But for now I have to put up with one colleague who told me that there's no difference between using 'past' and 'passed'. I have to put up with unproductive meetings about something as basic as doing a summary of a news report. I have to put up with people who impose writing styles on me when in fact, three minutes ago, he told me that there's no hard and fast rules in writing. I have to put up with the mantra that 'you're here not to produce your portfolio, you're here to work for the client'.
Because it's like that in the real world.
I just shrug it off and channel my inner Madonna: I'm ambitious, I know what I want, if that makes me a bitch, okay. Well, no scrap that 'bitch' part.
But at the end of the day, I do believe that one of our clients would allow us to work for them while doing portfolio-worthy annual reports. I just have to do my best work possible at this company, tell people what I want, voice out my concerns even if I would not change the system by doing so, at least I have spoken up.
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After all the bitterness of this day, there's something to smile about. Ate Joy, my landlady, told me that she saw something addressed to me at the mailbox. At first I thought it was just one of the normal bank statements and debit card flyers that come every month. She got it and dropped it on my bed, magazine ata, she said. But it was a bit bigger. I do not subscribe to any mags so I thought it was just one of those fashion catalogues.
But no.
The package was a sticker book from the Miami Ad School. Exactly the type of inspiration I needed at the moment! Someday, I know, I'll study there, too. For now, a sticker book from the School of Pop Culture Engineering will do.
*Cannes Lion and One Show Pencil
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