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Youth Entrepreneurship Development Training. Theme, "Developing and Capacitating Entrepreneurs in the Land of Promise". The lecturer, Ms. Marites M. Puspus talked about the "social entrepreneurship".  The second lecturer is Prof. Corazon M. Mangelen of the economics department, talked about the importance of organizing, registering and managing a cooperative. A great opportunity to learn important details in terms  organizing, registering and managing a cooperative.

 A nerve wrecking event for the participants to defend their studies with all their might. Reviewing all the data and analyzing all the results. A battle to defend their research and prove each findings. On the 16th of May 2017 at the Lecture Hall of the College of Law the ' FIRST MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY- CBAA RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM'. The pressure was on the moment the panelists took their seats up to the last participants who defended their paper.  Participants from Accountancy, two from Economics and four groups from Entrepreneurial Marketing. Giving each participants 10 minutes to present their research. With three panels having the time of 15 minutes to fry the participants up with questions but also giving them comments and suggestions to improve their papers.

Aga Khan Museum holds some of the memories of Marawi and about Mindanao State University. From the equipment s used for battle fields to fishing, from 'Turugan" to their tribes clothing, from recreational games to musical instruments, from the species lurking under waterof Lake Lanao to what is now part of the endangered species, then to the first President of Mindanao State University to the first Speaker. Marawi holds a great history, knowing this things makes me want to travel back in time and leave with them like no electronics needed but only things for survival. You may learn lots of things and be amaze by their history. Try knowing this Maranao people, you might actually changed your mind that their are not actually bad people they are just the same as us. Also one of the things you see inside the Museum are the wonderful artworks made by Okir club, the art club.

MSU, Marawi consist of many place to explore and many delicacies to taste. My favorite spots are in the vast field of golf course where you can relax and at the same time looking the view of the famous 'Sleeping Lady' mountain and the other one is in Ayala Resort. To reach MSU, Marawi City: 1. Go to South bound terminal in Iligan City. 2. You may ask someone to give you which jeep or armak to ride on. Fair for only Php. 50.00. It takes approximately 1 hour and 15/ 20 minutes to arrive in MSU. Welcome to MSU. Entrance Now if you feel hungry after the tiring trip there are many food establishments inside the campus and it is located in the campus' Commercial Center where the armak will have its final stop.  My number 1 pick to satisfy your tommy is in D'dhones located at upper comcent. You ask someone for help or I may tour you around. You will surely love D'dhones, they serve many kinds of dishes not just local foods.  My 2nd pick is a food establishmen...

A Filipino restaurant located at Iligan city near Gaisano Mall. They served pleasing local dishes and one of these is the bihon a.k.a. 'pagkaing pam-pahaba ng buhay' tastier with kalamasi. Steamy stewed chicken and beef, the famous letchon manok with a very gratifying flavor of the skin and the juicy meat of it. Then there comes their special recipe halo- halo being serve in a coconut shell. While writing these article I keep on imagining the taste of everyf ood and I almost drool. 

Try this new kind of ice cream that you will surely scream for more. A home made kind of recipe with a mild texture, tasty flavor and irisistable smell. Amoy pa lang nakaka- takam na. Delicious 'Deliciousa Ice cream' comes with variety of flavors like melon, ube and buco.

De'Karsada Switch. Owned and manage by a group of friends at the same time skaters. They got the name De'karsada for the reason tha they believe that most of the fun things happened on the street.  Have I mention that they are mostly friendly and easy to talk? Well they truly are. They welcome you with good vibes and serves you with smile. Not to mention, most of them are cutesy 😊 The unique thing about them is their packaging. As you may look at it, it seems typical but it's actually not. There is definitely unique in there trust me. And that's the thing you yourself should find out. 😉 They serve 3 kinds of flavors- sweet n' sour, barbeque and cheese and you have 2 choices of drinks- pineapple juice and icetea. I prefer flavored cheese and pineapple.  Please do visit their facebook page and hit like:  De Karsada Switch

                 Got the privilege to be part of the opening of the Greenwhich at Iligan city. Free snack for us.  We savor everybit of this pizza. Overwhelmed to have it for free. We surel took our time to capture its beauty.  The moment we step foot to the domain of the Greenwhich building we couldn't stop ourselves to stop (gets?) and capturea photo of this wall.  Also the interior design of the inside are just so warm to look at. Relaxing, its like you want to take a photo in every corner of store. 

Kumantaki is a Maranao term which means Kain tayo. Isa itong kainan na nasa loob ng MSU main campus. Isa ito sa mga kainan na tinatngkiling ng karamihang estudyante sa MSU. They mainly serve fried chicken, with a special gravy. It totally differs from the other resto that serves fried chicken the reason is that it is not only the skin that has flavor but also the juicy meat inside that you can not surely resis. It complements well with their yellow rice. . 

Who wouldn't be curious of what's inside the box be tempted to take a peak? The box already speaks for what might be inside it. So tempting.  Bring yourself into temtation and indulge this sin full of percolating chocolate syrup on top. Who would not dare to steal and take a bite in this Chocolate brownies?        Revel in this brownies and once you had a bite you will surely want to have more.

Never thought I would come to a conclusion that their mushroom soup is quiet tasty and creamy. It goes pretty well with their rice and fried chicken. It's sweetness blends perfectly to the spicyness of the chicken.  Top- bottom: chicken nuggets with the sauce on the side and Buffalo chicken At first glance I thought it was a frogs leg thank goodness it was chicken wings. They are also tasty and I don't know what else to say about this, I'm totally speechless. Their sauce suits pretty well with this two which it gives more flavor.  Seems like everything is on my plate. The fried chicken is worth to taste.. By the time the manager of Aruba put everything on the table it was like an unlimited of food in front of us. And we can't stop ourselves to dig in.  .. Satisfied..

MSU Pasalubong gives you new variety of chips and this are taro chips, chayote chips and camote chips- all have been sliced thinly- you may also choose 3 types of flavor the sweet n' sour, barbeque and cheese.. You may also try their brownies and cheese stick, both own made. You may also order brownies in a box, it also consist of variety of flavor oozing with chocolate syrup on top. Available at  MSU MARAWI JEEPNEY TERMINAL ( bound to Iligan)  For Orders, Contact: 0948 362 5699   You may also visit their Facebook page: MSU Pasalubong

A Páter is a popular dish in Marawi City, Philippines mostly in Muslim areas. It consist of Yellow rice and a spicy meat, either beef or chicken, mixed with spices and grated coconut. Every establishments here in Mindanao State University has their own special recipe and each of them have their own unique flavor. A maranao friend of mine told me that if you eat this you should not drink any cold beverages the reason is that it will worsen the spiciness you felt inside you tongue. Maybe this will apply to other spicy dish. 

On th 7th day of April, 2017 Marketing 111 students together with our Professor went down to Iligan to attend our Digital Marketing:Skills training in ICI.   Our first speaker Ms. Lisa Marie Mirasol- Travel blogger and Social Media Marketing Specialist- one of yhe famous blogger in the Philippines share us her knowledge about setting up an E- Commerce Site. Tips on what's a safe website and how to secure your website.  You may also visit her website-  www.pinaytravelista.com From left to right: Ms. Lisa Marie Mirasol, Prof. Celeste and Mr. Vic Marion Madriaga   For our second speaker also a blogger and a social media marketing specialist Mr. Vic Marion Madriaga. Giving us information about the basics of Social Media Marketing. Tips on how to effectively use social media to promote a business. As he said "Listen- listen to comments on social media about your business, Create a strategy, then reply". Another thing is in making a promotional tool is that we shoul...

The day has come. As the sun rises and spread its ray, we students under the course of Marketing 111 starts the day for our #Kumantano: A Food Appreciation Tour in MSU, Marawi.  This is event is to appreciate our local dishes that is available inside the campus and at the same time help our sponsors promote the establishments. We started our day with an orientation at 6:30 am then made a prayer for the event to successful at 7:00 am. Photo Credited to Elizalde Lulu After the prayer we did a 30 minutes Hataw dance. A good way for us to have a warm up before starting the tour.               At 7:30 we made our way to grab our breakfast. The pungency of the palapa fried with chicken which cmpliments very well with the sweetness of the yellow rice. Right after we had our deserts, the dodol and broa. Sweet taste of dodol and it has a thick texture and a sticky one. Then we headed to the oval and did a little bit of picture taking an...

Eriberta Springs – a popular attraction found in Barangay Diwan, Being a cold spring, Eriberta serves as a place where friends and families can go to escape the heat. Whether it be for summer fun or a weekend getaway, there’s sure to be groups of people enjoying the naturally cold, clean and pure waters of Eriberta. (source: http://triptheislands.com/destinations/getting-a-taste-of-molave-in-zamboanga-del-sur) The Eriberta Spring Resort is located in Barangay Tuboran, about seven kilometers from the town proper, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur. Eriberta Spring Resort can be reached from two directions from Zamboanga del Norte via Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur to Barangay Poblacion, Mahayag to Barangay Tuboran and from Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay Province, Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur via Culo, Molave to barangay Parasan, Molave, to Eriberta Spring Resort in barangay Tuboran. ( source: http://www.zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Eriberta_Spring_Resort)

The Marketing 111 Class of the Marketing Department of MSU Main Campus proudly presents #KumanTano: A Food Appreciation Tour in MSU-Marawi. The event aims to promote in social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Blogs) the food establishments in MSU-Marawi as well as the local cuisine and delicacies. Be part of this worthwhile endeavor to help our local entrepreneurs have an online presence :) Send us a message if you are interested to be our partner and/or sponsor :) #KumanTano #DiscoverMSU #VisitMarawi #AwesomeMindanaoa

Free taste is the Best, thanks to MSU Pasalubong Members and we got the chance to taste their products. They introduce new types of chips and made their own key chains. They have the popularly known kind of chip, Camote chips. Which they added a new tatse of flavor, a barbecue flavor. Every chips are crispy and flavorful comes in a very low price. Your barkadas will surely love to enjoy while having a perfect conversation and laughter. Taro Chips, a very innovative kind of chips this is made from a kind of vegetables that is very abundant in MSU, Marawi, and sad to say I just forgot the name. This new type of chips is sliced so thinly that it makes you want to eat more and you chew it in a very brief time. Also flavorful. They also have sayote chips, cheese sticks and brownies. We surely took all the time we had to indulge every chips and treats and left nothing on the plates. Thank you also to our Professor who was responsible for it, also for giving us tips on how to be an effe...

Celebrating our College foundation day is one of the most awaited part of our second semester for the reason the celebration starts on the very first day of the week which is Monday and ended up on Sunday. On the first day of the celebration is the opening of our "Padian"  which means market. Students under the department of Marketing, especially from major classes, were required to have their own stall and sell some goods such as clothes, souvenirs, beauty products, mugs and key chains and the most sold products, foods. The foods were not the usual ones that is being sold in a street foods nor in a circus, this are experiments or improvise version of it. You should try: Fried Siomai.  Pizza in a stick Spaghetti Lumpia Coated isaw Varieties of beverages.  This are some of the food products being sold at the padian which MSUans have come to like it. Sports Game. Every department plays and cheers, wins and loses but at the end there is sportsmanship and every...

A failure can never be a drawback to someone who is Take another risk  willing to grab success. Eventhough Sara Blakely had experience many failure she still goes on to reach her goals.  We people tend to give-up, feel broke if someone rejected, neglected even ignored our feelings, presence and ideas. We may sulk around the corner thinking of what was wrong but still we try to live and move on. Moved on and do it again but this time we are better, better than what we did before.  Sometimes the ideas we have were not that bad it is just that some people are hesitant to grab the idea we have. Thanks to those who are open to accept our wierd ideas and give it a chance. If you failed the first time take a rest and do better for next time.

MSU- Main Aisle People says MSU, Marawi is a place where there is so much chaos, kidnapping, gunshots and many other things.  Once my brother said to me when I was going to MSU, for the first time, he told me " don't wear sexy clothes and don't make yourself beautiful out there ha, someone might fall for yoy"  and I just laughed at it and said " that's impossible kuya, I'm not eve close to being pretty" which is actually true.  But when I step foot to the MSU entrance, I was awed, it's... wow. Athletes were practicing in the golf course ground and some played golf, soft ball and Frisbee. It was an amazing sight. The school of scholars. For me that was literally mind blowing and it got me excitement.  The first thing my ate introduced to me was the Mishka's, a very popular fried chicken store in MSU, and it taste so unique and new. The crispness and spiciness of the chicken meat is so tasty it has become my favorite.  MSU, Marawi stu...

On the northeastern part of Zamboanga del Sur lies a place not much affected by typhoons. Being bounded by mountain ranges, Molave is rarely struck by tropical cyclones.  Molave is a first class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. The name "Molave" refers to the hard, strong and resilient tree that abounds in the place during the 1950s. The creation of Molave was mainly due to the efforts of Assemblyman Juan S. Alano. Molave became a municipality by virtue of Republic Act No. 377, dated June 14, 1949.  People who are into business goes to the field of food business. Taking advantage of the fresh crops around.  For the past two years this little town have established businesses. May I introduce to you all my top 5 Kainan sa Molave. Kusinato . Kusinato serves local and home made dishes that students from a the nearby schools come over to eat every afternoon. Theycserve their own perfect taste of dish that gives every customers a satisfact...

 Hey there! 😊 I just wanna share a little bit of information about myself, (I'm not really a type of person that shares something about me)  My name is Jona Merz M. Apao and I consist a lot of nicknames but the most common once are "Jon, Jo and Nana" I am now in my third year of college here in Mindanao State University, Marawi City, thank god. And I came from Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. I'm a big fun of Hayao Miyazaki's work, like all of them. If you're fund of animated movies you should definitely watch his produced movies it's totally awesome. I prefer palette colors than bright ones. I don't like pink alone, no bad feelings to those who loves pink out there. I also prefer watching anime than korean series, fantasy stories than romance. I am also not the type of person who always go of what is trending. I like to eat bitter- sweet chocolate. I like to do some acting activity like role playing and be part of a ...