April 27, 2013

Sorry for the delay in my five hundred words. J Anyway, the last day at PJAC was a blast! I do mean it. I already missed my stay there. On May 2, I’ll be starting with Legaspi Oil and I don’t know what to expect, I mean, PJAC set the bar too high in terms of being hospitable and accommodating to its OJT people.

Okay, so let’s start this over five hundred word entry in a chronological manner. The group decided to go to PJAC early (6:30 for time in!) because we’ll leave early as Engr.  Guilua (not sure with the spelling, sorry) will treat us out for a badminton and videoke night.

Well, a very beautiful voice woke me up at 4:30 in the morning. The phone was vibrating violently. I thought it was the alarm but turns out, it is a call from my best friend in Cagayan de Oro. I was shocked to see him calling me at 4:30 in the morning! A very beautiful but very slightly intoxicated voice greeted me good morning  J I woke up smiling and laughing..hehe. We talked for about a little less than 30 minutes before I prepared for work. Halfway through my preparations, my mom also called so I heard another wonderful voice J My soul sister also communicated with me and that made my splendid morning before I arrived at PJAC.

I arrived at PJAC at around 7:30 am. Haha. Very early for our 8:00 call time. Haha. I did not pressure myself because I know that I already exceeded my 120 hour limit so it’s okay J I’m just about to finish my 500 words from the previous day when they all went outside for the weekly Flag Ceremony. We were not aware that it already started so when we went outside, it was already prayer time. The usual things happened, national anthem, quality slogan, exercises and reports. One thing that was unique for that day was when Jan Paul, in behalf of all OJT people, said his appreciation and thank you speech for the warm welcome. Whoever picked JP did not make a mistake because JP really said what I think each of us wanted to say to the big bosses and to all the people here at PJAC.

Then, Sir Jeffer said that there will be food. Oh yeah! More food! ^-^ At around ten in the morning, the sotanghon was already there along with the bread. We were happy of course J Then, we too, have a little thank you gift to all our mentors and supervisors so we ordered Jollibee burgers and bought tetra packed juices, not for everyone, but for those that we know. We can’t give food to everyone because we are still students. Hihi. We are still poor. xD

Anyway, when the food came, we immediately gave burger and juice to the people. We even went into the plant and called Sir Melvin, Kuya Rio, Sir Oscar and the others to come and join us in our mini salu-salo at the training room. When almost all was gathered, we had a mini sharing of our experiences. We asked the PJAC people what they think about us and what they want to say to us. I was happy to hear them thank us because honestly, we were the ones who “disturbed” them in what they are doing. We’re like nuisances. But they still thanked us for visiting them. Sir Jeffer was right, for they really said that they were thankful that they saw some girls. Hahaha. I heard a lot from them which I never thought I’d hear them say. J It was really heart-melting whenever they say that they also hope and pray and wish that we will graduate as engineers—that when we meet next time, we would be engineers already. It’s touching to know that someone supports you in your endeavour and that someone, aside from your parents, also want you to succeed in life. And what’s even more nakakataba ng puso is knowing that you’ve only met and interacted with them for what, four, five, fifteen days? And they can already say those things to us. :’)

We also had a mini speech expressing our gratitude to them, for all that they taught us and for all the non-technical things that we learned from them and ultimately, for being really very nice and hospitable to us. Kristianne even cried and that started my struggle to hold back tears. When she cried, I could almost feel myself tearing up as well. Haha. Emotions -_-

Anyway, after “kidnapping” them and disturbing them from their work, we finally ended with a group picture. Hehe. We also brought snacks to those that cannot come into the training room. We gave snacks to the laboratory people and to the production people. We entered the production office and gave them snacks and took group picture with Sir Quiblatin and another one with the operators. Hehe.

We also gave snacks to the office—to the Japanese people. Hehe. We don’t know their names..ssssshh. :P Anyway, we saw one Japanese for the first time and we took picture. I think he’s like the biggest boss in PJAC, Philippines. Then we also took another picture with the other Japanese. And we also took pictures with the people in Ate Jill’s office and with another person beside Japanese number two. We saw the pictures and Japanese number two is sooo cute! Hahaha. He even had same smiles with JP in the two pictures. Hahaha. And we also took pictures and pictures and pictures. Hahaha. It’s like a photo shoot day. XD

 I don’t know with the others but we did not go to the boiler. Haha. We just chilled and waited for the time to end. We are very time-conscious. Haha. We were kind of excited and hyped for the treat. It’s just sad that Sir Jeffer cannot come L I don’t know why he did not say good bye or he did not have his farewell message to us and I don’t know why he did not come to our laag L.

When the clock stroke three, we were all excited to end our final hour in PJAC and go with our badminton and videoke trip.

Truly, I really enjoyed the warm welcome of the people of PJAC. I specially appreciated Sir Jeffer for accommodating us and for his follow-ups. I appreciate all the learning that he imparted to us and all the “tips” that we got from him. I appreciate that at the end of the day, he took time in listening to our speech about what we learned for the day. I appreciate that he gave us attention and that he follows up. We never felt neglected. J I also appreciate PJAC workers. They are always ready to impart knowledge and they are eager to share what they learned with their experience and they are very patient in answering our questions. I appreciate that they are very friendly and not too technical; that they entertain us and our questions with a smile and that they really wanted us to learn something from them; that they give us free food! Hahaha. I appreciate that they also trust us enough to discuss with us everything that the company do—even the information that should be kept secret are shared with us in the belief that we will also keep it to ourselves J I appreciate that the employees are not too maldita or maldito. I appreciate them all and I appreciate PJAC. I pray that the company will prosper and all. And I also like it that we never have to bring our own PPEs. Hehe.

I will surely miss PJAC—the vendo machine, the training room, the plant, the RK, the MC, the offices, the people, the free food, the bus! Hahaha. I am forever thankful that I had my one hundred and twenty hours here at PJAC. J