#64 | Internship Update

Yesterday, 13 October marks the end of week 4 of the internship. 

In this post, I'll be sharing a little bit about what I've learned, 

my feelings thus far and what happened in the past 4weeks. 

Learnings: 

• The toughest part of this whole thing is waking up earlier than everyone else in the cohort for work because you start earlier than them every single day. 
• It's definitely not easy to manage the class. 
• Sometimes, things don't go my way and that's okay. 
• 90% of the time, it's good to step out of my comfort zone. 
• It feels so darn good when people remember your name. 

I guess it's because I had no one during my first week of internship that's why I had no choice but to step out of my comfort zone to interact with the people in my new environment and befriend them. And stepping out of my comfort zone was hard for me initially but when I did, I saw the results. Totally worth it. Not only did I learn new things, I managed to become acquainted with some of the staff working there.

This week, I had people calling me by my name instead of patting my arm to get my attention. This felt really good. I felt that people are starting to get close to me and listen to my instructions which is a good thing. I defintely improved alot compared to my first week in the company. 

Feelings thus far:

Everyone in my working environment is so friendly. Legit. When I heard what some of my other coursemates are facing in their working environment, I felt blessed. Their mentors were too busy for them, the food wasn't nice etc. As I heard what they said about their working environment, I appreciated how the people in my working environment treated me.

Even though work starts earlier compared to the rest of my coursemates, I was okay with it. I end work earlier than the rest anyways.

The first 2 weeks were fine. People there seemed really friendly. However, from the third week onwards, I started getting negative vibes from one of the staff there. That person didn't really seem to like me because of my religion I guess. They didn't like talking to me, much less start a conversation or even smile at me. 

I didn't believe it was because of my religion. However, today, I learned that it was. 

What happened in the past 4 weeks:

- Only gonna talk about what happened on the 4th week since it seems the most interesting...

This morning, I talked to that person and told them I was interested to get to know more about their religion. That person smiled brightly at me and told me so much about it. Afterwards, they kept talking to me throughout the day and smiled at me etc. 

Honestly, I feel disgusted (if that's the right word) by this type of people. I understand you might not want to mingle with or talk to me because my religion is not similar to yours. But please. Separate your work and personal life. Do not just start talking to me because I said I wanted to know more about your religion. 

Yes. I said I wanted to know more. But never did I once mention that I want to convert to your religion. I'm happy with mine and have never thought of converting due to what happened in the past. I suffered enough. Me saying I want to know more was just me proving to people that you're only treating me like this because of my religion. And I was right. 

So yeah, this was what happened this morning. I wanted my prediction to be wrong but I guess I was right after all. 

That's all I have for now. 

Till the next post!

xoxo,

The Bunny Pal 💖