Hello. Just got home from my dad's companion's party and I enjoyed it because I had the chance to sing with the band. They asked me to join and jam with them some other time when I'm free. Well, I'd love to.Well, I'm finally free from my internship program today! I finished 300 hours of duty in the company where I applied my skills that I obtained in the last three years of college, and that is The Central Bank of the Philippines which is commonly known as "Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)". I just want to write all the things that I experienced in the whole internship duration.
Before the internship period started, I was pretty worried where to be intern. A certain company in Ayala who promised a sure slot for me as an intern had a personnel problem that's why the slot is cancelled. Another company along EDSA which first planned to get interns as testers changed its mind and decided to call off the need for interns. Good thing, BSP contacted me through my resume that I passed to them on our campus' jobfair.
I started April 16 and was assigned to the IT department of the institution (I will no longer detail the company's structure because it's somehow confidential). In there I met some of the outgoing interns of the department. One of them is Kuya Kevin who appeared to be a famous guy over social networking sites because of an inspiring photo of him. Another one is Kuya Jelome, who is a good-looking guy but somehow lousy but funny to hang out with, and of course, the one I hanged out the most, Ate Joann. She is lively, fascinating to talk with and she is the one who guided me and my other co-interns the most in some policies and experiences that previous interns followed and remembered.
If there are outgoing interns, there are new ones. First to mention is Aaron and Diane. They started 2 days after I started reporting. They are in the same room as mine though the two of them are together in one development group and I was separated. We bonded together during lunch as Diane accompanies Aaron and I in the cafeteria after she ate with her Mom.
Next who arrived is Claudine. She's also from UP but from a different system, Los Banos, that's why I'm pressured. At first I thought maybe I will be compared to her especially when she finishes the assigned tasks immediately while I spend a lot time to accomplish it. But after I talked to her casually, I realized that I'm just pressuring myself. She's nice, really. :)
Next is line is Jomar. He started almost a week after my start day so let's say I'm one lesson ahead. He was assigned on the same group as I and we had the same supervisor. Well, I really wonder why but he is really fond of bullying me. Also, he deserve the early bird award for being most of the time the first one to log on the daily time record.
Some other new interns came namely Sarah, Bryan, NJ and "The Three Weirdos (Bernard, Daniel and I forgot the name of the other one)" because that's how Bryan addresses them. Well, Jomar appears to be having some hard time with the three weirdos because of that CR incident with Daniel. *GROSS*
Sometimes we went to the COOP (it's like a mini grocery) in the morning after we logged in to buy some food that we will consume until lunchtime. Recently, Jomar, Diane and I discovered a coffee vending machine in the 7th floor and a beverage vending machine in the Dept of Finance building. We also set out for Harrison Plaza, a mall in front of BSP, to print deliverables, to eat lunch, or to spend time to avoid boredom. I really had fun with them. They made my circle of friends wider. We may have different personalities but when someone opens a topic, at least two persons will talk and share.
Internship will not be completed if there is an intern but there is no one who supervises him/her. That's when a supervisor come in place. I was assigned to Sir Erwin, who is a UP grad of Computer Engineering. He's good in Java and well-informed in JasperReports. He doesn't distant himself from his interns. He has this approachable aura that if you have a questions, feel free to ask me. But Sir Erwin, as much as possible, will not teach you how to accomplish the code. Search how to do it on Google then if you still can't do it, that's when the time he will help, because he believes that in real work, you higher ups will not teach you anything. You just have to learn and practice them on your own. Some other staffs that I know are Ma'am Heidi and Sir Bernie from the same development group. There was a time when one high-positioned employee will retire, the department prepared a special number based on Camp Rock. It's a good thing to see my supervisors and other staffs dance while wearing black rock outfits.
Before I left my workspace earlier, I looked at it around and saw many things that reminded me of my experiences in there - the contact number of the SITD ID Division for my most awaited Non-BSP ID, Sir Erwin's mineral water bottle that he left when he was checking my progress on Java servlets, scratch papers that I use to compute Aaron's total working hours, and the extra mouse that I use when I carry my laptop for database purposes. I found it hard to leave the desk and computer that I always use for two months already.
I really had fun in BSP and surprisingly, I found it to be my dream workplace someday. All I have to do now is to focus on the present so that I will be better for the future - someone suitable to work in the company who manufactures and regulates Philippine currency. :)
Well, it's time for SP(Special Problems) since it's a requirement for completion of my course. Must focus on it starting today. Till next time :)
