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I was born and grew up in Taipei. I arrived New York in August 4th, so I have been here for just  two months. The first three pictures show the life I have right now. The first one is  a picture of NYC, the city I am going to live in the following years. The second one shows what I ate in these days and the third one is my dorm. I took next picture in the middle night when I went out with my friends in Taipei. Next is the picture of Greece, where I have been to this summer. I have been to Japan, Korea, Indonesia and some other countries before. I love travel. The sixth picture is my roommate, also, she is my best friends here. I have a sister and  a brother, the next one is a photo of us. My family and friends means a lot of to me, I hope I can have more time to spent with them. I miss them so much. Just post the final picture to show the sentence I love ”Don’t be afraid to dream.”

Clint Bahadur

Freshman Seminar

Hi my name is Clint Bahadur and I’m 19 years old. The pictures in my slide show are things I like to do which are my love for cars, hookah, fishing, gym, and also djing. These five things I love doing in my spare time when I’m not doing schoolwork or studying. I say out of my five hobbies my love for cars is my favorite.My love for cars is based on going to see races and car meets. I also love working on my two cars I have. I have a C63 AMG and C230 kompressor, which are my favorite brand of cars Mercedes Benz. It more then the car meets and races it’s about fully customizing the cars which interests me. Seeing everyone creative for his or her cars is what I like the most.When I’m not working on my cars my nightlife consisted of djing and smoking hookah. Every weekend my dj company is always djing at parties. This is one of my side jobs I do. The hookah is just something I do for fun now. I use to work for many different club severing and making hookahs. My two other hobbies are fishing and going to the gym. The gym I go every weekend or anytime I can get a chance to. I love staying healthy; I feel not be healthy holds you back from doing many things. One of my good friends has a big boat docked on Crossbay and every time he invites me to go fishing I could never say no. I find fishing very fun and something nice to do during the summer because I love the water. If I had to put my hobbies in order I would say my love for cars, djing, hookah, gym and then fishing.

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A picture may speaks a thousand words but to me music portrays emotions no other medium can.I have created a music playlist that will allow the listener to get a glimpse of my personal views,emotions and feelings.Please note that the interpretation of the songs in this playlists are my personal opinions.In this playlist  I try to convey the positive and the negative duality of life from my perspective.The first song”Aerials” to me is about life in general.The  second song Dogs is about how people will do anything to get ahead in life.My favorite part of the lyrics is “Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending that everyone’s expendable and no-one has a real friend.”It connects to me on a personal level because I always have a hard time trusting people.The third song “King Me” deals with pain in an explosive kind of way.I listen to this whenever i feel frustrated and sad.The fourth song “The Mountain” is about standing strong and tall despite all the difficulties I face in life.Loneliness is natural part of life and whenever i feel lonely i always listen to “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”. It is a song that transcend every human barrier, it displays loneliness in its barest form.We all get depressed sometimes and words can’t describe how i feel when i listen to this song “Hurt”. From this point on, the songs on this playlist focus more on the positive side of life.”Let it be” is a classic song that needs no introduction.This song made me realize that there things in life that are beyond our control and the word of wisdom is Let it be.”Heart of Gold”…well I’m still searching for the heart of gold.The ninth song “Echoes” is a timeless song.The atmosphere of the song is surreal and it always calm me down and makes me feel more empathetic.The last song in this playlist is “Imagine”. John Lennon beautifully describe the utopian society that i truly want to live in.I can dream,can’t I?

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I was born and raised in Korea until the age of 10. The first picture of the slide shows my Korean passport which I’ll only have it for few more months. The second picture shows my favorite food which is the combination of chicken and beer. I had lots of it when I went to Korea this past summer because I was legal to drink since the drinking age there is only 19. The next picture includes my sister and my hands with rings on them.  We made the rings by ourselves (with a little help from a professional) this summer as a “sister ring”. We barely wear it these days but it was a really good experience because I got to talk to my sister while making the ring about things that we couldn’t talk about in daily basis. Next includes my best friends that I’ve been friends for more than 4 years. Although we don’t live near each other and don’t go to colleges near each other, we always keep in touch and skype when we have time even after we adjusted to our college lives. High school orchestra was a big part of my life for 4 years in high school. I made so many good memories excluding playing our instruments and the picture includes all the seniors at the last concert holding red roses with our best orchestra teacher. Prom was also a great memory and a great way to end the senior year. I went to the prom with one of my closest friend and with our own group of friends, the night was filled with unforgettable memories. But I’ll not go back to that night because my dress ripped on the back at the end of the night and it was not fun to worry about it every minute. Graduation was really bittersweet. I was really glad that high school was over but it brought me to tears when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to see many of my friends for a long time and that I had to say goodbye to our high school memories. The finale picture is a picture of me in NYC in the middle of the night, walking with my arms out which represents the freedom I have right now as a college student who lives in a dorm in NYC.

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I am a core gamer, in-between casual and hardcore,  that plays games during my spare time. I do hang out with friends a lot, of course. Game is a large part of my life not only because it is entertaining but it allows me to relax and relief stress. The pictures in the slide shows the game that I played the most, League of Legends. Besides my interest in the gaming culture, I like to play with living animals. I would love to have a dog or a cat, but apartment contract restricted me in doing so. I do, however, get to take care of hamster and turtle as shown in my slide.

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The first picture is of deal New Jersey the place that I was born. Then the second picture is of the Brooklyn Bridge because I moved to Brooklyn in 5^th grade. The third picture is of my high school Yeshiva Of Flatbush. The next picture is of Baruch because I go to Baruch College. The fifth picture is of basketball because I like to play and watch basketball. The next picture is of my favorite drink Stewart’s root beer. Picture number seven is of my favorite doughnut a Krispy Kreme doughnut. The last picture is of stocks because it shows I want to go into finance.

I have friends who are musicians and they always speak about music genres as something you are tied to. For me music doesn’t have to be something you belong to, instead its more about a soundtrack to what you are currently doing. I love music that gets me pumped, you can feel the music, its cheesy but fast paced music is always great. The faster the better, sometimes the words don’t even matter, its more about the way it makes you feel. A few songs on this playlist were foreign to me until I heard them in movie soundtracks, the way they elevated the emotion of the movie made me realize how great they were. The song “Wax and Wire” is a song that I first heard watching a trials bike freestyle video. I love cycling and it always makes me feel like Danny MacAskill when I am riding to that track in the background. Eminem is my favorite performer ever. His main motivator in life was people telling him he would never amount to anything. Proving people wrong is what motivates me, showing people that there is more than what is on the surface is what makes Eminem a great role model. The song “Sugar” by System of a Down is the perfect contrast to the rest of the playlist. I also needed to make sure not to forget the obligatory Frozen track.

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The pictures above show what I love to do which is creating. I took a ceramics class my senior year of high school and I fell in love with it. I created many more cups and bowls that I gave to my friends, but sadly I didn’t take pictures of them. I love fell in love with ceramics because unlike any other class where everything was so strict, I could let my imagination run freely in this class. I also love to bake and share it. The pictures I put into the slideshow are ones I made for my friend’s birthday. I love baking because it’s so much fun and I love sweets. I chose these pictures because it represented the things I love to do and things that make me happy in the very moment that I’m doing it. Hopefully I could manage my time well throughout college and apply to baking/ceramics classes in my free time.

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The pictures that I have used to create the slideshow is a brief recollection of important events and people in my life. During my time in high school I was known to many as a determined and comical guy. Although I had tried to pose myself as a serious person at the start of my high school career, I was later influenced by my fellow classmates and changed into a more sociable person. To the people who truly knew me, I was a combination of work and fun (something usually not found in a school environment). During my graduation I referenced myself as a social butterfly, it really represents who I am because I make lots of friends out of strangers. However, this trait usually never sets in until after I have gotten adapted to new environments. In these pictures, I show that I make friends regardless of any differences.

https://play.spotify.com/user/ashleyy96/playlist/43OVleeb7BxgVm6hbZwqz0

I listen to music because it entertain, inspire, and relate to my life. Personally for me, music plays a huge role in my life. Music can change your mood. Whenever you are sad, you can listen to a happy song so you can feel better. In addition, you can relate to a song which can also make you feel better because there is someone out there that knows what you are going through. My playlist is a list of songs that not only represent who I am but also help motivate and empower me whenever I listen to them. Some of the artists such as Simple Plan, I had listened to them when I was younger. Their songs help me get through middle school because I could relate to them. Two of them are I’m Just a Kid and Perfect. They relate to me because as a kid, life seemed difficult and I was trying to fit in. Even now, I’m still learning, adjusting and finding my place in the world. The song, Perfect, is like a constant reminder that I shouldn’t be aiming for what other people think is perfect. These songs speak for who I am because I can personally relate to them. I had been in the same situations as some of the songs mentioned such as trying to aim for perfection. Other songs in my playlist are what I listen to help encourage myself and to step out of my comfort zone. The songs: Part of Me by Katy Perry, and Shake it Off by Taylor Swift encouraged me to not change who I am because of what other people say or what other people may think of me. The rest of the songs are what I listened to recently.

Hey guys I am Mike Guarini! This is my slideshow that describes who I am to you guys. The first picture is my sister, one of my favorite people in the world! We are extremely close and I love her dearly. The next picture describes one of my hobbies. I enjoy golfing and mini golfing a whole lot and frequently go to the driving range and my goal is to see the US Open for golf next year. The next picture is from a video game called Halo. I love all types of video games and grew up with them as a source of entertainment. The next picture is the beach. Something about the water has always called to me and I never have a boring time at the beach. I hope to take up surfing as a hobby one day. The 5th picture describes another one of my hobbies. Tennis has always been special to me because me and father play all the time and bond over it. The next picture is my parakeet named tweedy. This is the only pet I have ever owned and I love him to death. The 7th picture is of the snow. I hate the snow and the accompanying weather. When I was a kid it was an enjoyable time but now it just means a lot of neighborhood shoveling and freezing train rides. The 8th and final picture is of my 3 best friends growing up in High School. That is a picture of us in Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. This was my last trip out-of-state since starting college. Thanks for reading and watching!

here you go:

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This slideshow depict my life and the hobby I have. In the slideshow  many of my pictures are of my family and I am dressed in religious clothing. My family is very religious and we are close to one another. Family is significant to my life as you noticed throughout the slideshow. Another photo is of some of my cousins when we were just kids. Then there are a series of photos of my friends they are important to me because they are always supportive and understanding to me. In addition I have a hobby of architecture since that is what I studied in high school and find interest in the subject. The idea of the structure and the spacial feeling of these building is relaxing. The first photo is of Frank Lloyd Wright’s  Falling Water. I like this house because how Frank Lloyd Wright incorporates nature into the design of the house. The second photo is of The Glass House by the same architect. I like this photo because it is so open and you sort of fell free since there is no way to hide anything.  Being close to my friends and family is calming because you always have someone to support you and make you feel good about yourself.

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These pictures are personal ones that I have taken. Each picture represents me and a story in different way. I enjoy being near the water as it has a relaxing affect on me. Nothing comes close to being outside with either camping, boating, or walking the city streets. I have always been an active person taking in all around me. Being with both family,  friends and connecting with others is important to me and I have a great appreciation for it.

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The first picture I choose is an one that I took three or four years ago.  I don’t like the coldness in winter but I love snow. Winter is never winter without the appearance of snow. I love to see snow scenes in winter. Snow are ornaments to the dead trees. The second picture is at sunset. Rather than the orange we usually see, that day the sky was rendered by violet color. This represent me because I like sky. Especially during cleat sky, the blue and the white clouds makes a lovely combination that it gives me a good feel when looking at it. When I walk down a empty road, I tend to be looking at the sky. To me comparing to the trees around me, sky is another kind of scenery. The third picture was taken on my trip to China. This place has beautiful mountains surrounding a small river. The deeper side of the river actually runs into a cave. This shows me because I love to travel. Instead of staying in the city, I like to travel to countryside and enjoy nature. This fourth picture is another one that I took on my trip, but this place is different. Big cities now are modernized, but some where deep or unknown to most hides evidences from the past. This place is in the city, it is purposely preserved to show how people back then lived in this place. Besides going around seeing nature, I also like history. I like to learn about things from the past. Those old architecture not only carries history but also art. The way that this window is , is very artistic. The fifth picture is an airplane because I love to travel. I like to going to different places and learn about their culture. I like to try out different food. The sixth picture is a picture taken in the zoo. This depict me in two ways. I am an animal lover and I like to spent time with my brother. I love to interact with animals. It feels really good when animal show their like to you. I also like to spent time with my brother because it’s nice to have a little one around. This picture shows my love to food. I like to try out different kinds of food. But I love Japanese food above others, because like ramen it can be made in so many different ways.  And the last picture is a drawing that I did in high school. I like being artistic. I always tries my best effort to make my project

Rui Peng

Hello Class.

Welcome to our class blog. Please remember when posting blogs on here that although we ask you to be as creative and expressive as you’d like that the posts on here are visible to the public. Remember that your online presence is a reflection of you for years to come.

Below is your first assignment. Due 9/17/2014

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 a post of 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:
 YouTube Editor http://www.youtube.com/editor/

Image Slideshows:
 Blogs@Baruch built-in galleries (documentation forthcoming)

Flickr: http://flickr.com and Flickr Slidr: http://flickrslidr.com/

Picassa: http://picasaweb.google.com/
  Slidely: http://slide.ly/


Image Loop: http://www.imageloop.com/
Musical Playlists:
 Grooveshark: http://grooveshark.com

Spotify: http://www.spotify.com/us/

Mixpod: http://www.mixpod.com/