It was a busy Tuesday during the club hours. I was supposed to be with my lovely buddies at the Music Industry Club. However, I was pulled out of it because Damaris and Naomi announced that there would be a field trip to Reuben Museum for the entire LC 11 that day. I thought it was exciting because it felt like high school, the good part of it that is, again! However, the actual museum wasn’t all that fascinating for me. Mainly because I don’t have any interests in art and cultures. Maybe I’m just a superficial person!

This is me after finishing off the finals and the final essay. Although my grades aren’t as good as I wanted them to be, I’m finally able to have some serious time off. The first semester has been stressful enough that I had to drop one course. However, now I’m relieved because the semester is finally over! 🙂

Fro resonated in me in a personal way for many reasons. I was able to form closer relationships with most of the people in all of my classes. This was because of the LC in that we have all of the same classes, mostly that is. The actual Freshman Seminar class was enjoyable and enriching s well because I was able to be in a classroom setting, but not engage in typical classroom discussion. It was sort of boring but nice at the same time. Thank you Damaris for putting in so much effort on this class. Thank you Naomi for being an instructor, as well as a friend. Peace.

My first semester was awesome. A lot of great experiences. A lot of Memories. And some Great friends were made in LC11. Peace TO MY HOMIES. PEACE TO NEW YORK CITY. PEACE  TO FLUSHING! PEACE TO NEW RO! YOU KNOWWWWWW!

WE OUT HERE! WYLIN’!

This man describes my experience at Baruch perfectly. As you see his face muscles are doing work on his smile. A smile is what truly describes my past few months at Baruch. I’ve had a great time meeting a great group of people.

This is how my first semester went. It was great. I loved Baruch. And Nami. Peace!

The enrichment workshop involved us going to the Ruben Museum which I actually really enjoyed because most museums are filled with European art and laid out in a rather bland sprawling building, but this one was an exception. We got to see all sorts of Tibetan art in a very unique building that when we walked up the spiral staircase it felt like we were ascending into the clouds. While I enjoyed the tour, I felt I was deprived of facts and the time to truly appreciate the art like I would have wanted to had I come alone because of time constraints. But overall the trip was fun with our learning community and I definitely would do something like it again in the future.

Coming to Baruch and my time at Baruch is not just coming to college for me it was moving across the country to New York City to come to college. So far I have really enjoyed it even though it’s been a huge change. The biggest change I’d say is the people and space (or lack thereof). What I really enjoy about Baruch is it’s not just going to college and also living somewhere. It feels more like I live in New York City and I go to school. I do find the classes and the people very inspiring though, but most of all the wonderful experience of living in a completely different place from where I come from is truly cherished. It’s been good getting to see the city and learn about it and getting to know everyone also.

My group was Style Society: A Global Revolution which covered not only fashion globally, but also fashion through the ages. I found two articles for the group. One of my articles covered the evolution of American fashion from the rigid standards of the 1950s to modern day fashion and the changes from then to now. The other article was about how fashion is art and can make a political statement, which one designer did with a political message of coexistence. He did this by combining patterns seen in synagogues, church and mosques into his clothing designs.

Both of my articles took an unconventional stance on what fashion is an what fashion can do and how it has changed through time. I felt this reflected the message of the blog, that style is dynamic and art as well as being something we see on the streets of New York City every day.

In the enrichment workshop, we went to the Rubin museum of Art. This museum showcased Tibetan art and art from the Himalayas. It was a great learning experience. Although some of the works were boring, it was still a great experience. I’ve never seen anything related to Tibetans or the Himalayas so it was kind of cool to learn about the culture of Tibet. The museum inspired me to visit museums that I have never visited before, in the very distant but close future.