Monthly Archives: October 2010

I liked this workshop a lot. This workshop answered a lot of questions that I have been needing to get answered but the SCDC powerpoint helped a lot. It was very informative and I considered myself to be pretty engaged even though it was pretty early in the morning. Even if people weren’t listening, there was a handout which clearly showed someone how to write a resume and do an interview. I’ve been needing to create a new resume because my old one isn’t as valid anymore since it was a high school resume and with the workshop, I can make it better and more concise. I liked this workshop and thought it was very helpful. Not only did it help new students with resumes and interviews, but now the SCDC has opened the doors and eyes for students to use that center and to further excel in their studies.
Holla!

I thought this workshop wasn’t very enriching in anyway. I went to the workshop and already knew that it wasn’t going to be something “special.” Students weren’t interested, many were talking while the panel was speaking and people were leaving well before the end. I felt bad that people were leaving. The panel was kind of boring :/ I thought it was very interesting though, that Charlie N. Li was there himself. It showed that he really is dedicated to his work, job and life. I remember one story that caught my attention towards the end of the workshop that I found interesting, but now that I think about it, I don’t really remember what it was about >< I didn't think the workshop was academic, nor enriching. What I liked the best was the fact that Charles N. Li was actually there and talking to us directly.

When you first saw me back on the first day of school, what kind of person did you think I was? Just another Asian kid, he seems like a cool guy or nothing at all? When you look at me now, what do you think? Not just another Asian kid, he’s pretty cool, or ew why is he in ALL my classes? But maybe still, you have no opinion about me at all? Probably not likely.
Well regardless of my first and second impressions, I’m making my third impression right now. For those who don’t know my name yet, my name is Chris, I was born on June 19th, and I am Korean. South Korean. I live on Long Island and I commute to school by talking the LIRR and then subway. Enough about that. I tend to be a bit cocky at times but I try my best to be modest; like I was president of my school, played 3 varsity sports, was homecoming king, I was Mr. Big Shot… Oh I’ve said too much.
A signature trait about me is my musical talent. I’ve played the violin for 13 years and I still continue to play. I was planning on majoring in violin, but that’s a story for another day. I also play the drums, guitar, and bass guitar and I’ve played the viola, cello and piano. I enjoy playing just about any sport other than soccer, basketball and ping pong being my favorite to play, and I enjoy watching football. I probably came from a different environment than that of most of you city-goers. Being from Long Island and … just a popular guy, coming to Baruch was an interesting transition. Going to a school where people aren’t yelling your name from down the hall and seeing unfamiliar faces was something not new, but a transition. I’ve come to realize how tiring commuting is. Taking my 10 minute walk to high school is sissy stuff compared to my hour and 15 minute commute to Baruch.
The thing I enjoy the most about Baruch is meeting new people. I’ve met all the people in LC17 and have more or less had at least one conversation with everyone, if I haven’t I’m still getting to it. I consider myself pretty outgoing, sociable and witty guy, but at the same time pretty timid and soft-spoken; depends on where I am. I like LC17. I hope to stay friends with most if not all of LC17 in the following years.
There’s too much about me to discuss in a monologue. I talked with one of my fellow LC17’ers and my LC17 buddy felt that writing a monologue about yourself was hard. For some reason, I thought it would be easy to talk about myself so I said it’s not that hard, but it’s not as easy as I thought. A monologue is basically speaking my thoughts out loud to an audience, or maybe the audience is reading my thoughts… I wasn’t too sure what else to write; I enjoy sports, I’m musically talented, I sort of discussed my personality. Let’s talk about favorites:
Favorite color: Purple Favorite movie: Pirates of the Caribbean. I enjoy chick-flicks time to time. Favorite food: Steak Favorite number: 1
Favorite candy: Sour watermelons Favorite fruit: Watermelons
Favorite Baruch block: LC17
I could list more but I thought you would get bored of favorites. Anyways, my thoughts in my head seem to be withering off so I won’t be able to read my thoughts aloud to you. If you’d like to know more about me my number is 516-ask-me. And this is my monologue.

People say we look alike. I don't know...

I love a bright sunny day. More specifically, a bright sunny day with clouds. I like the way clouds float around the sky as independent entities in different shapes. They are fluffy and white and remind me of cotton balls and cotton candy. Sometimes I imagine clouds in the pastel colors of cotton candy – pink, periwinkle, and green. However, what I love most about a bright sunny day is the sun itself.

Several weeks ago, I was in the bus on my way to work. I decided to get off a few stops early when I realized I had almost 15 minutes before I had to be at my workplace. I pressed the nearest “stop” button to signal the driver. With my camera on my left shoulder and my bag on my right, I exited the bus and was immediately overwhelmed by the sunshine. I looked up at the sky and noticed the beaming rays of sun over my head and remember feeling enticed. As the glare began to hurt my eyes, I took my camera off my shoulder, unfastened its lens cap, turned the power button on and aimed it directly at the source of light. I’ll remember that day as the day I captured the sun.

I worried about my career all the time. I always asked myself what career path I should choose. But now that have finally chosen and am in college I wondered how to get started. That’s what I learned at this career development workshop. There they taught us what to do from beginning to end from writing the resume to the interview. These were very helpful information and some of things that they mentioned I did not even know we had to do or be aware of. I was a little afraid of how to approach the subject of my career because I felt that I did not know anything and that made me feel embarrassed. Now that I have some information I won’t feel like a fool and can ask specific questions when I go visit the Starr Career Development Center.

             Arriving at the workshop I immediately thought that this was going to be boring. I thought that I would be half asleep during the event. Looking at the sheet of paper with the list of events convinced me further that I was going to be bored out of my mind. The event began with a professor introducing the panel. The speaker Stan Altman started speaking and I zoned out, thinking of other things beside what he was saying. Then Charles Li started talking and I was more interested what he had to say because I read his book. I was able to relate to him in his novel and I wanted to see what kind of person he is in real life. I was a little unsure what to expect, but after listening to him for a while I noticed that he was just human. I did not realize that I glorified him because of the experiences that he went through. He was completely different from what I expected him to be. I learned not judge before I listened or got to know what others had to say. Now I felt guilty for not listening to the Stan Altman. Right there and then I promised myself that I would listen to the others even if I found it unbearable. That was the best thing I did! Listening to these people I learned of the many important works that they did all over the world. I learned from them that it does not matter what background a person comes from, you can do anything you set your mind to. Everyone in the panel followed their life’s passion and doing this made them very happy. Their happiness allowed them to work their hardest in their chosen field. Seeing them I am hopeful that I will follow my passion and work really to do my very best at my chosen profession.

         My name is Syeda. I believe myself to be a logical person. I never do anything on impulse. I think twice before I do anything. You know the saying “follow your heart”; well it doesn’t apply to me. I think with my head. At times thinking with my head works, and maybe that’s why I have never smoked, drank or done any kind of drug, however at other times it’s just frustrating.  Sometimes I wish I could be an impulsive person, but it’s not happening anytime soon.  Also I am afraid of virtually everything and anything, especially insects. As an intellectual person I know insects are helpful to the ecological equilibrium, but it doesn’t stop me from thinking why they have to exist, they are just so creepy. 

          The most important thing in my life is my family. They help me through everything and are always there for me. Although they are bit crazy (and who’s family isn’t), but I can always count on them for support and to take care of me. For example whenever I get sick even if it’s a headache they hover over and ask me if I want to eat anything. My family believes firmly that any ailment can be solved with food. At the time I feel as if they are smothering me, but later I realize they do that because they care about me.

Who am I? Well I my name is Obaid Abbasi.  I like my name because its pronounced Oh-bad.  No one i know has the same name. Well, there’s this kid from Bayside High School who has the same name but its pronounced how its written.  I like to play sports, mainly basketball.  I enjoy basketball because i trash talk a lot, especially to my friends who are taller than me or better than me.  Its where i can fool around without anyone looking down on me because im actually good for my height.  and when they underestimate me i shut them up and that’s a good feeling.  Besides basketball, right now im learning to bboy, or break-dance.  One of my really close friends is a bboy and its crazy how people move their bodies in that motion.  I go to Hunter College to practice there with my friend and other bboys.  Other than that, im mainly a laid back person who just wants to experience life and have fun.  Im shy when meeting new people, which is one of the characteristics i want to throw away, but when people get to know me i can be lots of fun and you will probably have to tell me to be quiet once you get to know me.  I love comedy and cant get enough of it.   i also love listening to music.  it escapes me from home and the worries of the world.  i listen to mostly rap, hip-hop, breakin beats, and r&b.  however i do listen to some alternative.

3 concerns that i have about freshman year at Baruch is all the work we have to do.  I don’t think i will actually finish all the work in time and will cram the last week before exams or papers.  Procrastination is something i cant seem to get away from.  its like my shadow, always there.  I haven’t really been doing all the readings because i got lazy and fell asleep on others.  also, i cant work when im at home.  there are too many distractions like getting up to get a drink of water or something to eat.  and that leads to bathroom visits which take up time.  My mom is always asking for help since i work good with my hands like an engineer.  in addition, my little sister is always bothering me and she talks WAY too much.  Shes too smart for a 4 year old and i cant easily trick.  but shes really cute so it offsets.   Another concern i have is reading all the syllabus’ for what i have to do.  i am not good at remembering things, which is why my blog is so late.  i need get a calender or something to remind myself of what is due when.  my third concern is time management.  i need to better manage my time so i can have time to just relax.  i would really want Sundays free because of football. GO GIANTS!! But sadly i haven’t had Sundays free recently.  i would also like to get a job and hopefully that would force me too do a lot of work during the weekdays and work Saturday and Sunday off.  that would be my ideal schedule for college.

High School was joke to me.  Especially senior year.  I would be late to class almost everyday and take little to no notes and still get a decent average of around 85.  i was always the smart lazy kid in the class. when it came to math i would do literally NO homework and get 90s on the test and ultimately a 90+ in the class.   That cant be the case in college.  i actually have to do homework, which i was just doing for math online.  i have to be organized, prepared and motivated to work hard.

hopefully, my goal for my first year in college is to make me accustomed to doing work, staying on track, NOT procrastinating, and be exposed to the real world and how it works.  also, i want to be actively involved at Baruch.  i want to be active in a club or organization.  by the years end, i want to be motivated to do work and not let little things distract me. That is what i envision myself to be. Hopefully it works out.  =D

I think that I am a laid back, extremely tall college guy. Plain and simple! One of my passions is volleyball and I am learning German. I like to think that I am a pretty honorable guy and that I make quite an impression on people. However, I am also extremely shy. I had some serious problems in High School was opening up. However, once I loosened up I am able to just keep talking and talking. That is what I think will separate my High School experience from my College experience. I don’t want to just be that guy that everybody knows of but nobody really knows. I want to open myself up more to people and, above all, meet as many new people and make as many friends as I possibly can.
I have gone to extreme lengths to achieve this goal by doing things such as not bringing my Xbox 360 to college so that I wouldn’t be stuck playing videogames in my room. Also, I made sure that I am not alone most of the day and that I am out and about doing whatever with whoever. If I am ever with a room with somebody I don’t know, I introduce myself to somebody and network. That is how my college experience will be different from my high school experience.
There are a few things that I am concerned about for my freshman year at college. One of them is being overwhelmed with school work. I have heard a lot of BAD stories of people getting overwhelmed fast. I am also worried about doing too much. I play volleyball for the school, which is already extremely demanding, and I plan to join clubs too. I want to join the Archery Club as well as AIESEC which could definitely strain my schedule. My last worry for freshman year is that I don’t want to get lost in the city. I am from Long Island originally. Although Long Island is not that far from the city I still don’t know it well. I am learning pretty fast, but if somebody placed me in a random spot in the city I wouldn’t know what to do.
I think that my first year of college will change me in a lot of ways because of all the different activities that I plan to do. I believe that I will gain a better understanding of teamwork by playing on a higher level volleyball team then High School and club volleyball. I believe that I will be a better leader and also gain knowledge of the world through clubs. I plan to learn how to thrive in the business world with interns. I believe that I will make a ton of new friends that will last a lifetime. I believe that a lot of things will happen here at Baruch. Right now I’m off to a great start with classes that I enjoy, teachers that are relatable, and a friendly community around me. I’m stoked!