Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Team Alpha in Manila

Day 1, Apr 19 - Endured an hour delay of Cebu Pacific flight from Bacolod to Manila. Making up card games saw us through the waiting and cruising. Glen had his cam inside his checked-in luggage so we're just left with the memories. Soon after we have deposited our stuff at Friendship Suites, Bepbep had us undergo a  brief commuting initiation (taking MRT from Guadalupe to Megamall). Sure enough, we had our first blunder with KZ not being able get through the gate. She inserted her card too soon.


2, Apr 20 - And I thought my role was limited to chaperoning my kids to Manila, this being their first trip to the big city. I should have taken a hint when my zero level skill set in creating apps was put to test. When we finally got settled in the office at Verde, I was given CMS to work on using Drupal and php. What?!?!?! Exactly!!! I swear, I was laughing secretly thinking, "What have I gotten myself into?".


Day 3, Apr 21 - The team spent the whole day at MINT College located on the second floor of PCCI Bldg at Mckinley Hill.



We spent the morning listening to the Fireside Chat between Rep. of Taguig and Plug and Play CEO. The talk dealt with the state of ICT and the making of  Philippine version of Silicon Valley. After lunch, we witnessed around 18 start up companies attempt to convince venture capitalists to finance their projects. We left during the rush hour and experienced being squashed against sweaty bodies inside MRT going to Trinoma, SM North Edsa and finally Rodic's at UP Diliman for dinner.


Our day did not end there. After a brief tour of the campus and a short pictorial session with Oblation, we had supper of beer and pizza in one of the staff houses.

1 comment:

kayzzie said...

looks like we had a lot of fun:>.,.,and the mrt stunt was not funny at all, until now.,haha..u guys are so madaya leaving me here:>.,.wish u back again so we can ruin days again:>>chiao