The Interviewer is the Interviewee
I noticed that I have yet another completely different task that I have never expected in my accidental profession: to be a resource person on local history and culture and other hyper-local topics.
For this media practitioner (freelance and LGU), it's a great role reversal I hardly cherish.
I can no longer count how many students and media entities on all levels have interviewed me (often with video and sound recording) about random subjects: buro, deremen, gipang, even masikoy, history of Bayambang, Pangasinan language, LGU projects -- stuff I knew next to nothing about before.
It used to be a very uncomfortable experience for me as a reclusive individual (one who hates hogging the limelight), but I need to get used to it. (It is large crowds that I still find extremely hard to deal with.)
Among the most weird, because unexpected, topics I have tackled is counseling and therapy, which I surprisingly enjoyed because I knew a lot of things on the topic, being a veteran counselee and therapy subject, haha.
I am so thankful sharing to the public what I know, however--especially to the young students, because they are our future.
I thank their teachers for forcing these important subjects on them and challenging them to dig deeper by accessing all possible first-hand sources and references.
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