KENNETH PORIO | the blog

Dear friends, I'm spending my 30 minutes on the Internet while the exams have not yet been starting this week. Hindi ako mapakali nang nawawalan ako ng pagkakataon makipagsaya sa aking mga naging kaibigan sa Simbahan. It seems I could not think of a way to make up with my lost opportunities of being one with my fellow leaders in the Church. It seems the LORD has tapping me to spend time with my family. I lost so much time with them when I am not around, being with school and with the ministry. Yes, I do believe in the 5 Priorities in Life: God, Self, Family, Ministry, Work/School . Sometimes, it breaks me to realize that I'm not enjoying the life that God wants me to have. It seems that things are too much tight for me right now. It seems a cloud of confusion has elevated in my mind. My mind has been functioning too hard that I could not concentrate on taking change in my heart, to set it to God's own will.   14 Wait on the LORD;          Be of good courage,    

I'm just so happy today that I received my very first 1.0 grade in my study in UP Mindanao! I got my 1.0 in AH4/HUM1 (Adventures in Fiction, Poetry and Drama), under the supervision of Prof. Jhoanna Lynn Cruz. In this course, my mind was tickled with the many literature works that Prof. Cruz has shared to us - short stories, novel excerpts, poems, plays, even a 1950s movie adaptation of a Japanese classic! We ended with a play production that went very successfully. So, I'm so blessed to have a 1.0; it's God's grace that worked. More to come! KENNETH

This is a preview of ASL Mobile Edition! on the iPhone. The widget below is a simulation of the iPhone having ASL ME! in the mobile browser. Get ASL ME! Log-on to http://astellarlife.mofuse.mobi/ on your mobile browser. KENNETH

From having you "be the first to know" , now CNN International makes you " go beyond borders" . Since 21 September 2009, CNN International got its new on-air look and feel, with its new tagline to "Go Beyond Borders". I don't know why I'm fond of CNN right now. CNN makes news more exciting for me. I don't know what I get from the CNN effect... KENNETH

Eunice Yoon, CNN Asia Business Editor did a coverage in the Philippines during the Ketsana-Parma double disaster. Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video You can help at CNN.com/Impact . KENNETH

Our AH4/HUM1 lineup of play productions, with plays written by BA English students for their CW130 (Playwriting) class, are still up and going. This is our final project for this term, under the supervision of our AH4/HUM1 instructor, Prof. Jhoanna Lynn Cruz. Trading Partners, a play by Kelly Marie Conlon (who recently won the EU Whiz competition and just came home from a European tour ), is about a couple who had a turmoiled marriage after the husband had affairs with a gay boss, while the wife, a dance instructor, had a relationship with one of her students. The cast, shown in the photo are: L-R seated: Jan Reynald Shane Coquilla (1-BSFT) as Kevin , the dance student; Kriza Faye Calumba (1-BSFT) as Marcia , the dance instructor/wife; Patrick Deo dela Cruz (1-BSFT) as Allan , the estranged husband; and (standing) Kenneth Porio [ME!] as Donnie, the gay boss and ex-lover of Allan. This is my first theater role since I left Colegio de San Ignacio, my Alma Mater, and my first tim