Exhausted.
Dec 3, 2007 Daily Blurbs, School
For the past week, I have been experiencing extreme exhaustion from school and my internship. I am in school for 4 days, and 2 days on my internship. I only have a day to rest, and not really rest, because that’s when I do my chores. I am totally exhausted. I can’t even face my blog anymore. Plus, my DSL connection is not working. I am currently blogging in an internet shop at school. It’s not comfortable blogging outside my house. It feels like someone’s looking over my shoulder, sort of like Big Brother.
I am actually more exhausted on my internship. Our boss is French, and most of the time he talks fast, and in circles. I mean, he appointed me as the head of the interns, which is not a good thing, since I am only there twice a week. He wants me to report to him what they are doing, and relay orders. I am in a great pressure, since I can feel that he is a perfectionist.
I want to be doing what I love to do. What worries me the most is that they are planning to hire me after the internship, but not as a graphics designer or a web developer, they want me to be in marketing! Wtf?! I hate sales. I don’t like convincing people that they have to buy something. Besides, I don’t have a marketing background. They should hire someone with a degree in marketing. I know that I have skills and I am confident that I can do them well, but with regards to marketing, I am not confident about that, and I can foresee myself being fried to my ass constantly if they go ahead and stuff me under marketing. As of now, they have no one in there, so it is like they are desperate. But I am NOT desperate to work with them as their marketing analyst. I hate the thought.
I know that in this day and age, most of the people who graduate never get to use the skills they acquired at school, but I want to be one of the lucky ones who get to do it. I know that there are other job opportunities out there. In 3 months time, I will be done with school, and I can’t wait to start another chapter in my life.
The highlight of my week is when Ryan took me to see Enchanted yesterday. It was a fun movie to watch. Left me happy butterflies in my stomach.
Tags: internship, Movies, School, tags, Thoughts
Eight Hours
Nov 26, 2007 Buzz, Daily Blurbs, School
I finished 8 hours of my internship last Saturday, and boy, was I tired! Well, I guess, it was because I didn’t get enough sleep the previous night. Our class on Fridays is up to 7pm, and I when I went to bed around 11pm that night, and I tossed and turned until 2am. I could not sleep. My eyes stayed wide open, so I decided to listen to my iPod until I doze off. Listening to music actually helps me sleep. Most people cannot sleep with the music on, but I can. Well, the songs on my iPod are slow songs, so that helps, too.
I got up at 7am that day and I was ready to go to my OJT1. It takes me about 30 minutes to get there, which is an advantage. Lexie and Richard, was already waiting for my by the shed. We walked to the compound and went to the main office. Our boss gave us instructions on what our tasks are for the day.
I was assigned to do a folder brochure for Adrien Multimedia Inc. He gave me specific instructions on what he wants to see. He actually has a keen eye for a good design. He knows what he wants and how it should be done. Even so, he still gives his people the freedom to add their personal touches. I wasn’t able to finish the design that day, I wasn’t given a deadline. Our boss just wants to make sure that we were able to do something for that day, and fast. It’s a great thing that their computers have enough memory.
By 5:30pm, he came by the IT Department and checked on us. He was with his cute little boy who named himself “Robin”. He said, his older brother’s name is “Batman”! He’s three years old and his dad wants to find a babysitter for him because he is extremely naughty. Well, it’s quite normal for boys his age.
We go back on Thursday for another 8 hours of work. I plan on bringing my iPod to work, though. I actually got bored staring at the computer for those 8 hours.
- On The Job Training ↩
Tags: internship, School
First Week, Second Semester
Nov 14, 2007 Daily Blurbs, School, Stuff
School officially started last Monday. I only had one subject to attend to and the professor didn’t show up. According to our dean, our professor just gave birth and she wouldn’t be coming back until after a month. Today, the substitute teacher came in, and she is our guidance counselor. She seems nice and knowledgeable, and is currently taking her master’s degree.
I met with the professor that I talked about on my previous entry. I submitted the completion form, and hopefully it will be done after a day. He’s our professor in Advertising Design and Internship Program. I am quite excited about the internship program because it will give us the opportunity to hone our skills with hands-on experience. We are required to do a 200-hour internship program with the company of our choice. I just hope that the company I sent a letter to accepts me. I think it’s cool to be called the “intern”.
I am looking forward to our Game Development subject. Our professor, also our Dean, oriented us about this subject. She said that she will only teach us the logic of developing a game, but the design is up to us. I have been formulating ideas on mini games. We can use Flash, Java or C. Although it seems hard to create a game, I really am interested to know how it works. Our professor is into educational and interactive games for kids. I think that is a good market. Right now, since I am baffled about my future, I want to be interested and be good at all the classes they throw on us.
Remember free rice? I have played every chance I get, and so far I’ve supposedly donated 6,000 grains. Hmm… I wonder how many grains there are in a kilo? Most of you asked why won’t they just give the free rice, well, they need sponsors to do that. If you’ve noticed, every time you click on an answer, the page refreshes, and the ads at the bottom changes. Maybe that’s another factor that we should look into. Why should we doubt something that offers something good? What have we to lose? Time, maybe. But the feeling of having given something big to someone is great. Isn’t it?
PPP just approved this post. That means, I’ll be able to renew my hosting and domain. I plan to move to another host, though. I need a bigger space. Right now, I am using more than 70% of my space. I think a move would do me and my hostees, some good.
Tags: Daily Blurbs, internship, pixels, School, Thoughts
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