I'm Rummel Pinera from Muntinlupa City, Philippines. I’m en entrepreneur, salesman, blogger, free-lance writer, and human-rights’ advocate. I love CNN i-Report because I really enjoy doing citizen-journalism. Citizen-journalism is a manifestation of the freedom of expression and CNN i-Report is a great place to express one’s ideas, share opinions about issues, and contribute news. CNN i-Report actually catapulted citizen-journalism onto the international stage. CNN i-Report pioneered many things about today’s concept of citizen-journalism.

It feels great to be a member of the CNN i-Report community because the group has so many talented and creative citizen-journalists. I gained new friends from the CNN i-Report community and I learned new things and innovative ideas from them. CNN i-Report somehow helped me in becoming a better blogger and a truly-objective free-lance writer. I’m really thankful that I’m a member of the CNN i-Report community. I’m happy that I belong to this community. Mwah mwah! Tsup tsup!

(Note:  I was a little bit nervous when I recorded the ‘scene’ because my 5-year  old nephew was then playing around while I was doing the video. I’m glad  that my nephew didn’t make a loud noise nor broke my camera when I was doing the  video. Somehow I made it through the rain, so to speak.)