The prettiest boy from the brood is seemingly the smartest.  It helps that he has this natural gift of gab. Humor makes him all the more good looking. In a small town that moves to the dance with every crawling season to see a blade of grass grow, Terry boy tremendous stood out both of place and time. He ran the streets and makeshift bamboo bridges that connect parallel pilapils (enbankments) that is separated by patubig (irrigation channel). He knew he will soon rule this town. He wants more, he wants the world.

For a charming boy, the world seems to bend at his will and the word ‘difficult’ can be swayed with persuasion. There are some kids whose magical journeys begin with a levied self belief that they possess that ability, to weave magic. Most of us start life with wonder, that maybe the world is revolving around us. It’s a perception that is fueled with pinch of truth since loving parents do make every child feel that they are the biggest star in the sky. The small town seem to run much slower than his aspirations. By the time he got to middle school, he was already bored with getting his name called to the stage and have a ribbon riddled in sampaguita pinned on his chest by Nanay and Tatay. The big fish from the small fresh water dike needs to find his way to the lake.

A little over than 11 years ago, I worked for PAGCOR with the hopes that it will be able to support my other aspirations and passion. It’s a low stress, low reward, and decent paying job that only requires you to show up. I wanted to be a DJ because I thought I was good at it.  I had listened to Hill-Billy Willy, Koji Morales, Boom Gonzales, Gaucho, Louie D., Chico Garcia, Little David, The Mouth (Francis M. to the world) Sgt. Pepper and the Mole, thought to myself ‘that would be a sweet gig!’.

As the first (and still the only one, I think) Bulacan State University student to get into the Radio1 program of DWRX 93.1, the exposure gave me lots to be proud of, and a lot to prove. I was there everyday for over 10 months and began to pinch-hit for regular DJs.  I was 24 and I thought that time was running out, for some dumb reason… There are a lot of things running through my head which made me ripe for some bad decisions… or maybe I slept with the wrong person… or maybe I did not believe that I could do it despite the fact that I was already doing it… Or I thought my band Jobit Moya and the SP01s were gonna make it big. Although I did not fail at it, I did not push for it to know how far I’ll succeed.