My FTS experiences and Learning (Major/Minor)
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The subject field trip and seminars is a very
expensive subject. We were already told about this, and we are expecting this costly
subject a semester before we had enrolled this subject. Our class had already
started the preparations a semester before it’ll be enrolled as advised by our
teachers. We were asked to submit so many documents ahead of time so that there
will no problems when the time comes that we are going to travel. This was done
so that the class would be prepared in the initial documents needed, few months
prior to the enrolment of the subject. The class even elected officers to help
the class prepare for the subject’s preparations. The class president was the
one who collected the needed documents including the medical certificate,
notarized parent’s consent, approved conditions, and the FTS model survey given
to our parents to
be passed to the university’s administration before the opening of the incoming first semester. This early preparations were done also so that our parents would have enough time to prepare for the money needed on our field trip and seminars. I can really say the money needed is really a big amount, and it was the best option to prepare ahead of time so that it’ll not be hard for our parents to pay the big amount. It was agreed that we will choose model A in our field trip and seminars, which is 1 minor field trip in Mindanao and Major Field trip outside Mindanao. The amount needed for our field trip is Php18,000. It was also agreed that we pay the amount every 15 days months before our departure for the Major Field trip.
be passed to the university’s administration before the opening of the incoming first semester. This early preparations were done also so that our parents would have enough time to prepare for the money needed on our field trip and seminars. I can really say the money needed is really a big amount, and it was the best option to prepare ahead of time so that it’ll not be hard for our parents to pay the big amount. It was agreed that we will choose model A in our field trip and seminars, which is 1 minor field trip in Mindanao and Major Field trip outside Mindanao. The amount needed for our field trip is Php18,000. It was also agreed that we pay the amount every 15 days months before our departure for the Major Field trip.
Before we had our Major and Minor field trip
we first had an Interpersonal skills seminar. We had so many activities very
helpful for us in developing our interpersonal skills and knowing more about
ourselves and others. It was a whole day seminar, it was fun and it was really
worth it.
Our major field trip was scheduled on
September 16-20, 2013. Those are the dates that we will be having our field in
Luzon, Metro Manila specifically. But on September 15, 2013 a day before our
travel, we attended a mass, the entire class, faculty and our parents were on
attendance during that day. Also, during that day, we were briefed by our
adviser on the important details to be remembered during our field trip and
seminars. On that very same day also, I packed all the things that I needed
during the trip. Our departure time was 5:45 am. I decided to sleep over at my
classmate’s house, because their house is just very near at the airport so that
I can really be early.
The day had finally came that we’ll gonna be
having our Major Field trip, I woke up early. We were 1 hour early before our
departure. This is not my first time travelling through plane so I pretty much
know the processes at the airport. I and my classmate just proceeded to the
airport, we saw our class president at the entrance of the departure area, and
she then told us to proceed to the waiting area where our classmates are also
waiting after we check-in our baggage. When we were approaching the waiting
area, we saw our classmates, they are all there, and some are already taking
photos of each other. We took so many photos of ourselves while were in the
waiting area. While waiting for the boarding time, I enjoyed myself by looking and
observing the around. Some of us were not excited compared to others who are very
happy and excited while just waiting, so I thought that maybe it’s not also
their first time boarding in a plane.
The time had finally come that we’ll gonna
enter the airplane. I was a little bit excited, because I miss the feeling of
riding an airplane. When I found my seat I remembered what Mr. Gamboa told us
to do, I immediately buckled my seatbelt. I was supposedly to be on the window
side, but I exchanged seat with my classmate who was a first timer. I already
had my experience on the window side, so I let her have the chance also. When
the plane started to position at the runway I suddenly felt very excited, I
remembered the rush of excitement, the feeling when the plane is taking off. I
really do love the sudden adrenaline rush when the plane takes off. When we the
plane finally take off my heart beats faster, I was so excited and happy cause
I get that adrenaline rush again that I so love when flying in an airplane. Though
I was not in the window side, but I am seated next to it, so I can’t help
myself but glance at the window. I really like the view, I enjoyed watching the
view. I and my classmates had so many conversations during the flight, to pass
the time so that we will not be bored, because when the planes altitude is too
high all we can see through the window are bunch of clouds. We talked about our
expectations when we will arrive in Manila and also I told them about my past
experiences when I went to Manila and when I had my first plane ride. After a
while, we had observed that the plane is now descending. The pilot then announced
that we will be landing soon, we buckled again our seatbelt and waited, and we
watched the view below from the window. But just when we thought that the plane
will be landing very soon enough, it just abruptly flew higher again, and the
pilot told us that we were unable to land because of the bad weather. The
weather was really bad, heavy rains our pouring and huge, dark clouds are
covering metro Manila, so we waited until we can safely land. When the control
tower finally made a go signal to our pilot, the pilot then announced to us
that we can now land. The plane landed safely, then we unbuckled and wait to
the stewardess to tell us that we can now stand and go out. When we exited the
plane, it was still raining. But as we exited the plane’s door we were given umbrellas
by the crew. We then proceeded to get our baggage; we took some photos while
waiting for our baggage. Then our class president gave us the signal that we
can now go out. We waited for outside for a few minutes until our bus came.
We all boarded the bus and we were ready to
take our breakfast. According to the itinerary given to us, we will be having
our breakfast at Mcdonalds near NAIA. While on the bus, our tour guide
introduced himself and gave us our schedule for the week. Our tour guide told
us that we can call him Kuya Bayron and he will be with us for the whole week.
We ate our breakfast at McDonalds just across the airport. At around 9:30
in the morning we are expected to visit the company Flour Daniel located at Alabang,
Muntinlupa and after the visitation we will have our lunch at Jade Valley
located at Timog, Quezon City around 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. After lunch around
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, we are expected to visit the company Social Security System
located at East Avenue, Quezon City. After breakfast at McDonalds which is
located at Pasay City, we travelled from Pasay City to Quezon City. Due to our
delayed arrival caused by the bad weather, the visitation on the company Flour
Daniel located at Alabang, Muntinlupa was canceled, lacking time, we can no
longer go there at the scheduled time because of our delayed arrival and also
because of the heavy traffic congestion in Metro Manila. The travel from Pasay
City to Quezon City took hours because of the heavy traffic. But even with the
traffic, it was still not boring while in the bus, because we have the chance
to sightsee around Metro Manila while on our seats during the travel. Kuya
Bayron is also constantly giving us information, trivia, and fun facts about the
places that we’re passing by in Metro Manila. Kuya Bayron is amazing, I can say,
I think that he knew everything about Metro Manila and every place that we pass
by. He tells us lots of things about the History, facts and vicinity. He is
also hilarious, making it a lot fun during the travel. Some of my classmates
are already tired and some we fell asleep inside the bus during the travel. Then
we reached Quezon City, we took our lunch at Jade Valley located at Timog,
Quezon City. The food there was very delicious. After taking lunch, we visited
Social Security System located at East Avenue, Quezon City. This was our first
company visit since the expected visitation on the company Flour Daniel located
at Alabang, Muntinlupa was cancelled due to some unwanted circumstances.
After, we went to SSS (Social Security
System) at East Avenue, Quezon City. It is a social insurance program for
workers here in the country. It is a government agency that provides retirement
and health benefits to all enrolled employees in the agency. Members can also make
different kinds of loans like, salary or calamity loan. It is also an assurance
for social distress or a contingency for sickness, child birth, disability,
retirement and death. Though Philippine National Government employees do not
contribute to SSS rather they have their own system, the GSIS (Government
Service Insurance System). The company was already expecting our arrival. When
we arrived at about 2:00 pm in the afternoon, we attended the company’s
orientation then, we had the company tour. During the visit, I’ve learned so many new things such
as: how SSS do really works, its role in the government and society, and how it
helps the Filipino citizens especially the employees. I
learned so many things about the company’s history and some of their plans for
the company and the members in it in the near future. The company started in
the year 1970-1983 and was already centralized, means that the company’s data
and transactions all over the country are centralized in a single place, they
have what they called the main branch, where in the sub branches sends their
data to the main branch. . Later, on the year 1983-1986 manual verification started
and they partnered with Nestle and Meralco. Then, they used Oracles RDBMS and
they decentralized their operations on the year1986-1992. Later, RA 8282 was
implemented on the year 1997-2003 to strengthen the services of the company and
to be able to start of a more interactive service allowing people to send texts
to SSS and the implementation of SSS in the web to make online inquiries on the
year 2003-2009. Now, SSS can communicate to its members nationwide more
effectively. With its 134 branches all over the country and with the aid of the
internet and networking technology, the company can now have better interaction
and communication with the members and all the Filipino’s around the world. During
the seminar I was able to realize how important SSS to all the employees here
in the country and how it is nice and beneficial to be a member because of all
the benefits it offers. They also introduced us the system they used for all
the transactions happening in SSS. The system uses network technology to link
all the branches to the main branch. It is nice to know that the government is
open to use advance technologies for the improvement of their services to
people all over the country. The
seminar also included who are those people who can be covered by SSS. We’ve
also learned their technical side and one of the speakers, Mr. Paulito Lerias,
Junior Specialist of the IT Management Group, shared to us their network design
and how they come up with their system, as well as how they manage it. We
were able to ask them how they solve problems such as viruses and hacks to
their system, and the speaker was able to give us a very comprehensive answer. Their
system and website has never been hacked before or even tried to. I’ve also learned that they do back-ups from
time to time for emergency purposes as well as for prevention of data loss.
When there are new data to be stored, or new information, members, etc, they
immediately do the back-up, otherwise, they stay put. They created their own
network design and I believe their design is super complex and good because it
has never been infected with malwares or viruses.
I
liked the company’s building because it is so clean. The inside of the building
is also nice; there are many exhibits of the company’s history, profile and
also some huge and beautiful paintings. I also liked the way they welcome us in
their office and the people who accompanied us in the building tour are so nice
and so welcoming. I liked the way they accepted us as guests in SSS and that
they have provided us with the right information that we wanted and that we
needed. They are also very eager in sharing their knowledge and answering our
questions about the systems that the company uses and all of our technical
questions about the company. The company was well prepared and that they’ve
prepared for freebies to be given during questions and answer portion in the
seminar to make things more fun and exciting.
Right after our company visit at SSS, we went
to SM Mall of Asia to shop or explore the mall. While we’re on our way, Kuya
Bayron educated us with so many trivia and information. There were so many
people inside the mall, and I think one day was not enough to tour around the
MOA because it was really big. I was my first time to be at the MOA. The Mall was really huge and nice indeed. We
stroll inside the premise of MOA for a while. But most of us are really tired
and are now hungry; we just went back to the meeting place and found ourselves
some seats to relax on. I appreciated the modern mall, it was really nice.
After, the malling we had our dinner at Balanghay restaurant, Seaside,
Macapagal Blvd. We enjoyed our delicious dinner. After our dinner, we proceeded
to our hotel.
Finally, when we arrived at Kabayan Hotel, I
felt relieved, relieved of my tiredness, at last we can now finally have our
rest. We didn’t go straight to our rooms since we had a short meeting at the
lobby given by our class president and our two faculties who were with us.
Finally, our class president started giving us the keys for our rooms after we
were told about our roommates at our designated rooms. We were one of the two groups
that didn’t receive a key, because of some reservation problems. After a few
minutes of waiting we finally took a hold of our room’s key. We were assigned
at room 201. We were shocked when we opened our room; it was nice and spacious
with 8 capsule beds in it, a lavatory and two bathrooms. We were having a sort
of short moment of celebration; our room is different from the others because
according to our president the hotel made a mistake on our room reservation,
giving us capsule room instead of dormitory room. We were so lucky and we are
laughing so hard. It was our first time staying in a hotel, we explored everything
on our room, we were really excited about our capsules and the shower, and it
was all really nice. I liked my bed, the fresh smell of the pillow and
comforter. Staying in the hotel would probably worth it.
On
the second day of our stay, we were scheduled to attend on a seminar the annual
Y4iT (Youth for Information Technology) held at SMX Convention Center of SM
Mall of Asia in Pasay City. After we had breakfast at the hotel, we traveled to
the SMX Convention Center, which is just very near from the hotel that we are
staying in. The seminar had a lot of participants; the SMX Convention Center
was so huge. It is my first time to attend such a huge and prestigious event
for IT people. The seminar’s aim is to inspire students like us and even
professionals to imagine great things to be able to improve our society and to
innovate to help the society. Y4IT is a three day event but we can only be
there for a day, which is the first day only. There are also lots of
professionals and big time people in attendance. I am really excited, seeing
the venue, and the people in attendance of the event could really make you
think, “This is huge, this seminar is serious, wow, it really is prestigious…”
Lucky for me I was able to attend the event; it feels really great attending
this event. I learned some very
important lessons in life. That I could really use for my future knowledge
reference. These things are not technical, but rather psychological. These are
important quotes and principles that I could really reflect so that I can have
a better life.
These are the five sentences that really
struck me when I heard this from one of the speakers during the event, namely
Mr. Paul Rivera:
1.
There is no replacement for hard work.
2.
The friends you make today are the ones who
will help you tomorrow
3.
Failure is part of life, get over it and keep
moving forward.
4.
Entrepreneurs are risk takers; they see the
invisible and do the impossible.
5.
Be inspired by something.
I
have also figured out something while listening to the speakers, it popped into
my mind that their ideas became their starting point before they became the
people they are now. In other words their huge imagination made them successful
by coming up with a big idea that could help the society or the community. In
other words, I have learned that I shouldn’t limit my imagination and that I
must work very hard so that it won’t just stay as an idea, but to become
something very creative or innovative enough to help the society. They worked
very hard and they never stopped even if they have failed, yet they struggled
hard and pursue their dreams. The Y4IT
convention had taught me great values that could strengthen and improve me as a
person and for me that is very great and I was very pleased that I was able to
learn those things from great people who had started as ordinary as I am. And on the evening, after the convention we
went to Tutuban Shopping Center. On our way to Tutuban is one of the most unforgettable
and annoying part of the trip I suppose. I would not forget this day because on
our way to Tutuban, I was really holding myself to pee. I really wanna pee but
we are still on the road on our way to Tutuban. It was really a pain holding my
pee. The traffic condition was heavy and now, most of us are really wanted to
pee. This was the most funny and the most stressful night to me because I
really felt like dying, I really wanted to pee. And the worst of all was that
my classmates were making funny things and jokes to us, making us laugh and it
eventually making it harder to hold my pee. When we finally arrived at Tutuban,
all of us who wanted to pee raced towards the nearest toilet room around the
shopping center; we were really looking hilarious that evening. After that tragic
moment in my life, we all went on our separate ways to shop and we were given
an hour and a half to shop and have dinner. After we shopped at Tutuban, where
stuffs are really so damn cheap, I and my companions bought our dinner at
Jollibee, then we headed ourselves to the bus. Then, we headed to the hotel.
On the third day of our field trip and
seminars we are scheduled to go on a seminar to PLDT (Philippine Long
Distance Telephone Company) in Mandaluyong City and IBM, Ayala Techno Hub in
Commonwealth. After we had breakfast at the hotel again, we prepared ourselves
and went to our first company visit for the day. In the morning at about 9:00am
we went to PLDT Innolab or the Innovation Laboratory and Telecommunication
Education Center of PLDT, but actually we arrived at the company’s premises 30
minutes early. Innolab was first created on the year 2003 where it is the focus
of research and business solution of PLDT. PLDT is the leading telecommunications
provider here in the Philippines. . No Cell phones and cameras are allowed
inside the company for security purposes, but we can have pictures for
documentation with the courtesy of PLDT Innolab. Before we had our tour inside
their company, we first had the short seminar all about PLDT, Innolab and the
birth of PLDT, from where it started up to the day that they become one of the
largest telecommunications Company in the Philippines. After that we had our company tour, during
the tour we were able to see the evolution of PLDT from its birth up to the age
of transformation in the present. Ma’am Annie together with Sir Gino welcomed
us in the company. After our short orientation, and a little tour of the
gallery of the history of PLDT, Sir Gino toured us in their upstairs where we
saw the projects, Offices and products of PLDT. He introduced us the Smart Home,
the product that they are developing. They also introduced to us their Smart
Tracker, a tracking device with GPS where you will be able to locate people
with the use of their product but their actual target market is logistics
companies, because this device could them help monitor their delivery vehicles
if they delivered the goods at the right places and they can locate the truck
delivering in real time. We were also given the chance to enter their board
room and most of us were so amazed because of what we can see inside. It is
like what we see in movies in where board members were able to see their
employees from above through a glass wall. After our tour, we went back to the
room where we listened to the short discussion from Engr. Edmund Mamboyo, Lead
Training Officer at PLDT. He gave us a
short talk about the Basics of Communication and how PLDT made it big in the
business. I learned that PLDT struggled hard in the past, which the company
almost shut down. I learned from the seminar that you must adapt changes in
order to survive, this was the thing done by PLDT in order to survive. PLDT
adapted to the technology of SMART Telecommunications Company in order to atill
make it up in the market, because their products are out of date, which is why
they adapted and combined their old product from SMART products. That was a
very clever move indeed. That is why now, they’re grossing even bigger in the
market and they told us that they aim to use fiber optic around the country to
further expand and upgrade the lines in the country. They also imparted to us
the history of their company from the time it was built until the time it was
destroyed and then by the time it was able to stand up again and continued
their service to the present. The discussion doesn’t only limit to the PLDT’s
history but also they gave us the opportunity to know how their Innolab worked.
We also learned so many from PLDT on how their company technically works,
especially in the question and answer portion on the discussion.
In
the afternoon, we went to IBM, Ayala techno hub in Commonwealth. When we
arrived at about 2:00pm, we have attended a short orientation conducted by
Mr.Alexis Pantola, the technical manager of IBM. In our 2nd company visit, at
the IBM, Ayala techno hub wehere our speaker was Mr. Alexis V. Pantola the
Technical Manager in IBM Innovation Center. He educated us a lot about
networking, network technologies and the data base management processes they
use. It was really nice, exciting and very educating we can all relate because
we have a database subject. Also,
Smarter Analytics reveals patterns within data that enable individuals and
organizations to make the right decisions at the right time.
He
had talked about the company, the systems, processes that the company uses.
Then, we were divided into three groups. The three groups will tour the techno
hub one group at a time; we can’t go all together because the place can’t
accommodate all of us if we go tour together. While the first group went on the
tour, the remaining group was told to stay in a room prepared by the company;
there we watched a video presentation. During the tour they showed their
personal techno hub which caters the schools they had partnerships and also the
companies. After visiting the two companies,
and learning new things. Our next destination was SM Tri Noma. Some of us
didn’t go to tour around Tri Noma instead they just stayed in the bus and took
the chance of being able to use the karaoke while inside the bus. But I and my
friends decided to go shopping. After an hour of shopping we headed back to the
bus when suddenly the rain poured heavily. We were able to get on the bus
before the rain has started to get heavier, though we were somehow wet. Also, I
was envied by the fact that one of my classmates was able to win a cellphone at
Timezone while playing there. He was so lucky for being able to win a
cellphone. Then, we had our dinner at Tramway, after eating we headed back to
the hotel. It was a very nice day though the weather wasn’t that nice. It was a
very informative and exciting day for all of us, it was really worth it.
On
the fourth day, we went on seminar to TOSHIBA Information Equipment (Phil.)
Inc. located at Canlubang, Laguna where we were able to tour around their
company and the factory itself. There you can find how they manufacture their
products such as HDDs and SSDs. There we met some of our schoolmates from USEP
who already worked in the company. But before we could enter the building we
were told to change our shoes that the company had prepared for us, we were
already briefed about this so, we are prepared for this. After which, we
entered the room that was prepared wherein they’ll conduct a short orientation
and after the orientation we were given uniforms to be used so to be used in
the tour. Mr. Emir Ramos the General Manager was the one who welcomed us and
gave us an orientation about their company. During the tour I learned that
“Toshiba” was derived from “Tokyo Shibaura” that’s why it’s now called Toshiba.
It felt so nice wearing those uniforms; we almost looked like employees in the
company. I learned that discipline,
orderliness, cleanliness and time management are important factors when it
comes to work. It was only in the Toshiba Company that I’ve heard about the 5 S
methodology: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. The
speaker of the Toshiba Company told us that it was the principle of their
company. It means to describe how to organize a work space for efficiency and
effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area
and items, and sustaining the new order. The employees in TOSHIBA are very well
disciplined that whenever we passed by they always greet us with a smile and
they are also very energetic making it more fun and interactive in our tour.
They divided us into two different groups, during the tour, the company’s
employees who were also once our schoolmates were the ones that educated us.
The company’s building is very huge and it was so amazing because they use
robots in manufacturing. While on tour, we can also ask some questions, thus
making it very educational and very exciting. After the tour, we returned to
the room and had the snacks prepared by the company for us. While we are eating
the employees who were once our schoolmates shared their stories and
experiences in the company. It was so cool that it made me think that someday I
want to be in that company.
After the visit we had a chance to to Tagaytay
for lunch at Max’s. The food was nice and the view was a lot nicer. We were
able to take pictures while having Taal Lake as our background. It was not my
first time going to Tagaytay, but the trip was a lot fun and memorable with my
friends and classmates.There we bought some souvenirs and I bought some “espasol”,
which I really liked, because it was very delicious for me. After Tagaytay, we
also did go to Enchanted Kingdom. It was my first time going to Enchanted
Kingdom. I and my classmates decided to try all rides. We decided to try first
all extreme rides, so we decided to first try space shuttle. It was terrific,
it was really extreme, and then we tried all the other extreme rides. But, for
us, space shuttle is the best we were able to ride it thrice. We also rode the
RIO GRANDE, unfortunately it made us all wet, and we were not expecting it to
be that extreme. We ended up wet—but completely satisfied, luckily we have our
extra clothes so, we change our clothes after then we headed for the
destination of our dinner at Taste Asia.
On the last day of our stay in Manila we were
both happy and sad. But everything was worth it. I can assure that we achieved
our purpose in coming there. Our final company visit was in the MMDA (Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority)Traffic Engineering in Mandaluyong City. The MMDA is responsible in
performing the planning, monitoring and coordinative functions, in the delivery
of metro-wide services within Metro Manila without diminution of the autonomy
of the local government units concerning purely local matters. We
have listened to the speakers who presented their monitoring devices for the
different roads, pumping stations and weather their strategies on how they help
and coordinate with other government agencies and organizations in times in
times of accidents, disasters or calamities. I learned that the MMDA monitors
the roads and highways of Metro Manila 24/7. I learned that MMDA monitors the traffic in
metro Manila and make strategic plans on how they lessen the traffic
congestion. Also, MMDA doesn’t only focuses on the traffic situations of the
main roads in Manila, but they are also the ones that make the strategic plans
in case of emergencies or in case of typhoons and any other calamities and the
dissemination of information to the public. They are the ones who collaborate
with different government agencies that take actions in times that people need
them. I also learned that they have
cameras that can turn 360 degrees enabling a more flexible way of monitoring
the streets and that can zoom subjects 24 times thus allowing them to identify
plate numbers during road traffic violation and accidents. They also store all
the video files and have back-ups for the recording of the accidents that
happened in the past. They also showed us some nerve wracking videos of
accidents that happened on the roads caught by their cameras. There was also a
discussion on how to be prepared in earthquakes and a little interactive
activity in the Shake, Rattle and Learn House, where they let us experience and
evaluate the earthquakes. The discussion with the MMDA was fun and interactive.
Even in our last stay in Manila we had a lot of fun and learning. After the visitation we headed straight to the
airport, we had are lunch at the airport and waited for our departure on the
remaining hours.
After the major trip, I really am very much
grateful to the learning I have acquired from the visits. If not for the major
trip, I will not be able to experience those things that I have experienced. We
actually get to have fun while learning. It made learning more enjoyable than
ever. That is why I would say that the opportunity that was given to us is
really very helpful since we get to expound our knowledge and at the very least
we were able to follow the trends of technology in line with information and
communication technology. What I have experienced in this trip isn’t just fun
but these experiences are worthwhile. Also, what I learned in the trip isn’t
limited to academics but also some important principles and values I needed in
my life. I’ve also learned that opportunities can open anywhere and there is a
big chance for each of us to be able to achieve our dreams.
The minor trip was then prepared by the FTS
officers. Almost two weeks after the major trip, the minor trip took place. We
visited PSSCC or Public Safety and Security Command Center which is just
located at Davao City. I was amazed with the establishment’s facilities. It
was my first time going there. The building is nice. The computers, the
conference room and the room where we saw all the video footage of the
different cameras in the city was really so amazing and exciting. We had a tour
at the building, and while having tour they feed us with the knowledge about
everything we see inside and on how do they really do things there. During the
tour we asked so many questions because the tour awakened our curiosity. I
learned a lot of amazing things about their agency; I was able to compare it to
its identical agency at Metro Manila which is the MMDA. I learned about how
they manage all the data that are coming from all of the cameras that they have
installed in the selected areas in the city. They have informed us on how they
take actions from the concerns and the reports that are coming from the
different local government agencies like PNP, 911. Also, they have partnered
with IBM and, IBM supported PSSCC by donating computer devices and Cameras and
everything PSSCC needed in improving their quality of service. I just also
learned that there only 3 countries that has 911 and I am proud to say that
Davao is one of them. I also learned that the PSSCC uses unified edge
technology, where they centralize their communication. The unified edge is the
line where the different government agencies are connected and are able to
communicate at the same time to be able to respond to any problems that might
quickly. In this way, dissemination of information is a lot faster and is more
transparent. The PSSCC also use high-tech cameras like what we saw at the MMDA
on our Major Field trip. This camera also, monitors specific crowded areas and
are used to catch traffic violators. They have approximately 50TB for the
storage of data up to 6 months, where 36TB is allotted for IOC and the 12TB is
allotted for TOC. And after 6 months, all the data that is stored will be
deleted. But they only choose those recordings that are important to remain in
the storage device so that it can be used for future references like, for
evidences. We were really all amazed by PSSCC. We only visited PSSCC in the
morning and the visitation ended at about 11:00 am.
Overall speaking, having the field trip and
seminars subject was very great for us students, it made us learn new very
useful things from a different perspective. This field trip and seminars gave
me a lot of knowledge from the activities we had and from the places and
companies we went and also from the companies that gave us and shared to us all
they had to make their company successful. I am so happy and joyful because I
once visited these big companies. I am very much thankful of the knowledge and
the experiences I have gained from the subject.
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