My final week.

Hi everyone,

So this is my last post for this semester. I hope all your internships has been treating you well and you have enjoyed this experience as much as I have.

I would just like to take this opportunity to do a little self-reflection. From the start of my internship till now I believe that I have improved on my writing and communication skills. These two skills are very important if you want to be a PR consultant. I know that he mistakes I have made during my internship will allow me to be a better consultant in the future. There is this saying, "No pain, no gain". Its through failure you lead to success.

I was given an opportunity to do an internship in Singapore and I definitely have made full use of it. I do enjoy working in the Singapore industry and someday I wish to come back home and practice public relations may it be as a consultant or as a lecturer. Public relations is said to be boring by some of my friends but I think you need to have a liking for it to appreciate it.

I do enjoy every bit of public relations and cannot wait to graduate and head into the PR workforce. All this positivity is because of the wonderful support from my colleagues at McGagh Communications and my lecturer, Shalu. Without these people, I probably would have suffered my internship and the PR Professional Practice unit.

I look forward to my last week at McGagh Communications not because I am leaving but because I am going to end of my final week with helping out with an event for a client. I am very excited about what is going to happen and how it is going to run. I really am eager to see the media interview take place and how my colleagues would be preparing the spokesperson. I will finally get to see how it is done in the "real world".

So the final week is going to be filled with mixed emotions. In one hand I will be happy because I will be able to help out with an event and network and meet new people. But on the other hand I will be sad because I'll be leaving McGagh Communications. Each and every colleague has left an imprint and I am very grateful for all their help and guidance. I hope to keep in contact with them as they are wonderful people.

With this, I end my final post and wish everyone all the best with their exams (if any) and a happy graduation for those who are completing their final semester.
Take care.

- Priya Suraindran
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Curtin Singapore