I leave next Monday for Manila with my fellow trainees for our Supervisors Conference. There are a few things actually going on that week: Site Announcement, Supervisors Conference, and Street Immersion. Site announcement is pretty exciting, actually it's become a bothersome thought in my mind. I have my hopes and expectations but truth is I get what I'm given and I know I'll be happy one way or another. I'd just like to be MORE happy, haha. What do I mean? I heard that a two trainees from the Olongapo group of fifteen will go to Baguio City. Like any place I don't know this didn't mean much to me originally, as I don't know how nice Baguio is. I found out though, and it sure sounds nice. Also, I was under the impression I'd be working in a city, at least a semi urban setting, my mind says obviously I'm going! Conjecture, that's all.
Supervisors Conference is where I'll meet my new supervisor, my boss. Exciting and also anxiety inducing. There's a lot of unknowns for this, I don't know what to expect. I'll just keep my eyes open.
Street Immersion, this is another unknown. I know that we'll be going into downtown Manila to see the gritty side of life. Street children begging, hungry, and maybe using. Prostitution was mentioned as something we'd see. I don't know what else to expect or what to expect to do when we get there. From what I understand this experience is to show us how bad things can get, a throwback to Scared Straight. This will go on for two days with an extra day for processing. I imagine we'll need it.
Just a week off.
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