"I'm about to strip and I'm well equipped, can you handle me the way I are?"
Friday, April 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Manila FM Radio Wars 2008
Just wanna share an article I came across online at inquirer.net:
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080415-130593/Race-for-top-FM-radio-station-intensifies
Very interesting. Hey Pocholo, just thought you should know, we're "99.5 Campus FM". The "Campus Radio" name is owned by GMA, and 99.5 RT is owned by another company. But thanks for the mention in your article.
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080415-130593/Race-for-top-FM-radio-station-intensifies
Very interesting. Hey Pocholo, just thought you should know, we're "99.5 Campus FM". The "Campus Radio" name is owned by GMA, and 99.5 RT is owned by another company. But thanks for the mention in your article.
Smoking kills, part 2
Just thought I'd share some of the cigarette carton warnings from some other countries, as found on Wikipedia.
From the UK:
From Hong Kong:
From Canada:
Obviously, some governments figured if they can't convince you that smoking is bad for your heart and lungs, they'll scare you by saying that there's no more Mr. Happy if you don't quit soon.
But this one from Australia really drives it home, by using pictures instead of words to make it real to the smoker:
And here in The Philippines, well, our government still tries to be polite by simply making cartons bear the phrase: "Government warning, cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health".
Must be a lot of smokers in the government.
From the UK:
From Hong Kong:
From Canada:
Obviously, some governments figured if they can't convince you that smoking is bad for your heart and lungs, they'll scare you by saying that there's no more Mr. Happy if you don't quit soon.
But this one from Australia really drives it home, by using pictures instead of words to make it real to the smoker:
And here in The Philippines, well, our government still tries to be polite by simply making cartons bear the phrase: "Government warning, cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health".
Must be a lot of smokers in the government.
Smoking kills
I'm not about to lecture as to how smoking can kill. Everybody knows that, and more importantly, every smoker knows that.
I was watching Oprah today and it was the episode featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz illustrating what smoking does to your heart and lungs with some high tech videos and preserved samples. I like the fact that he merely presented the facts without preaching from a holier-than-thou position. I'm a non-smoker, and I tend to be holier-than-thou with smokers because the smoke is offensive to me.
On that Oprah episode, a video was shown where a mother who was a smoker was being chastised by her very young daughter about her addiction. She was asking why did Mom have to smoke? Mom replies that she just couldn't stop. Kid fires back, "Why can't you just stop? That's ridiculous!" Then, Dr. Oz relates how for every 4 cigarettes one smokes, the second-hand smoke is equivalent to one stick inhaled by someone around the smoker.
That's just alarming and horrible, in no uncertain terms.
That's why I'm going to be even more holier-than-thou.
In the building where I live, there's a girl in her 20's who I often catch smoking in the elevator where it's obviously against the rules. So that makes her just f***ing obnoxious. How messed up is this moron that she can't wait til she gets outside or in her own condo beofre she lights up? But now I won't be polite to her anymore, because I will not put up with inhaling 25-freaking-percent of that stick in her fingers. And since she's already voluntarily accelerating her date with the Grim Reaper, I honestly hope she either stops or just dies soon so she'll stop bothering innocent bystanders with her bad habit.
Sure, go call me a smoker basher, whatever, I don't care. I care about my health and that of my loved ones. It doesn't make me a bad person. The smoker is the drug addict, after all.
The point is, I know quitting smoking is not easy. No bad habit is easy to kick, especially when it involves an addiction to a drug. And like it or not, nicotine is a drug. So I hope the smoker that wants to quit, gets the right help, and has the right kind of family and friends to aid him or her. Because you can't do it alone. But please try.
I was watching Oprah today and it was the episode featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz illustrating what smoking does to your heart and lungs with some high tech videos and preserved samples. I like the fact that he merely presented the facts without preaching from a holier-than-thou position. I'm a non-smoker, and I tend to be holier-than-thou with smokers because the smoke is offensive to me.
On that Oprah episode, a video was shown where a mother who was a smoker was being chastised by her very young daughter about her addiction. She was asking why did Mom have to smoke? Mom replies that she just couldn't stop. Kid fires back, "Why can't you just stop? That's ridiculous!" Then, Dr. Oz relates how for every 4 cigarettes one smokes, the second-hand smoke is equivalent to one stick inhaled by someone around the smoker.
That's just alarming and horrible, in no uncertain terms.
That's why I'm going to be even more holier-than-thou.
In the building where I live, there's a girl in her 20's who I often catch smoking in the elevator where it's obviously against the rules. So that makes her just f***ing obnoxious. How messed up is this moron that she can't wait til she gets outside or in her own condo beofre she lights up? But now I won't be polite to her anymore, because I will not put up with inhaling 25-freaking-percent of that stick in her fingers. And since she's already voluntarily accelerating her date with the Grim Reaper, I honestly hope she either stops or just dies soon so she'll stop bothering innocent bystanders with her bad habit.
Sure, go call me a smoker basher, whatever, I don't care. I care about my health and that of my loved ones. It doesn't make me a bad person. The smoker is the drug addict, after all.
The point is, I know quitting smoking is not easy. No bad habit is easy to kick, especially when it involves an addiction to a drug. And like it or not, nicotine is a drug. So I hope the smoker that wants to quit, gets the right help, and has the right kind of family and friends to aid him or her. Because you can't do it alone. But please try.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Summer on Campus
It's been a long time since I was in summer school, and now I'm back in it in a manner of speaking. But the weather in our studio is anything but summer-y, quite the opposite actually. Our computers used to hang all the time while playing back commercials or music because of the heat they produced, so the engineering guys here decided to turn our booth into a meat freezer to keep the pc's cool. It's just that I have to wear a jacket just to keep my fingers from falling off and my teeth from chattering. Brrr... I'm not complaining though, coz it beats sweating through boardwork, which I have experienced and is quite unpleasant. I'll go to the beach if I wanna sweat, thank you.
I'm very thankful for the warm reception that most listeners have given the new step the 99.5 frequency in Manila has taken in its long, colorful life.
Speaking of which, I'll devote some space to my own good memories in radio soon.
"So it's not hard to fall, when you float like a cannonball"
I'm very thankful for the warm reception that most listeners have given the new step the 99.5 frequency in Manila has taken in its long, colorful life.
Speaking of which, I'll devote some space to my own good memories in radio soon.
"So it's not hard to fall, when you float like a cannonball"
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Musical quote
Oh, since it happens to be Campus Classic Weekend on Campus FM, let me start leaving lyrics from songs that pop into my head and give me semi-LSS, in a good way. I'll leave the title and artist out just to make you jog your memory about it.
"My anaconda don't want none, unless you got buns, hon!"
See ya Monday night!
Big Z is off campus and off for the weekend!
"My anaconda don't want none, unless you got buns, hon!"
See ya Monday night!
Big Z is off campus and off for the weekend!
99.5 Campus FM: 3 weeks, 21 days and a lot of hours in the life of...
Something positive for a change to take my mind off of the daily crappiness that is life in Metro Manila and The Philippines. (Don't get me wrong, I love our country: it is beautiful; and I love Metro Manila: where else around here can I do the kind of radio I wanna do?; it's the freakin'-head-in-its-ass backwards government that i loathe).
Let me say how much I'm enjoying the new incarnation of both Campus Radio and DWRT-FM 99.5. Three weeks into it and we've quickly gained so much ground; we've connected and locked in with our audience so fast, it made my head spin. I'm totally stoked, amped, ecstatic, happy, you-name-it-I'm-feelin'-it! Like I've mentioned in the pinoyexchange.com thread about Campus FM, bigger and better things are on the way.
It's sheer joy to be part once again of a team that will shake Metro Manila FM radio out of the mediocre stupor that its poor listeners are stuck in. Sure, all the wannabes can continue with their sacharrine, starchy, and otherwise, sucky yacketty-yackking (or in layman's terms: "pa-cute") because it's a free country. But listeners deserve better, and that's what Campus FM will deliver.
Stay tuned.
Stick around.
P.S. Feel free to listen to us online: www.eradioportal.com. Click on the pulldown menu to get Luzon stations, then click on 99.5 Campus FM from the list. Happy listening!!!
Let me say how much I'm enjoying the new incarnation of both Campus Radio and DWRT-FM 99.5. Three weeks into it and we've quickly gained so much ground; we've connected and locked in with our audience so fast, it made my head spin. I'm totally stoked, amped, ecstatic, happy, you-name-it-I'm-feelin'-it! Like I've mentioned in the pinoyexchange.com thread about Campus FM, bigger and better things are on the way.
It's sheer joy to be part once again of a team that will shake Metro Manila FM radio out of the mediocre stupor that its poor listeners are stuck in. Sure, all the wannabes can continue with their sacharrine, starchy, and otherwise, sucky yacketty-yackking (or in layman's terms: "pa-cute") because it's a free country. But listeners deserve better, and that's what Campus FM will deliver.
Stay tuned.
Stick around.
P.S. Feel free to listen to us online: www.eradioportal.com. Click on the pulldown menu to get Luzon stations, then click on 99.5 Campus FM from the list. Happy listening!!!
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