UPLB Centennial Song

I attended the Loyalty day of UP Los Banos last Saturday. I can say that my attendance is quite compulsory as a new faculty member of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, and being the coordinator of the chant/cheering team. Otherwise, I would just completely ignore it and focus on other urgent matters, such as writing the book chapter on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, which I've been working on for two weeks now and still not finished... sigh!

Nevertheless, despite the heat of the sun (but thanks anyway because the weather cooperated and it did not rain) and the exhaustion that I felt after all the cheering and chanting, I can say that it's quite a worth while experience, meeting with other alumni and participating in many events. The parade of the colleges was simply awesome headed by the execom and their musez and escorts. But what really caught my attention was the UPLB Centennial song. It was repeatedly played during the occasion, but I never got tired of listening to it. I simply fell in love with the song.

Below is the lyrics that I downloaded from the Imeem site, as well as the music video from YouTube:



ISANG DAAN(Marie Angelica Dayao)

Isandaang taong pagsisilbi sa bayan
Isandaang taon ng kagitingan
Ginising ang ating puso’t isipan
Mula sa pagkakatulog ng kamalayan

* Isang daan tungo sa karunungan
Isang daan tungo sa kagalingan
Daan na tinuro ng ating pamantasang hirang
Inilaan para sa ’ting mga anak ng bayan

Dumating man ang hangin ng pagbabago
Iskolar, huwag patitinag itaas ang kamao
Kasing lawak at ‘sing taas ng langit
Ang abot ng isipan mo

(Repeat *)

Magbago man ang panahon
Pamantasan nati’y ‘di patatalo
Iskolar ng bayan noon at ngayon
Laging angat sa iba

Isang daan tungo sa karunungan
Isang daan tungo sa kagalingan
Isang daan tungo sa karunungan
Isang daan tungo sa kagalingan

(Repeat *)