My first semester at Baruch has been great. I have been able to do well in most of my classes, make friends, and join many clubs. I am already the Chair of Graphics and Advertising for ALPFA, Head of Marketing for Roteract, part of the Campus Affairs Committee in the Undergraduate Student Government, and starting next semester I will be the Director of Photography for Lexicon and Vice Chair for the Arts Committee in the Undergraduate Student Government. I also work for Baruch Undergraduate Admissions as the Social Media Ambassador. To say the least, I am busy. But I have learned that time management is very important and I have been able to balance sleep, school, friends, and activities pretty well. I have already been exposed to many awesome opportunities and I am exited to see what will come in the future semesters. I am very organized and with all of the responsibilities I have, I am pretty good at keeping track of everything. But I have gotten so used to always being active and doing something, when I have those days that I don’t have anything to do, I feel very weird and suspicious like the character in my meme. Free time in college to me is weird, because I have gotten so used to always doing something, if I have nothing to do, I will find something to keep me occupied. For example, I am so exited for this semester to be over, but at the same time I have gotten used to such a busy life style of waking up at 5am to get to my 8am class in the city and getting home at 9pm and starting over again that I don’t really know what I will do to take up my free time during the break. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see…

COLOMBIA

No, I’m not talking about the University, or the district, or the city, or the production company. I’m talking about the country, the one that doesn’t have a “U” in the name. Colombia is my first home, and it is where I am from. Now I know that a lot of people when they think of Colombia they think of either coffee or cocaine. That has always irritated me because Colombia is much more than that. We have great artists, not many are known here but some are like Juanes or Shakira, and celebrities like Sofia Vergara. Recently,one of the most important modern writes passed away Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and he was Colombian. We have a great soccer team that has gained massive popularity during the World Cup due to their celebratory dance and their star player, James Rodriguez. Colombia also has beautiful sceneries from beaches to mountains to rainforests to cities. Colombia will always be a part of my life and I’m very thankful for it. It has given me so many different traditions and customs that I hope I can continue on to my children like the novenas. Which is when 9 days before Christmas, we have a party every day.  This tradition used to be very religious and it would involved a praying group. But my family has transformed it into a fun event that everyone enjoys. We do still do a small prayer but only about 2 minutes long and the rest of the time we get to eat and hang out and share with all of our friends and family. It is my favorite thing that I look forward to in the winter, especially since winter can be so boring. That is just one of many different traditions that we have to make our lives funner and happier. So when people talk about only the negative things about Colombia I do get mad, every country has bad people but that doesn’t make it a bad country. Colombia, just like every other place in the world has many positive qualities about it. Everyone should be proud of where they come from because that place is what has made you into who your are right now, and what you will be in the future.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvctUfhgos&feature=youtu.be