It’s all worth it…

VG…wow...For once on my life, I will never forgot that handwritten two letter word. It’s as if my world stops turning. (ana jud na bsta first time…)Consultation is always as terrible as ever. But sir gamboa make us feel comfortable every time we consult him. Perhaps it’s because of our beautiful faces. (paitah!!!)

I think it’s safe to say we all have some heavy feelings these days. Deadlines are already coming. We need to be ready for future breathtaking consultation. Granted that there are days that I think I won’t be able to do it – but I have fallen into a rut of assuming I can’t rather than committing a try. Completing Planning phase was always fun. Maybe it’s a good start. We will just ensure that we will still stay on track.

The relief I feel as I see things put into their place will give me more room to explore and open up a clearer path to where I want to go. How about a round of applause sa atung pogi na teacher???

Honestly, what is it about a thing that brings about this scenario for memories? Well, I think it’s because of the VG.
It’s all worth it…

The image above is the USeP enrollment system activity diagram. It is to show the functions of the enrollment system performed during enrollment time.

Step 1:
During enrollment time, students need to pay local fees first before any other transactions specifically headlight and other local council fees.

Step 2:
Student’s clearance which is processed prior the scheduled enrollment is a must. In case the said clearance is not completely signed then she/he will not be entertained by the assigned class adviser. The students are obliged to bring all the receipts and the student’s clearance during advising as a requirement. During this period, the adviser will give a form commonly known as PRF for the student to write the subject he/she is advised to enroll for the semester.

Step 3:
When the student is already advised as to what subject he/she will enroll, encoding of the advised subjects will be the next step. In every college there are assigned offices or encoders who will handle this task. Sometimes this is where the students are stuck due to number of students per one encoder. After this, the student now have the COR or Certificate of Registration which consist of the said amount the student will pay.

Step 4:
If the student is a scholar, she needs to go to the bookkeeper window for the approval of their scholarship and for records purposes also. Otherwise, if you are just an ordinary student (katong scholar sa parents) you need to fall in a long line. This is where the student will pay his/her tuition fee. You also need to prepare coins because the cashier sometimes doesn’t provide coins. Partial payments are also accepted.

Step 5
After paying the tuition fee, we need to go to the registrar’s office. There are assigned windows every college or department. The enrollee needs to present her receipts (headlight, local council fees and tuition fee) and also the student’s clearance before you will be officially enrolled.

Step 6:
When you are already officially enrolled, you need to go to the university library for the library card validation.

usep enrollment system (use case diagram)

The image above is the use case diagram of usep enrollment system. It is to show the functions of the enrollment system performed during enrollment time. This diagram is the enrollment flow presented by a graphic illustration in order to present an overview of the functionality provided by a system in terms of actors which is the student, and their goals which is represented by a use cases.

The actor (student) plays a role with the system. Use cases which are drawn as a horizontal ellipse describes a sequence of actions, starting from payments of local fees up to validation of library card. The images in the right side of the diagram are persons involving every transaction.

i'd prefer interview and document review

Every process used in systems analysis is long and difficult. But no other part of the process is immense that it cannot be learned. I am the type of person who always makes a good first impression and find reading a humane habit. Taking into consideration the way I view my true persona, I think it will be more comfortable for me using both the document review and a little support on interviewing. Gathering information on the field leads and expands my professional network for the main reason that in interviewing I am the one who initiates the discussion. But based on my personal experience in doing interview, I am not usually satisfied with the information I get. Maybe because I am not a good interviewer or it can also be the interviewee side. Sometimes companies typically won’t give much information specifically that private matter. That is why a need for document review can absolutely fill the missing information I need to know. The main reason why I feel comfortable with document review even if I need to sit in front of a computer and review thousands of pieces of stored information is much simpler and hassle free. Having the aura of a chatty person, every time I do interview while facing executives is always a one way of boosting my self confidence.



When talking about the other side of me, I usually misunderstood by some because I like observing people passing behind me (even if I am in church..peace). But whenever I do go in a company study I set aside that habit because I know observing won’t help me gather better information.

Although I view interviewing a very formal approach in data gathering because you need to follow basic guidelines for interview etiquette I also find reviewing documents a very interesting and a challenging thing. But even if I am comfortable with this kind of technique a proper review is important for proper production because failure to ensure accurate assessment can easily result in many dangers.

we take actions

There are lots of things we can do and have in order for us to achieve our real objectives in life. We breathe because we take actions. Life can be less complicated if we visualizes first what we will need to become so that we will know what road we need to take. In achieving our own objectives in life, typically the desire for success needs necessary course of action together with the will of doing it. I would prefer both of the approach because we cannot always foresee things; we just plan things in preparation for the future challenges soon before we can make mistakes. We all know that being predictive can do a better part in achieving these goals. It is because we need to predict and plan everything ahead of time but everything in this world changes so if time will come that those plans fail, tendencies are we will end up a failure. But going with the flow with a little alliance of being predictive can make every purpose much easier.

In connection with our objectives in life we need to have a cycle as a guide in achieving our goals and the things we aspire. Following steps can be a little complex because we need to take every steps one step at a time. But having these steps implemented can help in putting things in place.

A lifecycle development begins in the determination and the strength of the character doing it. To make the most effective ways of achieving our goals in life are as follows:

• Visualizing the future

We need to visualize mentally and emotionally where we want to go so that we can have a better foundation if we fail. In these step we need to have a strong desire of what we will become for when time comes that we face failures we won’t easily be affected because we have these intense feeling that we MUST achieve that ambitions in life.

• Setting a plan

In every aspects of life, setting a plan comes first. But in pursue of success we need to think about everything first before making plans. How can we make plans if we don’t know where we want to go, right? In setting a plan we need to be more specific and it must be achievable. If our aim is as high as the highest mountain we need to set a plan that can also reach the highest peak. In relation to what is happening now, just an example, as a USEP student we usually don’t have an exact number of grades but as long as we pass it is already a great achievement for us. These kind of approach needs change because it can only make us a failure. If we have plans in life, we need to aim a grade far better that what we expect.

• Taking actions

In every plan we make we need to take everything into actions. What’s the use of planning if we are not making moves in the achievement of that plan? Taking actions is like a matter of life and death. Every small action has bigger chance of either success or failure. But we need to think of our main objectives in life so we can create creative actions.

• Evaluate achievements

In every plan we take we need to have a small recap in order for us to know if we are doing good or we need to change our actions. We will know if we are already in the peak of our objective and if we face failures due to failure actions we need not to feel frustrated. Just think that blessed are those who suffer.

• Plan again if not doing good else continue making actions

After the evaluation, if the plans we make are not doing good we need to plan again and make it better this time. We need to be positive. We need to go back from the planning stage instead of working on some problems. And if our actions are doing great, we need to improve those actions for better outcomes.



Planning won’t end; it is just the circumstances stops if we will prevent it before it gets worse. That is why in setting plans and taking actions we need to be more precise and tight. Because life starts at the point we make it.

is it worthy???!!!

Think about your approved/proposed systems, is it worth the three or more years of learning you get from the university? Describe how you arrive with this proposal.



Four years of learning was really a true help in boosting our hidden knowledge. The question now is am I using this knowledge?

I was struck by the way I uses my knowledge. It made me idiot when my teacher keeps on repeating our proposed system all the time during our SAD1 class. (Maka hurt baya to. ) He keeps on saying that our proposed system is not worth the three years of learning we get from the university. For more than three years of learning information technology I have already acquired different types of knowledge related to IT (programming, creating and designing systems). We have been taught such knowledge that leads to the development of new ideas, skills, and understanding. We are task to look for a company and proposed system (as a requirement for SAD1 subject). Our group looks for a company that can help us in completing this requirement. We encounter such series of group meetings for us to plan better. At first, our group decided to take Legacy Group as our company we have decided to propose a cashiering system for them to be more at ease when they are doing their work. Our proposed system was already approved by Ma’am Tammy but suddenly Legacy Group told us that they cannot entertain us because they are too busy. It was sad news but we then find another company. We decided to take Barangay Hall of Buhangin (as a last resort). When we conducted an interview there, the group then realized that we need to propose a much bigger system (I think) because the system we suggested comprises of subsystems. For me, it will be a huge responsibility for us, to think that the system we will be creating is a big one.

But I am still in a doubt if we can completely create, design and implement the system. Even if we are on our fourth year in the institute, we are still in the level of challenging our self in completing systems. Jade, one of my classmates was right when he said that coding is a little bit difficult. But our teacher was also right that IC students in USEP must be capable of doing these things. We are known to be globally competitive students, how can we find job outside the school when we don’t manage to create just a small system?

Learning takes place when we learn. When we keep on circling on the same circle we are bound to fail. How can we make it to the top if we won’t try making risks? I now that I am still afraid of taking risks for I don’t want to be held responsible if problem come. I don’t want to take risks because I am afraid that we can’t complete the system we proposed. But I was born as a globally competitive person. Maybe our group needs an assembly for us to come up on a more perfect idea. Given an option that the proposed system should be web ready for a more challenge work, it still remain as an option to our group because we think that it is more difficult. But we are working on it. We just need to freshen up our mind and have some Christmas vacation…