On Tuesday, the 14th of November, 2017, I had a lot of fun failing my philosophy exam. As I walked out the lecture room dispirited, I suddenly realized  I have another blog due. I didn’t even have to check the assignment before being completely lifted out of depression because I knew I was in for another very educational learning experience. After asking around, I found out that I was supposed to go to some Career Workshop event. “Great,” I thought, “we’ve finally moved on from theoretical self-discovery activities to the practical big mula opportunities.” I couldn’t wait to apply the social skills I learned from blog 1 and appreciation for geometry I obtained from blog 2 to good use! So anyway, I walked into the STARR office for this imaginary walk-in resume workshop, and using the valuable communication skills I learned from freshman seminar, immediately struck a conversation with two(!) people at the same time!  We talked about how the ceiling, how little squares tiles cut to perfection are gathered together to form this indescribable yet beautiful geometric arrangement. Then, we talked about how the room utilized calculus concepts of optimization to maximize the volume and minimize surface area to accommodate the most people per cubic unit. Finally, we moved on to the “meat,” how the body of a resume should consist of patterns and main ideas of equal length, with font sizes changed here and there to keep the interviewers awake. I learned that resume building is more than a literary technique; it also requires mathematical accuracy. I walked out the workshop a different person, with more appreciation of the hidden subtleties in not only major assignment/activities but also in my daily life. Dang, just realized the blog has this word count feature, pretty neat. Phew, finally hit 300 words, thanks for reading.

On Tuesday, October 10th 2017, I went to visit the Museum of Mathematics during lunch. I chose this museum only because of its proximity to Baruch College and my burning desire to pass Freshman Seminar so I would not have to repeat it in the future. Due to time constraints, I only stayed in the museum for about 5 minutes. Nevertheless, I experimented a genuinely life-changing moment when I witnessed the capacities of geometrical structures and the profound beauty behind these works of art. Suddenly, I felt a strong sense of appreciation for my calculus class, which I had previously found very dull and sleep-inducing. I suddenly realized how important mathematics was with its infinite power to sketch and define curves and angles and all those cool stuff. I am now so thankful that Freshman Seminar forced me to visit a museum because it will honestly have a significant impact on my academics. Mere minutes after snapping the selfie, I can already feel the activity assisting me during my first semester at Baruch. I will now try very hard to earn that A in calculus, and I think I won’t sleep in another math class for at least a day or two. 17 words beyond the word count of 200 because I could not control my excitement, my most sincere apologies.

On Thursday, the Seventh of September, 2017, I wandered the hallways of Baruch College Newman and Anita Campus during lunch and searched for a club to participate in. I decided to partake in this activity because I did not want to be lonely every Tuesday and Thursday after lunch with nothing to do for two and a half hours, and also I wanted to graduate in less than four years, so it is absolutely imperative that I do not repeat Freshman Seminar class. Unfortunately, being a new and lost freshman, I was not very good at finding places in such a huge and foreign place. Thus, I ended up riding the elevators up and down and up and down, and tiring myself by climbing the same steps of stairs repeatedly, all the while managing to pass by club rooms. I traversed deeper and deeper into the tunnel of helplessness, but by pure luck I saw a ray light at the end of the tunnel on the ninth floor. I chased after my last hope of salvation against a second semester of freshman seminar (this was before I realized I could complete the assignment during Tuesday), and chance delivered me upon the doors of the Anime Club.  I realized right away I have encountered a golden opportunity destined to enrich my student life at Baruch College.I realized for the first time here that I wasn’t alone, that there are many of my peers who also share similar hobbies and interests as me. I really like the anime club and am planning on joining it because I think it’s a really great way to make friends who I can rant to about manga and anime and de-stress myself during midterms and finals. Eleven more words for the three hundred mark. Thanks for reading.