Hush. Let’s watch the sunset.
Posted by Jayvee Fernandez at November 12th, 2007
Sometimes, the best way to get the message across is to give them the silent treatment.
5:24 PM. It was a Sunday. And we watched the sunset. And it was beautiful.
Shot using a 350D and kit lens that has not failed me for the past 1 1/2 years. I had a mini tripod and a Cokin filter. Click on the image for a larger version. Click here to view a few more shots I took.
UPDATE: We have a YouTube video courtesy of Jay
Julia Campbell’s Blogging Legacy
Posted by Jayvee Fernandez at April 25th, 2007I was chatting with Rock Ed founder Gang Badoy a few minutes ago and she asked if I could publish her statement on blogs. She added that I was partly to blame for her renewed appreciation of blogs and blogging ever since we did an episode of the BuggedCast and had me over at Rock Ed Radio last weekend.
“At first I thought blogging was a manifestation of conceit and self-absorption. I thought it was an arena for writers who weren’t good enough to be published without their help. I was wrong. After someone I knew (Julia Campbell, US Peace Corps) passed away, I read her blog and realized that I, too, will go someday. At least I can leave this blog for my nephews and nieces who are educated abroad to read. I want them to know that Auntie Gang tried to do something. The tiny dent that I intend to make is really in their hearts and their minds. That they will always offer their genius to the Motherland. That the Philippines is nothing without them. I know that no matter how big, loud, or grand our concerts are, there will be no change if the efforts don’t translate to providing education, a building of a rational government, simple diligence, and people staying put. These can turn the Philippines from a political and economic mess into a prosperous nation. In one sentence — I want to prove that there is something to be said about staying home and offering the little things.”
-Gang Badoy, 25 April 2007 7:22 pm Katipunan Road
BuggedCast Episode 3 – “Anyone Can Start Their Own Religion”
Posted by Jayvee Fernandez at April 15th, 2007Today I was at the NU 107 office in Ortigas to sit in the RockEd Radio show with Gang Badoy of RockEd Philippines and guests Lourd De Veyra, Noel Cabangon, Pepe Diokno and Chris Belardo.
Afterwards I was able to sit with Gang to record my third podcast episode. We talked about how to protect yourself from media. Be it traditional or new media, you can fool anyone – like starting your own religion for instance.
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Conversation is in both English and in the local dialect, Filipino.
Show Notes:
- How do you read, break down and analyze media?
- Gang says that my podcast is listened to by people who come from good schools
- Why the “contrabida” in a Philippine movie (villain) doesn’t run for public office
- Shampoo commercials sell to girls with long hair and a bit more on target markets and appeal
- Gang starts her own religion
- Bloggers and Journalists are differentiated according to their institutions
- Respecting beliefs doesn’t mean exclusion
- Bloggers are fantastic because we are flawed!
- Gang started blogging because of Jobarclix
I sincerely apologize for the background noise. We were recording from a convenience store in a gas station.
Shameless Plug: I will be guesting next Sunday at 8:00PM for RockEd Radio with Gang and some other interesting folks to talk about a controversial topic on Earth Day 2007 in the Philippines! The RockEd Radio Show happens every Sunday at 8:00 PM at NU 107 FM.
[Photo courteously stolen from Gang's blog]
Rock Ed rocks Olongapo!
Posted by Jayvee Fernandez at May 3rd, 2006I’m going to attempt to make this blog entry in the style of how Pam Pastor does it. Kudos you to you Pam, because you sure know how to merge blogging with storytelling.
Who would have thought that a single text message found me trekking my way to UP Diliman’s Chocolate Kiss and making my way to Subic with people I’ve never met before.
So when Gang Badoy (teacher, UN MDG consultant, aspiring rockstar) invited me and a few others to help out with some of Rock Ed‘s activities, I said yes to joining the Subic / Olongapo leg with about ten other volunteers. The purpose was to help launch the Olongapo chapter of Rock Ed — with a free street concert a stone throw away from the Free Port.
And this is Gang between the two clowns (short for ‘Pangga’ in Ilonggo which means ‘love’). What a one-of-a-kind woman. If you’ve read The Tipping Point – she’s been regarded as all three types of influencer personae – maven, saleswoman and connector. In the same way that anybody can trace his or her roots to Kevin Bacon, a lot of people I know can trace their roots back to Gang Badoy in six degrees.
I knew Gang because she writes feature articles for SWING, which is now Golf Digest Philippines, one of our publications for HIP. So at about the same time I was doing this last year, I discovered Rock Ed and was fascinated with the spirit of volunteerism and projects on alternative means of education because I used to volunteer for work camps in different parts of the country when when I was in high school. We built a makeshift rip-rap in Cebu, refurbished an elementary school in the nickel mines in Palawan and a latrine thingee in Mindoro.
