Peter’s First Blog

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http://www.photosnack.com/957A8F58B7A/ptunqhpc

Hi, my name is Jeun Woo Kang but most people call me Peter. I’m a freshman at Baruch College and my intended major is accounting or finance. I think these eight pictures I have chose best represents who I am. The first picture is my profile picture, I don’t think there’s nothing more to say about that. The second picture is map of South Korea, where I was born. The third picture is the picture of South Ferry that goes to Staten Island from the city. I was raised in Staten Island most of my life and a place I can call home. The fourth picture is a picture of my high school, “Susan E. Wagner High School”. The fifth picture is from 2-3 years ago when my friends and I decided to play in a basketball tournament, let’s just say we didn’t play too well. The sixth picture is my favorite book, a book that I can relate to in a way and the seventh picture is the picture of my favorite team from my favorite sport. Finally, the last picture is where I currently am, a student at Baruch College.

Jeff’s Playlist Blog

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Hey, my name’s Jeff and I’m going to be creating my assigned blog post on the subject of music. I have created a playlist, however, it doesn’t seem to be working as of right now, so I decided to list it out below:

1.  greyhound – shm

2. save the world – shm

3. dont you worry child – shm

4. alive – krewella

5. i want it that way – bsb

6. fucking problem – asap rocky

7. clarity – zedd

8. spectrum – zedd

9. work out – j.cole

10.  get lucky – daft punk

I began my playlist with songs from the now-deceased group, Swedish House Mafia. I usually like listening to house music with a beat and more happy and positive tone to the music, and these few songs that I have selected from this group easily fits my type of personality. If I were to go into specifics and describe which part of which song I liked, I would probably have to go with greyhound’s monster climax to the song at around 2:45 of the original song. I personally find this one of the greatest and most exhilarating type of music that I can live a year listening to without a stop. I feel as if music has brought my life to levels I would have never reached, and these few songs have definitely been a major factor in my growth as a person and a student. As I walk to school, or begin a workout, Swedish House Mafia’s beat and music give puts my mind into a focused and euphoric state in which I feel as if I can do much of anything that’s reasonable and not “Crazy” or unrealistic. This honestly has boosted my character and has definitely empowered myself as a student and as an person.

The rest of these songs are also fantastic songs in my opinion. I feel as if there are songs for different parts of the day, different types of days, and songs for different moods. If I’m walking down the street, preparing to meet up with a friend, I would easily listen to any of the 7 other songs. However, the optimal song would be more specific as I would narrow down choices and choose songs accordingly. Get lucky by daft punk is easily one of those songs that I would listen to, to do anything. The beat and melody to this song is one of the most calm and hypnotizing that I’ve heard in a while. And in the best way possible. I feel as though this song is under appreciated, although it’s been played on the radio quite the number of times. Unlike Blurred lines which has been played nearly 800 times in the past 3 minutes, Get Lucky is actually a song that deserves recognition and repetitive play/

Rough times, good times, music has played a role in my recovery and celebration of my life. When times are tough, music is there to help relieve you of stress. And when times are great, they can make them far greater. This is why I feel as if music is one of the only things that can control a person.

My Playlsit

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Predrag’s 10 Songs

  1. What a Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU)
  2. Live Like We’re Dying-Kris Allen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbfeSImDntw)
  3. Celebration-Kool & the Gang (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M)
  4. If Everyone Cared-Nickelback (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUSZyjiYuY)
  5. Imagine-John Lennon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8)
  6. Stronger-Kelly Clarkson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I)
  7. Wavin’ Flag-K’naan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJuv-FHQm0)
  8. The World’s Greatest-R. Kelly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgcovIu3k9o)
  9. Amazing-Kanye West (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4JPgVD2SM)
  10. I am the Champion-B.o.B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egOejoeZ2Ro)

 

It was difficult finding songs to best describe myself to my classmates, but I felt the best way to do this was to categorize a few songs together and then expand on their meaning, what it means to me, and what I hope it represents about me and my values. I begin with the “Enjoying Life” category, with “What a Wonderful World”, “Live Like We’re Dying” and “Celebration”. All three songs show an appreciation for this opportunity we are giving every day to interact with one another, build relationships, have a place like Earth to call our own, create memories and just be happy. The next category is quite the opposite of the previous one but not in a bad way. I do appreciate life greatly, but I always feel like we as a society can improve the world because as much as we would like to ignore it, terrible things happen all the time around the world. “If Everyone Cared” and “Imagine” are two songs that express wanting to build a better world, so that is my “Wanting Change” category. The next three songs are part of my “Never Stop Improving” category. People are always going to try and put you down; obstacles are always going to stand in your way; we are always going to make mistake; life is difficult sometimes but that doesn’t mean we stop moving forward. Like Kelly Clarkson says in her song, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” and what K’naan song reminds us, is that no matter the challenge, everything is beatable even from the terrible situation K’naan grew up in Somalia, Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War. Finally R. Kelly’s classic reminds us that when you work towards your goals, never give up, and keep improving you can become the best you. I love to think that I’m very appreciative of the life I have, and I always want to make the world better wherever I go while at the same time accepting its challenges and better improving myself BUT for the final two songs I decided to show the competitive side of myself (hey, there should be some selfishness to this). I wouldn’t want you all to take the two songs so literally when applying it to me and my character but what I want you to pull from the songs “Amazing” and “I am the Champion” is that we all need to believe in ourselves. I know when I step out on a basketball court (my favorite sport by the way), that I am going to give it my all and do the best that I can do while at the same time believing that I am the best player on the court. Yes, sounds quite selfish, but you always need to believe in yourself. Therefore this category will be called “Believe”. Thank you for reading, look forward to reading everybody else’s blog.

Greetings, FRO Students!

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This is our blog, linked specifically to our section of FRO. In this first post, I’m giving you all the details about your first (fun) homework assignment. Please read these instructions, and have a good time expressing yourself!

-Josh Henderson

 

1. Post One (due by September 24th)
Create a two minute video, an eight image slideshow, or a ten song musical playlist that represents who you think you are to your classmates. Embed your creation in a blog post and then write no more than 500 words that explains how what you’ve created speaks to who you are. Here are some free tools that you can use for this assignment, but you are free to use whatever services you like:

Video Editors:
o YouTube Editor http://www.youtube.com/editor/

Image slideshows:
o Blogs@Baruch built-in galleries (documentation forthcoming)
o Flickr – http://flickr.com
o Flickr Slidr – http://flickrslidr.com/
o Picassa – http://picasaweb.google.com/
o Image loop – http://www.imageloop.com/
Musical Playlists:
o Grooveshark – http://grooveshark.com

o Spotify – http://www.spotify.com/us/ o Mixpod – http://www.mixpod.com/