Things One Must Do in Philippines

It's almost the end of my internship here in Philippines, and I came up with a list of things future IWU interns must do in Philippines. Eat at Mang Inasal Mang Inasal is a fastfood restaurant chain in Philippines. They serve the best food with an option of getting unlimited rice. Yes, unlimited rice! Make …

Sixth Week – National Science & Technology

This week was the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW). An exhibition was held in Manila to showcase all the technologies developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Nick and I were assigned to look after one of the STI@Home exhibits on behalf of FNRI. When participants come to our booth, we explained …

Fifth Week

This week, I worked on producing videos about Pinggang Pinoy. Like MyPlate in the US, Pinggang Pinoy was created to add diversity to the plates of Filipino children. There are essentially three parts of the Pinggang Pinoy: Go (carbohydrates), Grow (protein), Glow (fruits and vegetables). Since carbohydrates provide energy, the Go part of the plate …

Forth Week – From Manila to Puerto Galera

This has been the best week for far. From Wednesday to Friday, the interns attended the Food Nutrition Seminar Series (FSS) at Century Park Hotel, Manila. I learned more about food nutrition development in Philippines, as well as the methodologies the nutritionists here use to conduct experiments and surveys. I found the seminar on mycoprotein …

Third Week

June 25, 2018 Monday. I attended the flag ceremony in the morning, and after that, I begin to edit the product photos. I forgot to mention about the collectivist culture here in Philippines. Here, people tend to do things together. You would rarely see anyone doing things alone. When I was walking back to the …

Second Week

June 18, 2018 Monday. In the morning, we were invited to participate in DOST's flag raising ceremony, which is held every Monday. I felt nostalgic for my elementary school years in Malaysia since I used to also attend the flag raising ceremony every Monday. After that, I went back to the office, to my desk. …

First Week at Philippines

I am thrilled to be accepted as a Technology Transfer Intern at Food Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) in the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of Philippines. I will be staying with the other four interns, Nick, Nitsueh, Grant, and Tulasi (TJ) at Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila. June 11, 2018 The rain stopped in …