Fieldtrip Overview

University of Southeastern Philippines

Barrio Obrero Campus

Institute of Computing

TRAVEL REPORT

October 4-8, 2010

Manila-Laguna-Tagaytay

Fieldtrip Overview

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In our Fieldtrip and Seminar subject, we were given three models / options to choose from. We were free to choose from the Models A, B, and C but would still follow the majority’s decision. The majority of the class chose model A. The requirement for Model A was one major fieldtrip (national), one minor fieldtrip (within Mindanao), one seminar (national), and an hour of Interpersonal Skills.

What we did first was the Interpersonal Skills at the USEP Social Hall last July 21, 2010 and had our Minor fieldtrip at Sutherland last September 22, 2010.

Our class had decided to have our major fieldtrip in Luzon because we were hoping to have a national seminar at UP. The allotted days for the major fieldtrip at Manila-Laguna-Tagaytay were five days (from October 4 until October 8 of 2010). What we did for those five days were mainly company visits. We visited several companies like Bayantel, MMDA, Hitachi, UP Technohub (in which we were able to visit Seachange and IBM), and others. We also visited some institutions like the Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), University of the Philippines Diliman campus (UP Diliman), and others. Our national seminar was had on our second day of stay at Manila. We held it at UP Diliman (UP-USEP Information Technology Symposium 2010).We stayed at Garden Plaza Hotel and I was not really satisfied with the service and facilities that they have. I was not satisfied because the cockroaches were crawling everywhere, their pillows and bed sheets were dusty, and the manager was quite arrogant.

We also had some side trips at Tutuban, Trinoma, SM Mall of Asia, Market Market, Enchanted Kingdom, and the People’s Park in the Sky at Tagaytay.