Center for Media Freedon and Responsibility "Orientation day"
March 26, 2007
It was about 2:30 p.m. and I was still in the MRT Edsa Central station. I had been through a long-line of people who were buying tickets at the Cubao MRT station so I totally thought of being late and cannot make it on time at the orientation.
Unfortunately…I was lost during my journey after alighted at the MRT Buendia station.
… I chose to ride in a cab so I can make it on time but honestly the taxi driver didn’t know the Salcedo Village Makati City and didn’t even tell me the truth that he didn’t’ know it…
so we keep on turning around and around of Makati Avenue and didn’t even ask anybody around to know where is the location of CMFR…Then finally I saw the Ateneo Professional building and I said that I am on the right track. I pay 130php for many reasons like traffic is congested and I supposed to be angry but I don’t want to add many wrinkles from my face so I decided to smile and be happy on that time.
OH YES!!! I am late…
I CAME LATE. I AM 20 MINUTES LATE, I saw Mahal and Karen inside as I opened the door and then Mr. Bryan approached me as I entered the office. Luckily the orientation hasn’t yet been started and hasn’t yet been through.
Oh Thank God!!!
It was fun upon arriving at the office because of the air-con…Chill!!!
I am not the only one who came late. Delfin and Jenny also came late, three other colleagues/co interns from UPD (two guys and one girl). Wheeeuww!!! That saves my day!!
A warm welcome from the entire employee and the Director of CMFR arrived on screen, aside from the fact that two of the staff came from UST. Another thing is that, they told us that this year or batch (surprised them) they had a numerous applicants for internship from UST and they even had to have rebuff applicants because they can’t accommodate too many interns. They were glad that students from UST got interested in the investigative journalism and make our internship with them.
Then after the initial briefing and introduction, we are divided into different news beats. I and Mahal were assigned in the News/Press Alerts with Sir Bimbo. A bit discussion and interview with our assignments and with our two Tatyana (UPD) and Kath (St. Scholastic College). Sir Bimbo came from UST and he was a former Varsitarian writer.
We will start to have our internship after Holy week that is Apr.9.
Hopefully we are ready and prepared for a long and winding road ahead.
Good luck and God bless me...