Remembering Rico

Today is the 8th anniversary of Rico Yan's sudden demise. I still remember that day clearly, Good Friday 2002, I was at home with my family when the news came. The news shocked the whole nation, and although I wasn't really a big fan, I admired Rico a lot as a person, as a son and brother.

He was a great man, and yes, I believe he was gone too soon.

YRS

One of the segments I love about ASAP 09 is YRS because it showcases the talents of YRS - Yeng, Rachelle and Sarah, three of the most amazing singers of this generation, all winners of reality singing contests.

This is one of my most favorite YRS aired September 6, 2009, when they sang the hits of the 80's. Featured songs were Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper, Call Me by Blondie, and Dangerous by Roxette.

What Workshop?

I really think we're wasting our time and money enrolling our daughter in this so-called TV Acting Workshop! It's quite expensive and I'm really not impressed at all with the so-called Director and her assistants (people that look like her sister, husband and sons). They are not time-conscious and extend beyond lunch time not thinking of the hunger the children and the waiting parents are feeling. Then instead of a workshop, all they did since the start was rehearse the kids for their culmination activity. They're supposed to teach/train the kids through the workshops before they will supposedly rehearse for the culmination, no wonder the kids are having a difficult time with their 2 lines of dialogue and their this-is-your-blocking-today-but-not-tomorrow style which is so inconvenient. A lot of times the directors seem lost in the middle of practices.

It was my wife who was so excited to enroll our daughter in this workshop after she successfully attended a dance workshop. This is a lesson learned. I will not enroll my daughter again in any extra curricular class until I will know the people behind it. By the way I'm looking at it, the members of our theatre company are way better directors and facilitators than these people. Their culminating activity is 10 hours from now. Let's see what happens.