And I'm back to bug you again =D
I bet y'all missed me so much =D
Well, I have been busy interning in CASE. To FCISians CASE is Computer Aided Software Engineering. But now, I have a new meaning for CASE; Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange, my summer home !!
I have been trying to write about my experience there for quite some time now, but I just kept delaying it. But I have finally made up my mind, I'm going to write.
I'll start the story from the beginning.
It all started when my dad found out I was looking for places to intern in, that was like the beginning of last year's first term. I had sent my CV to a couple of places, started asking some people to ask if they have an interning program where they work and just waiting for someone to answer. And one day, my dad came home so happy with a huge smile on his face, and just couldnt wait to tell me the happy news, that he actually told me as soon as he closed the house door !! ( My dad usually waits tell he's changed his clothes and then calls whoever he holds news for and then spills it out.) With a HUGE smile he said:" I found two places for you to intern in, very very good places, you'll need to get me a certificate from your college for one because its a governmental internship, but the other place is private so you don't need any documents,".
Of course, hearing that, I was extermly and utterly excited, mainly because of his excitment. I then found out that he got me an internship in CASE and another member firm. I actually thought it was cool. If you think about it, you'll find that a main department in SE is IT and database developing and stuff, which is exactly what I want. So, I thought to myself, well cool, its settled, I'm going to intern in CASE for a month, then in that member firm for another month and finally take a break till the start of college. It seemed as a perfect plan. And the search stopped. Having found a place to intern, I finally felt safe and organized. I started preparing myself mentally and emotionally. I had those pink dreams; I'm going to show them how great I am, they'll want to hire me as soon as I graduate, I'll be active and do the impossible, I'll beat all the trainees and make my superiors see that they have never ever had such a trainee before.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Just thinking of those dreams makes me laugh. !!!
The people who know me, know that I'm not a quitter, I'm a strong person with a strong personality that always gets what she wants someway or another. Well, for sure I didn't stand there doing nothing when troubles came my way.
Now that you know the start and how that internship came, I'll start telling my story .....
I decided to start on 1/7/2007 , which was a sunday.
I got up at 7:30am, got dressed, was extremely excited, actually took pictures of my first day and was off to my aunt's place; she drops me off to CASE. When I got there she was ready and waiting for me in the car so that I wouldn't be late for my first day. We reached there about 10 may be or even earlier than that. I had visited CASE once before when I found out I'm going to intern there. I had met my dad's friend, who got me the internship, and knew where his office was. I headed staright to his building, I just wanted to make sure that that really was the building, so I looked for the security guards, but couldn't find a single one of them. I found an office next to the information office, I entered. There was a lady sitting there talking on the phone, I asked her if that was my dad's friend's office. Her reply was soooo relieving .............................
The wonderful lady told: " I actually don't know, sorry. But they are on holiday today .. { me going crazy from inside at this moment :nod } .. its the end of their finiancial year,".
Having nothing to say, I thanked the lady and left.
I was in a total rage. I was sooooooo angry. I WOKE UP EARLY =O
So, I called my dad, he told me ok, no problem, go to your uncle's office ( its right next to CASE ).
Apparently, my dear father had not called his friend to tell him that I'll be going to him that day.
I went to my uncle's office, where my aunt was. She couldn't believe it when she saw me. She just burst out with laughter, she couldn't stop and I didn't blame her, I couldn't stop laughing either.
I stayed with my aunt all day in my uncle's office and did some work and then went home at the end of the day.
And that was my first day at CASE, in a way.
The rest is yet to come ... Stay Tuned =D
