"Life is about choices, Grace. Not all of the options we take will always work. But we should learn from each of the choices including the value of committing to one or two at the expense of other options." --Sev Sarmenta
Wow! After how many months of not rereading Sev's advice because i was afraid i failed him by not going into media. Apparently, his advice was real advice. It didn't impose but simply mentored. He didn't tell me that you should apply at ABS-CBN or GMA or whatever. Quite the opposite, he told me that new grads don't really start at the top of the ladder, corporate or media. They really have to start at the botton to learn, to experience, and to grow.
I also asked him about going corporate, although i think i was referring to PR type of corporate. Here's what he replied:
"Lastly, there is no way right now for you to combine a corporate job with an attempt to make it in broadcasting. Both require a full-time commitment and can be unforgiving to new graduates. Make a choice though. You can also start with a corporate job though then slowly move into broadcasting when you gain more confidence and maturity."
Even though my choosing to go corporate had nothing to do with media, i believe is still made a choice. I need the experience to gain maturity and experience. And i think for me, that's very very important because that's been my biggest waterloo.
Fear and insecurity. Even when i was a senior Comm major, i still felt that i didn't know enough to do well in the media industry. I was wondering if the school prepared us enough or maybe it was I who lacked the initiative to learn more about it. The confidece that i had and even have up to now is still raw. When you ask me to go in front of a camera, i get all nervous and fall apart. I hate that about myself. Maybe all the confidence that i show is just a mask. Deep inside me still lie all uncertainties that i harbored when i was a child.
Did i grow? I can definitely say i have. Maybe my transformation from being shy to confident isn't complete yet but i sure learned a lot since then. Of course, thanks will always fall on my Oli for never giving up on me and i guess on myself, too for not giving up on myself either.
Gosh.
Wow! After how many months of not rereading Sev's advice because i was afraid i failed him by not going into media. Apparently, his advice was real advice. It didn't impose but simply mentored. He didn't tell me that you should apply at ABS-CBN or GMA or whatever. Quite the opposite, he told me that new grads don't really start at the top of the ladder, corporate or media. They really have to start at the botton to learn, to experience, and to grow.
I also asked him about going corporate, although i think i was referring to PR type of corporate. Here's what he replied:
"Lastly, there is no way right now for you to combine a corporate job with an attempt to make it in broadcasting. Both require a full-time commitment and can be unforgiving to new graduates. Make a choice though. You can also start with a corporate job though then slowly move into broadcasting when you gain more confidence and maturity."
Even though my choosing to go corporate had nothing to do with media, i believe is still made a choice. I need the experience to gain maturity and experience. And i think for me, that's very very important because that's been my biggest waterloo.
Fear and insecurity. Even when i was a senior Comm major, i still felt that i didn't know enough to do well in the media industry. I was wondering if the school prepared us enough or maybe it was I who lacked the initiative to learn more about it. The confidece that i had and even have up to now is still raw. When you ask me to go in front of a camera, i get all nervous and fall apart. I hate that about myself. Maybe all the confidence that i show is just a mask. Deep inside me still lie all uncertainties that i harbored when i was a child.
Did i grow? I can definitely say i have. Maybe my transformation from being shy to confident isn't complete yet but i sure learned a lot since then. Of course, thanks will always fall on my Oli for never giving up on me and i guess on myself, too for not giving up on myself either.
Gosh.
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