Monthly Archives: October 2010

As I’m writing this monologue, I think about what would get most of the reader’s interest. Perhaps my school? No, all of them go to the same school as I do. Then maybe I should talk about my arrival to U.S.? Too much of a cliche. What about my love for soccer? Surely they will be interested in such a beautiful game. But if they hate soccer, it will be very boring for them to read my blog. No, instead I will talk about my job.

I would say its not a common occupation, and it’s definitely not full-time. I’m a club promoter. Its kind of different from an event-planner in way that I do much less work but unfortunately I also get paid much less.  Typically my work week starts on Monday night or Tuesday morning when I get the latest information on NYC party scene from my boss. Venues, special deals, cover charges, time&date, dress code, themes – all those change on weekly basis. By Tuesday evening, I have my Facebook groups set up for upcoming parties. Contrary to popular belief, making a good FB groups that’s going to attract many potential customers, is not easy. It all starts with a name of the group. It has to sound sophisticated for authenticity of the party. It had to include the name of the Venue, projected age group and most importantly – promoter’s name. The last one is critical to the promoter as his salary depends on his guests’ ability to say his name at the entrance. Besides common sense information like address and time of the event, the group need to contain something that will separate you from other promoters. in my case, its the special deals i have exclusively for my customers. Whether its a special discount for girls or no wait on the line, special deals are very important for my business as they attract new customers and keep the old ones coming back for more. Last but not least, a flashy, eye-catching image is needed to represent the group.

After groups are created, the first text is sent out. Aside from FB, I communicate with my clientele through text messages. in them, I write a condensed version on my FB group and mass send them. First text specifies the date, time and location of the event as well as any special deals. The designated “party days” are Thursday, Friday and Saturday unless its a holiday weekend. Thursdays are popular among college students and referred to as “thirsty Thursdays” while the other two days are enjoyed by everybody so that’s when business booms. The second text is sent out the evening before the event. Some people text back asking for specific details and I gladly respond as my paycheck depends on their satisfaction.

Finally, on the day of the event, I go out and work along side the bouncer to keep the line under control and make sure that all my guests are taken care of. I enjoy numerous benefits as a promoter including free entrance as well as better discounts for my friends. I get paid well to go out and party, what can be better?

My name is Cindy Chu. I am not an outgoing person although I tend to get very noisy and loud after I truly get to know someone. I care about my academic grades a lot. I really want to do well in college and get a good GPA. I feel like I didn’t really do that well in my first midterms although I did study pretty hard for them. Maybe I still need some time to adjust to this high school -college transition period although college started 2 months ago. Maybe I need to study even harder and concentrate more in class.
My favorite leisure activity is going shopping. I like to buy new clothes, shoes, bags, and accessories just like any other girls. I think shopping and buying something I like make me really happy. I also really like to bake. Even though I don’t like the clean up process after I bake, I enjoy baking in general. I like to bake cookies and cupcakes because those are pretty easy to make and I like eating them a lot. I think that homemade cookies and cupcakes are healthier than the ones sold in stores because I can control what kind of ingredients to put in. I can use low fat butter and put less sugar, therefore it makes me feel less guilty when I eat them.
I like my college life so far even though writing papers and taking midterms can be very stressful. I think college is really different from high school and I hope my 4 year college experience will be fun and exciting. Hopefully, I can graduate with a good GPA ,get a stable job and then live a happy life.

Hi, my name is Ye In and I live in Port Washington, which is in Long Island.  I chose to attend Baruch College because I wanted to be a CPA, certified public accountant and Baruch College has a good program for accounting. By attending this school for two month, I realized that high school and college are very different.

First of all, I never really “commuted” in high school. For me, commuting takes a lot of time. At first, I hated commuting a lot but now I am getting used to it. In high school, it only took me 10 minutes to go to “commute” to my school but now, it takes up a lot more, which makes me more deligent and responsible person because I try my hardest not to be late for classes.

Also, I realize there are a lot more reading to do in college. In high school, I did pretty well without reading all my materials given. Actually, most of the times, notes in classes helped me more to get high grades in the test. But in college, I realized reading textbook helps me a lot more than notes that I take from the class. Even today, I was studying for Anthropology test and I barely looked at the note but read a lot more, taking notes and highlighting the important parts from the chapters.

Lastly, I find that college classes move a lot quicker than I thought. For example, I took calculus in high school ( even though I did terrible in AP test) and it did not move as fast as college. I feel like if I didnt take the Calc class in high school, I would have VERY hard time in college because of the fast moving class.

I am still adjusting to my new school and its getting better and better everyday. I try to forget about my habits in high school and adjust more to college. Even though the work and commuting is hard, I will overcome all these obsticles to obtain my goals.

Hi, my name is Jianjun Mo, most of my friends call me JJ. But I am not that JJ who is a popular singer in China, I am me .  I have been  here for more than two years. I am very clear to remember which day I came to here. It was May 12, 2008, because it was the earthquake of Sichuan (Szechwan). Since I have been here, My whole life is changed.  I remembered the first week when I came to here, I wanted to cry. For that new environment, I have no friends, poor English and I don’t know anything about it. After I go to  high school, my life has been changed again. My high school is special because it is for immigrants who are overage (18) and most of the students are ESL students. I remembered the first day when I went to school, I did’t really understand  what did the teacher talk about. I make a lot of friends and after two years I almost  know everyone ( chinese) in my high school. For that reason, I always speak chinese with my friends. Thus, my English still very bad. I am an  easy-going  person, I hope I can make any foreign friends  at Baruch that I can improve my English and been a part of their lives.

Now, I become a part of Baruch. However, I find out my college’s life at Baruch is very terrible. I mean my grade. The first test in all of my classes I feel very terrible. However, those days I ask myself, am I work hard? The answer is no. I know since I have been here, I rarely be positive of my life, I know I am escaping. But now, I will be different. Those weeks, I realize many things form my life, my firends…even I still do not know what I am  trying to be but I will face the problems.  Now, I realize what is the most important  to me …

I love music – especially my own music. I like to create music depend on my mood and emotion and my inspiration, because they can reflect me, what I trying to say and trying to be. But my music is very short and simple because I am not that professional. I used to make a whole song with my friend about five or six years ago, but I forget the lyric about the song.  I hope in the future I can remember that song because it means a lot to me.

Hi! I am Ming Yuan, but I like people to call me Ming. The reason is that I am used to be called just by one character since high school years. Some of my high school teachers had hard times of calling me by the full name; hence, I told them by calling me Ming is ok. Anyway, Ming in Chinese means light or bright which symbolizes that I am a happy person. In addition, Yuan means far which also suitable for me such I’m living in America. By combining the two characters, my name is formed as well as my personality.

As I said before that I am a happy person, it can be reflected by counting how many friends I have made since I came here. Some friends are more important than others in some fields such as in study, some can help me with understanding, but some others like me may seeking for help. I like to help people of solving problems, but I don’t have the time to help everyone. I really do like to play with my friends. In this cyber world, I enhance the friendship through games. Above all, parents are the most important at this point because they support me as well as teach me how to be independent.

Recently, I am having hard times of focusing in classes and afraid of tests. In my political science class, I can barely survive being awake through the long tedious class. Clearly, the fear is shaped. In addition for anthropology class, the amount of materials is unbelievable, how I wish I know everything. Good luck to everyone who takes anthropology.

My name is Hanyan, many friends of mine said my name sounds Korean although I’m not, I’m 100% Chinese: I was born in China, grew up in China, and I moved with my family to this country about five years ago. I have an English name, Layla, this word means night in Persian. The name comes from a song that also named Layla, this song is considered “one of rock music’s definitive love songs” and yes, rock is my favorite type of music. I barely talk to people I don’t know because I’m a little bit shy, but immediately after I make friend with someone, I start to become so talkative that nothing can stop me. I think it is because I only make friends with people share the same interest with me, and the only thing I like to talk about is things of my interest.

Since I came here without knowing the language, and I prefer stay home rather than going out but not be able to communicate with others, I have to find something to do when I stay home all alone. Therefore, for the past five years, music and manga has become my most interest. I just can’t stop admire people who can sing, compose and draw beautiful pictures, because I can’t. Music has no language boundary, that’s why I think it is beautiful. I can not to understand the meaning of the lyric, but still enjoy the melody. For a person like me who was putted down by the language barrier so many times, music can be a rescuer. The reason why I love manga is very simple: I feel it is easier to read books with pictures explaining what is happening than read books that have so many words cram together on the same page, which makes me feel dizzy. There is an interesting fact about manga: once you start to read one, you will want to read another, and this is so true for me.

After two to three years of life in the U.S, I became more use to the lifestyle and language here, so I have more friends and go out more often. That is when I fall in love with photography. Wherever I go, I carry my camera with me, it help me capture the beauty of the things I seen, also help me to explore more beauty in my life. I start to love this city. New York, it is not only convenient but also beautiful. Another thing I love about photography is I can share things I seen, I love with my friends

I used so many words to talk about my interest, hope it did not boring you. Because as I said to the beginning, I love to talk about things of my interest, and since you are all considered my friends, I just can’t stop talking. I believe I will have more things to share with you during the rest of this year.

（I took those pictures in the city, if you view your world carefully, everyhing can be beautiful）

Hi, everyone.  This is JiaLi. English name is Teresa.  I have been in New York with my parents  around 4 years. I studied in High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies for my past 4 years.  I am hard-working and I like to learn new things. I have learn instruments such like guitar and harmonica. But I am barely play those now. I will play them if I have time. I like sport. But I don’t exercise regularly. Indeed, I like playing tennis with my friends. We used to play in tennis court until 9 o’clock at night. It was good.

Even though I am 4 years immigrant, I make friends in in this new place. I really appreciate every of my friends. They make my life become more meaningful. Obviously, friend is important to me. I cant laugh out loud if I don’t have friends who cheer me up. They give my energy. Every time I feel stressful, they just solve my problem and comfort me. Recently, I have some problems with one of my dear friends. I made her unhappy and upset. I know it takes time to reduce the pain that I cause to her. I hope that our relationship wont change until forever.  I am so afraid  of friends would leave me alone. If they don’t care me, I can’t work normally in my life. I like friends gathering around. the power of friendship can defend every obstacles in my life. I love my friends.

Since I need to go to school on Monday through Thursday and work on Friday and Saturday, I like to stay at home on Sunday and work on what I need to do from classes. I enjoy spend time at home by myself. I like to keep myself rich inside which make myself to  learn new things everyday.  I don’t like to be a foolish person who waste time on doing nothing.  So I stay at home to study and sometimes use my computer for entertainment. What about you? Do you enjoy your weekend?

All my friends like me as an easy-going person, and I like myself as a friendly girl. I think only be nice to others, then you will get the same respect from others. But I failed to treat my mother just like the way I treat my friends, when I was still young and immature. I do not know if most girls seem their mothers like big enemys for a while, I did though. Because my mother used to stopped me to hang out with my friends and grounded me, I really hated her being arbitrary. Then I became impatient and inimical to her. We barely talked to each other for a long time. I do not remember how we became good again, but I remember how she takes care of me untiringly all these years. I finally understand why she was so nervous about hanging out with my friends. She was afraid of a teenage girl to do something stupid, then she used her stupid way to peotect her little girl. Now I have grown up, I totally understand my mother, and I know she is the most important person to me. Sometimes I feel guilt when I lose patience to her. But she never gets mad at me, I just wanna say I love you mom.

My mother was very happy when I told her about Baruch is my choice of college. The reasons why I chose Baruch are because Baruch is an outstanding business school in New York and it is located in Mahanttan. I am going to major in Accounting, so Baruch is definitely right school to attend. And I love Mahanttan, especially shopping in Mahanttan. Shopping makes me happy, although I do not have a regular job to make money, I still shopping a lot. However college life is so busy that I do not have extra time to shop. Everyday I have homework to do, read a lot as well. I have to work hard since English is my second language and all my courses require very good English, otherwise I will not have a good GPA in the end of the year. To me personally a good GPA is above 3.0. I hope I can make it.

Recently I feel stressed out, because it is the Mid-term time. I have an Anthropology test this coming Wednesday, so much reading have to be reviewed. I wish I have another brain to study. And good luck to myself, to my classmates also.

        Hello, everybody, my name is Mindy.I have been here for more than two years. In 2008, we moved to Florida which was our original plan. I went to high school for three months and there were only three Chinese people (of course including me) in the school. It sounds wired but it’s true. Then, my parents decided to move to New York so I come with them.
        In my new high school, I make lots of friends. Friends always make me happy. There once a saying: if you are happy, then share with your friends, the happiness will booms as twice as before; if you are sad, still share with your friends, then your sadness will just left half of it. In this way, I like to help others to solve problems. I feel so powerful because of that. Maybe that is one of the easy ways to make friends. Besides that, as an immigrant, I really know it is so hard to get used into such a new environment with poor English. It is much better if someone give you a hand in time. I still remembered my first school-day in Florida. There was a guy who helped me a lot so that I didn’t feel lonely and upset at that moment. Until now, I feel so happy about helping people. That’s what I learn from my friends and I will continually do it. And now, I’m in college, I surely need somebody’s help.

         One thing I think I am afraid of is blood, I mean great amount of my blood. Every-time I have blood test, I feel dizzy and want to throw out. So I never have a blood drive even though I really want to. One day, I told my friend I wannna donate my blood, and she was liked: oh, no, don’t go! If you donate 200 cc bloods, then they have to give back 600 cc to you.” Although it is a joke, it might be true.

           And i think i am a pretty easy-going and optimistic girl. And this can be reflected from my drawing.I always use the bright color. I think u like drawing. The reason I use” I think” is I never draw in China. However, I draw sometimes. Here is my some works. It is not really good because I have never learned it.