The Shocking News and a Student's Remorse

Just a few minutes before posting, my colleague Jofil revealed this shocking announcement: the company (Cebu Electro Marketing) we've been studying for our IT 24 has already been studied! And as a golden rule, no two (or more) groups should study the same company!

Jofil already had this suspicion that Richard (and his group) is studying Cebu Electro Marketing's Mandaue branch, as revealed with former's previous conversation with the latter. Richard is from the afternoon section. Jofil wasn't able to verify it soon, due to some 'kaulaw/kasuod' issues. Also, we just neglected the proposition thinking that since Sir Sanchez continues to check our work and has not had any qualms about the company being studied by another.

This is also one thing I don't understand with Sir Sanchez. He assumes that his students already knows everything. He thinks that he has already told the students the 'rules' when in fact he did not! He always delivers his infamous 'I told you (last meeting/already) that...blah, blah, blah' line partnered with drilling his fingers on the table and shaping wrinkles on his forehead. Raising his voice, he can make the whole class shut to silence.

There was one time when he told us to lay down all papers to be checked on his table, as what he has said during 'the last time.' I thought he really did, since it was then when I just came back from Korea. But upon asking my classmates, not one of then remembered that he told everyone of the rule! Again he shut the class in defeaning silence.

And maybe because of this that he tends to overlook on a lot of things. He checks for errors on our papers and put notes on it. After putting necessary corrections, we again submit the papers, only to find out that there were new errors, and these were mostly the ones that he did not see previously! Putting it bluntly, he does not see all the errors at one sitting. The items we thought correct sometimes turn out to be new errors for him. Sadly at the expense of the students, we have to print the whole thing all over again, digging hard into our pockets.

He's also sometimes unpredictable, always changes his mind. Our first major heartache (for our group) was when Sir Sanchez told us to look for another company since TRUMAS wouldn't give out the source documents. Here's the catch: weeks earlier he told the whole class that if the company hesitates to furnish copies of the source documents (for confidentiality), we can just ask the format of which (and have it typed on the computer). During the first weeks he was checking our TRUMAS study, he didn't censure the encoded documents. And we are just surprised when he finally told us about the new rule, as stated above! It was the reason why we sought for another company to study: Cebu Electro Marketing. But look at what happened? Richard and his group has been studying the same company for the long run, and Sir Sanchez didn't notice it?

It's so frustrating. We're already on the process of designing the database for Cebu Electro Marketing, but we're left with no choice. Soon, Sir will eventually find it out. We just have to start all over again, either go back to TRUMAS and plead to them, or look for another company. We roughly have a month and two weeks left before submission. At our present state, I am losing hope whether we'll make it.

I know we may have our share of the fault and should've done our share of the research, but Sir can't expect us to be omniscient -- to be all-knowing. We're still beginning to learn this craft, so at least he should be considerate enough. At least he can be consistent with his rules...

I don't know if there was any student before brave enough to tell Sir Sanchez about these discrepancies of his. With his present position in the school's hierarchical chart, and with his immense knowledge, no one bothered to challenge him. Yet. I thought of writing him a letter, but I was faint-hearted.

I hope Sir Sanchez notices it for himself... :(



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On another note, I guess I just can't leave my blog like that. :) But this issue needs to be addressed!

Friday the 13th IS REAL!

Friday the 13th: From Wikipedia

Dimalas ang Friday the 13th. Daghang mga katingalahan ang mahitabo.

Gahapon, gibutang sa hotseat ang mga incumbent Datatron officers, with the advisers, the Dean, and the candidates. Wala ko katunga kay nangita mi'g company para sa among thesis (read the two previous posts).

Ilahang gi-question kung unsa'y dagan sa among pagpangalagad: kung asa na padulong ang kwarta sa org, as well as pointing out kung unsa'y mga 'naobserbaran' nila namo.

Aside from our financial standing, na-brought up sad ang akong pangalan ug ang paglarga nako sa Korea.

Tinuod, naa gyud ko'y kahiubos sa akong mga kauban, nga akong nasulti. Pero wala ko'y tumong nga makapasakit ug tawo, or mobungkag sa foundation sa organization. Tungod lang gyud siguro sa akong pagdali-dali mao nga nadala ko sa spur of the moment. Tungod na sa akong pagdali-dali mao nga naa ko'y mga butang nga napagawas. I've said more than what I should have. Na-misinterpret ni sa uban nga mga tawo, nga in-turn mao'y ilang gigamit nga bala para tirahon mi.

I feel so betrayed. Wala ko nag-expect nga iyaha na diay ming gi-kwentahan. Feeling nako, amoang sala tanan. I thought it was all in good faith. Unya ang nahibato, gi-nawong hinuon mi, daw sa namuyboy. Nga wala kuno katabang ang organization nako paglarga nako sa Korea, unsaon na lang kuno pagtabang sa org sa mga constituents niini. Kuwang kuno mi ug suporta gikan sa organization.

Wala ko nag-expect nga ang mga tawo nga among gituohan nga among kasaligan, among mga amigo/amiga, mao na hinuo'y modunggab namo patalikod. Naa diay 'grupo' nga nagplano nga i-take over ang organization. Dugay na kuno ni sila nga nagplano nga i-shake ang foundation sa organization, ug karon ang sakto nga panahon.

Dako gyud kaayo ko'g sala nga nahimo, sa akong mga advisers, sa akong mga co-officers. Feeling nako ako'y nag-catalyze, ako'y nag-instigate ani nga kagubot.

Nasorpresa gyud kaayo akong mga kauban ug among mga advisers. Wala gyud kuno sila'y nasulti; wala na lang sila nisulti. Nakonsensya gyud ko ug maayo maghuna-huna kung unsa'y nahitabo nila.

If only nakatambong ko sa meeting, I could've shed some light on the matter. I could've made a difference. Dili siguro nila makastigo ug ingon-ana among organization.

I feel so guilty of what happened. Ewan kung naa pa ba ko'y nawong nga mapakita sa among mga advisers, now that they've decided nga mo-resign from the advisorship.

Kargo de konsensya gyud nako tanan. Wala na ko kahibalo unsa'y buhaton. Nangayo na lang ko'g tambag sa usa ka tawo nga akong masaligan. Wala ko'y nahimo kung dili ang pagpagawas sa akong kahiubos, ug sa akong kahingawa sa sitwasyon. Nalipay ko nga naa siya didto, sa pagpaminaw, sa paghatag ug tambag, sa pagklaro sa akong hunahuna nga clouded na kaayo. Nagpasalamat sad ko nga ni-offer siya sa iyang help sa pagsulbad ani nga problema.

Pero bisan pa man sa nahitabo, na-feel sad nako nga mas suod na kami sa akong mga kauban. Mas strong karon ang bond nga mao'y nagpalibot namo. We learned how to trust each other more. It is in the darkest of nights that we see the brightest of stars.

With what happened, one thing was assured of me: FRIDAY THE 13TH IS REAL! It can unleash horror you've never expected before.