May 15, 2006
OJT never looked this good.
One of the detriments of being a Varsi staffer is how it eats up a LOT of your time. So when i was scouting for a practicum that doesn't have to be that time-consuming so that i could juggle Varsi, my personal time, and an ojt.
Knowing our OJT Adviser, sigurado mababa ang magiging grade ko 'kung sa isang publication lang mako-consume ang buong 200 hours ko. Experience is the key, ika nga. Therefore, i need to budget my time wisely and choose publications where i would learn writing, not being a desk clerk.
I was supposed to start scouting for an ojt as early as March, but since my Features Editor is leaving and no one is there to guide and orient the incoming features staffers, i put aside my ojt for a month to concentrate on Varsi.
A stupid decision? I dunno.
Varsi has been my life, my family, and my love. i cannot just leave my duty as a writer. I didn't enter Varsi because they needed me, but because i wanted to. Kailangang panindigan ko ang pinasukan ko.
The same dilemma now faces me dito sa OJT.
For eight years, i've lived in AL-Ain, UAE. My father's an OFW while my mother had a part-time job inside the school i went to. We lived with a Filipino community of contract workers, Domestic Househelps, and Mall clerks, so when a friend recommended the OFWJC as an ojt, i went ahead and wrote an e-mail to the resident editor, Mr. Dennis Estopace to apply.
I know sir Jere was a former Varsi staffer, so he knows how demanding Varsi can be. However, i believe he won't take Varsi as an excuse for me to complete/do the requirements needed for this ojt.
I need to finish my ojt before the end of May, so that means that i can't just spend all my 200 hrs of my OJT in the OFWJC. I need to apply to a broadsheet that will make ensure me a good grade. Wala na akong CAP to support my studies, so i need to put in extra efforts to get a one-point-something or uno in my practicum. Idadagdag ko pa 'yung content analysis na gagawin namin for our thesis.
bring it on.
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