DAY 1
Since this is the first day of our mission as interns, I must say that we were very punctual.
Sheilim woke me up at 6:00; my breakfast was courtesy of Nadine, Ericsson and Abigail. At 7:30, shooh, the first batch went to The Freeman, while the other group was heading for RGMA station.
The office lobby was warm and silent. The guards welcomed us, they are friendly. They even offered us breads, but we refused to. Syempre, bago pa lang, kunting hiya naman.
We exchanged our school IDs with the temporary Freeman IDs. We met Ma’am Emmy or Miss Em as what everybody calls her. She gave us our beats, and together with Sheicatz, we were assigned to the City Hall. We are not so familiar with the place yet, so we are accompanied with a senior writer.
Ma’am Jessica is her name, she’s still 21, but when she was still in fourth year high school, she became a correspondent of the paper. She took her internship at The Freeman also, and was absorbed by the company.
Under the sun, we walked to the City Hall. We passed the Sto. Rosario Church, Magellan’s cross, malls and more.
First office we entered—the Cebu City Mayor’s Office. I was very excited, anticipating that I will see and interview Tomas Osmeña in person. But after few minutes, we found that the mayor attended a graduation program, and he cannot report to his office on that day.
Okay, next stop.—the Vice Mayor’s Office. I’ve met Michael Rama already (in Dumaguete), but I still aim to interview him. However, like Osmeña, he was not there also.
Then to the third option—the Information Office, the best source of news (press releases specifically). We sat, and later came more mediamen from different stations in the province, like Sir Elly of DYHP, Ma’am Leneth of Sun.Star, Sir Chris of CCTV, and the other one at the corner. They talked about the latest happenings including their love affairs and other personal agenda for the past days. Sir Elly has great sense of humor.
We waited for an hour at the PIO, but we got nothing. So we just went out. With Ma’am Leneth and Ma’am Jessica, we took lunch at the canteen. I was shocked when every glass of water cost P2.00. My God, in our place water is very much free, but okay, Cebu is different.
We went to the councilors’ offices, but still we crop no fruit. Only we found youths applying for summer jobs and senior citizens lining up to ask for assistance.
We walked again, going to the Comelec. Carine Asutilla of ABS-CBN was there interviewing the Regional Assistant Director. We waited for her to finish, and came our time. Ma’am Jessica opened the conversation; we listened while taking down notes.
At 2:00pm, we went back to the Freeman office to attend the round-table discussion of a mayorial candidate Salvador Solima. I and Sheila were introduced to the politician and to the editors inside the conference room. Of course, there was free snack (goldilocks cake). But we did not continue and instead went out to encode our gathered facts.
We rest after encoding, then the desk tasked us to cover the 7:00pm press conference of Ruffy Lozada, a senatoriable. The event took place at Casino Español, a place of elegance. Wow, it was like visiting Spain once you’re there.
With us was Sir Joy, the photographer of the paper. Before the start of the conference, there was dinner, “sosyal” as I’ve observed. The Rotarians of Cebu Fuente were the organizers of the occasion. It was not actually a press conference, but a regular gathering of all rotary club members, and Biazon was chosen as the guest speaker it.
Biazon speaks gently; he’s not boastful despite his achievements and position compared to other politicians, so I told myself, “I will vote him!” I believe, he will become an effective legislator.
It was already 10:30 when we returned home, and the group immediately gathered for a meeting regarding our broadcast OJT at RGMA, may konting problema kasi.
The tiring but successful day deserves a shower, so I did before going to bed. I slept at 11:45 pm, and that’s the end of everything for April 5, 2010.
Since this is the first day of our mission as interns, I must say that we were very punctual.
Sheilim woke me up at 6:00; my breakfast was courtesy of Nadine, Ericsson and Abigail. At 7:30, shooh, the first batch went to The Freeman, while the other group was heading for RGMA station.
The office lobby was warm and silent. The guards welcomed us, they are friendly. They even offered us breads, but we refused to. Syempre, bago pa lang, kunting hiya naman.
We exchanged our school IDs with the temporary Freeman IDs. We met Ma’am Emmy or Miss Em as what everybody calls her. She gave us our beats, and together with Sheicatz, we were assigned to the City Hall. We are not so familiar with the place yet, so we are accompanied with a senior writer.
Ma’am Jessica is her name, she’s still 21, but when she was still in fourth year high school, she became a correspondent of the paper. She took her internship at The Freeman also, and was absorbed by the company.
Under the sun, we walked to the City Hall. We passed the Sto. Rosario Church, Magellan’s cross, malls and more.
First office we entered—the Cebu City Mayor’s Office. I was very excited, anticipating that I will see and interview Tomas Osmeña in person. But after few minutes, we found that the mayor attended a graduation program, and he cannot report to his office on that day.
Okay, next stop.—the Vice Mayor’s Office. I’ve met Michael Rama already (in Dumaguete), but I still aim to interview him. However, like Osmeña, he was not there also.
Then to the third option—the Information Office, the best source of news (press releases specifically). We sat, and later came more mediamen from different stations in the province, like Sir Elly of DYHP, Ma’am Leneth of Sun.Star, Sir Chris of CCTV, and the other one at the corner. They talked about the latest happenings including their love affairs and other personal agenda for the past days. Sir Elly has great sense of humor.
We waited for an hour at the PIO, but we got nothing. So we just went out. With Ma’am Leneth and Ma’am Jessica, we took lunch at the canteen. I was shocked when every glass of water cost P2.00. My God, in our place water is very much free, but okay, Cebu is different.
We went to the councilors’ offices, but still we crop no fruit. Only we found youths applying for summer jobs and senior citizens lining up to ask for assistance.
We walked again, going to the Comelec. Carine Asutilla of ABS-CBN was there interviewing the Regional Assistant Director. We waited for her to finish, and came our time. Ma’am Jessica opened the conversation; we listened while taking down notes.
At 2:00pm, we went back to the Freeman office to attend the round-table discussion of a mayorial candidate Salvador Solima. I and Sheila were introduced to the politician and to the editors inside the conference room. Of course, there was free snack (goldilocks cake). But we did not continue and instead went out to encode our gathered facts.
We rest after encoding, then the desk tasked us to cover the 7:00pm press conference of Ruffy Lozada, a senatoriable. The event took place at Casino Español, a place of elegance. Wow, it was like visiting Spain once you’re there.
With us was Sir Joy, the photographer of the paper. Before the start of the conference, there was dinner, “sosyal” as I’ve observed. The Rotarians of Cebu Fuente were the organizers of the occasion. It was not actually a press conference, but a regular gathering of all rotary club members, and Biazon was chosen as the guest speaker it.
Biazon speaks gently; he’s not boastful despite his achievements and position compared to other politicians, so I told myself, “I will vote him!” I believe, he will become an effective legislator.
It was already 10:30 when we returned home, and the group immediately gathered for a meeting regarding our broadcast OJT at RGMA, may konting problema kasi.
The tiring but successful day deserves a shower, so I did before going to bed. I slept at 11:45 pm, and that’s the end of everything for April 5, 2010.
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