Entry #11 - photoSYNTHESIS

           This is my last entry for the term.  Besides COSORES’ obvious connection with my ENVISOC class last term, I realized that three of my business classes this term are also connected.  I always knew that the subjects in my curriculum were interconnected, but I realized just how much they are connected the other day.

            During my COSORES class, we were talking about Green Buildings and how they can be a competitive advantage for a company.  I had been learning about competitive advantage throughout the term during my STRAMAN (Strategic Management) class and I instantly thought of how it can be a competitive advantage for a company.  The term “Green Building” was also familiar to me, as I had just researched it the day before, for my DECIRES (Development of Real Estate) class.  The next day during my DECIRES class, the professor asked what ISO 9001 meant.  No one was able to get it right until I remembered what Ms. Pia wrote on the board during the previous session, and I answered Quality Management (which was correct).

            That short period of time allowed me to realize that everything I am learning now will be helping me in the future.  Our SL project has also inspired me to try and do something similar to it, but on a larger scale.  As I write this, I am planning an event for BMS that will give some of its proceeds to a beneficiary (hopefully Bahay Biyaya Hostel).  The proceeds will be used to buy things that the beneficiary will need to make the residents’ life better or easier. 

            When I was little until high school, all I wanted to be was a rich businessman when I grow up.  I didn’t care how I got the money, but all that mattered was that I had the money.  After these four years at De La Salle University, I have a clear cut vision of what kind of person I want to become.  The goal is still to be a wealthy businessman, but the means of getting there has changed.  I want my business to be green or sustainable, at the very least, it should have CSR integrated into how it operates.  I want to help communities and change how people perceive corporations. 

            Don’t be evil.  Save lives.  Change the world.  This is what I envision for myself.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to achieve this someday.