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General Physics (PHYS3A) Educational Trip

           

          Last week, on the date of March 6, 2014, we had our educational trip in accordance to General Physics subject. It was indeed a trip that i won't forget in my entire life.

            The educational trip was handled by the Physical Science department, composed of their faculty members, thousands of Cavite State University students, and some companions. Me and my classmates rode in the bus no. 30 with other students of Business Management. We don't got bored along the way, thanks to our bus tour coordinator who got the beauty, brain and humor. Our first stop was in Gardenia bread factory, located in Biñan, Laguna. The tour guide of Gardenia factory showed us a presentation about its history and process,then, led us to the actual ones afterwards. I was really amazed on their step-by-step machineries on manufacturing breads, which was all automated, not touched by human hands. They strictly don't allowed us to take even a single picture in there, but it's okay, considering the security of their product and company. After the tour, i bought a pack of tasty in their bread house. I shouldn't miss the discount in there, right? After the tour in Gardenia factory, our next stop was in Nuvali, still in Laguna, but Sta. Rosa this time. It was somewhat a place for the riches, consisting of loads of restaurants, convenient stores and some attractions. What caught my eye was its lake which consists of many big fishes, crowding, wiggling their fins, searching for foods. 

              Moving on, after Nuvali, our last stop was in Enchanted Kingdom, located still in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, which was the highlight of this enchanting trip. It was my first time on Enchanted Kingdom, so i felt all those emotions you can imagine. After lining up for the entrance, in a bit, we proceeded on the rides. We tried bump cars first, and there, we bumped each other's ride crazily. Next, we lined up for the mini Roller Skater. When it's our turn, i just screamed and laughed out loud. The ride isn't bad at all, but just purely awesome. Then, there's this Anchor' s Away, which we lined up for almost an hour. Me and some of my classmates agreed to sit on the center area, while the others preferred the tip area. As the ride goes along, it's as if it was a battle of survival. That feeling when the anchor's about to get down, and i can't help myself but to just scream and laugh, like the rest did. The ride was breath-taking, yet still fun and exciting. Next is the Flying Fiesta, which was just a swing that would make you dizzy as it swirl around for two minutes. And there, a ride that's not really thrilling, that Flying Fiesta, made me vomit, which i found corny for myself, considering the other thrilling rides i rode. After a while, i catched up and there, me and my friends/classmates proceed to Rio Grande. I wasn't thrilled at first because i didn't got wet. But as i've said, it's only at first, because along the ride, i become a girl wearing a dripping clothes. And for the reason that we just can't get enough, we proceed to Jungle Log or wild river, and as we rode along, i can say the ride was really wild, but then again, it was fun.They rode the Disk-O Magic as well, and i chose not to ride that one because i felt like i'm gonna vomit again. After that, our last ride was in Rio Grande again, and we had a copy of ourselves riding that one. As we, six of us, got back to our bus, dripping wet again, we already knew that we're the last ones being waited for. We weren't able to ride the Space Shuttle and Extreme Tower due to the very long line and also, Enchanted Kingdom were about to close as we exited the Rio Grande ride.

          

          To sum it all, i was really happy for this one-of-a-kind, spectacular, amazing and enjoyful trip of mine with my classmates. It surely was a memory worth keeping and an experience that's simply a blast.

49th CAFENR Foundation Day and Recognition Program

                                                                                        Last January 28, 2014, the College of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR) of Cavite State University conducted a program in Rolle Hall, which was having the theme "CAFENR 2014: Meeting the Challenges of Global Competitiveness".                                                                                                                       The program was attended by the professors and students under the College of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR), alumni's, board passers, and community partners. Dr. Adolfo C. Manuel, the Dean of CAFENR, proudly shared to us, the attendees, the improvements and upcoming changes, projects and opportunities with regards to the offered courses of CAFENR, especially BS Agriculture. Based on what i've heard and remembered, the unity of the ASEAN countries would be tighter effectively by next year, which was an odd, giving us this beneficial partnership to those which were considered more developed countries. Agriculture would provide the opportunity to train the students in other country such as Vietnam on a specific aspect for months, which would lead to a better, professional, and globally competitive students. More CHED scholars were expected to come by this year and so on, thus, given the chance to be educated on a high level and well-accredited university. As part of the program, some were awarded a certificate of recognition in terms of academics, sports, alumni, board passers and community partners as well. I felt flattered to receive an invitation in this event and be awarded/recognized as one of the students who attained great grades in this course with regards to academics. Aside from that, Dr. Analita Magsino showed via powerpoint presentation the accomplished, ongoing and upcoming research/extension agendas of CAFENR which were really amazing, fruitful and helpful in many aspects. In addition, the Student Council officers also showed their accomplishments up to date.

           

             All in all, the event was indeed worth it because of its very fruitful contents. It was obviously well-organized and it really was motivated on meeting the challenges of global competitiveness.

Farm Visit (Old Kano's Organic Farm)

           

       It was a cold morning in January when me together with my friends/groupmates decided to go in Silang, Cavite for a farm visit in compliance to the requirement in this certain subject of ours. Despite the weather that will make you choose to stay at home and just sleep all day on your fluffy bed, there we were, conducting an interview about how the farm manage to prevent/control the attack of pest. It's actually an on-the-spot interview because we just went there without settling an appointment, but the good thing was we were able to conduct one in which we've learned a lot.

      It's a bit surprising that they don't treat pests as a problem at all. According to what i might say was the caretaker/manager of the farm, pests were not that damaging. He told us their practices with regards to pests which was still in organic aspect. Some of this were intercropping, crop rotation, handpicking, total pruning, soil aeration, tillage, use of organic compost instead of synthetic ones, and others. He also said that common sense is a must and decisions are always important in agriculture, which we all agreed in unison.

           

      It's amazing how they were able to maintain the abundance of the farm for about 27 years as of now. I just found myself more motivated after this interview that we've done in there. It was like we're all having this simple conversation, with sort of learning in the process that were absolutely beneficial.

Lettuce Production

           

    In accordance to the activity in Agricultural Entrepreneurship, me together with my groupmates were assigned to plant lettuces to be able to conduct the cost and return analysis.

  The plot where we planted lettuces was located on the front place of the Central Experiment Station. It's really full of weeds at first, but somehow, we managed to remove it. Before sowing the seedlings, we put organic compost consisting of manure for the better fertility of the soil and extraction of nitrogen from it, which was a big help for the abundancy of the leaves of lettuces as it grow. I was a bit worried that the crops may not grow well, considering the location where we planted it, where pollution due to the vehicles passing by can't be avoided. But anyways, me together with my groupmates did our best to take care of the lettuces. We made sure that we provided it with enough water even though the water supply source was a bit far to our plot. We also see to it that we removed the weeds to avoid nutrient competencies. And there, at the time of harvest, i was glad to see that our hardworks were paid off. The lettuces that we harvested were not all having attractiveness to our vision but atleast, the majority of the seedlings developed and didn't wilt/die in the process. We were able to take home this lettuces, gave others to our classmates, and some were also sold.

     
      As of this moment, we have another set of lettuces that we harvested for our second cropping last week and marketed to those who were asking if they can buy some. I can say that engaging in crop production was really beneficial, as sustainance and as a source of additional income.

Skinless Longganisa Making

       

          Recently, our professor taught us the process in making skinless longganisa and made us do it, with her guidance, ofcourse. Longganisa is indeed popular in the Philippines and even known in some other countries. Do you want to know the step-by-step procedures on how to make this? Here's how, based on what i've learned from my professor.

           

          To be able to manufacture skinless longganisa, the ingredients needed aside from the ground pork were garlic, onion, soy paste (soy sauce may do if soy paste is not available), oyster sauce, chili sauce/powder, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, eggs (beaten/unbeaten), plain bread crumbs/baking powder, and wax paper. The first thing to do was to combine all the mentioned ingredients into the ground pork except for the egg and bread crumbs/baking powder. Make sure that the garlic were crushed well, as well as the onion, which should be finely chopped. You can add more quantity of the ingredients depending on your preference. Mix well for about five minutes. Next, marinate for atleast an hour/overnight. Then, after marination, add the beaten/unbeaten eggs including the bread crumbs/baking powder. Mix well. Afterwards, roll a small amount of pork mixture in a wax paper. Place mixture for desired shape/size. Pile the wrapped pork mixture in a container properly. Lastly, keep it in the chiller for at least 24 hours/ at most 3 days for proper absorption of the different species added in the mixture.You now have the skinless longganisa.

            

          

          Making skinless longganisa is just easy, right? You just have to learn the process and be skilled enough to do it. It's absolutely beneficial especially if engaging in meat processing business or simply for practicality in home consumption were in mind.

Slaughter House Visit

          To know more about slaughtering, our professor organized a visit in a slaughterhouse in Trece Martires City. We were two groups scheduled to go that night. I can sense that everyone was excited, including me. We waited for each and everyone and as i've remembered, we arrived there past seven o'clock in the evening.

           Before the slaughtering process takes place, we wore our boots and masks for avoidance of contamination. As slaughtering process were conducted by the butchers, our professor discussed the different areas in the slaughter house, the step-by-step procedures and how these were done, the different parts of the carcass, some considerations that should be remembered, and the list goes on. It was like we were having this sort of simple lecture with an actual presentation, which was really a spectacular one. It might be a bit disgusting sight to see for others but for us, students, it's alright because it's really a part for us to learn more, and to be educated not just in the four corners of the classroom, but literally, even in a slaughter house as well. In fact, it's really a memorable one.

          It's almost midnight when we left. Me and some of my classmates slept over in our professor's unit. At that time, even though i admit that we're a bit sleepy and exhausted afterwards, all i can say was the visit in the slaughter house was simply amazing, enjoying and educational. It was probably one of the most unforgettable experience in my life.

ParadiZoo

   It was Saturday morning, on the date of February 15, when me, together with some of my classmates, including the Animal Science major students, and of course, our professor, went to ParadiZoo somewhere in Mendez, Cavite. The purpose was for us to learn for our own benefits, and to have some fun as a bonus. The name "ParadiZoo" says it all. Obviously, this place was loaded with lots of animals, somewhat a paradise created for them. In this trip that we've conducted, we were able to interact with them. We encountered such animals like wild pigs, goats, rabbits, deers, ostrich, bees, sheeps, cows, carabaos, peacocks and many more. We've learned so much in ParadiZoo, because the place also got some amazing facts indicated creatively about animals,even plants. We have seen that they're also engaged in organic farming. As i've remembered, they use manure of the animals as compost/fertilizer, and some of their crops were used as feeds for the animals. They also do mulching and hydroponics. In addition, we got educated and inspired from the seminar in there. We learned the 5R's that should be kept in mind: Re-use, Reduce, Recycle, Refuse, and Respect. We got to know some advanced technology in the aspect of agriculture, which was an odd. We even witnessed the greyhound racing. Cool, isn't it?
                 

       All in all, the trip in there was simply great and wonderful. It really was a spectacular and educational place not just for me but for everybody.

Tocino Making

       

    Tocino making is one of the most practical and popular ways of preserving/processing meat. In this course of mine, i was able to know the overall process of the manufacturing of tocino. Let me share to you what it's all about.

            In preparation for tocino making, it's important that all the ingredients are available.These include the pork, salt which serves as the primary ingredient, brown sugar for the enhancement of flavor, MSG (if preferred), praque powder (can be skipped if for home consumption only), anisado wine, and pineapple juice. Before proceeding to the procedures, see to it that the considerations needed to be given emphasis such as the meat traits, availability of materials/equipments, sanitation, etc. are properly checked and followed. In this way, the consciousness in terms of food quality and safety of the consumers are of great concern. As we proceed to the process, first, remove the unnecessary parts of the pork. Slice the meat thinly, and then set aside afterwards. Meanwhile, on a separate basin, combine all the ingredients needed except for the pineapple juice. Rub the mixture onto the pork and make sure that it's distributed evenly. Then, add the pineapple juice and mix well. Pile the pork with the mixture inside a covered container. Lastly, keep it refrigerated for about 2-3 days, enough to cure the pork. Make sure that all the steps stated are properly conducted to be able to come up with a good result.

      

 

                        It's amazing how i was able to learn the process in making tocino simply and easily. Kudos to our great professors who really guided and trained us well in every lesson that they have tackled to us.

Plant Propagation and Nursery Management

        Last year, on our summer training (AGSC 99), Plant Propagation and Nursery Management was one of the subjects that our professors taught us. I really enjoyed this session because it really was beneficial and fruitful for me.

        In this subject, familiarization of plants and its natural and conventional methods of propagation was given emphasis. Some of the lessons discussed include the plant propagation's types, advantages and disadvantages, factors affecting the germination of seeds, methods of asexual propagation, guidelines to follow, considerations, enhancements, good quality of seeds and scion, and so forth. I was able to do the grafting method of asexual propagation, as instructed by my professor. It was a bit laborous,but reasonable and worth it on the process. I also experienced the practical test on identification of seeds in which the professor gave us this certain time limit to identify the seeds and then move to another set of seeds until we finished the rotation. I admit that even though our professor lend us the compilation of seeds for a while for us to memorize, i was having this confusion on identifying seeds when the practical test was conducted, considering the time limit given leaving me the pressured feeling. But anyways, what's important was the thrill and great experience of mine that time.

            Plant Propagation and Nursery Management was absolutely worth it. Through this subject offered on our summer training, i was able to learn more about the important components of Agriculture, specifically the seeds, plants, and proper management.

Summer Training (AGSC 99)

           It was summer last year in the month of April until the end of May when i attended this summer training in accordance to our course' curriculum. In this two months training, i really learned a lot and it helped me to know more about Agriculture.

            

            This training was comprised of twelve subjects, each one having a two days session. The subjects include Feed Formulation, Orchard Establishment, Vegetable Production, Postharvest of Fruits and Vegetables, Plant Propagation and Nursery Management, Crop Protection, Computer Operation, Parliamentary Procedure, Poultry Production, Meat Processing, Swine Production, and Ruminant Production. Every session was worth it, and we were really trained well by our instructors. Me and the rest of those who took up this subject/training experienced layouting in the field, calculating formulations of feeds and cost and return analysis, propagating plants asexually, classifying weeds and insects, identifying seeds, debeaking chickens, processing meat, injecting vaccine in swine, etc. It's amazing how fruitful two months can be as i've attended this training. It made me want to learn more each and everyday. It was more of developing myself, an advanced overview of the course, and spending every moment pretty good with my classmates.

           

           In summary, this summer training was absolutely incredible. I am glad that it's a part of my course because it's really beneficial for me and who knows? I might use this knowledge for my future work, right?

Araw ng Kalikasan 2012

           

       Araw ng Kalikasan event during my first year in college, year 2012, was indeed an unforgettable one. It sure was a busy day for our section, yet, a triumphant one.

 

         We, BSA 1-3 at that time, made our very best to create costumes out of recycled materials on the day before the event until the last minute in order for our representatives to join in Mr. and Ms. Kalikasan 2012 competition. It really took time for us to finish the work. This tested our section's patience, unity, and cooperation with one another. And there, thank God, we've made it. I'm so glad and proud, together with my classmates, as we saw our representatives conquered the stage. We cheered and supported for them both whole-heartedly. And what more can we ask for as we've heard the names of the winners? Nothing more, nothing less. Hearing our representatives being chosen as the Ms. Kalikasan and Mr. Kalikasan (1st runner up) felt like heaven, and really made us shout with extreme joy. It's kinda unexpected actually, but it's a good thing that our hardworks were paid off.

         Araw ng Kalikasan event was one of those happenings that proved how tight our section's bond was. I can say i really am happy and lucky to be part of this section.

Reserved Officers Training Corp. (ROTC)

         With regards to the National Service Training Program or NSTP included in the course' curriculum, i chose to take Reserved Officers Training Corp. (ROTC) in compliance to the subject, and well, i can say that my decision's worth it.

       It's just that i haven't experienced Cadet Army Training (C.A.T.) when i was in my highschool days, so i decided to give it a try. The training was handled by the officers/lieutenants who have their own backgrounds in this aspect. It consists of two subjects, the NSTP 1 and NSTP 2. I've learned so much from the said training. Some of the lessons thay they‘ve discussed include the history of military, military leadership, leadership traits, military courtesy and discipline, military intelligence, basic signal communication, rifles and other equipments, first aid and such, which i found really interesting. What's more exciting was the tutorials from the rules in military, proper position, proper salute, basic moves/executions, handling of rifle, up to the demonstrations/executions by themselves and by us, cadets, ofcourse. I've learned to be disciplined enough to follow the simple rules and regulations, such as the proper attire, earliness for compliance to the checking of attendance by the office personnels, proper attitude, position, respect to others, etc. Even though most of the times, i need to endure the hot rays of the sun, at least, i got the chance to be educated, right? It's fun and thrilling, anyway. It's an experience that i'll absolutely value and remember in my whole life.

Being A Working Student

           As a granted scholar of Cavite State University, i am required to render service in school for about one hundred hours per semester and maintain a GPA of not less than  2.00. It's more convenient compared to others who need to render more hours and considering the provided benefits which were really a great help, me and those who were able to be granted this scholarship were luckier.

            Honestly speaking, until now, i'm still having a hard time adjusting myself on how to fit the word "duty" in my timetable particularly this current semester because of my fully loaded schedule. But anyways, i'm trying. As a working student, i know in myself that being able to give service in return was already a part of me. Infact, as i've entered the office i was assigned in, it's like i'm not in a duty or what, but more of a second home for me already. Even if i'm not really close to the people in there, i can say that they're really generous, kind, and easy to get along, and i mean it. Aside from that, i was given the chance to have an advanced training or somewhat an overview of what an officework was like, which i've found really helpful for myself. It's really heartwarming to help other people on what to do regarding their inquiries. I felt blessed that i was able to do the assisting, accompanying and all as part of my responsibilities. And seeing a genuine smile and hearing a simple "Thank You" from them was more than enough.

Being A College Student

             Being in college is a big word which comes with a big responsibility and big opportunity at the same time. It is an another path for you to take, somehow, a preparation and training before you proceed to the real world by your own.

            As i've entered college, ofcourse, i have to bear with several adjustments in my daily life because i knew for a fact that things wouldn't adjust for me, right? Honestly, its not that easy at first. I've seen myself cramming on what to do given a limited time to finish such school works. I've almost experienced quitting for the reason that i'm having a hard time adjusting myself to a subject that i'm not really great in. In addition, i'm also a working student so i have to manage my schedule well for my duty. But, thank God, i got capable of surviving things and as time went by, i've managed to fit in. I have learned that being in college requires great discipline to deal strictly with the rules, such as bearing with the daily security inspection, proper school attire,coming to school on time to assure you're in for the daily attendance, etc. Hardwork and striving harder in concern with your studies are a must, not just for yourself, but even for the people expecting on you. Aside from that, i've seen that being in college is not just about studying, but for having fun as well. You'll get to know more people and gain friends, enjoy and experience different things for the first time that surely are memories worth keeping, discover and develop more in yourself, and encounter more unexpectancies.

         

           Being in college isn't bad at all. What's best are to be dedicated in every single thing that you do, just enjoy and savor every moment, and don't take things under pressure. Do your best and God will do the rest.