ABC-5 Disaster

03:28 PM

It has been like more than a month since graduation and I still haven't got a job. After turning down the job in Medical Observer, I got a call from ABC-5 for an examination the next day [Wednesday], so I went up there with Marvin. There were two exams basically. One where you need to write a script for TV News with both the audio and the video. They gave us the materials. We basically did the formatting and the script. Ed Lingao was the one who gave us the exam which is more like an exercise.

I finished the first exercise ahead of others. Why wouldn't I? I was forced to actually. Marvin was waiting outside in the building's lobby, sleeping. You see he just got from his graveyard shift in a call center in Makati. And I dragged him all the way down to Novaliches to accompany me. He didn't forced me to hurry the exam though. It was more like I'm-worried-about-him-sleeping-there kind of thing. More of an inner drive, for him of course.

Mr. Lingao liked my first exercise so I went on to my second. He gave me two names [Comelec spokesperson and ABC-5 spokesperson] to look for and interview. About what? That's the thing. I had to think of an angle, of questions, of a story to write. More like he was testing me if I have the nose for news or stories that are newsworthy. After finishing it, I came back to his office and after reading it to him, his face turned into a total disaster. He said he was frustrated. He liked my first exercise but the second one totally fucked-up.

He said he's hold on to my application and would call me after assessing the other applicants. More like get-outta-here mister! Hahaha.. Oh well, I know I didn't pass and maybe I ain't right for that kind of work so I don't feel frustrated at all.

My plan is to work for two years in a call center, earn money and then look for a job with regards to my course.