No Elated Atenean Spirit Tonight

So... Yeah. You probably know.

We lost.

I'm sad. Just really sad. I mean, I'm not sad for me. I can take BS from my Archers friends and cousins. I've put up with it for 3 years.

I'm just really sad for the players and other students who are graduating this March.

I watched the game with several seniors and a super senior, and it just broke my heart to see their faces when the final buzzer went off. It was kind of their "last chance" to see our team win, and maybe get the trophy. Technically, it's not their last because they can always get alumni tickets or see it on tv, but being a student and watching the game is different. It's like being at the epicenter of an earthquake. The energy is just that much.

And Araneta bleachers are made of wood... I think. So when people stomp their feet, it really fells like there's an earthquake. Scary.

WIN OR LOSE IT'S THE SCHOOL WE CHOOSE

I am regretting the days when I didn't care about the UAAP. It did shield me from the jeers of the other camp (well, not so much), but the joy and camaraderie and school pride that I could have gotten out of it would be so worth the taunts.

I am truly sorry about the times that I shrugged our team off saying, "Yeah, we suck. We'll never win that." If only I had Hermy's time turner, I'd go back in time and smack my head so hard it'll go further back in time.

I can't imagine ever saying that from now on. I've seen how hard the team played, how they worked their asses off just to win. And I know they can do it. I am sure they can win. They are good enough. They are great people. I don't know them personally, but I know they are wonderful people and that they are very talented. Whatever happened tonight, I am still so proud of them for having come this far, and maybe even prouder for taking it like true sportsmen.

I was just asking my friends awhile ago if our team had some sort of fanlisting or something, because I really wanna tell them how wonderfully they did and that 3rd place isn't something to be ashamed of. Nobody thinks lesser of them for that. I am even honored to be going to the same school as them, and Ateneo is truly blessed for having them as her team. People who fight like that deserve our respect.

I was kind of planning on just walking up to one of them and shaking their hand and saying, "It's an honor." But I think they'd freak out or something. And I don't know where to find them.

I'm just sad for the players who have played so well and so hard and have now come to their last year in ADMU, but have never tasted the sweetness of a championship. I really feel that they deserve that, but oh well. Life's like that.

I wish all the players would still be able to stay for another year. Get an MA or something. Sigh.

I hope that the Blue community would never lose hope.

There's still next year.

We can do it!

We still believe!