VANCOUVEREYE ZINE

By Tom Choy Vancouver, British Columbia “ Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”   Calvin Coolidge When I met Jay Razon, 64 at the Don Bosco basketball court in Surrey, I saw Jay played basketball with gusto and passion. You can not miss Jay playing and also coaching his teammates. His voice was all you hear in the court. His teammates don’t mind. Jay is the leader of his team. “ Jay play likes the legendary Kobe Bryant,” opines Chris Cunanan, a community photographer and is currently the President of the Circulo Pampangueno of BC. Chris continues, “ Jay is truly one hell of a character.” Jay moves and talks like Kobe. Jay breathes, inhales, and adores Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and a Hall...

By Tom Choy Vancouver, British Columbia “I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”    Frida Kahlo And for the award-winning young filmmaker, Kathleen “Kat” Jayme(30) it was her own fascination with basketball since she was a kid and her idolizing the basketball game of former Vancouver Grizzlies star Bryant “Big Country” Reeves that led her to write and produce her award-winning documentary “Finding Big Country.” But even before her love of basketball her eyes and destiny were already pointed towards films. Her lolo (grandfather) on her mother side, Danilo Santiago   was a filmmaker for the Premiere Productions in the Philippines. It was in her blood so to speak. Kat was a tiny child when she started shooting hoops with her older sibling. And her brother admitted how great a basketball player Kat is. Kat would be a regular fan watching Big Country Reeves and the Grizzlies play at the Roger’s Arena. Only a little kid the...