Third Time For MagTV Na Cebu

ABS-CBN Cebu's MagTV Na featured me for the third time this day in 2014. Blinky, the tv host together with Direk Gilbert and the crew went to my one-man photo and stamp exhibit for Cebu Stamp Club in Cuerpo de Guardia, Fort San Pedro to tape the segment there. Thank you MagTV Na! To God be the glory!

Jerald Is Officially ABS-CBN Cebu's MagTV Na Bida Kid

1st Audition Day, March 5, 2015

I got a message from Charlie M. of ABS-CBN Cebu's MagTV Na informing me to try to let Jerald audition as a Kapamilya Bida Kid. The following day on March 5, 2015, we went to the ABS-CBN Complex for his audition. He impressed everyone with his hosting and singing skills. 

2nd Auditon Day, March 19, 2015

A few days later, I was informed that he passed the audition and we have to come back again on March 19, 2015. He once again passed the second audition and only ten of them, composed of three boys and seven girls were officially chosen as the MagTV Na Bida Kids.

Some MagTV Na staff asked me to bring Jerald to Cebu Westown Lagoon on March 26, 2015 for their first pictorial and taping together with MagTV Na hosts Blinky, Phoebe, Jonathan and Borgie. We made sure to wake up early and arrived there at 6:00 am. 

Jerald at Cebu Westown Lagoon

The taping lasted until 2:00 in the afternoon and we went home excited and thankful for this new milestone in his career. 

Watch him and other nine kids the whole summer in ABS-CBN Cebu's MagTV Na every Sunday at 9:00 am. To God be the glory!

Jerald with Bangs Casurra and Blinky de Leon

Jerald and host Phoebe Fernandez

with Direk Gilbert Gamolo

with Direk Gilbert and MagTV Na staff and crew 

with MagTV Na's Gina, Jezu and Jayson

Jerald introduces himself on cam 

Posing beside the ABS-CBN van

Am proud of you Jerald!

MagTV Na hosts

MagTV Na hosts playing with the Kapamilya Bida Kids

MagTV Na! Cebu Features Stamps Again and Selyo ug Kasaysayan sa Fort Exhibit

ABS-CBN Cebu’s MagTV Na! featured my stamp collections in their June 8, 2014 KOLEKSYON! episode. The taping was at Cuerpo de Guardia, Fort San Pedro, the venue of my ongoing stamps and photo exhibit for Cebu Stamp Club titled Selyo ug Kasaysayan sa Fort (Stamps and History @ the Fort). 

Many thanks ABS-CBN Cebu and MagTV Na! for including me again for the third time (twice with my stamps and once with my son Jerald Kervin for a Back to School segment).

Thanks too Direk Gilbert Gamolo, kamags Blinky, kamags Phoebe, kamags Jonathan, kamags Borgie, kamags Bangs, kamags Charlie and the crew, Cebu Stamp Club, Fort San Pedro’s Erwin de la Cerna and his staff, my wife Julie with Jerald Kervin and Mark Yapching.

TV Segment Shoot in March

 

 

 

 

 

 

On March 10, 2013, an ABS-CBN Cebu crew came to my sister Debbie's house which is just beside my house to shoot some segments featuring her and daughter Duchess Blythe Uybengkee. This was intended to be aired at Maayong Buntag Kapamilya and MagTV Na here in Cebu promoting a multi-vitamin brand.

My sister's house was where MagTv Na featured me and my stamps and Star Wars collection in one of their episodes hosted by Blinky de Leon some years ago. In March last year, ABS CBN Cebu's Creative Team composed of Makoy Damaolao and Athena Cabanero shot some scenes in my house featuring Debbie, Duchess and brother-in-law Mark along with my son Jerald Kervin for the TV plug of DYAB's 17th anniversary Kapamilya Run.

Jerald Kervin Uy who's very interested in the ropes of filmmaking lately was always beside Tata, the cameraman during the shoot.         

ABS-CBN Cebu's MagTV Na Visits Us Again

Yesterday got me and my son Jerald Kervin very excited after getting a phone call from ABS-CBN Cebu's segment producer Blaine Uy, informing us that the network's top-rating morning show MagTV Na would like to include Kervin in their Back To School segment to be aired on June 6, 2010 at 8:30AM.

After finalizing everything, the network crew arrived in our house this morning at 10:00AM. I got to meet the show's host Blinky once again as well as Blaine and the rest of the crew.

Jerald Kervin didn't mind the two hours of different takes in different angles. He sure acted like a pro and even got the director's thumbs up.

The last time the show came to the house was when they featured both of us and our stamps and Star Wars collections last year.

Thanks MagTV for featuring us the second time around.

The Anakin Skywalker Toy Figure

As my Star Wars collection grew, I started to have favorites.

Although I consider my Pepsi Japan Star Wars Bottle Cap collections as among my faves, I kinda have one figure that always reminds me of my son Kervin when he was around three years old. This is the Episode 1 Anakin Skywalker figure.

When the ABS-CBN Cebu tv crew came to the house two Saturdays ago to do a video shoot of my Star Wars collection and my stamps, the first thing they asked was the Anakin toy.

Their researcher Venice Polancos later told me that they read the feature that came out in Sun Star Daily Cebu regarding my Star Wars collection. The newspaper article mentioned about my favorite toy, the little Anakin Skywalker. You may read the Sun Star article by clicking here.

Now 5 years old, Kervin and I still love to play with it along with the other Star Wars figures and vehicles we have. Playing with the toys together has made father and son more closer than ever. Thanks to Star Wars!

Today at 10:45am, ABS-CBN Cebu's "MagTV Na" will be on air and will feature my Star Wars and stamp collections. Thanks again to Lindo Mark Mayol (Segment Producer), Blinky de Leon (Host), Reggie Molina (Director), Vince Moree Polancos (Researcher), Daki Bolutano (Cameraman), Tata Poligrates (Cameraman), Randy Berrame (Lightman), Ronald Albaraccin (Audioman), and Nick Nadela (Production Driver).

My First Stamps

ABS-CBN Cebu's Mark Mayol asked me a question that I recalled nobody asked for a long time. "What was you first stamp?" The words floated in my mind. Such a very basic question but no one ever thought of asking me!

I started collecting when I was in high school. The death of my grandfather Uy Kieng San (Charles Uy) led me to start collecting stamps. Weeks after he died, I happen to open his steel cabinet. What I saw amazed me! Before my very eyes were hundreds and hundreds of envelopes from China and Taiwan. In the later part of his life, my grandfather started an import/export business and communicated frequently with Taiwanese and Chinese companies and corporations.

The envelopes bore beautiful stamps from the two countries. Instinctively, I started cutting the stamps from the envelopes and was able to amass several boxes of these stamps. Soon, I saw myself exchanging the doubles to my friends and acquaintances.

The more stamps I exchanged, the more new stamps I accumulated. It was then that I started to segregate the stamps by countries and topics.

It was in 1994 that I started buying mint Philippine stamps and first day covers in the post offices. From that time on, my collection widened. My specialization would include different era in Philippine history. Spanish Dominion, Aguinaldo Period, American Occupation, Philippine Commonwealth, Japanese Occupation and the Republic Period.

I soon found myself collecting Canada Year sets, United Nations year issues, American Presidents on stamps, Popes on stamps, birds, fishes, butterflies, scouting on stamps, dinosaur, Kings and Queens of England, and Princess Diana.

Who would ever thought that those first China and Taiwan stamps I had would lead me to found Cebu Stamp Club, Incorporated, write about stamps in my regular column in the Freeman newspaper, write stamp articles in Sun Star Daily Cebu, win awards in National, Regional and local stamp competitions, create different publications featuring stamps, and design, maintain and publish philatelic websites.

Those stamps made me who I am and I thank God for introducing me to this very wonderful hobby called "the hobby of kings, and the king of all hobbies."

To me "stamps will never die, they just fade."

ABS-CBN Cebu's "MagTV Na" Comes To Visit

Yesterday was quite a hectic day. The night before, I got a confirmation from Venice Polancos and Lindo Mark Mayol of ABS-CBN Cebu that they will be dropping by to do a segment featuring my stamps and Star Wars collections in the top rating Cebu television show called "MagTV Na."

It was in August 2005 when I got invited by ABS-CBN Cebu to guest in Jude Bacalso's "Jude Morning" at Ayala Center Cebu to talk about our exhibit highlighting the stamps of Pope John Paul II. The TV network was one of the sponsors of the event.

At around 1:30pm the network's people arrived in our compound. There were nine of them! I was introduced to everyone, from the director to Blinky, the segment host. I couldn't accommodate the crew to my house as renovation work is ongoing so we had to use the house of Debbie Uy and Mark Uybengkee of Himlayang Pilipino Plans, Inc. who incidentally is my younger sister and brother-in-law. Their daughter Duchess Blythe Uybengkee is one of ABS-CBN's talents.

The crew took time to arrange everything - from my stamp albums, exhibit frames, star wars books, posters, action figures and bottle caps.

Once everything was done it was lights, camera, action! Blinky de Leon did an excellent job as host. She makes one feel comfortable in front of the cam although I am used to being on it occassionally.

The one person I admired most was the director, Reggie Molina. He's so down-to-earth and easy to get along with. He even helped in the setting up just to speed things up. Mark and Venice did great in the preparation and coordination. To sum it all, everyone was superb and very professional.

By 4:30pm, the interview was over. After a hearty snack of hamburgers and Coke, we said our goodbyes and thank yous. Mark handed me a bag with a "MagTV Na" mug inside. Another mug to add in my collection!

The "MagTV Na" experience was such a nice one that I will never forget! My special thanks to ABS-CBN Cebu, Lindo Mark Mayol (Segment Producer), Blinky de Leon (Host), Reggie Molina (Director), Vince Moree Polancos (Researcher), Daki Bolutano (Cameraman), Tata Poligrates (Cameraman), Randy Berrame (Lightman), Ronald Albaraccin (Audioman), and Nick Nadela (Production Driver).

"MagTV Na" will be featuring my stamps and Star Wars collections this month. If you're in Cebu, please take time to watch it on September 13, 2009 at ABS-CBN TV 3!

The photos featured above came from a video taken by Edwin Uy from a side angle. The network cams were in front of Blinky and I. Mark Mayol is also shown in the background.