Thursday, January 17, 2008

community immersion-program implementation

last january 9-10, 2008 was our program implementation at brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. we prepared for it only 3 days before the immersion but still we had presented something to the community people of brgy. tumaway. during the holiday vacation, we didn't coordinate with our clinical instructors for what we are supposed to do. only then, when we went back to school did we planned for almost everything to be done in the program implementation. after which, we were busy thinking of what we are supposed to do. each student were assigned to a committee so that work would be equally divided.
all of us were busy buying the prizes for the raffle and games, designing the posters, practicing for the intermission numbers like the skit, song and dance. everyone was busy and everyone was very cooperative. the C.I.'s were not really happy with our preparations because we weren't able to coordinate with them and our dryrun wasn't so good. we were all worried about how are we going to do all of those in just 3 days. we give everything we can; our energy, time and especially money.
january 9, 2008; first day. it was the feast of the black nazarene at quiapo, manila. i, jecca and claire decided to meet at the lrt station at 5:30 am. i was kind of late but i woke up early in the morning but my dad had to some errands. when i arrived at the lrt station, they were both already there and was just waiting for me. afterwards, we boarded the train because we didn't want to be late and be stuck in the traffic. good thing we were seated during the travel going to legarda station. we saw pope near where we are seated so when we got to legarda station, he came with us.
then, we stopped by at jollibee mendiola because pope had to get his umbrella at ariane's dorm. he was so tagal and we where kinda' worried because we thought we were going to be late. after he got his umbrella, we rode a taxi going to park and ride. it wasn't such a long ride. by the time we got there, all groups except out group has already boarded the bus so it was a good thing. wiht us were 3 C.I.s; Ma'am Lacopia, Ma'am Ramos and Ma'am Ustare. after checking the attendance and coordinating with ma'am gil, we left for batangas. while traveling, we watched the movie "i am legend". almost everyone paid attention to the movie because we vibed that it was a good movie.
i was really happy that while watching the movie i didn't feel dizzy. it was a good movie but halfway through it, we arrived at sto. tomas market. there, i didn't buy that much because i know that we will not be allowed to cook. so, i bought fruits instead. also, 3 sections having the program implementation arrived almost at the same time at sto. tomas market. after the market time, we went back inside the bus but found out that the movie had already been playing so we weren't able to know what happened after we went down the bus. it was a good movie after all. and we traveled to brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. it wasn't a long ride from sto. tomas market.
when we arrived at brgy. tumaway, our clinical instructors made a courtesy call at the municipal hall. afterwards, we went down the bus. after our C.I.s coordinated with the BHWs, we proceeded to our foster parents house. our house was just near so we were the 1st ones to arrive in our house. when we got there, we immediately started working on the poster to be put on the stage. i patterned the letters on the cartolina and my buddies cut the letters. we have to go back to the barangay hall by 2pm so we didn't have the chance to take a rest. we just did what we have to finish doing. we also ate our lunch which was cooked by our foster parent.
at quarter to 2, we fixed ourselves and prepared to go to the barangay hall. there, we were told to give out the leaflets, invitations and post the posters at different places within the barangay. those who still have to design the posters went to the house were the others were staying at. there, we were busy cutting, drawing and painting. others were having their dryrun. those who have to dance, sing and give lecture. others were busy talking with each other and not helping with the preparation. it was really tiring and i was so haggard. after staying at the other house, i transferred to where the others were sticking the letters to the plastic cover.
all of them were there. they were busy taking pictures and others were working on the preparations. it was fun because we were taking pictures of one another. after all the work has done, it was time for us to do aftercare. during that time, we were taking pictures because it will be included in the documentation to be passed as a requirement. others were taken home together with the C.I.s because their house is far. we were having fun until it was time for us to go back home to our respective house. when we got back, we started working on our lfd.
it was night time and we all felt so tired. our foster parent called us for us to eat our dinner. it was so good to eat food especially when you're really busy. after eating our dinner, we worked on our lfd again because we don't have much time to work on it the next day. i determined myself to finish the lfd until my eyes felt so heavy because they want to sleep. anyways, after i was done with the comments, we decided to all go to sleep. it was not a peaceful sleep for me. ang gulo kasi matulog ni melgrace, inipit niya ulet ako sa gilid ng kama.
january 10, 2008; second day; day of the program implementation. we woke up at 5am. we didn't go out of our room yet because anya was at the floor sleeping. when the three of us were awake, we made our morning routine and went to the venue for our program implementation. i gave some of the props needed for the preparation. it was so cold and i didn't bring my jacket. when we got there, most of our classmates were there preparing. after i gave the other props, we went back to our house to take a bath. we first ate our breakfast because our foster parent prepared our breakfast.
at quarter to 7am, we went there but found out we were the early ones to arrive. there, we prepared the necessary things to need. everybody was so busy but still we enjoyed what we were doing. others went to pick up our audience for the program. finally, the program started. we started good and there were a lot of people who went to watch our program. it was not such a long program but i think everyone who went had fun. it was a very good program. we took pictures of ourselves and we really did enjoy. after, the program, it was party time. we were all so happy that it was over.
after the program, we went back to our respective house to prepare our things before we leave. the kid in our neighborhood was there and it was fun knowing the people there. it was a community immersion to remember. i really had a great time. i hope that every community immersion we'll have is going to be a program implementation.

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