Work Life
Increasingly, they're giving more tasks for me to handle. I'm more than thrilled - finally I can be useful to the team!
Frankly, this isn't the sort of job I ever imagined myself doing. It is pretty desk-bound. It involves quite a bit of documentation and other administrative responsibilities. (I have newfound respect for secretaries and accountants, i.e. my mother.) I do get to do a fair bit of creative writing of course but mostly, the environment is far more structured than anywhere I've ever worked in. (hm.. guess that's only the newsroom)
Surprisingly I like the job so far. I enjoy being able to leave the office at 6pm sharp every day. I enjoy the knowledge that no one is going to make me do last-minute jobs 10 minutes before I am prepared to knock off. I enjoy writing without worrying that my pieces will be filtered down layers of editors, resulting in a write-up that is unrecognisably my own.
I know I am right in leaving journalism behind though I remain open to suitable opportunities in future.
The only thing I miss though is photography. Much as I whined endlessly about APJ assignments, I liked going through the exposed frames, wrecking my brain over what I did right, what I did wrong and how I could make it better for my next assignment.
Alrighty, it's 6pm now. Hope to be able to post up some new pictures soon! Till then!
Frankly, this isn't the sort of job I ever imagined myself doing. It is pretty desk-bound. It involves quite a bit of documentation and other administrative responsibilities. (I have newfound respect for secretaries and accountants, i.e. my mother.) I do get to do a fair bit of creative writing of course but mostly, the environment is far more structured than anywhere I've ever worked in. (hm.. guess that's only the newsroom)
Surprisingly I like the job so far. I enjoy being able to leave the office at 6pm sharp every day. I enjoy the knowledge that no one is going to make me do last-minute jobs 10 minutes before I am prepared to knock off. I enjoy writing without worrying that my pieces will be filtered down layers of editors, resulting in a write-up that is unrecognisably my own.
I know I am right in leaving journalism behind though I remain open to suitable opportunities in future.
The only thing I miss though is photography. Much as I whined endlessly about APJ assignments, I liked going through the exposed frames, wrecking my brain over what I did right, what I did wrong and how I could make it better for my next assignment.
Alrighty, it's 6pm now. Hope to be able to post up some new pictures soon! Till then!
posted by mei at 5:52 PM
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