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ADAMCI HOSTS 11 ANNUAL AMF CLIMB

2007-10-10T15:13:00.000-07:00

The Adventists of Davao Mountaineering Club or ADAMCI, for brevity, will host this 31^st of October 2007 through the 3^rd day of November 2007, the 11^th AMF (Adventist Mountaineering Federation) Annual Congress and Climb. Its destination is Mt. Hamiguitan Natural Park of San Isidro, Davao Oriental which rose to the height of 5,345 feet above sea level.

This is the 2^nd time that ADAMCI will host a national climb. Its first hosting was last October 1998, during the 2^nd AMF Annual Congress and Climb, trekking the famous, highest peak of the Philippines, Mt. Apo which is 10,311 feet above sea level.

To join the 11^th AMF Annual Congress and Climb are around thirty (30) clubs from almost all regions of the Philippine Islands.

2007-01-18T22:06:00.000-08:00

2006-10-28T06:53:00.000-07:00

The three major lessons I've learned from this course (I.T. Professional).

Firstly, with blogging in I.T. Pro course, I've learned to share my art of writing and sharing myself not only to my classmates, officemates and friends but to the rest of the world. In fact, three foreign bloggers from Japan, France and Australia commented on my blog and I was able to learn their blogs too. This activity made me come in contact with people I would not have otherwise known through blogging. In fact, I was able to join a site which is mybloglog.com and, better still, I was able to help make a blog for my friends too.

Secondly, with the number of activities required in this course, time management is the second lesson I've learned. With my heavily demanding profession, I was still able to find a way to compy with our Professor's requirements.

And, thirdly, all the course requirements has helped me strived hard in learning excel and review some programs which I have forgotten for awhile. All the activies are indeed helpful in my profession as I was able to help my office in improving some services which are most likely helpful to the public too.

I press forward that Mr. John Ruero should continue to do on enriching his students with his new ideas and materilas which gets on his hand as this will prove to continually show his brilliance as a Professor.

I wish there were more articles to be commented on because I like writing and commenting on articles.

So preoccupied...

2006-10-26T03:04:00.000-07:00

I had been so preoccupied the past few days. Ramadan Holiday is still full of office work. I spent twelve hours in the office just to finish some transcripts of the "somewhat very confidential" cases. Well, it's indeed a sacrifice to be a public employee...after all I am enjoying my job. It's like reading a novel, wathcing a tv show when you're inside the Courtroom. I may sound cruel because lives within the courtroom is real...this made me work more and keep my tasks up to date because I consider each case folder as a person.

My cute friend Nica

2006-10-19T21:28:00.000-07:00

A sensible story...

2006-10-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night, while waiting for some members of a mountain climbing organization where I belong, an April 2002 issue of Reader's Digest caught my eyes...pages 59-65, "A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Emmys" and it was written by Karen Duffy herself.

I like some lines there, like...

"It's amazing what you find when you love something ...made me realize that I want to devote my remaining resources to living an honourable life."

"...at the extremity of life, people really become fully who they are."

and the lines of her good friend Helen...

"When you're prepared to die, that's when you really find out how to live."

They do have a community!

2006-09-26T20:26:00.000-07:00

Will somebody help me identify what these animals are? I forgot their names but little and fragile as they are, they do have a community!

It was in Curumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where I saw them...group themselves, communicate...as if they have something to accomplish.

If each citizen will do his part, agree and work in unison to finish a particular task then...

What I love to see and feel everyday...

2006-09-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

It's the the Sun that shed its light every morning through the steel grills of every window placed on the east side of my house and through the soft curtains thereby ventilating the whole room with its rays and penetrating my flesh with it warm touch. It's the same sun, a star we see every sunset, creating a luminous video of colors painting a pale canvass across the sky.

take a look...

2006-09-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

Here are some reasons to celebrate life!

ACCOMPLISHED REQUIREMENTS:

2006-09-20T03:27:00.000-07:00

ICDL and ECDL Skillbuilder

PART 1 Basic Concepts of Information Technology 7/24/2006 - Pre Assessment - 69% Post Assessment - 96%
PART 2 Computer File and Management 8/92/2006 - Pre Assessment - 93% Post Assessment - 96%
PART 3 Word 2000 Basics 9/18/2006 - Pre-Assessment - 85% Post Assessment - 89%
Word 2000 Advanced Features 9/20/2006 Pre-Assessment - 80% Post Assessment - 88%
PART 4 Excel 2000 Basics 9/21/2006 Pre-Assessment 74% Post Assessment 89%
PART 5 Access 2000 Basics 9/21/2006 Pre-Assessment - 88%
Access 2000 Advanced Features - 87%
PART 6 Power Point 2000 Basics 9/21/2006 Pre-Assessment - 84% Post Assessment - 93%
Power Point 2000 Advanced Features Pre-Assessment - 85% Post Assessment 90%
PART 7 Web Browsing Fundamentals Pre-Assessment 89% Post Assessment
Messaging Fundamentals Pre-Assessment Post 85% Assessment 87%

*MICROSOFT WORD
- Reaction Paper on I.T. Ourtsourcing

*EXCEL
- Case Studies
Case 11 - Meat and Potatoes Restaurant Location spreadsheet and memorandum
Case 12 - JED Manufacturing - outsourcing some administrative tasks and memorandum

- Pivot Table for Enrolled Students

*MICROSOFT ACCESS
The Mountain Bike

Reaction Paper on "IT Outsourcing...Maximize Flexibility and Control" by Lacity, Willcocks and Feeny

2006-08-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

On creating a composite team to study specific fields before outsourcing...

This is an excellent idea, however, a nominating committee must first be appointed by top management. This nominating committee must possess a non-political mind and has loyalty to the management. The nominating commitee's task is to scrutinize the personal profile of each nominated member for the five composite team and to verify the qualifications of each nominated person before becoming a composite team member. This includes the loyalty and impartial mind of each member for accomplishing honest results.

On a short-term contract of outsourcing IT providers ...

Although a short term contract gives company owners more flexibility and control over IT providers, it is still intelligent to have a well-meaning and verified Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between two contracting parties so as to displace hidden agenda and costs. This contract must be clearly discussed and argued upon by contracting parties. And, for a contract to become effective, it must be well documented and furnished to each contracting party.

On transferring employees to IT supplier and retaining two experts to manage the contract...

The experts should have been given their new specific job descriptions and guidelines in handling new responsibilities and this includes orientation from the IT provider and with collaboration from the top management.

Conclusion:

For an existing company to continue to flourish, it must be proactive to its experiences. Every minute detail of each significant decision must be well thought and imposed by classified minds that are versed enough to handle strategic tasks.