Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?

The Oblation Run is an annual tradition of the members of the Alpha Phi Omega, one of the prominent U.P. fraternities. Members of the fraternity run around the campus naked (a concept known as streaking) to protest their sentiments about a current political or economic situation. The run started in 1977 to protest the banning of the movie, “Hubad na Bayani,” which depicted human rights abuses in the martial law era. (From Wikipedia)

I feel bad for missing the recently-concluded Oblation Run. All along, I thought the run was going to be today, December 17, 2008. Unfortunately for me, I found out too late that it happened yesterday. I have always wanted to watch this event, but I never got the chance to. And just when I thought my time has come, I was wrong. I already had my mind prepared for it, but I got disappointed. Screw me for not doing extra research on the dates!

Photo by Dashley Joeberg Castellano

Anyway, the Oblation Run (second for this year since they had one in June in celebration of UP’s Centennial Anniversary) was a protest run against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s extension of term and Charter Change. Also, based on the placards that some of the runners held, the run was a fight to preserve the Office of the Student Regent and to protect the environment.

So for all those who, like me, missed the Oblation Run, here’s a collection of videos from different UP campuses with their recently-concluded Oblation Runs.

More photos here: The Naked Run

I missed it this year and there’s nothing I can do about it.  Then again, there’s always a next year!