1st community immersion for the 2nd semester

last december 12-13, 2007, we had our first community immersion for the second semester. our section was the last batch to have the community immersion for the prelims. our community was in barangay tumaway, talisay, batangas. i wasn't really feeling our immersion during that time because, i guess, i have new classmates. anyways, when i got home on a tuesday night, i prepared all the things that i needed to bring with me. there were a lot to prepare but i finish in like an hour.
after i was satisfied with what i've done so far with the preparations, i decided to go online and log on to my ym. anyways, after i've done that, i immediately went to sleep for i didn't want to be late. good thing i woke up early. i just pre-heated the rice and i ate breakfast because it is really needed for we have a long travel to batangas. i asked my dad to drop me off at lrt santolan station for my things was really heavy for me to ride the jeepney. good thing the car have gasoline.
i arrived at lrt santolan at 5:30 am..hehe^^ i was really early. gosh! my classmates were almost kinda late. i've waited for them for like 30 minutes. finally, one of them arrived. i saw many escolarians passed by me in at the lrt. we waited for one of our classmate but we decided to leave her because we didn't want to be late. i thought she brought her cellphone but she didn't. well, we decided to leave her. when we arrived at jollibee mendiola, few of our classmates already left and went to park and ride. so, we hailed a cab and we went to park and ride. good thing that we weren't late because i was really worried that they were gonna leave without us.
we boarded the bus. we were so tagal at the park and ride because we were waiting for the late ones and the other supposed to be C.I. who's gonna go with us. when finally, we decided to leave manila for batangas. as usual, i was again dizzy with the travel. i didn't really understand the movie that was shown in the bus. i didn't brought with me our camera because my sister used it to their retreat. anyways, i just borrowed my classmate's camera to take some pictures. i really love taking pictures so that i would be able to have memories.
we arrived at sto. tomas market a little late because of the quite long delay at park and ride. of course, we have to buy our food provisions there like meat, vegetables and other ingredients for our menu..hehe :). after 30 minutes, we went back to bus ready to go to talisay, batangas. in just 45 minutes, we arrived at brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. the clinical instructors and each leaders of the group dropped by the municipal hall to meer some important people in the area. after having the talk with the nurse, we went back to the barangay. one by one, we went down the bus and went to the barangay hall. it was so hot and there wasn't much shelter for all of us to be accommodated.
the clinical instructors got the name of the members of each group to be disseminated among different foster family. it took a while for them to finish and coordinate with the barangay health workers. after they have finished the list, we went to the place where we are supposed to stay. while on the way, i didn't know what i was so busy with, the next thing i know was that i fell down the man whole. there were few missing railing among the man hole, after that, my classmates thought that i was gonna cry but i didn't. i laughed after what happened to me so instead of my classmates symphatizing me, they also laughed at my clumsiness. it was a really hard fall. my legs were kinda hurt but good thing i didn't have scratches.
when we finally arrived at our place to stay, we met our foster parents who warmly accepted us into their home. we stayed at the room that were assigned to us. we fixed our things, changed our clothes and freshened a little before eating our lunch. i discovered that the glass in my watch broke, as in it was torn into pieces. i also had some pasa, a really big one in the lower part of my legs and then small ones my left leg. i also have little scratches but just a tiny bit. after we were done freshening ourselves, our foster parents cooked us our lucnh. she was so kind for she didn't let us cook lunch. after eating our lunch, she didn't also let us wash the dishes. after that, we went back to our room to accomplish the learning feedback diary.
when it's almost 2:30 pm, we went back to the barangay hall to our meeting. when all was complete, our C.I.'s oriented us with what we're supposed to do with the survey interview. after being oriented, our C.I's accompanied some of the students to their families to be interviewed. our group, with sir tagala, went inside the forest..hehe :) just kidding. we had a long journey but the sad thing is that only two students had the chance to interview the families there. we were then brought to the applaya which was really muddy. omg! my feet as well as my shoes got wet.
we finally arrived at a house where it hasn't been interviewed. i started my interview but at the middle of it, sir tagala did all the interviewing.
after i finished, sir tagala bought me and melgrace merienda, palitao. he was really generous about it.. haha :) thank you sir! after i finished, we went to the other house just opposite to the house i've interviewed. next, melgrace was the interviewer. i was just there, sitting and interviewing the liitle girl. i also took out the glass in my watch. when its almost 5:30 pm, we went back to the barangay hall. sir tagala left us so we went back by ourselves. after meeting with the clinical instructors, each student headed back to their respective foster family. after a few minutes of rest, i was the first to take a bath. it was so refreshing to take a bath.
afterwards, it was time for us to eat our dinner. in our meal, nanay always cooks for us fish. anyways, we're always full after we eat. we got back to our room to accomplish our lfd. anya, was interviewing our family for she didn't have a single family to interview. their family was really nice to us. it was such a tiring night but we still pursued on doing our lfd. we were also texting some of our classmates who brought their cellphones illegally. we were supposed to go to where the boys were having fun but we ended up going to the wrong house. at the house we're staying, we watched all the primetime programs in abs-cbn and gma.
i wasn't really myslef when someo\body asked me if we were okay in our house. surprisingly, it was our C.I.'s who were roaming. i thought they were somebody else because they look like the locals in the barangay. we slept at about 11 pm. before we finally get to sleep, we were still chatting with each other, reminiscing the first semester. the things that had happened, the unforgettable professors, the subjects and the bonding we've made. i really miss my classmates during the first semester.
day 2. december 13, 2007. our call time was 7pm. we woke up at 6am. we didn't took a bath because we knew that it will be a hard day ahead of us. we ate our breakfast, fixed ourselves and fixed our things to bring for the continuation of our interview. after eating our breakfast, we once agin head back to the barangay hall. there were so many who was asked to make an incident report. after all the necesary arte, we proceeded with the quiz. it wasn't really that hard so we finished early. after taking the quiz, each student had to find another family to interview. me and melgrace went back to the applaya. unfortunately, the family that we're supposed to interview wasn't there.
i'm really pissed off with people who are so "makulit". melgrace was kinda like that during the whole time in our stay in the community. she ocupied most f the space in the bed. ang likot niya matulog. kapag ganon pa naman yung katabi ko sa kama naiinis ako. tapos dun sa pagbalik namin sa may highway, sorry siya ng sorry tapos lagi pa niya akong tinatanong kung galit ako. mas lalo akong naiinis pag paulit-ulit yung pagtatanong. okay na, tama na yung isa pero pag paulit-ulit lalong nakakainis. madali pa naman ako mainis kapag ganon yung taong kasama mo. pero syempre wala na yun sa akin ngayon. after that, when all hope is gone, we decided to go back to our house. when i already kept all the necessary things for the interview, nanay told us to go with the other group to find other families to interview in latag.
we rode the owner jeep of one of the foster parent of our classmate. finally, we found some families who haven't been interviewed by ceu students. after all had finished interviewing, one bhw led us back to where we are staying. we went through inside the forest, literally inside the forest. it was supposed to be a short cut. good thing that the forest was safe to go through.
we arrived back to a familiar scene. after finishing all the requirements to be passes inside the bus, i, again, was the first one to take a bath. then, finally, my buddies were next. we were in such a rush because we thought that we're going to be late. we then ate our breakfast. after a few moments in the house, we bid goodbye our foster family. we then went to the barangay hall, suddenly, one of our classmate told us that the bus was parked at the gasoline station. what we did was we went there and we boarded the bus. when all were complete, sir tagala asked who victor and melgrace is. we were all wondering why he asked that and then he told us that someone told him that they brought with them their cellphone. they were asked to do an incident report.
after all that commotion, we left brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. some were still finishing the requirements to be passes. others were wondering who the traitor was. anyways, at the stop over, many went down to buy some foods. those who were left in the bus were still wondering who the traitor was. whoever he/she is, she's just wanting attention. then, off we go to manila. those who brought with them their cellphones went down to different places. those who stayed didn't bring any cellphone. at the park and ride, everybody was so nervous, even i was nervous. the clinical instructors searched each bag but then they didn't find any phones with those who stayed. after all those, we all went home to have a good rest.
i know it's a bit late but i still have to post this. i've been so busy after our community immersion, so, this is my time to use the internet as much as i want because it's the holidays.. happy holidays everyone!!!:)