To Be...Or Not To Be...

Shakespeare was a brilliant man. One of my favourite writers of all time. He knew what he was good at, what he enjoyed, and he went with it.

You can learn a lot from a man like him, and one thing I learned is you have to do what interests you. I visited CKWS yesterday and I enjoyed every second! Grant Barber was wonderful, he opened my eyes to the possibilities while showing me the 'colourful' world of Corus Entertainment. Each department, whether it be production or sales promotion, ignited a little spark of enthusiasm in me. 

Of course, the highlight of the tour for me was the CKWS radio room, where I actually got to record a segment of a promotion for Chillifest, and the News room, where I wandered the set and admired the cameras. I felt so giddy inside that it was hard for me to remain calm and professional, but I think I played it off good.

In any case, after the tour I sat in my room, looked up to the ceiling and thought. I thought where I wanted to go after my three years at SLC, I thought about who I want to be, and what I wanted to do. I thought, Kingston, as small of a city as it is, has so many opportunities for someone like me.

Who knows! Maybe in three years I'll be sending in a resume to CKWS, all I know now is, I'm going to continuing doing, what interests me...and that's advertising.    

P.S check out the CKWS website! Maybe you'll be inspired like I have: http://www.ckwstv.com/

Turning The Page...

Goodbye naptimes, au revoir recess, farewell childhood and being a kid. Good day deadlines, hello responsibility, nice to finally meet you college and adulthood!

As my professor Robin Pepper would say, I suffered from major FUDS my first week of college. New people, new environment and new expectations! I was overwhelmed! Coming fresh from high school, the big bad world of college seemed rather... frightening to me. But within that first week, my entire outlook on the next three years changed.

My classmates were all welcoming and within the first few days I became good friends with most of them. I found myself making conversation, laughing, and enjoying my time in each an every class. 

I enjoyed Robin's class where we were instructed to build a contact sheet. Naturally, classmates and teachers will be included, but I actually went out and found a potential employer to add to mine. Grant Barber, an account executive for Corus Entertainment (www.corusent.com), met with me last weekend and we discussed the future of advertising. He even offered to give me a tour of CKWS! After our meeting together, I know this program will take me places I really want to go. 

So here I am, turning the page over to college, starting a new life, and all I can say is, things have never been better.