How was my first day of the eight weeks of internship?
I woke up at six something, EARLY in the morning. Well, maybe itās not considered as early for certain people, but to me that āsix somethingā is early. And then, yes, as usual, I bathed and performed SubhĀ prayer. After that, I went to iron my attire of the day; simple pink baju kurung with peach tudung bawal. Now Iām starting to agree to the saying; āTime fliesā. It was already 7.15 in the morning by the time I finished preparing stuffs to bring and to wear. Erhem, you guess right! Havenāt dressed yet! Fully dressed at 7.35 a.m., sharp. Took me (donāt wanna tell) minutes just to decide on which style to style my tudung, and ended up with ātudung ikan sembilangā style. Got that term from Ustaz Don, hey I met him once. He even signed on my favorite book! Yes, I know I know :9
Just so you know, during my internship days I will be staying with my grandma since Dad is now busy with brother (is now waiting for his condition to be stable before proceeding with the operation; scheduled tomorrow); ehem so long story short my uncle is the one whoās responsible to drive me to work and fetch me home. Since this is my first day, I thought it wonāt be considered as mistake if I arrived late, ay? So yeah, arrived at eight something, when supposedly need to punch the card at eight sharp. Chillax, kata first day. This would be the only time that you can go to work late and not having to punch the card, so why not?
Bla bla bla and this was the gist of the day.
Pushed the door, and saw couples of staffs at the front counter. Put my telekung bag on the seats and proceeded to the counter.
Me: Tumpang tanya, saya nak lapor diri untuk buat praktikal.
Kak Zura: Oh. Kamu yang anak buahĀ Encik Bad tu ya? Ha masuk sini.
*ikut masuk*
Kak Zura: Kamu duduk kat ruang tengah dulu.Ā Nanti ada pegawai yang akan terangkan selebihnya.
Me: *angguk* Terima kasih kak.
Waited for fifteen minutes before told to head to my own cubicle, and I was like āmy own cubicle?!!ā. To those who watched the movie āBeauty and The Briefcaseā can totally relate. And then, was asked to wait again to be given the briefing of my tasks while interning at the college. Was informed that thereās another intern girl who got the same name as mine. Was planning to give away my name, and willing to be called by my first name. Sacrifices need to be done in certain circumstances, and this would be one of it. LOL!
The other intern girl: Nama saya na*** najiha.
Me: Nama sama *senyum* First day jugak ke?
The another intern girl: *angguk*
Dalam hati: Her face reminds me of Kak Fasha (bkn nama sebenar) why?!!
After the almost an hour of waiting, both of us were asked to meet the officer in charge, the director of KKTK. We were briefed about the tasks and the scope of works that weāll be put under. As usual, had to introduce self with the qualifications and all. And the shocking news of all (at least it is to me), is that Iāll have to be the English lecturer and not to mention having to come up with a proposal for the ongoing class for the staffs as well, as theyāll be organizing an event that includes foreigner students. It wonāt be a problem if I am still interning at that time the event will be held, thing is Iāll be interning until 23rd August only; they said.
Panjang sangat ceritanya, long story short, briefing has been given. So letās head to the cubicle and start downloading necessary stuffs to teach. Logged in to e-learning and downloaded all lectures regarding grammar to officeās pc, left own laptop at home. Problems with this pc, it was old and itās the only pc that hasnāt been replaced. Other staffs get to use the latest one, and BIG one. Tomorrow, am so gonna bring own laptop! After thatā¦
*clean the whiteboard, and write over new plan for new semester*
*print the certs for students*
It was one something at noon and most of the stuffs are having meeting to decide on the classes and schedules of learning. I was really hungry, no I was starving to death. Havenāt had anything since morning, and yeah not to mention I have gastric problems. So I really wanna get it all done quick, printed everything out and did not bother to check. With the printer yang buat masalah lagi. Grr! Pastu I dah siap, I put them all in separated envelopes and left for lunch.
Balik je, what happened bila dah buat kerja ikut dan? Kena marah. Padan muka. Kena buat balik semua. Padan muka, padan muka.
*edit the slides for staffs and students as well*
*sneakily logged into FB and Twitter*
May I have wonderful time being here with wonderful staffs and wonderful students. Till then, salam.