I was just ranting about “burn-out” weeks ago and I wanted myself to focus on other things like my new hobby and try to lessen my service. But our God is a funny God. One who can deliver a real punchline.
Anyway, a week ago, Michelle texted me about a workshop for photography and videography available at our CFC center on Friday (June 22, 2007) from 2-5pm. I said “Wow! This is great because I’ll be able to learn more on my new hobby”. So I signed up and confirmed my attendance for that workshop. Came Friday, Marianne (from CFC) reminded me about the documentation workshop I’m attending. I said to myself “Documentation workshop? Wasn’t I attending a workshop about photography or videography only? ” so i just didn’t mind it, maybe its the same.
When I entered the room, I greeted the people inside and looked for Josh (thought she was a guy) but instead met Donnie from North, Viel and Channot from Laguna. They looked very well-acquainted with each other already (baka late lang ako sobra kaya nagkakilala na sila mabuti). But Josh wasn’t around yet so my hypothesis flew quickly out of the window. Donnie interviewed me about Photography stuffs and how well have I been in this field (Ahh, ala pang isang buwan hehe..). I told him I was just new in this field and was going for lessons on July. He then asked me if I’m planning to volunteer after this. I said, yeah maybe in my sector (Sa loob loob ko, kasi ayoko magdagdag ng service sa SCOM sa center).
“Have you heard about Oikos?” Donnie asked. *hint #1*
I said “Yeah!” explaining that its one of our Soc. Min. dealing with our environment.
“Okay, kasi naghahanap kami ng team sa center katulong ni Josh kasi konti lang tao ng Oikos eh. *hint #2* ” Donnie followed.
And I just grinned.
Then someone came in. A man with tarps made for Oikos. Someone texted me, saying “Hi nick, this is Josh from Oikos, where are you?” *hint #3 & 4*
* Horror background music and loud heartbeat drumming sound playing.
What the? Did I enter the wrong room? No! this must be the right room. Someone brought a Tripod and a video camera. I saw a man with DSLR downstairs playing around with his camera. This can’t be.
Then Josh entered the room. The HE that I thought, was all along a SHE. What’s happening to my world?
* Glass shattering sound.
I felt I was victimized in a multi-level marketing scam invitation. I thought of running away from the room but I didn’t. I had to hear this. So I listened about what the workshop is all about and fortunately, it was still about documentation using Photography and videography.
Surprisingly, I learned a lot of stuffs from the workshop which I can use in the future and still use on my photo skills. I learned how to frame subjects and angles on doing interviews, ethics and other stuffs about Oikos. But mostly, I could use this on Sunday (yesterday) where we were asked to document the event in Oikos booth during our CFC anniversary and practice our newly learned ideas.
Told you God could deliver funny jokes sometimes.
