On Sept 18, 2010 from 1-5pm, I will be hosting an event in the Ateneo de Manila University called the Alternative Careers. Speakers will come from the advertising and media industry and they will talk about why those chose to do what they are doing now.
I personally invited two speakers, Mr. Pocholo Gonzales and DJ Vince Golangco.
Mr. Pocholo Gonzales, a famous voice talent, positions himself as the Voice Master. His wealth of experience in the voice industry has earned him respect and recognition here in the Philippines and abroad. I was very fortunate to have also interviewed him.
This amazing fellow has always done what he wanted to do. He started voice acting ever since he was young. He told me the story of how he would imitate the voices he heard on the radio and make it his own. That was when he realized he can make a living out of this. He has been a voice actor for more than 10 years. His company, Creative Voices, has been contracted by local and foreign companies to do some voice-overs, dubbings and commercials.
The second speaker, Mr. Vince Golangco is an interested person. He graduated in the US and initially worked for the United States Army. One day he decided to take a vacation in the Philippines and he never looked back ever since.
He stayed here and has been quite a presence in the airwaves. He hosts a program in one of the more famous FM station in the country, 94.7FM. His show, The G-Spot is being aired every weekend from 7-10am every Saturday and 6-10am every Sunday.
Aside from hosting a regular radio program, he is also maintaining a blog, WheninManila.com. The blog has become very popular and is currently one of the top 10 websites in the Philippines.
These people are definitely doing what they want to do. They don’t view their work as a job, rather, they view it as something they can learn from. It’s play time meets real world education; and they are being paid handsomely in the process.
How about you? Have you found what you want to do? What are you passionate about?
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