10 Things I Know About You... Kaisar gets his kicks

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Victor Mario Kaisar is in his first year of the Broadcast Journalism program. Kaisar said of himself: "I used to be shy, I'm glad that's over. My brother calls me freakishly tall and at times I understand what he means. I love sports, I was a school captain, played on the soccer team and made a lot of people laugh."

1. Why are you here?
I left home, in far-off India, to do the program I'm in and it's been an amazing experience so far.

2. What was your life-changing moment?
I'd say leaving home and living in London all by myself. I do miss home, but living alone, I've learned to be more responsible.

3. What music are you currently listening to?
Coldplay and Green Day are my favourites. I'd listen to classic rock all day with Eminem and some more rap thrown in there as well. And yes, I can't stand Justin Bieber.

4. What is the best piece of advice you've ever received?
From my dad: Do whatever you set your heart out to, don't worry about the cost, but do everything with 100 per cent commitment.

5. Who is your role model?
It's hard to say, actually. I played soccer while growing up and used to look up to Oliver Kahn and Edwin van der Sar.

6. Where in the world have you travelled?
Canada, Italy, Austria, England, Singapore and Thailand (lost count of the number of times), Indonesia, Malaysia and tons of places within India.

7. What was your first job?
Would you be shocked if I said I haven't worked once in my life? It isn't part of culture in India to work while in high school and I'd change that if I could.

8. What would your last meal be?
Hey, if it's my last meal, it'd have to be everything. It sounds cliché, I know but, I love eating just about anything. If I can't decide what to order, I usually end up closing my eyes and picking something randomly.

9. What makes you uneasy?
Exams, naturally. It's a good thing my program doesn't have many of them.

10. What is your passion?
In my short time as part of XFM News, I've covered a breaking fire story and spoken to Austin Watson. It was enthralling. I also have a collection of paper towels from various restaurants all across the world. But my biggest passion will always be sports.


Originally Published in the Interrobang: http://www.fsu.ca/interrobang_article.asp?storyID=8224&sectionID=6&issueID=199

PS: I never thought that I'd actually be featured. It feels awesome to see yourself in the paper.

It All Begins...

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It was always going to be a nervous day. Strangely though, I felt sleepy all morning. It was quite unnatural I felt, ten hours of sleep seemed less. I guess it was nervousness talking loud. The minutes ticked on slowly. Time almost froze. Outside the weather was lousy and wet. Oh, what I’d do to get a nice bright sunny day. The clouds outside echoed my nervousness as I lay in bed trying to focus on something.

Time ticked on; yes she did not wait for anyone. Second after second, minute after minute, hour after hour. And then it was time. It was time for a newscast: my first ever. A live newscast, this is what I signed on for. Yet, there were butterflies in my stomach and they wouldn’t go away! However much I tried, the butterflies would just not go away! Flabbergasted, I gave up and headed to Fanshawe College.

I tried to be my cool, calm self. That sure helped a lot.  It always does, and there was no bigger proof that this feeling that ran through me, an unexplainable feeling. I felt joy, nervousness, anxiety and impatience all at once. And yes, my legs were soft like jelly. The newscast was prepared slowly and surely. It had to be good. Thousands of people would be listening to it in the halls of the college and online. Oh, those majestic hallways where I’ve walked everyday for the last two months. I could mess up, I’d be embarrassed.

And then the assurance arrived. Nervousness was common I was told. I won’t mention the saviour here, he knows who he is and if he’s reading this he’ll have a smile on his face for sure. “Even we make mistakes, even we stumble on air. It’s natural. Don’t let it bother you.” And with these words, the butterflies vanished, the nervousness and anxiety took off and a smile was restored to my erstwhile fallen face.

Five minutes to four, it was almost time to go on. I wondered how many of my friends would be listening to me. Not many, I secretly hoped. A chuckle sprung on my face as I entered the news booth. Coolly and calmly up went the thumbs up to the radio announcer.  Ten seconds said he. And as he counted me down, I cleared my throat and turned on the microphone.  “CFRL News........”

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