Nearing the end.

Probably it's something good for all the other interns out there but not me. Yes, my internship is ending. And I'm upset about it cos of a few reasons.

1. Now I have to fret about my future. Being an intern means I don't have to worry about my future. Yet. But now I'm ending my internship, which means I'm graduating soon, I will have to worry about what I should work as my permanent career since I'm not going to University. Currently, I'm interning at Showmakers, an event management company which actually takes care of technical aspects of an event which are audio, visual and lighting. I am hoping that I can continue my internship here, provided that my bosses are willing to! -cross my fingers-

2. I can't bear to leave the people. Yes, I really can't bear to. Throughout this period of almost 3 months, I've made a few friends there and they've taught me quite a lot about how to survive when working and the skills needed for AVL. I still have a lot to learn, definitely. Cos for one, I'm pretty much a slow learner. And also, I have an amazingly small memory space which according to quite a handful of people, is the size of a pea.

Every day on Twitter and Facebook, I see rants of other interns hoping their internship would end quickly. But somehow when I read those tweets, I always hope that it wouldn't end so quickly so that I wouldn't fret so much about my future.

Although working drains me a lot both physically and mentally, I believe that it just makes me a stronger person than before again, both physically and mentally. I think being an intern has allowed me to be exposed to the things that one can never, ever learn from the books. I learnt that no matter what you do, there will always be people who can criticise about it. An example, you work hard in hope to excel in this but others see it as you trying to get better grades than others or say that you 'spoil market'. I've come to listen and not take it to heart cos these are the people who want to see you fall into this dark pit whereby you just get swallowed in self-pity. And most of the time, these are the people who are pretty much not giving much to the company.

Also, I learnt that socialising is important. I may come across as anti-social or shy to strangers. Which is why when I'm doing events alone or with someone I don't know, I tend to shut myself from the world. But socialising is important because knowing people from the same industry might just benefit you at times when you needed help the most.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE BACKSTABBERS/GOSSIPERS. This is a fact that everyone knows yet some will never know how to avoid themselves in landing this kinda shit. So what one can do, is just not explain themselves to anyone but the people who matter the most in that situation. If it's about your work quality, explaining to the boss will do. Cos others don't matter.

Alright, my typing speed is getting a little slower than usual, which means it's nearing the end of this post. I'm sorry for the infrequent activity here cos I'm really busy with work and off days mean plenty of sleep to me, so yeap. Hope you guys would stay tuned though, for future posts. If not, you may add me up on Twitter and/or Instagram for my daily rants and photos of work and whatsoever. My username is Zhiyin_g. Don't be shy to interact with me yeah?

Stay safe and happy, my lovelies. Bye! X

Internship.

I'm so, so, so sorry I've neglected my blog for almost a month! I was so busy with school a few weeks ago then right after it was internship and it was one helluva schedule. But I have to say, I enjoy working in the company that I am posted to and I actually like being so busy. In fact, I'm blogging now cos it's my off day and I'm really getting a bit too bored. Feels weird to have off days.. Anyways, I made a photo collage for everyday I worked, except Day 10. I've no idea why I totally forgot to take photos for that day. So here are some of the photos I took during internship!

For Day 1, what we did - Christmas cards, CNY cards, doing ITQ and camwhoring. 

I drew this after my first day of work at home. Took like a whole hour for this. Probably because I was watching the TV while doing this!

Yeap, that's me chillin' likeaboss during break at the sound and lights crew area with my blue jeans and red bowler shoes. Okay, that's what Jazz calls it - bowler shoes.

Day 2's collage, I was onboard for Alice in a Christmas Wonderland with Abigail and Aloysius at Raffles City. Initial ootd was black top with gold pocket from flea at Scape then I changed to my company shirt, blue jeans from some random shop at Century Square a few years back and red bowler shoes from Far East Plaza basement.

Day 3, at Raffles City - Queenie and her flamingos; Abbie, trying to pump carbon dioxide into the confetti cannon; the lights board; ootd - Zigzag top from Bangkok, cardi from ohsofickle's store at Haji Lane, black skinnies from LE7 at Century Square and red bowler shoes.

Day 4, at Chinatown Point then to Swissotel at Raffles City - Faris, me and Bella (sorry I cut off your faces! :/); the rainbow lighting of CTP's ceiling; calendar of events at CTP; the stage; and that's the store manager telling Faris he can't use the basket holder as a trolley. Ootd was moustache shirt from flea at Scape, with jeans and bowler shoes. (Yes, the jeans and bowler shoes are the staples every day)

Day 5, at Chinatown Point - super cute kids who ran up the stage all at once when the puppeteer actually only pointed at one of them to go up on stage; my bruise which isn't really visible here but actually was a crazy dark purple-blackish colour; and me sulking cos I'm too tired. Haha! 

Mixer at Chinatown Point. 

Raffi, the DJ of the day! 

Collage of Day 6, at CTP - big ass CD player; Raffi the DJ; me and Angel; me and Faris; and me and Jazz.

Day 7, spent the day in the office and the night at Katong Mall, also known as I12- Bella and I, Palvin and Tejay who then put that as my home and lock screen (wth, I'll have my revenge, guys!); and the mixer at Katong Mall. 

Day 8, at CTP - speaker with ceiling (probably thought that was some cool shot so took it but now I see it, it seems.. pointless.); console; Jazz and crew lying on the stage checking the ceiling lights; cool purple lights done by Jazz who's just an in-house tech at CTP so I was really amazed; and that's Explorer Joe, the puppeteer! 

Day 9, at the office - that's the pantry with just some biscuits, tea and coffee and loads of water; us out for lunch; my schedule. 

Yeap I missed day 10 so here's Day 11, at Alkaff Mansion in the morning then to Katong Mall - Bella and I at Alkaff's toilet which was really atas-looking; mixer at Katong; and the stage at Katong.

Day 12 at Katong Mall in the evening then to Alkaff at night - Polkadot and Moonbeam performing at Katong; cute kids enjoying to their music; grand wedding at Alkaff with pretty decorations and lights.

My lovely friend, whom we call each other love, darling, sayang and all for fun, is Jazz from Chinatown Point. It all started cos I bought for him Pepsi. Hahaha, funny and nice guy. I felt very heartwarming when he said that he's happy to have a crazy friend like me. Yes, his English may not be that good but it's still touching nonetheless.

Yeap, here's my face. As if you haven't seen enough of it. I'm so wearing this on Christmas Day when I'm working. No joke. So if you see someone at Katong Mall wearing this reindeer hairband, yeap, that's most probably me.

Day 13 at Katong Mall and Raffles City - two really cute angmoh kids jumping and dancing during Polkadot and Moonbeam's performance; that's my face and the reindeer hairband again; me wearing the company shirt with my name written on a Alice in a Christmas Wonderland leftover sticker; and the rest of the stickers with my colleagues' names on them.

So.. a rare collage of myself with the reindeer hairband. I don't really take that many self shots plus I don't usually wear these decorative hairbands so I took the opportunity to take some photos. And.. well, make myself feel better after Vincent, a colleague, took really ridiculous photos of me and posted it on Facebook. Haha! Anyways, in case you were wondering, I didn't edit any of the photos. Just posted them on Instagram with the default effects you see on Instagram so yes, that's why you see my huge eye bags and dark eye circles.

I've spent several late nights doing events and I've been working so hard because I don't wanna leave the company and graduate from SP without learning anything. Also, I'd feel bad towards those who actually see potential in me. Which is why I slog my ass off to actually satisfy my learning needs and be the person that everyone hopes that I would be. Probably to some, I look like I'm trying too hard to impress the bosses and get good grades but as long as my conscience is clear, say whatever you want. In any case, hope all SP mass communication interns are doing well! Till next time, lovelies!