Last December, while the other students of UP Diliman were enjoying the Yuletide season, the College of Engineering students were engaged in stiff competition. But they weren't battling academics, exams or teachers; rather, they were actually going head to head with each other, as the 32 organizations of the college battled it out in the annual College of Engineering Week, or simply Eng'g Week.

From December 9 to December 16, the members of the different Engineering organizations showed off their talents and skills as they fiercely competed in over 120 events, all of them wanting their organization to emerge as the 2004 Engineering Week Over-all Champion (EWOC).

Defending their title as Eng'g Week 2003's EWOC, the UP Industrial Engineering Club (UP IE CLUB) surfaced once again as this year's Eng'g Week Over-all Champion, garnering 9804.51 EWOC points during the course of the festivities. They were followed in second place by the UP Chemical Engineering Society (UP KEM) with 9050.33 EWOC points, and closely behind them was the UP Association of Computer Science Majors (UP CURSOR) in third place with 8750.83 EWOC points.

Although the first Eng'g Week was initially held in 1954, the EWOC Point system was only incorporated in 1985. Out of the 19 Engineering Week Over-all Champions,the UP IE Club has held the title 16 times while the other 3 went to UP KEM.

This year's Eng'g Week Theme was "The Eng'gcredibles", and it was truly one incredible week. Among the tons of events, there were several major ones which stood out. The week kicked off with its first evening event, the Smoker's Night, where orgs presented skits bashing other orgs, as well as local and national issues. This year's theme was "Engineering Fantaserye: Are You In Or Out?," with the UP Aggregates as winners.

Another major event was the Awitan, a choral singing competition. This year, the Awitan had a 1950's theme with all the orgs having to sing one 1950's song and their version of the Christmas song "Santa Baby." The UP Circle of Industrial Engineering Majors (UP CIEM) took home the top prize with their rendition of the Filipino song, "Galawgaw."

The annual group/pair dance competition, the Indakan, had a different theme.They called it "One," with the orgs dancing to songs sung by one artist. UP KEM won this one, as they grooved to the beat of several Robbie Williams songs.

As for UP Sigaw UP Hataw, a university-wide cheering competition, UP IE Club bagged first place.

The Engineering Student Council (ESC), organizer of Engineering Week, also sponsored several events. Aside from Smoker's Night, they also sponsored the making of the college's float in the annual UP Lantern Parade, plus the Ms. Engineering male-beauty pageant. The ESC also introduced a "new event", taking on the theme of Engineering Week, which was called "Eng'gcredibly Hot." The latter was a boy/girl band competition where orgs had to imitate their favorite boy/girl bands. UP Eng'gSoc took home the top prize as they danced and sang to ‘NSync's "Bye, Bye, Bye."

The final night of Eng'g Week started with the UP Lantern Parade, where students of the college gathered at the Engineering steps to watch the various floats pass by. The college won this year's "Judge's Choice Award" for our carousel-inspired lantern.

After the Lantern Parade passed by, the students then proceeded to the Eng'g Lobby, where the Ms. Engineering pageant was held. The college's male hotties explored their feminine side during that night, strutting their stuff to this year's theme, "The Eng'gcredibelles: The Last Encounter of the Heroic Wapak-ers." The crown, held by UP CURSOR last year, eventually went to Ms. ERG (UP Engineering Radio Guild). The Eng'g Week awarding ceremonies then followed, with UP IE Club being recognized as the 2004 EWOC.