Friday, March 2, 2012

An unexpected media encounter

Today was once again one of those nerve- wracking, worrying days for me.  Yupp! It's the day for me to collect my A levels results today. However, that was later in the day at 2pm. Now, it is only 12pm and I was already in PJC. I had been informed to be in school earlier for a media interview by a reporter from 'Today' newspaper.
Due to my studying difficulties, 'Today' newspaper has requested for me to be interviewed for a media coverage for some post A levels reporting hahas!
Upon arrival in school, I met up with the reporter herself with some teachers and was whisked off to the Conference Room. Seeing as this is my first one on one interview, I was nervous and clueless about how to answer questions from the media as these comments will be published in the newspaper. Thankfully, several teachers were accompanying me in the room which helped a little in my confidence level.
So basically, the reporter just asked some really basic questions such as what were some of the problems that I faced while studying, how I overcame them and how I got help in my studies... Well, I answered these questions as best as I could and to the best that I could remember. Of course, I could not give an answer when asked how I did for the A levels as the results were only going to be out later. Hahas! By the end of the interview, I felt I did pretty okay, a view shared by the teachers that were present too. We had a photo taking session after that.
Both my J1 and J2 Class tutors were present for the photo shoot and a photographer from the media took several photos of us from different angles all around the foyer and along some steps. Hahas, this was probably the first time I'm getting my picture taken by a professional photographer. I am definitely getting my hands on those photos when they're out! I also quite liked some of the angles that the photographer took the photos from. There was also a guy from the school's Media Club who also took some photos for us. Hahas, I had some time to interact with him as well.
All in all, I'm really looking forward to seeing the newspaper article and the reporter had said to inform me when it will be published so that I can look out for it hahas! I ended off quite early and had some time to cool off before getting my results after that.

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