Spotlight: Doby-doo-bi-doo

ALUMNI EDITION

Full Name: DONARBER JOSEPH N. PINEDA
Nickname: Doby
High School: Jose Abad Santos High School (formerly PHS, now PHS again!)
Hometown: Macabebe, Pampanga
Aguman Batch: Tanikala 1986A
Degree(s): BS Economics (1989), MBA (1994)
Present Location: Hong Kong
Present Occupation: Treasury Head, BPI Int’l Finance (HK) Ltd.
Favorite GE (General Education) subject when you were an undergrad: both in my very first sem -- PHI (Prof. Rico Azicate – changed my traditional view of Phil. history) and Pol. Sci. 11 (Dr. Dodong Nemenzo – first real intellectual and progressive mind I encountered up close)
Favorite non-Aguman tambayan: Econ Lib (with secluded cubicles where you can sleep hehehe…)

I was convinced to join UP Aguman because: all my HS classmates were members.

My favorite Aguman memory is: Pautakan, buwisitan / kulitan / indredus, movie watching with co-members (Highlander - there can be only one! SM City North Edsa opened on my 3^rd year in UP.).

The best thing about being an AguPip is: speaking Kapampangan and sounding German, being among the noisiest dormers (neck-to-neck with the Cebuanos), and being envied by many boys in UP for having some of the prettiest co-members!!!

Back in college, the worst rule I had broken was: dorm curfew. There aren’t too many stringent rules in UP .

The difference between college life and the real world is: that there aren’t enough weirdos and free thinkers outside UP! The best thing about UP is the “real world” preparation. The education and the atmosphere make you street-smart.

The best thing about my work is: getting the latest news here and abroad real-time.

The greatest injustice in the world is: unequal distribution of power, wealth and resources.

If I were a female mosquito for a day, I would bite: all the corrupt politicians and inflict them with dengue and malaria.

If time is gold, then silver is: probably not time. Taksyapo nanu ne mang klaseng kutang ini?! #@$%^)(*&!?>+=

Message to fellow alumni: Youth is not a time of life. It is a state of mind ­­‑ Samuel Ulman

Message to the residents: Carpe diem! Thanks for keeping a very important facet of the alumni’s past alive.