Work Experience - 1st day

Hello friends! I know it's a bit late but I want to share to you guys my work experience as a Student Assistant last April 10, 11 and 12... (.^__^.)

April 10, 2007 - Tuesday
It's hard for me to wake up so early but I have no choice. We were required by Sir Nuevo to be at UST at exactly 7:00am, but I arrived school at 7:30am...
Pagdating ko sa Nerve Center room, some teased me na "bagong gising si Marielle!" Hmmmm.. hirap lang talaga akong gumising ng maaga, super obvious sa face ko that time. Anyways, naassign na sa amin ni Melanie and Ms. Mau yung mga surnames of applicants starting H-I from 8 to 11am, and surnames Q-R from 12 to 3 pm. Nakakatuwa nga eh kasi for sure konti lang yung mga students with surmanes starting H and I lalo naman Q! Medyo expect lang namin yung mga R, kaya work was not that stressful compared to my expectations.
First client namin was a girl. Her name is Karen and she's a Japanese-Filipino...she's quite nice and she resembles Kim Chui. Naexplain namin ni Melai yung mga dapat naming i-remind sa kanya. Actually ganito yung script namin:
Ms. Mau: Hi! Good Morning.
Marielle: Hello..surname please.
(check kung nasa Master list yung surname)
Melai: Okei..pakifill-up nalang nitong Personal Data Sheet.
(after a couple of minutes, pag tapos na niyang ifill-up yung form)
Melai: Pwedeng paprepare nung Form 138
Marielle: Good Moral Character and picture
(pag napakita na niya yung complete credentials)
Melai: (explains NSTP)
Okei... explain ko lang yung tungkol sa NSTP. Ite-take mo yung ROTC pag 1st year and LTS or CWTS for 2nd year. Pero kapag nakuha mo na yung pang 1st year, hindi mo na kukunin yung pang 2nd year. Kung ako sayo, kuha ka nalang ng ROTC para hindi ka na mahirapan sa 2nd year kasi mas hectic ang schedule pag ganon.
(after ng explanation)
Marielle: Pa-fill-up naman dito. Surname, First name and Middle Initial.
(after makapagfill-up)
M: pili ka ng session: AM, MID or PM. Patingin nalang sa board ng schedule.
(after makapili ng schedule)
M: Valedictorian or Salutatorian ka ba?
(after sumagot)
M: Okei..paglabas mo dito meron kang makikita na bulletin board for PE courses. Kuha ka at least 3 subjects na gusto mo. Pakisulat na lang yung mga codes na nakasulat doon kasi kukunin sa yo yun on your enrollement date.Punta ka na kay Maam kasi may ibibigay pa siya sa yo.

**So yan ang script namin. Hindi ko na alam yung script ni Ms. Mau kasi mahaba-haba na rin yun eh. Yan yung lagi naming sinasabi sa buong 8 hours, paulit-ulit lang. Para kaming sirang plaka...ehehe.. pero nag-enjoy pa rin ako kasi even though ganon I felt na super respected nila kami. Parang super superior yung dating namin sa kanila and they see to it na they understood all the things that we explained to them. Ate talaga yung tawag nila sa amin ni Melai, eh majority naman sa kanila is a year younger lang or ka-age pa namin. Pero, ganon talaga eh. As what Sir Nuevo had mentioned to us, once you've become a Student Assistant you become different, far from being a normal student. Meron kang responsibilty that you must handle well and you must reflect the image of a true Thomasian, inside and out.
Sa funny side naman, sobrang tuwang-tuwa ako sa question ko sa kanila na "Valedictorian or Salutatorian ka ba?" Makikita mo yung weird reaction nila na "Ako po?! Hindi ah..." Nakakawala ng confidence eh..hehe!

For the whole day we entertained a total of 33 students...that's a little number actually because we expected a lot this day. Maybe the reason is that H, I, Q and R ung surnames na napunta sa amin kaya konti talaga. But that's fine...no problem about that. The real problem is that a total of 429 students only confirmed their slots today..eh the expected sum was supposed to be 500 or more students in order to meet the desired 1,200 enrollees for this academic year. We got a deficit of 71 plus students. Well, we just have to make it sure na mababawi namin yun on the next 2 days.

Observations naman sa mga incoming frehman, super iba-iba yung attitude nila towards us and to their new environment. Meron ibang super panic, they don't know what to do next up to the point it gets obvious on their eyes, on they way they talk or move. Some were like babies, you must instruct them one by one in details. Others were so maangas. Parang alam na alam na yung next na gagawin, hindi naman pala! Minsan mas marunong pa sa amin...grrrr! Yung iba naman sobrang daling kausap. no questions asked, alam na agad yung inexplain mo. They're so eager to go out of the room leaving you clueless if they really understood the reminders that we had given to them. And of course, there were some students na nakikipagbonding na agad, super ask ng questions, feel close na agad... nakikitawa na rin sa mga corny jokes namin...hehe! (.^__^.)

Pero yung isang student na naretain sa mind ko was the student from Ateneo High School. His name is Benhur and there's something weird with him. Actually, hindi ako yung unang nakapansin nun..si Ms. Mau! Guess what is it? His perfume...nagspread kasi agad sa buong room and (though it sounds rude)..it smells like the air freshner from a restroom. I'm not kidding! And medyo one of a kind pa yung middle name niya na Fantastico. But, in spite of that, he's good looking and super bilis pang kausap. He was supposed to be in AB Legal Management course but because of sobrang pagpipilit ni Ms. Mau na dito nalang siya sa Commerce kasi mas masaya sa college namin..nagdecision siya to enter our college without even asking the permission of his parents who were both lawyers! Ang lakas talaga ng convincing powers namin!

Okie...this was my day! It's a tiring day, honestly.. but it's worth my efforts!