Pre-deployment Seminar: DTTB Batch 23 Day 3 a.k.a the Amazing Race
Today is Day 3 of the Predeployment seminar of Batch 23 of DOH's Doctors to the barrio program. This is perhaps a day of respite. The following are the highlights of this day's event:
The batch is actually starting to get to know each other more. Originally, we were sticking out with our "regional" buddies. Now, we are making connections with others not within our own region. During lunch, the topic of casual conversation was our dialects. We were seated with Bisaya-speaking colleagues and it was fun learning their language and sharing our own Hiligaynon dialect with them.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day, with lectures all about the DOH National Programs and about Sentrong Sigla and how to get Philhealth accredited. I promise to post snapshots of the whole thing once I get hold of a bluetooth-equipped computer and upload them in the net.
P.S. I miss Bacolod already, especially my two kids and my wife.
Day 3 - started a day with a "unique" prayer from a fellow DTTB; former DTTBs facilitated the team-building exercise; the big groups was divided into two teams, one leader for each team, the rest were blindfolded; with only the leaders to give the members the final instructions, the rest of the team were tasked to form a word out of the scrambled letters (which we could not actually see); my team lost to the other team but we were able to form the word with all letters in proper formation; of course, the OCs of the other teams could not keep still after finding out that while they guessed the word correctly, some of the letters were inverted; the facilitators made the connection between the activity and community organization.
After a long lecture on LGUs and RHUs, the afternoon was spent processing papers; the entire group rushed through traffic, went to DOH central office in Sta Cruz, submitted our papers, went to BIR Manila to register for a TIN number, then went back to the hotel for a nice break. The entire day was almost like an amazing race. We were bonding inside elevators, laughing boisterously inside cars and vans, and running around like headless mice inside offices. We had no choice. We had to, or else, "No money, no honey".
The batch is actually starting to get to know each other more. Originally, we were sticking out with our "regional" buddies. Now, we are making connections with others not within our own region. During lunch, the topic of casual conversation was our dialects. We were seated with Bisaya-speaking colleagues and it was fun learning their language and sharing our own Hiligaynon dialect with them.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day, with lectures all about the DOH National Programs and about Sentrong Sigla and how to get Philhealth accredited. I promise to post snapshots of the whole thing once I get hold of a bluetooth-equipped computer and upload them in the net.
P.S. I miss Bacolod already, especially my two kids and my wife.
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