AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 70 of 153 proof of how true that quote is. A final review: What’s better than focusing on the negative? Focus on the positive. What’s better than working hard? It’s working smart. What’s better than dreaming? Imagineering. What’s better than doing something for yourself? Doing something for your country. What’s better than a vision? A cause. What’s better than a long speech? Definitely, a short one. Thank you and congratulations, UP Diliman graduating class of 2003 “Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.” (Butch Jimenez, graduated from the University of Philippines in 1981. His credentials include co-producing the acclaimed films “Jose Rizal,” “Muro-Ami” and “Deathrow,” helping steer RX 93.1 to the top of the FM charts, producing a television series for a Singaporean network, staging the Trumpets’ musical theatre hits “Little Mermaid” and “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” winning a silver in the international area of broadcast promotions for the launch campaign of GMA-7’s transmitter, and now head of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company’s Media and Strategic Communications department. At the age of 35 in 1998, he received both TOYM and TOYP (the international version of the TOYM) awards in communication arts and cultural achievement. He further scored points with UP officials for “his unassuming manner and detachment from the trappings of fame and fortune.” (The above has been sent kind courtesy Brig V Thyagarajan, EME, whose email id is: thyagutops@satyam.net.in ; and Maj PM Ravindran, Signal, whose email id is: <Illegible>.in)