1/4 of my internship will be over by the end of this week.
fast right?
heh thanks for helping me find the car name in my previous post. actually that story only has 3 lines:
Line 1-> X spotted this car on Date X, time X, at place X.
Line 2-> X says " XXX ".
Line 3-> STOMP checked it out and this car is Name X.
and i had to spend one hour just to write that last line...........
i tried googling and all, but all cars look the same to me, and i couldnt decide which car looks like which. so i went msn and asked partner if she knows.... thank God. cus partner gave me a very good advice: "um, i think you should ask the guys."
yupz. so i did.
thanks wil for answering my email during work... thanks MY, norman, bear for helping... and thanks anonymous (ok, maybe you are a girl) for the website... =)
well, how has my intern been?
good and bad... like all things.
Good
because i am learning so many things.
i was asked to write 2 blog entries on my first day. that was easy cus i jus copy-n-paste from here... haha...
on my second day, they started to give me stories to write. if you check out Singapore Seen in http://www.stomp.com.sg/, that's where most of the stories are.
on the slowest day, i write 1 (that's today. that's y i can afford to blog now =P), on my busiest day i wrote 8. some stories are just a 3-liner like the car article. some stories are more interesting... like fire, etc.
my name's nowhere to be found, but i'm good with tt.
writing is fun stuff.
Not So Good
cus it's tough.
heh at least that's what i feel.
all the stories that i write go through the content producers, or what they call webknowledgists, and the editor.
on the first few days, when i see my stories online i feel so sim tia (heart pain). cus after they are filtered through the producers, the writings dun look like mine anymore... heh. but now i'm beginning to recognise familiar sentences.
they taught me how to write stories properly... there are rules i need to follow cus i cant write like i do here. i'm seriously learning everything from scratch. n that's good too. =)
Some Things I Learnt:
1. first line- always give the summary of the article.
2. don't use long words. keep it simple.
3. one paragraph can only have 2 lines.
4. 0-9 must be written in letters as "zero-nine". only write in numerics if it's more than ten.
5. diff producers look out for diff things. sometimes contradicting things. need to know who u are sending your stuffs to, then follow suit.
6. online dictionaries are extremely useful. my fav is www.thefreedictionary.com. i NEED to have a thesauraus.
Is there any more words you can add for each line?
1. inconsiderate, uncourteous, selfish, thoughtless,
2. shocked, stunned, filled with disbelief, struck dumbfounded, appalled, amazed
and i had to spend one hour just to write that last line...........
i tried googling and all, but all cars look the same to me, and i couldnt decide which car looks like which. so i went msn and asked partner if she knows.... thank God. cus partner gave me a very good advice: "um, i think you should ask the guys."
yupz. so i did.
thanks wil for answering my email during work... thanks MY, norman, bear for helping... and thanks anonymous (ok, maybe you are a girl) for the website... =)
well, how has my intern been?
good and bad... like all things.
Good
because i am learning so many things.
i was asked to write 2 blog entries on my first day. that was easy cus i jus copy-n-paste from here... haha...
on my second day, they started to give me stories to write. if you check out Singapore Seen in http://www.stomp.com.sg/, that's where most of the stories are.
on the slowest day, i write 1 (that's today. that's y i can afford to blog now =P), on my busiest day i wrote 8. some stories are just a 3-liner like the car article. some stories are more interesting... like fire, etc.
my name's nowhere to be found, but i'm good with tt.
writing is fun stuff.
Not So Good
cus it's tough.
heh at least that's what i feel.
all the stories that i write go through the content producers, or what they call webknowledgists, and the editor.
on the first few days, when i see my stories online i feel so sim tia (heart pain). cus after they are filtered through the producers, the writings dun look like mine anymore... heh. but now i'm beginning to recognise familiar sentences.
they taught me how to write stories properly... there are rules i need to follow cus i cant write like i do here. i'm seriously learning everything from scratch. n that's good too. =)
Some Things I Learnt:
1. first line- always give the summary of the article.
2. don't use long words. keep it simple.
3. one paragraph can only have 2 lines.
4. 0-9 must be written in letters as "zero-nine". only write in numerics if it's more than ten.
5. diff producers look out for diff things. sometimes contradicting things. need to know who u are sending your stuffs to, then follow suit.
6. online dictionaries are extremely useful. my fav is www.thefreedictionary.com. i NEED to have a thesauraus.
Is there any more words you can add for each line?
1. inconsiderate, uncourteous, selfish, thoughtless,
2. shocked, stunned, filled with disbelief, struck dumbfounded, appalled, amazed
