UPLB Economics Society Alumni

Congratulations, Mayo!

Congratulations 🎉 to Assistant Professor Mayo Grace C. Amit on your new appointment as the Director of the Institute for Governance and Rural Development (IGRD), CPAf!

Dir. Mayo Grace C. Amit is an assistant professor of the Institute for Governance and Rural Development, College of Public Affairs and Development of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. She teaches Project Development Management, Fiscal Administration in Development, Local Development Planning, Development Perspectives and Managerial Leadership. She holds a Masters degree in Development Planning from the University of Queensland in Australia (2006). Her research interests are in the area of local development, partnerships and collaboration, social capital and results-based monitoring and evaluation.

The Socio-Economic Research and Data Analytics Center Bicol (SERDAC-Bicol) together with BU Center for Policy Studies and Development (CPSD) invite you to the third part of the three-part seminar series of SERDAC-Bicol.

We are pleased to invite you to join us for a webinar on "𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬" scheduled this 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 - 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦 (Philippine time) 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦.

This webinar is FREE and OPEN to the public and up to 300 participants can be accommodated. To join, kindly register through the provided link or by scanning the QR code. Once you complete the registration process, you will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link and other relevant information.

Please register using this link:
https://bicol-u-edu-ph.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsce6oqT0sGtcgCgfM2-8wZdRqEtgjZlSx

Stay tuned for further updates!

The UPLB Economics Society Alumni congratulates Consul General Zaldy Patron for this well deserved award!

Congratulations

Consul General Zaldy Patron
BS Economics, 1990

UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Foreign Service

Congratulations to our esteemed alumni, Prof. Pedro Alviola IV, PhD!!

The UPLB Economics Society congratulates our very own Brod, Prof. Pedro Alviola IV, PhD of batch Top Gun on his appointment as UP Scientist I last May 25, 2023.

Brod Pete is awarded the title of UP Scientist for his great scientific productivity and international recognition including his main research interests on childhood obesity, health, nutrition, poverty, food security, indigenous people (IP) communities, commodity demand and production, and the effects of climate change on agriculture. He has also given numerous presentations at policy conferences and trainings including farmer/fisherfolk communities, academia, and business sectors.

We are extremely proud of you! 💙




Poster by: Risha Colada & Christine San Jose
Caption by: Abigail Santos

WE'RE HIRING!

Send your application letter, CV/resume, and Personal Data Sheet to: [email protected]

Or fill out the online application via this link: https://bit.ly/BSPRecruitment

Job opportunity

Congratulations, Everette!

Congratulations to the UPLB College of Economics and Management Awardees.

COLLEGE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDEES 2022
Marietta Panaglima-Hwang (B.S. Agribusiness Management, 1985), Everette Villaraza (B.S. Economics, 2009), Theodore Ivan Paris (B.S. Agribusiness Management, 1997) and Paul John Barrosa (B.S. Economics, 2011).

Attend the 104th UPLB Loyalty Day Parade on 9 October 2022. Assembly is 7:00AM at the UPLB Carillion. Wear any white or grey shirt.

Congratulations, Tere snd Zaldy!

Congratulations to the UPLB College of Economics and Management Awardees.

THE OUTSTANDING UPLB ALUMNI AWARDEES (TOUAA) 2022
Ma. Theresa DP. Marcial-Javier (B.S. Economics, 1990) and Zaldy B. Patron (B.S. Economics, 1990).

Attend the 104th UPLB Loyalty Day Parade on 9 October 2022.

Assembly is 7:00AM at the UPLB Carillion. Wear any white or grey shirt.

PTP. Share ko lang. Thank you!

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Congratulations, everyone!!

Before another academic year starts, we would like to extend our gratitude to the UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM) for recognizing the hardworks of our organization and awarding us the Best CEM Student Organization Award for the fifth consecutive year.

We would also like to congratulate our brods and sisses for being awarded as one of the 100 CEM Outstanding Alumni, and Sis Lorna V. Bautista for receiving the Loyalty Award.

Econsoc will continue dedicating itself in fostering excellence in the university, academe and industry.

Padayon brods and sisses! 💙

Thanks to all who supported the CEM Alumni Golf Event as sponsors and also for participating:
Brod Obet Evangelio
Brod Zaldy Patron
Brod Ferdie Vasquez
Brod Ozone Azanza
Brod Pol Sangalang
Brod B**g Dimafelix
Sis Donah Baracol
Sis Ruzette Mariano plus mga other brods and sis...
Brod Jojo Caro
Brod Spy Espiritu

At the CEMAA meeting with Ferdie Vasquez and Donah Baracol Pinhão, all the way from Portugal!

Please sign up! Feel free to share. Thank you!

Happy New Year! For those who want to pledge for the CEMAA Golf Tournament, thank you and pls just PM me separately. FYI to all, on the same date (Feb15) there will be a CEM alumni meeting and fellowship starting lunchtime in the same venue (Ayala Greenfields Golf Club House in Real, Calamba) and all alumni are invited to attend for networking and updates. Salamuch!

Brods and Sisses, this is a fund-raising project of CEM Alumni Assoc. that we had been working on with Dr. Cabanilla and Dean Pabuayon. The CEMAA is not able to do its basic tasks for lack of operational funds, so hopefully after this the Association will be able to function better for its constituent alumni. Hoping for your support!

Vacant positions at the Administrative Staff (AS); Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff (ANRES); Financial, Planning and Management Staff; (FPMS); Governance Staff (GovS); Internal Audit Service (IAS); Infrastructure Staff (IS); Legal Staff (LS); Monitoring and Evaluation Staff (MES); National Policy and Planning Staff (NPPS); Public Investment Staff (P*S); Regional Development Staff (RDS); Social Development Staff (SDS) and Trade, Services and Industry Staff (TSIS) as of March 28, 2018.

Note: The NEDA adheres to the existing general policy of no discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion and/or indigenous group membership in the implementation of its recruitment, selection and placement.

See also:
http://www.neda.gov.ph/careers-neda/

Brod Zaldy with Prof. Levy Cabanilla

Mga brods and sis, thanks to my ka-batch in CEM and in UPLB Econsoc who are supporting the CEM event with CEMAFI and UPLB Econsoc AA. Pwede pa humabol ng support, as we draw closer to the date of June 21st. Just PM me. Salamuch batchmates!

Draft received from Sir Levy:

Career Orientation
College of Economics and Management
Graduating Class of 2017

June 21, 2017
ICOPED Auditorium

Theme: “What’s Next?: Lessons from CEM Alumni”

Rationale and Objective:

For all Fresh Graduates, the universal first challenge after graduation is to get a job from where a career path will begin. Success in one’s chosen career will undoubtedly be determined by a multitude of factors and success stories play a significant role. They provide the much needed inspiration for the young graduates. Not-so-successful stories are equally important as they serve as warning signs for pitfalls to avoid.

The experience of CEM Alumni who are now in various stages of their career will provide important lessons for the new Graduates of CEM in shaping their career. An occasion where this experience is shared with the New Graduates will be of high value both to the Graduates and, to the College.

This Forum will serve the purpose of sharing experiences from the “old” to “new/young/incoming” CEM Alumni. These experiences will be useful guides to the “new” Alumni in choosing their career path.

A selected number of Speakers representing the following groups will be invited to share their respective stories:

• BS AgriBusiness Alumni
• BS Agricultural Economics Alumni
• BS Economics Alumni
• CEM Professor

After the Forum, the new Graduates are expected to be more enlightened with the Next Steps to take after they get their Diploma.

Dear mga kabatch (Student Nos. 86- # # ), together with Brod Cali, we met with Sir Levy Cabanilla last night. We are planning for a CEMAFI (CEM Alumni Foundation) and UPLB Econsoc Alumni Assoc. (UPLBEAA) activity in UPLB this 3rd week of June, to cater to the graduating class of CEM. This will be some sort of a forum to provide ideas to the graduating students as to different career trajectories as they leave CEM as new alumni. This being the first activity together, we thought that we (mga 86 student nos. or Econsoc charter batch or graduating class 1990) could sponsor the event. We will be knocking on your kind hearts for some monetary donations. Please PM me of your interest to give back to CEM and be part of this activity. Thanks mga ka-batch!

Brods/Sisses

Sir Levy Cabanilla is inviting us to a Fellowship with UPLB Alumni on Feb 26, 2016, 6-9PM at the Aracama Restaurant, BGC. Please advise if you are able to join.

Please confirm directly by emailing Sir Levy: [email protected]

15 free slots pa ang available.

Thanks!

Dear brods and sisses pursuing careers in consulting (urban & regional planning, social dev't, resettlement, envi, agri, gender, dev't comm, climate resiliency, financial and econ analysis/modeling, etc.etc.), just in case you may be interested to be listed in the pool of on-call consultants of Norconsult, please do send me your CV at [email protected]. Our affiliate companies under the Norconsult Group may require from time to time short-term experts for several development projects not only here in the Phils. but also in the SEA, especially in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries. Your friends and work colleagues are also welcome to submit their CVs. Thanks!-Brod Ozone

Sharing with you the speech I delivered at the CEM's 36th Foundation Day Celebration yesterday. It was meant to appreciate and celebrate the role of both the pure-blooded economists and intermittent economists like many of us. :-)

FIRST OF ALL, TO THE BIG BOSS UPSTAIRS, WE PRAISE YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.

DEAN ISABELITA PABUAYON, THE FACULTY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, MY FORMER PROFESSORS, MENTORS AND TORMENTORS, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE UPLB ECONOMICS SOCIETY, STUDENTS, GUESTS, LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW LETTY’S BUKO-PIE LOVERS, A PLEASANT GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL.
I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO BE MADE PART OF THIS YEAR’S ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE INSTITUTION THAT MOLDED AND MADE ME INTO WHAT I AM TODAY. IT MAY SOUND TRITE BUT IT IS TRUE.

MY FATHER, THE LATE RODOLFO V. AZANZA, DOUBLE DOCTORATE, AND A FELLOW FOR SOME YEARS AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, ASKED ME TO TAKE THE B.S. ECONOMICS COURSE HERE IN UPLB-CEM WAY BACK IN 1986. AND I STILL REMEMBER HIS WORDS. HE SAID, HELLO SON, VEN AQUI, POR FAVOR. YOU WILL GO TO U.P. LOS BANOS AND TAKE THE B.S. ECONOMICSDEGREE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. YOU WILL KNOW HOW PEOPLE BUILD NATIONS, AND HOW NATIONS RELATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO BUILD UP THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE MINDSET OF EVERY BREADWINNER, EVERY BUSINESS OWNER, AND EVERY POLITICIAN, DECISION MAKER, EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY.

I STOOD THERE SPEECHLESS INFRONT OF HIM UNABLE TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND WHAT HE JUST SAID, AFTER ALL, I WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OF AGE. SESNING MY HESITATION HE ADDED, AND YOU KNOW SON, WHEN YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE TO SAY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SAYS OR DECIDES TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE GIRLS DIG IT, THEY FIND IT SEXY.

THERE I FOUND MY WORDS AND I SAID, OK DAD, YOU GOT ME AT HELLO.

I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS RIGHT TO SAY THIS. BUT I KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH MY BS ECONOMICS LIFE. AS THEY SAY, TIME FLIES SO FAST WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN. WHEN I GOT INTRODUCED TO THE CONCEPT OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY, ME AND MY FRIENDS, WE TRIED IT ON SAN MIGUEL BEER, AND IT TOOK US ALL NIGHT TESTING AND TESTING AND TESTING. AROUND 5AM THE NEXT MORNING WE CONCLUDED THAT THE THEORY DOES HOLD WATER, OR BEER. BUT WE ALSO REALIZED AT THAT AGE THAT FOR SOME GOODS LIKE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, THIS DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY THING RESETS EVERY 48 HOURS. OH, THAT WONDERFUL PARABOLIC SHAPE THAT EXPLAINS SO MANY THINGS IN LIFE.

ANYWAY, FAST FORWARD. AFTER 4 YEARS, I GRADUATED AND STARTED EARNING MY KEEP. AND SOON I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING THAT MY FATHER SAID WAS TRUE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND WHAT GOES ON AROUND ME. THE ABILITY TO DO A QUICK BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS MAKES US A NOTCH ABOVE THE REST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

WE DO NOT BUY THINGS ON IMPULSE, RIGHT? EXCEPT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR IT. WE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME ON SENSELESS THINGS LIKE PLAYING CLASH OF CLANS AND CANDY CRUSH ON OUR IPAD, RIGHT? EXCEPT WHEN WE NEED TO UNWIND. SINCE IT IS CHEAPER THAN TAKING ANTI-STRESS TABLETS.

WE ARE BARGAIN HUNTERS. WE DO NOT BUT THINGS UNLESS THEY ARE DISCOUNTED. WE WAIT FOR A WEEKEND SALE BEFORE WE BUY THAT NICE PAIR OF JEANS FROM UNIQLO OR THAT PRETTY CARDIGAN AT COTTON ON. WE LOVE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF THE TIANGGE. WE BUY FLOWERS FOR OUR GIRLFRIENDS OR WIVES ON FEBRUARY 15. AND CORRECT ME IF AM WRONG, BUT NOW WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT BUYING IPHONE 5 BECAUSE THE IPHONE 6 HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.

THE PEOPLE AROUND US, THEY MUST THINK WE ARE A BUNCH OF CHEAP BASTARDS (EXCUSE MY FRENCH). BUT WE ARE NOT. WE ARE JUST RATIONAL. WE ARE THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY; WE ARE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD. WE INTRODUCED MULTI-TASKING TO THE HUMAN RACE. WHEN THINGS BECOME TOO COMPLICATED FOR THE POLITICIANS WE SIT BACK AND WRITE A FORMULA FOR A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS. AND WE TEST IT FOR HETEROSCEDASTICITY AND MULTICOLLINEARITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND ALL THEY CAN AGREE. AND IN SILENCE THEY THINK, THESE ECONOMISTS ARE THEY SPEAKING IN TONGUES, OR PERHAPS THEY SPEAK KLINGON.

IN TRUTH THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OUR LANGUAGE. THE LOOSE COINS WE DROP INTO OUR PIGGY BANKS WE REFER TO AS OUR MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVE. AND AFTER PAYING FOR AN EXPENSIVE DINNER DATE AND A MOVIE PREMIER, WE REFER THE GOODNIGHT KISS FROM OUR GIRLFRIEND AS A CONSUMER SURPLUS. EVEN IN BEAUTY PAGEANTS THEIR FAVORITE JUDGES ARE ECONOMISTS. AFTER ALL, WE KNOW HOW TO READ CURVES. AND WE WORK A LOT WITH MODELS, RIGHT?

I CAN TELL YOU, WE ARE A DIFFERENT BREED. WE ARE ALMOST NOT HUMAN.

WE NOW LIVE IN A PERIOD OF UPHEAVAL. CHANGE NOW HAPPENS IN BIG JUMPS RATHER THAN IN MINUTE BITS. THE ASEAN INTEGRATION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT IT WILL BRING A BIG CHANGE TO HOW GOODS WILL BE PRODUCED, HOW SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED AND HOW VALUE WILL BE CREATED. AS ECONOMIC BOUNDARIES DISAPPEAR IN THE ASEAN REGION, PRODUCTS AND PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO AND FRO, LIKE THE WAY IT IS FORETOLD IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. AND THE MANTRA IS: EVOLVE OR DIE LIKE THE DINOSAURS. WE CAN EXPECT THAT THE PEOPLE OWNING BUSINESSES, AND EVEN THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE ASEAN ECONOMIES, WILL TURN THEIR HEADS TO WHERE WE SIT NOW, TO THE COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF EVERY SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY ALL OVER THE REGION, AND THEY WILL ASK THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW?

EXPECT TO BE ASKED THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE POINT OF ASKING BIOLOGISTS OR PHYSICISTS OR VETMEDS OR ENGINEERS ABOUT HOW TO RUN AN REGIONAL INTEGRATED ECONOMY; A REGION WITHOUT BARRIERS. OF COURSE THEY CAN ALWAYS ASK THE LAWYERS, BUT THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU ASK 2 LAWYERS YOU WILL GET 3 OPINIONS.

BUT I DARE SAY THAT INSITITUTIONS LIKE THE CEM WILL ALSO HAVE TO EVOLVE. IT HAS TO IDENTIFY AND RECOGNIZE THE CROSSROADS OF CHANGE, AND DEVELOP ITSELF AS A KNOWLEDGE CENTER FOR THESE CHANGES. FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE RIGHT TRACK IN GIVING FOCUS AND ATTENTION TO ENERGY ECONOMICS AS A NEW AREA WHERE STUDENTS CAN SPECIALIZE. WE HAVE TO ASSURE THE ENERGY COMPANIES A STEADY SUPPLY OF ENERGY ANALYSTS, POWER TRADERS, AND FORWARD MARKETS PRODUCT DEVELOPERS WHO WILL COME TO THE WORKPLACE ALREADY EQUIPPED WITH THE RIGHT ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND MINDSETS, RATHER THAN HAVING TO TRAIN THEM STILL. WE NEED MORE KEY PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO UNDERSTAND THAT ENERGY IS NOT JUST AN INPUT TO PRODUCTION. IN THE INTRODUCTION OF WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE NEXUS PERSPECTIVE, WE REALIZE THAT ENERGY SECURITY HAS TO BE BALANCED WITH FOOD SECURITY AND WATER AVAILABILITY. THE OBJECTIVE HAS TO GO BEYOND MAXIMIZING PRODUCTIVITY OF THE ENERGY, FOOD AND WATER SECTORS IN ISOLATION FROM EACH OTHER. THE NEW OBJECTIVE HAS TO BE SYSTEMS EFFICIENCY, IN ORDER FOR US TO DEVELOP TRUE AND HONEST RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS THAT ARE FIT TO BE CALLED SUSTAINABLE.

ON BIO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THERE IS, IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, A CONCEPT ABOUT THE RED OCEAN AND THE BLUE OCEAN. THE RED OCEAN IS WHERE PEOPLE AND COMPANIES COMPETE FIERCELY TO THE POINT OF UNDERCUTTING EACH OTHER. AND THE WAY TO SURVIVE IN BUSINESS IS NOT TO COMPETE IN THE RED OCEAN, BUT TO FIND A NEW PART OF THE OCEAN WHERE IT IS STILL BLUE. FOR MANY BUSINESSES, THE RED OCEAN IS THE URBAN CENTER, AND THE BLUE OCEAN CAN BE THE RURAL AREAS, WHERE WE HAVE, WITH THE HELP OF THE ACADEME, A NEED TO RETOOL OUR FARMERS AND SHIFT TEHIR MINDSETS FROM THAT OF JUST BEING TILLERS OF THE SOIL AND PRODUCERS OF INPUTS TO PRODUCTION TO THAT OF A TRUE BLUE BUSINESSMEN.

ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE COLLEGE CAN ALSO FOCUS ON IS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE COMPANIES I KNOW THAT ARE BASED IN EUROPE HAVE FULL-BLOWN CSR DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR ORGANIZATION S. WHAT USED TO BE DONE ONLY AS A SIDE NOTE TO MARKETING AND H.R. IS NOW BEING GIVEN REAL ATTENTION. MY FORMER EMPLOYER HAD THE CSR HEAD AS NUMBER THREE IN THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE THE CEO, THEN THE CFO AND THIRDLY, THE CSR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. WHAT USED TO BE CALLED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE NOW BEING REFERRED TO AS COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS. THERE IS A BUSINESS CASE TO CSR.

AS OUR VERY OWN COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT CONTINUES WITH ITS ROLE AS AN ECONOMIC CHANGE KNOWLEDGE CENTER AND PRODUCER OF FUTURE ECONOMISTS AND MANAGERS THAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS, WE WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE PRODUCTS OF THIS INSTITUTION WOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO PROSPER IN THE FIELD WE HAVE CHOSEN TO CONQUER. TODAY WE MIGHT BE UNDERPAID OR UNDERHEIGHT, BUT WE DO NOT NEED MUCH TO SUCCEED, REALLY. WE HAVE A RATIONAL MIND, AND THAT IS ALL THAT WE REALLY NEED.
WHEN THE WORLD GOES CRAZY, WE THE ECONOMISTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED DIRECTION. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOLD SOME THINGS CONSTANT. WE ONLY HAVE TO SAY CETERIS PARIBUS AND THE COMPLICATED BECOMES SIMPLE. IT IS ALMOST MAGICAL.

I SAY THESE THINGS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. AFTER 44 YEARS OF LIVING IN THIS WORLD, I CAN PUT ON THE HAT OF A PLANNER, A MANAGER, AN ADVISER, A DIRECTOR, A DECISION MAKER, AND A CEO. BUT THROUGHOUT ALL THESE ROLES I WILL POSIT THAT I CAN ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IF I CAN BE RATIONAL. AND THAT IS WHY I SAID IN THE BEGINNING THAT THE COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT MOLDED AND MADE ME THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. I AM WHAT YOU MAY CALL AN INTERMITTENT ECONOMIST, BUT AN ECONOMIST NONETHELESS.

OUR WORLD WILL ALWAYS NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPONENTS OF THE APPLICABILITY OF BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES IN ALL FACETS OF LIFE, FROM FAMILY TO BUSINESS TO GOVERNANCE AND EVEN WORLD DOMINATION. PEOPLE LIKE US WHO HAVE DEEP-SEATED UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE LUNCH; THAT IT IS NOT THROUGH THE BENEVOLENCE OF THE BUTCHER OR THE BAKER THAT THERE IS MEAT OR BREAD IN THE MARKET; THAT THERE IS AN INVISIBLE HAND, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A JOB. SEEMINGLY UNEXPLAINABLE THINGS THAT BAFFLE OTHER PEOPLE, WE JUST EAT THEM FOR BREAKFAST. WE CAN EXPLAIN WHY THE SEATBELT LAW CAN ACTUALY KILL MORE PEOPLE, OR WHY DRUG DEALERS LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS, WHY IT IS BETTER TO COURT THE SECOND LESS PRETTY GIRL, WHY THE AMERICANS WERE DESTINED TO LOSE THE VIETNAM WAR AND WHY THE CARBON CREDITS MARKET WAS BOUND TO FALL. WHILE OTHERS WOULD BLOW A GASKET TRYING TO DISCERN THESE QUESTIONS, THE ANSWERS JUST COME TO US NATURALLY; AS NATURAL AS KC CONCEPCION’S SKIN COMPLEXION.

ANYWAY, TIME IS FLEETING, LET ME END BY SAYING THAT Y= C + I + G + X – M IS THE FIRST AND NOBLEST OF ALL EQUATIONS. BECAUSE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU ALSO THEREFORE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE BUILD NATIONS, AND HOW NATIONS INTERACT TO BUILD A GLOBAL ECONOMY.
AND BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW, THE GIRLS DO FIND THAT SEXY.

THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANKS TO THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE UPSTAIRS, WHO ENABLE US TO BE WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BE.

Cheers! :)

We would like to congratulate our brod Ozone Azanza for being one of the UPLB CEM Outstanding Alumni Awardees for 2014. Kudos, brod! :)

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