Making Myself Useful on Day 4

Feb. 26,2026

"Making Myself Useful on Day 4"

Another morning, another day log at the logbook while were not registered at Bicol University East Campus yet. Day 4 of my On-the-Job Training and honestly, today was one of those quieter, steadier days where the work isn't bright, but the feeling of genuinely contributed something. No dramatic system crashes, no major deployments. Just a normal student intern doing what needs to be done.

Organizing professors' documents, a pile of faculty paperwork that had been sitting in a stack, some forms, mountains of submitted theses, printed memos, and endorsement letters that needed to be sorted, filed, and cross-referenced. It sounds simple, but with many involved, you have to be careful not to mix anything up. I sorted them as I were told to do, then placed them in the proper folders. Printing faculty documents were second, few professors came by needing things printed, some forms, a couple of certifications, and reference letters. I handled the only working printer there and queue each one, made sure paper stock was loaded, and double-checked print settings (paper sizes, orientations) so nothing could go wrong. One document needed to be printed on both sides — I learned to double-check duplex settings because the first one came out slightly misaligned and reverse printing. Lesson noted. With the mission system development work. This is the big one, a system our team has been building, and the deadline is May 15. This afternoon, I picked up where I left off from Day 3. We're still deep in the middle of it, and there's a lot of ground to cover. I focused on a module that still needed attention, reviewed some of the logic, and coordinated with my co-OJT on a few parts that depend on each other. Slow progress, but it's progress.

Well regards,

Laurence Ayo