The last post seemed too impersonal, heh. And besides, I missed youuuuuu. <3
Of holidays and Babysitters Club
Aside from finally waging war against my room (Plurked more here), I love how I got to spend the holidays with Mom and Dad (even if they're soo not together). Spent Christmas with Dad and the fishies. Spent New Year with Mom and the foodies. Fair enough.
I express this amazement because it sort of reminds me of a storyline from Babysitters Club that stuck in my head (yes, I got hooked with the series alongside SVH/SVK). I forgot the names, but there's this kid whose parents are divorced and remarried other people. Abiding by the custody rules, she lives with her mom and stepdad on weekdays, and with her dad and stepmom on weekends. It works for her because she has two sets of bikes, two sets of toys and two sets of rooms. Fair enough.*
And then this. Unlike my brother, I do not want my parents to be reunited (too much hassle, if you ask me). I just like the fact that I get to spend time with each party no matter how shortlived. I get to see both sides. I can fairly defend Dad to Mom just as I can with Dad.
Mediation is key, I say.
My confidence was built, all right
But I wish there is also a tangible key to survive Investigative Journ. Haha!
Frankly I'm glad the midterm investigative assignment is over (though I still intend to do some legwork if time permits). Prof. Chua always tells us this course and the legwork it entails is really about confidence building. I couldn't agree more. Plus, the midterm was sort of a test for me: if I get to pass the initial draft on time, perhaps I really can survive this course.
And then come deadline Tuesday 1:00pm and I'm still on my way to school. Very good, Rach.
Imagine my surprise when I saw Kea slumped on the floor along other people's stuff. "Don't tell me you were locked out?" I asked incredulously.
Apparently she was. No, we were. Incredible!
And so there we were, Riziel, Jodee, Kea, Cherrie and me, slumped on the floor, dreading the worse. As far as our memory's concerned---and I've been in the college longer than these kids---Prof. Chua is not the type who'd lock the tardy people outside. Heck, I used to go to her J121 class at 3pm and she still lets me in with a smile. This isn't Chuaesque; it's Chitoesque!
So I resorted to texting Dionne. Thank goodness we had an insider. Nope, Ma'am's not in a foul mood. Yes, they'll have a break in a while. Nope, D's not sure if Ma'am will still accept our papers. WTF. Afraid.
As the rest of the class went outside (without forgetting to ask us where the hell were we), we stood by, heads bowed, feet immobile, as Ma'am headed to the door.
"Pwede kayong pumasok. Pwede pa rin kayong mag-submit. Pero may deduction na yung papers niyo dahil late kayo," she told us. I swear I could've jumped ten feet for joy. Oh yes Ma'am, bring on the deductions. Better that than not having to pass at all.
Later in the break she confronted us. Apparently, Kea had a chance to come in had she knocked; her bag was already parked in the room after all. And then she asked the rest of us why we didn't knock.
"Well you know, if you've had Avecilla as your prof, you wouldn't dare knock that door," I answered, breaking the silence.
The room shook with laughter; clearly a lot of people could relate.
"Oh, but he's really sweet," Ma'am said after letting out a laugh.
Don't worry Ma'am. We think so too. ;)
Oh future, why confusing much?
On to other things. I learned last week through Joey Alarilla's plurk about Vic Agustin's blog about the changes in Inquirer.net. While no one's going on record about it in cyberspace, this move by the biggest paper toward "editorial convergence" disconcerts the future plans in my head.
And why not. I had my internship with the news website. While its autonomy from PDI felt weird at first, it's easy to get used to and it's easy to see why it was necessary. Online media works with a different framework, with the battle for scoops, updates and editorial judgements waged by the seconds.
Someone told me she saw this coming, but not thissoon. Well here's me hoping it ain't true (hey, one can hope), because I really would like to work with the company after college. If it is true that Inquirer.net will be "gobbled" (Agustin, 2009) by its parent company, then meh.
Meanwhile there's this raket I still haven't decided on. A certain senator is looking for UP Journ people, preferrably those who had taken up Online Journ, who will write for him and report to him twice weekly for the next 12-16 months. Hmmmmm. It sure is inviting, but I don't know if I'm in it for the long haul.
And as if mulling over career choices isn't confusing enough, someone told me over lunch that I should consider working for the government first, particularly Congress, to stock up on my network of sources. That's a fairly good advice, but I don't really know where to start. (Uh, Jam? Heehee.)
Must get started on acads first, I suppose. XD
*ETA: I just checked out the wiki page of the Baby-sitters Club and there seems to be no character that fits my description. Bah. Must've been talking about another book or something.
