Friday, October 29, 2004
yesterday's major interesting escapades
well, first things first. i should have written this last night (ryan language: 3am) but because of the final paper for legal philosophy class that i needed to finish, this came only now.
anyhow, yesterday was a pretty interesting day for me. you see, we're doing a project for constitutional law class and we're making a video, a documentary to be exact. so there. yesterday, we had to split up because of conflicting schedules for interviews. for our group, i had to be the one to handle the camera. (note: i borrowed the video cam from a friend, which i haven't operated until the time of the interview... more on this later)
ok, so where do i start? hmm... let's run through what happened the whole day...
i borrowed a video cam from a friend which i picked up from her house. i was supposed to go to la salle but later thought of not going inside so i can meet my groupmates earlier. i ended up going inside la salle because i realized i had no tape for the cam and i needed a tripod. oh, about the tripod, i was supposed to borrow one from jatts (wow, special mention) but unfortunately, we weren't able to locate it. suffice it to say that during the whole time that they were helping me find a tripod i can use, it somehow caused a bit of commotion at the pictorials that they were having. sorry for that but thanks really for the help.
anyway, time was running out so i hiurriedly left la salle at 2pm. we had an interview scheduled at 2pm with teddy benigno (yes, the columnist. read further and discover what a character he is) which i mistook to be at 3pm, and guess what, i didn't know how to get to starbucks magallanes (shame, shame). i managed to get there with the help of friends and the wonderful cellphone. along the way, i discovered that the interview was at 2 (panic mode) and i realized that i haven't even taken a look at the cam i was going to use for the shoot. so whie waiting for the green light, i started tinkering the gadget and trying to figure out how it works and all. i didn't notice that the taffic light already turned green and the cars behind me were already honking crazy at me. (booboo # 1)
so we finally arrived at the place of the interview a little before 3. the woman (the caretaker or househelp, i presume) directed us to a library of sorts. i immediately scanned the place for a nice spot for the shoot, then started to bring out the gadgets. and yes, at this point, i still haven't figured out how to make the camera work PROPERLY. then an old man entered the room, yes it was him all right. get this, we greeted him with the usual good afternoon and everything and in return, he gave us a stern, "you're late." fine, we're late and i'm admitted to that but damn his house was hard to find. oh, did i mention he told us that we were inefficient because we didn't know our way. oh, "lucky" us because he didn't have anything to do that afternoon because he goes on ranting that he doesn't accomodate people who are 15 minutes late. [ryan: so, ikaw si God?!?] good thing i was in my polite mode then.
sinde he was THAT hostile from the very beginning, i didn't have time to find a nice spot or a "nicer" spot (which i later on realized that there was actually NONE there) and arrange some of the technical stuff that they taught me a day earlier. about the camera, it was zooming in on its own so i had to resort to holding the button (or whatever you call that) for the duration of the interview. oh, we also had to stack up books where i could place the cam (no tripod, remember?) and it's not as if, i know how to do these kinds of stuff (some background in photography does help but to do this for the 1st time and at a panic situation...) to make things worse, he kept on moving! at some point, i wanted to shout: can't you see i'm having a damn hard time placing you properly inside the frame?!? again, good thing i was in my polite mode then.
when it was finally over, i wanted to run out of the house and shout with joy!
after that, we had another interview at globe telecom plaza in mandaluyong. so we met up with our other groupmates. after a while, the interview ensued. i really don't know how to say this politely but ou interviewee who happens to be a lawyer had quite a problem with his P's and F's. thus, frime minister, farliament, so to sfeak, imfact, porm of gobernment...
i was really tired and hungry after everything. just when i thought my misadventures had ended for the day, i almost bumped (no, crashed) into a big truck because that moron of a driver insisted on going out from the side street despite my earlier "warning" that i'm passing through. so, i got out of the car and started shouting (and cursing) that driver. don't mind asking about the words i uttered, you won't like it. hehe! when i realized that i was starting to cause i traffic build-up, i went back inside the car and zoomed my way out of the scene.
oh, and about the camera, when i checked it again at home, it was working perfectly...
anyhow, yesterday was a pretty interesting day for me. you see, we're doing a project for constitutional law class and we're making a video, a documentary to be exact. so there. yesterday, we had to split up because of conflicting schedules for interviews. for our group, i had to be the one to handle the camera. (note: i borrowed the video cam from a friend, which i haven't operated until the time of the interview... more on this later)
ok, so where do i start? hmm... let's run through what happened the whole day...
i borrowed a video cam from a friend which i picked up from her house. i was supposed to go to la salle but later thought of not going inside so i can meet my groupmates earlier. i ended up going inside la salle because i realized i had no tape for the cam and i needed a tripod. oh, about the tripod, i was supposed to borrow one from jatts (wow, special mention) but unfortunately, we weren't able to locate it. suffice it to say that during the whole time that they were helping me find a tripod i can use, it somehow caused a bit of commotion at the pictorials that they were having. sorry for that but thanks really for the help.
anyway, time was running out so i hiurriedly left la salle at 2pm. we had an interview scheduled at 2pm with teddy benigno (yes, the columnist. read further and discover what a character he is) which i mistook to be at 3pm, and guess what, i didn't know how to get to starbucks magallanes (shame, shame). i managed to get there with the help of friends and the wonderful cellphone. along the way, i discovered that the interview was at 2 (panic mode) and i realized that i haven't even taken a look at the cam i was going to use for the shoot. so whie waiting for the green light, i started tinkering the gadget and trying to figure out how it works and all. i didn't notice that the taffic light already turned green and the cars behind me were already honking crazy at me. (booboo # 1)
so we finally arrived at the place of the interview a little before 3. the woman (the caretaker or househelp, i presume) directed us to a library of sorts. i immediately scanned the place for a nice spot for the shoot, then started to bring out the gadgets. and yes, at this point, i still haven't figured out how to make the camera work PROPERLY. then an old man entered the room, yes it was him all right. get this, we greeted him with the usual good afternoon and everything and in return, he gave us a stern, "you're late." fine, we're late and i'm admitted to that but damn his house was hard to find. oh, did i mention he told us that we were inefficient because we didn't know our way. oh, "lucky" us because he didn't have anything to do that afternoon because he goes on ranting that he doesn't accomodate people who are 15 minutes late. [ryan: so, ikaw si God?!?] good thing i was in my polite mode then.
sinde he was THAT hostile from the very beginning, i didn't have time to find a nice spot or a "nicer" spot (which i later on realized that there was actually NONE there) and arrange some of the technical stuff that they taught me a day earlier. about the camera, it was zooming in on its own so i had to resort to holding the button (or whatever you call that) for the duration of the interview. oh, we also had to stack up books where i could place the cam (no tripod, remember?) and it's not as if, i know how to do these kinds of stuff (some background in photography does help but to do this for the 1st time and at a panic situation...) to make things worse, he kept on moving! at some point, i wanted to shout: can't you see i'm having a damn hard time placing you properly inside the frame?!? again, good thing i was in my polite mode then.
when it was finally over, i wanted to run out of the house and shout with joy!
after that, we had another interview at globe telecom plaza in mandaluyong. so we met up with our other groupmates. after a while, the interview ensued. i really don't know how to say this politely but ou interviewee who happens to be a lawyer had quite a problem with his P's and F's. thus, frime minister, farliament, so to sfeak, imfact, porm of gobernment...
i was really tired and hungry after everything. just when i thought my misadventures had ended for the day, i almost bumped (no, crashed) into a big truck because that moron of a driver insisted on going out from the side street despite my earlier "warning" that i'm passing through. so, i got out of the car and started shouting (and cursing) that driver. don't mind asking about the words i uttered, you won't like it. hehe! when i realized that i was starting to cause i traffic build-up, i went back inside the car and zoomed my way out of the scene.
oh, and about the camera, when i checked it again at home, it was working perfectly...
# posted by ryan quan @ 6:30 AM 
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I remember the time we had him on Kami Naman.
Scary si "Tito Teddy" (yes, we had to call him that on the show), and of course we had to hide the fact that we were scared spitless when we were on air (simulcast pa naman). I remember we were discussing kasi the national situation, tapos he said something like, gloria's not strong enough to bring our country back on track -- we need a stronger president. look at cory, she made a muddle out of the post-Marcos regime. Tapos being the only girl there (eh nakakababae na eh, shempre hiniritan ko, "Pero Tito, it's not fair that it's always a female president who cleans up after the mess made by the previous male president and get blamed for not cleaning it up enough." And his eyes blaze dangerously at me and then he goes. "I have nothing against women..." Laking takot ko lang nun, hahaha
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Scary si "Tito Teddy" (yes, we had to call him that on the show), and of course we had to hide the fact that we were scared spitless when we were on air (simulcast pa naman). I remember we were discussing kasi the national situation, tapos he said something like, gloria's not strong enough to bring our country back on track -- we need a stronger president. look at cory, she made a muddle out of the post-Marcos regime. Tapos being the only girl there (eh nakakababae na eh, shempre hiniritan ko, "Pero Tito, it's not fair that it's always a female president who cleans up after the mess made by the previous male president and get blamed for not cleaning it up enough." And his eyes blaze dangerously at me and then he goes. "I have nothing against women..." Laking takot ko lang nun, hahaha
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