One of the highlights of my trip to Europe last year was the unexpected albeit very profound visit to La Scala Sancta or The Holy Stairs in Rome. My group had no scheduled tour one afternoon so we had time to go sightseeing around Rome. We ended up at La Scala Sancta, located in a…
It’s 3am and my team and I are still at the office, editing Jescom’s Lenten Special. I’m at my wit’s end. Airing will be on Good Friday and Black Saturday (3-5PM over ABS-CBN), and we still haven’t mastered episode 1! I really hope we make it on time. Here’s a sneak peak, for those of…
For the past two weekends, I have been travelling to Infanta in Quezon Province to conduct a radio workshop for kids. Sponsored by ChildFund International, the workshop aims to equip the participants with the skills needed to produce their own radio program. When I was first informed by CFI that the workshop would have to…
There are two things I am very passionate about: travelling and communications. So I find opportunities to travel whilst talking about/studying communications very irresistible. I am a member of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research). And when it was announced that the next IAMCR conference will be held in Braga, Portugal, I thought…
My theme for today is “Unchartered Territories”. Let me start with Socotra. What is Socotra? Sounds like a new car model or a pair of Adidas trekking shoes, huh? Well, it’s actually an island somewhere in the Indian Ocean. But with all the alien-looking plant species that thrive there, you would think it’s out…