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October 12th, 2009
September 1st, 2009
Sa isang pag-uusap sa YM:
Iyon ang SOT (i.e. soundbite para sa mga wala sa tv)!
(INSERT DISCUSSION ON CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL TOPIC HERE)
Ayee: inooveranalyze ko na naman ano?
Patty: oo
Patty: talo mo pa si MLQ3 sa overanalysis
August 22nd, 2009
It's one of those rare Saturday nights when I have the luxury of reading. I'm in the middle of an entrancing book and as usual, I could not help but smile at some paragraphs and yes, highlight. Here are the words that turned orange tonight:
There is a time when every young girl looks thus. Woe to him upon whom she looks!
This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like the dawn in the sky. It is the awakening of something radiant and unknown. Nothing can express the dangerous chasm of this unlooked-for gleam which suddenly suffuses adorable mysteries, and which is made up of all the innocence of the present, and of all the passion of the future. It is a kind of irresolute lovingness which is revealed by chance, and which is waiting. It is a snare which Innocence unconsciously spreads, and in which she catches hearts without intending to, and without knowing it. It is a maiden glancing like a woman.
It is rare that deep reverie is not born of this glance wherever it may fall. All that is pure, and all that is vestal, is concentrated in this celestial and mortal glance, which, more than the most studied ogling of the coquette, has the magic power of suddenly forcing into bloom in the depths of a heart, this flower of the shade full of perfumes and poisons, which is called love.
- "Marius," Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
July 23rd, 2009
July 20th, 2009
It's been a while.
I've been meaning to write. To write about slow [news] days and whirling [news] days but never found the time and the words to. Yes, life has been about the news, both the political and the personal. There's just so much news that I find myself just trying to run. To run after the story, after the people and after myself. I try to just catch my breath and try to make sense of everything most of the time.
Unlike before, there are not much rants and complaints. The drama is still there but the drama queen not quite. I am grateful that I have found some peace in what I do, that purpose and passion have always, always been there. I am glad to know that whatever and whenever news breaks, my resolve remains whole, the resolve that I am doing what I ought to be doing with my life.
There are days when I feel I am not doing enough. There are moments when ambitions and expectations tempt and taunt me. There are times when I feel I am shortchanging myself. There are hours of wondering "what could be" and why "what could be" is not yet "what is." There are minutes of thinking if "what could be" will ever be. But I have learned to wait.
News has taught me urgency, the drive to get things fast and first. Yet, it has also taught me the wonder of possibility. That the unexpected can happen. That routine can be broken. That assumptions can go wrong. That the impossible can be possible. I have learned to wait and to prepare for whatever -- in the truest sense of the word and not the complacent sense. Foresight is a target so when whatever finally happens, I will be present, smack in the center of it.
July 18th, 2009
Because I still don't know how to get my TOA videos, I'll just post my script:
WALTER CRONKITE
1916-2009
THE JOURNALIST KNOWN TO BE THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA HAS SIGNED OFF.
LEGENDARY C-B-S ANCHORMAN WALTER CRONKITE DIED FRIDAY AT HIS MANHATTAN HOME...
AFTER SUFFERING FROM CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE FOR YEARS.
HE WAS 92.
CRONKITE'S DEATH COINCIDED WITH THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 MISSION...
WHICH HE COVERED AS THE FACE OF THE "CBS EVENING NEWS."
EVERY NIGHT FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS...
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TUNED IN TO HEAR HIS DEEP VOICE AND WATCH HIS EASYGOING DELIVERY THAT EARNED HIM THE NICKNAME "UNCLE WALTER."
CRONKITE REPORTED ON THE WATERGATE SCANDAL, THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS AND THE ASSASSINATION OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.
IT WAS CRONKITE WHO READ THE BULLETINS WHEN U-S PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS SHOT ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963.
(PAUSE FOR SOT)
WALTER CRONKITE
CBS NEWS ANCHOR
"President Kennedy died at 1pm central standard time, 2pm eastern standard time, some 38-minutes ago."
AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER...
CRONKITE'S JUDGMENT WAS BELIEVED TO BE SO IMPORTANT IT COULD AFFECT EVEN PRESIDENTS.
HIS VIEW ON VIETNAM WAS SEEN AS A TURNING POINT IN THE U-S' OPINION OF THE WAR.
(PAUSE FOR SOT)
WALTER CRONKITE
"Vietnam War left deep scars on the American public and American culture because of the divisiveness of the war. It wasn't the war itself, it was the fact that the war did not have popular approval."
CRONKITE WON NUMEROUS EMMYS AND OTHER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEWS COVERAGE.
HIS VOICE WASN'T SILENCED WHEN HE RESIGNED IN 1981.
HE BECAME AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE IRAQ WAR...
AND THE COMMERCALIZATION OF NEWS.
REFLECTING ON HOW HE BECAME AN ICON OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM...
CRONKITE SAID HE BUILT HIS REPUTATION ON HONEST, STRAIGHTFORWARD REPORTING...
WHICH WAS ENCAPSULATED IN HIS SIGN-OFF THAT BECAME A NATIONAL CATCHPRASE.
(PAUSE FOR SOT)
WALTER CRONKITE
"And that's the way it is..."
AYEE MACARAIG, ABS-CBN NEWS
(END)
June 7th, 2009
There are no words that can best speak of the life of the late leader of the Sumilao farmers, Rene Peñas, than his own.
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June 4th, 2009
May 24th, 2009
After arriving from a media conference earlier this year, Ma'am Glenda said, "From where I am now, newspapers and TV stations-- profitable for many years -- are closing down. Ad departments are slashing their workforce. Lots of soul searching, lots of uncertainty. And it's just the beginning."
Here's an article that will help journalists search our souls (I found this thanks to KD and the technology that is both boosting and killing our industry).
(And just one more parenthetical note. I said before that I find it cool that VIPs like Ma'am Glenda get to be called acronyms like GMG. I've changed my mind. Acronyms are impersonal and sound aloof. I'd rather use "Ma'am Glenda!" and "Ayeeeee!!!" with a smile and exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
May 15th, 2009
Sa mga di nakapanood o gusto pang panoorin ang Countdown to 2010: ANC Leadership Forum, may replays pa sa ANC:
Saturday, May 16 - 10:30 pm
Sunday, May 17 - 9 am
Sa mga nabitin sa ANC Forum, abangan ang Part 2, may petsa na pero ico-confeeeeeeeeeeerm pa. EXCITING ITO! TUTUKAN!
Saturday, May 16 - 10:30 pm
Sunday, May 17 - 9 am
Sa mga nabitin sa ANC Forum, abangan ang Part 2, may petsa na pero ico-confeeeeeeeeeeerm pa. EXCITING ITO! TUTUKAN!
May 9th, 2009
May 7th, 2009
- 18:33 Join ANC in counting down to 2010! tinyurl.com/d4rhek #
- 19:38 Thinks the use of the word "mediamen" is sexist and awkward. Why not just use "journalists?" #
May 6th, 2009
On May 11, 2009, exactly a year before the 2010 elections,
the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) will bring together the potential presidential candidates in a live forum.
The forum will focus on the key issues that the next leaders of the Philippines will face,
and candidates will be asked to weigh in on those issues,
and give their ideas for solutions to pressing problems.
Joining the forum are
Sen. Francis Escudero,
Sen. Richard Gordon,
Sen. Panfilo Lacson,
Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio
Sen. Mar Roxas,
and Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro.
Ask them questions about the top issues of 2010
by texting 0927-291-6408
or e-mailing ancforum@abs-cbnnews.com.
You can also e-mail videos and ask the questions yourself.
"COUNTDOWN TO 2010: AN ANC Leadership Forum"
will be hosted by Tina Monzon-Palma and Ricky Carandang
at 7 pm live from the Leong Hall of the Ateneo de Manila University.
Join ANC in counting down to 2010
and be part of ABS-CBN's Bayan Mo iPatrol Mo coverage of the 2010 elections.
- 18:24 COUNTDOWN TO 2010: AN ANC LEADERSHIP FORUM is on Facebook! Join us! tinyurl.com/cmv22a #
May 5th, 2009
- 16:00 Despite all the intrigues, GANDA LANG! =DDDDD #
- 19:18 May ad na rin si Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro! KAMUSTAAAAA... #
May 2nd, 2009
- 07:06 Be careful. Whatever you say or do can be used against you! Mag-ingat!!! #
May 1st, 2009
- 18:07 Gives Obama a B for "Best Effort" on his 1st 100 days. =D #
April 30th, 2009
- 20:08 loves The Fray's "Look After You." =D #
- 21:22 @FidelPamintuan talagang "when it rains?" HAHA. #