July 4, 2015 "Technopreneurship 1" Meeting Reflection

What I like?

            During last July 4 Saturday Technopreneurship 1 meet up, I came to school in a hurry because I am going to be late if I will just walk slowly due to I woke up late around 7:40 am and the class start at 8:00 am.  I am glad that I am not late, I was just right in time and have a good seat in front but what annoy me are my printed papers for our assignment about the innovations on the four establishments specifically the school, hotel, shopping malls and fast-food chain was left on the table inside our home.  I was so stressed when I remember that I have forgot the printed papers because if I will not pas it during that meet up then I will be dead.  My classmates are telling me that it is okay because some of my classmates did not bring their own printed papers too but I said no it is okay, it was so clear when our facilitator said that we must pass all of his requirements on or before the deadline.  I want to go back home at that time, I want to freeze the clock and run so fast so that I could my assignment, in my mind I was so depressed that my hard work and effort on making that twenty pages innovation will come to waste and mean nothing if I will not pass it.  But suddenly Mr. Gamboa appeared inside the atmosphere of the computer laboratory 2 and starts his class right away.  My heart during that time is beating so fast, it feels like it is going to burst because I am expecting that the first activity that our facilitator Mr. Gamboa will do is to make us report our own innovations one by one in front of the class.  I calm myself and pray that Mr. Gamboa will somehow forget the assignmentand will command us to make some activity and then boom!  Our facilitator asked us to get one whole sheet of paper then I was relieved from the stressed that I feel due to that diversion activity.  So our facilitator have conducted his first and only quiz last July 4 that worth five thousand points, we were so shocked because we don’t what we will going to answer because he has not given any lectures yet.  Our facilitator asked the one whole sheet of paper and the sad news is the majority of the class did not have their own yellow paper and I am one of them. I scan my laptop bag to see if there is any sheet of paper left but there is none so I tried to ask to my classmate Mikee to give some piece of paper but what Mr. Gamboa instructed is a money-getter.  Mr. Gamboa said that to any one that will ask a piece of paper then they must have to pay twenty pesos for every one piece of paper.  My goodness I don’t have enough money that time, I’ve only got only fifty pesos from my mother and some coins in my pocket, so in order to have a one piece of paper for the one and only quiz of Mr. Gamboa I pay twenty pesos.  My classmate said no I don’t have to pay but Mr. Gamboa also warned those ones who have their own paper that if they are not going to take the money then Mr. Gamboa will give some punishments.  We were all laughing because we were aware that our money are just enough for us to survive the whole day in our school.  So we started the quiz, Mr. gamboa gives his first instruction which is to write our names, so most of my classmate write away their names on the yellow paper but what makes them wild is the first instruction of Mr. Gamboa is not done yet, it has a continuation which is to write our surnames at the bottom left of the yellow paper follow by a comma and make sure that the yellow paper has no erasures.  Those of my classmates who rapidly write their names change their paper and buy again another piece of paper and pay each one costing twenty pesos each.  So sad because it seems like just another buying of paper then they will be bankrupt and will walk along the way to their own homes.  Luckily I did not write away my name, I have waited all his intructions to finished so that I can do it right.  The second instruction of Mr. Gamboa is to write our first names on the paper, my classmates have learned the lesson that we must not be in hurry taking the instruction so they did not write away their names.  The second instructions continuation is to write our first names at the bottom right of the paper.  The third instruction is to write our middle names at the upper center of the paper.  I have done the first stage of the quiz without buying another piece of paper, I am happy to make it but I am a bit sad to feel the pockets of my classmates who did not follow the instructions so well because they have buy a lot of papers and pay a lot.In our quiz we have two stages to take, we have finished the first stage by writing those, and the second stage is to draw 9 dots in the middle center of the yellow paper.  But before he let us draw the nine dots, he said that we have to bring out our blue inked ball pen, we must use it to draw the nine dots.  My goodness I don’t have blue inked ball pen because I don’t like it, I am very used to of using black pens ever since elementary days.What areworsening the scenario are those who have their extra blue ball pen they must have to sell it for fifty pesos to those who does not have blue pens.  Damn, I am wasted, I don’t have a blue ball pen and now I have to buy.  Luckily the majority of the class does not have blue pens so Mr. Gamboa decided to let us use the black pens to draw the nine dots.  So we draw the nine dots at the center of the paper.  Mr. Gamboa gives his instructionon what to do with those 9 dots arranged in three columns by three rows.  Mr. Gamboa that the second quiz will be a logic type quiz, he instruct that we must have to connect all the nine dots without lifting our black pens.  I love logic games and puzzles so I guess that I will not have a hard time finding out the formula on solving the quiz but I am wrong because while the quiz is going on, it is getting harder to think on how to solve it.  Mr. Gamboa gives us almost 5 minutes to solve the logic game of the nine dots.  I was looking to my classmates, they scratching their heads because they don’t expect that the quiz will be like that.  I made my first try to solve the nine dots on a scratch paper so that I will have no erasure on the yellow paper.  I have tried a lot of attempts to connect the dots but there is no good result because it took me five strokes to connect those dots.  Along with the instruction of Mr. Gamboa he added that we must only use four strokes.  It took me five trials and attempts to solve the logic game.  I have finished the second stage of the quiz before the time ends.  Then Mr. Gamboa checked the attendance list to look for someone who will first attempt to solve the logic game, it was Mr. PocholoZoiloRecto who Mr. Gamboa called out to go first but he did not know the answer so Mr. Gamboa call again someone.  It was Ms. Estrella Grace Pansacala who seconded the attempt but the same with Mr. Recto they don’t know the answer so Mr. Gamboa opens the call to everyone who knows the answer to come in front and draw the solution.  There were only two of us that time who raise our hands but it was the other guy who answered because he was too near at the white board and can easily get the white markers so I let him.  We have the same pattern of answer on how to connect the nine dots with only four strokes without lifting the ball pens.  I am happy to finish the quiz without any mistakes, for those of my classmates who have failed many times, try again and again next time.

            In my whole life at school it was my first time to take that kind of quiz.  It is a kind of quiz that has so many complicated instructions.  But this quiz teaches us a whole lot of lessons about taking an instruction and how to make money in a simple type of business.  What I like in this quiz is it reminds me to take instructions wisely; I must not be on a hurry so that I can avoid any mistakes.  I can see how my classmates being so frustrated about the quiz because they have wasted so many papers and a lot of money.  It is all due to their tactless moves, they did not wait to Mr. Gamboa finish his instructions.  I believe that Mr. Gamboa was just testing us on how are we going to take simple instructions and how are we going to handle stress and pressures.  This quiz teaches me not only on how to take a quiz but also I can incorporate the lessons that I have learned from that quiz to my personal decisions in life.  It reminds me that I must not make mistakes and always follow instructions in a right way.  It is also a reminder for us aspiring technopreneurs that we must follow instructions especially now that we are going to enter a competition at the Smart Sweep to be held at the Manila City.  In the subject Technopreneurship we have a lot of rules and instructions that we must have to follow so that we can win every requirement that Mr. Gamboa will throw to us.  This quiz teaches us on how to become more sharp and wise on taking instructions.  This quiz also teaches us how to become a business man in a simple way but will surely bring us a lot of money.  In our quiz we must buy a one piece of paper for twenty pesos to use, to those students who do not have papers then we are force to buy no matter what price or the cost of a one paper just to make sure that we can do the quiz.  We have no choice but to buy even if it is very against the will of me to pay twenty pesos because if I only got the chance to go out before we start the quiz, I can buy it for only one peso for three pieces of yellow paper.  But what I realized from that scenario in our quiz is, if we have a product which everyone in the world really needs then that product no matter what the price is it will be all sold out.  In our case, the yellow paper is our most needed product by that time so we are too please to buy it, lucky for those classmates of mine that has a lot of papers because they have a lot of incomes, I asked one of my classmate for the total of his income, she answered “it has a total of one hundred forty pesos!”  Wow! Imagine if I am doing that kind of business since I was in high school until now in college; imagine the amount of money that I can earn from those papers worth twenty pesos each.  This scenario teaches me how to make a product that will surely have a big income; I must think of a product that everyone must need.  That quiz is very symbolic because it opens our eyes to reality of this world.  As an aspiring technopreneur, I must think of an idea that will solve real world problems, I must think of a real solution with that problem.  Proposing an idea is too hard because it must meet the standards of what a good quality of products is.  Every time I remember that quiz it always makes me smile, I must say that I am thankful to take that quiz.

            But most of all, what I like in our meeting is, Mr. Gamboa have said that we will not going to pitch our innovations on the four establishments, instead we are going to make it by 3:00pm afternoon at the same computer laboratory 2 after his class for the “masteral students”.  I am so happy to hear that announcement because I will have a time to go back home and get my printed papers and also I can have a time to practice my pitching of ideas in front of the class.But what I like the most during our meeting last July 4 is, Mr. Gamboa instructed those students who have earned money from the papers to returns it to the owners.  Well I admit that I was so happy because if Mr. Gamboa did not make that decision then I will have no money to buy my lunch and I will walk my way back home, it will be too pity on me.  My classmate gives back my twenty pesos and we live happily ever after.  After we dismiss in Mr. Gamboa’s class, it was still so early so my friends and I have decided to stay a bit of time inside the laboratory to document our new ideas.Those 3 hours of meeting is worth to attend because I have acquired a lot of knowledge and wisdom to my professor Mr. Gamboa.  He teaches us ways and techniques on how to become more solid and a productive technopreneurs.  He teaches us that we can earn a lot of money in simple ways if we only choose to use our brains.  To think and think, never stop to think of any wild ideas because we don’t know what that idea could bring us to our lives.  He always inspires us in so many ways though he is giving a lot of thousand words reflection we are still thankful after all because it teaches how to use our minds and teach us how to elaborate more our own ideas so that if the time will come that we will have to submit requirements regarding the ideas then it will be too easy for us to make a number of pages printed paper works.  I am very thankful to Mr. Gamboa as our facilitator in our subject I.T Electives --Technopreneurship 1.

What I like least?

            Last July 4 Saturday Technopreneurship 1 meet up is the deadline for us to pass our idea innovation to the four establishment specifically on school, shopping mall, hotel and fast food chain; each establishment requires five pages per innovation.  During the time Mr. Gamboa gave us the assignment, I was so shocked about the number of pages per innovation because I never expect of it and I can’t trust myself to the possibility that I can finish the assignment on time because technopreneurship is not the only subject that I have this first semester of the school year, I have five subject all in all and in each subject we have a lot of works.  But I know that I can’t complain because I don’t have any power to complain, all we have is just the motto of the most famous athletic Store Brand which is the Nike wherein there saying is “Just do it”.  Just do it, it is all that we can do and just believe that this will help us someday at the future when we will going to have our works.  I am willing to admit that I am having hard times doing this all but every time that I am in the middle of number of words required, I am more encourage and energies to finish the pages.  During our morning meeting in the subject Technopreneurship 1, I was just so lucky that Mr. Gamboa did not push the discussion about the innovations on the four establishments because if he did then I am sure that I will get a failing grade on this subject.  Our facilitator Mr. Gamboa announced at the end of our class quiz that we will have the pitching of ideas at 3:00pm at the same place at Computer Laboratory 2.  So we were all relieved to our nervousness because we are all not ready to take the pitching, but I guess that to the entire student inside that laboratory that time is I am the luckiest one because I can have the chance to go back home and get my forgotten innovation assignment.  I have my soft copy of the twenty pages in my laptop but I can’t afford to spend another money to have a new copy of the innovations because I don’t have enough money by that time and I don’t want to barrow any money from my classmates.  I really don’t like the scenarios happened after our class because there are bad things that have happened to me.  When I went back home I feel so dizzy and my head aches a lot due to the hot weather.  I don’t really like how my head goes in circle and I can’t practice my pitch, I don’t have a choice but to rest first for a while to restore my strength.  I did not and just sleep right away, my plan is just to sleep for one hour so that I can have hours for practicing my pitching of ideas but sad to say, when I woke up it is quarter to 3:00pm.  I woke up late due to I have taste a good sleep and rest; I was in a hurry to eat and pack up my bag so that I can catch our class.  I almost forgot to bring again the printed papers of innovation, I just thank God that I have remember the place where I put it.  I ran so fast straight to the riding station just a hundred steps from our house and run again straight to the University of Southeastern of the Philippines after the ten minutes ride to school.  So to sum up the story, I catch the class, I got there before the class starts and have a bit of time to scan my printed papers.  I was so nervous and wish that I was not the first one to present so that I can ready myself in front of the classmates and also can ready myself from any question that will be thrown to me.  I don’t know what to feel that time, a minute before the pitching of ideas will start I prayed to the Lord God almighty a blessing of wisdom so that I can stand up with confidence, I was relieve with my prayer because I know that God is with me all the time.  As I saw Mr. Randy S. Gamboa approaching the premises of the Institute of Computing Computer Laboratory 2, I announced it to my class mates a then we hurry to get inside the computer laboratory 2.  We were so quite during that time because we admit that we are so intimidated to the presence of Mr. Randy S. Gamboa, we really respect Mr. Gamboa as our facilitator in Technopreneurship 1.  All our mouth were all close, we are just in focus to our innovations and practicing silently our pitching.  Mr. Gamboa entered the computer laboratory 2 and then asks the presence of the technopreneurship day class Ms. Sharlene to ask if there is any other available classroom to conduct that pitching of ideas or innovations.  So Ms. Sharlene come so fast in front and told Sir Gamboa that the computer laboratory 1 is occupied by the class of Mr. Reyes and they are occupying it until 7:00 pm.  Mr. Gamboa went to the receiving desk of the Computer Laboratory 2 to think of a way so that the pitching of ideas will be push through because we have a deadline to follow, we have a deadline to submit our good ideas.  So Sir Gamboa decided that the pitching of our ideas will be conducted at the fifth floor of the Engineering building, so we students go out of the computer laboratory 2 and started walking straight up stairs to the room 505 at the fifth floor of the building but before we left the room, there was a sudden change of mind of Mr. Gamboa, he decided to cancel the pitching of ideas and we will have it on Monday and we must be at the computer laboratory 1 before 8:00 am so that we can ready our reports.  We are not happy with the decision but we don’t have any choice to provoke because it was his decision.  We are not happy because we have our own classes from other subjects by Monday; if we will not come then our grades to other subjects will be compromise.  Some of my classmates approach this problem to Mr. Gamboa but still the plan will be conducted no matter what because it is only his free time.  We understand the schedule of Mr. Gamboa because he is a busy man.  My mind was separated in two things due to the scenario, in my mind it was good that the pitching of ideas is cancelled so that we will have long enough time to practice more our speech deliberation so that we can really convince and persuade Mr. Gamboa that our ideas are so good and it can be commercialized.  In my second thought, the scenario is not good because we will be late in our deadline and our subjects on Monday will be compromise, of course I don’t want to fail to my other subjects.  We don’t know what to say or to do during that time because at the first place our money used to fare back again at school was wasted and second thing is our pitching of ideas was cancelled. 

            A lot of things happened during our July 4 2015 technopreneurship meet up.  Things that we did not expect to happen at all.  But after all of these scenarios, I have learned a lot of things that I can incorporate in the field of technopreneurship.  I want to share what I have learned last July 4 meeting.  I don’t know what to write anymore, my brain is starting to drain out words now so I am going to share now what I have learned and hope you like it.

First, I must always be ready on my things to present to the professors.  I must always remember every requirement.  This attitude will not only help me to pass subjects at school but also this can help me to make me a more always ready technopreneur.  We aspiring technopreneur must always come ready to any meetings that we will have at the future so that we can avoid any bad things and also if we are ready then the clients or customers will like our services.  I have learned my lesson last July 4 so I will never make it happen again on my future class in technopreneurship 1 and also to all my other subjects so that I can pass them all because I really want to graduate now in college life.  So through technopreneurship, I can have the chance to succeed through technological business.  I must possess the attitudes of the army people, to be always ready for any battle on the field.  Technopreneurship class is not just a subject; this is our way or path to success in life.  We must all be very ready in everything.  Second, we must be always adaptive to everything that will happen to our environment.  So as I write all the scenarios happened last July 4 there are a lot of things happened, things that affect my life.  I must be adaptive to the environment because it will help me to develop my skills in technopreneurship.  If we know what kind of ground that we are revolving with then it will be our weapon to make new ideas and innovation that can help the society and also the entire world.  If we learn on how to adapt then we can easily think of things on how to solve any problem that might occur.  Third, I must stop complaining.  There are a lot of things that happened last July 4, things that comes with lessons.  We students must stop complaining to the things that we encounter in our class which we think that is some kind of not in our favors.  We students should always look at the brighter side of the story.  We should be thankful for everything.  Fourth, always follow rules.  It is important for all the students to follow instructions because it is a mandate but of course we must follow those rightful instructions.  Our Professor Mr. Gamboa is very clear on giving instruction to his students which is a good thing for us.  A good technopreneur know how to follow instructions.  We must follow instruction because it will guide us to do the right thing.  Fifth, always think of a plan ahead of time.  We all need this type of ability so that we will have good results for our future plans.  It is always good to always have a contingency plan on our actions because it will keep us safe and we can avoid any troubles.

I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason, what happened last July 4 have a reason.  I actually have a band rehearsal during that afternoon meet up but I have a priority which is my school so I don’t and never regret to go there at school.  We aspiring technopreneurs should always be an open minded person for businesses.  Businesses that can really give a great fortune to us technopreneurs, but also businesses that could also help others.  I believe that we have Mr. Gamboa is with us for a reason.  I have learned that technopreneurship comes from entrepreneurship but it has some modification because there will be a use of pure technology in technopreneurship world.  What I also like is that in technopreneurship there are a lot of opportunities and chances to become a successful business man without having capital money, all we need in technopreneurship to start in this business are our own unique ideas.  I admit that Mr. Gamboa is the best for being a facilitator.

It is not really that I have some dislikes during our meeting because there is no really things that I don’t like during the July 4, 2015 meet up.  If there is something that I don’t like during that day is the fact that I was so stupid for forgetting my important printed papers to be passed during that day.

I should be starting of a good or more over is a great idea that will surely win the SMART SWEEP competition because all of us now were so pressured of our tasks to be on top 10.  I can’t blame it because the winners of the last year’s competition were all coming from the University of Southeastern Philippines from the Institute of Computing information technology course.  I feel so honored to be a part of an institute which bring success and honor to the school.  I have a dream now to be the next big winner so that I can say to myself that I can really do change the world through technology and also I want to make my parents proud.  I together with my classmates we were all doing all our best just to pass a great ideas, we want to double the awards the university have acquired.  It is a very big challenge to all of us because we have a lot of things to do not just this but I believe to ourselves that we really can do this no matter what will happen.  If there is also a thing which I don’t like during that day is the realization of I must keep away all of the things that I loved to do during free time because I must do all the reflections.  I admit it that in the first place I was a bit annoyed but the more I do it the more I understand how important to set priorities.  School is my number one priority now because I really want to graduate on the year 2017 and hopefully everything will cooperate and ma the force be with me and also to my classmates.  My parents are my motivation now and inspirations, I don’t want to let them down.  I want to make them happy and pay back all of their sacrifices for me.  I want to find a way to lift them up to a life with pleasures and enjoy life more because they were getting older now.  I want to keep up my grades now and have no fail, it was already one year now that I don’t have any failing grade so I want to keep that record, have no failing grade until graduation day.  There is no thing that I don’t like and if there is, it just like I don’t care about it and I can live without it in my life.  I am starting to love technopreneurship now and I want to do anything just to become a successful technopreneur at the future and have a better life and also help other people.