I attended Baruch voices with a group of friends. Going to Baruch voices made me realize that everyone has a story, whether or not they want to share it. We all have different personalities, skills, hobbies. It made me realize that even though people have likes and dislikes, we are completely different due to the way we were brought up, our experiences, etc. Its nice to see that no matter where we came from, we will all try our best to succeed.

On April 4th, Douglas, Michael, and I went to a lecture on the Musical Heritage of Iraqi Jews. It was hosted by a guest speaker from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Avi Tchamni. We mainly went for the extra credit for out Music History class but it was nice to learn about this music of Iraqi Jews. We learned a lot about the different instruments they played such as the oud. The oud is similar to a guitar. It has 11-12 strings. There were many more instruments but I don’t remember their names. We also learned that the instruments that the Iraqi Jews play creates different notes that only their instruments can play. Their notes don’t exist in the western musical world just like how some of ours doesn’t exist in theirs. Their music may not sound pleasing to our ears because of the notes we are not familiar with.

I consider myself pretty good at tennis. I’ve been playing tennis since the beginning of middle school. My high school Varsity team did pretty well. When I came to Baruch, I wanted to continue playing tennis because I enjoyed playing. After having no luck trying to find out how to join the team, I asked some of my friends. There was a huge process I had to go through. After finding out the coaches phone number, I had to fill out a bunch of forms. I had to have my doctor fill out a form. I had to fill out other forms. I had to make an appointment with the school physician to get a physical after already getting a physical from my own doctor. It was an annoying process. Now I just have to wait and see if I make the team.