Freshman Orientation LC04

I wish I am little. A bag of marshmallows, a new dress, or praises from the parents are enough to make me smile for the whole day. Life is simple and easy. No stress, no pressure, no rush at all. Happiness is running around in the park, sharing candy bars with friends. Life is relaxing. I don’t need to get up early, run to the train station and hopefully make to school on time. I don’t need to stay up late to finish up the last line of a paper that is due on the next day. I used to think the Future is so far away. There is always a tomorrow after tomorrow. But then all the sudden, I am in college already. What makes time so fast? The Future is in front of me right now and I feel like if I run a little bit faster, then I can catch it. Thankfully I have grown up now. I have more strength than before. One day soon, as I keep running, I will stretch out my hand and reach my Future.

You are

I believe I wrote this poem during my first year of high school on a piece of paper . Although I forget the reason  I wrote this poem, I have feet that it was important to me an kept it ever since. Although I can’t say what this poem represents, it open for interpretation, What i can say is that this poem represents an aspect of my self.

There are so many little things that bother me everyday. A take-out without napkins and forks, an elevator fill with strangers, a bus only has standing room, a rainy day, a paper-cut and so on. Sometimes I try to pay attention in class, but my eyelids are just too heavy. Sometimes I want to eat a chocolate chip cookie, and the chocolate already has melted. Sometimes I leave early for getting a Starbucks, but the train got delayed. Despite all of the negative feelings, I am still saying “yes, I am having a good day.” Because I can release my complains to my friends, on social networks or in person. I am independent, but I need people to count on.  Friends become the most important part of my college life since I live alone. So bad things don’t feel bother me after all. 

I’ve always been looking forward to the college life,since when I was still back in China,still am after starting middle school, and then high school. But now that I’m finally a college student,I realize that there is no different between all of these after all, you goes to school, go back home, does homework, study for test, what’s changed? The size of the school? But why does that even matter. I sit and think for a while, then says to myself “well,maybe it’s just some marks in my life, representing me growing up.”.Yeah, maybe that’s what it is, marks, nothing more. Not something that represent how smart you are, like what the elders always say “you go to college, you’re smart!”, nope. What exactly did you learn in high school anyway, well I learn a lot, like…nothing.

I mostly do not really focus on lyrics when I am listening to the music. I believe that most important part of the music is the feeling it gives to people, so,  I just focus on the melody and the feeling it gives.

Jason Mraz

First song I choose is “Remedy ( I won’t worry )” by Jason Mraz. Jason Mraz was the first artist that I became a fan of. My favorite songs from him are “lucky”, “I’m yours”, and “Prettiest Friend” but I decided to put “Remedy” because those three songs are about love and romance. Jason Mraz was the one who influened me to learn guitar and learn music. This song gives me a feeling that I will soon pass the obstacles I have and soon they will become my experience. Second song is “Make it Mine” also by Jason Mraz. When I want something such as electronics or good grades or pets, etc, I need to get it whatever it takes. Third song is “Geek In The Pink”. This song gives funky feeling which I like. And  also it describes my personality; I do not really care what others think about me.

My Chemical Romance

Fourth song I choose is  “Drowning Lesson” by My Chemical Romance. MCR brought me to the world of rock. They influenced me to learn more instruments. They are known as emocore rock band but I believe that most of their songs are more like punk. Lyrics of “Drowning Lesson” does not really relate to me but in my opinion, this song is the best rock song ever written in the history. This song showed me how music can be so amazing. Fifth song is “I’m not okay”. I said I do not really care what others say or think about me but when someone I adore says bad things about me ‘I’m not okay’. Sixth song is “Na Na Na”. This song gives me a feeling that I should not really stressed out because of the useless stuffs. It tells me to just let them go.

Seventh song is “Starlight” by Muse. First of all I really like looking at the stars. One part of the lyrics is “Starlight
I will be chasing the starlight Until the end of my life I don’t know if it’s worth it anymore”. I think this really explains my situation right now . The word “Starlight” is a dream that I chase but I do not really know if it’s worth it because no one knows if I am going to achieve that dream I have.

Eighth song is “Hey Ma” by Chance The Rapper. This song shows how Chance The Rapper appreciates his mother’s support and he will be good to his mother. I thank my mom and I want to be a dutiful son.

Ninth song is “Like Water” by Pro Era. This song gives me a mood that it is good to live out your dream. Even though I am not sure about my dream fully, I want to live in my dream and live my life as me rather than living as a different person.

Last song is “Maze” by Epik High ft. MYK and Dumbfounded. This song says that life is a maze and will become more  as time goes by. This song represents my thought because I realized that life gets harder as time goes by and we face more obstacles.

Hey guy, I’m Kirby.  My name is the same as the cartoon show with the pink puff ball that sucks things in and gains their power.  Sports that I do is swimming, boxing and basketball.  I have been swimming, since I was 6.  At first, I was forced into swimming because my parents thought that it was am important life skill that will stick with me forever.  I have always been a fan of fighting sports starting with Tae Kwon do which I started when I was around 8 and then moved on to boxing and Muay Thai.  For those who don’t know what Muay Thai is it is a Thai version of boxing, but elbows and knees and kicks are allowed in matches.

My favorite genres of music is dubsteps, even though I didn’t really like it at first it kinda grew on me and it became my favorite type of music.  I first started to listen to dubsteps because of a girl.   She always made me listen to her songs and most of them are dubsteps.  So over time it kinda grew on me.  If you didn’t notice all the songs are by Monstercat, one of the best dubstep artists.  There are other songs that I listen to, but these are one of my favorites, so I have hoping to share them and I hope some of you guys will enjoy it.

Btw, for any league of legends players my ign is CloudyKirby and my favorite team if Curse .

#1. I choose “Let It Go” to represents me because when I heard this song from “Frozen” for the first time, I was crying so hard. I can never explain why but it touched me deeply. Since the Chinese tradition style of education in my family was so strict, so I have to pretend to be a good girl all the time.

#2. I choose “Only One” to represents me because I just simply love the melody of this song.  It is one of the song I like from “Vampire Diary”. Also, this song kind of reminds me sometimes things have only one chance, so I better catch that.

#3. I choose “Friends Forever” to represents me because this is my graduation song from junior high. My best friend was actually singing this song on the stage in the graduation. Although we are in different high school and college, our bond will never break. I strongly believe pure friendship can last forever.

#4. I choose “True Color” to represents me because I think we should be confident to reveal our true self to others. People will never get to understand me if I hide myself under a mask, so I try to open up more to the people around me.

#5. I choose “One In A Million” to represents me because I think everyone is unique. I, myself, am unique  as anyone else. I think all of those little details in our daily lives make up who we are right now. When I find out this song long ago, it is a cover by Jason Chan. I kind of like his version better than the original.

#6. I choose “This Is Me” to represents me because this song is exactly singing about  who I am. I know what I want  and I believe in myself that I can one day reach my dream.

#7. I choose “Secret Base” to represent me because I think that the melody and the lyric of this song is really good. It is a Japanese ending theme for Anohana. The song sings about a group of close friends and one of them is leaving, but their friendship will last forever cause everyone will remember the time they spend together. This song is special to me because friendship is very important. Plus, I am a big anime fan!

#8. I choose “Who You Are” to represents me because I believe people can change who they are. it is never too late to fix up things and it teaches me that we should never give up.

#9. I choose “So Yesterday”  to represents me  because when I am down I will listen to this song. It makes me feel better. Sometimes things happen and I will just remind myself “I am gonna be Ok”.

#10. I choose “The Climb” to represents me because the lyric of this song is really good. Miley Cyrus compares the challenge in life to climbing a mountain. This is very encouraging to me because it makes me feel that I can do it, I can climb to the top.

MY SONG LIST:                      (There is no more space to upload the song list so I just type it down)

1. Demi Lovato – Let It Go

2. Alex Band – Only One

3. Vitamin C – Graduation – Friends Forever

4. Cyndi Lauper – True Color

5. Jason Chen – One In A Million

6. Demi Lovato – This Is Me

7. Anohana – Secret Base

8. Hessie J – Who You Are

9. Hilary Duff – So Yesterdaye

10. Miley Cyrus – The Climb

LISTEN TO MY PLAYLIST HERE

Hi, Everyone! My name is XinJin Liu. I prefer people to call me Jin. I would like to use a list of songs to let you guys know a little bit more about me. By the way, feel free to check out the playlist. It’s really awesome. I’m a moderate Eminem fan. I can’t remember all the facts and albums of Slim Shady, but I do listen to a lot of his music especially in the morning because it can always wake me up that works even better than coffee. There goes my first included song Guts Over Fear. This hardcore rap encourages me that I can deal with any hardship I face because undergoing hardships is a part of everyone’s life and it’s up to you to live with fear or with guts over fear. I was born in China, and moved to USA until when I was 14. I wasn’t very excited about coming to USA because I couldn’t see why should I leave my friends and a place I already love  and move to a completely new country. However, I actually did have once found my passion for going to USA. I was so fascinated by Michael Jackson’s music and still am. Beat It has always been my favorite MJ song. Despite I didn’t understand the English lyrics back then, the beat is so catchy that you can fall in love with it right away. I thought that I can go to see a  Michael Jackson’s live concert when I come to USA, and I even dreamed about getting MJ’s autograph and brag about it to everyone I know. Unfortunately, Michael Jackson died before I even board a plane to USA. (R.I.P MJ) Now I think about my feeling when I came to USA was really ambivalent, partly unwillingness and excitement for unknown. Anyway, everything turns out fine now. I made new friends, learned a new language, familiarized myself with NYC, and much more good stuff waiting for me to explore. The third song I included is about New York sung by one of my favorite Chinese singer Joanna Wang. The fourth song is an opening song of a really interesting anime ATTACK ON TITAN, and I’m kinda a big anime fan. The fifth song as well as the sixth song are just two beautiful love songs that I believe most people will enjoy them very much. The seventh and eighth songs are from an American indie singer Mindy Gledhill. I really like her voice and songs that always lighten my mood. The ninth song is the theme song of the recent World Cup held in Brazil. I really love watching soccer, and I used to play a lot soccer in junior high. The last song is Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone. This song has inspired probably inspired generations since it released and I’m no exception in my generation. Especially, now I’m in college and soon will be independent from parents and live alone.

Hi, everyone! My name is Haoyi Huang. I love playing basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and swimming. But I love playing basketball the most. I usually play basketball in weakens with my friends. My most favorite NBA player is Dwyane Tyrone Wade from Miami Heat. I love reading manga such as Naruto, Fairy Tail, Hunter X Hunter and so on. I also love the animation such as Sword Art Online, The Flower We Saw That Day, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and so on. I love watching movie such as Batman, Iron Man, The Fast and the Furious, and so on. I love hanging out with my friends. We always go out for dinner, BBQ, party and other activities. I normally will go to museum in summer vocation while I have free time.

The first song I want to introduce is “March of the Volunteers” which is the Chinese national anthem since 1949.I was a National team player when I was in primary school,each monday I raised up National flag with this song.It’s a solemn moment for all Chinese and make us feel proud of our country.Even today I move to new york but when I hear this song it makes me miss my homeland.

I included “Firework” from one of my favorite singer Katy perry.This song is positive and powerful with inspirational lyrics.This song tells each individual has different strengths and different ways of expressing himself.we should not blame about what we got,face the truth and carry on.

I included “Hero” by Family and the Year.I heard this song from Korean drama, the leading actor has schizophrenia and he heals himself by accepting his value.The song lets me realize everyone has to experience the suffering,we should face directly our past,our present,and the uncertain future.

I always play the song “Breathe” by Frally when I writing my essay or focusing on one problem.This song makes me peaceful and think better. Frally performs this song by humming without lyrics which gives me a intangible feeling.

“Anything Could Happen” by Ellie Goulding is one song I listen to recently.Just like the title said anything thing could happen in our life.We have to experience both good and bad things,we can not escape.The thing we should do is accepting what life gives you and be grateful and contented.

The theme about “Run Boy Run’’ by Woodkis is running.The lyrics repeats word “run” for many times,the MV is a boy running across the road,the mountain and running away the enemy chasing after him.This song is inspiring and tells me I should run for my life.

Both song“La Vie En Rose”and“Que Sara Sara”are in french.France is a country full of romantic color and love for life.I want to see France since I watched the movie Amelie,I expect to sit in the coffee shop at the corner and break the caramel on pudding just like the actress did in the movie.

The song“Paradise” and “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay,one of my favorite rock band comes from England.I love their live and I wish I can see their concert one day.Their songs are inspiring and impressive with a flowing rhythm.