Month: October 2017

Hello, this past Thursday during club hours I went to a “Conversations Partners Program” event. I decided to go with my partner for our weekly meet ups and catch up. I was introduced to Conversations Partners Program by our Communications teacher. Conversations Partners Program “matches native and nonnative speakers of English for informal conversations. The partnerships are a great way for nonnative students to gain confidence in English, for native speakers to gain experience in communicating across language barriers, and for both native and nonnative speakers to expand their cultural knowledge, make friends, and build a network of professional contacts.”

The event was a good way to get to know my partner more and channel our competitive side. My partner is an international student from Shanghai and she attends Baruch’s graduate school. She intends to major in accounting.

Since it was Trivia day, there were questions that some non-native speakers didn’t understand. What might be known for native speakers isn’t known to non-native. There were times when US history was also a barrier because they did not learn a lot about US history in their country. I saw some people used Google translate to help them with the Jeopardy questions. I was lucky enough to be matched up with a speaker that can speak Mandarin and I can speak some too, so when I saw a word that she doesn’t understand in English I can translate it to Chinese.

The program is a good way to learn how to communicate with non-native speakers and be able to overcome the barrier to understand. I am happy to have join this program and meet a new friend! Sadly, I forgot to take pictures at the event, but the photographers from the event got my back. In the following picture I was the one holding the bottle of soda(Sorry, I was hungry that day). Also there was another picture of me on their FB page, but they caught me off guard with my partner and I looked terrible so please bare with me with this picture.If you want proof its on their FB page in their recent pictures.  https://www.facebook.com/BaruchCPP/

 

I attended an academic event. The NYC museum that I visited was called the New Museum. It is located in 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. The museum was a nice experience. I wished I knew about art because every time I look at a piece of art, I do not know the meaning or can be amaze by the piece. I visited six floors in the museum. The first exhibition I went to was called “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon.” This exhibition took place in the C, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor. The artists described how each gender used their body to express their views on topics and how it affects society through their arts. There were many arts about naked people. The next exhibition was called “Pursuing the Unpredictable: The New Museum 1977-2017” which was in the 5th floor. This exhibition showed what important arts took place in that year. The last exhibition we visited was called “Helen Johnson: Ends” which took placed in the ground floor. This exhibition showed many pieces by Helen Johnson.

Every exhibition was cool to see. They were interesting because every piece of art has a meaning behind it. The artists must have put a lot of effort in creating each piece. My favorite piece of art was a disco ball in a room. The projector shows different clips and the disco ball reflected in the room. It was beautiful just like the picture above. Another good thing about the museum was that I did not have to pay for the ticket since people who are between the age of 14 to 18 get in for free. One bad thing about the museum was that I wanted to visit the “Sky Room” but it was only open on Saturdays and Sundays.

The New Museum was helpful as an academic event because I learn something new. The small summary next to each piece was interesting to read. It showed the message and meaning the artists wanted to sent to its audience. I found out that the museum is really close to our school. If anyone want to visit the New Museum, they can visit the museum during their free time. It only took me 20 minutes to get to the New Museum. Even though I did not really understand each piece of art, it was not a waste of time. Some pieces were weird in a good way. 

Being that our college is Baruch, and we didn’t have much to do during our break, Eli, Isaac and I visited the game room. I was not completely thrilled with the game room, knowing that other colleges, such as Lehigh has an ACTUAL game room. I figured that it would do because of the three main things they had in there: foosball, ping pong, and pool. The room was very small, but the people in there were pretty alive and cool. The music was not good, but the room was clean and somewhat decorated. Since I went with Eli and Isaac, I mainly talked with them, but I also met some other people that were enjoying themselves. To be honest, I actually enjoyed the experience a bit because of the atmosphere that I exposed myself to. It felt like the college experience that I should be getting.

So what happened was that I was playing against Isaac in pool, which was really hard to get a spot in, but we managed. And we ended up having lots of fun. I then played Eli, and unfortunately lost, but I really liked the experience. After playing pool, we went on to play foosball, which was also tons of fun. Baruch may not have the lit stuff, but with friends and a small and cozy room such as the game room, we can make it lit. Overall, this was a great way to get involved in student life, and next time, I won’t hesitate to join a club, or come have fun in the game room with my friends, or just with total strangers. I feel that because of places and events like these, my life here won’t be as boring. To meet new people will help me get comfortable in this school.

What’s up everyone. Been meaning to upload this much earlier but kept forgetting but I’m gonna dive straight into it. The club I went to was FES @ Baruch and I actually heard about it through an upperclassmen friend. When I went over to the club room, they were not actually holding an interest meeting that day but the club members were more than happy to talk to me about the club. They linked me to the FES @ Baruch Facebook page and also talked to me about some of their programs, most specifically their mentor program that matches you with a mentor in the finance field where you have weekly sessions with them whether it be about intricate details of finance or just general tips in job finding such as resumes. In general, FES @ Baruch was definitely a very interesting club, but I am not sure if I will be participating because of the high demand of time it imposes on my schedule.