Volunteered at che’s event today, at her advertising-cum-4th anniversary bash for Newman Magazine, near Damansara’s Cineleisure. Got there around 10:30am and then jaga’d around the Wheel and the goodie tent until 5-ish, when the folks came to pick me up for dinner.
The day has been an interesting experience; it’s amazing to see a real event-coordinating team at work, and being in the thick of things just reminded me of how much more I need to learn and what I can expect to see during open day next sem XD …pushing sales, anyone?
It was only afterwards that I understood the reason behind Eccentric’s do-or-die attitude the whole of today… hey, these girls were up from 7am and dashing around until past midnight!! Combine that with them having had to overnight at Grand Royale last night because they were working on the venue and the goods deliveries most of yesterday… I am impressed ^^ Very educational, too!
But what mom repeated to me about che’s words is true… in this industry, all’s good until you flub up: when you fall once, you’re history then on… nobody likes being barricaded by phone calls, but even worse than frantic phonecalls about what-went-wrong, is no phone calls at all, for that means you’re off the list, permanently…. And when the fault is not even yours to begin with… WHOA.
Hmmmmm well. Too much that can’t be said XD only perhaps… T.T half my earnings for the day went towards treating mom, dad, and kitty to dinner!!! Was the day worth it though? Considering that I was sweating more than I have in 4 months, and pitching more sales than I have for 3 years, and got tanned more than I would like because of that frickin’ hot sun?
…Conclusion: Yes. Gains: Experience, Insight, aaaand… omigod the heart-beating sight of all those cute guys and girls on stage as well as JUST AN ARMS LENGTH AWAY!!!!!! (and che has this intern who is sooooo to die for, who helped out lots at the area I was in!!)*swoon* Kyaaaaaaaaa!!!
