Darilyn Dogayo's Profile

College Life is Not as Boring as We Think

by Carla Shane Andaya

“Just practice time management and always keep in mind that your education is the most important thing.” That’s the message given by Ms. Darilyn Dogayo, a 3rd year broadcasting student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines, College of Communication when I asked her to give tips for students who have busy college lives like her.
Busy college lives. Is it because of academics? Most students are afraid to study in college because of that reason. Another is that they think that they will just get bored with it. The question is. Is college life really boring?
This talented student proves it wrong by telling her story, her experiences and achievements from PUP. Coming from Bagong Ilog Pasig City, Darilyn or famously known as Dadah decided to study at PUP because of its quality education and low tuition fee. She was upset when she first stepped inside the campus and even said “Hala, Bakit ganito?” But now, being a part of it, she’s now sensitive and very much concerned with her school. She agreed that some people don’t know how to take care of the PUP surrounding and gave an idea on avoiding the posting of unnecessary things on the wall.
During the interview, her face can’t conceal the fact that she’s starting to love her school especially her college, the College of Communication. She laughed when she said that the reason why she chose her course is because she has the guts, the talent, the face, the knowledge, the attitude and of course the passion.
No wonder! She is now a member of an organization in COC which is the Teatro Komunikado. It organizes almost all of the significant College events and even University events like pageants, concerts and plays.
Also, she became one of the actresses of their plays and one of that is her portrayal as a mother of a bisexual which she considered her best role. According to her, she loves it when people see her in different characters.
How about her academics? Of course, she’s still a student and she considered herself an expert in time management. Being popular is not an excuse for having favorite subjects which she answered the production subjects and not-so-loved subjects like Algebra, Economics and Statistics. Hmm… just like an ordinary broadcasting student.
So now, are you interested knowing what will Dadah be after college? Well, she sees herself as a successful woman with her own advertising company and of course a media practitioner.
By looking at her eyes, I can see that she really likes to be that woman, the woman from her future but when you look deeply in her eyes, you will see that there’s a confusion lingering in her mind. Well, we really don’t know what will happen in our future. What will we be? What job we’ll be having? Don’t worry too much about it. Everything has its own place. Just enjoy our college life and don’t take it as deep burdens. Live with it! Have fun with it! Like Dadah, she just showed us that college life is not as boring as we think.