If you studied in the UPD system, you'd know that the physical education or PE requirement is a cruel joke played on all students (except probably the Human Kinetics undergrads, I gather). I'm not sure how it is now, but it used to be a nightmare for one to manually sign up to one's desired classes if you didn't get them through the computerized system. Sure, you'd have priority if you were a freshman or graduating student, but if you were particularly unlucky, you could be begging to get a PE class just to be able to graduate on time. I certainly survived those trying years and I lucked out on getting a duckpin bowling class for one of my four PE requirements.
Duckpin bowling is an experience, I will tell you. Students at the class trooped to the vintage Alumni Center to roll fist-sized wooden balls along the wooden, uneven floors to try to down ten, small pins, which would then be reset by men behind the bowling alleys, who you could only be identified by their hands and feet. One could only hope to get a good, flat aisle and put enough strength and finesse into the ball so that it hits straight onto the pins. After several sessions we had already pinned down which aisles were the best, but teams had to switch aisles all the time.
We were graded on this, mind you. Although there was hardly anything athletic about it, it was still a trip. Good news is, this is an experience that can be shared by everyone, for about twenty pesos a game! Get a jeep on down to the UP Alumni Center and have some cheap, PE-style fun! read more