Monthly Archives: November 2010

Alright, I’m going to be honest and admit that I was one of those who failed to stay awake during this workshop. You know a presentation is boringgg when even coffee couldn’t  help you stay awake. However, I was able to obtain some knowledge of job preparation skills while I was still conscious. The workshop ultimately helped me pick up on some advices for job interviews and my resume. Never was good at interviews and haven’t started on my resume yet. So all in all, it was a pretty productive hour, got some tips and a nice nap:)

After reading The Bitter Sea by Charles N. Li, I was really excited about going to his workshop and being able to learn from him in person. Charles Li was indeed a very interesting person, even after striping his life naked through the publish of his book. What I liked about him most was the fact that he loved to talk, and to enrich us with his knowledge of life. A funny moment was when Charles Li had to discontinue his speech because he knew he had so much more to say. There was also story told by the first panelist that I found interesting. The story was about how a dog’s superhuman sense was able to save his owner from a catastrophic event. The rest of the workshop was pretty dull, and boringgggggg:x most of my attention was caught on the camera man and his camera who was directly in front of me.. But overall, it was a nice experience being able to see and listen to the Charles N. Li.

Herroo, I’m Kevin Li, and I just want to say that I really hated my Baruch email.. “[email protected]” I was extremely upset to be regarded as the second Kevin Li. I still hate the email but I had accepted the fact that there is nothing I could do about it. Perhaps I should just be glad that I’m not the fifth or sixth Kevin Li in Baruch. Anyways… I’m really bashful and extremely lazy. I’m more of a sports person than a school person. I prefer sports that requires little to none teamwork. I was on my high school’s handball, bowling and track team. Although handball is my favorite and strongest sport, I had endured 3 years of practice before I was qualified for the team. It was definitely an accomplishment that proved my determination and my training. Maplestory is my favorite online computer game:) please

Maplestory Me!

dont judge.

Heyhey! Kevin is my name, handball is my game. Now, you must be shaking your head while thinking… “Wow, another kid named Kevin who plays handball, just like most Asian, how typical”. But regardless of what you might think of my overly common name and my overly played sport, I’m proud of who I am and what I do.

“Who do you think you are?” I remember a saying.. “your closest friends’ opinions of you is your clearest reflection”. I agree with this saying, and believe that I am whom my closest friends think I am. In that matter, some say that I am a nice, caring, funny, athletic, reliable and a determined person. But at the same time, there are also thoughts that I am laid back, extremely emotional, immature, unreliable and ultimately a deceiving person. I acknowledge all of their judgments and do intend to take them into consideration and change myself for the better. There’s so much more to whom I think I am; I often portray myself with the crabby characteristics of the zodiactic cancer. I am someone who is protective, cautious, intuitive yet clingy, moody, and changeable. I may seem hard outside but actually is soft inside. Lastly, I live on motivational quotes and I’m not too fond of sad stories.

My top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College would be 1. being able to start off with a good year, of course. I want have a good push of momentum into my following years in Baruch College. 2.  If I am able to abandon my negative characteristics such as my bashfulness and such. I plan on majoring in a business related field, therefore presentation and communication skills are essential. Obtaining more confidence throughout the year would be one of my top concerns.3. Time managing, it has already been more than a month into college and I still have trouble with time management 🙁 especially with the excessive amount of readings. Even this blog was done from procrastination 😡

The fact that Baruch College has their own library building definitely makes it different from high school experience. Honestly, I have forgotten the last time I had ever been in a library before entering Baruchs’. Their gymnasium and weight room also allow me to have a different experience because I’m physically active. But I still have to live with the fact that I’m stuck at home, missing out on college dorm life.

I think my first year at College would change me physically and mentally since I plan on hitting the gym and library more often 🙂 Other than that, I hope I can become more mature with the knowledge and experience waiting to enrich me.

Well during this workshop I was enlightened by the various options we had to better ourselves and to learn of what classes are needed. Furthermore, I was reminded about the importance a “first impression” makes on a future employer. Learning what attire to wear and to have a well formatted resume has made me a ready trooper when I enter the big world of working.

Oh and on a side note I also learned the various ways that people sleep while sitting up with no support for the neck.

1)Going into this workshop I was trying to be a good student and actually took notes and everything. But once again, i misplaced it. I don’t really remember what Charles Li talked about, but I remmeber there was someone on the panel who told the same story at convocation and i just thought it was getting too reptitive.. why tell the same story to the same freshman class? that convocation was mandatory after all..

I wish i had the notes i took with me. I’ll try to be more organized next time:(

2) I liked this workshop! it was a little too long and people started falling asleep but i feel like it was really helpful especially since we just started college so a lot more job opportunities would be open to us. I’ve been to one serious like 30-45 minute job interview and the rest were just casual interviews but i think it will come in handy when we’re looking for business related jobs and stuff

I keep forgetting my password and username on this site..anyways, heres my monologue from what i can remmeber cause im not the most organized person out there so i tend to misplace things… a lot.

I hate being short. I complain about it all the time, I want to be 5″7 i hatebeing short because in crowded elevators im somewhere in liek the back and everyones like theres so much space in the back! move back and im there.. im just really short. and i hate looking up at people when i talk to them

not very enthusatic about this post.. but im tired and we have webwork due today and ITS SO HARD

I was in the audotorium on the balcony. I was sitting with my friends and yes i was honestly not paying attention but i was listening for some parts. They were talking about life and sharing their stories. It was interesting at a point because it could relate to me a little. One thing i remember them saying is that Identity is a process and we have to find out who we really are ourselves. I thought that was reallly true but i can already define myself for who i am. They also mentioned to look at life differently. I should be doing that but its not so easy to make adaptations.
One of the speakers also spoke about the definition of reality and they said how what we believe is true or not true. It drives us the choice we make. I do agree on that because people make important decisions and choices in their life and thats what brings them forward to the future. I think the workshop is a little helpful to my understandings about life.

The carrier workshop was an enlightening experience where I was able to understand how a formal interview is done. I never knew that small talk would be such a huge part of an interview. I knew that to a formal interview you were supposed to dress in formal attire, but I never knew anything about the semi formal and how you are supposed to dress to them. It was a pretty interesting and resourceful workshop which I hope will help me in the future.

During the Conference with Charles Li and his colleagues, I have found it curious to see how each and every one of them have found their own identity through culture, nationality, study and experience. I did not agree with what they were saying since it felt as if they defined themselves for life after this one Enlightening event.

Later on they talked about reality how reality is just a matter of perception, since my reality does not necessarily go parallel with the reality of people around me. It made me start to think about how reality is rather not definite in any way, how my preconceptions, my point of view, me create a “reality” which is not in any sense real, but is rather confined to me.