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I went to this workshop because I needed to have a blog about a career. On November 1, I had a math exam. I was planning on finishing my exam by 11:00, which is when the workshop starts. I didn’t finish my exam by 11:00 or early, I finished around 10 minutes later. When I finished, I met Florenza at the elevator and I talked about going to the workshop. So, we both went to the workshop. In the workshop, I learned that it was fine to undecided for my major. I was thinking about doing accounting, but I wasn’t sure if I should go into that major. Adia Tucker who is the facilitator for the workshop said that around 60 percent of freshmen are unsure of which major to pick and don’t have to plan. This really relieved some of the stress that I had because I thought that I should have a major that I should be pursuing and when I meet people, they ask me what I am going to major in and they tell me what they are going to major in. I am relieved that I am not one of the few people who are kind of undecided. In addition, I learned that the major that I am in doesn’t limit me to only a few types of jobs. There are a variety of jobs that uses the skills that is developed through having that major. Career options for being in the accounting major are accounts payable supervisor, tax accountant, fund raiser, and more. To look at the career options for your major, put this website into the URL: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/careers/students/stu_career.html.

In lastly, we categorized ourselves within a hexagon. The hexagon is divided into 6 categories: Realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Based on the descriptions for each category, I pick that I am conventional. The reason is because I prefer to work with numbers and data. I also liked when the instructions are detailed and when I am in control. Even though the descriptions don’t all agree with me, it defines me more than the other categorizes.

I went with my friend to the museum of FIT because she needed to write her own blog and I volunteered to go with her because I could write about the museum too. I don’t have a good sense of fashion. I just put on whatever is clean early in the morning. Even though I don’t know fashion, the museum was really interesting. The theme of the clothing on display was the force of nature. Therefore,

the designs on the clothing were based on the colors and patterns seen in nature. I saw many dresses that had the patterns of flowers, crocodile’s skin, birds, zebra, giraffe, tiger, space, and many other designs. I also saw a hat looked like a bird nest. The details were amazing but I wouldn’t wear it. It was really fun to walk around the exhibit. It was quite small. There were panels are the bottom that tells us about the clothing and also about the history of how nature and the clothes interact. I know that in the past, many of clothes were many out of animal skin and caused those populations of animals to decrease. I didn’t know that space was part of nature because I thought that

 

nature was about life on Earth. But I guess nature is also about life in space and life in general. In addition, I learned that fashion is trying to find ways reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also find ways to reduce the damages that the fashion industries have placed on the Earth and its natural resources. All in all, it was an interesting experience. I won’t be going back anytime soon. I advise people who are interested to go. The nature theme is still on until November 18. There is also an exhibition about fashion from the extreme available now until January 6, 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday, I went to the Chit-Chat club with Ricky, Florenza, and Florenza’s friend, Vicky. My initial intention of going was to fulfill the blog requirement and have something to write about. However, when I heard that there was going to be free Chinese food, I got really excited because I am all about the free food. Besides the food, I really enjoyed the club. I was expecting the club to be more about chit-chatting, such partnering up with strangers and try to get to know them. However, all I did was play games, introduce myself, and just ate. We played a game that was the combination of charades and telephone. A few people would stand in line in the middle of the room facing one way. The first person would get a word and he/she had to act it out with only actions to the second person. That repeated until it gets to the last person who has to guess the word. I got to swing an umbrella around to act as a ninja. I didn’t know that the word was ninja; I thought the word was samurai because the person before me was swinging it like a swordsmen. When I was watching the game, it was really amusing to watch people act out the words and see the changes in the next person’s action. The club was really welcoming and those who are part of the club are really nice.

Chit-Chat club is club that doesn’t require a membership. It is open for everyone. I heard that every Thursday is a “speak your mind” day. People can talk about current events, opinions, and problems. They also said that in each month, the club will also doing different things. I think that in October, they are doing something called résumé Photoshop. I have bad memory so I don’t remember the exact name but it is business related. There is also movie night month and party month. I am definitely going to back to the club in the future because I like the vibe of the club and I think I can gain something from it.