Cheerdance Competition (HALABIRA!)

Better late than never, right? So here's my account of Sunday's [AWESOME!] UAAP Season 73 Cheerdance Competition.
My two classmates and I went inside Araneta Coliseum at around 11:45 a.m. Our tickets were labeled Upper Box B so went there, on the 'UP side'. And voila! There were no seats available. So we had no choice but to climb at the top of the section and stand there all throughout the event (which, by the way, started at 2 p.m. and ended at 5 p.m.).
The UST and FEU sides were almost filled (and it was all yellow...). UST was located on our right, UE was on our left.
While the preparations for the event were still underway, some universities began cheering. We (on the UP side) imitated their cheers OR answered back with one of our own for the sake of... Well, nothing. To spite them, maybe. :P So that went on until 2 p.m. But it was fun. HAHA! Especially when they distributed the paraphernalias used in cheering. There were shouts of "Penge! Penge! Penge! Penge! Penge!" everywhere (even when the balloons were being distributed in the UST side). Everyone was just uhh... Crazy with excitement, I guess. =))))))))
The event finally started. I can't remember the exact order but UP was the sixth to perform. FEU and UST performed before our university and their routines were really awesome and shocking. Anyway, UP Pep Squad performed their routine well; it was a CLEAN performance. The energy was just there. We screamed like crazy while they were dancing and cheered them on. \\(>o<)//
There were a couple of commercial breaks before the announcement of the winners. We were ALL nervous. I overheard one of the students behind me say, "Parang tayo yung sumayaw," which I think summarizes the whole feeling we had during that time.
When the second runner-up was about to be called, we all strained our ears to hear which university it would be. When the announcer said, "UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS," we almost did cartwheels. Haha! We even joined them in cheering "Go USTE! Go USTE! Go USTE! Go go go go!!!"
Commercial break! Pfft.
The time for the announcement of first runner-up came. The UP and UST (I think) side started shouting "FEU! FEU! FEU!" And they, indeed, placed first runner-up.
Yes, we almost did cartwheels, again.
Another commercial break. :P
ALMOST everyone was screaming "UP! UP! UP! UP! UP! UP! UP!" when the champion was about to be crowned, including the other universities. (Ahem. Someone seemed to be pretty bitter.) We were also screaming. HAHA!
And UP Pep Squad was named the champion! We were all jumping and waving the placards and flags like mad. The heat no longer mattered. Everyone was sweaty but it was alright... OUR UNIVERSITY WON!!! The 0-14 record of the basketball team was REDEEMED!
The NU and UST drummers played the beats of "Unibersidad Original" and we all sang along:
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (4x)
Matatapang, matatalino
Walang takot kahit kanino
Hinding-hindi magpapahuli
Ganyan kaming mga taga-UP!
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (4x)
U!!!

It was so much fun and all the cramping was forgotten because we were all so happy! UP FIGHT!!!
(It was a good thing that the UP Pep Squad won last Sunday. Being the head coach of the pep squad, my PE professor, Ma'am Lalaine Perena, is very happy when she entered the Dance Studio this morning. She even allowed us to revise our final exam AND said that we wouldn't have to perform on Monday, September 20, which is Dancing in September in UPD. Hurrah!)