AUGUST 28, 2001, when I started to lay a hand on their lives by the humblest way of what they called the primordial way of broadcasting through a sub carrier audio (SCA) of the regular FM signal and was being utilized for regular broadcast like any other FM station in Taiwan, particularly in Taipei City. Touching the lives of what we hailed as the new living heroes of our time – the Overseas Filipino Workers, to the most commonly praised moniker – Ang Bagong Bayani.
       Certainly, ang mga Bagong Bayani whom I gave half of my life’s full purpose serving them through my radio programs, MusikaBayan and Pinoy Power. Acknowledge it or not, with that humble start I become their most loved and dear Kuya Rens on the air, and for more than three years we share all the smiles we can share, all the laughter’s we can laugh and all the caring we can give. After all these years, those memories keep on coming back. Haunting me more like a whisper and telling me to pick-up all the pieces we left behind, telling me more like to draw to a close what we all started…
       As far as the reminiscences set off, it all started with hesitancy, whether I’m going to be a part of what I know will become a major obligation, thus more of responsibilities, serving strangers miles away. It took days of confusion, weeks of disappointments and afterwards, months of unforgettable memories among us.
       Memories that absolutely will not fade away as I walk back again in the ground I once become Kuya Rens now with much more hesitation than before, and thoughts of quitting up and same old question pops…should I continue or should I walk off?
       Once again, the biggest commitment and huge responsibilities lie in waiting, and thoughts of stepping down persist. My sympathy becomes vulnerable when I consider their lonesomeness and lack of correspondence, their hopelessness and nights of depression.
       Furthermore, when I remember those days of giving them laughter ‘till they cried and fainted, and when I used to bring out engaging smiles out from their days of blues and solitude, and when I used to share bouncy happiness out from their weaknesses, my heart cracks into pieces and question like this pop, why should I let those happiness ends? While that question keeps on circling around my mind…the song we used to sing together alarm me down…”all my life, without a doubt I’ll give you all my life, now and forever ‘till the day I die, you and I will share…”
       Now my heart melts, as if there’s still one good and big reason to step back again into that huge responsibilities, up and goes the rub-a-dub inside my heart and tells…that’s it!
       After all these years, sila pa rin pala ang mundong gagalawan ko. Sila pa rin pala ang bubuhay ng kasiyahan ko. Sila pa rin pala ang malaking purposes ko sa buhay, after all these years, their still the one I live for…ang mga bagong bayani sa buhay ko.
       From this point to that, from those years up to the coming years, kaibigan, muli kong inihahandog sa inyo ang mga ngiti sa labi at galak sa puso, ngayon at sa darating pang mga araw ng pagsasama…long live the laughter and sweet smiles…mabuhay kayong mga bagong bayani!!!
       Sa muli nating pagsasama, nawa ay umani pa tayong lahat ng mga ala-alang hindi malilimutan, dumating man ang panahon na muli itong tuldukan ay muli’t-muli tayong magsasama hanggang sa pagpikit ng aking mga mata… without a doubt I’ll give you all my life, now and forever ‘till the day I die, you and I will share…”