I’m still waiting for my certificate from TESDA and Informatics. Last year, around October, I finished a short course for web design wherein for almost two months, I went to SM City Cebu to sit through a discussion on Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. It was good cause it was free and I was able to go through the class despite being busy with a number of things.

I called Informatics in SM and they told me that I’ll just have to call them from time to time since they still don’t have the certificates available as they’re waiting for TESDA to send them the documents.

It’s sad knowing the speed of service of public institutions. I’ll just have to wait for it until it arrives which is a total bummer.

I knew I needed the break from work, school and blogging. However I don’t know if I was able to get it last week. Sure I was on leave from my regular job for 7 days, my web design course was finally over and I usually had to spend more time taking pictures rather than blog. But I was under training wherein I had to maximize my time learning the ropes as well as blogging more often and understanding the concepts of another line of work. It was great yet the pressure is on. I know I deserved the temporary vacation but I’m just curious on how long I can keep this up.

lemon and fries anyone?

It’s the end of my class and have I learned something? –> In a way, yes. I’m glad to have learned some basic techniques as to how I can navigate the tools used in Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver. Although I’m still not an expert and I haven’t really fully understood everything, I’m glad to at least have a background on the basics. I know now what the layers in Photoshop are there for.

It’s good that I was able to get this TESDA and Informatics Web Design class for about two months. To think that I never thought that I could get this short course for free; it’s even under a government scholarship! –> haha, me, under a scholarship. The world must have gone nuts.

Anyway, it’s the last day and I’m glad that this is already over as I don’t have to exert as much effort to waking up early for work so I can get out in time for school. I’ll have more time for myself and I’ll be able to focus more on the other things I wish to develop.

I’m still waiting for my classmates to finish the HTML and CSS topics of a short web design course that I took up under a government scholarship. I got exempted for the first two weeks or so since I’m already done with the topics that I mentioned and I was just there for the Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

When I called the instructor on the status, he told me I should call again next week as it’s been taking him a bit of a time to teach the basics of the course. Hopefully, I’ll be able to join this week as the time is too much already. I need to learn as much.

So this is the first day of my Web Design class at Informatics at SM City Cebu. There’s about 15 of us and I hope we get more stations to work on. I’m glad to be part of a lucky few who have been given the chance to take this course for free. I was planning to pay for it when the opportunity arrived when I inquired from the friendly staff that they have this scholarship offering. I grabbed the opportunity right away since seldom will anybody also get some allowance once the 102 hours is completed.

For now, we’re still tackling the basics. I applied for this course mainly because of the Photoshop and Dreamweaver topics that I need to brush up skills on. I really believe my future is within web design and development so hopefully this will be something I can definitely make use of.

My schedule is on Mondays to Fridays, 4pm to 7pm. Right after my office work, I’ll be heading straight to the mall to study. Then I can go home and sleep. This will be for the next couple of months. I hope I can still keep up with the schedule as right now, I’m still sick and my body is craving for some rest.

I applied at a known institution that had tied up with TESDA because of some scholarships that they offered about web design or web development. I chose the former. Hopefully, I’ll be one of a hundred first batch who will get to enjoy the benefits of having free education. I’m still waiting for a call.

I was actually tired from the rush application; I needed to have my picture taken and the school was about to close. I just came from my shift which made me really exhausted as I had to travel to the main house to get my diploma and then go to the mall to submit the requirements. I had to ride a cab in both locations just so I could rest quietly during the commute.

So much for that, I hope I get accepted.