The Cadet Diaries #12

I was hyped to come back to the SCMP office and start writing again. It’s just been a few weeks since school’s been out, but I felt as if I haven’t used my brain for months.

I worked at Young Post a few months ago, and on my last day I didn’t want to leave! I was glad to find nothing much has changed in the Young Post office when I came back - tables were still messily covered by old editions of Young Posts and other bits of paper. I was a bit disappointed when Leon the web editor wasn’t there on my first day, since everything’s a bit more fun with him around. But I did get to talk to Joyee a bit more this time. She gave me two makeup products to write a short review on and of course, I couldn’t say no. Free makeup!

A couple of days later, I went out with Chris for an interview with two new indie artists, Lil’ Ashes and Shandy. I was surprised when he told me he knows Pollie, the lead singer of Lil' Ashes, because she is a fan of his friend, another singer in Singapore. It was quite refreshing to meet her because she was fangirling over Chris’s friend half of the time during the interview.

It was then when I realized that artists are really like any other person - they fangirl over their idols just like I do and they’re not necessarily tall and super glamorous looking. In fact, if I saw the musicians walking on the street, I wouldn’t even suspect they are artists who are signed by a large record company.

I can’t believe I've already spent a week working for Young Post already. Although waking up early for work is horrible, it’s an experience I definitely treasure very much.

- [VIDEO] Life in a Day of a Young Post Cadet - produced by our cadets

- #11: Doing a story on retro games led to an afternoon of fun with the reporters

- #10: Being a journalist has its perks as cadet Amanda found out first-hand

- #9: While her fellow cadets were covering the dim sum competition, Winnie was in the office facing the pressure to beat the deadline

- #8: Our cadets were on the scene to cover the Dim Sum Talented Chef Competition 2013

- #7: Cadet Henry experienced just how much work goes into covering a news event like the HKDSE as he was among the team of SCMP and YP reporters who were out on the field

- #6: Giselle and the rest of the new cadets made it through their first editorial meeting at Young Post

- #5: Journalism is about so much more than sitting at a desk all day and writing news articles

- #4: Not only do cadets need a passion for journalism, they have to be fit too as a recent assignment sent cadet Lok-yan climbing to the top of a hill

- #3: Cadet Janet attends her first debating competition and witnesses what it's all about

- #2: Lunches at the Young Post office is a bit different than those at school

- #1: Working at Young Post is nothing like what cadet Melanie expected.