Moving On (Final Week of Internship)

The final week of my internship has just passed! After punching in my time card for the final time, I felt relieved that I have accomplished something in my time at ASoG, albeit little in scale to what my office mates do everyday. For me, it was small consolation to actually gain a lot from my experiences.

It was fitting that it was my last day in the office. I had just finished the training proposal Mam had asked of me. Of course, I didn't do it all by myself because I must admit, if I were to have finished the work all by myself, I would get a beating so bad, they won't let me in ASoG again (just kidding). Ate Karen helped me a lot in formatting the document's contents and arranging all my ideas into coherent statements. Writing proposals in a professional environment is very different from what I have learned in my years of schooling. It is not that Ateneo has not taught me the technique and rigor to write in such a manner, I was just giddy and excited for myself, to be able to use the writing skills I learned at an earlier time. I thank all my teachers for teaching me to love and learn writing and at the same time, for teaching me to become someone who is willing to exonerate people for bad grammar.

To be able to work in such a high pressure environment was also helpful, albeit something I'm already used to in college and in the past. Pressure could easily be my middle name really, and work was something that seemed routine. Hours upon hours of logged time in the office gave me a sense (in a nutshell) of a life I could possibly see in my future: a desk job with a few office mates, the droning sound of the airconditioner, an annoying desktop with a screen that fizzles until your eyes blow out of their sockets, so much that I had to bring my own laptop; a boss who constantly looks over your shoulder to check on your work and finally, an eerily quiet atmosphere that suggests the occupants inside are ghosts. "Way to describe your experience!", you might say. Intrepid and intrigued as I am at the prospect of having this career path in the future, I still am hopeful for the future that this may not happen to me. The pressure I experienced at work was for me, necessary for my own good good. And don't people get satisfaction for overcoming pressure?

I sit here thinking what things I could have done better during my short time at ASoG. In spite of a short tenure, Mam Aurma gave me the opportunity to work with them in future, during the school year and beyond. She said that she was grateful for my performance and is willing to help me out as well. I don't know but deep down inside me, I feel that someway or another, I have to return the favor. Is this the last time I will see my time at the office? Time will tell. I am a guy who does seek opportunity, and well I did snag a great one at that this summer. This may well be only the beginning of a wonderful partnership with ASoG.