Three respected and well-known
mass media personalities shared their personal experiences and delivered
inspiring words to the students of Bulacan State University (BulSU) College of
Arts and Letters (CAL) for the MediArts Exposition last January 24 in Malolos
Sports and Convention Center (MSCC).
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| Remus Villanueva: "To be! Oh yes!" |
Theatre artist Remus Villanueva kept the audience alive as he talked about his knowhow in the arts, the challenges he has faced throughout his career and about making sense of decision-making.
“The most important is for you to
tell the whole world that ‘Hey, this is what I want to happen,” he said after
he asked the members of the audience to shout out what they wanted to become
following their graduation.
“Everything depends on you.
Everything depends on your mind set. If you like something, then you like it,”
Villanueva imparted.
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| Oscar Oida during an ambush interview by the Mass Comm students of BulSU. |
Next in line to speak was GMA
News reporter Oscar Oida who related to the mass communications students the
story of how he got into media, despite having the childhood dream of being a
lawyer, and how he grew to love the profession of journalism.
He said he is motivated to stay
in the media because of the opportunity given to him every day to be
significant to the people by delivering them news and information they need.
“Just make sure, if you enter
this job, you have the heart for this,” said Oida in a separate interview after
his talk on stage.
“Madaling magsulat, madaling magbalita,
madaling humarap sa TV. Pero kung wala ‘yung puso mo sa pagbabalita, iiwanan at
iiwanan mo ‘to, eh.”
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| Ramon Bautista giving his lecture to the students of CAL. |
Drawing the loudest cheer from
the crowd was internet icon and writer Ramon Bautista, charming the students
and professors as he shared the easy steps to be successful in the field of
media.
He also let the audience watch
some of his most viewed videos from YouTube like “Sino si Ramon Bautista?” and
a commercial film for a brand of coffee with the late Master Rapper Francis
Magalona.
“Tayo ‘yung taga-inspire ng mga
tao para ‘yung mga engineer, mga architect, mga doctor, alam nila na sa
Pilipinas dapat sila magtrabaho at pasulungin nila ang bansa natin,” said
Bautista, emphasizing the role and importance of mass media to the society.
After each of the guests’ turn to
speak, students were given opportunities to ask questions in an open forum.
This year’s MediArts Exposition
was organized by the Journalism department headed by Ethel Cruz-Jovito and
assisted by the senior journalism students. ###
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