Congratulations New Mechanical Engineers

The Negros Oriental State University College of Engineering and Architecture has proven once more its cognomen as "Home of the Toptnotchers" .

I would like to congratulate my former classmates and very good friends who successfully hurdled the Mechanical Engineering Licensure Examination for October 2008 - Alfred, Noel, Jeph and Winston. Congratulations for a well-deserved success! Cheers!

I would like to make a special mention to the topnotchers - Engr. Gomez and Engr. Paalisbo, CONGRATULATIONS - YOU BOTH DESERVED IT!

Here are the successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places in the MECHANICAL ENGINEER Licensure Examination (data from the PRC):

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	RATING(%)
1	BHRYAN PHILLIP ROLLON ONDOY	POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-TAGUIG	91.95
2	WINSTON BERCADES GOMEZ	NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (CVPC)-DUMAGUETE CITY	90.70
.	MARVIN VELASCO MAYO	UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST-CALOOCAN	90.70
.	EUGENE BIGNO TATOY	CEBU STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-CUENCO	90.70
3	JOHN PAUL PONCE GANADEN	SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY	90.40
4	RENANTE GALBAN CALAGO	ANDRES BONIFACIO COLLEGE	89.95
.	LORDINIO CULTURA ESPINO	BATAAN PENINSULA STATE COLLEGE-BALANGA (BATAAN POLY. SC)	89.95
5	JOE CARLO ENOC BACON	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO-KIDAPAWAN	89.65
.	JIMMY GUINTO TALLADA	BATAAN PENINSULA STATE COLLEGE-BALANGA (BATAAN POLY. SC)	89.65
6	RANDY DIAZ DELLOSA	BICOL UNIVERSITY-LEGAZPI	89.45
.	BENIGNO YEBES PASCUAL	TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY (TARLAC COLLEGE OF TECH.)	89.45
7	JEPHUNNEH ANDILAB PAALISBO	NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (CVPC)-DUMAGUETE	89.05
8	JAKE CODORNIZ MESIAS	BICOL UNIVERSITY-LEGAZPI	89.00
9	ALVIN BAUTISTA CEMPRON	MINDANAO POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE (DMMMPSC)	88.95
10	EDWARD CUNANAN DELA MINES	POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MAIN-STA. MESA	88.90

You can view the complete list of successful examinees at the Inquirer.net.

little angel

Isn’t she a little angel?

Mr. and Ms. NORSU Bais 2008: Mr. and Ms. ARCKE Smile

The following candidates for the Mr. and Ms. NORSU Bais 2008 were the winners of the Mr. and Ms. ARCKE Smile awards:

Mr. NORSU Bais 2008- Mr. ARCKE Smile

Ms. NORSU Bais 2008- Ms. ARCKE Smile

This time Sir James and Cham2x gave the award for Mr. and Ms. ARCKE Smile, respectively.

Mr. and Ms. NORSU Bais 2008: Mr. and Ms. Photogenic

I have mentioned in my previous post that I will be talking more about the Mr and Ms NORSU Bais 2008, so this is it.

Since we were one of the major sponsors of the event we gave some special awards during the event- the Mr. Photogenic, Ms. Photogenic, Mr. ARCKE Smile and Ms. ARCKE Smile.

We had the privileged to choose among the candidates of the Mr and Ms NORSU Bais 2008 to receive the awards mentioned. The ARCKE team had decided and the winners for Mr and Ms Photogenic were:

Mr. NORSU Bais 2008- Mr. Photogenic

Ms. NORSU Bais 2008- Ms. Photogenic

I gave the award for both Mr. and Ms. Photogenic during the pageant night and here's my picture unfolding the winner of the Mr. Photogenic (next time I'll give a smile, lol):

I Love You

I Love You

(by shem ^_^)

I'm scared to hold you

for you might let go.

I'm too afraid to fall

for you might not catch me when i fall.

I'm scared to fall in love again

'coz it might 'coz me pain

I'm scared coz you might let go

without you knowing how much i love you

so before anything else

before anything happens

let me say this to you heartily

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HYPOTHALAMUS!!!

educatonal trip at NOAH

The Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation class with Dr. Tan.

Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage, as an industry, did not start big. It has its humble beginning. A story about the beginning of NOAH can be read below:

The Inspiring Story of Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH)

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”


A series of business setbacks hit the Yee family between 1984 to 1986. Two of their Dumaguete City establishments, a department store and a restaurant were both losing money and all of their efforts to revive them resulted in failure. Didi, as Mrs. Yee is popularly known, recalls the discouragement which she and her husband fell victim to.


It was at about this point that a man came to her asking for a job. He was a displaced worker from a local stonecraft venture which had just closed shop. He had been out of work for a long time and was desperate for something to do. More to help the fellow than anything else, Didi tried out what he could do.


What came out of the experiment was a little slab of polished stone on which was inscribed in india ink a passage from II Kings 3:17 “For thus says the Lord. Though you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water so that you, your cattle, and your other animals may drink.”




The significance of that verse did not come upon Didi until much later. Now she can see how everything started from that little piece. She began manufacturing more of those stone tablets inscribed with inspirational verses from the Bible. The product caught the imagination of some friends who bought them to give away as gifts or as unubiquitous inspirational décor for their own homes or offices.


The stonecraft factory went into full operation in 1989, coinciding with the period when the Department of Trade and Industry and the Negros Oriental Centennial Commission were working hand in hand to promote local handicraft and industry in the province by getting stone tablets with inspirational verses inscribed in india ink led to the production of more stonecraft items like jewelry boxes, costume jewelry, wall decoration, coasters, mirror frames and picture frames, paper weights, and beautiful chests and furniture in-laid with stone. As of 1991, barely five years from the time the venture started, NOAH has 140 skilled and semi-skilled workers in its factory at Bacong, a wider range of stonecraft product lines, and a distribution network including the export market.


Each item produced by NOAH is made by hand with the patience native to the gentle Bacong folk. To Romulo and Didi Yee every piece crafted by their people at NOAH stands for an act of faith. It is the articulation of God’s promise which they had stumbled upon when bereft of human wisdom they had emptied themselves of pride and humbly put themselves in the hands of God. Each beautiful item work is the fulfillment of that wonderful promise in the II Kings, 3:17: “You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water so that you, your cattle, and your other animals may drink.”


The light of that faith shines in every piece crafted at NOAH, the Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage.

Indeed inspiring, right? You can actually visit NOAH's site at http://www.noahphil.com. You will be amazed with their products just as we were astonished during our educational trip.

Here are some of the photos we have during our visit at NOAH:

The Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage building.

The enthusiastic and the curious members of the Entrep class.


The detailed process called "brassing".


The almost-a-million-worth table.


The steps in product development.

Mrs. Divinagracia Yee, the manager of NOAH, gave some insights in keeping the business alive.



Some of the amazing products of NOAH:

Now, the most awaited moment (lol)- the members of the class having their lunch.

Since I will not be studying anymore this 2nd semester, I'll surely miss the company of this class.

a new header

This blog is seldom updated because of the busy schedule, both in running the business and in pursuing a Master's degree in Business Administration. The 1st semester is about to end and our final exam for my 3 subjects will be on October 11, 2008. After that, I have decided to stop schooling. I am doing this because I need to lessen the pressures I am feeling, both from schooling and in running the business. The pressure will now be alone from running the business. Ha. I tell you, still not easy. Also, I might decide to take the board exam for Electronics and Communications Engineering, which review will start in the month of December, 2008. I am praying that God will give me the wisdom and knowledge to make the right decision whether to take the licensure examinations for ECE this April 2009.

But before getting to that point, I mean deciding whether to take the board exam or not , I decided to be fully back to the blogging world. As a start, I have change the header of this blog

from this

to this


I hope you like it! :)