I hate Mondays to be honest but last Monday, I was so excited because it is my official start of my internship at Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center (DMMC). I started my internship last Monday (November 28, 2016). I woke up at 5:15am which is not nice to be honest I want to sleep more but I can't because I want to go to DMMC as early as possible because at around 8am is the start of orientation so I have to be early because I live in Sto. Tomas and I will encounter a traffic in FPIP and in Star Tollway. And now I encountered a little bit of traffic but it's alright I left my home at 6:30 am so I'll be around in DMMC at 7:30 am. And now I arrived at DMMC at exactly 7:20 am. That was so early and I was the first one that arrived in DMMC even our HR manager was impressed because I'm so early (I just want to leave an impression). So I waited 40 minutes before the start of the orientation while I'm waiting my co-interns, I browse my facebook, twitter and instagram feed and also I played NBA 2K17 while waiting.
It's now 8:00 am and the orientation should start right away but all the employees of DMMC had their flag ceremony so again I waited again for 30 minutes and then I continue playing 2K17. And the flag ceremony ends and now the Assistant HR manager called us in the room and he prepared the presentation and at exactly 9:00 am the orientation starts. First we introduced ourselves and we also cited our expectations in DMMC. And after that he discussed the history of DMMC, the general house rules and the rules about internship. After he discussed all of it, We have to take our lunch break and will be back at 1:00 pm because the orientation is not done. We finished our lunch break and we're back at the orientation proper and now Sir Ronnel (our Assistant HR manager) introduced Sir Toffer because he discussed the infection control in the hospital. and he also taught us the proper hand wash because since we're in the hospital we should maintain cleanliness especially our hands because of the viruses and germs. The orientation ended at 2:00 pm and Sir Ronnel let us go home early because it's only orientation but he said that he will gonna count it as 8 hours so nothing to worry about because the real work starts tomorrow.
Tuesday. The real work starts today. And as always I left my home at exactly 6:45 am and I arrived at DMMC at 7:20 am and again I'm the earliest of them all. I went first to 7 Eleven and I'm on the waiting game again because I'm waiting for my co interns so that we will go to DMMC all together and we went to the HR department to meet Sir Ronnel our Assistant HR manager because he will gonna assign us to our respective departments. By the way our co interns are Management Accounting, IT and Marketing students from LPU-Laguna and Operations Management students from STI College in Tanauan City. We're 3 students from LPU-Laguna who are in Marketing department. And now Sir Ronnel introduced us in our department which is the Admin Office. The office of Marketing department is also in the Admin Office as well. Sir Ronnel introduced us to Mam Chris our head and she's also the head of marketing in DMMC. She's organizing events in DMMC such as medical missions, Christmas parties, etc. Sir Ronnel also introduced us to Sir Argel, Mam Lea and Mam Jen. So the time is officially started! Mam Chris told us to write why did we choose DMMC and our expectations all throughout 4-5 months. And after that she instructed us to change the posters and collect the old posters. Also I was instructed to give the receipts to canteen, MMD (The materials room) and to the accounting department. And also our head instructed us to fix the powerpoint presentation of the services in DMMC. And now we're done for the whole day because our head says that we're not too busy yet but in the mid December we have a lot of transactions so "chill guys" she said. Oh and by the way I have an I.D.! That was so nice because it will be a remembrance when our internship ends.
Thursday. I skipped Wednesday because it's national holiday so no work yesterday!!! Last Thursday our head Mam Chris was on leave so we don't have tasks but until Mam Marylan, the secretary of Doctor (I can't remember the name) instructed us to photocopy 38 pieces of a certain memo. I was so nervous because it's my first time to operate a photocopy machine but it went good and also I fixed the files such as the materials in the office and also clean our workplace. And the toughest challenge for me is to answer a call from other departments. First I was nervous but then they taught us what to say when having a phone call. But we're allowed to answer calls if there's no one in the department and the three of us left. But if there's one employee in our department, We're not allowed to answer calls.
TGIF!! It's Friday and we had a first Friday mass together with all the employees in DMMC. I give thanks to God because of these opportunities and the blessings that He's given to me all year long. After the mass we're back to work and we stamp the pay parking receipt in DMMC. The numbers of stamp should be in order and then Mam Marylan asked a favor to photocopy 38 pieces of memo again. And from out of nowhere Mam Chris is already in the office because she has to organize a medical mission which held on Saturday, She instructed me to cut some papers and fix the tarpaulin in the chapel. And after that we're done for the day.
First Friday mass with Management Accounting interns! (Photo credit: John Argenel Biglete)
There you have it guys! My first week of internship was great! The things that I don't really do in school such as photocopy but now in internship I experienced all of it. I really enjoy my first week in DMMC and I hope in coming weeks and months will be great. Tomorrow is Week 2 and I hope this will be good as first week. In my next blog I'll post what will happen in Week 2 and I'm so excited for the new challenges and opportunities because it keeps me motivated and to work hard every single day. I'll end this blogpost with a quote coming from Michael Jordan "Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation". I'll see you on my next blogpost which is in Friday so make sure you drop your comments down below the experiences in your internship and share this on Facebook, Twitter and maybe Instagram. I'm Ryan and I'll see y'all on Friday for Week 2! Have a nice day!
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