
Ok...let me tell you from the beginning...I got a call from the local TV news station wondering if I would be interested in hosting an expat show regarding what else...the expat population in Vietnam.This would also include travel, since it focuses on all the expats in entire Vietnam...and I was super excited...albeit just for the chance to meet new people and travel on someone else's expense.
I was required to give my PTC - piece to camera to check whether I am camera friendly, which I did with full confidence - I had done this before.
Now, after a week of waiting, I get the 'sorry' message from my to be producer - who loved me btw, that his director 'likes your natural way of presenting and your confidence but unfortunately, she doesn't like your accent :( I tried to persuade her that accent should not be a problem to shows like this but she didn't seem to change her opinion.'
Now what am I to make of this? It is an expat show hosted by an expat...I know for a fact that I was clear and that people could understand me. If I was a white girl with an American accent, I guess they would have jumped on the bandwagon without even a PTC.
As said before, I am PISSED!!! more at loosing a good opportunity or the fact that I am being discriminated against...I do not know but this is plain unfair!!!! Plus, Ro told me that I would never get this, and I kept arguing that I had done a good job...bah!!!!
Now I have to eat humble pie at home....Yeah..this is the part I am most pissed at!
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