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22 Aug, 2008

Last Day of Internship

Posted by: Sylvia Giacinta In: day by day

Supposedly.

So after extending for one week, Friday, 22nd of August should be my last day of internship. This post could have been a light-hearted and witty post just like my friend Jesse misses and filled with joy and you’ll feel invited to congratulate me.

Supposedly.

I still had 3 tasks pending until my last day….

Task #1. Create a department website.
- Still waiting for one photo to be put on profile page
- Still waiting approval for it to be really up

Task #2. Revamp another department’s website.
- Made some changes, waiting for approval
(after a hell of time cleaning up the codes. Apparently the intern before me wanted to use a free CSS script and instead of copy-pasting the script and tweaking it, she………… saved the whole example page and edited it.)

Task #3. Revamp an application welcome page
- Proposed a design, but said to be plain
- Proposed another design, said to be “amateurish”
- Made a design based on requirements, got feedbacks, changed, and still waiting for approval

The key thing is approval.

My supervisor was not in the office on Wednesday. Never mind, I thought. I’d just send him the updates of the webpages. I also sent emails requesting for leaving the office early coz I need to perform on Vivace (CCA Day) with the choir.

Unfortunately, I fell sick on Wednesday night and doctor said that my bad migraine is caused by exhaustion. He gave me MC for the next day (Thursday), and so I didn’t come on Thursday. I sms-ed the supervisor about it and he said “Ok just rest. See you tomorrow” or something like that.

And so I came this morning. No sight of supervisor. Opened e-mails. No single reply of e-mails. I was like pushing the Send/Receive button a thousand time. Nah. Nada. Then I tried to finish pending tasks (at least finish the requirements so I’ll only need approval), cleaning up stuff and codes, and waiting for supervisor.

Nah he’s not there. Asked a colleague about his whereabouts. She said the supervisor didn’t come yesterday either, but should be coming today. Okay, I thought.

11 AM. No sight of him. And I need to leave by about 12 (lunch time) so that I’ll have time to go to school and get ready for performance. Okay what the hell, I thought. I sms-ed him again. Loooooooong sms. I told him that I need to go, and it seems that he didn’t read the emails and he won’t come soon. And after checking my schedule, I told him that I would probably be back for just a day, which is on next Thursday. And I would need to leave by 3 PM too. (class is on 3.30)

He replied “Ok. Thank’s.”

I packed and left.

Whatever.

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