Author Archives: ngating.wong

            I went to Rubin Museum by myself. This may be the reason why I was scared when I was walking in the museum. There was a canteen. After I went upstairs, there were so many golden buddha and they look scary. On the third floor, it is almost the same with the second floor. When I went up to fourth floor, I was scared by a women showed on a wall who was singing some buddhist songs. Her eyes made me feel uncomfortable. On the fifth floor, there were some protraits. Basically, there were so many people in one picture. The sixth floor is the darkest floor, I just looked around and leave that floor immediately cause there was no one with me. To conclude, the images showed in the museum were quite scary if you go there by yourself only. However, this would be a very good chance for you to learn some Hindu culture.

             I think the workshop had some benefits like teaching us how to write a detailed resume, what to or not to put on the resume and the format of a resume. It also talked about how to do in an interview such as how to dress up, the way to talk and some tips for interview. The speaker also showed us how to go through their website and get a list of internships in Baruch. By the way, I believe many students should already knew most of things mentioned in the workshop.

             Like what others mentioned, the panel discussion was very boring. The volume of the microphones were very low and I cant hear what Charles Li talked about. It seems the speakers were just talking to themselves and nobody paid attention on them. I think there should have some staffs to remind students not to talk and make sure the volume of the microphones are loud enough so everyone can hear the message of the speakers. When i looked around, i saw many people were playing cell phone or lap top. Since most of the students didnt pay attention, I fell asleep too. To conclude, I believe the discussion can be better.

             We have been studying in Baruch for more than one month. In early September, I finish my assignment a day before the due date and I am doing the same thing now. I think I didn’t improve myself but I will still keep trying to change this bad habit. I would like to share some of my goals with you since we have just finished writing our short term goals and long term goals recently. I think you guys know Lily wants to be an event planner because she always keeps saying it. I also want to be an event planner, but actually I just want to be a wedding planner. I love to see a couple wear the wedding gown and hand in hand to walk along the streets. I want to plan for their wedding and think of all the ideas to make the wedding party more perfect so the wedding would be very memorable for them and all the guests. Besides a wedding planner, I also want to have my own wedding company so I can achieve all my ideas without any restrictions. If I have some more time, I would like to learn how to design a wedding gown, too. I love reading the wedding magazines to focus on the design for the dresses.

            I also want to share another goal with you which are building a primary school in mainland China. One day, I watched TV about an artist who is retired and she have got $80,000HKD which is around $10,400 USD for retirement. She used this money to build a whole primary school in mainland China and provides some stationery for the school. I believe $10,400USD will not be too much for me when I am retired so I also want to devote money to build a school to help more children to be educated.

            These two goals may not be a big thing for some people but I want to realize them and I would like to spend my time doing it.

           I like to make lots of plans before doing anything because I believe I can do better if i have some goals. I know which way i should go so i won’t follow a wrong direction. For example, before going to BBQ, i would like to list all the things that we need to buy, i would also list all the items i need to buy for preparing a dinner or make a well-planned schedule for study. Usually, the plans are quite perfect and affordable to me if i can follow all the steps. However, I always miss it due to laziness. It cannot be denied that I am a lazy girl. I always do all the things in the last minute although i have a plan. Whenever I planned to finish all the homework before going out or the end of holidays, I can never meet this goal since I started going to school… T^T (Did you guys have the same ecperience with me?)

          Although I still cannot change this bad habbit — laziness, i still think i do have some merit like i would persist in my opinion if I think I am right. I would not be affected by others easily and I can think in my own way. Usually, I am the one to make decision among my friends and i enjoy doing this way. Since i do have some reasons to support me, my friends would always agree with me. However, I would also make some wrong decision. In order to change my mind, people need to have several reasons to make me believe them that i was wrong.

          My main concern is speaking in class! There was an excuse for me to speak English in high school which is “i just came here for two years.” Gradually, I did not improve my English oral in high school. Honestly, i hate speaking English .. T^T cause i am not good at it. The second concern is finish all the assignments including reading on time. Like what i mentioned before, I always fall behind with my schedule. I hope one day i can catch up all the things. The last concern is how to be concentrated in class. Sometimes, if i am not interested in the topics, it is very hard for me to pay attention in class, that’s why sometimes i was day-dreaming in class.

          I think the difference between high school and college will be I have choice to choose whether I do the assignments or not. In high school, teachers would keep reminding me to hand in homework but professors would not remind you to do all the things. The professors would not accept any late assignments either ehich made me feel sad -,- because i am always late.

          I believe the first year at college will make me become confident in speaking English. And i hope this would happen soon.