| REGARDING THE GPUTZ |
| Why
do you speak English?
- Although
I am Filipino by race and by blood, I was born and raised out of the Philippines.
My father retired from the United States Navy last 1998 and he decided
to live in the Philippines unlike other Filipino servicemen in the U.S.
who would rather choose to retire in the United States. I had no
choice even if I hosted a rebellion. It's been almost 4 years since
and I'm having trouble speaking Tagalog because I have this English "slang"
or accent that is hard to remove when I try.
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| What
High School did you go to?
- When I arrived
in the Philippines in 1998, I entered [Atheneum Amcan School] in Noveleta,
Cavite as a First Year High School student. Noveleta neighbors the
historic Kawit (where Aguinaldo's Shrine is at) and at the same time is
not my hometown. My parents hometown is Tanza, Cavite which is a
few kilometers southwest of Noveleta. I stayed in [Atheneum] till
I graduated in March of 2002.
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| What
College are you going to now?
- It's pretty
obvious with all my postings what college I'm going to but to answer that
I'm going to De La Salle University - Dasmariñas. According
to many people, DLSU-D is going to be the main La Salle in a few years
while DLSU-M (Taft) is going to be made into an even higher and more private
institution.
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| Why
did you choose such a course like Broadcast Journalism?
- I'm tired
of getting asked this question, but it does have an answer. My number
one dream and ambition is to become any person working in and around the
realms of the Media. Be it a Television VJ (woah) to a Radio DJ (i'm
inspired by an AB COM graduate from the exact building I'm studying at
who made it to Magic 89.9) down to a writer for a newspaper, a website
designer, a production coordinator, yata yata yatta. I've heard all
the shit already about how these jobs aren't really in demand, how this
course is a shot in the dark, how this career isn't steady and high paying.
I don't give a damn. I'm career based and I want to accomplish my
dreams doing something that I want to do from the heart.
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| What's
with the anger from the previous question?
- I'm not angry!
Let me finish my point here. AB Broadcast Journalism at DLSU-Dasmariñas
is a brand new course that is spun out of the greatness of the AB COMmunication
course. Slowly people in BroadJourn are bailing out and shifting
because of fears that the course will bring them no where. I've received
great word of how beautiful our course truely is and I believe I want to
be one of those willing to fight for the good name of Broadcast Journalism.
I will make this course work and hopefully any other die-hard BroadJourn
classmates I have will also fight the good fight and in the end become
great Broadcast Journalists.
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| What
is a Broadcast Journalist?
- AB COM is
a great course because it's open to Advertising, Public Relations, Television,
and a grand and vast space of the Media. However Broadcast Journalism
has focus, it has concentration. It's sharper in the field of Broadcasting,
in the field of Journalism, which would in turn result in a Broadcast Journalist.
A Broadcast Journalist is basically a Newscaster. But he or she can
also be a person working in the fields of Broadcasting.
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| You
still serious about this course?
- I have confidence
in this course and my beliefs in it. I just hope the University doesn't
fail what it says about this course. Yes, I'm serious about this
course. It's something I want to do. I'm hoping I'm going to
continue studying the Arts of Broadcasting and the Media in the United
States after I am sharpened by DLSU-D and hopefully gain that Degree in
Broadcast Journalism.
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| Why
do you take so many pictures?
- Because it's
my hobby.
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| Why
do you blog or keep a journal?
- It started
with my hobby to keep a Journal on the first day of the new Millennium.
I keep an offline journal in notepad format since 010100 and up to this
date. However, ever since I started blogging in April 2002... my
offline journal resulted in a "synopsis" or "by title" format and my blog
took over which records data on a weekly basis.
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| Where
do you live?
- Our incomplete
house is in Tanza, Cavite. But since I dorm on-campus at DLSU-D,
I'm always out of the house and barely in Tanza. In DLSU-D, I dorm
inside the campus. There's a curfew at 9 o'clock PM (be inside the
campus and in the residence area) and another mini curfew at 10 o'clock
PM (quiet time). The curfews suck, the policies that prohibit cooking
and laundry inside the rooms suck... but the security of it all and the
distance from our dorm room to a nearby "Food Court" of a Canteen (Square
Canteen) and the short distance to our classrooms make it all rewarding.
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| How's
dorm life?
- It's okay.
We become kind of like brothers around each other. It's usually only
the evening scene when it's dark outside and we visit each other's rooms.
There's a punching bag outside, there's radios on and off, there's computers
people are doing assignments on or playing Counterstrike or Warcraft on,
there's a television in my room, there's people chatting from their beds,
over a table, some people playing Magic Cards, some people heating water
for some instant noodles, some people outside in the dark nature-hallway
txting, there's someone using a pair of dumbells... you get the point.
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| What
are you usually doing in the dorm?
- If it were
a long day, I would be found lying down on my bed looking lazy and perhaps
annoying to dorm mates and room mates. If I hadn't "crash landed"
on my bed yet, I would be found fixing up my studydesk or writing down
a few notes for my corkboard. I would also be found fixing XEROX
papers, watching television, grabbing a soda to drink, using Lance's Computer,
or down the hall in F11 hanging out with Joel and Kurt.
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| How
long will you dorm?
- I keep saying
I'm good with "on campus" dorming for the first half of my College Years.
And I think I'll go with what I'm saying.
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| Do
you have a car?
- I wish I
had one, hopefully soon... but we're financially depressed right now and
thank God my dad has just started a new job after retirement.
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| Where
do you eat?
- I like to
eat off-campus because with living on-campus, I feel like I've tried every
single meal already (although I haven't). I love BREJANAH CAFE offcampus.
They're very nice, the atmosphere is nice, the prices are just right, they
play Magic 89.9 in the airconditioned background, and the location isn't
far from the main gate and is just a 30 meter walk. On campus I guess
the reliable SQUARE CANTEEN which is right across the street of our dorms.
There's a specific one that is open until 8 to 8:30PM in the evening in
case of emergency if I didn't have any food. Problem with the on-campus
canteens are that they close early and are basically available when there
are classes.
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| Where
are your girlfriends?
- I hid them.
- No, I'm
a deep and old-fashioned kind of guy looking for the deep and classic girl
next door. I'm in a hard situation and I don't want to make a move
until I know (1) I'm really in love with this person AND (2) I'm more than
financially steady. Plus right now I'm trying to fix my Academics
and my Organizations so by my 2nd Year things will be organized and clean.
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| What's
your favorite radio station?
- "Today's
best music... MAGIC... eighty-nine POINT nine."
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| What
do you hate?
- Hate is such
a harsh word. I'd use that word only next to "MATH".
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| What
do you love?
- Corny as
it is... LIFE. Positive things. It keeps me going. I
walk on Light. (Although I'm all over a show about witchcraft and
my preference of color is black.)
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| Who
is your greatest influence?
- I don't know
who led me to my course... basically that wasn't influenced by anyone on
Earth. Perhaps a few voices on the radio or my love of the television...
and since it's no one on earth... it's got to be God Almighty who led me
this way. Thank you. ü
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| What's
important to you?
- I can't live
without friendship. Friendship is the strongest kind of LOVE there
is according to some people. Important? My family... my past...
my studies... and of course my friends.
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