Monday, January 5, 2015

Week 12
Day 1 (05/01/2015)
Today, after a long Christmas break (in which I was ill with flu and fever and I am still ill today), we started out the day by dismantling the lights that we used the previous day. After that, we went out to Lowes to buy 3 racks for the stuff that are in the studio. This time, we bought racks that are stronger and more rigid than the previous one. We then set up the racks one by one and packed up the stuff in the studio into plastic bins and placed them neatly onto the racks.

Day 2 (06/01/2015)
Today, the work we have to do is quite different from what we have done previously. We were to head to the Cambridge Site to built built and set up the beds at the dormitories there. We picked up the tools we needed and drove over. While my fellow interns were constructing the beds on the second floor, I was to carry up bags of pillows, blankets and the covers for them to the third floor. After that, I counted and put the appropriate number of items needed in each room depending on the number of beds. After lunch, I helped out in the construction of 2 of the beds before heading back to Silver to break down some cardboard boxes and carry some cable boxes and reels.

Day 3 (07/01/2015)
We continued work at Cambridge today. I was to help out in putting the covers of the pillows and blankets on the third floor. It was a really tedious and long task but working in pairs helped to speed up the process especially in putting in the blanket covers. I also used the vacuum cleaner to clean the floors of some of the rooms.

Day 4 (08/01/2015)
We started the day back in Cambridge where we continued to work on the blanket and pillow covers as well as bed sheets on the second floor. We then returned to Silver to work on the beds of 6 more rooms, laying bed sheets, putting in pillow covers, once again working in pairs to speed up the process. 

After working on the beds, we went up to the studio to crush some water bottles and aluminum cans and put them into garbage bags for recycling.

Day 5 (09/01/2015)
We went to the recycling centre in the morning to sell the bottles and cans that we crushed the previous day. Unfortunately, we did not get the amount of money we expected. We returned to Cambridge and I worked on removing the labels that were on the newly constructed beds which took quite a while as there were lots of labels, one of each part of the bed. After lunch, I continued to remove the labels and I wiped down the beds and doors of the rooms on the second level. That was the end of our job at the Cambridge site. 

We then returned to Silver to pack up some of the stuff in the studio. Phil then taught us how to set up and use the Steadicam that they had, which was a really old model.

Day 7 (11/01/2014)
Like every Sunday, we shot the Cantonese and English church service in the morning. For the Cantonese service, I was the remote camera operator and for the English service, I was a camera operator in the Sanctuary. I have not seen our boss Harry for the past few days as he is quite ill and I wish him well and a speedy recovery. I am still ill and coughing myself after more than 2 weeks, but I have given up trying to manage it and I'll just let the illness run its course. Suffice to say, I can't resist all the delicious but unhealthy food anymore.

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