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
