As dazed as I was after finally done with finals last Thursday, I am now back on my feet and ready for summer. Received the next task from Ginger on Tuesday. Keywords: Excel, database, ASAP.
Great! I've been feeling like a housewife for awhile now with only packing and cooking to occupy my time for now. Everyday I torment myself with doubts of being here for summer. I have failed to find a job on campus- this was an outcome I did not expect. I've made the mistake of building my entire summer plan around it, and every rejections left me looking like a fool to myself. Or perhaps my biggest mistake was to have too much hope- for it was shattered mercilessly and I was too baffled to prepare myself.
I was determined to save for my parents by staying here, and invest in the future with an internship and possibly summer classes. But in the end I was left choosing between spending $1000 for a ticket home, or the same amount to stay here.
But like a quote in a movie I recently saw: "Sometimes destruction is a good thing. It ends one cycle so a new one can begin." I better make the most out of this internship!
So last thursday, I came to the mda's office and entered entries for the Art & Wine raffle. I also followed Ginger to Red Berry, a pretty neat apparel store, to pick up the alien mannequin. There Ginger learnt of tthe owner's interesting idea of marketing for the shop. Since the Farmer's market will take place on every Thursday from now on, in order to increase the shop's foot traffic, she would have customers and/or friends to be "live" models for the shop. They would be standing still and frequently change poses. She also plans to incorporate aspects from the Farmer's market to the exhibit, such as the wine and beautifully home grown flowers. The idea may not be the most original (Ginger herself admitted to have seen it in Portland), but it's not too late for one to learn and update oneself on the different usages of media marketing. Ginger also referred her social director to Dan Fergueson from our school, who has a slideshow on Facebook 101 for teachers, students and anyone interested in the topic. I thought it was interesting and realized the competitiveness, as well as the importance of updating yourself on the best and latest techniques of e-commerce in today's market.
After a short break, we came back to the office and I was given another set of information. This time, it's a huge binder filled with paperwork on the exhibit and food vendors participating on the Turkey Rama event this coming July. It seemed so overwhelming at first with all the different columns and criteria to check off, but after awhile it feels so repetitious. It's crazy to think that everyone is fighting one another for a job that anyone can do, and not necessarily one with a college degree. (Hint: Admission office, entry-level).
Anyways, by 1:00, Ginger was frantically preparing herself for the Farmer's market. mda's stall was a simple but pretty one (we're also next to a local musician playing a gorgeous electric guitar). It's nice to see merchandise t-shirts with local artists' work imprinted on them. The keyword? Think win-win.
I'll be coming back next week for more office work (and hopefully more time spent at the Farmer's market!).
Huong.
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