BIENVENIDOS A TODOS!
Prayer: DA FACILEM CURSUM, ATQUE AUDACIBUS ANNUE COEPTIS (Give me an easy course, and favor my daring undertakings)
Wallpaper Image: Alano Island Beach Resort, Malamawi Is., Isabela City, Basilan, Philippines
Above: Ceremonial Oath-Taking of the 2006 JCI Philippines National Board Members at Malacanan Palace with H. E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, officiating.
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JUN LOZADA: Wolf in sheep's clothing!?
MAGNUS AB INTEGRO SECLORUM NASITUR ORDO (The great series of ages begins anew)
I'm currently hooked to that Brian Gorrell Blog about Manila's elite Gucci Gang capers! Coke-heads! Haha! Hobbies: Badminton, Table Tennis, Interests: Politics [Pro-GMA!], Business [Pro-WTO!], Travel [suki ng CEBU PAC!] Affiliations: Junior Chamber International Philippines, Inc. (2007 National Project Chairman for VOICE OF PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY, Area Training Director for Mindanao, National Liaison to the Philippine Junior Jaycees, Inc.), Jambangan Junior Jaycees Inc. Circle of Leaders (Past President), Basilan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (Secretary & Exec. Director), Federation of Basilan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Secretary General), Federation of Business Chambers of Mindanao (Mem., Advocacy Cmte.), BCHS-BNHS Alumni Association (SecGen), Phil. Nat'l Red Cross Basilan Chapter (Chairman Committees on Disaster, Youth & Blood Services)
Sports:
Basketball (NBA): Chicago Bulls (1990s); LA Lakers (2000s);
Football (World Cup): Germany (West Germany), Argentina;
Golf (Ryder Cup): Europe (Nick Faldo et al);
Tennis: Spain/Russia (Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova);
Boxing: Team Philippines (Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao);
Billiards: Team Philippines (Efren "Bata" Reyes, Django Bustamante, et al);
Chess: Team Philippines (GM Eugene Torre et al);
UAAP: Ateneo Blue Eagles! UST Growling Tigers!;
Olympics/Asian Games/SEA Games: GO TEAM PHILIPPINES!
Music:
My tastes run the gamut of musical styles, genres and expressions...I'm a certified Seattle Grunge Rock-and-Pinoy Band junkie, so...Eraserheads (both original and cover versions), Kamikazee, Parokya ni Edgar, Rivermaya, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Oasis, REM and Alanis! My all-time rockers-for-eternity U2, Richard Wagner, Vangelis, and John Williams...I am likewise a sucker for Smooth and Acoustic Jazz, so there's Acoustic Alchemy, David Benoit, David Gruisin, Earl Klugh, Astrud Gilberto and Kenny G...Finally, a nod to the Generation Y-ers...Techno/Trance/Tribal/Rave! Michael Buble, Tony Bennett... Oh and I do a mean Frank Sinatra on videoke! Haha!!
Movies:
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL [Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, starring Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party...GUH-RREAT cinematography!]; THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS [Adapted from a novel by Isabel Allende, starred by: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Wynona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave, Armin Muehler Stahl, Conchita Alonso, etc. SUPERB STORYLINE, IMPOSSIBLY PERFECT CASTING, AND THE ACTING WASN'T TOO SHABBY EITHER!]... WITH HONORS [particularly loved the soliloquy by Joe Pesci in the Harvard lecture hall on "the genius of the Constitution, sir...is that it can be changed... because our founding fathers knew that they did not have all the answers...they knew that they did not know everything!" and "I'm a bum...just a bum!" AAH, CLASSIC!] and THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE [recorded a snippet of that immortal Al Pacino monologue: "look, but don't touch...touch, but don't taste...taste, but don't swallow...it's the biggest ruse of all time! ...he's a sadist...he's an absentee landlord...worship that? NEVER!"]
TV:
Our local cable yanked FOXNEWS off the air, so I'm starting to warm up again to ETC, AXN, HBO, CNN, BBC, CINEMAX, Discovery, NGC...and, duh, ok...well, Studio 23, ABC, GMA & ABSCBN...but then, since we're talkin' 'bout "shows"...hmmm...The Apprentice, The Amazing Race (not the Asian edition...for shame! for shame!), American Idol (and its quaint Philippine version, too! Voted for Jan Nieto...Ateneo Fight!)...and...heheh...Pinoy Big Brother (the original version only, please!), Encantadia, Jewel in the Palace, Mula sa Puso (oh, but then...past is past, right? Waha!)...and Zambo Jambo...o, walang aangal ha...haha!
Books:
The House of the Spirits [Isabel Allende], Mein Kampf [Adolf Hitler], The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich [William L. Shirer], The DaVinci Code [Dan Brown], The Arms of Krupp [William Manchester], Shogun [James Clavell], Wars of the 21st Century [Time-Life Books], The Lord of the Rings [J. R. R. Tolkien], The Art of War [Sun Tzu]
Heroes/Idols:
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Barack Obama. George W. Bush. Tony Blair. Ronald Reagan. Margaret Thatcher. Konrad Adenauer. Golda Meir. Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Dwight Eisenhower. Adolf Hitler. Gen. Erwin Rommel. Gen. Ernst von Runstedt. Winston Churchill. Gen. Colin Montgomery. Paul von Hindenburg. Gen. Helmuth von Moltke. Kaiser Wilhelm I. Queen Victoria. Napoleon Bonaparte. King Louis XIV. Emperor Charles V. Kaiser Frederick the Great. Emperor K'ang Hsi. Emperor Meiji. Queen Elizabeth I. "The Catholic Kings" Ferdinand and Isabella. Suleiman the Magnificent. Sala'al-Din. Hugues de Payns. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Genghiz Khan. Sun Tzu. Minamoto no Yoritomo. Mohammed. Gautama Buddha. Trajan. Hadrian. Augustus Caesar. Julius Caesar. Pompeius Magnus. Jesus of Nazareth. Marius. Alexander Magnus. Pericles. Themistocles. Kung Fu Tzu. King Solomon. King David. Ramesses the Great. Thutmose IV. Akhenaten. Khufu... and the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens to trek out of Africa.
The Basilan Journal: Official Student Publication
1990-1991 Editor-in-Chief
1989-1990 Features Editor
Supreme Student Government
1990-1991 Senator
English Club
1990-1991 President
Dramatics Club
1990-1991 President
Children's Museum & Library, Inc. (CMLI)
1988 Delegate
UST PT Performing Arts Guild
1993-1994 Founding President
UST PT Theater Arts Club
1992-1993 Founding President
PHYt & THEmpo: Official UST PT Publication
1992-1994 Features Editor
Christ's Youth in Action (CYA)
1991-1993 Member
Philippine Junior Jaycees, Inc.
1999-2000 National Executive Vice President for Mindanao (Area 6)
Jambangan Junior Jaycees, Inc.
1998-1999 Chapter President
Ateneo Arts & Sciences Federation
1997-1999 President
Ateneo Communicators
1997-1998 President
Bridges: AdeZ Literary Journal
1998-1999 Publisher
Communique: Ateneo Mass Comm Publication
1997-1998 Editor-in-Chief
