MANILA ADVENTURE

University of Southeastern Philippines

Bo. Obrero, Davao City

TRAVEL REPORT

October 24 - 28, 2016

SEMINAR OVERVIEW

                Our seminar was an awesome experience for me and maybe for them, not because it’s my first time travelling with an airplane but because I travelled with my friends. I collect beautiful memories in Manila; we ate in different buffet restaurants, and shop in different malls. Five days in Manila is not enough for us to learn but I know in those days we have so much fun and learning for now.

Day 1

                This is the first day of our trip, the day when we can smell the air in manila but that is not the highlight event of this day. It is the seminar in DOST where we learn what is project NOAH that stands for National Operational Assessment of Hazards. I don’t have any picture in DOST’s place but its okay.

What I learned?

                The seminar in DOST taught me that follow your dreams and not just follow, do it. Because project NOAH is first all about the dream of a man to help his uncle detect or know what will be the weather on his village. I learned also that project NOAH is all about notifying people that there’s a calamity coming. Project NOAH is partnered with PAG-ASA.

What I liked?

                I liked what we ate at the first day in Manila even though it is Mcdonalds and common in Davao but it is not just a Chicken fillet with rice, it two piece chicken and it made my stomach full.

What I didn’t like?

                I did not like the traffic in Manila, because it is my first time there but as the time pass by I kinda like it because I can spend time sleeping in the bus.

Day 2

                We woke up early on this day, but we waited almost an hour waiting for the bus because of the traffic. On this day, we got a seminar at Ideaspace foundation, Makati. After the seminar at Ideaspace we fight again the heavy traffic of EDSA just to go to MMDA.

What I learned?

                First, in Ideaspace foundation, they are the one who encourage youth like me to think ideas that can change the life of people and can help them, and do miracles. They gave us a deep quote “Fail fast fight again” in my own understanding, this quote tells us that if we fail it is not the end, we can do it again. Lastly, in MMDA, they showed us how they control the traffic; how they help the police caught some of the thief’s in Manila.

What I liked?

                I like the cookies in the Ideaspace, I also like what where doing for the future technology. While in MMDA, I like how they manage the traffics, the many tv’s and the speakers.

What I didn’t like?

                On this day there’s nothing to be disliked with.

 Day 3

                For me or maybe also for them, it is the most awaited day because we are going to the one of the elite school in Manila, the UP Diliman campus. Because we haven’t joined the Y4IT they arranged a mini Y4IT for us and present good speakers.

What I learned?

                In the first speaker I learned that there are two types of hacker, the white hat hacker which is the good hacker, and the black hat hacker which is the bad side. The speaker also taught us not by publicly speaking but how he shares his experience from black hat hacker to white hat hacker. He taught us from his own experience that nothing is constant.

What I liked?

                I like how good the speaker in mini Y4IT.

What I didn’t like?

                I don’t like the time management of this day.

Day 4

                On this day, we go to Advance World Solutions at Ayala Avenue, Makati city and attend the seminar that prepared for us.

What I learned?

                I learned a lot in AWS, who they are and what they do. Their environment was great and they often speak Japanese because AWS is a Japanese company and that is cool.

What I liked?

                I liked how they treat us in AWS and I liked that they also speak visayan language there.

What I didn’t like?

                Nothing to dislike on this day.

Day 5

Today, we are about to leave Manila but we’ll never forget what it’s like being there.

What I liked?

 I love our last breakfast because their food really makes my tummy smile and full. By the way, I also liked the part that we had pictures with our girl tourist guide and the girl cabin crews or known as flight attendants before we left Manila because they are very beautiful in our eyes.

What I didn’t like?

What I did not like is the feeling that I am missing again such great people and things that I experienced there because we’re about to travel back in our respective homes and missing a person and an experience really makes me hurt by thinking of it.

APPENDIX

What can I recommend for the improvement of the advance seminar program of USEP?

            First, it should be really a good practice if you will have a meeting with the class and with the parents 3-5 months before because this field trip is not a joke and must be discussed well. I also recommend to have more days spent and many ICT companies to explore. Anyways, the seminars are good and I did not regret the days that we spent with my classmates on this subject.

My advice to those who will take their advance seminar program in the near future.

            My advice to those students who will soon take this subject is never leave your partner at anytime and anywhere because you don’t know the place that you are travelling and is too easy to be lost. I advice also to have a lot of pictures in every place that you guys went because it is very useful when it comes on writing journals like this.

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