: About Me

Former television news reporter, producer, editor and videographer for CBS affiliate stations in New England, Central California Coast and San Francisco Bay Area. Recently worked in video game industry in outbound merchandising licensing on contract negotiations, product management and design approvals. Currently writing news stories for online Filipino news site.

My passion is ...

playing the piano,hiking the pacific coastal hills, writing a story that makes an impact and makes you think

My parents always told me ...

Don't be so independent

My childhood ambition ...

To become a writer

My favorite memory ...

Playing and babysitting my nieces

Why I write ...

gives me a voice

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading Asian Week (Bay Area Newspaper)

My first job ...

library clerk

My best moment ...

While shooting video news footage of Martha Stewart's summer Maine home, her housekeeper blocked my car and tried to charge me with tresprassing. As we waited for the police, he refused my request to interview him on camera. Later I secretly recorded him arguing with me which I used for my top news story.

My inspiration ...

My father (RIP) - a true survivor of 88 years. A WW II Army veteran, he escaped from the Bataan Death March, suffered from Malaria for six years, survived a broken femur and 2 heart attacks and yet he never complained about his health.

Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Why Obama's inauguration attracted unprecedented attention

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Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th Commander in Chief attracted unprecedented attention because his history, background and climb to the White House are an original great American story. A rag to personal riches plot filled with drama, suspense, and a determination against all odds spans two countries and one island. His journey reads like scripts from inspirational movies such as "Rocky" "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". The political world first noticed him as the skinny kid with a funny name at the 2004 Democratic Convention. Four years later, his eloquent prose, steadfast confidence...

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