OJT EXPERIENCE

Kim S. Mendiola | 20 | BSIT | Bicol University | My life in 486 hours

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Reflection Paper

WE DO IT ALL FOR THE #GOALS

Clarify your values. Set some goals. Figure out what you are good at. Aim high. Go for it. Be disciplined. Believe you can achieve goals. Involve other and never give up.

        Our On-the-Job Training is one step closer in achieving our goals. The essence is felt and realized in the process. For a span of almost four months, I gained lots of learning from the 486 hours of training. Days, weeks, and months went fast as we were busy doing stuff and somehow enjoying the kind of shift. It helped me understand things; its nature, purpose, as well as complications. On-the-Job Training life is quite challenging and tiring doing the same routine everyday but I learned that time management is one key to success because if you got to manage things at the right time it will also fall into its right places. I also learned that waking up early is the most important part of the day but making it best is to achieve something and be positive. 

Face the day with courage, set some goals, work harder and turn your “To-Do List” to “Should-Do List”. 

           Having the motivation and mindset of productivity can truly get you through the day. This experience made me realize the virtues of patience, dedication and hardwork. As we end our training I am most grateful that I had experienced being in a government agency where I gotta meet a lot of people from all walks of life. With the help and support of the people in our office, we believe that they made a big impact in the attainment of our goals. Sense of belongingness is indeed a value that gives life to the organization/ team and makes job more enjoyable.

 “Every trial is a teacher. Every storm is a school. Every experience is education. Every difficulty is for your development.”- Pastor Rick Warren   

          Yes, it’s a fact that On-the-Job Training is a compliance for us to graduate but indeed its experience is worthy at any rate. 

 DON’T QUIT UNTIL GRADUATION DAY!

           I’m so thankful to be reminded of this powerful note by Mam Fay Lauraya way back in 2014. Day by day, after a tiring and exhausting day I always look for this note and it made me realize the essence of holding on. I asked myself  “Why should I quit when I’m halfway there?”. It also enlightened me when I’m in doubt and told myself that quitting was an option I opted not to choose.            In life, you will be tested by major changes, problems, and unfair treatment but the greatest lesson that a man can learn is to believe- to believe in oneself and to believe that one key to success in achieving goals is NOT TO QUIT. And man should always be reminded that his ultimate goal can only be achieved through Him.

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16th Week   [October 15-19]

I’m gonna miss this :(

Team HRIS.(Me, Mary Rose Oraye, Reinz Yap and Job Balbedina)

Boodle fight with the team and Sir Alex.

“Who are you tomorrow begins with what you do today.“

         It gives me the feeling of  an “empty nest” that we OJT trainees are tearing apart. Each one have reached the 486 hours required and I also felt sad that this day would come to an end. I am very much thankful for them- for my groupmates, colleagues and the MDRRMO personnel for accepting and giving us the comfort; for giving us the freedom and will just like them. I realized that yes it was just a contract or a requirement we are about to comply. Yet made a big realization that it’s the application of what we learned inside and outside. Im thankful for the opportunities, lessons and experience.

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15th Week   [October 8-12]

Our OJT Coordinator Sir Davie Balmadrid visited in our office in regards to the system and our performance. (October 11, 2018 Thursday)

 Our group with Sir Davie together with our MDRRMO Admin/ Boss Sir Alex.

Team Daraga with Sir Davie and Sir Alex. Someone is missing haha

With our client, the Admin of Human Resource Management Office Mam Nhing.

“It’s not about having time, it’s about making time.”

               We are about to save our lives for the remaining hours and since the sembreak is near off, we are procrastinating and somehow getting stressed. There are bunch of requirements to comply yet I am thankful that we are reminded of these things and I can say that it gets me more productive.

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14th Week   [October 1-5]

“Stay patient and trust your journey.”

      The remaining hours left from the 486 hours requirement must be consumed in preparation for the initial defense to our client and project coordinator. We are finalizing and making improvements for the system to have atleast 40%-50%. Yeah, we are really time-bounded to get things done. Believe in the power of believing and believe in the power of our Creator. Amen!

#TIWALA LANG

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13th Week   [September 24-28]

Thanks sticky notes for always reminding and sticking with me.

“Nothing worth having comes easy.”

        A lot of things to do this weekend. Hope that I can get through this. I started studying more about ajax script and other possible coding techniques. We really need to work our butt off and focus. I procrastinate a huge deal that’ why “Do what you can do now. “ Next time is always too far.

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12th Week   [September 17-21]

“If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goal.”

        We only had our OJT once this week since we requested for an excuse or I should say a “break” due to the Bicol University Founding Anniversary and Olympics or “BU WEEK”. But at night I tried to make time getting things done and JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

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11th Week   [September 10-14]

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”

               The result of my sleepless week paid off since the login, change of password and the personnel profile has been created. I inputted different dummy data just to show what it will look like. I’m honestly proud of myself that I have achieved this week’s goal. And I’m eager to learn more things ahead.

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10th Week   [September 3-7]

 “If you do not fail, you’re not trying.”

               I started first at the login, I watched and reviewed tutorials on how to make a session. I also double-checked all the needed tables and attributes in the database. I kept on exploring different things I never knew before and I guess, it was really cool. It’s not too late to learn.”Try to fail but never fail to try.”

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9th Week   [August 27-31]

“Be patient. Everything is coming together.”

               I am empowered and at the same time pressured about the ongoing system. The last day of August, I started working on the php since we already have the design in html. I decided to use mysqli instead of PDO because I think it will require me more time to learn another way of coding.

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8th Week   [August 20-24]

“Passion dissipates when you lack a purpose.”

               We didn’t do so much this week but we tried to be more productive and tried the “fresh start effect”. After the proposal defense we are supposed to start the revisions of the manuscript but we didn’t put much time and effort on it. For the time being, we have this mindset “Worry less since we’re done and we already have a grade”. I don’t feel the energy but I feel like I’m going to cram for the following days. I gotta remind myself that this is not we’re gonna do. I just rechecked the database and planned the things we need to start like programming even there are weeks ahead of us.

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7th Week   [August 13-17]

Feeling accomplished and ready to take the next step!

“We will never have this day again so make it count.”

        Last August 16 was our title defense. The result was okay, the panel gave us several recommendations for our paper and for the system as well. I got energized by the positive result and finally had the chance to breathe. Next stop, revising and improving our diagrams.

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6th WEEK   [August 6-10]

“Purpose always produces passion.”

         Next week will be our Proposal Defense! Rolled out my neck and took a deep breath. I was a bit pressured and excited of what the next week would bring. I felt the procrastination in me so I proofread the manuscript and updated several diagrams with the help of my groupmate. I also created the Powerpoint Presentation in preparation for the said defense.

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5th Week   [July 30- August 3]

“Everday is an important day, and every second is a growth of opportunity.”

        This week is a good week since we had our first consultation with our programming adviser Sir Noli. He cleared out things and made it easier for us. We are thankful that he fully understand our proposed system. He gave lots of insights and assigned us to the things we need to do. It feels really good and pressured tho.

But also like the feeling of being pressured. It is because I believe that one can push through his or her potentials when things are being expected. So when things are being assigned on you, the best thing to do is believe in yourself and always give your heart at it.

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4th Week   [July 23-27]

“A journey is always better when it is shared.”

                We are made to have meaning. With that we believe that we are created to share something to one another. Though we have a very busy time, we still got the time to share ideas, experiences and knowledge about the things relevant to what we are doing and that make things easier to get done. Sharing is caring.

                This week is also a relief because we had the chance to consult our content adviser Mam Joy about the manuscript. The result was good and she just gave us minimal changes about the content. We are about to specify and clarify our objectives and scopes, and do some revisions for the diagrams.

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3rd Week    [July 16-20]

“Slow progress is better than no progress.”

                 We managed the week analyzing and building the manuscript. We also interviewed again the persons involved like the HR Admin and the in-charged for leave management for further clarifications of the system flow. They gave us a clear process and instructions as well and provided us the necessary forms that will be needed for the development of the system.

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2nd Week   [July 9-13]

“Hope comes from having a purpose.”

              Have spent hours for researching literature and studies. We also re-identified the flow of process, constructed and reconstructed different diagrams. The week went normal for a student-slash-researcher as we utilized our time by doing, revising, and managing things we needed for our proposal defense.

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1st Week   [July 3-6]

“Ambition is the first step towards success.”

           I felt excited that we started our OJT last July 3 even though we’re late because of paper conflicts. The actual plan of our client (Human Rescource Office of LGU Daraga) was that we are required to report every Saturday only because they only have a small space just for the regular employees and they think that we may felt uncomfortable. They were assigned to a different office location that’s why. We felt bad and disappointed at first but still we’re thankful that we already have our client. We made another plan so we talked to the Department Head of MDRRMO since they have a new constructed building and the other OJT group was there. We asked them if they will let us consume our required OJT time there and we’re greatly thankful that they allowed us to be with them and accepted us as part of the organization.

         The week went well for us. We continued working for our research paper that must be checked and submitted by our respected content and programming advisers. 

This will gonna be my journal notebook for my OJT experience. Every detail must be recorded here. I hope that this gonna be a happy learning journey!