As I've previously mentioned before, internship had been both great and bad at the same time. Of course, the right mindset is to focus on why it had been great, but then I guess I shall just talk about the not so good parts as well.

Anyway, I'm at week 4 of my internship right now, and we're into week 3 of production. Two weeks down, only ten more to go! Things had moved really fast during these two weeks, because I'm already feeling so familiarised with the people there and I think I'll really miss the friends I made there after those ten weeks :(

My role is a production assistant (PA), and I feel so valued and appreciated by the people there. For one, my fellow interns are really cute in the sense that when I went out to get food, they took a picture of themselves and wrote on it "I'm hungry". And every time I came back with the food, they would say things like "辛苦你了!" which means "must've been tough!" or something along the line. As a PA, I think I should feel really grateful to be treated this way. Everyone there are so polite and thoughtful, even the actors.

But of course, sometimes I don't do things well enough, so people complain, which I guess is part and parcel of the job.

I can't believe how patient the assistant directors, production manager, and director are when it comes to me making lots and lots of stupid mistakes.

But the bad things are, as I've probably mentioned 10,000 million times to my friends, the crazy working hours (which is even crazier for some of my colleagues/superiors), the lugging of breakfast/lunch (which I think I mentioned 10 billion million times), and the claim forms - which takes up a big part of my free time.

There is also this constant "production stress" in which it's super easy to make mistakes, and you'll feel super bad for each mistake you make. For example, not blocking the passers-by because you were careless, bringing lunch back late by an hour partly because you got lost, troubling the driver to make second trips because you forgot to take something, dropping food, counting the wrong number of food, spilling the entire ice box, etc.

Nonetheless, going out to get food is fun and sometimes my fellow interns are jealous that I get to do it. Carrying 40+ packs back is crazy, yes, but you get to rest during travel time. Plus, time passes really fast when you're buying food.

For the next weeks, I really hope I don't screw up anymore and do a good job. And possibly have a lot of fun. But let's just start with not screwing up anymore :/

Labels: internship, production, things that happened