# A Vision Of Davao's Entertainment Industry in 10 Years-
Do you know Francisca Reyes Aquino?
What I knew about this woman is that she has contributed a lot to the entertainment industry of the Philippines, on folkdancing to be specific (thanks to Google). She began her search for folk dances from 1921-1923 that she could use for her classes. As a teacher Miss Reyes also taught students much about those folkdances as they are not only exercises, but each dance has something to do with the Philippine personality molded by the history and geography of the Islands. As there were only few materials written about these dances, she had trips for the next two years to make trips to remote barrios (rural communities) in Central and Northern Luzon and just anywhere in the Philippines, without any financial help outside. She made a thesis out of her research that's called Philippine Folk Dances and Games, which is a big help to students who wants to know more of the Philippine folkdances. Well, I just had a lunch with a woman who's a bit like her.
She started talking about the only thing she hated during an event she hosted. And that's about Davaoeños not being so appreciative about our talents, that they don't give much support to them. Why is it that big stars visit even the smallest cities in Europe when Davao is bigger than them? Why is it a big deal if it's Cannes or Sundance when Davao could also host a film festival? Where are them Davao talents now? I stayed silent. What went wrong?
I think it is about time to look around us. They are a lot of potentials here in Davao. It's just that people up there don't value Davao talents' worth. They seem to be afraid to spend a single penny for one because they might not earn anything. These talents are like folk dances, waiting to be discovered and put into the limelight. If only one will believe, just like this Francisca Reyes Aquino-like woman, 10 years will not be that long to achieve for Davao to become a center of entertainment. Maybe "Hollywood of the Philippines".
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(Saturday, October 25, 2008-) +1:42 PM]*
# 336 Hours Ago-
This post is supposed to be called "More Than 300 Hours Ago" because I'm not quite sure with the number of hours I was away from the blogspace. Pero bahala na. Anyway, I was REALLY busy for the past weeks, that's why I can't post here. Finally, I got the time. Read on.
We had our final exam in the subject Introduction to Journalism a.k.a. MC 2. There were items I missed, such as the identification part where you name prominent people by their government positions (e.g. who's the Commander-in-Chief of the Philippines=Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who's the House of Representatives Speaker=Prospero Nograles, who's the Supreme Court Chief Justice=...uhm, I forgot!). Gosh! That part was 20 items all. It's kinda ironic because I am a MassCom student, then I don't know all of those. Shame on me!
Our station went off-air for a while (no, it's not a day and a half) because there were some things to be 'refreshed'. Then, there I met a superwoman who's a combination of Darna and Wonderwoman. Grabe! She is so strong. What she did in those sleepless times was a motivation for me to work harder and take care of the things I love. There were also a lot of realizations and lessons learned--the need to back-up, the need to drink coffee, the need to stay awake for the people you love and admire.
I hosted too two events on a weekend, a mallwide sale and a kiddie treat. I loved it! You meet great people and get the perks. I never missed those chances because, as what I've learned, today will never be like yesterday. So, when they knock on my door, I always welcome them with open arms. Especially when Marvin came back to Davao. Of course, he was my batchmate when I entered the station. Unfortunately, he is leaving tomorrow for Manila. Huhuhu. January 2009 is his next return pa.
I was assigned to be a team leader for an event. Yeah, my first time kaya kabado. But our whole team was so supportive and cooperative, which is the best thing. We were able to do our part to the event. It was successful. I also learned funny terms you can crack during conversations such as 'what's up por yu?','imong mama...', and '...your face!'. The criminals for these? You know yourselves already.
Last Friday, I got my grades for the past semester. And I passed! From my major subjects down to the minor ones. This Tuesday, I'm gonna enroll na. I am so excited for the next semester.=')
I hope that I could update this more often. Bear with me always! Thanks!
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(Sunday, October 12, 2008-) +10:27 AM]*
# Sembreak Heartbreak-
Wow! I can't believe it. Sleepless nights. Quarrels among groupmates. Nose-bleeding exercises, from quizzes up to the final exams. Name it, the first semester of academic year 2008-2009 has it. And I am able to pass this one agonizing stage of college life. Well, it's still a long way to go though. I've got to be a lot tougher this time.
Oh, I forgot. There's still one test left that I need to take, and it's from a major subject. Introduction to Journalism. My favorite subject, despite those butterflies in my stomach when I am on the chopping board, during its lead writing and news writing exercises. I hope I could pass this. *cross fingers*
However, as this semester ends, a life has to end too. It's hard to give up something you've been holding on to for about two years, expecting of a 'yes'. I may have already decided of moving on last week, but it was a tough one. I am still crying deep inside, even now, as I was writing this, as I was looking at her Friendster page, as I was waiting for her text. That beautiful smile, her skin, her lips, her eyes--all fading away.
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(Sunday, October 5, 2008-) +9:21 AM]*
# Bored-
As in. Nothing special happened to me this weekend. I was just staying at home the whole day. I swear I wasn't used to the routine, because when we had major projects in Introduction to Mass Communications, like they were coming nonstop, especially during our acoustic production, from pre-prod to post-prod, we were usually out to either make drafts or scripts on weekends. Now it's kinda surreal to know that I have nothing to do on a weekend. Huhuhu.
I felt so deprived when our teacher told us that he won't allow us to submit a canned material anymore, as to fill in to our class standing grade this finals, instead from our acoustic prod. We got no choice but to cancel the shoot that we were supposed to do yesterday. Gosh! It was a bit unfair on my part as a student, because I felt the need to learn more, especially that I wasn't completely satisfied with the output of our acoustic production.
Last night, I was waiting for a text from my dearest friend Bryan who, I assume, is already angry after not attending Saturday evenings of bible studies. I am worried. Huhuhu. Actually, he has the right to be in that position, but the past few days were so busy, especially in the preparation of our acoustic production. Yeah, acoustic production is the criminal for this. Again, I pray and pray that everything will be fine between the two of us, and that I can go back to our bible studies.=')
Today is Sunday. Reflections. And a whole lot of prayers. Or staying at the beach alone. Just before the weekdays. I have a lot of stuffs to do--clearance signing and finals exams.
the story ends like this;
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(Friday, October 3, 2008-) +8:34 PM]*
# Funny Masyado-
Hahaha. This evening was so funny.
We received a good news and a bad news from our major subject teacher. Of course, we opted for the former to be said first. The good news was that we are not going to mount the proposed TV channel (inside the campus lang naman), since we couldn't anymore work on the reservations (i.e. the venue, equipments, etc.) when we barely had enough time this final-exams season--it meant that we won't be thinking about it anymore and could focus more to our final exam. However, to fill in for the class standing grade this finals that's supposed to be gotten from that TV channel project, he'd get the grade of our acoustic production we recently mounted instead. It could have been alright, only if our grade of the acoustic production reached the cut-off. Before our class ended, I made a deal with our teacher, that is to find other means to alleviate somehow our grades. I suggested a canned project (i.e. music video or whatever) to be submitted to him, so we could have the class standing grade for finals. He didn't reply, but I think it's positive, I feel it. Now there are a lot of things going in my head as to how I'm gonna do it. Hehehe. Me and my naughty mind. Tsk tsk tsk...
7 P. M. I went to the house of my aunt at Bangkal because I left the drawings that'd be used for our reporting tonight. I had one hour to get them, since my last class would start at 8 P. M. Then, I found that the drawings were not there anymore!!! My cousin told me that the maid some general cleaning earlier, she might have thrown it or something. What?. I had only a 20 minutes more to go. I needed to return to school ASAP. I was 10 minutes late. Tapos my groupmate told me that our teacher was absent. Imagine, I wasted almost P50 for the fare just this evening for nothing. Actually, I didn't regret. I couldn't help but laugh at this misadventure. Gikasab-an pa jud ko ni Mama. Hahaha.
the story ends like this;
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+10:39 AM]*
# Ggrrr!-
Well, after that victory yesterday (and I mean, my teacher’s recognition for choosing my article as one of the good news stories written for the Semi-Final exam of Introduction to Journalism, for the first time) came the end of such in the evening. I didn’t like the previous night.
Immediately after my work from 3 to 6 P.M., I hurried up for school to prepare for a class discussion a.k.a reporting. Honestly everytime there are reports, I would most likely be the one to listen to ideas, concepts and suggestions rather than to plan, organize and initiate moves for the group. Yes, I would prefer to be a member than a leader, because the latter entails a lot of responsibilities—assigning tasks, giving instructions, updating activities, deciding cases, resolving conflicts and whatnot. Mas okay kung tatanggap ka na lang ng mga instructions kasi poproblemahin mo lang is to accomplish them, tapos! I was surprised to know that my groupmate asked me to be present in the class (kasi madalas absent ako sa mga evening classes ko), so we could talk about what reporting strategy are we going to have, blah, blah, blah, because they (my groupmates) don’t know [what to do]. I was shocked they asked my help. So I suggested “HangMan” game for the class as a reporting strategy. Like they decode the unknown item, and when they have decoded it, that’s where we will give and report the definition of it.
Fast forward. We reported in Rizal subject, 8PM. There was a discussion first, before the game. I admit we barely prepared for the game resource-wise, since my groupmates got different schedules, and we couldn’t meet up to prepare. However, we still managed. The only problem was that the participants (my classmates) were disinterested already. How? Before the game started, as the game master, I asked if they were familiar with the game. By majority, they said, “yes”. Since they already knew it, I gave them the basic instructions of the game still, stuffs like that. Then, all of a sudden, in the middle of game, I was shocked that they all complained. Somebody shouted that we didn’t gave the instructions in the first place, that we were disorganized, etc. As I see it, one thing is certain: they weren’t cooperating and listening. At the end of the game, they even questioned why don’t we have prizes and why are the scores not accumulated as a quiz. What? Reporting strategy, gani! Even my groupmates didn’t know what I was thinking. If *sigh* they only listened…
So I went home, together with some of my classmates sa major subject ko, on a different note. While waiting for a jeep, I shared to them my love problem. I told them that I will really prove to her that I am worthy. If not, I’ll move on, maybe go to a far-off place and become a quack doctor or something. I was deeply hurt. I wanted to cry, but I couldn’t because I was in the sidewalk. Huhuhu. I arrived at home, 11:30 P.M.
This morning, I went to NSO Office, Cabaguio Avenue, to authenticate my birth certificate. Gosh, ang daming tao! I was dismayed. Nasaan ba yung binabayad naming satax?Yung 12% na E-VAT? Obvious pa naman masyado iyan sa resibo. People were standing there in one line, with just one window operating. Can’t they provide monoblocs for us? Then their service was cut-off because they were off-line?! NAGLAGOT JUD KO!!! It’s a sunny day and we are all sweating because of the weather. We were even reprimanded pa by the security guards because we came late. Come on, don’t blame us of your disservice.
Nonetheless, I am still looking forward to a great day. What an experience!!!
the story ends like this;
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euu typedd*: profile
da*boy;
+ name*John Lee
+ school*Holy Cross of Davao College, Sta. Ana Ave., Davao City
+ date/of/birth*January 2, 1989
+ horoscope*Cappricorn
+ email.add*uhmm, confidential??
+ addt'l*taking up AB Mass Communications. I am working in a pop FM station called 105.9 MIX FM in Davao City, RP.
I am also a researcher of Viewfinder, a debate show on radio under the same FM station. Currently, I am busy with writing scripts for segments of Southern Style, a lifestyle magazine show shown on SkyCable South Spot Channel 13.
And eventually an associate producer (excited ko!!!).
just busy with studies now...excited with christmas...
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Listen to me LIVE from Southern Philippines through 105.9 Mix FM. I am available on my new schedule: Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays, 6-9 AM (Philippine Time). By the way, our station is off from 12 MN to 5 AM for maintenance.
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euu typedd*: calender
calender*
+ Davangels Peoples' Park EB, November 4, 2008
+ HCDC Second Sem Opening of Classes, November 10, 2008
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