return to u.p. diliman

u.p. diliman is one of the big reasons why i am thrilled to be home again. i love the acacia trees lining up diliman’s academic oval. i enjoy circling around the symmetry of quezon hall (administration building) vis-à-vis gonzalez hall (main library), palma hall (social sciences and philosophy) vis-à-vis melchor hall (engineering), and benitez hall (education) vis-à-vis malcolm hall (law). despite the national government’s inability to provide adequate financial support for u.p., the university manages to produce achievers from every imaginable profession. some of these achievers were students from my general education, creative writing or comparative literature classes. i must have taught at least eight thousand students since 1988. provided with opportunities to encourage and nurture the country’s brightest students, i developed a sense of mission to remain in the academe. i can only hope that teachers, especially public school teachers all over the country, will be compensated well. from these primary and secondary school teachers, there will be a steadier flow of good students in the u.p. system for the years to come.

inside palma hall (formerly known as "liberal arts" and later, "a.s. building" )

palma hall


towards quezon hall

the new office of the university registrar (our)







the academic oval

half of the university avenue

plaridel hall (mass communication)

bahay ng alumni (alumni house)

view of academic oval from palma hall

kalayaan residence hall

sampaguita residence hall

yakal residence hall

molave residence hall

ilang-ilang residence hall

international center

u.p. infirmary

benitez hall (education)

college of business administration

school of economics

sunken garden

hardin ng mga diwata, college of arts and letters (faculty center)

side view of palma hall from bulwagang rizal (arts and letters/faculty center)


inside bulwagang rizal (faculty center)

wilfrido maria guerrero theater

"beachhouse" behind the main library

view of the sunken garden from vinzon's hall

andres bonifacio, across vinzon's hall

vinzon's hall

bulwagang rizal (arts and letters/faculty center), from the u.p. lagoon

view of the u.p. lagoon from bulwagang rizal

the carillon

villamor hall (university theater)

u.p. film center


melchor hall (engineering)

college of fine arts

vintage shopping center

fire trees between arts and letters/social sciences&philosophy and engineering

typical class in u.p. diliman

view from engineering, molave, yakal and kalayaan


sunken garden lovers

sunflowers in bloom

view of the new arts and letters building from bulwagang rizal (arts and letters/faculty center)

quezon hall, university avenue, oblation