EG 3A

Hey I’m very sorry for the late post, but without class this week, I just forgot that I was supposed to post up a blog this week.

Anyway, my name’s Brandauer. Growing up, I’ve been accustomed to Chinese culture. I’m all about respecting other people, especially those older than you and those better than you at something. I think I’m a very kind fellow, although I tend to make offensive comments towards people unknowingly. I’m extremely laid back, in terms of both my life and my future. I do fear the future, but my philosophy in life is to never stop having fun. There will be bumps in the road, like money problems, social problems, and homework problems, but they always tend to go away. This is why I’m a procrastinator. I always feel like I should have fun and relax my mind before I do tedious assignments. Plus, like many people, I have a small problem with focusing on my work. In the middle of my work, I would talk to friends, go on facebook, go on youtube, etc. BUT, if you procrastinate an assignment a few hours before class starts, then you’ll know in your mind that if you don’t focus, you’re ****ed. For me, it’s the most efficient way to get my work done without bs’ing it. So if there are any classmates out there doing an all-nighter for a project, I will most likely be accompanying you for the same thing.

Like many people, I have fears as well, and they’re probably similar to everyone else. The main things I’m scared of (from least to most) are spiders, maggots, my future, horror films, and the darkness. If anyone reads this, they’re probably wondering why I’m mostly scared of the dark out of all those things. The reason is because everything spurs out of darkness, whether its bugs, killers, or monsters. The majority of the world is covered in darkness, and my strange explanation to where all these bad things come out is in this darkness, where you aren’t aware of and can’t look through. The other fears are very self-explanatory, so no need to explain those.

So my monologue was really simple, and I explained it. I love public speaking and I love going with the flow, but I’m not great at preparing material. My monologue was only a minute long, but for comical effect as well. I talked about how my experience at Baruch was only meager and that’s about it.

Hi, I’m Jen, and I was born on Halloween in Queens, NY. I am half Malaysian and half Chinese. I’m afraid of the dark, bugs, heights, public speaking, death, growing up, and scary movies. I am DEATHLY afraid of scary movies, and I owe it all to my wild imagination. It really sucks because it causes me to imagine those scary movie characters in my bedroom or bathroom. When I was young, I used to take swimming lessons at the Flushing YMCA. The pool was extremely dark, but in the deep end, I used to think there were sharks and octopuses chasing after me while I was doing my backstroke ): One thing that makes me really happy is shopping. It’s not only the feeling of getting new things that makes me happy, but it’s also the feeling of just looking for them. I love any type of shopping, whether it’s shopping for clothes, my dorm, food, or gifts for my friends; I absolutely love it! Another thing that makes me really happy is sports. I like that I can be a girly girl, shopping and watching chick flicks all the time. But I also like that I’m pretty athletic and involved in sports, more than usual for a typical girl. I love watching basketball; I can’t really play it. My favorite team is the Lakers, but I also love the Knicks and Magic. However, I love playing tennis. It’s my favorite sport ever, even though I’m not really good at it. I feel that being athletic is important, and that includes girls AND guys. I hate how a lot of girls are unable to play sports. I have a friend who can barely hit a volleyball or even swim. She literally drowned in one foot of water in the ocean… I think that’s really sad, and it’s even worse when guys are not athletic. I just feel that sports are such an important and fun part of our lives that everyone should participate in some sport.

My name is Brandon and well I’m going to tell you about myself. What I like the most about myself is that I’m determined, I never give up without first giving it my all and sometimes even when I know there is no chance for me to succeed, though sometimes I do manage to turn things around. What I like the least about myself is that my mind wanders very often and that I tend to fall asleep in my classes even when I try my hardest to stay awake. I am someone who identifies myself as a Domincan and as an American who lived a majority of his childhood on long island. The people who are the most important to me are my friends and my family. My friends are the people I can share my everyday problems with and the people I always have great times with. My family is a major influence in the person I am today and I know I can trust them with anything. When the rest of the world walks out I’ll always have my family. I’m afraid of a few things, I’m afraid of heights, I’m afraid of meeting new people, and I’m afraid of being outside of my comfortable zone.

I will start with the beginning.

I was born in Kiev – that’s in Ukraine. I also finished my high school there so you can as well not ask which high school I came from – anyway you don’t know it 🙂 As I came here only a few month ago, the biggest challenge for me is to  get used to everything: new country, new culture, new people, everything new.

What I like about myself is tolerance. I can accept every view, every point, because I think that people have right to think what they want – whether I like it or not. Anyway, even if I don’t like it, that won’t change anything. So I just accept what people think and say and try to understand it.

There are a few things which I dislike about myself. First is that I can be nervous and worried about some little unimportant things. But this is good in a way – it makes me do my best. Second thing is that I really can’t choose. I can’t choose between red and blue – they are both good. And my friends have to say “just pick this and let’s go”, or I will never get out of shop.

I know that my speech has to be organized. But there are facts about me and I don’t know where to place them. So I put them all in one category. I like dancing: I did ballet for 9  years in Ukraine and tried ballroom dancing for a year – that was really exciting. I want to visit Europe, although I don’t have a particular place I want to see. I like french movies and want to make friends. I’m a little afraid of those big disgusting spiders, but I can overcome that fear. Also I like sleeping (yes, like most of you do).

And do you guys know that advertisements where  they give a little amount of information and say “call if you want to know more”? The same thing works with me. If you want to know more about me – just talk to me 🙂

Hey everyone, my name is Jason and I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I am an only child, but despite what you think, I am not one of those spoiled brats that you often hear about. Ill start with my fears. I am incredibly scared of bugs, to the point of paranoia. If I see a small spot on the floor I more often then not think its a bug, and react to it. On a more abstract note, I’m afraid of things going off track, such as plans and meet ups. What I love most is my television, and my favorite tv show of all time is The Simpsons. I also love sports, all types from basketball to golf. My favorite sport to watch would be basketball, as I am a huge NBA fan. One of my strengths is being incredibly meticulous and my attention to detail. When I walk down the street, I feel like I notice everything around me. While that may sound normal to you, many of my friends often miss things that are right in front of them because they have what people call ‘tunnel vision’. I think I’m also a great multitasker. My greatest weakness is probably my stubbornness, sort of like a ‘my way or the highway’ sort of thing. I frequently see that other people’s options bring about the same results as my path would’ve, for whatever the situation is. However, I feel like my way would’ve been the most efficient, but I do realize that isn’t true. I hope everyone learned something about me from this post, and if anyone ever needs a man for any sport, hit me up. Thank you for reading.

Not many people know me or know of me until now. This is why I am here to tell you about me. First off, I am afraid of public speaking, which is why I show common signs of anxiety, such as racing heartbeat, shaky voice, as well as profuse sweating. The reason why I am telling you this is because I would like to make as many lasting friendships as I can while I’m at Baruch. Usually when I make friends, they come and go, but what I really crave for are friends who would maintain contact with me despite the fact that we would no longer be in the same classes. This is why I am telling you about me today.

My name is Joe Mann and i liked being called Joman. My hobby is soccer, Im a very big fan of the arsenal gunners. One thing that i like about myself is that i don’y dislike anything about myself. my favorite band is Emarosa, and I cant wait to go to their concert in a month. Every one who has got to know me can tell that I’m very competitive. Another thing that I’m very interested in is watches. My dream watch is the romain jerome titanic, which is 300,000 dollars and cant tell time. My friends make fun of me because of it, but its the idea behind it which intrigues me to like it. I also love watching Jersey Shore, Pauly D, aKa DJ Pauly D, makes me laugh all the time.

My name is Robert Ali and I’m a freshman attending Baruch College.  I was born in Bethpage, NY but was raised in Commack, Long Island.  Back in the days of elementary school, my classmates would always ask me if I was related to Muhammad Ali, the famous boxer. It wasn’t till later years that I realized I’m actually related to a Muhammed Ali (my uncle), but not THE Muhammed Ali.  My name was used as another reference in high school; my track caoch would always call me ‘Prince Ali’ referencing Disney’s, “Aladdin”.  My hobbies consist of physical fitness, music, and learning new languages.  I am especially adamant about learning new languages because I think to have the ability to be able to go anywhere and be able to speak to anyone is incredible; it gives me a feeling of accomplishment to master a new language. Currently, I speak english (obviously), a lot of spanish, and I’m working on German.  My experience insofar at Baruch is pretty good. There are some professors that I think are a little “iffy” but the majority of the school is extremely pleasing.  One thing I think the school can work on is organization. For a business school, its financial sectors should be a tad more organized in terms of scholarships and financial transactions.  Other than that, my prospects for the future are bright and I hope to do very well during my time here.

I’m Simon Yousoufov. It is your pleasure to meet me. I’m an avid procrastinator, but I definitely did not procrastinate writing this monologue. I enjoy long walks on the beach, writing monologues, and sleeping. I do not like green eggs and ham. If there is one thing I would want to have done before I died, it would be to sleep in a waterbed.

One of the things I appreciate is having time to myself to think. Having to do any sort of work accomplishes the opposite of this. I do not like doing work. I would much rather lay in my bed, with my headphones on, and listen to music and just think about whatever comes to mind.  Disrupting my Simon-time is actually classified as a federal offense.

One thing that I severely dislike is when people ask me to “describe myself in one sentence” I wouldn’t even be able to list my orgy of nationalities in one sentence, much less describe my personality and what I like to do.

My personal motto is “If Dr. Seuss said it, it must be true.” And what Dr. Seuss said was “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. Also, don’t date schizophrenics.”  This is my favorite quote of his because I have a tendency to greatly over-think things. Though I’ve started being more aware of when I do this.

So far, I’m enjoying my time here at Baruch, and my liver is holding up pretty well, too. It’s a nice change of pace from high school, and I definitely don’t feel like I’m in a prison anymore. I like that there is a lot more responsibility on myself to do well than there was in high school. I would rather learn to not be largely dependent on a teacher, who may or may not be bad, to learn about a subject that I’m interested in.

What I am finding challenging right now is managing my time more efficiently. I’m naturally disorganized and am usually too lazy to put things back in the right place so I spend a lot of unnecessary time looking for things. It also gives me an excuse to procrastinate and is something that I’m trying to work on.