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Rubin Museum of Art
The museum was very calming, the stairs and the resonance of the harmonic music spiraled up to reveal the true markings on the lovely mandala that hung above. The exhibits were very intricate from the gold sculptures that required a 360 view, to the hanging head of “The Terrible,” to paintings, to bowls, to the crystal mandala on top. The exhibit was nice and very thought probing- as one reached the fourth floor one saw side by side comparisons of Christian paintings and sculptures that pared (sort of replica-like) to Buddhist paintings and sculptures symbolically. The comparison that really stuck out at me was the comparison of The Female Divine with The Virgin Mary, partly because I never heard/thought of that before. What I loved is that the museum at no point got into theological interpretations and bias informed descriptions of the works, but let the works stand on their own caliber. Yet, I would have like to read more about the mandalas- the process the monks go through to make them and its significance, but one could ask the guides that. Overall I enjoyed my experience at the Rubin, oh and the true intricate markings of the glass mandala hanging from the ceiling were human silhouettes.
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SCDC Workshop
The SCDC Workshop was very informative; it reviewed a lot of tips for interviewing and resume building. It was good to be reminded that a resume must always keep growing and re adapting. The speaker was very energetic. I learned that the term “business-casual” means the same thing as semi-casual. That one should not wear bright colors to an interview and that Interviews begin when you walk in to the building until you exit the building. I learned that the SCDC has a film interview program where one can look back at ones mock interview and hence learn what to and not do. I would like to schedule one…. Another highlight on my list of the workshop was the notion on how to approach the tell me more about yourself question that always drives me to panic and her tips were great, be positive, share an insight and don’t recite your resume. It was also good to be reminded to always have questions and do ones homework on the organization before entering the interview and how important demeanor is. Demeanor being how one conducts one’s body language and tone of voice, good demeanor can go a long way! 🙂
Charles Li!
The academic enrichment workshop was great. It was centered around the theme of identity and the panel shared a lot of views. Amidst them how everyone has both the potential for good and bad and how little moments determine who you are; what you value. Charles Li spoke about the notion of reality and one most become conscious of one’s identity and it is built through our current actions and the lack of emotional cultivation that we as Americans/ westerners lack as opposed to East/Asian culture that values emotion. That made me realize how important our emotions are in determining our identity; our emotions tell us what we like and what we don’t and shape us not only via our values but what we learn when placed in serious situations and how we feel at the moment of and after we act. The panelists also made me realize I have a long journey ahead and that my identity will still be in progress until I die.
Treats!
Creperie- located a block away from Baruch dorms on Ludlow best crepes ever and amazing prices ($6-7), they have sweet crepes and salty ones!
Blue Smoke: Located at 160 E 27th Street has delicious cupcakes that are affordable and out of this world, I’m talking peanut butter and jelly cupcake! ($2.50)
Cake & Shake Cart: Located at Washington Square Park has delicious out of the ordinary cupcakes ($3) as well as a vast array of refreshing nutritious shakes ($5).
oh and guys sign up for a Godiva Rewards Card, they give members a free piece of chocolate every month, its good for the heart! (and sign up is free guys!)
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Guys don’t forget elections are tomorrow!
Finding Peace Inside a Convoluted Mind
The cultivation of one’s personality can only be formulated through weirdness. I know I am crazy at times, perhaps a bit over dramatic but hey that’s human nature. People nowadays just don’t understand the mind is complex, talking to inanimate objects sometimes helps. My hair and I just don’t get along! It’s not its fault but sometimes I feel like I must extrapolate every follicle from the root! Come on is it too much to ask? Just one day where frizz control works, or any of the other stupid products! Do you realize hair, that my obsession to tame you, to make you behave and teach you some manors has cost me a fortune! Shampoo, conditioner, curler, straightener, heat protection, hair mask, gel, moose, hair spray, shine, vitamins! I’ve bought you numerous gifts and yet you just don’t seem to care: scrunches, bows, headbands, clips, combs, head wraps to protect you from the cold! Jeez you’re harder to please than any other person in my life, and my daddy isn’t hard please! (Beat) My daddy and I were born on the same day, not year of course, November first all saint’s day. Yet we barely relate, I think the hardest aspiration that will subsist throughout my life is to please him, he wants me to be a doctor but he forgets the fact that I faint at the sight of blood…. He is all too stubborn to deal with, I love him though, I really do, I just wish he wasn’t stuck in the twentieth century; my dad is turning 76 in November. It’s hard growing up and being confined. “I thought I told you to sit up straight” BAM goes the pan as it meets my derriere. I am grateful to my dad however he taught me discipline even though it was not delightful to learn under corpal punishment I learned self- discipline. You could even say I admire him, even back then when I tremulously feared him, he is an intellectual always thirsting for knowledge, he keeps thinking learning new stuff studying medicine even at this age, perhaps because I let him down but he’s let me down too. I can’t forget a curtain call where a tear didn’t descend down my cheek as I realized that no one was there, as I Posed a smile as my last act at curtain call and the shallow applause teased my bottled tears. Yet daddy has always supported me academically, and I could truly say that the highlight of my days is the conversational engagement recourse with my daddy, though it happens here and then not daily it makes a genuine Cynthia simile appear.(Beat) I think in a way this sums up how I think and my emotional responses and need to make faces, if you notice I make a lot of them throughout the day. 
Inextinguishable Flame
Much more than the preconceived notions of people is one’s personal perspective. Identity has had a long draw out trajectory in our educational upbringing; featured as the overarching theme of humanity in everything we do. Primarily when one looks in the mirror we only see our flaws, but when we try to talk about our identity to others we become flawless creatures worthy of praise. A common exercise to escape such notion is writing an “I am” poem:
I am a young intellectual
That has yet oceans to discover
One that at times over-analyzes the simplicity of the factual
I am the Scorpio chick born in November
I am an Individual yet I surmise to the will of others
I am a dreamer crashing into reality
The zealous youth that wishes to be the voice of workers
Though at times I have fallen to personal vanity
I am an upholder of the principles vested by our founding fathers
Yet encompassed my heritage and beliefs makes me vulnerable to the racism in society.
As the flame of democracy is being tested
My inner flame to acquire knowledge is expanding
And perhaps one day as the prior stabilizes; the prior and the latter might be compacted
As I aspire to say I am a beckon of change in the making
Far different from the sheltered guided learning employed throughout elementary, intermediate, and High School; College is a liberating experience that puts the full lot of the responsibility on the student. One is held accountable for knowing what’s due and when it’s due. In terms of time-management, I have no issue due to my pre-acquired experience in high school between running three organizations, schoolwork, work, sports and hanging out with friends. I am a stress-oholic. 🙂
As for the extent my first year of college will have on my personal development, I am partly uncertain, but I do know for sure that I will find new ways of approaching how I do things: become less of a procrastinator.
I am concerned about: I suppose finding a niche amidst the school due to its commuter school-like aspect, sure there are clubs but they are all selective. I am concerned that perhaps I made a mistake and I should really be studying politics, since I am so enamored by it. Yet, my overall concern is that I won’t be able to learn everything that the fire of knowledge inside of me is thirsting to grasp.
