UP Diliman is no exception. Despite the COñOtation..este...connotation that UP is a school for the masses...for the ISKOLar ng BAYAN, the so-called 'elite' still wander around the vast greens and walk the hallways of AS, ENG, B.A., MASSCOM, or Wherever they want.
In the years that I spent my life in UP, social classes are apparent...distinguishing the 'masses' and 'normal' citizens from the COñO's. I'd say NORMAL because COñO's are not the majority of the mix out there in UP Diliman. UP Lifestyle is not so 'fit' for the COñO's and many college freshmen who belong to the society's upper class might deem it a major factor not to study in UP because it is an open university where all 'BREEDS' of people can come in, the classroms are not fully airconditioned, and we take IKOT jeepneys and eat Fishballs and banana que.
During my time, you can easily spot coños with these stereotypes (as we have joked about it):
- MEN: in striped shirts, with neat hands;
- WOMEN: also in striped shirts, baby TEEs, and also with neat manicured hands;
- MEN & WOMEN: yosi at the AS steps (I wonder how they can stand sitting on the stairways for so long) or making tambay at the GREENHOUSE or at AS Walk, they do not walk at BetaWay or Ride the IKOT...they have wheels BROOM broom!
It is a bit nostalgic as I read through my wonderful younger then housemate Dian, I consider my sister, and can't help but laugh about it.
Here is her email entry (which I believe could have reached thousands of coños out there):
"THE TEN CONYO-MANDMENTS"
1. Thou shall make gamit "make + pandiwa". ex. "Let's make pasok na to our class!" "Wait lang! I'm making kain pa!" "Come on na, we can't make hintay anymore! It's in Andrew pa, you know?" 2. Thou shall make kalat "noh", "diba" and "eh" in your pangungusap. ex. "I don't like to make lakad in the baha nga, no? Eh diba it's like, so eew, diba?" "What ba: stop nga being maarte noh?" "Eh as if you want naman also, diba?" 3. When making describe a whatever, always say "It's SO + pang-uri". ex. "It's so malaki, you know, and so mainit!" "I know right? So sarap nga, eh!" "You're making me inggit naman.. I'll make bili nga my own burger." 4. When you are lalaki, make parang punctuation "dude" or "pare" ex. "Dude, ENGANAL is so hirap." "I know, pare, I got bagsak nga in quiz one, eh" 5. Thou shall know.... you know? & I know, right! ex. "My bag is so bigat today, you know!" "I know, right! We have to make dala pa kasi the jumbo Physics book eh!" 6. Make gawa the plural of pangngalans like in English or Spanish. ex. "I have so many tigyawats, oh!" 7. Like, when you can make kaya, always use like. Like, I know right? ex. "Like, it's so init naman!" "Yah! The aircon, it's, like sira!" 8. Make yourself feel so galing by translating the last word of your sentence, you know, your pangungusap? ex. "Kakainis naman in the LRT! How plenty tao, you know, people?" "It's so tight nga there, eh, you know, masikip?" 9. Make gamit of plenty abbreviations, you know, daglat?" ex. "Like, OMG! It's like traffic sa LRT" "I know right? It's so kaka!" "Kaka?" "Kakaasar!" 10. Make gamit the pinakamaarte voice and pronunciation you have para full effect! ex. "I'm, like, making aral at the Arrhneo!" "Me naman, I'm from Lazzahl! Conyomandment 11. Forward this email to all your conyo friends :D or cge na like to ervyone nalang! :D Thanks to Iggy for the post! Batu-bato sa langit, tamaan wag magalit! ('Cause I know a lot of conyo peeps hahaha!) Besides...it helps to laugh once in a while, debah? :D
To this note, I'd say, "Mabuhay ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas" (Long LIve University of the Philippines!)...Congratulations to the 100 years of molding students to be great citizens of the Philippines (I hope so...pressure!).
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