Yesterday, as predicted was a very busy day. I had a meeting with the deputy head of Belmont School in Harrow Weald concerning a piece about their fast approaching fundraising day in aid of Children In Need.
The meeting was a success and I now have three stories for The HA1 secured. One for next week, one for the week after and one for January.
I also said I would attend a debate that my lecturer, Patrick had organised. Patrick has done so much for all of us and more and I really felt as though I should go to support him. The debate, which was also filmed by television students took place in the television studios and I was a member of the audience. In fact for quite a while I was the only audience member (until the rest, that were being held in another room were let in).
I was worried about being the last person there because I had to get back from my meeting in Harrow Weald. Little did I know while I was rushing across Harrow to get back to uni that I would actually be the first audience member to arrive.
That was not the only first I encountered yesterday. During the debate we were all asked if we gamble (I put my hand up), we were then asked if we do the lottery (I put my hand up). Only two of us out of an audience of 30 raised their hands. My answer then meant that I was in the spotlight. Patrick, knowing it was me asked me the first question (this was before any of the panelists had been introduced). Apart from Patrick's voice, mine was the first to be heard and I was the first to be filmed. I just hope I didn't mumble. To be honest I cannot remember what I said.
I knew that after the show of hands, trying to persuade the audience that playing the lottery was a good thing was not going to be an easy task. I think I put my point across well though. I had said my piece and I was not going to speak or go near a microphone for the rest of the debate.
After the debate my mind was not changed in terms of playing the lottery. All I was now thinking about were the free drinks Camelot (the firm behind The National Lottery) had offered to buy us in our SU bar.
The rest as they say is history. The free drinks went down very well but having started drinking at 5, I was home by 10 to watch the EastEnders repeat on BBC Three.
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