After almost 3 long months of waiting for a radio station to accommodate me, I finally started my internship at Mellow 94.7. Before anything else, I would like to thank Darilyn for making me their 'replacement' in the station since they had just completed 150 hours in Mellow. I passed copies of my resume to Jam, Wave, Magic, Yes, RT, NU, and RX, but none of them cared. And this really makes me excited to start my 150 hours. As a requirement, I will be regularly posting blogs about my everyday life in Mellow 94.7.
08.27.09 (Thursday)
I woke up early for my first day. I had to go to school first so I hurried to avoid being late and arrived at the station by 10:25 a.m. I actually didn't know what preparations to do. I have to know where the restroom is, where to buy food, if am I allowed to eat inside the booth, and the likes. But the more serious questions I had to face were how will the people there accommodate my presence, how will I work or what will they ask me to do, etc.
When I passed my requirements the day before, Ms. Chloe (one of the DJs) told Dah to teach me about the logging in process and the things they do inside the booth. So before I got there, I had enough idea about the things I would do in the station. I entered the booth in a hurry, wrote my name and the time on the log book and went straight to the booth. I saw Ms. Angel (also one of the DJs) and told her that I was the new intern. It was her program "Office Radio". I won't forget the things she said to me - "Sit back, relax, and do nothing" - followed by a little laugh. So I smiled and sat down.
For 2 hours, I sat there waiting for tasks or errands or anything to keep me doing something. Then, Ms. Angel asked me to sit beside her and use the other computer to entertain myself. Then Ms. Ingrid (another DJ) came. I went down to the ground floor to buy food for myself and a snack for Ms. Angel. Some interns of the station also arrived and I noticed they were super close with the people there. As a newbie, I just kept my mouth shut most of the time. Shortly, a staff of Mellow went in to assemble some equipment because a band would be there to perform for the program "Afternoon Cruise".
After that, Ms. Chloe and Sir Chris came for their program "C&C Music Factory". It was Thirty Songs on a Thursday. I sat down in front of the computer beside Ms. Chloe. She asked me to find entertainment news on the internet for the Scoop of the Hour. I found three news about a new vampire movie, Chris Brown, and Nick Jonas. Of course, Ms. Chloe read them on air.
And I stayed at the station until 8:29 p.m. - scraping 10 hours off the required 150 hours of internship. Generally, it was a good day for me. I appreciate those small things they asked me to do and I would love to do those things again for my next days there.
08.27.09 (Thursday)
I woke up early for my first day. I had to go to school first so I hurried to avoid being late and arrived at the station by 10:25 a.m. I actually didn't know what preparations to do. I have to know where the restroom is, where to buy food, if am I allowed to eat inside the booth, and the likes. But the more serious questions I had to face were how will the people there accommodate my presence, how will I work or what will they ask me to do, etc.
When I passed my requirements the day before, Ms. Chloe (one of the DJs) told Dah to teach me about the logging in process and the things they do inside the booth. So before I got there, I had enough idea about the things I would do in the station. I entered the booth in a hurry, wrote my name and the time on the log book and went straight to the booth. I saw Ms. Angel (also one of the DJs) and told her that I was the new intern. It was her program "Office Radio". I won't forget the things she said to me - "Sit back, relax, and do nothing" - followed by a little laugh. So I smiled and sat down.
For 2 hours, I sat there waiting for tasks or errands or anything to keep me doing something. Then, Ms. Angel asked me to sit beside her and use the other computer to entertain myself. Then Ms. Ingrid (another DJ) came. I went down to the ground floor to buy food for myself and a snack for Ms. Angel. Some interns of the station also arrived and I noticed they were super close with the people there. As a newbie, I just kept my mouth shut most of the time. Shortly, a staff of Mellow went in to assemble some equipment because a band would be there to perform for the program "Afternoon Cruise".
After that, Ms. Chloe and Sir Chris came for their program "C&C Music Factory". It was Thirty Songs on a Thursday. I sat down in front of the computer beside Ms. Chloe. She asked me to find entertainment news on the internet for the Scoop of the Hour. I found three news about a new vampire movie, Chris Brown, and Nick Jonas. Of course, Ms. Chloe read them on air.
And I stayed at the station until 8:29 p.m. - scraping 10 hours off the required 150 hours of internship. Generally, it was a good day for me. I appreciate those small things they asked me to do and I would love to do those things again for my next days there.
