I visited New York Transit Museum over the weekend. Even though I had a hard time finding the entrance because I ignored it at first and thought it was a real subway station entrance, but it was a really fun museum to visit with kids because there is much interesting stuff to play around with, like bus driver seat for them to drive and filling up fuel tank. The thing I love the most in this museum is the display of the subway interior design of different time period. Every time I walk into a different display cart, the seats and handles are designed differently according to the ages. I like the early 1900s subway design, they have single seats and the seats are very comfortable. Then, of course, there are descriptions and photos of the subway history. Something surprised me is the daily wages of subway construction workers. They have only $1-$2 each day and they always worked under harsh condition. The drilling sound was loud and the tunnel was deep and dangerous, and they have no compensation for injury. In addition, their working tools and safety measures are simple and fragile. I’m glad that now, we have more guarantees for our subway construction workers in term of safety and working condition. Moreover, there are a series of posters that inscribe sarcastic quotes on display that despise people’s rude behavior on the subway. For example, “The train or bus is no place for dinner” and “Your maid doesn’t work here.” I would highly recommend people to pay a visit there, it’s a nice place to take classic style pictures with friends, family, or partner (if you have one XD). 
Author: v.kong
BASS’s Resume/Interview Workshop
I attended BASS’s (Baruch Actuarial Science Society) resume/interview workshop on October 26. I heard about it from my classmates. I learned plenty of tips for preparing for an interview and writing a resume. They show us some websites that allow us to look up potential questions that can appear on a certain interview in a particular company. In addition, it’s mind-blowing when they share their experiences they have had of interviewing for an internship at a big company. What they share are fairly new to me; they said they do research before attending the interview, prepare tons of questions to ask the interviewer to show initiative, and the lunch interview sounds very new to me. For what I had experienced, I never did research before attending an interview (or maybe I never applied for a formal job), and their experiences really give me a head up what I will be facing in the future and be prepared for it. Even though everything is from an actuarial science aspect, however, what they say I can somehow relate to my own major because the business field is all similar to one and another in some way. The second part of the workshop is about how to write a resume in order to make it stands out. I realized I made a big mistake in the past, which is having a two-page resume. They address how a good resume should look like—a pretty and clean formatting, free grammar mistakes, fill with unique experiences that make you stand out from the pile—and how we should take initiative to send out resumes just to increase the chance. I heard that they will have a guest to come over next week to share more in depths about the skills of interviewing—what interviewer would like to hear during an interview—and I’m looking forward to attending it.
Alpha Phi Omega GIM
I attended first GIM of Alpha Phi Omega on September 5. I heard about this club on convocation day. It’s a community service fraternity. Since I enjoy doing community services so much at high school, I might as well continue doing it at college. So I decided to go take a look with my friend and see how it work. First of all, they introduce what’s the club is about. Three pillars of the club are Friendship, Leadership, and Service. In the powerpoint, they showed us a lot of activities they have been doing. The most exciting activity that I’m most interested in is the Halloween activity. They dress up and give out candies to children. After that, we played ice breaking. It was kind of a kiosk because there are a lot of people and desk, there wasn’t enough room for games. However, we played “move your butt” game, people are running around and try not to get left out in the circle. We have a lot of fun and able to know a lot of new people by playing games. Of course, they bought popeyes for us as a treat. We sat down, eat and talk. Brothers are so enthusiastic and they keep introducing Baruch to us. I’ve also asked a lot of questions about accounting major, what path should I take or what’re their thoughts about this major. They are more than willing to help and answer the questions. It is a very nice experience and opportunity to get know more people and make a connection. After attending this event, I felt one step closer to my short-term goal– which is able to engage in the school. After all, college is not that bad as I think, people are nice and passion. I’m looking forward to more activities that can broaden my knowledge.