The Screening, Part 3

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It was past 12 noon when we were all allowed to have lunch at the studio's canteen. All 34 of us.  Jim appointed a leader of the group (whose name escapes me).  We were all told that we have an hour to re-assemble ourselves in the garden so that the marshall can fetch us all.  A word of caution from Jim: if all 34 aren't complete, we have to be rescheduled for another day.  So we all filed out of the studio and were guided to the canteen to have our lunch. 
Food was okay.  A lot of us formed cliques.  The young ones (early 20s) were bunched up in one corner.  Likewise with the thirtysomethings.  And one old guy who qualified were with us (the late 30s and early 40s). 

After eating, I called up Ruel and told him that I passed the first screening.  Then I called my dad and told him what happened, that I might be in the studio for the rest of the day. One by one, all 34 of us began to gather in the open garden to wait.  To while away the time, some tried to get acquainted with the others.  One had a digital camera and took pictures of our batch.  Others tried to catch up on their sleep (some people came from Nueva Ecija and Bicol). We were all trying to kill the boredom. 

When the second batch (68 in all) came out of the studio to have their lunch, we all thought we'd all get in already but no, we still had to wait... Then the third batch (34 people) came out to have their lunch. Sheesh!! We came to the conclusion that we might all be lumped together to take the second test.  And we were all correct.  The marshall came out to fetch us back to the studio... 136 people all in all.

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This time around, the test was more game-centric.  It had 8 situational questions wherein you're asked what to do if you're already playing the game. It's as if they're already picking your brains here...  I wonder if that's the case in the penultimate stage of screening--the "mock game", where you play it, without the cash prize, of course.  It's like they're gonna study that "mock game" before you really get on stage for the taping of the episode.  (I'm jumping the gun here.  I might not reach that stage after all... hehehehe)

136 people took the game-centric test and only a few will remain for the next step of the screening (the interview part). The waiting was short. And I was again, shortlisted.  Hmmmm... I hope I pass the interview!

Next: The Interview

Comments

jill hazel ortigas said…
tpos ano na? abangan nanaman haha :D
October 8, 2008 at 1:59 AM
rey beltran said…
syempre! kasi ako din, nag-aabang e hehehehehe
October 8, 2008 at 2:04 AM
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