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OJT life welcomed me with a big hurrah in the face! :) It was overwhelming! But thank God for these beautiful people, internship was less harder :)

My co-interns!! Hooray! I love you guys! You know I could not have done this whole internship thing without you two! Squad goals at its finest! Hahaha! I am so proud of what we have done! Little misunderstandings here and there, but we still managed to get through it! Hooray! :) I love you both!! <3 Thank you for making this internship less harder than it is! The internship was less hard because I got to see your faces everyday! Plus, we had the best bonding moments inside the office! I will forever treasure the little talks (sometimes none at all haha), the lunch talks and the "I'm-so-tired-I-might-puke" conversations. Hahaha! Thank you for everything!! I am so proud of the three of us because we successfully accomplished everything that we needed to! Hooray! :) I will cherish the simple moments we spent during the internship! :)

Sir Niño! The first person I met in the office! Thanks for giving me  a "chill' interview before entering into the OJT life! Hahaha! I thought I would not pass, but then I did! Yey! Haha! I might not get to talk to you that much during my stay, but I want to thank you for always looking after me and my co-interns! I will never forget your never-ending laughter (na umaabot sa loob ng office kahit nasa labas ka na haha) Thank you sir! :)

Miss Me-an! Thank you for teaching me how liquidation works and for giving me my reimbursements! Haha! You always do your work seriously and seriously haha! Thank you for being such a kindhearted woman you are, miss Me-an! :) See you soon!! :)

Miss Debbie! :) Yehey! Thank you miss Debbie for appreciating my works. Though I must admit that even though some of the tasks were easy, I still could not perfect it. But thank you anyway for appreciating everything! :)

Hi there, Miss Jam! :) Thank you for every help you gave though I did not get the chance to work with you that much, I am still thankful that I have known you. I am always starstruck whenever you would start to talk about things that really matter like social justice, youth awareness, and the likes, see you soon, miss! :)

Miss Janice! You have been my mother all throughout my internship and with that, I am grateful, hehe!  Thank you for your yummy lutong ulam always! I will never forget the songs you play while working!  :)

Miss Jo! The very beautiful and calm HR of the office. Haha! Thank you so much for the guidance! You are always a "Miss Jo, paano po ito?" away. :) Also, thank you for listening to every rant we had during the internship and for celebrating our victory with us! I will miss you miss! :)

Miss Tiff! Well, well. Haha! Thank you for every single thing you have taught me. You are really one tough of a woman! :) I will never forget that Makati adventure we had! :) Thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience how it feels like to work in the real world. Thank you for inspiring me through your stories and for sharing with me your favorite series as well! (The West Wing which speaking of I should start downloading by now haha) =)) Thank you, thank you!! :) I hope to see you soon miss! :)

Miss Ace! The one person I did not get the chance to take a selfie with :( Haha! Thank you! Thank you for always being so supportive and caring. I will forever treasure your jokes and "pang-aasar" =)) TBI. TBI. Haha! I will always remember your trim tabs story and I promise to share it to someone someday hehe!  :) Thank you for giving me the opportunity to grow as an individual and for letting me realize my own mistakes. Thank you for being so honest and a down-to-earth boss :) See you soon, miss Ace! :)

Sir Likha, Miss Cecile, Sir Michael, Sir Chard, Sir Dion, Sir Darren, Sir JC and the rest of the people in the office, thank you so much!! :) I am so proud that for once in my life, I was a part of this family. Hooray for these beautiful people!! :)

Also, thank you to our ever supporting professors/OJT coordinators at school! Sir David and Ms. Lao make a pretty good team! Thank you for visiting us Sir and Miss! :)

And of course, the experience and everything nice is all because of God! Thank you Lord for this wonderful internship I had!! :)

Thank you, thank you! :)

PEACE MARCH

This Peace March happened last May 7, 2015 in front of the House of the Representatives in Batasan. It was a blast! The march supported the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic  Law (BBL) since it is the hot issue as of the moment. It was fun meeting people from different places with different perspectives and opinions. Yey! Anyways, I woke up at around 6 AM so I could go to the venue by 7 AM. The team had to go there early because we have to arrange the kits that are yet to be distributed for the CSOs. :) The kits contain t-shirts, pins and research papers about the Bangsamoro Basic Law and our Muslim friends, :) By 8 AM, we all started to walk from a parish near Ever Gotesco Commonwealth to House of Representatives.

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Here are some of the good sights while marching! :)

Then finally, we were in front of the House of Representatives by 9:30 :)

The Akbayan Chairperson - Risa Hontiveros in the house yo!

I fancy seeing our thesis adviser speaking in front of many people about peace. Hooray! :) Hi, sir Kaloy Anasarias! :)

There was it! The peace march ended at around 11 AM. After the event, my boss invited me to a cafe somewhere in Cubao to have merienda. While having our merienda, we fixed the list of people who are going to be a part of the audience for a forum for the next day. Anyways, here's a picture of some of the food in the cafe lol

We ended at around 7 PM. Yeeeeaaaah!

YPS: PHILIPPINE GAMING FESTIVAL

MAY 24, 2015 - Philippine Gaming Festival, Cyberzone SM North EDSA

I assisted the Youth Vote Philippines as they have one of the participating booths in the area. The agenda of YPS of course is to encourage the youth who are 18 years old and above to register as a voter and to participate on the upcoming national elections. I believe that the event is a pretty good avenue for us since a lot of youth are there. And to my surprise, a lot of them are actually interested! Yey :) I did help in introducing the advocacy of  YPS and what is the importance of a vote and luckily, most of them listened eagerly. Hooray! The event went on until 8 PM, I think. But some of us left at around 6 PM.

Had dinner with my bosses after the event! Yehey! Thank you, miss Ace and miss Debbie! :)

It was a fun activity! Something new for me, hehe! :)

Mt. Batulao

Mt. Batulao was AMAZING. Great view. Great people. Great everything! Started hiking at around 5:30 AM. Yep! Running on 1 hour sleep, hehe! But it was really worth it! :) I was with my college friends - there were 7 of us (all girls) uhuh!

Had to do some rappelling on the way up! Thank God kuya Junnel (if I remember it right), our guide, was there to help us. I can slowly feel the heat! Fret not if you get thirsty while hiking because there are people selling drinks at every campsite. But I suggest that you bring your own water too! My friend recommended me 2L of water, and yes you'll really need that or more! :)

See that top right there? That's the summit - Camp 10! Yeeeaaaah. Way to go! 

And after 3 hours, wow. Hello, Camp 10!

AND THE VIEW - HERE IT IS! HELLO MT. BATULAO! :)

This place is highly recommended for everyone who wanted to try mountain hiking :) You guys will really enjoy! Nothing beats the feeling of reaching the summit of a mountain and seeing what you have been through. Everything was worth it. God is really amazing! Really wondrous! 

PS: It was my first time to do mountain hiking and I'll definitely do more!