Dispatches by Adrian Conoza

A news boomed on the television last Wednesday morning while I tuned in. Talk TV is going to change to inform and inspire this October 30. What do I mean? Talk TV, another cable channel of Solar Network, will go forward as a news channel . Talk TV, launched after ETC moved to RPN 9, emphasizes on talk , with a line-up of talk shows and news programs, getting programs like Today , Inside Edition , and Dateline from its sister channels like 2nd Avenue. More programs were added as the channel evolved, being watched and patronized after its soft launch. There's The Talk , then Anderson (which became Anderson Live ), then Undercover Boss (an inspiring program). Then this: as planned and intended, Solar, being an entertainment and sports provider on TV, started on a new venture—news. Sources told it before, and I finally saw it. Solar's news service started on Talk TV with the coverage of the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, recruiting veteran journalis...

" Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. I heard you took a shot at us in the  Post . What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? Fleet Week is over. It's just music. "   —  Howard Cogan of then Jack FM in New York,  picking up on  Mayor  Michael Bloomberg's  criticizing about WCBS's sudden change in format. I haven't thought of another flip in Philippine radio. They're doing it again. I turned the radio one day on 99.5 MHz while doing schoolwork, and I was surprised to hear stingers of a new station. The tagline: "This radio station is under construction..." After undergoing two reformats and going back on the air, 99.5 RT will change. The so-called "Rhythm of The City" will be replaced. Some of the programs were dismissed, including the famous The RT30 . Some of the DJs, as my sources said, bid their goodbyes, but you can still hear other DJs on the air.You can still hear the name 99.5 RT, but it's already clear that the station is working...

After tiresome schoolwork and difficult turns of life, I'm finally back for this blog. I'm back with new posts! My reflection on my summer vacation continues with the second part of "So far..." We'll go back in my second year life with a continuation of series of stories I've started with last year's "A Slap On My Face" with last 2 stories. And finally, a special blog for a friend. Thank you once again for dropping by, I hope you'll take time and read them all.

I had a post last year entitled " A Slap On My Face ", where I shared my reflections on a Biology class. It was followed by " Chaoses On My Day ", where I wrote about the first day of our second quarterly test the next day. Both of the posts turned out to be a series of stories of a struggling week I had then. Therefore, I wrote 2 posts to follow up these two, but unfortunately I neglected publishing them. But now, having the chance, since it's semestral break, I'm going to share to you those posts, but I'll advise you to read the mentioned posts first. Without further ado, here's the first one. *** "1 down...2 to go." One of my classmates said that on her post on our Facebook group page. We all had to face 2 more days of examinations. I had a quiet, focused and faithful review for our Thursday's set of tests. I did what I could do to prepare myself for those tests.. I reached school earlier than Wednesday...It was quiet, since we are o...

After several hours of closing my eyes to sleep that afternoon, I reviewed on 3 remaining subjects for me to take on Friday. Those three were English, Geometry—another major subject this second year, and the very tough of them all—Social Studies. I needed to review lots and lots of information on that subject. It's like carrying and storing on your mind 3 or more books as big as almanacs, dictionaries, or those books from Preston and McGraw-Hill. Yet, it seemed that I reviewed those things fast, I think. I took them fast, assuming and looking forward to pass them all. I geared myself up the next day for this final day of examinations. I really did pushed myself through reviewing SocStud(It shouldn't be SocSci) and keeping those lessons inserted and refrigerated on my mind for future use. While I worked on it, I began to take the first test. As a youth engaged to literature and writing, I appreciate English. For the second quarter, we recalled pronouns and the manner of using it...

Author's Note: The following post was intended to be published by the day it was written. But because  I was busy and tired, it was just posted today.  I haven't expected that I'll meet a person of grace and high spirits like you in this third-year life. I haven't thought that I'll have a close friend who is jolly and kind, and has lots of good vibes in her nerves. I really don't know how will I begin this simple blog, but every now and then I'm planning to write my heart out for a friend like you. You're one of a kind, truly. A lass who likes manga* a lot. An anime fan, or in their world, otaku. A clever student for years. A young girl who is pretty and nice, friendly and happy. You're also a jack of all trades. You can dance with gladness. You can also sing well. You also speak English with eloquence. You act roles gracefully. And perhaps, I would see you someday with an electric guitar rocking with a band. You can be fit in almost anything. What I...

Author's Note: The post was written before classes started. Due to lack of time, it was posted lately. Cyberspace The Buggles, featuring  Trevor Horn(right) and  Geoff Downes(left). Famous for  "Video  Killed The Radio Star" A part of this summer leave were simple days in the four corners of the house, in the pages of books, and in front of the TV and computer, No, not playing online games of fantasy or war that many adolescents get absorbed to. But I spent those times discovering new music, reading opinion articles, stumbling upon different things, and of course, blogging. I went back to my bookmarked tracks from The Buggles, and I searched for their other songs. Yellow Magic Orchestra, a pioneer  electronic band in Japan. "Firecracker" is their first single. I also uncovered the electronic band from Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and I liked them and their compositions very much. I also listened to OPM bands like Daydream Cycle and Techy Romantics, both a...