Entry 006-18: ACPI Lost

It was an open door, seemingly an opportunity for the taking. They offered me a 6-month scholarship for 2D animation after passing the CAT test for KPITTC in Novaliches, QC sponsored by ACPI and the LGU where I’m working. With no formal education on traditional drawing I got a mediocre 2-star rating to qualify. Psyching myself as the approved stipend put me in very tight situation where I’ll probably eating at sidewalk turo-turo, bed spacing and out-of-pocket expense for the fare and training materials.

Traditional animation is something I always wanted since my comic’s day up to my present anime life! To cut the story short, I wasn’t even qualified to the standard set for scholarship by COA (utility worker on temporary status), simply put, if push comes to shove I’ll quit my job in order to qualify.

Ohh well… as they say “hope for the best and expect for the worst.” Thank you God for showing me the path more clearly now. In the end, it seems everyone wasn’t ready to grub!

Entry 006-17: The Past Week

Thursday-Friday:
Attended a curriculum development workshop for traditional (2D) animation that will be offered locally come June at UNC, ADENU, WRI and PCFC as they open their door for students, professionals and high school graduates with drawing inclination. It's a short-term, competency-based curriculum on Assistant Animator.

The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. says that there’s money here, a graduate, if hirable don’t need to be OFW(even not leave home if you're too good) and earn as much. It's NCVC's rebound by not joining the Call Center bandwagon. Creative tests were performed for would-be-trainors who’ll take a 21-day crash course on 2D animation and a 6-month course for selected individuals.

Saturday:
Skipped the afternoon session, attended Dr. Edilberto Reyes lecture on Children with Special Needs, the whole session for first-timer was an eye opener but for a father who has attended similar sessions and has a child at home with special needs (Hajj has ASD) was like a movie rerun. This has been an enduring issue for children with special needs in Naga as they have little choices for their education. Schools like Naga Parochial School, Potter's Hand, and a government run SPED-Naga Central School including the locally subsidized HELP don't have a structured system that caters to the unique needs of identified special children.

Now that St. Joseph School and the way Dr. Reyes explains it seems a special child will now have school to attend with curricular modification (15 placement variants). To quote Dr. Reyes "changing your course for some to win", hoping SJC is keen on the position. Thank you God!