eK! is electronic Kabalen, a web-exclusive Kapampangan journal of ideas

[About the author. Jason Paul C. Laxamana, 19, graduated Best Leader in pre-school at the School of the Holy Child, studied for two years in the Holy Family Academy, graduated with distinction at the School of the Holy Child, won in Division and Regional Schools Press Conferences during high school in the Feature Writing category (Filipino as a junior, English as a senior), and graduated high school at Chevalier School with a Campus Journalist of the Year award. From BA Psychology in UP Pampanga, he transferred to UP Diliman and took up Broadcast Communication. He is a delayed undergraduate student and is currently on leave from college to pursue independent studies and internship, free from the cages of formal education. He plans to shift to Anthropology despite already being in fourth year. He became one of Monster Radio RX 93.1's student DJs last summer but realized it was not his dream. He currently works freelance in production (currently Script Supervisor in one of Star Cinema's upcoming movies) and voice acting. He maintains a Kapampangan discovery blog http://kamaru.blogspot.com. He is also trying to establish KAMARU, a Kapampangan heritage and language proficiency organization, at UP. A member of the UP Association of Economics Students (UP Pampanga) and the UP Broadcasting Association (UP Diliman). He recently presented at the Ateneo De Manila University Feast for the Eyes: Culture and Media, Visual Anthropology; his talk was entitled The Current State of the Kapampangan Culture and Language. Last year, he wrote and directed Donated By Charo Cuneta, a successful alternative/pop stage musical in the Dalisay Aldaba Hall of UP Diliman. He will one day translate it to Kapampangan and make it Crissotan style.]