"You know, the best thing about going to the school para sa akin is you learn how to learn. Oo, totoo. 'Tsaka you realized ang dami-dami mo pang matutunan. At saka yung natutunan mo sa labas, ang dami-dami mong masi-share sa loob ng academic landscape. At yung academic landscape, ang daming maitutulong doon sa karanasan mo," says Boy Abunda.
Boy Abunda fulfills desire to earn degree, pursues graduate studies
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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"Ang thesis namin sa Diplomacy, kasi yung thesis namin sa Diplomacy every term has a paper. Madugo. Yung thesis ko ng Diplomacy, yung paper namin ay Comparative Study of Asian Countries on Environmental Diplomacies. Mahirap.
"So, ang thesis, pinag-aralan yung strength and weaknesses ng environmental policies ng mga bayan, gaya ng Pilipinas, South China, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, etc. Eight countries, tapos iko-compare mo ngayon ang iba't ibang elemento, the different elements of environmental diplomacy.
"Halimbawa, Singapore used to be a part of Malaysia. So, pati ang tubig niyan, elektrisidad, comes from Malaysia. Do you know that because of the need, natatandaan ninyo there was a time nung pinutol ng Malaysia ang supply nila sa Singapore ng tubig, kasi di ba? Now, it's an independent state na ang Singapore. Did you know that Singapore now has mastered, has perfected the desalination process, making salt water into potable water? Kasi, wala na silang tubig.
"Ay, bahagi 'yan ng research ko. 'Yang comparative study na 'yan will allow the reader to compare eight countries in Asia on the strength and weaknesses pagdating sa environment. Naku, manlulumo kayo kapag nakita ninyo ang Pilipinas! Malaki ang problema natin sa environment, but we are not the worst.
"Yung pangalawang thesis ko naman, nakakatawa pero ang hirap gawin, yung Comparing Values to the Viewing Public Through the Show Boy & Kris. Ganun katagal. May Boy & Kris pa. Kahapon ko lang isinabmit. It's very hard. How do you communicate values to the morning show Boy & Kris? Hard! Ang kapal ng report ko, huh!" kasunod ang buntung-hininga ni Boy.
"Kinarir ko talaga. At saka tahimik lang ako na nagdudusa," sabi pa niya.
POLITICS. Paghahanda ba niya ito sa pagpasok niya sa pulitika?
"Hindi naman. You know my contract with ABS-CBN doesn't allow me to get into politics. And I'm not going into politics. Hindi ako nagsasalita ng patapos, but of course my family is into politics. But if we're talking about 2010, I'm not running," deklara niya.
What about in 2013?
"I don't know," sagot ni Boy. "Kami ni Kris, we joked about it. But I don't know where the wind is gonna blow. I don't know here the wind is gonna bring us, di ba? 'Tsaka masarap pakinggan ang pagkakataon... I don't know. Pero kung ngayon ako tatanungin, hindi ako interesado.
"Mas interesado ako doon sa pagma-Master's. Interesado ako eventually sa pagtuturo...sa pagpro-produce because I'm preparing for my third show. Naghahanda na ako para sa ikatlong show ko with ABS-CBN."
Ano ang title ng bago niyang show sa ABS-CBN?
"Wala pa, e. Bottomline is the working title. Talk show, parang Private Conversations, pero sa main channel na. Pagkatapos ng thesis, doon na ako naka-focus. Sinasabi nga nila sa akin, bakit daw hindi ako nangungulit sa third show? Kasi I was very busy with my thesis. Kahapon nakakatawa, yung validating."
THE PATH HE WILL TAKE. So, pahinga siya this summer?
"Ngayong summer, makikipag-usap nga ako kung saang direksiyon ang tatahakin ko. Kung itutuloy ko yung diplomatic studies ko or I'll go for masteral education on ComArts para... Kasi ang puwede rin sa Masscom, isa muna, e, para makapagturo ako. Mahirap kasi ang Diplomacy.
"Ang problema ko naman sa CommArts, I don't want to be bored because that's what we're doing. I don't want to be bored. I'm excited with Diplomacy because it's a foreign territory, pero mahirap talaga siya. Hindi siya madali.
"This summer, ia-assess ko lahat ng aking desisyon. Pero June, papasok ako ulit. Alam mo, hindi ko naramdaman na one year and three months ako pumapasok. At saka perfect attendance ako, ha. Wala akong absent.
"Sabado, umaga, nagigising ako. Five hours in school. Wala akong ano, 'tsaka desidido ako. Nung first sem, sabi ni Ambassador Manalo, lahat ng perfect attendance may not take the final exam. Sabi ko doon sa coordinator, 'No. I wanna take the final exam.' Totoo, kasi ayoko ng kulang.
"Gusto ko subukan ang sarili ko. I want to take the final exam. Nung sinabi, 'Who wants to defend their thesis first?' Sabi ko, 'Ako po.' Nung lahat ng pinagdaanan mo, gagamitin mo talaga lahat nang wala kang takot.
"Hindi ko alam kung may graduation ang masteral, e. Meron din yata. Importante sa akin matapos ko. Gusto ko sanang um-attend ng graduation, but I have a commitment."
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