10/14/2017 0 Comments MUSEO MARITIMOOctober 11, 2017 - Me and my friends went to AIMS (Asian Institute of Maritime Studies) to visit Museo Maritimo which is a requirement for our subject, Cruise Sales Management and Operations. The Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) is a merchant marine college in Pasay City, Philippines that provides highly technical learning in terms of maritime education. It is one of the top performing maritime schools in the Philippines. It was founded in 1993 by Captain Wilijado P. Abuid along with his friends. I am writing a blog about what we've learned and experience about this Museum. In case you might get curious or you got passion about this industry, anything about marine industry. So sit back and relax and just enjoy my blog. :) Upon entering the premises of AIMS, we are guided by the guards on what to do. So first we sign in the log book. And we are asked to wait for tour guide which is a professor at the college. (His students is also with us to assist us) *The following is what I've learned after visiting this museum. Haha well expect it to be more dramatic because i also added my reflection and importance of each.* I’ve learned more about the past of maritime industry after seeing the informations inside the museum. One of this is about Galleon Trade. The Manila galleon trade is probably more significant in the history of the world as a whole than it is in the history of the United States, but it does have significance for both. The Manila galleon trade contributed to what was arguably the first truly globalized trade network in history. The trade was significant for the history of the United States because it helped bring about the development of California. The Manila galleon trade made significant contributions to colonial Spanish culture. It helped to fashion the very society of the Philippines, which relied upon its income, its merchandise, and the services of Chinese, Malay, and other participants. In Mexico, the infusion of Chinese goods and art forms into Hispanic and Native American material culture remains visible today. There is also the story of Blessed Odorico De Pordone, Blessed Genorima de La Asuncion, St. Francis Xavier and Ibn Battutta which is also shown in the exhibition room. The story how they explore the world through voyaging is inspiring. Like, imagine going around the world in that time with their late technologies and they succeed. They succeed on their agenda. It proves that the late time voyagers has the capabilities to navigate with their own technology. I learned that these people has contribution to maritime industry. Why does they include this in their museum? First, explorers matter because they can illuminate attributes of leadership. The need for leadership in so many areas is so great today. Explorers can help to orient us to the kind of people the world needs. Mind you, great explorers in the past tended to harbor great flaws; these are not obvious candidates for sainthood. Explorers show us that great leadership is less about self-aggrandizement, risk-seeking behavior, or the determination to reach a goal at all costs. Instead, explorers showed us the huge importance of team-building, careful planning, faultless execution, and courage. Second, explorers expand our ambition. Finally, the experience of explorers matters because they show how to prevail in the face of great adversity. Indeed, in the experience of explorers, the adversity seems to be the main point. Montaigne said, “It is the journey, not the arrival, that matters.” We want to know how the explorers contended with the journey: the hardship, doubts, setbacks, and even success; we relish the stories of explorers because they show the rest of us how to go far away, and come back again. It is the return of the explorers that creates the example of testing the limits—in Stan Rogers’ song, “to find there but the road back home again.” History teaches us that we worship heroes at our own risk. But what passes today for the celebration of a profound achievement in the annals of exploration misses some big points. Such commemorations need to bring us face to face with lessons about leadership, ambition, and adversity that the present generation can harness in its own outbound journeys. There is also a topic about customs and tariffs in ancient times. If you would read what is written on it, you could see the difference from what is then than now. Bills from every port is also shown. Uniform of cadets on ship is also shown in the room. But most of the things, the vintage things is exhibited. Like old telescope and their old navigators. What caught my attention in the room is the Enrique Malacca’s Testimonial. Enrique of Melaka : Was the first man to sail around the world a Malay. Enrique de Malacca, also known as Enrique Negro, Black Henry, or Panglima Awang, was possibly the first person to circumnavigate the earth.When he was a 13 year old boy, in Malacca on the Malaysian peninsula, he was captured and enslaved by Ferdinand Magellan, at some point around the year 1500. In 1519 Magellan's expedition set out to discover a route sailing west from Spain to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. But what amazed me the most is their artifacts about the old ships used in navigation. It reminds me of Moana the movie. The boats they made is amazing. It will give you idea what the old time voyaging is. There is no technology used. Only your own knowledge and skills about sailing is needed. I give them big thumbs up for Museo Maritimo. I learned so much about this maritime industry. It made me bring more burning passion to go for my dreams which is to be part of cruise industry.
If you're thinking twice to enter this type of industry or if you want to be in this industry. Still try to visit here and let's see how this museum will change your mind ;) P.S You can't take picture inside the museum - we paid P50.00
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