I’ll Miss Saint Jude This Summer

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Since graduation back in 2005, even before that actually, since high two back in 2003, I’ve been returning to Saint Jude every summer to take part in the scouting leadership training. When I was in high school, I attended as a member and after graduation, as a staff member. Summers spent in Saint Jude are great, the sense of giving something back to your alma mater of thirteen years, training the future scouts of Saint Jude and continuing the Scouting Movement. This summer, with my looming intership, it’ll be the first time I’ll miss the training at the school.

I wonder if I can make the annual Summer Camp, the culminating activity of the summer training before graduation. Last year we went of to Batangas, to Cogeenik Youth Camp for three days, two nights. The pool activities, hiking, and the rappelling wall were great, but the bonfire was unforgettable. We went to the same place last December 2007 for the Christmas Camp, so read the previous post here.

But even so, I’m really looking forward to my OJT! A taste of what is to come after graduation, a chance for real world experience and not the miscellaneous projects and such of college orgs and special classes. I can actually work on things related to my interests. Of course, utilizing what I learned so far and seeing just how important they are will be a big help. Network management, network security and vulnerability assessment. Network Engineering for the win!

Speaking of Network Engineering, it seems to be gaining favor among the lower batches. The batch older than us have five NE majors. Our batch have eight NE majors. Well, we must be doing some great PR if we got the number to balloon to sixteen for the next batch. Before that, yes, out of the countless Computer Science students in La Salle, we’re eight people in Network Engineering. That isn’t even a tiny fraction of the students in La Salle.

It’ll be crowded at the Network Labratory next term.