Of Radios, DJs, Annoying DJs, at mga kantang di ka na nilubayan... (Part 1)

RADIO

My earliest memory of a radio station is the one which hosted Bombo Radyo... AM! Yun kasi yung kinakagisnan ko every morning kapag kasama namin si Papa. Yun kasi yung paborito niya pakinggan kasi dun mo mababalitaan kung may bago na naman bang inambush yung mga NPA.

Alam niyo naman... sa linaki-laki ng Samar at sa sobrang kasukalan ng terrain nito... idagdag mo pa yung mga walang-kwentang pulitiko na wala ng naitulong sa development ng highways ng probinsiya namin... eh naging paboritong hang-out na ng mga NPA yung Samar. The more difficult the roads are to maneuver, the easier it is to ambush people! Feeling ko, friends yung mga pulitiko ng Samar saka mga NPA dati... Substandard kalsada kasi yung mga pinapagawa madalas, so madalas masira... meaning, mas madalas may ambush! Kaso medyo matagal na akong di nakakauwi... so di ko sigurado kung kamusta na mga kalsada dun... i.e. kung BFFs pa ba yung mga politicians at yung mga mahilig mang-ambush ng sundalo.

Heniwei... dahil mas maka-TV ako kesa sa radyo... my next encounter with the radio was in highschool... kung kelan we visited a local radio station, second year HS... actually, di ko alam kung FM ba sila or AM.. basta alam ko lang sila yung nag-pro-produce ng drama sa radyo... yung mga tipong Matud Nila (i-google mo na lang kung di mo 'to alam). Dinala kami sa room where they do the recordings. Andun na rin sa room yung mga props that they use to make the sound effects... a small door... small meaning, duwende sized door... to save space, I gathered, and a pair of high heels and regular shoes for the running/walking away sound effects, I guess. Tapos pinakilala kami sa mga voice talents, i.e. yung mga voice-actor ng dramas...

Dun ko narealize that a voice indeed is a many splendored thing... Hahhahaha! May flamboyant gay person kasi na actor, may regular guy, tapos may girl... so ayun start na sila magbasa ng scripts nila... LAKING GULAT KO LANG NUNG MAGSALITA YUNG BADING! Mas lalaki pa yung boses niya dun sa regular guy!!! Hahahhahaah! I know that anyone can do different voices.... pero kasi di ba???! Pag nakikinig ka sa radyo, you always assume that what you hear is what you get... apparently, this would be one of the very few things where I'd be wrong! Hahahah!

So anyway... my next Radio-related encounter was when we had a part-time DJ for our History teacher... pogi na sana (actually crush siya ng mga kaklase ko.. matangkad at may itsura) kaso... parang may schistosomiasis (pronounced SIS-TO-MYA-SIS in pinoy slang haha!)... bloated yung tiyan niya... di naman sa ini-insulto ko yung bloated tiyan niya kasi hello lang! Ako rin bloated tiyan ko ngayon (btw, sexy pala ako dati di ko alam, akala ko mataba ako kasi I was basing my size on my petite cousin... malay ko ba na may body frame pang paepek epek.. if only I had known it then... mas nakapagyabang sana ako! ahhahaa!!) Anyway, Yep! Let's call it that.. bloated! It will eventually unbloat. I wish, hope, and pervently pray.

As I always, I digress. Ayun malaki tiyan ng teacher ko na yun... eh kaso ang tangkad tangkad tangkad niya tapos tingting yung katawan niya... so imagine a stick drowing na biglang may 3D na bola sa tiyan. Weird di ba?! Medyo di nakakaencourage maging motivation/inspiration sa pag-aaral... AS IF! hahha!

My last memorable radio encounter na nag-aaral pa ako was during college... Dinonate ng tatay ko yung JVC radyo niya sa akin... with a CD player, tapos may auto-tuning ng stations! AMAZING!!! (was what I thought back then. Hello!! When you're used to turning knobs and just depending on your fingers' dexterity to get the best reception there is... MILAGRO ang auto-tuning! Hahahaha!)...

Anyway, I used to listen to Jam! 88.3 kasi they used to play jazzy tunes... Eh si Jenggy, my oldest boardmate was into Jazz... so medyo nadamay ako... pero kasi minsan siyempre may tunes rin na di mo type... so kahit papano... you check out other stations...

Then one early morning... I don't really remember what day... hehehe! I discovered a station na sobrang nakakatawa lang yung pinaguusapan ng dalawang DJs parati... it was a feel good station... they were Chico and Delamar... I actually didn't know their names... basta tawang-tawa lang ako sa mga usapan nila na naabutan ko. Actually, minsan yung tawa kasi nila contagious kaya natatawa ka na rin kahit minsan di mo gets hehehe... Anyway, siguro 5 years later ko pa malalaman yung pangalan nila... OO! HINDI AKO UP TO DATE NA TAO!

Then I forgot about radios again kasi medyo sumingit na yung real life... binubugbog na ako ng kurso ko at biglang umuso ang pagiging nocturnal... Ay onga pala.. biglang dumating nga rin pala ang Smallville, Meteor Garden at kung anu-ano pang ka-lechehan sa TV at siyempre pa... ang walang kamatayang computer games at onga rin pala... biglang umuso ang CD-ripping at mp3s.