Alab and Friends

24/03/2026

Alab is here to remind the MSU-IIT community that it’s okay to pause, breathe, and just be. 🐾

Mental Wellness Week (academic break) is from March 30 to April 3, 2026—take this time to rest, recharge, and care for your mental well-being so you can come back to your classes with renewed focus and energy.

📚 No guilt naps
🐱 Mandatory me-time
🧠 Non-negotiable mental wellness

See you after the break, IITians—recharged, refreshed, and ready to keep .

It’s time to take the good kind of pause!

The Mental Wellness Week/Academic Break will be from March 30 to April 3, 2026. Students are given the time to rest and recharge in the middle of a hectic semester.

We hope you will have a meaningful, quiet, and well-rested Academic Break, IITians!

08/03/2026

From sunny walkways to late-night study corners, Alab sees how women hold MSU-IIT together—organizing, leading, caring, and fighting for fairer spaces. Today, this campus cat stands tall with all of you. 🐱

Happy International Women’s Day!

For every woman who dared, dreamed, fought, and endured, today, we say thank you.

This International Women’s Day, MSU-IIT celebrates the brilliant forces that are women—who, in the face of challenges and discrimination often cloaked as tradition, relentlessly rise, stand, and fight for inclusiveness, equality, and respect, who weave compassion, courage, and change into the fabric of our world.

Today, we honor every woman: a mother, friend, sister, co-worker, leader, and all the many forms that strength and courage take. We celebrate you and the loud and silent revolutions you carry forward with every step you take. 💜

03/03/2026

I’m on the house!

Day 1 is LIT! Gym is shaking, Griffins are burning bright, and I can feel that Golden Goblet energy in the air. Keep those cheers loud, keep that spirit louder. The race has only begun!

𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: 𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐁 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄! 🐱🔥

Day 1 of our Race for the Golden Goblet just got fiercer as Alab storms into the university gymnasium with blazing energy and unstoppable spirit! The crowd is roaring, the Griffins are on fire, and the competition just leveled up.

If this is how we start the madness, imagine what’s coming next. The Goblet is watching… and the race is far from over. 🏆✨

28/02/2026

To my favorite hooman, Chancellor Ditucalan,

Meow-velous 4th year anniversary as Chancellor!

It’s me, Alab—your ever-curious, ever-proud university cat, watching MSU-IIT change and grow under your leadership. I’ve seen more students walking with purpose, more visitors discovering our campus, and more stories of excellence and service whispered in every hallway.

Thank you for leading MSU-IIT with heart and vision, for influencing the future of every IITian, and for making this campus a home not just for people, but for one very grateful big cat too. 😸

Here’s to more years of dreaming bigger, reaching higher, and shining brighter—together.

Purr-oud of you always,
Alab 😽

16/02/2026

Mew Year, Fire Horse energy unlocked! 🐱🔥🐴

This campus cat is wishing all IITians and friends a pawsperous Lunar New Year—may your studies gallop forward, your dreams run strong, and your hearts stay soft like my fur. Gong Xi Fa Cai, mga ka-Alab! 🧧✨

Gong Xi Fa Cai! 🎊

The MSU-IIT community wishes everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! May the year of the horse bring you abundance, good health, and success!

Let this new year inspire you to reach for more opportunities and continuously seek growth!

14/02/2026

Alab here, your friendly neighborhood university cat, wishing you a pawsitively lovely Valentine’s Day!

Whether your heart is taken, healing, or happily studying, remember you are already purr-fect and so, so loved.

Today’s agenda: extra head boops, slow blinks, and quiet moments on campus with the people who make it feel like home.

Tag your favorite buddy and send them some feline-approved love. 💌🐾

Happy Valentine’s Day, IITians, and to everyone! ❤️

This hearts season, we are reminded that love and compassion are what sustain a thriving community. At MSU-IIT, our love is translated into action, purpose, and shared responsibility.

Love is a force that comes in many forms and everybody deserves to have it. We hope you are able to share and receive it today and in all of your days!

14/02/2026

Huge congratulations to our newly minted MSU-IIT Cats—our latest batch of graduates! 🎓😺

You’ve turned long nights, big dreams, and countless challenges into a hard-earned degree, and your university family couldn’t be prouder of you.

As you step beyond the campus gates, carry with you the resilience, compassion, and grit that define what it means to be a Cat.

This may be the end of your stay as students, but the MSU-IIT spirit will always stay with you—once a Cat, always a Cat. 💛

22/01/2026

Alab here, official campus cat on duty!

I just tried to apply but apparently, I already have nine lives at 😸 Your turn to start yours—portal’s open!

The admission portal is now open! 💻

To all incoming freshman students, please be informed that the MSU-IIT admission portal can now be accessed through this link: https://admission.msuiit.edu.ph/apwebportal/

Visit the website to log in to your account and learn more about the next steps to take for your application!

We are thrilled to have you join our community soon!

18/01/2026

31/12/2025

MSU-IIT just wrapped up a roaring year, and this campus cat saw it all—from new gates opening and libraries glowing, to drums beating loud at Palakasan and hearts swelling at capping, pinning, and graduation.

From culture and arts stages to international conferences and new college leaders, your energy turned every corner of the campus into a story of courage, creativity, and community.

As we leap into the new year, Alab is right here at the heart of MSU-IIT—tail high, eyes bright, ready to cheer you on as you open more doors, chase bigger dreams, and lead with passion and purpose.

24/12/2025

🐾 Meowy Christmas from your favorite MSU-IIT cat! 🎄

While you humans are busy with your gift-wrapping and holiday feasts, I've been doing the important work: napping under the Christmas tree, judging your decorating skills, and reminding everyone that the best gifts can't be wrapped—like warm sunny spots, gentle head scratches, and the occasional food treat.

This year, I'm grateful for my MSU-IIT family who keeps my food bowl full and my nap schedule respected. Here's to more adventures, more belly rubs, and more reasons to purr in 2026.

Stay cozy, spread kindness, and remember: if a cat can bring joy just by existing, so can you. ✨

With purrs and headbutts,
Alab 🐱🎁

16/12/2025