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.)