Just mere hours after I left my post at the Philippine General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Room, I found myself walking to the National Commission For Culture And The Arts in Intramuros. I signed up for a taping of the NBN 4 show Youth Voice. I’ve been to Youth Voice before but nothing would have prepared me for last Saturday. Instead of shooting at the studio, we were asked to go on location. I’m not really that familiar with Intramuros so it did take a while before I found the NCCA.
It was around the time of the EDSA Revolution anniversary so the organizers were keen on focusing it on that particular part of history and whether or not the lives of Pinoys were uplifted because of it. UP Manila was set to duke it out with UP Diliman, but as always the case with this show, we’re not really keen on knowing who’s better in debating - its more of a talk show set in a debate format. No formal winners are named, but the great thing about is they give considerable honorarium for showing up on the set (Hurray!).
But something was different that Saturday. There was an actual audience! A group of about 200 high school students from Araullo High School showed up to watch the show as part of a field trip. These kids weren’t around during the first EDSA revolution so this puts extra pressure on us to give them the information that would likely mold their perceptions of what that momentous occasion really was. That’s also ironic considering that I wasn’t even a year old during that time.
After the taping, the kids literaly mobbed us. For a moment there, I think I had an inkling of what a celebrity feels while being swarmed by fans. LOL. It definitely caught the six debaters off guard. Debaters are not used to this level of attention. It is only now through shows like Youth Voice and Square Off that debaters are given the chance to appear on TV for their fifteen minutes of fame. The high school students asked us to sign autographs, pose for pictures and even requested for our e-mail addresses (for Friendster purposes)! It was a complete half hour of total chaos of being tugged and shared like a hot commodity.
And of course, I loved every second of it.
They didn’t even need to pay me.
Youth Voice airs this Saturday, March 1, at NBN (Channel 4 - formerly PTV 4) from 7 pm to 8 pm.
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infidel boyInteresting. I thought you were used to that kind of attention already
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Feb 29 08 at
1:11 pm
DaneFor a moment there, I think I had an inkling of what a celebrity feels while being swarmed by fans. LOL.” - Kung alam mo lang. HAHAHA
And Square Off and Youth Voice finally enforced our nine billion neurons to work and think.May replay ba? (Wala kasi ako bukas. T.T)
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Feb 29 08 at
9:31 pm
Dane“For a moment there, I think I had an inkling of what a celebrity feels while being swarmed by fans. LOL.”
- Kung alam mo lang. You have the makings of a star.
And Square Off and Youth Voice finally enforced our nine billion neurons to work and think.May replay ba? (Wala kasi ako bukas. T.T)
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Feb 29 08 at
9:34 pm
DaneOops, nagdoble yata ang reply ko kagabi. Sinabi kasi na “error: connection timed out”, tapos hindi nagpost. Ayan tuloy, doble. Haha
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Mar 01 08 at
4:42 pm
MitchHey Benj! Ikaw nga yung napanood ko sa TV.:P I chanced uypon Youth Voice while I was channel surfing and I thought ikaw nga yung katabi nung girl. Although I wasn’t sure until you blogged about it. LOL But I didn’t see everything that transpired there. I just caught that scene when the girl beside you said something about “EDSA 3, 4, 5, 6, 7…” And then you laughed and clapped your hands. Haha
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Mar 04 08 at
2:59 pm
