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March 26, 2018

“I’m not gonna lie. But I really wish this was moved or something. It’s already Holy Monday yet we were still out in school.”, that was me 2 hours before leaving home to go to the meetup place in school. I admit, I felt bad in some way but when we finished this day, I realized that for me my entire SLA experience was FUN--fulfilling, uplifting, and noble.

It was fulfilling because I knew I was able to apply and understand more what I have learned in CSRGOVE. In taking this subject, I have discovered that we have our own levels of rights and wrongs. Some might find bad what I think is okay. Some might still find the SL visits lacking, but for me it gave too much satisfaction and gratitude. Also, I was really glad that the livelihood program was assigned to us we opted to make food. As a person who loves cooking, seeing their curiosity in what we’re making and eventually the huge smiles on their faces were more than fulfilling for me, for us.

It was uplifting because my Emotional Quotient went higher, I’m sure.In the beginning I was a bit lazy in doing these but when we came there and involved ourselves with the community, I learned how to maximize the empathy that I have. I can’t deny that I’m really happy because we were able to help them in the best ways that we know, and that’s more than enough for me, for us.

Lastly, it was such a noble act for all of us. Making yourself committed in a social responsibility wherein you can withdraw anytime but you’re choosing not to is the bravest thing a person could do for the others. And that’s what I saw with the Abakada and its volunteers. It’s funny because of all the people who don’t have that much, they are still the ones who are willingly to give some to others, I truly admire them for that. As for the students like us, I believe what we did were noble too. But don’t get me wrong, I’m sure we didn’t do them just because it was required. We lend our hands because in everyday that we have spent in school, helping one and another promoting collaboration are already incorporated to us. And for me, that’s the strongest attitude that we had throughout the entire trip: we all put collective effort and that’s more than gratifying for me, for us.

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March 14, 2018

Just a week after our much awaited freecut, here we are again discussing something really relevant especially now in the present time. It is not already new to everyone (as for me) that some of the companies are having malicious acts when it comes to their cleanliness and safety. Some are even still using hazardous chemicals or ways. I certainly believe that these people’s mantra is that “there’s no such thing as bad money. What’s bad is when you and your family gets famished”. It’s saddening, knowing that poverty and greed, two conflicting words but they actually produce the same result to a person: desperation in getting things. What’s more depressing that is connected to how these unethical business-minded people think is the rampant condition of corruption in the world. Almost all of the groups discussed a country that is corrupt, but our group chose the most corrupt one--Somalia. My goodness, I can’t imagine how do these people can still sleep at night and eat properly when they completely know that what they’re spending are coming from the sweat and tears of their countrymen. Undoubtedly, we have the same situation to them. If corruption is a sickness, in our beloved country it can be compared to plague. Why? Corruption starts in the smallest unit---barangays. Imagine, these people who are barely earning from their salaries in being a barangay official yet they still have the gut to corrupt. This is because this is what they have seen in the higher parts of LGU. For me, corruption is a plague that when you show to people “how much” can you make, it actually attracts and entices others to do what you’ve been doing. And when you’re already at the peak of it, it will be really hard for you to give up and your greed is slowly eating you up. See? That’s why I highly respect those who are truly genuine servants. I hope there are some in our classroom.

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February 28, 2018

Wow, how time flies? Today marked the last day of February yet I felt like it just went out in a snap. Anyway, this means also that we’re nearing to our alternative that’s been awaiting for us. With that, I already expected that we have a lot more to do today more than the usual, and so it really happened. Honestly, I just felt really tired today, probably because of the hormonal changes that I’m feeling as red days are about to come, and in a way it affected how I acted during the class hours. This was accompanied by the fact that we had our second quiz tonight and there are a lot of things mixing up in my mind. It caused me then to have sort of a mental block so I was one of the last few people who gave the answer sheets to Miss. And yep, when we checked, I knew I screwed up again.

I’m not blaming what my body feels tonight, I knew I wasn’t prepared that much. Maybe because I kind of became lax knowing that it will be a free meeting for us next week. Anyway, it’s not just the quiz that we had tonight, we also had some “friendly” debate about Mrs. Liebeck vs Mcdonalds and our side was the former. I was pissed off when some of my classmates belonged to other group insisted that our group should be the one to gave the first argument first. Clearly, we didn’t have any concrete plans at all. We were one group but for me it’s as if some acted like it was just a game. Times like this I wish people do really know what collaboration is when achieving for success. Sigh.

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February 19, 2018

Mondays. I used to hate Mondays because of the inexplicable traffic, intense laziness to wake up, and the genuine reality that it’s time get my butt off as a new is about to start. Well, to be fair, every Mondays this term I have to wake up at 4:30 to 5am to prepare in going to office. My internship schedule is in Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. This time though, I had to wake up in the same time, not for office work but for school. What? School on a Monday? Well… It’s not really spent in school, but we just had to meet there. What is this activity that we should be spending outside school? It’s service learning activity, wherein we had to visit a certain community that practices CSR. In our case, we went to Malabon.

I was already a bit stressed before leaving because more than half of my classmates haven’t paid the required transportation fees and as a beadle, of course it’s my responsibility to hold and keep it. But, it was luckily paid off as the two front seats of the van was given to me. Hehe! After like an hour of travel, we finally arrived. It’s an NGO located in Malabon, so I didn’t expect that much in its looks. When we were tasked to sit and listen to their story, the head looked like he’s into music industry. And yes, I was right. For me he had a resemblance with the Sottos of VST company. Haha! On a serious note, the name of their NGO is Abakada Kayumanggi Foundation, founded by his mother which is a teacher by profession in 1988. It started when there was a water scarcity and his mother felt the obligation to help them. They eventually talked about their kids, which prompted them in raising funds of up to P2000 and it was used to buy educational materials for teaching. Later on, they also tapped the youth and the livelihood programs in their community. Right now, they have 117 students and a few licensed teachers. When I heard their story, I couldn’t hide how interested I was because wow, there are still people like them who know how to act on social responsibilities despite not having the full and abundant means in doing so. I admit that even me I might not be able to do what they did, but now I have chance that and be part of their propaganda  Those small actions that we’re about to do next month, when combined it can really make a great impact for them. For a student like me who barely even make ample money, that’s indubitably fulfilling for me. Kudos to our school for having an activity like this. We are taught to give back at the young age and I will always commend that.

After filling the assigned programs that we should implement on our next visit, I had a realization. Amidst the harshness of this place that we live in, how do people like them do such nice things without even asking for reciprocation? As for me, I think it’s because it’s actually innate for us to see and pull out the light from the covering darkness. All we have to do is to believe that in every pessimism, there is optimism that is twice as much as being offered.

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February 21, 2018

2 days. 2 days after the Service Learning Visit, here we are in the same room meeting twice for this week. It's not that I don't like seeing the faces of my dearest classmates, but it's a bit odd to be with them thrice the number of normal hours that we should spend together. In those 9 hours for this week, I felt with a hint that I had a connection with them, especially to my groupmates.

Time really flies like a free bird in a forest, as we're scheduled to have our second quiz for this term next meeting, and so Miss had to show us videos that will supplement our other learnings that we've had for the past few weeks. These are: a summary of the ethical rights of a human being, a background on the beliefs of SAS Instittue, and a list of actions that Apple had addressed towards the child labor issue being thrown to them.

I admit and I will never deny that I have a short attention span. When the lights were turned off for the videos to be more visible, I had a hard time calming my mind because I love darkness and it made sleepy (due to the fact that I woke up at 6am). Thankfully, I was able to listen from time and time as the topic was interesting. What is even a right? For me, it's very subjective. I will believe that I have the right to live but you might think that I don't. I knew that I've done so many unnecessary and unacceptable things so I might think that I don't have the right to pursue happiness yet we all know that everyone has the right to be happy.  You see, it still incorporates to what we strongly believe in. As for me, rights, including the ethical ones, can still be subject for justification, Going back to my example, you can justify that I don't have the right to live because of all of my wrongdoings and you hated them--it didn't fit what you wanted. You see, what you think you deserve is what you call your right, even though the world tells you that you don't.

Known to be one of the leading software companies in the world, who would've thought that SAS, earns way more than what you could imagine. In what way? Simply, trust is being sown therefore being reaped as well in this company. They value CSR so much that they believed it should start in them internally so that all of their people would know not just how to do it, but to involve passion in serving the people. Two ideas. Two ideas that had struck my mind when I saw myself watching their old video. Care and time. in this cruel world, money isn't everything. You thought money can buy everything that will make you happy? I thought so too. But believe me, nothing is more satisfying when there is a group of people, or even just a single person, caring for you wholeheartedly and willingly, or a person who offers you his/her/their time. With what SAS is doing, you can see that they make time in implementing their code of ethics, which is a hands down for me. With these two things, I strongly believe that trust is the outcome, the outcome that even a million dollar will never afford. SAS might have underlying economic reasons as to why they do this, but for me, this is what everyone should value in doing so. Don't be afraid in showing care and giving time to people that you value because you'll never know what's going to happen next.

As I use my phone i class (I'm so sorry Miss!), with this dilapidated unit that I have, I wonder if these Chinese children are really the ones who made it. I had this when my mom upgraded her phone and I was a bit cranky that time because I wanted to have a brand new also. Little did I know that I'm already lucky enough to have this as those children, who should be studying in their own phones, are being reprimanded and had to work for 12 hours just to produce the "wants" of people like me. Wow. It's really more saddening with the way Apple handled it. It's as if they didn't care about it and tried their very best to be elusive on the issue. In this kind of market competition where Apple still remains the dominating figure, they are still doing freely what they should avoid because people will still devote on their launches. With that, I can sense that if you put overpower to someone, chances are he/she is going to abuse and manipulate it. Why are we like this? I know it's a different debate, but with situations like this it goes to show that men are naturally evil. We tend to do something that will make others people feel inferior because we want to maintain supremacy. But, for me, that's a big no. You are actually the inferior one because it's you who downgrades your own values. Values are still underrated and we still think that it's dependent on what the others will say but no. At the end of the day, your values will be sacrificed and will be chaotic if you let it happen to you. It is something that is within yourself, therefore none of us can control it.

i'd like to end my journal today with a good news that happened to me. When we presented during our SHURMAN class, our professor told us that we put real efforts and he admired how extensive our paper is. You see, you can't define what hard time is if you haven't experienced any good situation yet.

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February 14, 2018

Happy Hearts Day! But I didn’t feel it that much since I was tired since 9am and I can’t wait to go home, as my boyfriend sent me flowers. Hehe. LDRs are hard but thank God it’s still bearable as ever.

On another note, we are finally tasked to discuss and share our good news and the company that we chose is Globe Telecom. Globe, being one of the monopolies in the telecommunications industry, is not just about giving us the way to communicate with our loved ones, but they also tapped sharing helpful and productive moments to the people through their corporate social responsibility's actions. I’m beyond glad that they gave this an importance, though I still hate them for having such a slow internet. Haha!

Also, last week we got the term downsizing and we had to show a short skit and present it afterwards. SInce I had 2 reports today besides the good news, I;m already wearing a blazer. I volunteered to be the boss who told the employees that “they should go now”. Well, I hated myself! I didn’t like my acting that time, good thing with the help of my groupmates we managed to make the audience laugh.

So what is this downsizing? Downsizing is basically decreasing the number of employees based on a new organizational plan, or if the company is merely experiencing difficulties. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong in downsizing AS LONG as you inform them on time, give the benefits and the pay leave that they deserve, and make them feel that it’s not a loss for them, rather it’s a new opening for them to improve themselves on. As we all know, the bottomline of businesses is to make it better. The better the company is, the better the services.goods are being offered to the consumers.

The case that was discussed was about copyright concerns. Even in a simple research paper in La Salle, you can get a perfect 0.0 with a side gift of major offense if you’re found guilty of plagiarism. What more with bigger issues like copyright? What he did was totally wrong, because even the company didn’t know about that. It’s like, he dragged the innocent people in his world full of selfishness and entitlement.What I always tell to the people around me is that if you want to do something that is bad or unacceptable, just do it with yourself. If consequences are hard to take in, you have two choices: take in or take in. You did it anyway. I hope this will serve as a lesson to us that if we are really trying to make bad decisions especially by making other inferior to you, as early as now stop it. You might not believe in the laws of karma, but the wrongdoings that you have done will always come back to you twice as much as what you did.

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February 07, 2018

Finally, we are done with the month of January! Kidding! I felt like that month was really longer compared to the normal duration of months. Anyway, since we had to adjust our schedule for the deadlines of the cases, cases 1 and 2 coincided with each other and that;s okay. At least we’re done with the two simultaneously.

What we did in the case of sadhu is the same, after the assigned groups reported their corresponding cases, every group is expected to share their answers and give comments about those.

It’s a bit off to say but whenever I hear the words, “fake news”, Mocha Uson is the person who pops in my mind. She used Facebook spreading fake news during the height of the 2016 Presidential Elections. You can see that she was undoubtedly a genuine (and crazy!) fanatic of Duterte, now our beloved president. Some of the fake news she made her followers believe is that when a person contradicts Duterte, he/she is a yellow propagandlst, or a follower of the LIberal party. One of the latest fake news she scattered is that Mayon Volcano is in Naga and our VP Leni, who happens to live there, did not do anything, according to her. You see, despite her pointless accusations, many people still believed in the news that she is circulating. Why though? Nowadays, social media platforms are the people’s weakness. We tend to believe everything that we see and incorporate them in our own believes. We let these things take over us, when it should be us who’s filtering and managing them properly. It is saddening that until now, Facebook’s actions on eradicating fake news and satric pages is not yet polished, as they intially rejected the idea of it. But for me, even though everything is becoming more technological now, let us not ruin our own values and morale just because we’ve seen it in social media. Let’s put it this way: there are already unreal stuff roaming around in the world that you can personally see. Fake boobs, fake hair, fake height due to heels, faux fur, and such are fakes. How much more on the things that you see on another side of the screen?

The next issue was that the echo chamber in Google. A certain employee named James Damore posted a memo basically saying that there are gender stereotypes in Google but these turned out to be wrong. His reason was that he wanted to show that the diversity in this company is not implemented well. One of the things he said and will serve as the highlight of this is that, women are naturally born different than men, therefore they are weaker. They don’t know how to handle stress properly, how to prioritize personals from professionalism, and such. To say that a woman is weak is a statement that one should reconsider changing because we all know we are not weak. Weak in some ways, but never will be weaker all the time to men. What he was trying to say is that these women do not fit working in a tech industry because they are women--they don’t belong there. What if I tell you that no men should be considered in fashion designing, in cooking, in modelling, because these are the things that women are known to be good at. You see, when you start discriminating others, what you actually put in shame is not them, it’s yourself. You have a lot of time pointing all the things that didn’t just suit your interests, when you should’ve just focused more on yourself for self-improvement. This is what Damore should’ve done, instead of pinpointing which is which.

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January 31, 2018

I’m still high from my short trip to Bali, but it was kind of ruined when my classmates kept on messaging me about the format of making case analyses. Right after landing in Manila, I immediately texted Miss without realizing that its around 3 in the morning and I might had interrupted her. Oh no! Well, I posted in our group that they should also check their Sakai from time to time and not just rely on me wholly.

We were supposed to tackle and answer with the class the case of Sadhu last week but due to limited time, we haven’t. Also, this day was a bit “longer” than the past ones because we had to meet up with Sir Jim first about the service learning orientation, we had our first quiz, then we finally did the case zero.

The case of sadhu was a bit complicated, because we almost had different answers in our group. This might sound different to you, but I proposed to them that they should alternately carry down the sadhu or just bring him in the peak. However, if they did my first suggestion, it won’t even push through or get finished. Why? Almost all of them are not willing to have a burden at their back--literally. If the second option happened, chances are he will die.

For a situation like this, I finally agreed with my groupmates and that is to leave him. Let’s be realistic. There are already 7 billion people living in this world, and that is considered more than enough. But, that is not a valid reason to use as to why the need to sacrifice more people just to save him. I’m not saying that he should die, but better options should be more considered. Besides, there must be other reasons as to why he found himself lying in their with no clothes on. Who in world will remove his clothing despite the evident cold weather?

Since the action in the main story was they left him, I think it;s okay. But, that is okay once they make sure that his heart is beating normally again. Selfish acts are understandable, but at the very least, we should still show care to other people that are unfortunately having bad experiences that we don;t.

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January 24, 2018

We are surprised with the announcements from MIss regarding the schedule for the entire term. Though the schedule is not yet final for the first service learning visit, she already concluded that it will be on Monday. Sad for the others! And, I can’t believe we will be having our quiz next meeting! Now I know that second term has already started. Haha!

This meeting was certainly a continuation of the discussion from last week’s meeting. Since we are talking about values that time, we then now used these in making decisions. As I have said for a couple of times, in my personal opinion ethical decisions are very subjective. Some might be ethical because that’s what their culture says. So when we were given some scenarios for us to ponder on and decide afterwards, our minds were really tested in giving judgments. Even Miss told us that there is no right or wrong answer and she will not say that her belief should be followed because as I mentioned, it might be different from us. 

In dealing with these scenarios, what I noticed is that everyone does not have the same answers that are supposed to be “ethical”. There are so many things to consider in doing such things such as how you were nurtured. For a person like me who was trained to be independent, my choices are much bolder than theirs, especially to those who are more conservative and spoonfed all the time. You see, how we react in certain situation relies on a matter of perspective that we have. And that is what I ostensibly love about humans. Humans are nothing but unique from each other, even in decision making. That activates the inner beauty that we all possess.

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January 17, 2018

It’s now the second week of classes yet I’m still on my illusion that until now I’m having a break. Ugh! It’s really tiring to have a 3 hour class, but what motivates me more in making myself believe that this section is okay is that I don’t have to stay until 7:30pm in school on a Friday. Yes. Friday. Friday that should I should be spending at my home slouching and eating my fuji apples.

Anyway, Miss continued discussing the first two chapters of the book while the first group already presented their good news. In this class, each group is required to share a company that shows corporate social responsibility. They chose our FIlipino favorite--Jollibee Foods Corporation. JFC built Jollubee Foundation, and one of their goals is to feed the children and see if there are any changes like growth in them.

As for today, we focused more on discussing ethics and values particularly in business. These two words are always inseparable. From what I understood, ethics is the basis of the perspective of a person while values are what the person has and what he/she believes in. Indeed, ethics is subjective. Although yes, there are guidelines in knowing what is right or wrong, but without a doubt there will be instances wherein what I think is unethical might be ethical for you. 

To apply these values that we discussed, we had an activity with our own groupmates and that is to first classify and rank the values that you think you should have and compare it with them. It turned out to be more fun because the choices were beyond 20 yet in almost everything we had the same choices. Of course, happiness garnered the top spot. I strongly believe that everything underlies within happiness. If you’ll learn how to value forgiveness and how to attract peace of mind, happiness will come eventually. Being the sociable that I am, I volunteered to talk in front and describe our sentiments.

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January 10, 2018

First day. To some, this may be just a normal “first day of classes” to them, but to me this is the most exciting one. Hopefully, this will be my last term! I hope though that my professors will be kind enough. Originally, my plan was to have classes on TTH and the rest of the weekdays will be spent on my internship. However, I’ve had a problem with the other subject. My schedule for today started from 9am and it ended on 9pm. Sounds tiring right?

When Miss came in, being my last class, I made sure that if this class is in need of a beadle I will present myself. Luckily, it did! No one even dared to raise their hands too. Miss told me I was proactive because I made a facebook group despite having Sakai as her choice. But you know, I really did volunteer because I want to experience how to be a class representative before I (finally) graduate.

Night classes are not new to me, but skipping dinner is. We spent around 20 minutes deciding on taking that 15 min break or leaving 15 minutes early. We ended up with whatever choice we want on a particular day is. Also, I was glad enough my old roommate is one of my classmates so I joined their group. I really adore her as she is well-organized and responsible enough.

I’m more than happy to know that Miss makes her discussion more conversational, as she related her topics on the relevant issues that we have like the typical corruption, petmalu lodi trends, and such. But what really struck in my mind is that the Merck story, wherein they volunteered to make a new medicine for the Africans. This I realized that wow, we are now really talking about corporate social responsibilty.

What is that CSR? The words say it all, but to me, it’s very wide to be practiced. And incorporating social obligations in our society starts within ourselves. How would you pull off something that you really don’t want to do to begin with? How would you engage yourself in helping if the only thing that motivates you is what you will receive in return? In my opinion, it’s better not to give at all if you expect reciprocation. God didn’t sacrifice for us because he knew we will do the same thing for Him. He did that because it was His choice, choice that He will never regret. And to me, CSR resembles with that.

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Third Blog Entry: Who is Adrienne?

Part I. Do you agree or disagree with your test results? Why? First of all, when I tried doing this personality test almost a year ago, I got ESFP. In that site it was indicated that I was born to be entertainer. Well yes, I agreed on that because I love making the people around me happy. However, I took the test again a few months ago (because it’s entertaining to answer questions that won’t make you think that much) then I got ENFP. It’s quite near to the first one honestly. Then yes, I got ENFP-T again. In all honesty, yes I agree. I was born to be an extrovert and many can attest to that. I am indeed sociable. I love making new friends, going to parties, and such. I am also fond of seeing things in the bigger picture which makes me really practical. I believe that I don’t just focus on the now. I also consider things that might happen in the future. Also, curiosity runs in my blood. I tend to be nosy because I want to know everything. Yet, I truly am a sensitive person. My emotions can sometimes control me. I guess that’s one of the reasons why I have so many friends because I show empathy to them. Lastly, I am resourceful in a lot of things. My internship manager told me that I’m adaptable and is always willing to learn new things. Do the recommended careers (based on the infographics) appeal to you? Why/why not? However, despite how true the results are, I just don’t see myself in those jobs stated like landscape architect. I’m not good at that. But, therapist can be one. Before I wanted to take up psychology, but my mind was conquered with the idea that I’m not a medically inclined person. When I was in high school I was the Editor-in-Chief of the Filipino Section of our school paper, which can justify why I “must” be a travel writer. I used to love writing. In addition to that, well yes I can be a pre-school teacher. I taught 5 kids during our NSTP and I was noticed by the coordinator and awarded me then for being so patient and lively. It seemed that these jobs reflected who I am, but right now I have already chosen the career that I want which is way too far from what was suggested to me. How will the knowledge of your personality type help you to become a successful business leader? Moreover, such results can still help me on how to become a student leader. It will lend me a hand in a such way that I have the knowledge on the areas that I know I am weak at like in controlling emotions. A business leader, in order to be successful, must show empathy especially to his subordinates. However, if not properly managed, this can be used against me. With the help of the personality test, at least I can identify my limitations easily. Part II Is the definition of each characteristic in the R-I-A-S-E-C profile consistent with what you know about yourself? Why or why not? The results I got were consistent enough to justify what I know about myself. It’s just funny because I keep on using the word “unconventional” to describe myself because I love doing new and bizarre things but being conventional is the highest one for me. Yes, it is true. From being the consistent top student in Math and Geometry during my elementary and high school years to taking up Finance, yes I love numbers and playing with them. But, it’s because I’ve been studying how to arrange, make, and solve data as that what my course requires me to do that’s why I almost made them into perfect scores. All in all, I have mixed feelings with my first “choice”. On the other hand, enterprising and socializing deserve to be at the top spots as well because that's what who I am in truth. I love seeing, talking, and interacting with people. I'm shy at first but I'm very versatile in terms of listening or talking. The last on the list was realistic, which focuses on being athletic and such. I must say that its position fits like a glove because it's the truest among them. I'm not into those things. I still remember that my lowest grades belong to those aspects. Do any of the suggested jobs fitting your R-I-A-S-E-C profile interest you? Why or why not? Which of the suggested jobs do you think you are capable of doiing, based on the level of preparation prescribed in the O*Net profiler? For me, since I will start on the entry level, being a credit officer fits me. Everything that I know are mostly comprised of Finance and credit is actually based on it. To name a few, capital and character must be tackled when talking about credit. I'm sure that I have the capacity to converse to them nicely with a real plan of convincing them to pay what they have to. It's a matter of being knowledgeable with a pinch of proper interaction. Broker can also be a perfect job me. Investments and the like are also my interests. Lastly, being a chief executive is a job that I know I deserve to be in in the future. With enough experience and openness, I think I can manage the people well and it will not be hard for me to opt the people whom I believe can help me in making excellent decisions. Do you think you will have a fulfilling career if you take one of the suggested jobs for your profile? Why or why not? In all honesty, I think all of them can fulfill me. It actually depends on the level of my lifestyle. Right now, I'm only a student so I can maybe stick with level two kind of job. But in the future, I'd definitely want to become a CEO or CFO. Who doesn't want to become the big boss anyway? But why? You might think I'm becoming so proudful right but I know I will make it. I'm competitive enough and one of the things that gives me the sense of fulfillment is when I have achieved my goals succesfully with integrity, of course. Do you agree with the comparison between your level of introversion/extroversion to your R-I-A-S-E-C profile? Why or why not? I certainly agree with enterprising and socializing completing extroversion because that's what I am. My Myers Briggs results can attest to that. Yet, I'm quite stunned that being emotional, which falls in the artistic side, is in my introversion. In reality I'm very open to being emotional. But maybe it refers to being emotional and applying it in the form or creativity which I believe I don't possess that much. Investigative, which covers curiosity and independence, is in the introversion as well. Being independent is somehow right, because looking for people from time to people is a sign that I don't want to be alone I guess. But, I don't think curiosity should be classified as my introverted trait. I'm always curious, that's why I know a lot. Part III What did you learn about yourself by doing the SelfStir assessment? I knew myself that I tend to change my mind very quickly which is why maybe the results are not totally the same. As much as possible (with all the truth in the world), I do the right things. I think it's the reason why almost all were nearing to a score of 4. But, sometimes I just focus on myself specifically on what I “think”will help me to be more decisive. An example would be when I chose a rating between 2-2.8 in sharing personal stories. I'm emotional yes but I don't want to look weak. Sharing everything about you can give them the chance to hurt you. I have tendencies to be rude, maybe that's why. What is your greatest strength and your greatest weakness? Did these traits surprise you? Or are you already aware of them? I must say that my greatest strength is understanding one’s feelings. I'm confident enough to say that empathy is my greatest asset because it lets you touch one’s true self which can help you come up with ideas on how to help them. In short, it can lead you to that person trusting you. When a person feels that you're trustworthy, then everything follows like a solid friendship and such. On my strongest weakness, I think it's being indecisive. It's weird that I'm practical in so many things but because I decide too quickly due to my spontaneity I tend to make bad decisions. These traits did not surprise me at all. I've been answering them to almost all of my interviews and many had already told these to me. What do you think about other people’s rating of you? Are you surprised to learn about their impression of you? Or are you already aware of the image you project to the world? I'm not that surprised in the other aspects because what the other people think of me really matters that why I allot time to discover what they perceive to me. However, I'm just shocked that some thought that I don't get mad that much wherein fact if you really know me, I can be the meanest person you'll ever meet. How important is a 360 assessment in the workplace? First, this will provide rationality to everyone. It is not fair and justifiable to just rely on a person’s own judgment. People are intended to be biased for themselves because that's life. We don't want to look unappealing to the others. That's not our goal. With the help of 360 assessment, you get to decipher things that you haven't tilled out yet within yourself or to face the reality that you've been denying just because you can't accept it to yourself. An ample knowledge about yourself will make you become more decisive which is a must in a workplace. – How can this assessment help you become an effective leader? As I have said, being aware on your weaknesses is essential in becoming a leader. In order to become a leader to the others, you have to become your own leader of yourself first. Knowing all the corners of yourself will build a solid edifice that no one (hopefully) can destroy. Also, in that way, you get to understand the things that the other people need because opening yourself to the others is a way of asking them what they want in order for you to attain them not just for them, but for your self-fulfillment as well.

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Second Blog Entry 2017

June 30, 2017 Millennials, or dubbed as the ones who comprise the generation of techie, fast learner, and straightforward people. Since they are the youngest in the working scene, they play the major parts in the workplace. But first, why am I referring to “them” where in fact I am also included to their group? So let me change it. We, the millennials, play a significant role in the working environment and so that is what I want us to tackle now. It is true that we’ve got a lot of things to compare when it comes to the previous generations. Unlike them, we are too much into technology. We tend to use the maximum capacity of it by allowing its usage extensively. That’s why, if a work requires a lot of papers to be printed, manual applications, and the like, it leads to the backing out of a millennial. Millennials believe that the most effective utilization of our knowledge is by making a platform do it for us. To add that, millennials are too curious into knowing other stuff that they tend to be “jacks of all trades but masters of none”. They don’t want to be outdated when it comes to what field is in demand that’s why they make sure they study for it. This eventually leads to their resignations as they think that they have to grow more and that certain company is blocking their way. Also, one of the many things that is already pasted on the images of millennials is that time for them is truly a gem. They don’t want to waste it to the point of questioning the need to do face to face with your partners. It’s because for them, with the proper usage of technology, you can already communicate of them. Instead of meeting up per se, with the help of technology they can actually multitask. Time is indeed a valuable thing in the eyes of the millenials. However, reading the articles helped me gain some insights on how we are going to resolve these issues. One must be decisive and critical. This is not only for the millennials, but also for everyone. One must learn how to weigh things and ponder all the possible consequences that might happen. Next, one must not too much dwell onto technology. Technologies are manmade, therefore experiencing difficulties are inevitable. Such millennials should still know even the basics when these technologies can no where to be used. Lastly, one must not rush things. Sometimes rushing gives you a poor quality of work. The key to have an excellent product is to maximize the time that you have without letting your quality of work to suffer.

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First Blog Entry 2017

May 22 2017 For the past 3 years, I've been shaping myself to become a business leader together with the expertise of beloved school, De La Salle University-Manila as it's been my dream to become one since I was a kid. From what I have observed, it is just a piece of cake to become a business leader if you possess such qualities that reflect the genuine definition of leadership. As long as you are hardworking, patient, knowledgeable and such, then you're good to be considered as one. But, I certainly believe that we should adhere the code of ethics of it. Yes, IQ is very vital but we must also know that it comes with EQ. Learning the code of ethics targets the emotional intelligence and the latter pulls out and eventually hones the way we coordinate and collaborate with the other people which is very important even as a person, to be ethical. Also, a business leader must reflect on his/her purpose because he/she might be thinking if his work environment is the one who controls his actions and decisions. But in reality, it's not. Sometimes, due to stress and overfatigue, a business leader tends to forget what he's been up to. Having a reflection on one's purpose will eventually help him to improve the quality of his work towards the others and to himself as well. In addition to that, a business leader must guide the direction of its organization because it's inevitable that some issues might destroy and erase the mission, vision, and objectives of it. A proper guidance will help it get through with such obstacles in the end. Lastly, in connection to what I've said about EQ, a business leader must show integrity because he isn't only bringing his own name, but he's only putting in bad faith the reputation of its organization which is indubitably alarming. Rightness is the key to have transparency towards the other people.