On making first impressions…

I reported to my internship work late – 40 minutes late to be exact. And it’s just my second day. So much for making first impressions.

Anyway, in defense of myself, I was tardy not because I didn’t value punctuality. I was late because of two foolish mistakes I did. First is, my thinking automatically that since the company has a semi-flexi time – you could report starting from 8:30 AM to as late as 9:30 AM – policy, I could show up at the latest possible time, which is 9:30. Apparently, I don’t have the same privilege, since I’m just an intern – and that I have to report at 9 AM sharp. To make things worse, I didn’t even arrive at 9:30 – I got in like 10 minutes after – because of stupidity number two which is failing to synchronize my time on the company’s clock (mine was set in synch with the Ateneo class bell, which is about 10 minutes later than my internship company’s).

So, all in all, I was late by a whopping 40 minutes – on my second day! Good job, me. Just wonderful. Ulitin mo ulit, ha! Bukas ulit, ha! *Laughs at self*

But seriously, I don’t plan to be late again, EVER! Starting tomorrow! (Good luck! You wish, James. You sure wish!).

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Still, just like yesterday, today was uneventful.

I have yet to do work that’s related to my original task since my supervisor – let’s call her the cute one from now on (obviously, kasi, cute siya. ) – has yet to assign me any task since she’s still waiting for something. So I would still have a productive time, she said, she’ll turn me over to another supervisor – which we call the funny one – for the mean time.

And there it was, I was passed to the funny supervisor whom asked me to help in their website – mainly uploading product pictures and fixing some stuff. Still, nothing connects to my course but what the heck, at least I’m doing something – something that’s not too easy nor too hard. (And the fact that it’s so much better than stamping a million coupons is enough a reason to just be grateful).

I did this the whole afternoon (and I have yet to finish. To be continued bukas!).

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Then by past five, there was a sudden crash in our floor. Apparently, the almost half-inch-thick glass door got unhinged, fell to the floor and got smashed to tiny pieces. Freak incident that is. It’s a good thing I was asked by the funny supervisor to assist her on something at that time, or else, I would’ve been in the crash site since I was planning to go to the HR department floor.

Here’s the only picture of the scene I’ve managed to take, since I didn’t want the others to see me so interested in what happened.