as last year’s so I’m giving the blogging environment a favor and recycling a post from my secret old blog which I wrote a couple months before the birth of CokskiBlue.

WARNING: This can be annoying. Me needz a life.

Originally published last February 14, 2007:

Ooooooh. I almost forgot. It’s the Week of Luuuurve.

I for one, do not celebrate V-Day. Maybe it’s all bitterness of being single. I repeat. Single.
Or maybe because I don’t believe in saints. Believe it or not, the latter’s most likely.

I actually do not feel alone or “empty” or even “incomplete” this week. Being single does not bother me. Yet. Well, except when people, particularly my friends, slam it to my face.

Last Sunday, our barkada had this reunion-slash-get together. We have not seen most of each other since New Year. And that’s a long time – if you live here in Bacoor. Everybody’s got more busier from classes and OJT to land trips and Tagaytay. I thought it was just another “movie” party as we prepared to watch Jhossa’s film (yes, she’s an indie actress now. hehe).

Man, tragically, I was wrong.

Abe is with his girlfriend, Lani. Jhossa’s with Mark. A certain someone is with her special someone (sorry. it’s a “secret”). And Rochelle’s coming… with Edmar!

What’s worse than being the third wheel? It’s being the freakin’ NINTH WHEEL!

I felt like I was being beaten up in my own house. The funny thing is that, weeks before, I actually swore to everyone that if ever that happened, I will get a girlfriend. Immediately. Ha! Good luck sa ‘yo pare! Haha!

Yet now, I’m still the effin’ nth wheel. Nothing has changed.

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