By Jeffrey Reyes (ECE Student)
PUP PYLON
Sino nga ba naman ang di nakakaalam sa pinakasikat na landmark ng PUP, ang PYLON. Three parallel-rectangular structure bearing the bold letters PUP na babati sayo sa entrance gate ng mabini campus. Ito’y tanda ng pagiging “proud PUPian”.
Catwalk
Catwalk – Pagpasok mo pa lang sa gate makikita mo na ang path walk na covered with bubong. At syempre dahil feeling model ang mga PUPIANS, gustong gusto nating rumampa dito everyday kahit super late na tayo. Kadalasan, dito rin tayo tumambay para masilayan ang gwapo at magagandang faces ng ating mga crushes dahil panigurado wala silang ibang daraanan kundi sa catwalk lang.
Mabini Circle
Kung hindi mo pa alam, ang PUP main campus ay ipinangalan sa bayaning si Apolinario Mabini. Kaya huwag kang magtaka kung bakit hindi ang estatwa ni Rizal ang makikita mo sa Mabini Circle dahil halatang obvious naman diba? Recently, ni-renovate ang Mabini Circle, nilagyan ng tila obelisk na pagkataas-taas at pinailawan ng mga bituing nagniningning sa gabi. Ang biruan, nilagay daw iyon dahil nangangalay na daw si Mabini, wala na nga syang kamay, paa at katawan eh wala pa syang sandalan.
Grandstand
Pagpasok mo palang sa gate, sa gawing kanan, ay makikita mo ang Oval kung saan makikita mo rin ang PUP grandstand. Madalas dito dinaraos ang mga malaking event na dinadaluhan ng maraming tao (e.g. Concerts, field demo, sports event etc.) at syempre ng mga hayop….. Tama po ang basa mo — mga hayop… Aakalain mong ikaw ay nasa isang hacienda dahil sa nagkalat na mga manok at mga kambing na walang tigil sa pag chew…. meeeehhehehe…
PUP GYM
Sa gawing kanan naman ng entrance gate, makikita ang PUP Gym. Dito madalas matagpuan ang mga 1st year at 2nd year na naka-maroon jogging pants at tuwang-tuwa sa paglalaro nile. Minsan ang mga basketball fanatics ay gumagawi dito para mapanood ang practice ng mga sikat na players ng PBA. Tuwing Sunday naman, ang very proud na PUP alumnus na si Bro. Eddie Villanueva kasama ang kasamahan niya sa JIL church ay dito nagpapasalamat sa diyos. Minsan na ring ginanap ang “variety show” ng SOP dito. Madalas din itong pagdausan ng ibat- ibang concerts.
Lagoon
Ang pinaka romantic na atang place sa PUP, with all the green lushes of trees together with the soothing water and the natural views ng mga palutang lutang na plastics at paminsan-minsang pagtalon ng mga janitor fishes at pag-kokak ng mga palaka. Yan siguro exactly ang dahilan kung bakit paborito ito ng mga lovers na PUPIAN para sa kanilang date. Kidding aside, ang lagoon na ito ay magandang lugar din para magbasa-basa at mag-aral ng iyong lessons. Ang iba naman, ginagawa itong tambayan, nakikipag-chikahan “to the max” para hindi masyadong ma-burn out sa classes.
ASTIG NA ISKOLAR 
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June 21, 2007 at 3:22 pm
harvey de jesus
hi there im!! im a proud PUPian, a freshman from COA, dahil nga bago pa lang ako sa PUP there are still so many things that i need to discover, and because of this “survival kit guide” i gained knowledge about the landmarks sa PUP, kung anu ung tawag sa kanila, tska some backgrounds about them, now im sure hnd na ako maliligaw sa campus hehe.. a million thanks for the creator of this “survival kit” and more power to your party,. i hope i’ll gain more knowledge about your party,. that’s all, continue the great job you’ve started, see you in school……
January 23, 2008 at 7:31 am
showman
syet. cool.
January 23, 2008 at 7:40 am
saptulura2dy
wala ba ung klasroom… pati ung sa fire exit … ung cr!!! syempre da best at YUNG OVEN!! ang dakilang kanteen!
ung little theater… hahaha at ang dakilang kainan sa teresa… ooppss lumayo!
June 12, 2008 at 4:02 am
chububu
kakamiss ang peyups!
-apol
June 16, 2008 at 4:04 am
mimi
pde magtanong? paano ba naipangalan ang PUP kay Apolinario Mabini? hindi ko kasi alam eh. pero natuwa ako nang makita ko ung estatwa nia dun. at ngayon, malapit na nilang matapos ang Mabini shrine… sna mainform nio ko kung paano narelate si Mabini sa PUP…
salamat
August 27, 2008 at 11:05 am
BBrC
Si Apolinario Mabini kasi ay dating naninirahan sa tabi ng Ilog dyan sa lugar na ang nakakasakop ay Pandacan na ngayon ay Nagtahan, Sta. Mesa Maynila.
Ang original na kinalalagyan ng Mabini Shrine sa tabi ng Ilog Pasig sa may Nagtahan ang syang naging tahanan ng dakilang paralitiko noong panahon.
Kaya noong 1965 through Pres. Diosdado Macapagal’s proclamation, the Pandacan site of the Bureau of Animal Industry was reserved for PCC’s use (now PUP).
Kaya ng inilipat ang PUP main campus sa Sta. Mesa Maynila na dating bahagi ng Pandacan ay ipinangalan kay Apolinario Mabini ang PUP Sta. Mesa na isang paralitiko at kabilang sa utak ng himagsikan laban sa mga Kastila ito’y bilang pagkilala sa kanyang kadakilaan at pagkabayani.
Ang ng Sta. Mesa, Maynila na naging bahagi sa buhay ni Mabini ay naging simbolo ng PUP na lumalaban para sa katarungan, kalayaan, karunungan at demokrasya kaya tinawag itong….. PUP! Tanglaw ng Bayan!!!
August 27, 2008 at 11:12 am
BBrC
Additional info about Mabini Shrine:
Apolinario Mabini Shrine Pandacan
The Brains of the Revolution Apolinario Mabini, the Revolution’s political philosopher, proved that illness was no
hindrance to greatness. In 1896, Mabini’s was struck down by polio; the disease paralyzed both his legs. In illness
Mabini’s mind became even sharper. With the Spanish-American War looming on the horizon, he wrote a manifesto
warning Filipinos not to trust the Americans. The document made its way to Hong Kong, into the hands of the exiled
leaders of the 1896 revolution. General Emilio Aguinaldo sent for Mabini, who at first meeting disappointed him. What
was he supposed to do with this cripple? But when Mabini spoke, Aguinaldo saw his worth. From then on, Mabini was
installed as Aguinaldo’s adviser, earning for himself the accolade “Brains of the Revolution.”A Nipa Hut by the Pasig At
the outbreak of the Filipino-American War in 1899, Mabini was captured by the Americans and was imprisoned for almost
two years. Upon his release, he wrote patriotic articles for the local papers. Angered, the Americans exiled him to Guam.
Fearing he would never see the Philippines again, Mabini reluctantly took an oath of allegiance to the United States that
allowed him to come home in February 1903. On May 13, 1903 he died of cholera at the age of 39. The Mabini Shrine
Pandacan’s bamboo and nipa house belonged to the del Rosario family to whom Mabini was related by affinity. (His
younger brother married a del Rosario daughter.) Mabini first lived in this house in 1888, the year he entered law school.
He continued to live there during most of his adult years. The original house used to be located across the river. It was
moved to its present location in 1963 to give way to the widening of the Nagtahan (now Mabini) Bridge. Only a few items
in the house belong to Mabini: a long bench, a portrait painted when he was a young man, his transcription of “Florante
at Laura” by Francisco Baltazar, and a wooden wreath sculpted by a friend from Paete, Laguna. Replicas of his other
possessions are also on display, among which is his convalescent chair. The artworks are winning entries of a painting
competition held in 1964 in commemoration of Mabini’s 100lh birth anniversary. Opposite the house is another nipa hut,
a replica of the house in Tanauan, Batangas, where Mabini was born.
August 27, 2008 at 11:17 am
BBrC
RELOCATION OF MABINI SHRINE TO PUP
Mabini Shrine moving to school
THE Metro Manila Development Authority has begun relocating the Mabini Shrine from Malacañang Park in Pandacan to its new site at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines also along the Pasig river.
Baltazar Melgar, chief of the Flood Control and Sewerage Management Office, said the agency’s workers hired under the Trabaho, Trabaho program have been ordered to clean up the 1,479-sqm vacant lot in the campus which is upstream from Nagtahan Bridge.
He also ordered the removal of grass and bushes, balling of trees and and part of the native house whose replica used to draw visitors who wished to pay tribute to the hero.
Melgar said the agency was coordinating with National Historical Institute director Ludovico Badoy to ensure the shrine is ready to be unveiled next month.
“By December this year, the 172-sqm Mabini house replica will rise in all its glory in its new home for public viewing.”
He said a huge playground for children would be put up near the shrine.
According to MMDA assistant executive director Eduardo Franco, while the institute is providing the direction and design on how to properly restore the shrine in its new location, PUP president Dr. Dante Guevarra has graciously offered a portion of the university for the humble abode of Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, who was also acknowledged as the Brains of the Revolution during the American colonial occupation.
The agency initiated the relocation in a bid to reduce the flooding problem in Metro Manila, particularly in the cities of Marikina, San Juan and Pasig.
Melgar said the shrine had encroached on the reclaimed portion of Pasig River for decades and had constricted the flow of water coming from creeks and other waterways in Manila and Quezon City. Rio Araja
August 27, 2008 at 11:19 am
BBrC
MABINI SHRINE NOW IN PUP!
The Mabini Shrine: Sanctuary of the Spirit
Dr. Dante Guevarra
PUP President
7/20/2008
If history has lesson to tell, it is the realization that the monuments and other creations of man which have survived the vicissitudes of time were built as sanctuaries of the human spirit.
History also tells us that these creations, from ancient times to present, remind us that the flowering of ideas and culture has also served to stimulate the political, economic and social destiny of a nation.
It is therefore appropriate that the Apolinario Mabini Shrine should find its resting place in the heart of PUP’s main Manila Campus which is also aptly named the Mabini Campus. Both the university and the Mabini Shrine stand where the landmarks of our history unravel like a colorful tapestry: Pasig River snaking through Muslim settlements before emptying into Manila Bay, where sailed the Spanish armadas bearing the sword and the cross; where the junks of Limahong and Dutch warships also tested the Philippine waters for possible occupation; where the brooding silhouettes of Bataan and Corregidor whose fall to the Japanese occupation forces and the subsequent liberation of the Philippines by America remind us how Manila became the second most devastated city of World War II, next to Warsaw.
It is only proper that the modest, if not handsome, house of Apolinario Mabini, the “Brains of the Revolution” finds its place in PUP.
Mabini fought for his country at a crucial stage of our history that includes, in later stages, the propaganda movement and the Proletarian Revolution against Spain; the Philippine-American war, then the formative years under the Philippine Commonwealth.
All throughout, Mabini remained a steadfast Filipino, faithful to the revolutionary trinity of Kataastaasang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. He mirrored his country’s thoughts and aspirations for a free and sovereign republic that rested, in his Malolos Constitution that inspired a moral order far beyond and deeper than the ephemeral accident of history.
With the Mabini Shrine, PUP seeks to reclaim from the living past, the contributions and virtues of the Sublime Paralytic and his fellow patriots who have made our national community possible.
October 11, 2008 at 3:00 am
rowell
ayos paki hanap nga si misty
January 23, 2009 at 1:17 am
joiezcee
how cool naman!! ive been there many times daming facilities na nagbabago and madami ding mga students hehehe!
nagustuhan ko lang sa may pup yung basta hirap ipaliwang magaganda na kasi yung mga bagong facilities eH!!!
huo nga noh!!!!
January 23, 2009 at 1:18 am
joiezcee
natutuwa ko pag nadadaan ako sa teresa st.
April 14, 2009 at 5:13 pm
jinipearl13
todong research ah…basta masaya sa PUP
April 20, 2009 at 8:55 am
devon
..mahusay na unibersidad..
..nakakamiss ang teresa na hindi maubusan ng tao kahit magbubukang liwayway na..
..ang simbahan at tambayan nito sa gilid..na may tapat na bottomless na lugaw…
..ang mga taong pinangalanan habang walang magawa at nakaupo sa may gilid ng simbahan..( kelly, lemur )
..mga nagbebenta ng zeny 1M ang sampung piso mo..
..ang mga ngiti at hibi ng mga nakakasalubong mo araw araw..
..ang pagtambay sa simbahan sa loob ng Kampus..
..ang pikikitambay sa tambayan ng pupm..
..ang laya na kayang gawin sa loob ng kampus..
..ang kabusugan na kayang ibigay ng 20 pesos..
..oo,madami na nga nagbago..
..pero eto parin ung pup na minahal ko..
..hindi ako taga peyups..pero mahal na mahal ko ang peyupi…
..at iniwan ko ang puso ko d2 6 na taon na ang nakararaan..
June 24, 2010 at 2:13 am
hey it's me :)
hi! i’m a freshman student from CoA din. hehe! we were given an assignment about the landmarks inside the campus. luckily, it happened na i open this site. haha! my idea na ko. tnx :))
P.S. torture sa CoA. heeew! parang ang hirap, :)) pis.