Like other girls, when I was a kid I had a lot of ambitions. My ambition ranges from being a beauty queen, doctor, cashier, movie star, singer, housewife, TV newscaster, nun, lawyer and some I already forgot. All I know back then is that I wanted to be rich and successful regardless of which career path I will choose. I would always tell myself that I’ll be able to make up my mind in time when I enter college.
Days passed and I was running out of time. My high school graduation is coming near and I haven’t decided yet which course to take. With a little creativity in hand, I gathered my guts and bravely took an entrance exam for a design course. Being the dumb that I was, I never anticipated that the entrance exams would include a skill test. How could I forget I was applying for a drawing course?! Of course never did I expect that I would pass the exam after illustrating a Mc Donald’s softdrink as a mascot. Much to my surprise when the results came out and I got the slot! Up to this day I still can’t believe that I passed the skills exam.
While pursuing my studies in college, I started to realize my interest for writing. The only subject that I enjoyed in my first year was our English class, wherein we were asked to write our thoughts on random subjects. It was only during these occasions that I have appreciated my talent for writing. Unluckily our professor was always out of class. She seemed to purposely forget that we have a class with her. Anyhow that didn’t keep me from pursuing my new found talent. It occurred to me that back in junior high I was writing poems for my crush. I was even the best in our gradeschool class when it comes to reading, language and grammar. Though I do well in design I fathom that I was better with expressing my thoughts on paper.
As I grow older, I have come to better grasp my enthusiasm in writing literatures. I realized my thirst for writing copies, scripts and stories. I wanted to become a creative copywriter and not a journalist since I saw that my gift is in writing one-liner copies. Unfortunately to achieve success one must go through several failures. And of course I had my share. I got my first rejection when I applied as a writer for TV in one of the country’s biggest broadcasting network. Imagine my disappointment when I didn’t get the job. Still that didn’t stop me from pursuing my dreams. Maybe for now that network hadn’t realize yet my worth, anyway I understand that I still need experience after all I’m just a fresh grad. As for the moment I work as an in-house writer for a realty company. Though I only write corporate letters, I know this is a good training ground for me to widen my knowledge and gain relevant experience.
