Few Adamsonians gamely does the “Roxanne Dance Challenge” in TikTok as they posted it in social media and unexpectedly went viral.
screencapture from Tristan Salvacion’s tiktok video
As the social media app TikTok has continuously become a trend, Adamsonians also gave in this hype in which they danced along the beat of “Roxanne”, a song by Arizona Zervas and Swae Lee.
The video uploaded in TikTok, released by @tsalvacion5, now reached around 10.8k reactions and 60 comments. It was also shared in twitter in which it gained thousands of retweets and hearts but the uploader deleted it later on.
Those who participated in the short video were known as the senior high school students from Adamson University (AdU) namely Carl Miranda, Liv Ramos, Kyle Zabala, and Tristan Salvacion.
Aside from their talent shown in the short clip, these Adamsonians also possessed charming looks and sweet smiles in which caught the attention of the public even more.
TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly, is a Chinese video-sharing media platform which became an outlet of people to express themselves through creating short videos for singing, dancing, lip-syncing and comedy. Currently, TikTok is now became a social media app used to entertain people, most especially during this time of enhanced community quarantine.
Each university has its endless restaurant and eatery options for students to enjoy – budget-friendly but highly satisfying meals all around the campus. From cafes to eateries, an Adamsonian will never turn down a food trip whether would be a fancy meal or a local silog dish.
Looking for a new place to eat has become a klasmeyt thing, here are some of the popular and budget-friendly food places that you can try around Adamson University.
Suga’s Burger House (San Marcelino Street)
Just across the gate of Meralco, you can already savor their famous footlong hotdog topped with a generous amount of cheese together with their best seller iced coffee, best known as coffee bryant for only 60 pesos. This place might not be too spacious and has a limited seat, but it is always packed with Adamsonians any time of the day. Aside from footlong and iced coffee, they also offer burgers, pasta, rice meals, and chicken wings with Filipino flavor. This store has its trademark of playfully naming their food menus and also being friendly to their customers by calling them out idol or klasmeyt if you’re an Adamsonian.
Kinaaye (Zobel Street)
Looking for a “lutong bahay” with the right amount of serving for your cravings? Kinaaye is only walking distance from the campus since it is located at Zobel Street, just beside of Adamson University Basic Education building. With just 65 pesos you can have 2 viands of your choice, 3 rice, and together with a glass of juice. You can also enjoy your meal with sound tripping of your favorite backtracks playing inside the Kinaaye.
Lomian ni Mommy (Teresa Street)
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Although it’s named lomian, for Adamsonians, it is known as “sisigan” because of their delicious and budget friendly sizzling sisig, it can be pork, fish, and chicken variants. And if you’re a fan of promos, don’t eat alone, be with your friends and avail their duo or trio sizzling meals. You can also pair it with their famous lomi for around 20-40 pesos depending on the size. It is already featured on different food blogs and also in Rated K, so it is safe for you to expect that it would be worth it to try.
Jejuken Food House (Sylvia Street)
Craving for flavored wings? Want to try Korean Noodles? Then this is the perfect place for you, klasmeyt! It is located at Sylvia Street alongside with different universities in Ermita, Manila. They’re famous for their buffalo wings with the price of 50 pesos and 70 pesos for Korean Ramen and Samyang.
Kuya Rudy Food House (Mercedes Street)
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They serve a lot of Filipino delicacies on a budget-friendly price, their bestseller? It’s definitely the tapa dish. You can have your newly cooked silog meals in just a few minutes. It may look like an ordinary carinderia, but the menus on “bilao” makes it unique and appealing to the eyes of their customers which give Filipino vibes.
Adamson University in Ermita, Manila has a lot to offer, but there is certainly a lot more choices to choose from streets that surrounds the university, including San Marcelino, Zobel, Teresa, Sylvia, Mercedes and many more, they all have food places great enough if you’ll be willing to walk from corner to corner even under the heat of the blazing sun.
The 2019 REALIFILM awards night was held on January 22, 2020 at OZ Bldg. of Adamson University. As Silip@Lente organized an event, entitled as 2019 REALIFILM with the theme of “All Sacrifices for Passion”, along in their partnership with Big Boss Cement Inc., 12 production finalists has participated. Half of these participants were from Adamson University namely as Lente Production, Malaya Production, Pribado Production, 1544 Productions and Aaron Agtay Films in which three of them took home trophies during the awards night. “Eklipse” was the big winner of the night taking home the Realifilm golden award. “Swelas” succeeded to won the Realifilm silver award. “Lilipad na si Birdie” awarded for the Realifilm bronze award. “Ingat” got Realifilm virtue award and “Linya” for Realifilm excellence award. To hype up the energy of the participants and audience, Ms. Gwen Flores Domingo presented a song. While the other two performers, namely as Mr. Gabriell Gatdula and Mr. Jan Cedric Flotildes of Silip@Lente, performed a dance.
Check out the full list of winners from the 2019 REALIFILM awards night below:
• Best Director Jessa Doydora – “Eklipse”
• Best Actor Brent Martinez – “Pangyapak”
• Best Actress Czkaira Borloza – “Linya”
• Best Supporting Actress Deena De Guzman – “Lilipad na si Birdie”
• Best Supporting Actor Jereon Joyel – “Ongpin St.”
• Special Jury Award “Eklipse”
• Best Cinematography and Editing “Pangyapak”
• Best Screenplay “Swelas”
• Best Production Design “Swelas”
• Audience Choice Awardee “Ako si Kat, Ako’y sikat”
• Best Playbill “Lilipad na si Birdie”
Meanwhile the full list of 12 finalists, along with the participants from Adamson University, below: • “Pangyapak” – Malaya Production • “Ako si Kat, ako’y sikat” – Lente Production • “Lilipad na si Birdie” – Anakpula Production • “Eklipse” – Pelikulahar • “Magbukun” – Monarchy Studious • “Ongpin St.” – Aaron Agtay Films • “Swelas” – Plan B Production • “Linya” – Spontaneous Films • “Distansya” – Raw Sienna Productions • “AYA” – 1544 Productions • “Ingat” – Mga Words Production • “Sa Ngalan ng Katotohanan” Pribado Productions Win or lose. Each production gave their best shot to showcase talents and to inspire viewers through making a good film.
The Adamson University launched their new building called CT building. It was named after Dr. Carlos Tiu. It is located near the OZ Building and ADU Theatre. The building was officially opened to the students at the start of second semester all students are all welcome to the new building.
The CT Building is a nine – story building that consist of four conference room, one audio visual room, executive spaces and student center for the students and visitors. The Dr. Carlos Tiu Building Center for Technology, Innovation and Research held a ribbon cutting assembly to officially open it to the public. It was led by Fr. Gregorio Bañaga, CM, University President Fr. Marcelo Manimtim, CM and Mr and Mrs. Tiu. Besides from showing off the new building one best part of the day was the signing of Engr. Ermie Bacarra of DOST in Memorandum of agreement. This recent building shows that the Adamson University is a one step forward for a brighter future for their students. And it also shows that the Adamson University is capable and ready for a higher and quality of education.
Our very own Adamson University Dance Expression (AUDEX) joined a dance competition last March 8, 2020 held at Ateneo de Manila Henry Lee Irwin Theater entitled ‘Bodywars’.
Eleven schools from different places here in Metro Manila participated in the said competition. Including big schools like Ateneo, UST, UE, PLM and many more.
The Bodywars dance competition consist of two parts high school division and college division. The champion in the high school division are the group called Casayaw from College of Saint Anthony gained an average score of 80.75% and runners up are Marist High Impact from Marist School Marikina and Tandang Sora Dance Troupe from Tandang Sora integrated school.
Mant students from different schools went to show love and support for their own school. The Company of Ateneo dancers were hailed as the champion of the Bodywars dance competition in the college division with an average score of 84.10% and the UST Ronins as the second placer with a score of 83.50%.
While our school pride AUDEX ranked as fifth placer with an average score of 79.98% out the 11 schools that competed. Though they did not win in the competition for sure they will bounce back and win the next one.
There are lots of places you can spend your time around the metro along with different student-friendly hang-outs and tour-worthy universities. Well in fact, Adamson University is best describes as everything in the heart of Ermita, Manila, that’s why you don’t even have to go far outside our campus walls, klasmeyt.
From libraries to green open spaces, here’s the roundup of places to stay inside Adamson University.
ST Library
Looking for a quiet place to read or to write your thoughts? ST Library is a good place either to curl up with a good book or to find some rich supplemental sources. You can locate this around ST Building. It has a periodicals section, reference section, Filipiniana and Thesis section, technical services section, internet section, and audio-visual room on the ground floor. Meanwhile, the second floor has the circulation services, discussion rooms, engineering rooms, and instructional media services room. And lastly, the library for College of Arts and Liberal Arts, College of Science, Nursing, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Business Administration can be found on the third floor. Aside from different piles of textbooks and lectures, this air-conditioned facility is also equipped with WIFI connection. You can also ask their computer-savvy librarians to assist you. To add up, there are more libraries inside the university where you can stay at such as the Elementary School Library at the ground floor of CS Annex, High School Library at the 4th floor of FRC Bldg., Graduate School Library and St. Thomas More Library at the ground floor of SV Bldg.
ST Quadrangle
Also located just around the ST building, this is a great place if you’re looking for a vast open area – whether it will be a meeting place or napping space. A covered quadrangle where there are properly-arranged benches, long tables and chairs. Of course, this place was also provided with WIFI connection and even a power outlet to keep your gadgets juiced up. You can also keep yourself energized as the ST canteen is just a few steps away from it.
CS Walkway
This is a perfect spot to bide your break time or to wait for your friend to come. As you entered the CS building, CS Walkway will welcome you with benches where you can sit and relax for a while. The sound from Falcon Radio station makes this place more lively and entertaining.
Adamson University Art Gallery
Even though it’s not exactly the usual place you have in your mind, but if you want to have some quite time and creative inspiration, then AdU Art Gallery is a great for you. This is located beside the AdU Theater. Who knows? Maybe, this place will motivates you to start your own artsy and creative journey.
Botanical Garden
Can’t focus your mind because of noises? Or looking for a peaceful space? Well, you can definitely feel free and enlightened to stay around this tree-lined garden of our campus, klasmeyt! Also called as Botacs by our fellow klasmeyt, this is located at the ST ground floor near the College of Pharmacy. Here, you can absolutely enjoy the green space which will gives you a peace of mind while doing your school works or even spending your time. The ambiance of nature can cover you up to review for your hell week where you can also lounge on the tables and chairs provided around the area.
See? No doubt, AdU has everything! Remember that nothing beats the convenience of being in the comfort of your own square when all you want is to have a good time, and nothing less. So what else are you looking for? Just stay at AdU. Tara, klasmeyt!
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