Thursday, August 7, 2008

i'm back from our community immersion

hello everyone! i'm back after a long absence. i've been to our community immersion for three days at poblacion 4, laurel, batangas. at first i thought that our immersion wouldn't be able to push through because of the bad weather. anyways, it still pushed through and we still went to batangas for our 3-day community immersion.
august 4, 2008. good thing i wasn't late for our assembly time at park and ride. i arrived early and there were still others who weren't there yet.anyways, we had our usual inspection of chn bags and the usual. after doing so, we rode the bus. when we were completed, it was time for us to go. we first had our prayer then it was time for us to enjoy the long ride. we watched the movie "when love begins" starring aga muhlach and anne curtis. i actually don't watch tagalog movies but since it was being shown in the bus, i can't help but watch the movie. anne curtis is really pretty and i like her better now than before. she is very liberated in the movie.
we had our market time at sto. tomas market because a lot of students weren't satisfied with the meat and goods that is being sold at laurel market. after the marketing time, we continued to watch the movie. for me, the movie was okay. it is the typical filipino movie which is very predictable at the end. after the movie has finished, i decided that i wanted to sleep. good thing the bus driver didn't drive so fast. though it wasn't comfortable sleeping in the bus, i still had a good sleep.
finally, we arrived at laurel, batangas. we first dropped off those who were assigned to poblacion 2 those were the group Q and Q1. after they were dropped off, it was time for us to get off the bus. our clinical instructors gave their instructions and then we headed towards our foster parents home. our foster parents still remembered us and they once again welcomed us into their home. we arranged our things in the room given to us and we set our food provisions in their kitchen. we cooked our lunch because we were very much hungry. we had a lot of time left before we meet again at the barangay hall.
after eating our lunch, we took a rest and had a good silent time. when it was almost 2pm, we went to the barangay hall for our assembly time. after that, we went to look for prenatal and postpartal patients in which we should assess. each pair of students were given their respective patients to assess. ours was a postpartal patient meaning she already gave birth. good thing because we didn't have a lot to do. after the assessment, we went back to get the fliers and distribute it to the people living in the community to go to our program implementation.
while giving out the fliers, the rain poured down and it was really hard and the wind was so strong. one of the homeowners at the place allowed us to stay in their house after the rain has eventually stopped. after it has stopped at some time, we went back to our house to cook our dinner. the usual, we ate our dinner, joanna and i watched the television and we had a chat before we went to sleep.
august 5, 2008. it was the second day of our community immersion. it was raining so hard during the early hour in the morning. we all thought that it wouldn't stop but good thing it did. we had our dry run in the morning for our program implementation. we did what we had to do including setting the arrangements, putting up the posters, practiced our role play and dance number and presented our health teaching. it finished at about 11:30am so, we went back to our respective houses t cook our lunch and prepare for the program implementation.
we changed to our chn uniform and went back to the barangay hall. our group was tasked to call the people to already go to the barangay hall for our program implementation. by the time we got back, there weren't any people yet and after the time has passed, people started pouring in. our visitors were already there and a lot of people cam including the elderly, children and the men. then, we started our program implementation. though it was hot in the venue, it still pushed through. i just hope that we had a successful program this time.
after the implementation, we became part people and took pictures at the behind the beautiful scenery. we danced to the music of the ipod. when our clinical instructors came back, we had our quiz. after arranging all the things, we went back to our house. we cooked dinner for our foster parents and we prepared some things for our little party at the barangay hall courtesy of our clinical instructors. at 8pm, we went back to the barangay hall and there were spaghetti, softdrinks, bread and ice cream ready for us to eat.
there, we enjoyed the night, the food and the music. also, our clinical instructors shared to us their experiences and we learned something from them. we also had a scary ghost stories which made my arrector pilli active. after the small party, one by one we were dropped off to our foster parents house. back to our house, before we went so sleep, we finished our learning feedback diary and the peer evaluation so we wouldn't have to cram the next day because there wasn't time for cramming. then, we had a good night sleep.
august 6, 2008. it was time for us to go home. w woke up early because we didn't want to be late and we didn't want to be left alone at batangas. we said goodbye to our foster parents and went to the usual spot where we were dropped off. we were reunited with our other classmates. inside the bus, we watched the movie "my big love" starring toni gonzaga, sam milby and kristine hermosa. i wasn't able to pay much attention to the movie because i felt really dizzy during the whole travel. but i still know what was happening eventhough i fell asleep for a while.
i was able to finish the movie and it was really cute. i liked the movie and got some lesson out of it. :) anyways, we finally arrived at manila. i headed back to school because i had to process my readmission slip for my absence. after that, me and my friends ate at mcdo and went home. when i got back home, i fell asleep for a really long time. i was really tired.
this is all for now. good night everyone! :)

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