The PERSEF3 BLOG PART IV

The PERSEF3 BLOG PART IV - Gelo Ybanez Nov 20, 2012

On the fourth meeting of our Persef3 class, we had a little activity about words which had meaning to us which we had to give out a definition for also. Miss gave all of us strips of paper in which had 2 words, at first I really did not know what to do with it and neither did I have a clue on what was to come, until miss told us to give 3 separate meanings for each in different timelines. The first was the meaning that we had about the words when we were back in high school, the next is the present day or in our college days, and finally the last is five years after graduation. The words that I chose were Competence and Faith, which had so much effect on me when I saw those words because I knew that these 2 words affected me a lot all through out my life. Because back in high school I didnt become competent until I felt pressured to because my grades fell down that time, and in faith, I didnt have a lot because I didnt have a lot of confidence in myself also which I knew worked together. But I saw changes in the meaning as I grew into a college man, I felt that I had the experience to be competent so it was easy for me to cope up with work, rather than in high school, and in faith, it grew rapidly because my knowledge expanded in my religion and I also grew into a mature man so I have more confidence in myself now. And in the future, I know both words will grow on me more because of the rapid rate on how I understand both words in the present. In the future, as I graduate and leave La Salle, my alma mater and school pride will stick to me and I am very proud to say that I will be La Sallian as I grow up because the things that make me La Sallian will be the ones that will help me become a successful person, and these things are the values I possess that I received from La Salle and that is working under pressure and working things fast and to be diligent in my work and also to be kind hearted to others and to persevere even when times are hard and the last is being street smart also, to find a way through things especially when its challenging. I believe that I wouldnt get these valuable values in other schools if I had gone to any of them, I really think that La Salle was the perfect school for me because it really fits my style as a person and my personality and how I work. I'm just glad that I am getting a very good education from an outstanding school which is La Salle. While were doing all of these activities also in the classroom 2 weeks ago, miss left us to talk amongst ourselves and discuss with each other, I think she did this so we can mature as individuals and to train us to find ways to work with each other because this is also training in the real world when we will be left alone struggling to find answers and success, that is why we need friends, colleagues and teammates so that we have help in finding answers and success.

The PERSEF3 Blog Part III

The PERSEF3 Blog Part III

The PERSEF3 Blog Part III - Gelo Ybanez NOV 6, 2012

On the third day of our Persef3 class, we did something very unexpected again as a class in which concerns the path of life and what future that we want to take also. In this activity we had to make columns which had topics concerning about our talents, characteristics, skills, interests, values, and the jobs that appeal to us. It was really hard doing this activity and trying to constantly think about who am I and what I want to be as a person. It is a challenge because I don't have a fixed future or plan for myself yet and I dont really know what I want to do. I may have skills or talents but my interests are a a problem in which that it might not be a career for me in the end. We had to pick on what our top choices were per column and see if there was any relation to them, but I couldn't find any relation at first but maybe now I see a relation. I as a person knows when to know if a thing is bad or good for me or when to know if something is worth trying or not, I am that play it safe kind of person. And also I'm a fitness kind of person also in which i push myself to exercise in the most littlest way I can everyday so that I may have discipline in myself. I love cars which I am passionate about and I dream a lot about . I really know when to tell right from wrong, which is vital in decision making and life's different encounters and I want to become a successful businessman and place a high position in a company. I see that there is a relation because to know what is right from wrong I already know what would be the best decision which makes me a good decision maker, and that I am a disciplined kind of person in everything I do which is training also from exercise. I also love cars which I make it my goal when I already become successful in life. then I want to become a successful businessman in the end also in which this concludes what I really want to be in life. In essence I want to be a successful businessman in the end which does everything in a disciplined manner and in an orderly manner and which incorporates right decision making to ensure success in the end. I can relate this essence also to my current course which is Marketing Management in which includes selling and building up products in which I can use my talents and skills to keep selling to people that I know who will buy and everything in between. I think the plans in my life relate to all of this in a way that I have the skills and talents and values to make it all possible I have all the tools inside of me as a person to make it all possible which makes me more confident to reach my goals. And I think the events in my life are crucial and critical which can always change my vocations but I will always incorporate my skills, talents and values in every way I can to ensure that I get to my goals in the end.

The Persef3 blog part II

The Persef3 Blog PART II - Gelo Ybanez OCT 23 2012

On the second day of our meeting for PERSEF3 it was very surprizing to me and unexpected on what was in store for everyone on that meeting in terms of what activities what we were going to do. I got surprized at the fact that we had to write down on a piece of paper our positive attributes as a person and our negative attributes as well. I felt very nervous because I was giving my own personality and habits to the public to see but ofcourse it was confidential in a sense that our names wouldn't be written in that piece of paper. But as we shuffled the pieces of papers and got 2 for each person, we could see some traits that were already evident that some people wrote it, one negative trait that I got was about not listening to conversations or someone speaking with the tagalog language in it and that the person will give up conversing once he/she just hears tagalog. I had a feeling that it was already one of the few people in the classroom already who wrote that but I may be wrong about it. 

With all the pieces of papers we got, we were supposed to combine all these traits and use them in a skit and incorporate all these attributes. It was tough at first but in the end we formulated a skit which was very simple because we realized that the pieces of papers already formulated a skit of its own, in which we just followed the flow. In our skit, the story was about having ignorant groupmates who just wouldnt get things done for the final requirements, in which one of them was very bossy and ignorant, while the other was just annoying and not listening all the time but in the end, the good groupmates who were very persuasive and who just wants to get all the requirements done, had to talk to the rest of the group and work something out so that the requirements will be done. 

It was very nerve wracking being up front and performing for the whole class and it was awkward also because everything was just random and unexpected. But I was glad we got to finish fast and got to show the whole point of the whole skit. So as the rest of the groups, they had short skits but showed evident points on what has to be shown. they all had a common denominator in their skits, in which the topic was always about school and how academics was the issue and how to get things done in the end. This was because mostly everyone had a a negative side in which everyone could relate to, and the best story to put it in is a school kind of story so that people could just easily relate to it and see how the traits of everybody works out in it. It was a realizing moment for us that we as persons can point out our mistakes and see them through and we are actually putting it all down in a piece of paper so that we can sort things out with ourselves and do right the next time. I am glad that we had this activity because it makes us realize things as students and as human beings.