Blogging for peace in the heart in Mindanao-Marawi

  

  Peace as being defined by Mr Abdul into 4 components peace within yourself, between you and god, your relationship to people, to neighbors and to the environment.

  

  Mindanao-Marawi is not all about war. This is not a war zone where in fact there are many students here that is came from other places who studied in here and safely graduated and are professionals today.

Last November 30, 2016 we the marketing 111 students together with our instructor Prof. Richard Celeste  promotes our advocacy for peace in Mindanao. We have our tour inside the MSU .We all know that news is very bias this is the power of social media . It was being the highlight in the news that    there was a bomb here in Marawi and it is not true.    

  We as a students that is currently studying here try to help Mindanao-Marawi by capturing and saying our thoughts about it. I hope that everyone  will not be one sided only and I hope that everyone  will do the same. Simple action even though just a little bit it gives a very big help.

               PROUD TO BE A MINDANAON. 

Mini Forum

  Last November 30, 2016 the mini forum was held at CBAA Canteen with the guest speaker sultan of Marawi, executive officer, Mr. Abdul Hamidullah Atar. It was my great pleasure to meet and listen to his talk.

  One of the highlight that Mr. Abdul talked about is peace. Mr Abdul shared about the reasons and the impact to the indigenous people about the doctrine. Then after that he also shared the 5 approaches of Quran such as social contract, reconciliation, good governance, economic development and freedom. Social contract is all about the protection, respect especially in terms of religion. Reconciliation means that the girl should have the right also, good economic development means that those “pautang”  should be demolished and lastly the freedom that those people who are slave were no longer be a slave. See how these approaches are. In talking about freedom then peace was defined by Mr Abdul into 4 components the peace within yourself, between you and god, your relationship to people, to neighbors and to the environment. Muslims is composed of many tribes, one of those is Meranao. Meranao is homogenous means they are a group that protected their    relatives or each other.

 

Mr.ABDUL HAMIDULLAH ATAR

I learned something that afternoon and I also I realized something important that Muslims should not be judged by everyone.

Familiarization Tour

    Familiarization tour sounds great and exciting. Doing this kind of
activity is not just for fun but also promoting the beauty of MSU as well as peace to everyone. Let’s check it out.

    Last November 30, 2016 the marketing 111 together with our
instructor Prof. Richard Celeste conducted a tour in MSU. Assembly is in our college, 6:30 a.m. our first destination is in MSU 3D everyone took photos on it and we conducted an exercise with the beautiful sunrise behind us. How beautiful the creations made by GOD. Second destination is in the place where it is cold not because it is raining but because of the tall tress surrounded in the place. Most color that you noticed is green and it is so refreshing in that place. Third is in golf course, the wide and beautiful golf course ever a place where you can unwind and relax. It is so fresh in there that you don’t want to go home because of the atmosphere of the place. We have our
parlor games there and it is so enjoyable. Forth destination is in
Aga Khan museum where you can saw the different preserved and cultural artifacts of meranao people. Fifth is in Ayala resort where you can take a look the wonderful views there and also the different houses that represents the different tribe of muslims. Sixth is in the KFCIAAS where you can find the big masjid (Muslims church) and lastly is in the entrance of MSU.

    The tour was very successful though it is so hot but it is all worth it because in my 3 years here in MSU it is my first time to visit some of those places.

AGA KHAN MUSEUM

AGA KHAN MUSEUM

One of the significant landmarks in Marawi City “Aga Khan Museum”.

Last November 30, 2016 in our familiarization tour in MSU one of our stops is in Aga Khan Museum. Accordingly Aga Khan  is named after Prince Karim Aga Khan IV , where donation made the construction of the building possible. It was opened on June 13, 1962.

The inauguration of the Aga Khan museum of Islamic arts was on March 23, 1969 attended by miss Gemma Cruz-Araneta who gave brief remarks before the ceremonial ribbon cutting. It was also attended by senators Domocao Alonto and Mamintal Tamano Listen. The ribbon was cutted by miss Geneva Cruz-Araneta that uses the meranao kris to officially open the museum and assisted by Dr. Antonio Isidro, Mrs Isidro and Mrs. Linang Mandangan.

There is also a picture of the first commencement exercise 1966 it was attended by late President Ferdinanand Marcos together with his better half.

What’s inside the Aga Khan?  There are many cultural artifacts that were preserved. Check it out. . .

 The torogan as replica meranao traditional house, a traditional royal house.

Awang as meranao boat painted with okir designs.  

Indigenous people costumes.

 

 They also have a paying “a diyakatan” a meranao ceremonial parasol decorated with different colors of sequins and beads.

Next is the different species:

                   

The tarsier 

 

                                                                                            

                                      Big eagle 

         

        Deer( citvos) 

 

 and others.  Lets check it out the OKIR GALLERY:

 

 

 

OTHER BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL ARTIFACTS. . .

 

The ceramics displayed in the museum were projects of MSU-Filipinas Foundation. The designs adopted the Maranao art, okir.

 

a replica of a traditional royal bed.

Meranao culture is very unique and until now they preserved their cultural artifacts, they gave value to all of them which is good and inspiring.

Exploring the Aga Khan makes me think how beautiful and amazing it is. In my 3 years of staying in MSU it is my second time to visit Aga Khan but still it never fails to amaze me.

Successful Enterprise

“The secret of a business is to know something that nobody else knows”

-Aristotle

            Successful business enterprise?  Let’s check it out what enterprise is it in our hometown.

Ferdinand multipurpose cooperative in our barangay is just one of those branches from the main cooperatives located in our neighbor barangay, barangay Ferdinand. The cooperative started in the year 1990 with less than 20 members contributed not less 300 pesos per member. The cooperative existed 26 years and is obviously have developments and improvements.

Prior to what they have achieved now the cooperative encountered problems not only in managing their inventories but also to their cashiers and sales ladies and men.  Accordingly there are not less than 10 cashiers have been replaced within 26 years. Now  if I am to judge how is the new cashier, I can say that she is better among those before her, she is serving for almost ten years now and making significant improvements such as recently the cooperative expanded their store and have a lot new items for sale.

Regarding their inventories problem the cooperative officers tried their best to manage their purchases and find ways to increase their sales per item using the strategy of lowering the price even if they only earn at least a profit of one peso item and that is accordingly an effective strategy.

Success is nothing without the cooperation of everyone and most especially the proper management of the managers or the officers.

Digital Marketing Skills Training

Last October 23, 2016 the digital marketing skills training was successfully done at Iligan Computer Institute, Iligan City. The program was hosted by Ms. Jeansen Lanticse and Mr. Kryss John Santilan. The program             was started by a prayer followed our national anthem and a welcome message by our adviser in Marketing 111 Prof. Richard S. Celeste.

The first speaker was Mr Junriel Bonachita, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer RIS Philippines; he talked about basic programming one commerce site development and content management software.  He taught us how to make an e commerce site since we are actually making it for our subject. He shared many tips and techniques, next speaker with the line “pag may wifi, may hanapbuhay”, Mr Ronald Ramboanga known for Miss Piper the founder and CEO of Knights Of Online Marketers who talked about how to start working as an online freelancer. Listening to all his experiences or the story behind their success is so inspiring. The KOM was started in small in a place that is small but at least they are comfortable and later on it becomes a big one when their clients are increasing. He provides work to his friends, how good his heart is. Not just for them but also in the community. I think this is one of the reasons why their business is successful. Next is the founder and CEO of RIS Philippines Mr. Johnny Paul H. Lagura who talked about digital opportunities through rural impact sourcing and he also share something inspiring about their company.

In the afternoon Mr Ronald Rambonga talked about the basics of social media marketing. He discussed all about Facebook and how to make a page on Facebook. The things we must do importantly and some techniques in posting our products online. Next is Miss Xerxes Queen Apostol Libre an enterprise owner, Dexter Print House who talked about Graphics Designing. Honestly this topic is difficult but Ms .Xerxes tries her best to make it simple to us. This is interesting, she shared the different uses of Photoshop and how to lay out a tarpaulin. Last speaker is Mr. Francis Steve Martinez enterprise owner Tibo Martinez videography who talked about the tips and tricks on creating awesome videos. And I learned and discovered that making or working this one is not that easy and I really find it difficult but interesting because if you are master in this kind of skills or talent then money is very easy to find.

The skills training were successfully done. It gives me more knowledge about social media because now a days you should be aware about social media it can helps you a lot and there is a big possibility that you will become rich because of social media.

“Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.” -Sudie Back   

       

55th Foundation Day

The Mindanao State University celebrates its 55^th foundation day and in line with it the celebration was not complete without the contests namely: musical extravaganza, dance festival dance sports and literary where the students can show their hidden talents.

MSU has 17 colleges and every college prepares their entries. Last October 5-9 the intramural games were started. Every colleges fight for the different sports with their sporty contestants. The games are badminton, softball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, track and field, lawn tennis and others. Every contestant has their own beautiful and attractive jersey shirts and jogging pants. The players really do their best to win in the said games. They show different moves, techniques or strategies. The grandstand and oval was very crowded and very noisy. Shout there shout here this is what the audience do. Rain or shine the games are still going on because they have allotted time to finish the games. Everyone are enjoying in the said event. And the overall champion of the intramural games goes to the college SPEAR.

So much for the sports talent.  Let’s hear the king and queen of the voices. Let’s go to the different voices that could touch our hearts. Last October 10, 2016 the Dimaporo gymnasium         was very full because of the audience it is estimated 2k people inside the gymnasium. How supportive the students really are. The gymnasium was very noisy because of the different cheers of every college. But in the end the crown was got by the College of Business Administration and Accountancy.

Let’s check it out the different moves with the dance festival held at Dimaporo gymnasium last October 11, 2016 the people who are there are estimated as 3k. The different colleges presented their breath taking entries when it comes to dance festival the unique and sexy moves are presented. The contests are line dance, street dance, Latin dance, folkdance, etc. after the contest the judges presented their moves also that makes the audience shout to the top but in the end the crown was goes to the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

College life is not complete without celebrating a foundation this is a break for a student for all those pressure days. So we take a break and just enjoy life.

 Happy happy 55^th foundation day MSU.

The place where I belong: "The Mystical Island Dinagat"

Have you ever gone to a place where everything you want is already there, in terms of beautiful beaches, beautiful sceneries or let just say a little/mini Palawan? If not, let us go! Let me tour you in our place but before that let me introduce it first.

            Philippines has 7,017 islands divided into 3 major parts namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Mindanao is popularly known as the” land of promise”. Looking at the map, our place is nowhere to be found because it is a small island but our place is so   wonderful and unique.  Let me start introducing our place in this way.

            Long, long time ago, there were two camps in an unknown place. The two camps were rivals. Both camps had their child a boy and girl named Prince Gat and Princess Dina. They fell in love with each other but because their families   were rivals there love became forbidden. There love was very powerful to the extent of fighting for it until the end. And the place where they lived was called Dinagat.

            Dinagat province was long before part of Surigao Del Norte, but Dec. 2, 2006       with the R.A No. 9355 it became a province. Unfortunately, last Feb. 11, 2011, the Supreme Court of the Philippine declared that the making of Dinagat as a province is null and void for the reason that Dinagat did not meet the requirement to make a local government unit. However on March 30 of the same year the Supreme Court reversed their decision and upheld the constitutionality of R.A No. 9355 and the creation of Dinagat islands as a province.

            

Dinagat came from the word “dinagatan” which means “ what you’ve got in fishing?”. It is an island surrounded by water and composed of 7 municipalities namely Basilisa, Dinagat, Libjo, Tubajon, Cagdianao, Loreto and San Jose. It is located near the Leyte gulf and at the south portion of Surigao del norte. It takes 2 hours from Surigao City to Dinagat province riding a pump boat. Its location being away from a city gives so many advantages to those people            who lived there in preserving their culture and their natural way of living. The people of Dinagat  are called Dinagatnon. Their common dialects are Surigaonon, bisaya, and Cebuano.

            Do you want a memorable bath and get tanned? Check these amazing beaches at Dinagat.  We have this Sta. Cruz beach located at the municipality of San Jose.

 Sundayo beach is located at the municipality of Basilisa. Sundayo originated from the       word “sundalo” which is translated in English as “army”. It is called Sundayo because there is a rock formation there that looks like the helmet of an army. We have this lake Bababu this condition of this lake is called “meramictic” a type of water body where fresh and marine water do not mix.

We have this Bitaog beach also.

 Next is the natural bonsai forest and bat sanctuary.

 Nature has always the best scenario to show but humans also do have their man-made beautiful sceneries. Let’s check this out. The Shrine and white castle located at the municipality of San Jose.

Dinagat has also their annual competition for their festival known” Bugkusan”   which means unity. The festival is done to build unity between the 7 municipalities of Dinagat Islands.

            Now how can you ignore the beauty of Dinagat province starting from the natural to man-made beautiful creations? I think there is no   way to ignore all of these, the only way you have to do is to grab your family and friends and see what is inside the mystical province of Dinagat.

            I am residing at the municipality of Basilisa saying: WHAT YOU HAVE READ IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF DINAGAT ISLANDS’ IRRESISTIBLE CHARM.

Trade Bazaar Exhibit

            Through the joint efforts of the Department of Trade and Industry and the College of Business Administration and Accountancy in preparing the opening of the trade bazaar exhibit it was successfully opened last August 30, 2016 at Peace Plaza, Mindanao State University Main Campus. This is the first time that MSU helds this kind of exhibit, therefore it was exciting to witness the said opening. The exhibit was open to all vendors or businessmen and women.

            The event was hosted by one of the instructors in Marketing Department. Marketing students gave an intermission number and showed their moves in dancing to entertain the viewers. There are different stalls came from different colleges and different places like stalls from College of Agriculture, College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, College of Fisheries, okir including the College of Business Administration and Accountancy practitioners. The venue which is the peace plaza was full of foods that were new in our sights and clothes as well.

            The said event was attended by the employees, staffs, instructors, and other individuals especially the instructor and professors from college of Business Administration and Accountancy together with the dean and also the students who were actively participating in the opening.  President Habib Watamama Macaayong together with his better half was also there. According to president Macaayong, it is good that the Department of Trade and Industry   have a partnership with Mindanao State University because it will give huge business opportunities in both the MSU and all the students.

The ribbon cutting was led by President Macaayong and after that everyone was welcome to join the said exhibit. After the ribbon cutting President  Macaayong visited every stall and took a look at for the different product that were offered. Everyone roamed around the plaza   and enjoyed taking pictures and buying foods. The opening was indeed enjoyable and successful.

MSU on its 55th Foundation Day

Accordingly Mindanao State University (MSU) was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387, as amended, was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao A. Alonto, as one of the government’s responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”. Today, MSU has various units in areas which cut across the Mindanao regions. From a one campus university in Marawi City. MSU has grown to a multi-campus university of eight autonomous campuses, which include: MSU-Main in Marawi City, MSU-IIT in Iligan City, MSU-TCTO in Tawi-Tawi, MSU-Naawan in Misamis Oriental, MSU-Maguindanao, MSU-General Santos, MSU-Sulu in Jolo and MSU Buug in Zamboanga Sibugay.^[4]

 The Mindanao State University also known as the “melting pot of the south” celebrates its 55^th foundation day with the theme “In partnership with the National Government in Pursuing Reforms towards Peace and Poverty Alleviation”. The parade started at 7:00 A.M. A long long parade because MSU is composed of 17 colleges. Festive is the best thing to describe MSU in that time. Every college prepares different yells even though we are very exposed in the sunlight but it is all worth it because we really enjoy it. The hosts welcome every college and they introduces it by naming its future career. Imagine how old Mindanao State University is? I am very proud to be part of MSU to be an Msuan, because it is not easy. You are  Msuan if you will survive not just for the safety aspects but all the aspects. Because of hotness the people are thirsty and hungry so they visited the trade bazaar in the peace plaza and buy foods and the others are taking photos.

The celebration in the morning was successful and in the afternoon there will be a discussion about Federalism in the Dimaporo Gymnasium.

This is Me

Have you ever felt like you were made to do something?

I am Jeia and I want to do so many things in my life.

“  You have to believe in yourself when no one does and that’s what makes you a winner”

-          Venus Williams

I really love this adage because it makes me realize something very important. My name is Jeia Manto Tubo, 21 years of age, BSBA Entrepreneurial Marketing. Manufactured by Mr. Junito Tubo and Mrs Virginia Tubo, product of the province of love, Dinagat Islands. I have 6 siblings.

            About myself? It is a difficult question for me because I am a woman who is not fun of sharing my life to others but this time it is a big challenge for me to do this. So here it goes. I am a type of person who can easily be disappointed and I am afraid of rejection. I don’t want to be rejected but entering the business world made me realize that I should accept rejections because it is one of the spices in the business— to be rejected by others. This is one of the challenges that should be accepted.  I don’t want to wait, I don’t want in the noisy place and I don’t want to be with a serious person. Talent? Last time I checked I love dancing because that is one of my passions but when I enter college I slowly forget that passion, not totally forget but not now, because I realized that college life is not that easy so I decided to forget that just for now and maybe when I graduate, I will pursue that passion of mine. Accordingly, you cannot serve two masters at a time and yes, it is true for me because all I want is to focus on my studies. I am a very emotional person and sometimes loner but I love myself this way. Sometimes I am weird because I keep talking to myself and staring in the people who pass by, to the flowers, and to the grasses.  Dreams? I have a lots dreams and one of those is to travel around the world especially in Paris I want to take a look in Eiffel tower and take some pictures. I just want to explore the world like Dora.

            A woman who have dreams in life, a lovable one and hope to be loved also by those people I love, approachable, and friendly. This is me I have lots of imperfections and flaws I am not perfect but I am a child of God.
                                                 

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