My first three months in Baruch was an amazing experience. I started to get involved with campus activities and joined clubs and I loved it. In high school, I always just went home after school ended and I didn’t like that, so I wanted to change that. In college, I wanted to get involved when pursuing my higher education. I wanted to surround myself with intelligent and ambitious people to motivate myself. Now that I’m involved with extracurricular activities, it feels like I have some meaning attending this school. I’ve met friends that I’ve grown so close with in just a short amount of time, hopefully who I’ll keep in touch with forever.

I think I’ve learned a lot about time management. With all these clubs and organizations, I’ve been the busiest I’ve ever been in my entire life. This made me feel good about myself because I’ve always been the lazy type who never really did any work. But by being able to go through college and the amount of work I’ve been getting, I proved to myself that I was capable of doing much more than I thought I could. I was able to truly understand what people meant when they said time was precious. You can never get you time back, so I learned to use it wisely and effectively.

I used to be jealous of the kids at school

who used to bring in their brown paper bags, a box of Lunchables.

Delicious red no. 40 salsa and not-yo-cheese,

oh how I wished I can have some of Steve’s.

Or Charlie’s cold pizza made crusty to order,

scrumptious cardboard with pepperoni topped to the border.

But all I ever had was my smelly Korean food,

full of Mother’s thoughts, hopes and dreams.

As she awoke every morning before the break of dawn,

to pack her little man a nutritious and healthy meal.

I can’t believe I didn’t taste the love before.

Good thing no one ever asked to trade lunches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This slideshow represents who I am. The first picture is my family. They’re my cousins who I grew up with and the girl is one of my cousin’s girlfriend. The second picture is a picture of the city, which is significant because now I come to the city 5 days a week for school. The third picture is a picture of me and my friends eating dinner after graduating high school. The fourth picture is my dog, Sarah. I had her for four years and is considered family. The fifth picture is when I graduated out of youth group in church. I took the picture with my pastor, who served as my mentor and adviser. The sixth picture is the capital of Korea, Seoul. This is where I was born and raised for three years. The seventh picture is a picture of me and a snake. This picture serves to show that I love animals. The last picture is a silly picture of me and two other boys from my church. Church is like a second home to me and the boys are like my brothers.

 

Here is the slideshow:

http://slide.ly/view/32c3b7b043e9a0ca63d26b069d104ab0