10th NU12 by Carlo SenicaTopic: The Filipino Dialect Translator Apps

10^th NU12 Topic: The Filipino Dialect Translator

Summer is fast approaching!  It's the time where we go places, spend time with families & friends, explore & be one with nature, and see the beauty of our country. But one (1) dilemma I have is how to communicate with the people on those different places. I only knew three (3) Filipino dialects: Tagalog, Waray, & Ilocano. As for the Waray & Ilocano dialect I can say that I'm only 10-15% familiar and don't know how to speak but only understand some words.  

Did you know that there are more than 175 languages being used here in the Philippines? Here are some popular Filipino dialects which you might know: Tagalog, Cebuano, Kapampangan, Tausug, Waray, Ilocano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), etc…  

The idea is to create a mobile app that provides an accurate translation of these different dialects.

 Features of the app:

1.       Provides accurate translation

2.       Comes in a user-friendly interface. Example: drop-down option to choose and equate one dialect to another

3.       Showcase the tourist spots of that area and/or province that uses the chosen dialect

4.       Includes vicinity map

5.       Provides information and online reviews on where to eat, where to book hotels, and what are the famous "pasalubong" and its cost.  4

Senica, Carlo Phillip

SPENTREP - S09

Mahusay.  Maraming New Ideas.

6th NU12 Topic: reNEWed Attitude dumping trashbins everywhere

6^th NU12 Topic: reNEWed Attitude

What's the major cause of a flood here in Metro Manila?

Yes! It's the clogged drainages!

Instead of de-clogging the drainages during the time of a storm or even before the wet season, why don't we renewed our Filipino attitude / habit with regards our rubbish?

Most of us are lazy in throwing our garbage in the trash bins, or even simply placing it first in our pockets when there's no available trash bins especially with the small candy wrappers, papers, plastics, etc… Why? Because we don't want to place any unwanted trashes in our pockets, we don't want to carry rubbish, there's no trash bins, or we just don't care about it.

The solution/idea is to place many (as in many) trash bins in our neighborhoods, villages, side streets, houses, offices, establishments, tourist spots etc… This sounds funny and expensive, but this will save us from future floods (which is more expensive) and will eventually build the habit of throwing thrashes in the bins.   3

Senica, Carlo Phillip

SPENTREP - S09

<ang sipag;  very prolific>

7th NU12 Topic: The Missalette App by Carlo Senica

7^th NU12 Topic: The Missalette App

Have you ever attended a mass where you can't see what's on the screen projector? Either you're a near-sighted or just simply can't see the texts. Then you tried looking for a printed missalette to guide you during the mass, but there's none on the missalette box.

Solution: The Missalette App

Features of this app:

1.       Updated daily – will be maintained by any devotee

2.       Written in English & Tagalog

3.       Downloadable files - so no need to stay online while using the missalette app, and while attending the mass

4.       Contains church songs

5.       Contains church prayers

6.       Contains bible – with insights for some important verses

7.       Church can send messages to the subscribers

8.       Available for all types of mobile & tablet's operating systems (like iOS, android, Symbian, windows mobile, BB app)

Benefits:

1.       Full participation for churchgoers.

2.       Disabled persons can still feel they're within the mass, by just watching on TV and using the app to participate in the responses. Or by just reading the missalette itself.

3.       Saves the environment by less usage of papers

4.       On-the-go persons can still read the bible & say their prayers using the app while on traffic or with their spare time.

5.       Church can easily relay their messages to the people.  4

Senica, Carlo Phillip

SPENTREP - S09

NU12 Topic: Professionalism – new work, methods, practices

Performance bonus! Salary Increase! Job Promotion! Additional Perks! Travel! Etc… 

These are what every employee (at any level) aim after a year of hard work, exceeding quotas, hitting KPIs, overtime, again overtime, and over-overtime… But how each employee gets their bonuses, increases, perks, etc..?

It's thru yearly performance evaluation! Right?

The process of evaluation: Staff level employees are being evaluated by their manager; then managers are being evaluated by the top management. 

End Result: Managers are pushing too hard their staffs to hit their targets and quotas… whatever it takes and If that happens the credit will go directly to the manager.

Top management will commend the manager for a job well done and will generously be given corresponding bonuses, salary increase and other perks.

On the other hand the staff will also receive bonus, salary increase and other perks as well though not as generous as the manager gets.

It is the reality! And this is happening mostly in all the companies out there. 

  

Sad Reality: Are the top management know how did the manager hit their targets and able to manage their resources? 

Are they aware of how manager and staff relates to each other?

Does top management know how the managers behave in times of pressures?

Does the top management know what kind of attitude their managers have towards staff?

Almost all the answers from the questions above are NO!

A lot of staffs were being mistreated, forced to do overtime, and worst felt degraded. 

This is one of the major reasons why a company has a high employee turnover ratio.

The proposal: Why not hear it from the staff?! Staff level employees will still be evaluated by their manager; but this time, staff level employees will be given a chance to evaluate their own managers. 

Through this, top management will have an idea on how the managers behave and what kind of leader he/she is. 

Doing so, will give input to the top management who will still give the final say in the evaluation process

Bright side of the proposal: Top management will really know their managers not just in their output but also their people handling skills and their attitude towards their subordinates.

This process aims to address high employee turnover ratio and at the same time managers will learn to give respect to their subordinates since they know they are also being evaluated by them.  <Not new>

Senica, Carlo Phillip

SPENTREP - S09