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"I would like to inform you guys that tomorrow is a big day! We're going to celebrate our anniversary and there will be celebrities. The ODCP team will assist the other artists, while the others will wait on the guest relations to tour them.”

We were all excited after hearing Miss Aine's announcement. Oh my gosh! I will see the artists up close and I can talk to them in person. This is a great opportunity for all of us.

The first batch of OJT here in one of the famous amusement parks in the Philippines, which is Enchanted Kingdom, are really lucky because our OJT is from October to November and this month EK has almost as many events like their anniversary and Halloween events. Our OJT is free here apart from our transportation, because we only work here in EK but there is no salary so our OJT is also free. This is a great experience for all of us.

Every year, grade 12 students with HUMSS and ABM strand do OJT here. I am lucky to be one of the six members in ODCP which means I am included in the office but we will still tour the guests as well. Of the number of ABM students, I was one of the six selected after the interview. In ODCP, we do almost all the work.

We will survey EK customers and after answering the survey, we will go to the office to arrange and encode it. Even though it's hot outside the EK, it's okay because it's fun. Every Friday and Saturday we have OJT and we are 8am to 6pm but since there is an event tomorrow, we will be extended until 8pm.

For this day, we just helped the staff to prepare for tomorrow's event. It's a big event so it should be really fantastic and look magical. The rest of our colleagues are out and about touring. Some are assigned to the Guest Relations, others are to management. EK is too wide and there are too many cast mates. EK calls us the cast mates instead of students who are here for OJT.

"Blair and Jalen, I will assign you today to Ghost busters so you can survey there."

"Okay, Miss Aine."

Jalen and I acted immediately. We took the bags containing the pencils and ballpens, the survey paper and umbrella before we left the office. The ghostbusters are far from the office and the sun is very straight because it is only three in the afternoon.

When we reached the exit of the Ghostbusters in which it was the dead end for the guests inside the tunnel. It’s a horror attraction.

"Hello, Ma’am." We greeted the two staff there. They immediately smiled at us.

"Are you here to make a survey?"

"Yes, is there anyone inside?" Jalen asked.

"Yes, they will be out in about five minutes so get your papers ready." We nodded and waited for those guests inside to come out.

"WAAAAAAHHHH!!! OMG!!! I WANT TO GET OUT ALREADY!!"

"s**t! CREEPY!!!"

Three women and two men ran from inside the ghost busters. Their screams are severe and their faces are red. I wonder how it feels to be inside?

"Hello Ma'am and Sir! Maybe you want to avail a souvenir photo!" The two ladies approached them and sales talked to them immediately as soon as they got out. They looked at the pictures that were taken inside while scaring them. They agreed to develop their photos and pay them.

"Magical Afternoon! Can you answer our survey for ghostbusters experience?" I asked. I immediately handed me my paper and ballpen to answer the survey.

We have 20 copies of paper so we have a lot more to answer. The staff who were with us gave us a tip, "You know how to speed up your work, you have to take another survey and put just good comments. In that way, your work would be easy for you to finish.”

At first, we thought they was just joking but Jalen and I followed them. We answered some of the surveys and it’s difficult to guess people's names and phone numbers. When we finished, we went back to the office to encode our survey results.

It was 7pm when I got home. Fortunately, there is not much traffic even on Fridays, but for sure tomorrow the traffic will be bad on the way home because we will be leaving by EK at 8pm. I immediately picked up my phone to tweet 'Just got home'. We are not allowed to bring a phone inside EK so I just used my phone now.

I immediately saw Nygel's chat with me.

Nygel: I missed talking to you all day though I didn't see you at school today.

Blair: Same, I also missed talking to you. I’m not at school early because we’re busy with our OJT at EK.

He asked me about what happened to me today at OJT so I told him. I also mentioned that tomorrow is a big day and I will see some celebrities in person. I also stopped eating dinner because I was so tired so I fell asleep immediately. I need to wake up early tomorrow.

I just woke up at 5am, I was very hungry but since Dixie and I were the only ones here at home and I was too lazy to cook, I decided to eat my breakfast at EK.

At 8am, we should be at school. I saw that Nygel's chat last night. I left my internet open again so he thought maybe I was still online last night.

Nygel Garcia:

"I really miss talking to you. Well, we haven't talked for a whole day."

"It's okay because we've been talking for three months straight even though you're busy and then my Mom confiscated my phone sometimes, we still chat to continue our months of chatting without stopping even a day."

"Are you sleeping now?"

"I wish I could tell you more stories that happened today."

"I know you're tired so maybe you fell asleep but I guess you didn’t eat now because you didn’t mention eating."

"When you wake up tomorrow, eat right away, don't miss it because that’s bad."

"I also know you will wake up early tomorrow then I will wake up late so advance good morning and be careful tomorrow on your way to EK and good luck at your event."

"Good night and sleep well, Blair."

I immediately felt happy. The sweet one! This isn't the first time someone has chatted with me because I used to flirt in chat before, but I don't know if this is thrilling again? He sent too many messages again for the second time!

I replied and told him that I would just eat later at EK and thanked him for his concern. I had a good morning too. I got up to take a bath and got ready. I was wearing our EK uniform shirt with black slacks and black shoes. I also put on my EK ID and dried my hair with a blower before tying it in a ponytail.

When it was over, Dixie was still asleep so I didn't say goodbye and left the house. 7:30 am when I got to school, our service was already there. I first went to 7/11 next to the school and then I bought a hotdog. I will only eat at EK later.

Alliah, Lei and Candie also arrived. It was good that we were together in the first batch but the team just separated me from them because they were assigned to Guest Relations. Sometimes when a field trip arrives at EK, they get on the bus to give information about EK and tour them inside.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Lei asked. I immediately shook my head in response, "Since last night, I've been tired so I fell immediately."

"Same, I think I’m losing weight."

"You’re overreacting, silly." I rolled my eyes to Candie.

"Stupid, I’m serious! It's so hard in the guest relations because it’s so hot but we have to tour the guests,” she complained.

We just ate quickly and boarded our service van. I sat by the window so I could fall asleep as we headed to EK. It's Saturday so for sure there is traffic on the highway.

"Ms. Diaz, where are the other materials?"

"Are all the designs okay? Already prepared?"

"Please photocopy these so that we can distribute them later."

"Ten minutes left and our guests will arrive."

Everyone is busy and we are doing too much because the event is about to start. It's already 4pm and we are just waiting for the artists we will assist to arrive.

After ten minutes, we are already welcoming our guests. It's just sad because we can't take pictures of the artists because no cellphone is allowed because we are cast mates. We are here at EK to work, not to be guests.

"He’s so handsome." Jewel, one of my ODCP colleagues, whispered to me when we saw our idols entering the room for VIPs.

"That's my baby," I whispered back.

My panties almost fell off because my skin was sticking to the celebrities’ body. I advise them and assist them about the event later in the EK’s open space near the space shuttle.

"You know what, it's really fine with me." One of the artists told me. I was holding an umbrella because it’s too hot right now but he said that it's okay even if I don't do it anymore.

"It's my work to assist you sir." I smiled casually even though I was really thrilled because he was talking to me. When he reached the open space, he went straight to the back stage.

I still have many other guests to assist. They still have time to ride to EK so Miss Aine instructed us to help them enjoy it for a while. I also have young ambassadors and ambassadors with me today.

We went to the Wheel Of Faith or the ferris wheel and since my guests are VIP guests, they no longer have to line up. We went to the exit of the ride and I motioned for the guard to approach us.

"Easy Que," I said. He immediately let the VIPs in and put them on the ride. Easy Que is only used by EK VIPs, meaning they no longer need to line up for the ride or have easy access to the ride.

It was already evening and too many people were watching in the open space area. The cast mates and I just watched for a while and we went back to work. There are also some openings of new food stalls here in EK so we have free coupons and free foods.

We are here at EK until 8pm. It was 7pm and we were given an hour to get around here in EK while waiting for our service to arrive and watch the fireworks competition show. Since it’s EK's anniversary, they have such a competition. It was a five minute fireworks show. I'm excited to watch, but I hope I have a phone so I can remember this day but it's okay, I'll just remember it in my mind.

It's nice to roam here in the amusement park when you’re with family or boyfriend. I see a lot of couples holding hands. It is more fun when they watch fireworks together. I feel so romantic like that. When will I experience it? I just smiled at my own thoughts.

At exactly 7:30 pm, the fireworks competition started. It's just the first show, it's a nice view to see because of the strange lights in the sky. I like to video it like the others are doing. I get jealous because they are able to videotape what is happening now.

I looked at the sky again, feeling the cold air and the beautiful view from above. I smiled at what I thought.

Someday, I will also get to the top. My dream will take me to the top. I will be successful and I will shine like the stars above.