STI College Marikina

The Shoe Capital of the Philippines – An exploration

through its History and Culture
of Marikina City

A Project
Presented to
The Faculty of STI College Marikina

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the

Senior High School Program

The Researchers:
Dupan, Alain Jay
Ordoñez, Hannah
Pizarra, Jalen
Santa Barbara, Gia Rebecca

AY 2018-2019
Table of Contents

 The Setting and its Etymology ------------------------------------ 1

 Pre-Colonial Period ------------------------------------------------- 8
 Spanish colonization and the -------------------------------------- 9
foundation of Marikina
 Marikina during the Philippine Revolution --------------------- 13
and the First Philippine Republic
 Marikina during the American colonial rule -------------------- 15
and the Commonwealth era
 Marikina during WW2 and the Japanese ----------------------- 18
Occupation (1942-1945)
 Post-war Marikina (1946-1986) ---------------------------------- 20
 Contemporary Marikina (1986-Present) ------------------------ 22
 The Marikeño Culture --------------------------------------------- 25
 Bibliography -------------------------------------------------------- 34
 Progress Report ----------------------------------------------------- 40
 Final Report --------------------------------------------------------- 41
 THE SETTING AND ITS ETYMOLOGY

Panorama view of Marikina City from SM City Marikina

The setting

Marikina is a 1st class highly urbanized city located along the eastern border of
Metro Manila and it lies on the so-called Marikina Valley where the Marikina
River runs through mid-west portion of the city. It has the total area of 21.42 km2
(8.31 sq. mi) and an elevation of 14.7 m (48.2 ft).
 Political map of Marikina City

The city has sixteen (16) barangays, on which four (4) barangays (Industrial
Valley Complex (IVC), Barangka, Tañong and Jesus de la Peña) were situated on
the west side of the river while the rest of the barangays (Calumpang, Concepción
Uno, Concepción Dos, Fortune, Malanday, Marikina Heights, Nangka, Parang,
San Roque, Santa Elena, Santo Niño and Tumana) were situated on the east side
of the river, with a total population of 461,259as of July 2017.
Marikina is the "Shoe Capital of the Philippines" because its notable shoe industry
and being the largest manufacturer of shoes in the Philippines, where 70% of the
shoes were manufactured there. It became a full-fledged highly urbanized city in
December 8 1996 by a virtue of Republic Act No. 8223 signed by former
President Fidel V. Ramos.

Etymology

There are no existent records on how the city got its name but there are different
legends were gathered from the elder residents of the city. In this part, there are
six sources on how the city got its name:

1. It was named in honor of a young priest named Mariquina, who was given
a task to baptized natives to Christianity during the early years of the
Spanish colonization;
2. It was named after a beautiful, wealthy, virtuous, polite and intelligent
lady called Mari Cuina;
3. During a construction of a chapel in Jesús de la Peña, on which it was built
by the Filipino laborers with supervision from a Jesuit priest. Due to
language barriers between the friars and the laborers, it resulted in mutual
misunderstanding between them. When it was completed, a priest asked
the laborers what is the name of the place. The laborers answered
“Marikit-Na-Po”, thinking that what was being asked was the condition of
the newly-built chapel;
4. It was named after a beautiful girl named “Marikit”, whom she was
drowned in a river due to heavy rain and a strong wind;
5. It was named after a town named Marquina (now Markina-Xemein), in
the province of Vizcaya (Biscay), Basque Country (an autonomous
community), Spain; and
6. According to Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Távera, the town was named in
recognition of Capt. Félix Berenguer de Marquina, the 55th Viceroy of
New Spain (now Mexico) from 1800 to 1803, and also Governor-General
of the Spanish Indies (which was part of New Spain at that time, now the
Philippines) from 1783-1793.
The Legend of Marikina (Based on #4 in Etymology section)

“MARIKIT KA NA”

A long time ago in the City of Marikina, there’s a lovely maiden whose name
is Marikit. From the word itself means, beautiful, pretty, splendid and
magnificent, she was so amused to herself with wearing pretty dresses and putting
on make-up so she would look even more beautiful. Everyone, including her
female friends, admired her beauty.

Not far from where she lives is a small river. She would often pass by the river
and every time she did, she would stop for a while and look down on the river at
her own reflection on the water. She would always say to her own self, “How
pretty I look!”
One Sunday morning, her female cousin invited her to go to church to attend a
mass. She was very excited to go and asked her cousin to wait while she got
dressed.

It took her quite some time just putting on make-up. She couldn’t seem to get it
done and didn’t realize what time it was. Her cousin kept calling out to her to
speed up since the mass was about to begin, but still she wouldn’t come out.
Finally, her cousin entered her room and saw Marikit still fixing her hair in front
of the dressing table. “Come on, you’re very pretty already!” she spoke
alarmingly, and then dragged her out of the house.

As they had to pass by the river in going to church, Marikit thought she has to
look at herself just one more time. And so as they got to the bank of the river,
Marikit suddenly stopped to look at herself. She began to admire herself like
always.

She turned to her cousin and asked, “Am I really beautiful?”

“You’re very, very beautiful already! Let’s move on! Otherwise, we’ll be late!”
yelled her cousin who tried once more to drag her along.

But Marikit just pushed her aside and just kept right on amusing herself with
arranging the ring of flowers she had around her head. Seeing there was nothing
she could do, the cousin decided to leave her there on the riverbank.

It had been some time Marikit hadn’t moved an inch, still standing on the edge of
the riverbank looking down at her image reflected on the waters. She was so
fascinated with her beautiful looks that she wasn’t even aware that dark clouds
have started to move into the sky overlooking the river. And suddenly, rain began
to pour heavily on all sides. When she thought of leaving it was already too late.
Mud formed quickly that she found it difficult to move around. A wind swept by,
so hard it knocked her over into the swelling river. She yelled for help but no one
could hear her.

By the time the typhoon has passed, she was already carried away by the water
and eventually drowned to death. Her body remains was found washed away into
the other side of the riverbank. Though confirmed dead, she remained beautiful to
the onlookers. To remember her by, the townspeople had the river named after
her.

Originally, they had the river named “Marikit-ka-na” [“you’re already beautiful!”]
the pet phrase by which they used to tease her with loving affection for she was as
sweet as she was pretty. In recent times, the small river became a big river, while
its name has been shortened to “Marikina”. And so the entire municipality was
named after the river, and the ‘marikit’ lovely maiden.
 PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

A long time ago, the earliest settlements in Marikina were founded in the banks of
the Marikina River. It attracted many settlers from nearby and far-flung areas to
set up their communities on the banks of the river due to its clean and fresh water,
its abundance of aquatic resources, and its adjacent valleys on which the fertile
lands there were suitable for planting, growing and harvesting crops.

In a meantime, settlements along the banks of the river were gradually increased
as it brings livelihood in and between communities. Because of their preference to
stay in their communities, they came to be known as “Taga-ilog” or “living beside
the river”, and as it evolves; it was shorten to “Tagalog”. There group were the
first settlers in the town for many years to come before the Spanish colonization
took place in the middle of the 16th century.
 THE SPANISH COLONIZATION AND THE FOUNDATION
OF MARIKINA

Façade of San Roque Chapel.

The first foreigners to arrive at Marikina were the Augustinian friars, as they were
on a trip to unexplored areas around the Marikina Valley to spread the Catholic
faith among natives there. As they were came upon a cluster of huts and a clear
spring called manantial (chorillo – which is now located in Barangay Barangka),
the Augustinians built a “bisita” in the vicinity of the spring to preserve the area
for natives’ spiritual needs. The, the next group came the Jesuit friars, settled in a
place now called as “Jesús de la Peña” (“Jesus of the Rocks”) where they
established a religious mission (as approved by Fray Pardo de Arce from the
Archbishopric of Manila, and later ordered its confirmation by then-Vice Real
Patrón and later, Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines)
Don Juan Niño de Tabora), built a chapel on the banks of the Marikina River and
formed a pueblo or settlement in the area. In 1687, the pueblo was named
“Mariquina”.
 Mariquina, circa 1840-1850.

After the establishment of the said pueblo, it began to attract settlers from other
places for its fertile soil, its abundance of fish and aquatic resources, and the
relatively peacefulness of the community. The population of this pueblo grew
slowly and increasingly, which prompted the friars to build a bigger church in the
barrio of San Roque (now a barangay), now already known as the Our Lady of the
Abandoned Parish, to serve as the center of the town’s social, cultural, and
religious life among natives and settlers alike.

From a small pueblo, Mariquina gradually became a full-fledge municipality as

the local civil government was established in 1787 when Don Benito Mendoza
became the first Gobernadorcillo, and later in 1822, Don Juan Gregorio became
the first Alcalde Capitán of the town.
 Laureano “Kapitán“Moy” Guevarra (The Father of the Philippine Shoe Industry).

During this period, Mariquina had experienced both economic and industrial
growth due to the opening of a road linking from Manila to the town in 1828 and
the establishment of the shoe industry in 1887 thanks to the leadership, hard work
and efforts of Laureano Guevarra, popularly known as “Kapitán Moy”, the
“Father of the Philippine Shoe Industry”.
 .
Casa de Hacienda, Mariquina (circa 1840s-1850s).

It is also the period were agricultural lands were wholly owned by the Tuazón
family estate, which was the largest hacienda in the Philippines at that time,
became a mayorazgo by the Spanish (colonial) government.

The town of Mariquina had its shared experience of disasters and calamities as
flooding, earthquakes, and even epidemics left the town ravaged or plagued in the
19th century. Despite all these adversities and tragedies, Mariqueños stood tall and
firm in the midst of any crises as they kept on rebuilding not just their homes or
businesses, but also their spirits from which is the foundation of he present-day
Marikina and its residents.

In 1884, the boundaries of Mariquina were established, fixated and confirmed as

per decree known as (the) “Dirección General de Administración Civil”, which
was also finalized the borders between the town and the adjacent municipalities of
San Félipe Neri (Mandaluyong) and San Juan del Monte (San Juan)
MARIKINA DURING THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION AND
THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC

Before the outbreak of the revolution, Ignacio de la Páz, Paterno Carlos,

Celestiano Teodoro, and the names of Islaw (Lionga), Carlos and Perico were the
first Mariqueños to join the Katipunan movement, and they succeeded in inducing
people from their town to recruit new members for the movement to liberate the
colony from Spanish colonial rule.

In the outbreak of the revolution in August, 1896, Mariquina, especially in the

area of Nangka (now a barangay), were the site of heavy fighting and bitter
resistance between the revolutionaries and Spanish forces as Andrés Bonifacio
and his men camped for three (3) days in the area before attacking the towns of
San Mateo and Montalbán (now Rodríguez) in Morong (now the province of
Rizal). These attempts to capture both towns were unsuccessful as they were
pushed back to the Nangka River by the Spanish forces and suffered heavy
casualties on their side. After a bitter fighting in the area, Bonifacio, Emilio
Jacinto and their men were forced to retreat to the mountains of Balara (now a
part of Quezón City) to consolidate their forces there.
When the Philippines declared its independence (unilaterally) from Spain on June
12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite, Mariquina became the provincial capital of Manila (on
which Manila itself were already in the hands of the Americans after a mock battle
with the Spanish forces in the city) from August 16, 1898 to 1899, when
Mariquina itself fell to the American forces.

Map of the Province of Manila (1571-1901), 1899.

 MARIKINA DURING THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION AND
THE COMMONWEALTH ERA

When the Philippine-American War broke out in 1899, Mariqueños fled and
evacuated to the nearby hills as the American troops burned and razed the town to
the ground, but the people later returned to their homes after the war.

On June 11, 1901, the town was officially (re)named as “Marikina”, and it was
incorporated into the newly-created province of Rizal, by virtue of Act No. 137
passed and approved by the First Philippine Commission (the unicameral
legislative body in the country at that time). AT the same period, the first shoe
shop in Marikina, the “Marikit-na”, was established by Tiburcio Eustaquío, one of
Kapitán Moy’s workers. The store was later purchased by Césario Santa Ana for a
price of five-hundred pesos (P500.00).

In 1903, a group a nationalists in Marikina led by Domingo Zámora (Inggong

Puray) established a religious group/sect that seceded from the authority of the
Roman Catholic Church called “Iglesia Filipina Independiente” (Philippine
Independent Church), which became the nucleus of the Aglipayan movement led
by Bishop Gregório Aglipay. This group built their church in the barrio of Santa
Elena (which is currently located inside the vicinity of the Marikina Public
Market) with Father Félix as the first bishop of this newly-built church.
 Left: A steam locomotive that used in the former Marikina line of the Manila Railroad
Company; Right: USAAF surveillance photo of the Marikina Airfield (now Paliparan
Subdivision).

This period witnessed the opening of a railway line from Rosario, Pasig to
Montalbán (now Rodríguez, Rizal) by passing through Marikina and the
municipality of San Mateo in Rizal in 1906 (which was later abandoned in 1936
and it was converted into a road as “Daang Bakal”), the opening of the Marikina
bridge, which made the delivery of goods and products to Manila and other
municipalities easier and it served as a vital economic link between them, and the
construction of an airfield north of Barangay Santa Elena and east of Barangay
Santo Niño (now the runways were converted into roads as “E. Rodríguez
Avenue” and “E. Santos Street”, and the whole airfield was converted into a
village as Paliparan Subdivision). It is also this period that the lands belonging to
the Tuazón family estate were distributed to its tenants after numerous strikes and
complaints against them.

In the mid-30s, Marikina’s shoe industry faced severe problems and shortcomings
– labor disputes, lack of capital, inadequate distribution facilities and unfair
pricing of materials by shop owners – notably Chinese. It got to the point that
shoemakers and workers staged a strike to hear their demands and against unfair
practices by the owners, and started a boycott campaign on Chinese goods and
materials until the demands were heard. But this action was short-lived as the
strikers gave in. Some Marikeño shop owners left the town to establish
distribution shops in other cities like Iloilo, Cebú and Davao to earn and raise
enough capital to rehabilitate the shoe industry, but this initiative also became
unsuccessful as they unable to reach enough capital to meet the problem of shoe
distribution.

Mayor Wenceslao C. dela Páz (1933-1938)

Due to these recent events and the deteriorating situation of the industry, some
Marikeño civic leaders led by Mayor Wenceslao C. delaPáz sought help and
assistance from the Commonwealth Government of Manuel L. Quezón through
the National Economic Council (NEC) of the Department of Finance led by
Manuel Roxas (who became later as the President of the Republic of the
Philippines in 1946) to discuss the situation and to generally rehabilitate the shoe
industry of Marikina. As a result, the National Footwear Cooperative Cooperation
(NFCC) was established and formalized as a labor union on January 17, 1940.
MARIKINA DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE JAPANESE

OCCUPATION (1942-1945)

Marikina experienced a turbulent, darkest and most violent phase of its history –
the three (3)-year Japanese occupation. The occupation described by its
inhabitants as brutal and oppressive with a mix of agony, fear, gore and
destruction not just on their lives but also the whole town itself.

In 1942, Japanese Imperial forces occupied Marikina, just as same as the most
parts of the country fell to the Japanese forces. The Japanese set up their
headquarters at the house of Domingo Bautista at place the barricades
surrounding the place and across streets of the town. Marikeños fled to the
mountains of Sierra Madre to escape hardship, surveillance persecution, torture
and death by the hands of the Japanese and their collaborators like the Sakdalistas
and the Makapilis. The Mayor of Marikina at that time was Dr. Juan Chanyungco.
 Mayor Juan Chanyungo (1938-1945; 1952-1955)

During the occupation, Mayor Chanyungco negotiated and dealt with the
Japanese officials to keep their residents safe from harm and abuses by Japanese
soldiers. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, he also contacted the guerrilla groups in
the town and he is leading a guerrilla group to stage skirmishes with the enemy
and to provide contract and gather intelligence to the Allied forces, which were on
the way to liberate the Philippines.
In 1945, the combined American and Filipino forces, together with the local
guerrillas, liberated Marikina from the Japanese after bloody fighting in the town.
The town suffered a total of 400 casualties during the occupation and it cost a lot
of damages made during the war.
 POST-WAR MARIKINA (1946-1992)

Marikina started rebuilding itself from the ashes and destruction made by World
War II. After the Philippines became independent from the United States on July
4, 1946, the town slowly revitalizing its local economy and industry, and it re-
emerged as the town of shoemakers. The town later earned its moniker as the
“Shoe Capital of the Philippines”.

Left: The “Marikorea” war memorial in Marikina Heights; Right: Filipino (PEFTOK)
soldiers in Korea, 1950s.

During the early 1950s, Marikina was served as a training ground for Filipino
soldiers as they will be sent to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to fight
alongside with the United Nations Command (UNC) during the Korean War
(1950-1953) against the North Koreans (DPRK) and Chinese (PRC) forces to
defend South Korea’s freedom and democracy. The town itself had been chosen
as a location for extensive training was due to the fact that the rugged terrain there
was similar to the terrain they would likely encounter when they get to battle in
Korea. Thus, they set up a training camp called “Camp Marikorea”, a
portmanteau of Marikina and Korea, on which they will set up a formidable
expeditionary force to fight the communist invaders in Korea called
the“Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea” (PEFTOK). About 7,500 Filipino
troops were served during their war and its rebuilding mission.

The town was Marikina’s population gradually increased to 21,000 in 1956 as a

result of rehabilitation and revitalization of the town. The growing popularity of
the shoe industry led to the increase of industrial plants and the local
government’s initiative to start an export of shoes abroad and it increased the
productivity of its workers to flourish the whole industry. The population later
swelled to 31,000 in 1959 and later to 49,455 in 1960 due to rapid
industrialization, the rise of subdivision in the town, and the shoemakers’
preference to live and stay in Marikina. In 1968, Kapitán Moy’s ancestral house
(now as the Sentrong Pangkulturang Marikina) was declared as a national shrine
by the municipal council and the National Historical Commission of the
Philippines (NHCP) as a recognition to the humble beginnings of the shoe
industry of Marikina. Later, The Rodríguez Sport Complex (now known as the
Marikina Sports Complex) was opened in 1969. Despite its successes and
achievements, the environment of Marikina start to deteriorate slowly as the
Marikina River became murky and muddy, and the fertile lands in the town began
disappearing one by one due to rapid urbanization, that caused a sprawling
increase of informal settlers on the banks of Marikina River and its tributaries. . In
1975, Marikina’s population jumped to 100,000.

On November 7, 1975, Marikina, with four cities and twelve municipalities of

Rizal, became a part of the newly-created Metro Manila, by virtue of Presidential
Decree No. 824 (P.D. 824).
 CONTEMPORARY MARIKINA (1992-PRESENT)

Marikina experienced widespread flooding for the first time in 1988 as Typhoon
Unsang (internationally named “Ruby”) submerged large parts of Marikina to
flooding due to the overflowing of the Marikina River.

Mayor Bayani Fernando (1992-2001)

By 1992, the town became an industrialized urban municipality under the

leadership of Bayani Fernando. His term laid and witnessed an urban regeneration
programcalled “Recovery and Renewal Marikina” in effort to restore the city back
to its old glory days and to achieve the vision creating a modern and livable
city.On December 8, 1996, Marikina became a fully-fledge, 1st class highly
urbanized city by virtue of Republic Act No. 8223 (R.A. 8223). The law was
signed by then-President Fidel V. Ramos.

In December 2002, the largest pair of shoes was crafted by 10 shoemakers led by
Ernesto Leano and took 77 days to cut and finish the product. It was recognized
by the Guinness Book of World Records as the “World’s Largest Pair of Shoes”.
On December 15, 2006, 10 years after obtaining the cityhood status, Marikina
was divided into two (2) congressional districts by virtue of Republic Act No.
9364 (R.A. 9364) signed by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. In 2007,
two (2) new barangays were formed: Tumana and Fortune.

Aerial view of Marikina City in the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy (“Ketsana”)

Marikina was once again ravaged and affected by another tragedy, as Typhoon
Ondoy (internationally named “Ketsana”) devastated the city on September 27-
28, 2009. The city itself was widely devastated by a flash flood due to the
overflowing of the Marikina River, reaching the 23-meter mark, the worst
flooding in two decades (after Typhoon Unsang (“Ruby”)). The flash floods
occurred cost the lives of 78 people in the city alone, the highest among Metro
Manila cities. After the “Ondoy” tragedy, Marikina rebuilds itself again and
revitalized its bustling and colorful life of Marikeños.
 Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro (2016-Present)

On June 30, 2016, Congressman Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro was elected as the
Mayor of Marikina, replacing Del de Guzmán. Today, Marikina is a city on which
it flourished and prospered through the essenceof its motto: “Discipline, Good
Taste and Excellence.” Now, it represents the main foundations that Marikeños
have right now in the present-day.
 THE MARIKEÑO CULTURE

The culture of Marikina is a diverse one. It came from different peoples despite of
the differences of their cultures and ethnicities but they are significantly
contributed to the molding of Marikeño culture from heritage to cuisine that made
Marikeños united as one community.

Tourist sites and attractions

 Cityhood Park – An open public park and signature landmark of

Marikina. It symbolizes the unfolding saga including the struggles and
triumphs of Marikeños to build a stronger, dynamic, inclusive, disciplined,
transparent and livable city.
 World's Largest Pair of Shoes – This is certified by the Guinness Book
of World Records in December 2002 as the largest pair of shoes in the
world, and it is located and displayed at the Shoe Gallery section of
Riverbanks Mall in Riverbanks Center.

 Marikina Riverbanks Center – It is a mixed-used development area

reserved for shopping, commerce, business, recreation, entertainment and
convention venue in Marikina.
 Marikina Sports Center– Also known as Marikina Sports Park, it is one
of the premier sports complex established in the Philippines and touted as
"the first of its kind in Asia" in early 1970s.

 Our Lady of the Abandoned Church – Is a Baroque-style, Roman

Catholic Church completed in 1572 and was consecrated in 1690.
 Shoe Museum– The Shoe Museum is one of famous attractions in
Marikina as it houses about 800 pairs of shoes, including a shoe collection
of former First Lady Imelda Marcos.

 Marikina River Park – A recreational park located on the banks of

Marikina River. It was created as part of the “Recovery and Renewal
Marikina” program of former Mayor Bayani Fernando in 1993.
 Philippine Science Centrum – The Philippines’ first science centrum. It
is located in the vicinity of Marikina Riverbanks Center.

 Sentrong Pangkultura ng Marikina – Which is the ancestral house of

Laureano “Kapitán Moy” Guevarra, the Father of the Philippine Shoe
Industry”. It was declared as a national shrine by the municipal council
and NHCP in 1969.
Cuisine

 Waknatoy-This dish is a tomato-based pork stew, studded with pork

chunks, Vienna sausage, red bell peppers, and chorizo.

 Everlasting - This is a Marikina-style meatloaf, similar to the classic

embutido, that is made with pork, hard-boiled eggs, red bell pepper strips,
and chorizo and is usually shaped using a llanera (oval baking pan).
 Pork Hamonado–A pork hamonado marinated in pineapple juice.

 Laoya– Is a nilaga mixed with pounded garlic, sweet potato and banana
(saba).
Festivities

 Rehiyon-Rehiyon Festival – It is celebrated every December 8. This

festival is tribute on all residents who came from different parts of the
country that preferred to stay and live in Marikina. It hosts cultural dances
and parades.

 Sapatos Festival – A month-long festival occurred October to November

each year in honor of one of Marikina’s famous product – shoes.
 Ka-Angkan Festival – Is a festival of reunion of between (old) family
clans. It coincides with the founding anniversary of Marikina
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PROGRESS REPORT

The Grade 12 Humanities and Social Sciences track selected

students were tasked to make a history research of the City of Marikina regarding
one of the biggest events the Senior High School students of STI College
Marikina will hold for the Academic Year 2018-2019. The said track was then
subdivided to different tasks that will take part of the said event.

On the research team, they are composed of four (4) members. The
research team immediately started to work out on the task given. They
immediately use the web to research some information while the other half went
to the Marikina Library to then find legitimate information that is needed to the
research. After gathering the information from the library, we then compiled it to
the data that the researchers get from the web as they screened the information to
the research paper.

After they made the first draft to their research, they submitted it
for checking and proofreading. It was a job well done for the first draft. Then after
the proofreading, the researchers then finalize the research to compile it as a
reference to the legacy and to unveil the wanders of the Shoe Capital of the
Philippines, Marikina City.
FINAL REPORT

a. Assessment of the WRCC subject

We, the researchers, learned in our WRCC subject that we need to

consume our time well or to be more practical in time management.

Consuming the time well is an essential part as we continue the

path that we chose. It teaches us to become more mature and more business-like.
It teaches us the industry we need to venture. It teaches us that the time cannot be
stopped and all we need to do is to be more practical. Another is the cooperation
and committing yourself to be part of the so-called “team”. Being cooperative is
our mission as a researcher is a big impact to the research itself. Being committed
to what the team doing is a big thing too. Once you said ‘yes’ in an activity,
whatever happens, you will need to do it because you agree. Cooperation and
commitment is a big word, but once you start doing a task or a mission, you will
understand the meaning of this.

This subject/course must be tiring but at the same time, exciting

and fruitful. This test your patience, your skills and your ability to make things
happen. It teaches us new knowledge and ideas about a certain thing.

We encountered problems in this team such as

miscommunications, coming up of deadlines, procrastination, time pressure and
sacrifices. But life is not only filled with happiness and sweet things. You need to
come up with many challenges to become the better version of you.
 It builds the friendship between us, the trust, the perseverance to
do things and us being committed to the task.

WRCC helped us to develop the better version of us: mature,

professional, a futuristic, and life-ready.