ive always wanted to head a publication, become its editor-in-chief...

bigong pangarap coz of the gsp courier. i was supposed to be the eic.. but naaah.. the paper itself wasn't pursued.  

it came true when i was given the responsibility to revive and renew lanog, the official publication of mass comm students.

excited and full of vigor, i head off to planning and gathering staff writers. well, there were ready articles nah.. so, all i need was to layout and off were ready to print.

i thought it was easy. i had this back in highschool. ooh well.. turns out.. no one in our program knows how desktop publishing. i dont trust my skills. im not capable enough.

good thing.. ate drei found a friend. knows how to layout and all. but he'll be using another software. not a desktop publishing software.. still, ok lang.. we took the risk...and the consequences.. in short.. i spent my whole summer 2006 editing, layouting, copying, pasting for lanog.

still.. we pulled it through. we published it on time.

2nd issue. this was easier. i had writers nah. plus, kuya ezra agreed to layout again.

3rd issue. ive worked on it at the start of the summer. and guess what... im still working on it until now... grabe! nahurot akong summer napud! layouting was easier. my cousin rankine agreed to help me. he layouted the whole piece. the prob was on the writers this time. it took quite some time before we finally collected and put everything into one piece.

just now..the only problem was how to turn it into pdf. dammit. we used a trial version of pagemaker. since it was faster..were beating the deadline.. but the consequence: the whole paper can't be converted into pdf... arrrgh!

....i'll continue this later... after i calm down...and know what to do...

well, it has been one great halalan 2007 for me. i had all out participation jud.

first, im a first-time voter. so.. excited kaayo ko to cast my very first vote, to have my finger "dirtied" with indelible ink.. my mom was there. she accompanied me to my polling precinct. because i just registered, i had a different precinct. i had to vote as early as 7am since i still have other duties to attend to for the whole day. haahha.. mura jud ko ug artista! naa ga-sige sunod nako, ga-picture ug video jud si mommy.. its my first vote after all. i deserve a remembrance. hehehe.. but more than just my first time, i see this as a right and a privilege to choose rightful leaders for our country. i voted for those worthy and deserving to occupy a seat in the government.. thus, im very proud of the indelible ink on my finger.. which until now is still visible..

by the time i dropped my ballot, i rushed outside to meet the abscbn news team. yeah, i 'm joining sir junrey nadela and his team for halalan 2007 coverage.. im his production assistant. i had loads of fun. i learned a lot, too. plus, these people are so cool. i didn't regret this jud. it was like a pre-internship experience for me. i took down notes while sir junrey does the interview. i helped him make his news report.. plus, i got to ask a few questions for pnp rd alarcio. char! hehe.. bitaw, it was such an overwhelming experience. i even got to witness what goes on behind the scenes- during live reports, recording and editing news stories. kapoi xa but lingaw! there was a time when naa nami sa sibonga, then someone sent an info nga there's an election anomaly in naga and some ingrams in san fernando. grabe, we had to rush back jud dayun. and murag unsa ra na kaduol ang duha ka lugar sa! hehe. tapos, it was past 5 pm already. we had to be in the cti yby 6pm to catch tv patrol central visayas.

at around 8pm, my abs-cbn pa task is done. but my day isn't done ywt. im shifting gears. from 8pm til the next day, i'm in the ccimpel headquarters, verifying election returns. we also encoded them in to the computer... words like "pangilinan - 97, escudero - 95" were deafening. hehehe. i was tired and sleepy.. but i managed to pull it off. my partner textmate opay was fun to be with pud - makapapukaw iyang pagka-mahinuwayun ug pagka-palaaway! hehehe. kami man duha partners during the encoding. i lost count kung pila ka cups of coffee na akong na-drink. grabe uy.. but it was my pleasure. while encoding the results, i realized cebuanos are indeed intelligent. they didn't vote for personality..but for principles..

whatta day! i was super sabog by the time we went out of the ccimpel headquarters. along with my cousins, we believed this was one heck of an election day! grabe ha.. as for me, 24 hours akong participation! hehehe..

and true enough, i did witness and learn a lot.

yesterday, sir von, one of the pinoy big brother staff in manila went here to cebu. along with abs-cbn cebu, they shoot some videos for dionne. you see, dionne is once again nominated for eviction. and as part of their job in pbb, they are going to create some tv campaign materials to help save the nominees.

he already went to iloilo the other day. he just FLEW (thanks uzi!) in cebu yesterday morning and eventually left last night.

what a busy life he had! he barely had some time to rest or eat. well anyway, he loves his job..

so, mau toh.. suya kaayo ko! as in! i've always wanted to work in a production team. and working on tv, even just behind the scenes would be like a dream come true to me.

we're on a moving van, travelling around to cebu to shoot some pictures and videos for the dionne campaign. getting people to join in the video. getting interviewed on camera. watching how kuya von directs each scene or shoot. retaking and retaking..

yesterday was just a glimpse. and it was loads of kapoy and lingaw. how much more if you're on the job na.

kuya von said their job is mahirap pero masaya. there are times daw that people, heads and fans alike shout at you or something. and there's nothing you can do but absorb all their reactions. you can't possibly answer them back because as part of the staff, you show respect. both to fans and heads alike. plus, you get to meet some people with different personalities. and you just have to adjust with them so you can work well with them. then, there's that challenge of learning almost everything. kuya von writes scripts, directs some episodes, shoots and edits some videos. its like if you know a lot of things, you have an edge over the others. with so much knowledge and know-hows, you become an asset to the company.

hahay.. someday, somehow.. i'll be there. i'll be one of them... :-)

that's why i don't get to update my blog.. because im blank.. my mind is blank..

everytime i visit my site and start to write an entry, nothing comes out..

so for now, allow me to tell tale what ive been doing this summer.. what's keeping me busy and all..

so here i go.

first. trip to manila. as some of you may have heard, our family spent the early days of our summer in manila.. mommy's celebrating her 25 years as a career woman.. and she wants to celebrate it this way.. so, off we go to manila.. trying to ward off from the busy life of cebu.. only to find out, manila is twice as busy.. hehehe.. nevertheless, we enjoyed our trip there.. we were never home.. one day after the other, off we go to another destination.. we arrive late and leave early.. still, we didn't get to explore the whole of manila in two weeks. dili makaya! hehehe.. basta, we had loads of fun.. along with my family, that means we got to bond too! :-)

second. pr works summer job. this was my first official summer job. i mean, really job.. summers back, i do summer jobs.. but that refers to running errands for my mom, etc.. this summer, i get to be employed in a real company.. well, as for this job.. we're like uuuhh.. event coordinators. we contact clients, sponsors, delegates and participants to the ASEAN tourism congress. i was doing well.. but i had to lie.low for quite sometime.. i got busy with lanog.. our masscomm paper. you see, i wasn't able to turn-over the responsibility.. so now, i still have the duty.. so about the job, i had a good time,. i get to come across bigtime businessmen- japanese and other foreigners.. whose names i can hardly read and spell..

third. lanog 3rd revival issue. i spent my whole summer editing, layouting and building up the new image of lanog.. i can't believe im still doing it until now.. oh well. it was the price i have to pay. as ive said, i wasn't able to hand the duty. it slipped off my mind.. got busy kasi. so here i am, persuading mass comm peeps.. asking for their help.. letting them write articles.. most of the lanog writers are incoming 4th year.. and they're busy with their internship. so i cant possibly tap them. so i have to ask my blockmates and the incoming 2nd years to write the articles.. so far, so good. ive been extending deadlines for like the nth time. but anyway, i understand.. even i feel tired about this lanog thing already.. hehe..

fourth. ngo and lgu workshop. photog workshop. with my partner, en-en.. we're now organizing a seminar workshop on information production for all LGUs and NGOs.. and a PHOTOG workshop.. (if anyone is interested, please leave a comment.. and a contact info, if possible).. its gonna be on may 28-june1.. these two events will happen on the same date.. well yeah, i dont know what got into sir marx.. he merged all the dates.. goodluck.. so anyway, right now.. sir marx is busy with whatever he's busy with.. he felt he can trust us to do the job for now. anyway, registration won't be until the third week of may. so, right now, what were doing is info dissimenation.. so guys, help me out here ha! :-)

fifth. gsp training officer. once a girl scout, always a girl scout.. true.. ive graduated from marching, morse codes and etc.. two years ago. yet, here i am.. waving the flag to send a message to the gsp leader trainees. i dont know but something just drags me back into this.. maybe, it was my way of saying thanks to girl scouting. after all, i became strong physically and emotionall through gsp. my gsp experience is totally overwhelming.. one thing why i volunteered to do this thing again is that next year, i wont be doing this anymore. ill be so busy with internship. and the year after next, hopefully, ill be finding a job, or better yet, working already.. :-)

sixth. bike training. ive always been wanting to do this. its just that the bike doesn't seem to like me. and besides, there's always that fear of me falling down or crashing towards the ground. so, i just passed the thought. but when i found out that all of my cousins and my two siblings already knew how to bike.. i felt reenergized. omigish! ako nalang wala kahibaw! so there, i did my best and learned the craft. hehehe.. true enough, i learned fast. lahi jud if passion nimo sah? but right now, n-stop pako ug bike. my bro's brakes weren't fixed yet. hehehe..

seventh. getting a life. coz i wont be having this much when school starts.. :) well, that depends. after all, im still a social being..

so far, so good.. ive been having a productive summer.. 

but, for now, it has to end here pa.. but there so many things i still have to accomplish before the summer ends.. i do hope i get to tick everything in my checklist..

happy summer.. 

so, for a start: i'm in manila.. :-)

and im looking forward to a memorable and significant holy week.. plus some little vacation, of course... :-)

It's a close friend.

We're so proud of her. She's now one step closer to her dreams. She made it to PBB season 1 before, but she declined. She wants to focus on her studies first. But it seems like PBB was meant for her because during the season 2, she was again given the chance. This time, she grabbed the opporunity. And we couldn't be much happier for her.

But then again, we'll miss her so much! After this reality show, we'll be seeing less of her for we are sure, she's on her way to stardom. She'll be a national TV personality by then.

She hadn't entered the blue and yellow house yet. Right now, she's housed in a hotel. She'll be introduced when the right time comes. Accoridng to her, she's got a secret mission to fulfill just yet.

Goodluck to her.

Our best wishes to you lovable sweetheart! Mwah! We love you!