Adamson University: An Amusement Park

Adamson University: An Amusement Park
Editorial & Column Writing




As kids, we have been taught that school is our second home. For Adamsonians, our beloved university is our Amusement Park.

When you enter the Adamson walkway, you will feel your paces gradually and sometimes worse, involuntarily, accelerating due to the pressure brought by your fellow students racing for class. It’s like queuing up for the ticket booth for the holidays. Well, speaking of ticket booths, after the long and not-so winding walkway, here comes the innovated entrance gates of ST (St. Therese) and CS (Cardinal Santos) building. It is funny seeing these gates crowded with unorganized queues of students lining from the gates to the sidewalk outside of the university. Some students would joke about it as the “box-office” line. Now, you’ve entered the park. It’s time to take the rides.

The common rides are of course the numerous leg-fracturing staircases of the university. From the ST, CS, SV (St. Vincent), OZ (Ozanam) and even the JP building. but there’s one ride uncommon to some Adamsonians especially the non-engineering students; The OZ elevator. The sole incubator in campus which stops at any moment you DON'T like. Because of technical problems, it was closed down for maintenance. But some students wished it to start operating soon so as to experience again the ride of their life.

Now let's talk about the hot spots of the campus. The most infamous is no other than, of course, the Falcon Bridge. After many years of the Estero de Balete's desperate modification, it still contains its usual characteristic. It still doesn't fail to give bridge crossers the chance to wince upon smelling its aroma. Though, they have enhanced the boundaries by setting up a garden and colorful lights at night. The workers in charged of the estero had probably lost their hope for the conservation of the watercourse so they had decided to decorate it instead. Another spot is our so-called Pinoy Big Brother house. The freshly-built edifice behind the CS building with a reception area that always seemed ready to cater various celebrations. If that's still not enough to prove Adamson's park-like grounds, we have our own version of Baywalk. The ST quadrangle that seems like a vision from Lito Atienza's mind accompanied with the song, “Mahal kong Maynila...” Adamson University actually has a lot more to offer than just rides and scenic spots. We also have a pawnshop (administration/ registrar's office), a portion of Harry Potter's Hogwart's (the fully varnished corridor alongside the president's office with scary paintings on the wall), a mental ward (the white painted corridors of ST and JP buildings), and of course the white maze of CS building second floor where you could get lost on your first time.

But despite all of these sarcasms, Adamson University provides a different college life that no other school could offer. The rides and spots are not only the places on campus but the lessons we learn. A university is like an amusement park. Here is where we enjoy most of the significant rides of our lives and our professors serves as the operators who guide and give us the time of our lives. The challenges. The thrills. The disappointments. And sometimes the boredom. But that's school life. And we only stay there for a period of time. We can't stay forever. We have to leave as time passes by. We grow old and mature and soon get tired of enjoying the rides. Some give up. Some go on. But still the most fulfilling part of school is the overwhelming feeling of overcoming it all when you've finished all of the rides.