Program Launch and Orientation: YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY SEASON 7
We are pleased to announce that the RAFI-Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center is now accepting applicants for the Young Minds Academy (YMA) Season 7!
To officially launch the season and provide potential applicants more information about YMA, we will be holding a PROGRAM LAUNCH & ORIENTATION on January 26, Saturday, 2:00 PM, at the Paglaum Rooms, 3rd floor, Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, 35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City. Hope you can invite interested youth leaders to come.
For more information about the program, and to download the list of requirements and application forms, you may log on to: www.rafi.org.ph/leadership-citizenship/young-minds-academy.
Spread the word! Thank you!
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Program Launch and Orientation: YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY SEASON 7
We are pleased to announce that the RAFI-Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center is now accepting applicants for the Young Minds Academy (YMA) Season 7!
To officially launch the season and provide potential applicants more information about YMA, we will be holding a PROGRAM LAUNCH & ORIENTATION on January 26, Saturday, 2:00 PM, at the Paglaum Rooms, 3rd floor, Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, 35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City. Hope you can invite interested youth leaders to come.
For more information about the program, and to download the list of requirements and application forms, you may log on to: www.rafi.org.ph/leadership-citizenship/young-minds-academy.
Spread the word! Thank you!
Program Launch and Orientation: YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY SEASON 7
We are pleased to announce that the RAFI-Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center is now accepting applicants for the Young Minds Academy (YMA) Season 7!
To officially launch the season and provide potential applicants more information about YMA, we will be holding a PROGRAM LAUNCH & ORIENTATION on January 26, Saturday, 2:00 PM, at the Paglaum Rooms, 3rd floor, Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, 35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City. Hope you can invite interested youth leaders to come.
For more information about the program, and to download the list of requirements and application forms, you may log on to: www.rafi.org.ph/leadership-citizenship/young-minds-academy.
Spread the word! Thank you!
“Patrick is a scholar of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation - Young Minds Academy. On 16 May 2012, the scholars will undergo an immersion via an urban backpacking program called the Urban Development Awareness Walk. In case of an emergency or for further concerns to the activity and the scholars, please notify…”
9:00 AM. Nagsimula yung Urban Backpacking namin. First check point namin eh sa Cebu City Health Office. 01K yung sinakyan namin.
- Cebu City Health Office - I was assigned to ask about the services of the office. Yung iba, nag-occular inspection sa vicinity ng office. It is awkward kasi yung tabi niya eh motel at ironic dahil yung tapat ng motel eh school. Ugh! Nagcacampaign sila about sanitation eh ang bumungad nga sa amin eh lalakeng umiihi sa gulong ng sasakyan. Ewan ko ba kung matatawa ako. Malapit din dun ang Regional Office ng DSWD, at tabi nun eh squatters’ area. Pagkatapos naming magawa yung task eh binigay sa amin yung susunod na travel card. “It is the IT-BPO hub”, yun ang clue. Papasakayin kami ng 04C. It as Cebu I.T. Park. Naghahanap kami ng loading area sa lugar, wala kaming makita. Puro “No Stopping Anytime” ang nakikita namin. Nagtanong kami sa pulis kung saan ang loading area, sabi niya dun lang, pero may “No Stopping Anytime” na sign sa tinuro niya eh! Frustrating talaga. Pati pulis na hinuhuli ka dahil lumabag ka sa traffic rules, lumalabag din pala sa traffic regulations. Sumakay nalang kami.
- Cebu IT Park - Ibinaba kami ng jeep sa The Walk. Ibinigay sa amin ang task. Bibilangin daw namin kung ilan ang establishment sa park. So ayun, nilibot namin yung park. Nahiya naman ako habang naglalakad kami sa harapan ng Starbucks, KFC, Bo’s Coffee, mga restaurants at bars. Hindi pa kami nangangalahati eh pagod na pagod na kami. Pero feel na feel namin ang paglalakad sa ilalim ng high-rise buildings which houses the BPO companies. Maraming sosyal, sobra. Natapos namin yung task, at kumain ng lunch. Pagkatapos nun, naghintay kami ng jeep sa jeepney stop at pumunta sa “Oldest Street in the Philippines”
- Colon Street - Nasa obelisk na kami ng Colon nung binigay sa amin yung task. Bibilangin namin yung mga buildings na kailangan ng i-repair. As usual, polluted pa rin ang Colon. You can still consider it as a center of commerce dahil marami pa ring business establishments. Maraming mukhang snatcher, pulubi, sidewalk vendor, pokpok, etc. Awkward nga nung napadaan kami sa isang sinehan na puro sex films yung pinapalabas. OH EM! Natapos namin yung task at pinapunta kami sa church na pinakamalapit doon.
- Sto. Rosario Church - Dito, pinahanap kami ng stranger at tatanungin namin sila kung saan sila nanggaling at saan sila pupunta at ilang oras ang gugugulin nila para sa travel time. Pinabilang rin kami ng mga dumadaan na sasakyan. 443 ata yung nabilang namin. Natapos namin yung challenge at ewan ko na kung ano ang susunod.
- Carbon Market - Eto na ata yung climax nung walk namin. Binigyan kami ng P305, minimun wage sa Cebu. Sa P305 na iyon, dapat mapakain namin ang isang pamilya na may 14 people sa isang araw. Breakfast, Lunch, at Dinner. That was really challenging! Ako ang mayhawak sa pera. Bumili kami ng tatlong kilong Davao Rice, Gulay, Itlog, P20 worth ng baboy, Galunggong, Tinapay, Munggo. etc. Lumabas yung “tawad” skills ng mga kasama ko. Dito ako sobrang napagod. May nahuli din ako dun na nanonood ng porn.
- Plaza Independencia/Cebu Technological University/Estero Parian - Pagkatapos namin mamili eh pinapunta kami sa Plaza Independencia. Nagpahinga kami dun. Matapos naming makapagrecharge eh pinapunta kami sa CTU, sa deep well daw dun. Pagkarating namin eh binigay sa amin ang last task: I-tetrace namin ang Estero Parian sa modern-day world. Estero Parian by the way was the source of fresh water ng mga Cebuanos noong panahon ng Kastila. Ngayon, eh naging kanal na siya, at yung ibang parte nito ay hindi na makita kasi may mga buildings na nakatayo sa ibabaw ng estero. Ayun, na-trace naman namin not until we got into Gaisano Main. Pagtingin namin, hindi na naman madefine kung asan ang karugtong nun.
Sa Casa Gorodo kami nagpahinga at ginawa yung mga final activities namin sa walk. 4:00 PM namin natapos ang walk. Isa talaga ‘tong eye-opener at mas naliwanagan ako sa tunay na kalagayan ng Cebu City. Kung bakit may Uptown at Downtown.
Bakit kaya walang Starbucks sa “Oldest street in the Philippines”?
(Source: heredero)
Now, I thank the Lord na nakapasok kami sa RAFI-EADSC YMA. After the long process of keen scrutiny, HAAAY! Nabunutan na talaga ng tinik ang dibdib ko.
Law of Attraction talaga, at prayers.
YMA Season 6, here we come.
