This is it!

January 12 - 16, 2011

This has been a busy week for me. We were asked by our supervisors if we want to be a volunteer for Sinulog. Without hesitation and second thought, we said "Yes!" I'm so happy and excited. Edmund and I were assigned as researchers. We had a meeting with Ms. Ara and Sir Randy for the things that we will going to do this Sunday. I started to do my assignment. I went to Sinulog Foundation together with Edmund and asked for the list of contingents who are participating in this year's Sinulog. I started to research on the background of some contingents and the candidates for the Festival Queen. I also asked for the copy of the criteria and the prizes to be won  for the Sinulog-based category, Free Interpretation, Puppetteers, Higante, On-Site Decors and Float category. Thanks God I have classmates who are having their internship in Sinulog Foundation. They were a very great help to me. 

January 15, a day before the Sinulog, we were very busy encoding the information we have gathered for the past few days. We cut the printed outputs and pasted it on the index card. This serves as cue card to be used by the host. This contains the background of the contingents. January 16, the event we have all been waiting for. I woke up three o'clock in  the morning because our call time was four o'clock inside Cebu City Sports Complex. It was a rainy day but it did not stop me from doing my assigned work as a researcher. Despite the rain, I interviewed choreographers and wrote the information I have gathered on the index card given to us by Ms. Ara. After which, we gave the index card back to her containing all the necessary information we have gathered from the field. 

It was a very tiring day but I'm happy because I was able to do my work very well. I am very proud of myself because I was able to do it on my own. I learned to be serious with my work and to really put my best in it. I realized that interns like me should go above and beyond from what we are asked and expected to do.