Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Eve Of My Last Day at Focus

It's really so weird that my first entry about my OJT experience is written on the eve of my last day. A few days ago, I was counting the hours til the end of my internship, but now, I'm not feeling that excited anymore.

This day was filled with so much work, that it breaks my heart to depart from the events I've planned but will never get to attend, the suppliers I've known, the people I've worked with, the whole experience. As much as I want to extend my OJT, I cannot. I have promised my folks back in Mindoro to help out in the three day medical mission. We have a Bizu Post Mother's Day event on the 17th (this I get to attend), a SieMatic product launching on the 20th, a blocked screening of Indiana Jones at Rockwell Cinema 1 on the 23rd, and the Serendra Family Day on the 25th. These events are so dear to me since I had to do the booking, planning, almost everything about them, then I don't get to be there because the freakin medical mission is on the 23rd-25th of May.

If they ask me to go back on June, I'd be more than happy to. My experience as the stand in brand manager was one of the most fulfilling experiences in my life. Thank you to all my supervisors who treated me as an employee and made me do stuff that taught me a lot. Thank you to my "sorority mates" - fellow OJTs who kept me company during breaks, lunch hours, and those days that I was technically not doing anything.

I'm going to miss a lot of things at Focus. I sure do not regret being an intern there.