m.lo – Freshman Seminar Fall 17 DTD

Fro Blog Career Decision Workshop

I didn’t know what to do for the last FRO blog post on the career part, until I saw a poster near the library where we rent out laptops. The career decision workshop held by Tanuja Ramchal was on Thursday October 19th at 12:20pm – 2pm located on 14-240. There was a website where we’d have to rsvp for the event.

It was Thursday the day of the career decision workshop. Theatre class ended around 11:45, leaving an ample amount of time to chill and relax before the workshop starts. As expected, I miscalculated on my time because I forgot to add traffic time, resulting in me being late for the workshop. Furthermore, I didn’t know how to get to the 14th floor; I thought the 13th floor was the last floor because there were no visible pathway for the usual stairs and elevator route that I’ve been used to get to class. I began to panic when I got to the 13th floor. I inquired a random person, hopefully he has a greater knowledge of the building. I finally got to the 14th floor and I was once again lost. The 14th floor was basically a maze for me. I would follow the signs but wouldn’t be the right room. This reminds me of those Scooby Doo’s shows where the monster would chase the gang through ghost as a comedic, filler scene. It took a good 20 minutes of my time until I found the room.

I entered the room with such haste and asked another random person whether or not this was the right room for the career workshop. That person was a photographer and I assumed he was pursuing a higher college degree.The workshop itself was unexpected. First of all, I realized that there were only eight or ten people including the host, Tanuja Ramchal. Second of all, these people were older than me, ranging from seniors to graduates. I was shocked on my discovery but at the same time question myself whether this was a good idea to register for this career workshop. In spite of the weirdness, I didn’t regret not registering for this workshop; the workshop enlightened me on how to make good decisions and overcome fear. There was this one exercise where Ramchal told us to write whatever dreams you want to achieve if there were no limitation. To my surprise, a lot of people would rather relax or pick another career where they enjoy the most than to work despite their years obtaining their college degree. Ramchal explains this phenomenon as a boarder line to an individual’s living. She further explains that the individual’s living standard is considerably much lower than one’s dreams, thus making it impossible to achieve it. Therefore, she explains that we have to increase the living standard and make a reasonably dream, instead of hovering just above the expenses of standard living.

Another exercise was to close our eyes and imagine the possible outcomes of the decision you’ve made in the shoe’s of your future self. She told us that when making a good decision we must think ahead of all the possible problems. Overall, the workshop helped me to reevaluate my life and think ahead in my future self.

Visit to the Metro Museum of Art

On Thursday September 28th my friend, Johny and I spent the three hours of “club hours” wondering around, cluelessly looking at the different sections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At first we (mostly me) found ourselves getting lost to finding the right path to the Met. We eventually rode the 6 train to the 77th st station and walked all the way to the museum. As we approached closer to the Met, we were in awe after seeing the monumental and highly-structured building. In fact we joked around that we should transfer to City College and pursue an architecture degree. Being my first time to the Met museum or to any museum in the past five years, I was the least reluctant to touch everything I see; we paid a dollar each for the admission tickets and we thought “we ain’t gonna waste our time and money on some rhetorical blog assignment” (joking).

The first area we visited was the Egyptian section. Ancient tombs of mummified pharaohs, jewelry presented as gifts, statues of Egyptian gods, and hieroglyphics are just the few we saw at the Met. As we continued to walk cluelessly, despite having a map clenched at our hands, we walked into a room with this monumental Egyptian architecture, which I believe is a temple, right by a “simulation” of the Nile river? That picture is shown below and we basically gazed upon the temple for a solid 15 minutes. Honestly, after seeing that, I have mixed feelings of pursuing an architectural degree. Anyway, after examining the Egyptian section, we continued walking to the American Wing section. The American Wing section had some of the most comfortable and sanctuary-like rooms; the bedrooms of the late 1700s were really calm and quiet, forcing you to finish your work, rather than procrastinate (cough-cough). There was this room where it really grabbed my attention; they had a chess table with two sets of white pieces. I was intrigued by that because of the history of racism, hating toward the Blacks, and forcing America into a bloody Civil War. On the other hand Johny was hysterically laughing on the fact that it would a confusing game of chess if both players had the same two white set.

Overall, the visit to the Met Museum was fun. I’m glad that I had someone to go with because most definitely I would get lost going to the Met Museum; I would probably stop at the 68th street Hunter college station. I would recommend this museum to anyone who hasn’t went to a museum for years or it’s their first time.

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Fro blog: The UCLA club

Baruch sucks so I tried to convince myself to stay in this institution. The best way was to interact with people at the clubs. The first week I joined Beta Alpha Psi, hoping that I’ll meet new people with the same desire and vision as me. I came late to their first meeting, missing half of their introduction. After the presentation, people would talk to professionals, forming a network. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t have the chance to speak with the professionals and graduates, but I did managed to speak with fellow Beta Alpha Psi members, whom they gave me crucial advises. On top of this misfortune, I was really disappointed that they didn’t have any leftover pizza, which ultimately led me to look for another club.

Recently, I was invited by a friend I met during convocation day to the UCLA club. The club name stands for United Chinese Language Association. Despite my different ethnic background, the club members assimilated me warm-heartedly. Unlike many other clubs/organizations where they hold boring general interest meetings (I’m talking to Beta Alpha Psi), the UCLA has this energetic vibe in the atmosphere when you first enter the room of 175 on the 10th floor. The UCLA members, with their optimistic smile welcome you into the room. In addition, they would ask a lot of questions (which I resort them to be a bit of a nuisance), to fellow new members in an attempt to engage a conversation. The general interest meetings are quick, but at the same time detailed with information concerning the next event/general interesting meeting. The beginning of the meeting, the club members would introduce themselves. Then they would showcase the details of their next event. Following that, we would play ice breaker games. These games would involve working as a team and is a great way to spend leisure time from cramming your textbooks. After all of that, we have a little fellowship, where we eat together and socialize with other people. The best part of the club is the food! Unlike other clubs (again talking to Beta Alpha Psi), they have extra food so that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the meal. Overall, if you’re new to Baruch or would love to interact with other people or would love to eat, then this club is for you. I met so many new people here and would definitely recommend this club to anyone I know.