The Month of May became very special because of Animal Scene Magazine, which published my article about my dog and his perenial hernia.
This situation can be compared to hitting too many birds in one stone. It is very fulfilling.... This is my first write up to get published by a good magazine owned by the company that also publish one of the oldest, most popular and elite newspaper in the Philippines that is the Manila Bulletin.
I admit this is not my first time to submit my article to the publication, and I realized my mistakes now. It is really very important to follow instruction or to give what the magazine wants.... A write up tailored-fit to them not the one that you already have in your file.... and it really pays to adjust..
I can say that the result exceeded my expectation... I thought my write up will be shortened, pictures that I have submitted to give impact to my articles may not all be included, and maybe my article will just be a replacement for one article that did not reach the deadline...
But then I should stop underestimating myself, my article was accepted because they were deeply touch by the way I have written my experiences, while taking care of a dog with Perenial Hernia. Now I have the so "called" portpolio, and I hope to have lots of it in the future. I have articles published in our company newsletter before but this is my first time to have my write up in a magazine that is read by animal lovers nationwide...I am also very delighted to see my name below the Title of my article and both were written parallel to page 28.
Aside from the overwhelmingly beautiful presentation of my write up, the managing editor of the magazine, even talked about Peso in her culumn, "the Managing editor's desk", appealing to dog lovers about helping me to raise fund for Peso's surgery. and I really appreciate their effort to help Peso.
As a whole the Magazine worth the Peso that I spent to it. The payment I recieved is just an icing on the cake....
Imagine getting paid for doing things that you really love to do, and that's my long time dream too, getting paid because of my talent. It revived my long forgotten ego, and resurrect the Maricel with a good heart, not what she almost think of herself for years. And I really regret thinking of myself that way...so I decided to accept my defeat in my present professional status, and believe that I only need my present job to survive, but no sad heart about that anymore, it's about time to face what I really love to do, I am not so occupied with my job anyway so I have my time to write about so many things especially my dog Peso...
