Freshman Seminar – Spring 2015, DTD

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Times fly – I can’t believe it’s been three months since I started at college. I’ve never been so busy before. I met a lot of people from different countries and I found a lot of interesting stories from each person. I’ve also learned a lot from the Freshman Seminar course, everything they taught is so useful. At first, I actually hated Baruch. The homework was killing me, compared to others college they have less work to do. But then I started to love it, I think it’s mainly because it’s in the city and there is a lot restaurants around. So many food choices that I could never get bored with it. After spring break, I started to get sick. First time here. Perhaps, the weather is changing a lot. It is so surprising for me because I have lived in Toronto before and I could bear with the freezing cold. Getting sick is so terrible! I hate it.

Everyday I count on the days that are left to go back to my country. When I think of going back, it means staying there forever, not just for vacation. But I know it, and everyone knows it. I can’t. The people who are staying, still fighting, like my parents, I admire them. The people who left, chasing after new dreams in another country, like me, I understand them. Leaving Venezuela is like getting divorced but still being in love. It’s been so hard to me to understand that I can’t go back now, that I have to get a higher education in another country, that I could only go back when things turn good. And that is all because the insecurity, shortage of daily products, and where there is no justice for people. I know that someday it will change, but for now… I gotta move on.

Hello, I’m Monica Feng!

Sorry for posting this late, but I posted it on the wrong page. So here it’s my post.

So, I just created a slideshow to show you guys a little bit more about me.

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I was born and raised in Venezuela, however, I’m a descendent of Chinese people. Being a Venezuelan born Chinese always surprises people. And the first thing they usually ask is: “Do you speak Spanish?” Yes, it is my native language.

(The first image shows the flag of my country and the background music is a song about my country called: Cancion Venezuela.)

When I was 9, my father send me to China to study Chinese and to explore the culture. I get to know a lot of friends from all over the world. Also, people like me, they were also from Venezuela. If you were to ask me the most valuable moment in my life, I would say the time I studied in China. I did not only learned Chinese, I also met REAL friends. I do still talk with them and some of them are also in Baruch College. Lucky me! Huh?

No later, I went back to Venezuela when I finished primary school in China. I was the able to speak Mandarin, Cantonese, English and, of course, Spanish. I felt so happy to be back in Venezuela. I love the people out there, I love being close to my family and most importantly I felt like being home. I continued to study in my country, but then I realized I needed something more. Something like getting to know more about the world outside. I wanted to study in North America. So, once again I left home and went all alone to Toronto, Canada. It was not easy at first, because it was extremely cold there. When I say extremely cold i don’t mean by minus 17 celsius degrees, it’s minus 40 celsius degrees! It’s crazy! My favorite thing I did in Canada is studying French, I really like learning different languages, because when I hear languages that I don’t know I would probably go crazy trying to analyze it.

I’ve always had that dream of studying in NYC. For me, it’s the city where dreams come true. Now, I’m here in NYC! I am going to study hard and chase after my dreams. I will focus on my goals and be the person I want to be in the future — a really successful businesswomen.

I might look serious, but in fact I am friendly, cheerful and outgoing. I love meeting friends from all over the world.