As my day started, July 17 2014, our facilitator gave us wonderful mindsets that can change our daily living. The usual mindset and the alternative mindset are the mindsets that we talked about in our second meeting of our subject IT electives 1 (technopreneurship). Before we tackle about the alternative mindset, let us tackle first the usual mindsets of the parents and the students nowadays. “Go to school, get good grades, be a fine employee” this is the common or usual mindset and this mindset is the one that I want to be because of the fact that I am a lazy person and I am not confident enough to risk some of my time. “Go to school, get good grades, become an employer not to be an employee”. This mindset questioned my mind, why do you want to become a good employee if you have what it takes to be a good employer. I preferred the usual mindset because for the revised mindset is such a drag for me. I have my doubt with the revised mindset because this mindset is too much of a gamble. If you succeed then its good; the fact that you can earn more money and the fact when you fail then you will also face bigger consequences. It’s like betting with a 30% chance of winning, smaller chance of winning; higher prizes. The advantage of the revised mindset are you are the boss, you are the one who command your workers what to do, you are earning money and you are the one who gives salary or pay checks to your workers. But this mindset has its own disadvantage. It takes a lot of time and effort to be successful. You can’t assure that your business or company will succeed. It will take a lot of money and investments to succeed. It is such a drag to make your own company.  As I said before this mindset is a gamble. It takes a lot of time and guts to succeed. “Life is basically a soap bubble. It rides on the wind, flying here and there and before you realize it - pop! It is gone. When it's about to disappear, you think that you could have flown a little higher. But by the time you realize it, it's already too late.” This quote was said by Gintoki Sakata, a fictional character in the anime show Gintama. Yea! This quote was true to the point. Where life is like a soap bubble, when you are just like one. When you ride along the flow and make your own decisions but the fact that you are enjoying your life that you don’t even realize that you do bad things. Like Steve Jobs, he was deceived by his rude attitude that made his life a failure because of the fact that he doesn’t even realize that he is not a god that can be on the top forever whenever he wants. The time that he managed to realized that his confidence devours him. Someone took the initiative and made him pay for his attitude. Back to the topic, this quote can make me mature enough that I don’t want to become like Steve Jobs when attitude devours his happy life. It is such a drag to make your own company.  As I said before this mindset is a gamble. It takes a lot of time and guts to succeed. The advantages of the usual mindset are you can have a stable job, stable salary, etc. This mindset is not such a drag compared to the alternative mindset.  Your boss will command you and you will give him what he wants. I think this usual mindset only has one disadvantage. The fact you can’t earn more income than your boss or employer. Still as I said before it is your own choice or decisions. It’s up to us if what kind of mindset we will have in the near future. “What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and what is wrong is not easy. You can't just go by somebody else's rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you will just become a puppet that can't make his decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules.” This quote was said by Gintoki Sakata. You will have your own decision makings in the near future. As he said in the quote the right and the wrong is not easy to decide because of some circumstances will be there in the near future. But the facts that your life is ruled by anyone else then you are just a puppet that can be controlled by others. Live your life without limitation, live your life to the fullest, live your life on what you want to become, live life without hesitation, and live life without making regrets in the near future. All of this inspiring message struck me because as of now I am not satisfied of being who am I because of the fact that I am not ready to face big consequences because I felt that I can’t overcome it with my own hands. It’s on ourselves on how we can manage our lives and how we could reach our goals in our own perspectives and mind sets. We must make some people your inspiration or make them influence us that through their hard works and the will that they never gives up, they achieved the goals in their lives and became successful and we can put it into our minds that there is a possibility that we could follow their footsteps or their works. Again, like Gintoki Sakata said “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you”. This quote is amazing because from the quote that he said our lives started in us. You want to be a wealthy being then change yourself, work hard, move forward and make your decisions without making any regrets in the end of your journey.

The city of Davao is the city where I was born, where I grew up and where I lived my life for seventeen years. Unlike other cities they have skyscraper or big buildings, fast internet connection, crowded streets, high-tech gadgets, etc. Davao City has a slow pace when it comes to economy or industry that tackles about technology, business, high-tech buildings, etc. But we all know Davao City was crowned as one of the safest city around the world because of the fact that Davao City is ruled by our great mayor, Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte.  He implemented peace and order that criminal rates were drastically lowered. He also implemented the speed limit in Davao City that can reduce accident rates drastically. And he also implemented the fireworks ban that causes people to lose their fingers or other circumstances when I was a kid. With his very smart decision making, for me Davao city is one of the best city if not the best that I ever knew. I feel comfortable, safe and sound and I loved this city for a long period of time. When it comes to economy, Davao City has less technology than we could ever imagine although we are upgrading and improving our technologies slowly maybe because of the fact that Davao city is the largest city in the world. Davao city has many resources that can affect the lives of the people who are living in this certain city. These resources can have a big impact on how our community or economy can be effective in a long term use. Resources can be used for marketing, business, investments, for exporting goods, source or supply that can produce money for living. And this money can affect the life of the individuals where they have to choose what you will be in the future. Going to a kindergarten, elementary school, high school these stuffs needs money. And even college where you have to choose what courses you will take, what goals you will take, what profession you will have in the future and all of this needs money. Money can be a big factor because of the fact that money can support your studies in college. Money is needed for resources or other factors that can affect our community or society. It can affect the decision making of a certain individuals because of the fact that money is what we needed nowadays in order to live in this unfair world. We also needs to have in mind that resources is limited they can be depleted in the future. And this all go back to the economy of a certain society or the city. An economy consist of consumption of different kind of goods, the production of goods, the distribution or the trade of the goods, and the different services that agents will provide for a certain location. These agents can be you or a certain individuals, businessman or businesswoman, organizations or group of peoples and the local government for a certain location. In the Philippines we are now currently experiencing economic crisis and this is one of the problems we have now in our era. Even in other countries like USA have their economic crisis too because of the fact that here in the earth we are running low on resources. The fact that economic crisis can cause too much of a commotion or big problems because of some reasons that we don’t have this or that in our country. Economic crisis can kill many people lives because they suffer hunger, they will also suffer starvation, riots because of the fact that we people will fight for they want to live and in terms of business economic crisis can be their one nemesis because of the fact that economic crisis can cause too much problem and it can cause disaster for their businesses. Because of these poverty rate will increase in a certain country or city and we all know that this poverty is one reason that many people died. And if economic crisis can’t be stopped many people will be migrating from one place to another that doesn’t have problems. This will cause too much of a commotion or conflict between countries because of the fact that people are panicking. Economic crisis can also cause world war between countries because of the fact that they are seeking for resources that’s why they are looking to conquer one country.

                If that’s the case, when I will have a chance to propel or to enhance the economy of Davao City, technology will be the best and the most suited answer for this certain problem. Upgrade your technologies then have a better economy. Technology is the making, modification, usage and knowledge or expertise of machines, techniques, tools, crafting, systems, designs, arts, and methods of organizations, in order to achieve a certain goals of the individuals, solve the problem of the economy or industry, improve a pre-existing solution for a certain problems for a specific functions. Technology also tackles about machines, simple machines, modifications, procedures, and tools. Technology nowadays has affected or has a big impact on our societies or to our surroundings in a certain ways. In many societies like USA, Japan, Singapore, Germany, China, etc, technology has developed their industry or economical status. Thanks to these wonderful technologies these countries are on the rankings with the greatest technologies in the world. If technologies were not created from the past, I could say that my life is ruined. I will still be looking in the books or encyclopedia seeking for information, answers, meanings, some useful things, etc. As a technopreneurship student, I have some ideas that I think this can propel the economy or industry of Davao City. For some reasons I was called a badass in the past because of my selfishness towards my society, I am too lazy to care about my surroundings, I don’t have any interest about what is going on around me. But this prospective was changed when I realize how important my own country was for me. My first idea is to have knowledge about technologies especially when we talked about computers. Why computers? Computers nowadays are a big factor in our economy. They can create businesses and if there are businesses there is more job opportunity for those who are unemployed persons. But first of all how does a computer create business? As we all know computers have an online job where you can earn money easily if you know how to make designs, android app, website, logo or t-shirt printing, illustration and graphics, banner ad, brochure, info graphic, postcards, flyers, prints, and many more. If you don’t know how to do some of these then you can browse the internet for tutorials and technical knowhow. Obviously you need to start at the bottom before you can reach the top. Money is easy to get when we do about outsourcing. Yeah! This is true, this is not a hoax. As my brother said, most of Information technology and computer science students earn money while they are studying at some universities. Some people nowadays don’t have any degree courses but they can earn money through online jobs because they know how to do these things. Life is not just about degree courses, it is about knowledge and how to use this knowledge for your own good. In this case you can now earn money and you can now have savings for your future use. Second, with this savings of yours why not use it to make your own business. With business in your own society means more job for the unemployed people. Don’t know how to make a business? Again search the internet for information, tutorials and technical knowhow. This plan would make our community or society become a better place because of the fact that we have more job opportunities. Many businesses in this world will be suitable for each personality we have in this world. For example, if I would have my own business I want to have a market that sells computer parts like headsets, speakers, keyboards, monitor, video card, and many more. If you don’t know how to make this thing then buy an enterprise to a certain company that have these items. The more the brand is popular then the more customers you will have but the more the brand is popular then the more it is expensive to enterprise. But this is just my own idea; you can have your own business plan and make your own business to help your society propel their economy. Let us go back to my subject IT electives 1 (technopreneurship). My teacher discuss about mindsets, the default mindset and the alternative mindset.  Most Filipino parents thinks that they son/daughter have to “Go to school, get good grades, be a fine employee”, Sir Randy said. This mindset is the same mindset that I have. I want to graduate college to find a high-paying job or just simply accept a good opportunity when the time comes. And this is the usual mindset of the students. Their goals were to be employed by big companies in the other cities like Cebu, Manila, etc or even employed abroad. But why not use the alternative mindset. “Go to school, get good grades, become an employer not to be an employee”. This mindset questioned my mind, why do you want to become a good employee if you have what it takes to be a good employer.  After realizing some things, I compared the default mindset and the revised mindset. These two has their own advantages and disadvantages. I preferred the usual mindset because for the revised mindset is such a drag for me. I have my doubt with the revised mindset because this mindset is too much of a gamble. If you succeed then its good; the fact that you can earn more money and you can also help Davao City to grow but the fact when you fail then you will also face bigger consequences. The advantages of the default mindset are you can have a stable job, stable salary, etc. It’s like betting with a 30% chance of winning, smaller chance of winning; higher prizes. These mindsets have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of the revised mindset are you are the boss, you are the one who command your workers what to do, you are earning money and you are the one who gives salary or pay checks to your workers. But this mindset has its own disadvantage. It takes a lot of time and effort to be successful. You can’t assure that your business or company will succeed. It will take a lot of money and investments to succeed. It is such a drag to make your own company.  As I said before this mindset is a gamble. It takes a lot of time and guts to succeed. This mindset is not such a drag compared to the revised mindset.  Your boss will command you and you will give him what he wants. I think this mindset only has one disadvantage. The fact you can’t earn more income than your boss or employer. This is your own decision for what do you want to do. But if you have the guts and confidence then take the revised mindset or the alternative mindset because of the fact that this can help our city to propel because of the more business the more jobs you will have.

                Second answer for that question is new opportunities or services for the helpless persons. It is important for our society or community to have new services because of the fact that if Davao City will have many services people from the other cities or even foreign people will go here. It will have chances of investing new businesses here in Davao City and it will create more job opportunities for the Davaoeños and other people or residents who are looking for a job here in Davao City.

                Here’s one thing, if you have what it takes to become a great inventor then why not take the risk. Make new innovations that can help or boost the economy of Davao city or even your own society or your own community. For example, create a machine or any things that can be useful to our society. Advertise your creation and if your sales grow then go start a bigger business. In my class the IT electives 1 (technopreneurship) I remembered to think outside the box because of our activity connect the 9 dots. If you will have this simple kind of perspective life is going to change around you. You can have an easier and wealthier life. Many business men have become rich because of inventing new innovations like Bill gates, Steve Jobs and other inventors and innovators.  Bill Gates created Microsoft and it is one of the best inventions in our era if not the best. Microsoft led Bill Gates to be the one of the richest people in the world if not the richest.

                Living in this world with the current century is the best suited for me. I was born when technologies started to rise up. And I am very thankful that this wonderful invention was created when I am alive. Because of these creations my life has been easier as I could ever imagine and my life has been delighted of these. I am very thankful that computers were created because this is where e-sports started. As a student I have many ambitions, like I want to be a professional e-sports player, I wanted to be a competitor that can compete with other races like Europeans, Chinese, white and black Americans, Singaporeans and other countries that supports e-sports.

                “The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.” This quote was said by Marco Rubio he is a United States Senator from Florida. This can make us have a new perspective that we poor people can also be rich because of the fact that business is one of the way to become rich.

                “No matter how gifted you are, you alone cannot change the world” this quote was said by my favorite anime character L Lawliet, also known as Hideki Ryuzaki. L is a great character for me he has his own mindset and his own philosophy. For me, if L is not a fictional character then L would be the smartest and the brightest man on earth. His quote have big impacts toward our society especially Davao City. Yeah! It’s right that you alone cannot change the world. Every individual must think of their passion and goals towards our society. Every Filipino’s need to help each other to have a better city our even make our country a better place for living that it has many technologies, jobs and if ever we could cut the crap about poverty.

2nd Meeting Reflection

                The activity we did on our second meeting in IT electives was a total blast. We have to present one intermission number if you came in first time in his class. We performed at the front without hesitation.  Sir Randy asked us why we are absent last meeting. I know that my reason is not an excuse but I just said the truth, that I was enrolled 3 days after the class started. After we settled all the commotion, Sir gave us some words about his life.  Sir called the first timers in his class “virgins”. I was quite shocked and I was laughing in my mind because of his terminology. I never thought that sir Randy was this green minded and a funny teacher, because he said that Filipinas should not be impregnated by Germans because it takes a long period of time to finish. After Sir Randy thought us some side stories, he gave us an activity. It was called “connect the 9 dots”. At first sight, I said to my classmate John Steven Tan that I know how to solve this problem because I saw it on my classmate’s nephew when we were playing logic games on his birthday. I finish the task as fast as I could. I was waiting for Sir Randy to come back so that he could explain the puzzle. 

                When Sir Randy arrived, Sir was looking on someone’s work.  Sir Randy roamed around the classroom and told us that someone made it like a transformers. We were laughing about it because how come she/he made up with that idea. After a few minutes of waiting, Sir told us to stop writing and someone will answer on the board. At first I was hesitating to answer it, because if I will answer it first maybe I’ll ruin the mood of the class. I was just waiting for them to answer it correctly. Some answer was just inside the 9 dots and they are making like a curve lines with a 5 stroke. When they are making the curve, I analyzed it on my mind if I will make it with a curve could I possibly come up with a correct answer? I have some hypothesis in my mind that if made it this or that way it would come up with a correct answer. But in the end, I was not able to solve it with some of my hypothesis. Because of some reasons like, I am not sure with the number of strokes, I am not satisfied of my other answer and I was not able to come up with an explanation. After a few minutes of trying, Sir Randy told us to answer it with a right answer. I am a very shy and hesitant person when it comes to participation in class. So I did not raise my hand and someone took the spot; this guy with the eyeglasses volunteered to answer the activity. I know he can solve the problem because he was not hesitating to volunteer to answer it on the white board.  He solved the problem pretty easily and we have the same and exact answer. As he was going back to his seat, Sir told him to explain why he has that kind of answer.  He told us to think outside the box and look beyond your limits.

                I was quite surprised with his explanation. I did not even come to the point that this simple game has its own important meaning. Sometimes we only tend to think of what we have, we limit our thoughts, we limit our information and we stop thinking beyond our limitations. It struck in my mind that if I will exceed my limits what could have happened to me? I was having regrets on my mind. If I was just making things seriously when I was younger then I live this life without major difficulties. But I know that this would not be reality if I don’t encounter major difficulties. I took back my subjects because of my laziness. I was just going to school without motivations in life, going to school without perspectives and goals. I was thinking, if I did my best on that time maybe I could make any difference. But what’s done is done. As in saying “regrets are always at the end” and “Regrets are felt when it’s just too late”. Past can’t be undone so I just have to move forward and do not make the same mistakes again. But if I can’t pass my subjects with my best, at least I tried my best to surpass these major difficulties.

                Simple games doesn’t mean that they don’t have impact or meaning in our lives. Sometimes that with these simple games can change your own perspectives and make a big impact on you. This activity inspired me and it gives new motivation in my life. It motivates me to think bigger and wider. I learned in this activity think differently, unconventionally or from a new perspective. I really did not think that this subject will be easy. I am very thankful that I encountered a professor like him. He doesn’t like to teach anything that could help to surpass our course but he thought us how to be wise with a good attitude. I am motivated with this activity that I should live a life with a new perspective that I should be serious and do your best every time. I remembered an inspiring quote from a professional electronic sports player; he said that “the only thing achieved in life without effort is failure”. With this quote, I can make this a beautiful motivation in my life. This professional electronic sports player started with nothing but he gave his all, he practiced ever day. He has his own ups and downs but in the end his work paid off. Like him, it struck in my mind that if I don’t give my best shot I can’t graduate in this course in this university.