OJT Experience

A BULLETIN REPOST...


halu sa inyong tanan mga devcom! this is the representative from OJT team ipil...CHIKA:) nangungumusta lang mga mare't pare... ganahan ba mo sa inyong OJT?

personally ha, my OJT experience isn't that perfect...but in life, what is diba? pero no regrets talaga ako na nandito ako sa ipil ngayon with the team. its such a one-of-a-kind experience and I'm learning a lot from it...physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

one week nalang naiwan at back to reality na. as in reality na students tayo sa Xavier...not employees sa ating mga respective companies. i'm quite...umm...sort of...umm...OH WHAT THE HECK, i'm REALLY sad that OJT period is almost at its end. if i'd have to live it again, i would, just to experience the joys, hurt, and the undescribable feeling of being "independent" for six weeks.

first week of internship was the pits for me. i wanted to go home. i hated our "baraks" and i wasn't quite used to being far away from the people i knew for this long. it was such a blessing that we are a team of five...or else i would have never survived my time in Ipil.

now, i just want to spend even an extra week or two here in Ipil. i don't know why, but i'm getting really attached to the place and people of the prelature. maybe its the air...or maybe God willed it. maybe He saw that i needed something different in life...and this experience is sure different. maybe He thought, "Monotonous na masyado itong si Justine...let's shake her life around a bit...".

i don't know about the sentiments of the others in the team...some may feel the same way i do...but from what i've seen, the urge to go back to the comfort of their own territory is stronger than the
desire to stay for a bit longer. every person is unique, and this goes the same with experiences...coz my desire to stay a bit longer has overpowered the former urge. pero noh, kung uuwi na silang lahat
at ako nalang maiiwan, eh uuwi nalang rin ako. it would be lonely without them man rin kasi yung whole team and nagbibigay-buhay sa Ipil experience.

baka isipin niyo na "all good" kami dito. hindi ah...marami rin mga "kasakit" and sometimes, misunderstandings between team members or between the team and our supervisor. but inspite of that, mostly smooth sailing man rin kami because our different personalities allow us to do so. sabi pa nga ng mga employees dito "gaka-lingaw" daw sila sa amin. sabi naman ni Sr. Ann, the "Mother Superior" dito,
mababait daw kami. wow...shocked kami doon sa comment na yun ah. kami??? mababait??? gosh...chika:)

in a way, i'm happy na kahit grabe ang bad feedbacks about the place because of the past massacres and stuff, the team still enjoyed the time in Ipil without any incident na na-jeopardize ang safety naming
lahat. thank you Lord for that.

wrapping up this short (short???) "journal" entry which was supposed to be a short bulletin post lang pero nadala siguro ako sa moment na naging journal entry nalang tuloy, this is an experience to be
treasured and cherished for a lifetime. the place, the animals, the people...they have all touched me in a way i never could have imagined. i not only gained knowledge in work and experience of being on the job, i've also gained wisdom in dealing with the obstacles the world has to offer, in all aspects of life.

wow...ganito pala ako kapag madala ng moment noh?:)

sige people, take care kayong lahat and i hope you've also gained MORE THAN WORK EXPERIENCE during the internship period...because ultimately, that's what matters most:)

adios.

justine