Prior to actually doing this assignment, I was so sure that I was going to take part in the ten song playlist option. After all, the most basic thing that most people know about me is the fact that I absolutely love music. After much thought, I felt that making an eight image slideshow would probably be more fitting for this particular assignment since it would tell you guys more about me than if I were to choose ten of my favorite songs that are supposed to depict “my life”. It is said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.”

Let’s start with the picture of the NYC Skyline. It’s beautiful, isn’t it? This picture was an absolute-must to include because this is the place that I call home. I’ve grown up in the city for my whole life and although it’s been a great seventeen years so far, there’s always a never-ending list of things to do or explore in The Big Apple. One day I would love to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. Yes, that would be really “tourist-y” of me but I want to experience what it would look like to see the city from a bird’s eye POV.

Next, I guess I can kill three birds with one stone, figuratively speaking. One of my favorite pastimes is journaling. Through journaling I can place all of my jumbled thoughts into an organized fashion through words. I also song-write in my free time, although the term “free time” doesn’t seem to exist ever since school started. Over the summer, I decided to make a bucket list with my best friend. There are exactly 121 things on this bucket list.  And yes, one of them is swimming with sharks in a cage. Any takers? I also have a picture of the French village since a lot of my bucket list items have to do with traveling.

Moving on to music. In my spare time I love to dabble with the guitar and the ukulele while singing some of my favorite songs. However, my staple instrument is the piano. I auditioned for Berklee College of Music and was going to attend that music institution before deciding to come to Baruch instead.

Last but not least, friends and my second family (church). Both groups are so so so so so important to me. Aside from spending quality time (haha) with my schoolwork and work, I believe in making the greatest possible effort to maintain friendships and relationships. It’s important for me to reach out to my close friends whenever possible by sending a simple text or Facebook message to ask how they’re doing. I’m also Christian, so my friends from church are like family. I grew up with many of them and are able to share everything that’s going on in my life to them comfortably.

Hopefully this post was able to show you more about who I am as a person!