This Summer we attended a workshop in ABS-CBN called Image Enhancement. This workshops takes 5 sessions and 5 hours a day. Below are the activities we had accomplished in a week:
Monday:
Since this was the first day of the workshop, We were required to introduce ourselves in the class. After we had introduced ourselves our mentor told us about herself. She was Mrs. Ida Miranda a member of the crew of Philippine Airlines, working for Planet Infinity near ABS-CBN, and she was a previous host of IBC 13. After the introduction she conducted a game where we would choose what animal are we and why. I choose an owl because I find myself as a critical thinker person though sometimes silent.
Tuesday:
The following day we had the pictorial session at Studio 1(not sure) of ABS-CBN here we are required to wear white long sleeves, slacks, black socks and leather shoes. I find the pictorial exciting but challenging because we were 17(11 ladies and 6 gentlemen) in the class and we must all be shown in the picture so our position was hard to maintain(there are some kneeling, sitting, and some were required to bend a little bit). The youngest,Karl, was 12 yrs. old while the oldest,Xyre, was 30 yrs. old. Some of them acted professionally especially the girls ate Risha, Hanna, Angelie, and ate Karen.We also had a visual poise. Here we were taught how to walk properly like an educated person and how to sit like a well-mannered man.
Wednesday:
The topic was about grooming both do's and dont's. I was shocked to know that there is an international rule for pants, socks, shoes:dark,darker,darkest because before I wasn't that conscious on how I'll dress. There were also rules about hairstyle,shirt and necktie combinations, wearing shoes, etc. We also studied the proper way of hand shakes the professional and social way. The woman should be addressed first and must be the one to offer her hand during social meetings. While in the professional way, the eldest or the higher in position should be addressed first.
Thursday:
We were asked to recite some tongue twisters(PeterPiper,WoodChuck,Weather) individually though some of us excelled there are also this who needs alot to work on. We were taught how to properly open your mouth by reciting the vowels(a,e,i,o,u). For me, the mentor was good because she already had experience this when she was a newscaster on IBC and news as we all know is live and if she commits a little mistake she can be fired. She shared her experience and how she manage to go on because she told us she also had a hard time practicing.
Friday:
This is the culminating activity where we will apply all of the things we had learn the whole week and to act as educated and well-mannered as possible. We were sitted on a circular table occupying 21 seats. The first thing we gentleman should do was to pull the chair for the ladies for them to sit before us. Next, we put the napkin on our lap and while doing this we shoul have a straight sitting position and never lie on the chair because this can show lazyness according to the mentor. We should not also put our elbows in the table because this is a bad habit for her as well. There are 5 parts in a fine dining session. First, the appetizer. Next, the salad and the soup. Third, the fruits . Fourth, The main course. And Lastly, the dessert. The mentor congratulated us because we were all behaved and according to her she saw us applying all her teachings during that moment. After that, We had picture taking as a souvenir and we had our farewells.
My Classmates:
Girls:
Olac
Karen
Risha
Hanna
Angelie
Xyre
Rissa
Erilyn
Jona
Mitch
Hazel
Boys:
Christian
Skie
Karl
Jhonnel
Pierre
Claude
