[Music]
from those from the province of Cebu can
I see your hands please raise your hands
from sick or from late Assam our
provinces in Mindanao provinces in the
zone again I’m oli amor also and have
something to admit I am a prom d from
these are everywhere we are everywhere
some of you perhaps are dreaming of
exploring bigger cities finding your
place in the Sun well we should have a
long list of individuals who have turned
from prom D to Lodi with their exploits
in the world’s they’ve chosen for
themselves from the fields of science
business education government service to
culture in the arts this brilliant and
cool individuals make us wear our
provincial roots with pride there’s the
founder chairman and CEO of jollibee
Foods Corporation Tony tank act young
who’s from was from Davao del Sur
Kenneth Corbin play furniture designer
from Cebu who whose works have found
their way to Hollywood hopes Joseph vo
internationally awarded science teacher
from Iloilo was a planet a minor planet
named after her the high schooler Hilary
and Alice from below Leyte who won last
year 20 million pesos worth of prizes
for winning a global science contest the
Visayan top Naturals in law medicine
engineering and education and in
politics and government of course we
have the first ever Mindanao one
president from Davao the list goes on
the origin of the term prom D isn’t
something you’d take pride in though
Michael tan his 26 20 2006 Inquirer
column said that prom D was coined
around the 80s to mean from the province
so impelling meaning the prom d
capturing the condescending attitudes of
city slickers towards rural areas he
said this came from a mindset that if
you remain in the provincial ergo you’re
not good enough for the big city
much of the Kadima Cree search when
found about about it say the same thing
from a 1993 study by a certain our David
zorb to a 1999 research by Miriam
college students the term was used to
describe anyone with a hillbilly crude
crass and sheep this meaning seems to
persist in this digital age looking it
up on the urban dictionary calm it said
that if you want to insult someone call
him from D I just want to share this
with you I was born in Imperial Manila
but grew up in the province before the
1986 as a People Power Revolution the
entire family moved to Pakistan where my
parents dr. Vik Amoroso and the late dr.
Cecil Amoroso became professors at
central Mindanao University studying for
a year at a laboratory elementary school
run by University and making new friends
taught me to speak in Bisaya so medallas
holonomic ow I don’t speak the local
language but I speak I remembered the
yard next to our cottage inside
University became a favorite spot for
outdoor games for my brother’s friends
neighbors who came to play with us after
school Nicola Milan but who among you
alum young game Japanese Japanese game
or Agawam base you look some bakka
particular
Tagg Otago dump Impreza or bateau lotta
CIPA a template Oh Santino Clarendon
Chinese character my siblings and I
consider consider a childhood years in
bukidnon
as some of the best times of our lives
however as they say all good things come
to an end just after the ads a People
Power Revolution
my mother was accepted for a scholarship
no to pursue her PhD in Ubud le monde
brought me and my younger siblings back
to Manila where I continued my primary
education at the Lehman preparatory
school while in school to boost my
confidence Kasinga prom d my mother had
me joined the dramatics guild
it’s programs include all aspects of
theatre and drama including writing and
technical design my mother was very
happy when I told her one day that I
auditioned for true three of its place
my first thing was one of the assistants
of commander William Harbison in Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s South Pacific in 1989
I then landed the role of Cinna potty in
the play by de Sade in 1990 and wantá–
in the Flower Drum Song in 1991 it
became my introduction to the Arts
Theatre and eventually production though
life in the capital city of Manila was
exciting in the late 80s and 90s
especially it was a time when Filipino
pride and self-respect were stored after
the answer evolution and lifestyle moss
mushroom all over Metro Manila no but my
siblings and I still missed the
provincial life after my mother earned
her PhD degree at the same time I
finished my Elementary in Manila the
family returned to bed knowing to rejoin
a father in the University High School
at CMU science high school was where I
was further immersed in the provincial
life my dad who is a biologist bought a
farm land in Valencia summers of 1991
and 92 96 were spent on the farm
where we learn how to ride horses
carabaos milk cows and of course grow
our love for nature when public
transport was hard to come by there was
no Hubble Hubble Nikola Milam if
everyone’s able to experience riding
this my brothers and I call that the
Skylab scene since its resembles the
Skylab space station that orbited the
earth before again food is another story
I remember first eating the pessoa which
I’m sure everyone here is familiar with
to this day I enjoy eating it with real
barbecue or casino whenever i’m in cebu
bukidnon or dumaguete in my junior year
in 1995 an English teacher pushed me to
start writing a journal I realized
writing doesn’t have to be a hassle it
can be a good outlet to create
experiment and document everyday life in
the province living in a very scenic
town in bukidnon gave me a place
conducive practicing writing techniques
fleshing out ideas as well as keeping a
record of times and everyone to forget
or things I need to remember it also
prepared me for the responsibility of
being EIC or editor-in-chief the high
school paper in 96 in the yearbook in 97
when I was 16 a year before graduating
in high school the Philippine Daily
Inquirer under its Youngblood column
published my article about a beggar and
her daughter who I met on a bus bus ride
to bukidnon they had given all their
earnings to another beggar who they saw
needed the money more than them
that encounter reason why I’m sharing
that to you that encounter changed my
perspective on life and the people in
the province as a student journalist in
96 to 97 I was blessed to be given the
space to write about record and reflect
my rural life experience as more
Highschool life opened my eyes to the
reality that there are so many Filipino
families struggling to make ends meet
just to send their schools just to send
their kids at school despite their
circumstances my high school classmates
were very diligent and intelligent
perhaps living in the cities were
brand-new books and styling the comforts
of well air-conditioned homes or houses
or study areas but students in the rural
areas read hand-me-down books and write
assignments through gas lamps all this
made me aware of the disparity in
opportunities and the neglect of
communities in the peripheries it’s a
reality to this day the Philippines
autistics Authority has named ten areas
with the highest poverty incidence per
family this include Lana Del sewer
Eastern Samar Apayao Maguindanao
Zamboanga del Norte
Sarang Ghani Cotabato unfortunately
Negros Oriental and northern and western
summer NCR the National Capital Region
remains the richest and has the biggest
contribution of the middle class as of
2015
still it was at hard to notice the
resilience of people in the region’s
making do of what they have under tough
situations in ninety seven months before
graduating from high school I was given
a choice by my parents to pursue my
college education in a university in
Manila or in silliman university I chose
the latter though I’ve never really
experienced the Maggette life prior to
living or studying here in cinnamon the
university town has always been a
convenient gateway to my father’s
hometown which is bioone City plus I was
I was always intrigued by the old
silliman Hall and the white towers with
what appeared like heads which
eventually I learned to know us as
everyone knows it part house you know
the moment I step inside the portals I
had this feeling that I am home I never
had a hard time adjusting
college life since all of us
well at least during my time were all
students from the province studying in a
university he that celebrated its
provincial setting Cinnabon Nina Hallam
Ito white sands and the coral the
southern seas and the palm trees tall
and stately here I have experienced to
live on my own and be part of a
multicultural environment where being a
prom d is not an issue
no one labelled another as Bromley life
in silliman taught me to see people in
situations from multiple perspectives
after being exposed to various
organizations especially the weekly sila
Mannion which I first became part of on
my freshman year with endorsement of a
respective campus journalist writer
editor and again and now the palanca
awardee no less the bikini line
attention uncle Ian sukkot I was given
the opportunity to hone my journalism
skills in the weekly sila Mannion a year
later in 98 I took the editorial exam
and became associate editor of the paper
and editor-in-chief of portal 2001 in
Salomon I felt there was no right or
superior culture every person’s culture
is valid and no culture is better than
another
during my membership in the upon you and
Sam as communicators our KMC and stained
the silliman university student
government or su SG I never felt
inferior or insecure in fact it gave me
the confidence to interact with other
peoples and since we spoke the same
language and bonded under a strong sense
of shared traditions experiences and
cultural identity we actually validated
each other
the affinity somehow helped build a
stronger sense of self ready to take on
anything beyond the university sporto’s
although atomic Adam Montandon story I
was accepted a job in Manila two weeks
after graduation it was in my first year
that I’ve experienced though at all
case of Pegeen prom de I felt inferior
to those who finish their degrees in
Manila universities for the first time
there were people who thought I can’t
write and speak articulately because I
generated from a provincial school big
projects were assigned to someone who
spoke with with an accent when I tried
to apply for a job in one of those big
companies in Manila the recruitment
officer placed my CV at the bottom of
ten shortlisted candidates when I asked
this his colleague he told me that the
first nine were graduates from Manila
schools while I was from a diliman
school in the Visayas which I corrected
me say certainly Huyen de Lima and it’s
silly man and then I explained to to
that person it was named after its
founder who word silliman he replied in
a ghast Megan eunbong school since I
what I was taught to be respectful to
elder’s I just said I serve the next
time I get back here I will just bring a
map and I’ll point to you we’re sailing
– and of course you know what happened
next right I didn’t return who would
have thought that attending schools and
universities in Luzon Visayas and
Mindanao lose this mean and experiencing
how to deal with a diverse group of
people trained me for my future job as
VP and head of the regional department
of a leading broadcast network in the
Philippines GMA aggressively step up
efforts to reach out to regional
audiences my provincial life indeed came
in handy as I pushed for programming
more attuned to stories voices and
viewership outside of Metro Manila I’m
currently the executive in charge of
production of top rating and
award-winning local news programmes this
our Balaton onion in Luzon Balaton be
stuck in visa in the Visayas and the
groundbreaking local news program
Mindanao wide one Mindanao I just want
to share this short clip on the three
local newscast
because the producers of this programs
are prompt this
[Music]
Shakti CJ Farida never plan Nakano
soliton Aaron sankaranna 7p sha-la-la-la
of course he faced him 1002 boom Dagupan
city fungus non-solid am young and sandy
gonna go to Kohan answer be shown photo
llama chutney Joe uncle soy Tigana
billion loan on solid am Ian and Sandy
Gannon Kotoko hang on llama
[Music]
Akashi Barbie no sorrow proud mr. Budrow
proud this back haha see Alan Domingo
proud stop Donkin Amiga and gas on
diggin
okay dump and some wannabe SIA a corset
back Ocampo you mud Selita boo-boo in
the round
a cozy Sarah he loved in Velasco
Nicaraguan city boom-boom Mindanao
Acosta real structure to Hong Santa Cruz
davao del sol mindanao to move in the
now who sat on Mindanao got official
hongsa Mindanao I’m proud of that those
programs because they are produced by
prom knees they’re produced by our
production news production team all over
the Philippines and it caters to local
news local news is very important I
believe in the future is in the region’s
the center has to make a space or look
to those from the off center why do you
think diversity is such a big word
nowadays there’s a need now for more
than ever to very to be very passionate
in engaging Filipinos especially those
in the province to be active
participants for the development of
regional and provincial communities I’m
currently involved in several projects
that campaign for support especially
especially for the youth in encouraging
policy makers and businesses to commit
to sustainable development policies and
approaches and engage the locals in
promoting heritage and cultural
awareness gender empowerment an
environmental conservation and assess
vital tools to build stronger and more
resilient communities
my team and I led several private public
partnerships and community projects one
of which was supposed to adapt a Bangkok
together with the partners and donors
the project provided long term in
holistic recovery efforts through
livelihood opportunities and education
for the fishermen in local communities
devastated by super typhoon yolanda in
2013 at the end of the project were very
happy with it because we’re able to give
out 340b
as with fishing implements to the
communities in bantayan island again as
they say you can take the boy out of the
country but never the country out of the
boy my journey from prom D to the so
called big city may be or may not be
your journey but be true to yourself
your roots your values wherever you are
your experiences shape who you are your
personhood from these are crystal clear
with our priorities we arrange it in a
specific order faith family country and
community if you find yourself
confronted with derogatory labels they
will stay and hurt you but only if you
allow them misconceptions are
misconceptions because you don’t have to
live up to them but one thing I learned
about being promptly is that we are
determined to succeed despite
circumstances we are facing we continue
to educate ourselves and seek higher
learning from these are globally
competitive competitive and seize
opportunities we don’t stop and rest on
our laurels so the next time someone
asks you where are you from you know now
what to say I am from the selamanya and
proud on a happy note I’ve fallen in
love with a fellow prom knee but that’s
another TEDx story to share good
afternoon
[Music]
from those from the province of Cebu can
I see your hands please raise your hands
from sick or from late Assam our
provinces in Mindanao provinces in the
zone again I’m oli amor also and have
something to admit I am a prom d from
these are everywhere we are everywhere
some of you perhaps are dreaming of
exploring bigger cities finding your
place in the Sun well we should have a
long list of individuals who have turned
from prom D to Lodi with their exploits
in the world’s they’ve chosen for
themselves from the fields of science
business education government service to
culture in the arts this brilliant and
cool individuals make us wear our
provincial roots with pride there’s the
founder chairman and CEO of jollibee
Foods Corporation Tony tank act young
who’s from was from Davao del Sur
Kenneth Corbin play furniture designer
from Cebu who whose works have found
their way to Hollywood hopes Joseph vo
internationally awarded science teacher
from Iloilo was a planet a minor planet
named after her the high schooler Hilary
and Alice from below Leyte who won last
year 20 million pesos worth of prizes
for winning a global science contest the
Visayan top Naturals in law medicine
engineering and education and in
politics and government of course we
have the first ever Mindanao one
president from Davao the list goes on
the origin of the term prom D isn’t
something you’d take pride in though
Michael tan his 26 20 2006 Inquirer
column said that prom D was coined
around the 80s to mean from the province
so impelling meaning the prom d
capturing the condescending attitudes of
city slickers towards rural areas he
said this came from a mindset that if
you remain in the provincial ergo you’re
not good enough for the big city
much of the Kadima Cree search when
found about about it say the same thing
from a 1993 study by a certain our David
zorb to a 1999 research by Miriam
college students the term was used to
describe anyone with a hillbilly crude
crass and sheep this meaning seems to
persist in this digital age looking it
up on the urban dictionary calm it said
that if you want to insult someone call
him from D I just want to share this
with you I was born in Imperial Manila
but grew up in the province before the
1986 as a People Power Revolution the
entire family moved to Pakistan where my
parents dr. Vik Amoroso and the late dr.
Cecil Amoroso became professors at
central Mindanao University studying for
a year at a laboratory elementary school
run by University and making new friends
taught me to speak in Bisaya so medallas
holonomic ow I don’t speak the local
language but I speak I remembered the
yard next to our cottage inside
University became a favorite spot for
outdoor games for my brother’s friends
neighbors who came to play with us after
school Nicola Milan but who among you
alum young game Japanese Japanese game
or Agawam base you look some bakka
particular
Tagg Otago dump Impreza or bateau lotta
CIPA a template Oh Santino Clarendon
Chinese character my siblings and I
consider consider a childhood years in
bukidnon
as some of the best times of our lives
however as they say all good things come
to an end just after the ads a People
Power Revolution
my mother was accepted for a scholarship
no to pursue her PhD in Ubud le monde
brought me and my younger siblings back
to Manila where I continued my primary
education at the Lehman preparatory
school while in school to boost my
confidence Kasinga prom d my mother had
me joined the dramatics guild
it’s programs include all aspects of
theatre and drama including writing and
technical design my mother was very
happy when I told her one day that I
auditioned for true three of its place
my first thing was one of the assistants
of commander William Harbison in Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s South Pacific in 1989
I then landed the role of Cinna potty in
the play by de Sade in 1990 and wantá–
in the Flower Drum Song in 1991 it
became my introduction to the Arts
Theatre and eventually production though
life in the capital city of Manila was
exciting in the late 80s and 90s
especially it was a time when Filipino
pride and self-respect were stored after
the answer evolution and lifestyle moss
mushroom all over Metro Manila no but my
siblings and I still missed the
provincial life after my mother earned
her PhD degree at the same time I
finished my Elementary in Manila the
family returned to bed knowing to rejoin
a father in the University High School
at CMU science high school was where I
was further immersed in the provincial
life my dad who is a biologist bought a
farm land in Valencia summers of 1991
and 92 96 were spent on the farm
where we learn how to ride horses
carabaos milk cows and of course grow
our love for nature when public
transport was hard to come by there was
no Hubble Hubble Nikola Milam if
everyone’s able to experience riding
this my brothers and I call that the
Skylab scene since its resembles the
Skylab space station that orbited the
earth before again food is another story
I remember first eating the pessoa which
I’m sure everyone here is familiar with
to this day I enjoy eating it with real
barbecue or casino whenever i’m in cebu
bukidnon or dumaguete in my junior year
in 1995 an English teacher pushed me to
start writing a journal I realized
writing doesn’t have to be a hassle it
can be a good outlet to create
experiment and document everyday life in
the province living in a very scenic
town in bukidnon gave me a place
conducive practicing writing techniques
fleshing out ideas as well as keeping a
record of times and everyone to forget
or things I need to remember it also
prepared me for the responsibility of
being EIC or editor-in-chief the high
school paper in 96 in the yearbook in 97
when I was 16 a year before graduating
in high school the Philippine Daily
Inquirer under its Youngblood column
published my article about a beggar and
her daughter who I met on a bus bus ride
to bukidnon they had given all their
earnings to another beggar who they saw
needed the money more than them
that encounter reason why I’m sharing
that to you that encounter changed my
perspective on life and the people in
the province as a student journalist in
96 to 97 I was blessed to be given the
space to write about record and reflect
my rural life experience as more
Highschool life opened my eyes to the
reality that there are so many Filipino
families struggling to make ends meet
just to send their schools just to send
their kids at school despite their
circumstances my high school classmates
were very diligent and intelligent
perhaps living in the cities were
brand-new books and styling the comforts
of well air-conditioned homes or houses
or study areas but students in the rural
areas read hand-me-down books and write
assignments through gas lamps all this
made me aware of the disparity in
opportunities and the neglect of
communities in the peripheries it’s a
reality to this day the Philippines
autistics Authority has named ten areas
with the highest poverty incidence per
family this include Lana Del sewer
Eastern Samar Apayao Maguindanao
Zamboanga del Norte
Sarang Ghani Cotabato unfortunately
Negros Oriental and northern and western
summer NCR the National Capital Region
remains the richest and has the biggest
contribution of the middle class as of
2015
still it was at hard to notice the
resilience of people in the region’s
making do of what they have under tough
situations in ninety seven months before
graduating from high school I was given
a choice by my parents to pursue my
college education in a university in
Manila or in silliman university I chose
the latter though I’ve never really
experienced the Maggette life prior to
living or studying here in cinnamon the
university town has always been a
convenient gateway to my father’s
hometown which is bioone City plus I was
I was always intrigued by the old
silliman Hall and the white towers with
what appeared like heads which
eventually I learned to know us as
everyone knows it part house you know
the moment I step inside the portals I
had this feeling that I am home I never
had a hard time adjusting
college life since all of us
well at least during my time were all
students from the province studying in a
university he that celebrated its
provincial setting Cinnabon Nina Hallam
Ito white sands and the coral the
southern seas and the palm trees tall
and stately here I have experienced to
live on my own and be part of a
multicultural environment where being a
prom d is not an issue
no one labelled another as Bromley life
in silliman taught me to see people in
situations from multiple perspectives
after being exposed to various
organizations especially the weekly sila
Mannion which I first became part of on
my freshman year with endorsement of a
respective campus journalist writer
editor and again and now the palanca
awardee no less the bikini line
attention uncle Ian sukkot I was given
the opportunity to hone my journalism
skills in the weekly sila Mannion a year
later in 98 I took the editorial exam
and became associate editor of the paper
and editor-in-chief of portal 2001 in
Salomon I felt there was no right or
superior culture every person’s culture
is valid and no culture is better than
another
during my membership in the upon you and
Sam as communicators our KMC and stained
the silliman university student
government or su SG I never felt
inferior or insecure in fact it gave me
the confidence to interact with other
peoples and since we spoke the same
language and bonded under a strong sense
of shared traditions experiences and
cultural identity we actually validated
each other
the affinity somehow helped build a
stronger sense of self ready to take on
anything beyond the university sporto’s
although atomic Adam Montandon story I
was accepted a job in Manila two weeks
after graduation it was in my first year
that I’ve experienced though at all
case of Pegeen prom de I felt inferior
to those who finish their degrees in
Manila universities for the first time
there were people who thought I can’t
write and speak articulately because I
generated from a provincial school big
projects were assigned to someone who
spoke with with an accent when I tried
to apply for a job in one of those big
companies in Manila the recruitment
officer placed my CV at the bottom of
ten shortlisted candidates when I asked
this his colleague he told me that the
first nine were graduates from Manila
schools while I was from a diliman
school in the Visayas which I corrected
me say certainly Huyen de Lima and it’s
silly man and then I explained to to
that person it was named after its
founder who word silliman he replied in
a ghast Megan eunbong school since I
what I was taught to be respectful to
elder’s I just said I serve the next
time I get back here I will just bring a
map and I’ll point to you we’re sailing
– and of course you know what happened
next right I didn’t return who would
have thought that attending schools and
universities in Luzon Visayas and
Mindanao lose this mean and experiencing
how to deal with a diverse group of
people trained me for my future job as
VP and head of the regional department
of a leading broadcast network in the
Philippines GMA aggressively step up
efforts to reach out to regional
audiences my provincial life indeed came
in handy as I pushed for programming
more attuned to stories voices and
viewership outside of Metro Manila I’m
currently the executive in charge of
production of top rating and
award-winning local news programmes this
our Balaton onion in Luzon Balaton be
stuck in visa in the Visayas and the
groundbreaking local news program
Mindanao wide one Mindanao I just want
to share this short clip on the three
local newscast
because the producers of this programs
are prompt this
[Music]
Shakti CJ Farida never plan Nakano
soliton Aaron sankaranna 7p sha-la-la-la
of course he faced him 1002 boom Dagupan
city fungus non-solid am young and sandy
gonna go to Kohan answer be shown photo
llama chutney Joe uncle soy Tigana
billion loan on solid am Ian and Sandy
Gannon Kotoko hang on llama
[Music]
Akashi Barbie no sorrow proud mr. Budrow
proud this back haha see Alan Domingo
proud stop Donkin Amiga and gas on
diggin
okay dump and some wannabe SIA a corset
back Ocampo you mud Selita boo-boo in
the round
a cozy Sarah he loved in Velasco
Nicaraguan city boom-boom Mindanao
Acosta real structure to Hong Santa Cruz
davao del sol mindanao to move in the
now who sat on Mindanao got official
hongsa Mindanao I’m proud of that those
programs because they are produced by
prom knees they’re produced by our
production news production team all over
the Philippines and it caters to local
news local news is very important I
believe in the future is in the region’s
the center has to make a space or look
to those from the off center why do you
think diversity is such a big word
nowadays there’s a need now for more
than ever to very to be very passionate
in engaging Filipinos especially those
in the province to be active
participants for the development of
regional and provincial communities I’m
currently involved in several projects
that campaign for support especially
especially for the youth in encouraging
policy makers and businesses to commit
to sustainable development policies and
approaches and engage the locals in
promoting heritage and cultural
awareness gender empowerment an
environmental conservation and assess
vital tools to build stronger and more
resilient communities
my team and I led several private public
partnerships and community projects one
of which was supposed to adapt a Bangkok
together with the partners and donors
the project provided long term in
holistic recovery efforts through
livelihood opportunities and education
for the fishermen in local communities
devastated by super typhoon yolanda in
2013 at the end of the project were very
happy with it because we’re able to give
out 340b
as with fishing implements to the
communities in bantayan island again as
they say you can take the boy out of the
country but never the country out of the
boy my journey from prom D to the so
called big city may be or may not be
your journey but be true to yourself
your roots your values wherever you are
your experiences shape who you are your
personhood from these are crystal clear
with our priorities we arrange it in a
specific order faith family country and
community if you find yourself
confronted with derogatory labels they
will stay and hurt you but only if you
allow them misconceptions are
misconceptions because you don’t have to
live up to them but one thing I learned
about being promptly is that we are
determined to succeed despite
circumstances we are facing we continue
to educate ourselves and seek higher
learning from these are globally
competitive competitive and seize
opportunities we don’t stop and rest on
our laurels so the next time someone
asks you where are you from you know now
what to say I am from the selamanya and
proud on a happy note I’ve fallen in
love with a fellow prom knee but that’s
another TEDx story to share good
afternoon
[Music]
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