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Team Name:

Good Working Adorable Persevering Optimistic - these are the traits of a true GWAPO Student. We were able to come up with this name since in order to be good researchers, one must have these qualities and we think that we have what it takes to be good researchers.

Y U Choose RAPD:

When we were looking for an elective, we were looking for a subject that will teach us in generating plausible and profitable idea. We were looking for a course that will help us in developing that idea into a marketable product and sustaining the growth of that merchandise. We hoped to find an elective that will help us with our pre-med courses.

Impressions:

Once we got on with the classes, we saw that the subject was going to be exciting though we expect the subject to be very demanding - full of paper works and laboratory activities. Yet with the small class and awesome teacher, all that was needed was our participation in all the fun.

Project? What Project?:

With the addition of Moringa oliefera, malunggay leaves, with the normal butter cookies, this helps solve the malnutrition being experienced here in the Philippines. But the real project was making the butter cookies marketable. For this to happen, we had to be innovative. We had to adjust the recipe in order to sell the product while striving to reach our goal of a nutritious snack. We had to be hardworking. From production to marketing to after sales evaluation we had to retrieve and analyze the data. And we also had to be strong in order to never give up on our product.

The Learning Process

The learning was really fun. In fact it's hard to pick out a single most fun moment because of all the fun times. But one of the things we enjoyed the most was the marketing of our product because we learned how manly enough you have to be in order to sell your product to unknown people. This was also the most challenging part of the learning process, actually. But the accomplishment of the challenge was the source of the fun.

Oh Memories

We made a lot of memories during RAPD but the most memorable event was when all of the competing teams worked together - when we had our first overnight stay. We tweaked our recipes to perfection and, while waiting for the cookies, the brownies, etc, we were having fun. Only in RAPD did we see competitors working side by side.

What More to Ask?

One of the things we would've liked to do in RAPD was to actually package our product with an official, marketable package. It completes the journey of your product. It shows that your product is finally ready to fight the other goods. I hope that the next RAPD batches will be able to experience this.

Be Warned

RAPD is a fun subject. You get a chance to actually enjoy STR. And it is very rewarding too with its experience. It may even equip you with skills that will help you in your future college degree. But like STR, it requires work, and lots of it. So our advice is to consider the opportunity cost of taking the elective. Whether or not you buy bread is up to how much you value it. Whether or not you take RAPD is up to how much you regard it. And remember that there is a no return policy. Once you're in, you're in.

Bani Team

Team name

Bani is a tree found in Bani, Pangasinan that has been proved to successfully lower blood glucose levels. Since this was the main thing that binded the team together, Bani was used to constantly remind us of how we became friends and how we passed all those trials in STR 1 together.

WHY CHOOSE RAPD?

Even though everyone knows that STR is the hardest subject in pisay since it has the most number of requirements, we still took the risk of getting this elective. We believe that the RAPD elective will best help us in our future researches and hopefully businesses.

Impressions

At first, we thought that the elective would be about marketing and selling stuff only. We had no idea that it would include reportings about the different government policies for product development and patenting. I thought that we would just go to fairs and have free tastes and in turn sell our products. Apparently, none of these happened.

At first, i thought my classmates would be hard to be vibes with. But as weeks and quarters passed, we became closer and more fun. All because of one common interest. Our superwoman teacher, Ma’am Bick. We all knew that Ma’am Bick was a very strict teacher. She had a reputation. But contrary to popular belief, Ma’am Bick was a fun teacher. She is the most game teacher to go out and on a outing. :))

PROJECT?

Our cupcakes aimed to lower the number of protein malnourished children in the Philippines by adding Spirulina platensis to the recipe to increase protein intake while having fun.

TRAITS.

• Teamwork :))
• Friendliness towards other people
• HYPERNESS!

FUN part?

I believe that the part when we were trying and tasting the recipes was the most fun. We got to experiment on which combinations tasted better. When the whole elective was at one place baking, that was the best experience ever. It had a sense of competition and cheering all at the same time.

CHALLENGING part?

I think finding the different possible recipes that could be used were the hardest part. We had to check for consistencies and stuff like that. I also think that the sensory evaluation was hard. Since we couldn’t really taste the difference.

Most memorable activity

I believe that the RAPD outing in Jaclyn’s house was the best outdoor activity ever. We had overnight and played rock band. We now have a theme song, “Rebel Girl” complete with choreography. We are hoping to have another outing with the gang soon.

Other Activity?

I would have wanted to have an educational field trip to food companies and see how the process on how they manufacture their products so that we can apply it to out researches. This will make the production more efficient.

Message?

For the future RAPD pioneers, i hope you take this elective because not only will you have, you’ll learn a lot too! Like ma’am bick’s funny habits. HEHEHEH. Debating. :| Wag lang kayong tamarin magpass ng requirements and you’ll be fine.

I-Team

Jann Eldy "Joma" L. Daquioag (IV-Photon)

Jul Mar "Buko" F. Esteban (IV-Truth)

Batch 2012

Yeah!

Kadahilanan ng aming pangalan.

Ang pangkat na ito ay binubuo ni Jann Eldy L. Daquioag at Jul Mar F. Esteban. Ang aming pangkat ay pinangalanang I-Team sapagkat kami ay ang pinakamaitim na pangkat sa asignaturang ito. I-Team din kasi dahil siguro paborito namin ang itim na kulay.

Bakit namin ito pinili.

Jann Eldy L. Daquioag: Gusto ko kasing maging malapit sa Biology ang aking magiging elective kaya naman ito ang pinili ko.

Jul Mar F. Esteban: Andito kasi si Leona at Jaclyn kaya sumali ako sa elective na ito.

Ang aming unang sapantaha sa asignatura.

Ang iniisip namin ay magiging mahirap ang buhay namin sa RAPD na parang magiging STR lang siya ngunit nagkamali pala kami. Sa aming mga naging kasama na kumuha ng RAPD ay masasabi ko naman kami ay naging magkakaibigan, siguro dahil na rin sa aming maliit na bilang at mabait na guro. Sa guro naman namin ay inisip naming magiging nakakatakot ngunit hindi pala at siya pala ay magiging mabait na guro.

Ang aming mga binalak.

Ang titulo ng aming proyekto ay “Product Development of a Marketable Squash Enriched Street Food”. Ang aming binalak ay gumawa ng isang kikiam na may halong kalabasa na maging mas mura at mas masustansya sa kikiam na binebenta ngayon.

Aming lakas na pinaghuhugutan

• Ang aming pagkakaibigan ng aking kasama
• Ang aming bugbugan kung sino ang gagawa ng ano
• Ang aming kakulitan at saya noong gumagawa kami ng kikiam

Mga karanasan sa asignaturang ito.

Ang mga masasayang bahagi ng aming karanasana ay yung aming paggawa ng kikiam sa loob at labas ng Pisay. Masaya ang aming pagluluto ng kikiam sa gilid ng GRHA. Ang mahirap na bahagi ay ang pagtitinda at paghimok sa mga taong bumili ng aming kikiam. Mahirap sapagkat natatawa kaming dalawa sa aming ginagawa.


Mga ala-alang aming dadalhin.

Marami kaming ala-alang dadalhin galing sa RAPD. Mga tawanan at sugat na nakuha noong isang gabi sa bahay ni Jaclyn, mga tawanan sa loob ng silid-aralan sa SHB at ASTB, mga kakulitan noong YMSAT sa kanya-kanya naming upuan upang magtinda, mga debate sa bahay ni Jaclyn, mga tanong sa pagtatanghal ng mga tao at marami pang mga ala-ala. Hindi namin masasabi ang pinakatatatak sa aming isipan sapagkat sandamakmak ito at lahat ng ito ay hindi namin makakalimutan.

Ano ang kulang para sa amin.
Siguro ang gusto lang namin ay magkaroon ng isang linggong oras na magtitinda sa loob ng paaralan. Sa oras ng klase ay lalabas at magtitinda sa mga guro, mag-aaral at mga kawani ng paaralan. Maganda rin siguro kung magkaroon ng mga taong tutulong sa amin upang sabihin kung ano pa ang aming maaring gawin at kung ano pa ang aming idagdag sa aming ginawa.

Mensahe sa mga nais sumubok.

Ang payo lang namin sa mga nais pumasok sa RAPD ay dapat kayo ay matiyaga, makulit , at masipag. Masaya ito kung masaya ngunit kung hindi ninyo ito kayang gawin ang aming masasabi ay wag na lamang sapagkat kayo ay malulundo lamang. Masaya ang RAPD at kung papasok kayo ay IKALUGOD NINYO SANA ANG ASIGNATURANG ITO!

Mudra Mukula

Arlo Ricardo Sanico IV - Graviton
Liza Mae Jane Abucejo IV - Tau
Batch 2012


Team Name.
We are both Lithium 2012 and there was this time that this hand gesture

was used or expressed by everyone. This hand gesture is from yoga and is called Mukula Mudra.


STR Elective?
Everyone knows that STR is a hard subject. It's hard (or impossible) to cram. So why did we chose RAPD? We thought that this elective can help us with our STR2 projects + the teacher is so awesome. :>


Impressions.
RAPD is a new elective that is offered to 4th years. We never thought that having oral defenses can be fun and not that frightening. Also, since there are only 10 of us in the class, it's easy to interact with each other which made the class bonded and having fun. Lastly, the teacher, since she was our STR1 teacher when we were 3rd year, we somewhat expected that this elective will be fun.


Cucurbits, our project.
Our project was all about creating a nutrient-enriched brownie. For us to complete the project we needed cooperation and diligence, also, we just enjoyed what we were doing.


Fun & Challenging.
The fun parts were, of course, the baking part [we were also elective-mates last 3rd year in food science] and the selling part. The challenging parts were finding a project to modify and the part where we needed to write papers.


Memories.
The most memorable classroom activitiy is of course all the oral defenses. :) We never expected defending our projects and questioning other projects was that fun. The most memorable outdoor class activity was the field trip to the DOST compound because we learned a lot from that field trip.


Wanted activity?
All in all, the activities were fun and interesting. Any other activities will be fine.


Message to future RAPD students.
Don't think about RAPD as STR2 because they are different. Don't cram the requirements. Just enjoy the elective.

Peachy Clearance

TEAM NAME

Initially the pair had proceeded unnamed – it was only months later that they settled for Team Peach. Previously inspired by the highlight color of their pair in the Excel file for grades, they afterwards reasoned that peaches signified the sweetness – and also, seldom, the acidity – of the founders’ personalities. :>

WHY RAPD

We have no particular reason for choosing the elective, but the name of the elective sounded professional. We also thought that joining the elective may help in STR2.

Impressions

We were intrigued about the subject since it was new. We assumed that the elective would be very similar to STR, but we soon realized that it wasn’t quite the same. We also believe we were able to interact easily with the classmates and teacher because of the small class size.

OUR PROJECT

Our project dealt with the development of marketable lato or seaweed balls. It was based on the original research by Arriola, Ebarle, Libo-on, and Timbol in 2005 entitled Manufacture of Lato (Caulerpa racemosa) Seaweed Balls.

Three TRAITS

• Determination!
• Cooperation!
• Kapal ng mukha.

EXPERIENCES

The field trip and the overnight were enjoyable experiences, whilst the actual project implementation was the most challenging part for us. The repeated trials to perfect the recipe needed a lot of effort and perseverance.

memories

The most memorable classroom activity was the game/puzzle wherein we had to hold hands and untangle ourselves, because that was one of the first activities we had as a class. Whereas for the outdoor activities, we believe that all of them carried memories worth remembering. :-bd

WHAT MORE

We would have liked to meet with more marketing/sales experts to help us in devising strategies to market our product. It will help us understand how advertising works and the knowledge could be used further on in life, particularly in business.

TO FUTURE STUDENTS

RAPD is a fun elective, but it requires diligence and perseverance. Implementing another STR project with the entire academic load in fourth year can be stressful at times, but your hard work will be rewarding in the end! (Get to know your classmates. There aren’t a lot of you, so you’ll be interacting with those people quite often. Get along with them.)