10 NOV 2010, First Day :)

"Hello good morning! Office of Public Affairs! *smile*"

"Good Morning Ma'am! This is Louie from UST Public Affairs Office. I just want to ask who the Ambassador of Spain to the Philippines is? This is regarding the UST Christmas Concert Gala on December 2. "

Well, hello! Those were the lines that I have said when I spoke to different persons on the phone. Most of them were from different embassies of several countries in the Philippines. I asked who the different ambassadors are to know whom will we address the invitation for the UST Christmas Concert Gala this coming December. Yey! I'm quite excited about it because they said that we're required to attend. It is a formal event so we will have to wear gowns or dresses. :)

By the way, these were the people that I met, the different people involved with the Public Affairs Office:

Ma'am Fontanilla - the director
Ms. Jhona - secretary of Ma'am Fontanilla
Ms. Cel - the one in-charge of the different tokens to be given by the university to its guests
Kuya Jonathan - the artist
Kuya Anthony - former Varsitarian working with PAO and with ABS-CBN
Kuya Rom - the super "daldal" staff :)
Ms. Mica - our sunshine girl :)

This was my first day. I'm glad that I have already started. When I came into the office, together with Trixie, the other practicumer from 4T1, we were immediately called by Ma'am Fontanilla. She is a very nice person, fun to talk with, and very welcoming. We were given a formal orientation and some information about what the office is all about. Basically, it involves three matters : Media Publicity, Visitors Management, and Events Management, which is "very in line with our training", as Ma'am Fontanilla said.

Me, personally, I am very overwhelmed by everything. Being told that we have to attend to events, expose ourselves to the media, talk to a lot of persons, assist different ambassadors, conduct campus tours, and etc. Most of all, I love the idea that we will be given free tickets to the Christmas Special at Araneta Coliseum. I think it's an event under ABS-CBN. Wow. :)

On the other hand, today I also learned how to use the modern photocopying machine. It was fun, actually. I enjoyed it. I loved it. HAHAHA. I also did an updated list of contact details of different foreign embassies that is essential, especially when there are events in the campus. Together with Trixie, we also arranged the tokens to be given to those who are requesting for it. It is very important that we have reserves of those arranged tokens so that when somebody asks for it,we could already give it to him/her, provided that there was a letter submitted to the Public Affairs Office beforehand.

So... that's how my first day went. I enjoyed a lot. The people around me are very intellectual and fun to be with. Let's see. Maybe I'll be thinking of spending my whole 600 hrs there. :))