RAINN

This week will rain hard, said the meteorologist on channel 2 news. It has been snowing in parts of the bay area where it never snows. I wanted it to snow in San Jose because I want to play with snow. I haven't been to Lake Tahoe this year yet, but I am planning to go during the winter break. I can't wait.

End of the semester

YAY. I can't believe that school is ending. A whole month off to sleep and chill, I can't wait. My last day of finals is on the 11th. Yes! I can't wait to pack my clothes and go back home. Next year would be different because this year I have all of my classes with newbies. For the next semester, I'm going to have classes with mixed groups and I can't wait. I hope next semester will be better than this semester.

chilling

Today is a pretty chill day. We are just planning your 4/5 year plan. I'm not sure what to plan for my 3rd and 4th year because I'm undeclared as of right now. Who is taking comm 20 next semester? I'm planning to take it in the summer. I think. hahah if I'm not lazy. We also talked to Dan about our progress in class.

MUSE INTERVIEW

MUSE Interview with a Peer Mentor and a Senior MUSE 1 class.

 

Holiday's are around the corner

Oh how I love the holiday season! I love family get together and the food. Holidays are the days when my family and relatives get together and just enjoy the day. Thanksgiving is on Thursday and I can't wait for the turkey. In my opinion, I think that thanksgiving is all about love, thanks, and happiness. I am really thankful for my family. I can't live with them or without them. Xmas is just 25 more days after thanksgiving and I can't wait either. I want to put up the tree already, but my sister told me to wait a little more. Happy Holidays....

Peer Mentor and Senior interview

I really liked having upper division students in our class on Wednesday. I learned a lot from them such as getting to know people and getting connection. That's what we have been learning this whole semester about getting into the network and etc. The peer mentor talked about the peer mentor program while the senior talked about getting to know the campus and the people. They also talked about the 4 year plan. I think that it was a good idea to get them into the class to talk to us frosh.

Chapter 12 “Explore Careers”

I want a career that makes me happy and that I can make a lot of money. I also want to be able to have fun while I’m working. I don’t want to wake up everyday and be mad at myself that I have to work. I’m very helpful, friendly, quick learner, dependable, and hard working. My ideal job is to work with children or in an office with a lot of people. I don’t want a boring office job, but a fun and active office job. I have great listening and teamwork skills. As for writing and speaking, it’s in the middle. As long as I land a job that I really love, that’s all that matters. Even if I won’t make a lot of money, I will still be stratified with the career I land in the future. I just need to make enough and a little extra to own a car, house, and enough to pay my bills.

Chapter 11 “Be a Great Money Manager”

Money, money, money, I love money. But sadly, I have no money because college is very inexpensive, NOT. I don’t think I spend too much money because I don’t. That’s not one of the reasons why I’m broke. I’m lucky that I don’t have a credit card because there the interest rates on that thing are ridiculous! My mom told me to never charge anything on a credit unless it’s an emergency. Using a credit card at the mall isn’t an emergency. My uncle has been using his credit card since forever and it has been building up. He owes more than what he spends, so this makes me not want a credit card. I will only use it for medical emergency or something useful. Open a bank account that has a checking and savings. Start to save money, so when there’s a real emergency, you can use that instead of the credit card. Credit card may be tempting to have because you can charge it anywhere and buy anything. Bad part that college students don’t understand is that the credit card companies have interest rates.

Presidential Debate

Patrick, Mynesha, David, Joel, Ryan and Kim

Movie

I thought that recording the video that my group made was very easy. It's the editing part that was hard because our computer couldn't get the video. So we had to go to IRC. What didn't work well during the process of editing the video was that there was sound on the orginal tape, but when we tried to import it onto the computer, the sound wasn't there. But that was only for one clip. But all in all, making the video was fun.

Chapter 10 “Take Charge of Your Physical and Mental Health”

Just by reading the title, I know what I need to do to succeed in college. We need to take charge of our health, by exercising daily and eating right. Also, students should have a goods night sleep. In college, especially if students live on campus, they will tend to gain more weight than students who live off campus. The food here is really greasy and they don’t care what you eat. It’s like an all you can eat buffet inside the dinning common here at SJSU. Everything is oily, fried, and greasy. It’s our choice to choose the right food to eat. Living healthy means no smoking or taking any harmful drugs. I do not take any type of drugs, what so ever. Always try to relax and not have too much stress because it can lead to suicide.

Happy BIRTHDAY SISTER STEPHANIE

The tittle says it all! LOL. Happy 21st Birthday!!! The day is here.... enjoy.

Chapter 8 “Succeed on Tests”

First thing students need to do in order to succeed on tests is to control their test anxiety. I went to a test anxiety workshop not long ago. To get a good grade on the test, students have to talk positive, exercise regularly, and make time. A tip to having a good score on the test is to master the multiple choices, true of false, fill in the blank, short-answer and essay questions. It’s not that hard to take a test after students master it. I have test anxiety because I cram all of the information the day or two before the test. This is one of the things students shouldn’t do because it falls under procrastination. Always go over the notes taken in the class everyday so it can process in the brain. Main tip to scoring a high score on the test is to know what material is going to be on the test. One great tip; never cheat because it lowers your self-esteem and self-respect.

Campus MovieFest

I’m really glad that I went to Campus MovieFest on Friday, because I got to see really cool short films that students made. They made it look like a real movie premiere, with a red carpet and a background to take pictures. I attended the moviefest with Mynesha, Joel, Patrick, Ryan, my suite-mate Lilly and my sister Stephanie. CMF was created by three college students on the East side of the U.S. About 146 teams had signed up, but only 16 teams made it into CMF finale night. I really loved the short clip of outside the box and fun scare. Both show was hilarious and I couldn’t stop laughing. I can tell that my sister enjoyed CMF a lot because she couldn’t stop laughing when they showed the movie fun scare. It was about these girls who were running away from a killer. No need to decide, but fun scare won best comedy. Le Glueton Rouge won best picture and Conversation on Salinger took home best drama.

Chapter 7 “Enhance Your Study Skills and Memory”

Chapter 7 is about memory and studying skills. Studying may be the number one procrastinated thing that most college students done. We have to study almost everyday to suck the information into our brain. I don’t have a sleeping disorder, nor do I have learning disability. To enhance your study skills, you need to improve your memory by attending the class and concentrating. To build study skills, form a study group and teach other valuable information. If one of my group members from the study group is always on her cell phone, I think we have to have a talk with her. It’s time to study at least for an hour and if she can’t keep her hands off of her phone for one hour, she has a disorder. I think I will tell her to stop using her phone because we barely have time to study. If it’s constantly repeating, then she’s out of the group. Memory is one of the greatest skills you need to succeed in college. If you cant memorize any materials that the professor has taught you, then something is wrong. If I forgot where I places my car keys at, I would have to retrace my steps back one at a time.

"Help me!! I have test anxiety” workshop

I know I’m not the only one who feels anxiety when taking a test. I thought that this workshop was well presented by Veronica P. Mendoza from counseling services. Test anxiety occurs before and during the test and occurs when stress is excessive to the point it hinders the ability to perform. Test anxiety is normal is you didn’t prepare for a test, but if you did prepare and still have anxiety, then something is wrong. Do you get sweaty palms, headache, rapid heartbeat, and shakiness? That’s how anxiety affects you. It affects you because you are unprepared and having negative talks such as “I’m going to fail this test”! We just have to reduce anxiety by being prepared, having positive self-talk, and taking care of ourselves. The number one key to reduce anxiety is to sleep and exercise. All you need to do is to breathe in and out a couple of times to reduce stress and testing anxiety. After taking a test, reward yourself for motivation.

Chapter 6 “Take It In: Notes and Reading”

Chapter six is mainly about taking in note and reading strategies. This is the only way that we as students can succeed in college if we take good notes, and concentrate such as the 4 C’s. The only way we can succeed in college is to take great lecture notes and be in class to listen. We have to always pay attention and take notes, so there is no time for daydreaming. There are a couple of ways to take lecture notes, which are, summarize, outline, Cornell method, question technique, and concept maps. I prefer to use the Cornell note style because it’s more organized and easier to read. I used to be so unorganized, until I stared using Cornell note style. Since then, I’ve been really good at taking notes and it really helps me out a lot. I learned to not take a lecture note of every little thing that comes out of a professor’s mouth because most of the information is unnecessary. We have to not only take good lecture notes, but to take good reading notes also. I would highlight the important part of the book, or use sticky notes. If I wanted to write in the book, I would use a pencil so I can erase it later on. We just have to adjust to this learning style if we haven’t already because it’s very useful for your future workplace.

Tape Party

Well, I just attended the tape party here on campus, CVC dorm to be specific. There were a couple of creativity going on here on the 6th floor. My roommate and I didn't know what to draw, so we came up with a theme, which was Halloween because it's already October. We had a roll of used tape, so it wasn't enough. We needed to make a witch, haunted house, and a cat, but the tape wasn't enough. Here are some creative tape drawings that people did.

Anna is the BOMB

Anna White is a useful Peer Mentor in the Get Internet Famous Muse class. She has been in the class as a peer mentor, but it feels like she’s a student in that class. Whenever she talks, I would know what she is talking about. She’s very kind, and helpful. She’s young, and I can relate to her. I’m so thankful that Anna is a peer mentor in this muse class because if Mynesha didn’t get to add this class. Reason being is that I would feel weird because the boys dominated the class. I can go to Anna for help with homework or maybe to even talk and socialize. I can also go to other peer montors at the center and ask for help with other homework that I have. Muse class has helped me transition from high school to college because muse classes are specifically for new freshmen’s. I feel that the class is going at a steady speed and it’s going to get faster as we go. It’s a good way to transition from high school speed to college speed.

Chapter 5 “Expand Your Thinking Skills”

As I was reading this chapter, I was thinking to myself, that my thinking skills are really poor. I need to bump it up a lot more. When I did the critical difference assessment, I found out that I am a mix of styles. I feel that I am very creative when it comes to designing posters and decorating. I love to go all out with stickers and other art supplies that I can afford.

One of the thinking skills we as an incoming freshman to San Jose State, is that we had to think and make a hard decision. I know that we were all accepted to other colleges, but we chose to attend SJSU. Why is that? The reason I chose this school was because SJSU is one of the better CSU’s in the Bay area. I had friends that attend the school and they said it’s a good school, so I went on their opinion and my research. All in all, I have to expand my thinking skills. I feel that I lack on my thinking skills and I have to bring it up.

Chapter 4 “Diversify Your Learning Style”

In chapter 4, I learned my greatest strength and weaknesses as a learner. I have a preference for learning through the sense of seeing and hearing. Other classmates will have different preferences because they have other styles of learning and absorbing information. One of the strengths I’ve identified is in the category of interpersonal (psychology, sociology, nursing). I’m not sure of what major I’m leaning towards, but I was thinking about education and it’s the total opposite of interpersonal intelligence. The sensory preference that works best in this major is visual learning. I noticed that, that’s the category I have most strength in and my weakness is in the category of spiritual/existential. As I said before, I’m a visual and auditory learner. I have to have a professor that lectures, and explain thoroughly. Also, for learning, I learn best by reflecting on my own personal experiences, or others. To be a good learner, first thing to do is ask questions.

About Me

Kimberly

Shy, friendly, responsible, grumpy

related to my family

care about family, friends, education

furious, hungry, bored

need Money, car, job

give love, help, support

fear failure, snakes, dark

I would like to see my loved ones that passed away, celebrities, my lost puppy

Richmond, Clinton

Saechao

On my way to Portland Oregon

I just arrived in Oregon at 4 in the morning on a Friday. I’m so excited that I finally get to go to Oregon! I’ve been in my mom’s car for so long for about 11 hours or so, I feel numb. When we left, there was traffic and that was bad enough. The road over here is so curvy and particularly in the dark, you can’t see anything. It’s just pitch black and daunting. As we drive forward, there are no cars in front, and while we turn our heads back, there are also no cars. It’s like we are the only ones on the planet. If you ever been to Lake Tahoe or Santa Cruz, that’s how the road looks like. I don’t know how others do it, but they drive very fast in this kind of road and they seem to know it well. It’s probably because we aren’t used to curvy roads at dark because the Bay Area barely have freeways like this. We made an exit for gas at this place who knows what’s it called, but it looks like a place you would see in a scary movie, such as “House of Wax, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. So the smart thing we did was drive back onto the freeway and waited until we made it to a city. Did you know that there is no self-service in gas stations here in Oregon? It’s so strange because we have self-service in California.

I was so eager to see the “Welcome to Oregon” sign; I fell asleep and missed it. I always take a picture of every state I’ve been to. I took pictures of Nevada, California, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas signs. So continuing my story, I woke up 5 seconds after we passed the sign. I tried really hard to stay awake, but I just dozed off for a bit. GRRRRR. As we kept driving after entering Oregon, we haven’t seen any houses. It’s all trees. No wonder they have a tree logo on their license plate. Ha-ha. After I woke up, my little sister and I started to have a karaoke party in the car. We started singing all of the songs we had on our iPod. Surprisingly, my little sister who is 7 knows more song than my sister who is 25! The car ride sucked and I prefer to take the plane on my next trip to Oregon.

look me in the eyes please? (chapter 9)

In high school, my English teacher made the class write a speech and read it aloud to the class. One of the few mistakes I seen in the classmates, was that they never made eye contact to the audience. It was always staring at their note cards. For giving a good speech, you have to give eye contact, and connect with the audience and always practice before it’s your turn. I always get a good night sleep and then work on my speech or essays. It works best for me to get sleep so my brain can get re-focused.

Number 23 is so COOOL!

I did laundry today down at CVC and guess what? The dryer that I was using didn't have heat! I was so furious because I wasted 75 cents on the dryer. What made me pissed was that I left for an hour to come back to see that the dryer was still cold and my clothes were also. It took me about 2 in a half hour to do my laundry? Thats freaking crazy!!!!!! Don't use dryer number 23!!!

STOP FREEZING!!!!

WTF? I'm getting so frustrated with my Mac. It's so stupid!!!! It keeps freezing on me today after I updated all of the software! It took forever to update the software and I was tired, so I charged my laptop while I was sleeping. When I woken up, it was finally done. Now, my battery is dying fast. It was just 100 percent now its 98? WTH? I think I over charged it and the battery sucks now. UGHHh! Well, good thing I bought insurance. Wow its 97 percent now! I been on my laptop for 5 mins at least.

I hate writing(chapter 9)

I feel that I’m not good at writing at all! I really hate writing. When there’s a writing assignment such as an essay, I know I won’t do well on it. I’m just not good at writing. I can structure a paper with a beginning, middle and an end, but somehow I still can’t write a well-done paper. I do take my time, but it’s not the grade that I deserve. I don’t plagiarize because I know it’s a bad thing to do. My English teacher told the class that she never wants us to use quotes because the essay is going to be the authors words not our own. It’s better to summarize the author’s quotes. I think that if you can speak well in public and express yourself, you are a great writer. I think that’s my problem because I can’t jump on the stage and just talk while other eyes are staring at me. It’s so nerve racking and I’m just too shy.

Kanye disses sweet Taylor

OMG, did anyone watch the VMA's? I know i'm posting this like a week after it happened but I haven't had time to write it in the blog. I think that it was rude and so disrespectful!!! This was Taylor Swifts first VMA award and her moment was ruined. Kayne was wrong because Beyonce did win best video of the YEAR! haha. Well check out this youtube video.

Happy BIRTHDAY ANGEL

Happy 7th birthday little sister! I miss you so much. I wish I can be there with you today, but I'm stuck in San Jose! I'll see you on Thursday though. Nothing's stopping me from going home after my class ends on Thursday. I never miss out on anybody's birthday, and I'm usually the person who loves birthdays! I feel so left out :( Two more days of college and I'm back with my little sister. I still don't know what to get her as a birthday gift! Any suggestions for a 7 year old girl? Love you BIG girl! xOxoXo your bee

Chapter 3

Managing time can be hard and I know everyone hasn’t used a time managing plan. It's actually very easy to manage time, after reading this chapter. Nowadays, it's all technology, so by any chance, if you have a blackberry or a smart phone, it's a good time managing phone. That's why I'm getting a blackberry on my birthday! I felt that I spend too much time on the computer, phone, and chilling. I felt that I spend too little time on reading, and homework. The most important things I have to work on to be a great time manager is to keep up with homework and managing computer time use. Are you a procrastinator? I know I am a procrastinator but I don’t procrastinate so much that I have to go get counseling. 

The strengths that I have regarding time is that I can plan very well and I have plenty of extra time in my schedule that I don’t use very well. My weakness to managing time is that I usually forget to do them until it’s needed to be done. I really need to remember to do what is needed to be done. The bad habit I’m going to get rid of is surfing the web, using MySpace, Facebook and all of the other network sites. I feel that I spend most of my time there and I really don’t want to feel like that. I rather go outside and communicate with others. For spending less time on the computer, I can spend more time working on my homework, or even studying. When I put Swiss cheese in to action, I had more time to work on my homework and I stopped using the web for a while. I limited myself on how long I can use the Internet. My way of calling Swiss cheese is plow the farm. You have to make holes and plant seeds in it. You have to work on it one at a time and that’s what really counts if you take it slow and easy but get it don’t by the due date.  

When you say something that you need to do, be more precise, such as I’m going to start getting to school on time by leaving the house an hour earlier than I used to leave. A couple more examples would be, I plan to watch TV for one hour and after my TV hours, I’m going to study. I will make a weekly plan and do exactly what I put on the paper. You have to be more precise, or else you wont know what to do or how to do it. It’s like you need the 5 W’s when making plans. I spend more than 3 hours on homework every week. It relates to my goals because I want to have more study time than chilling and sleeping. The reason why I don’t do homework as much is because I like sleeping, who doesn’t? I’m changing that bad habit now. 

Chapter 2

Am I lonely? Are you lonely? I thought I was lonely, but after the self-checklist, I found out that I wasn’t after all. Chapter two talks about good communication and building relationships.

I have a very strong bong with my roommate because I know her. We went to high school together and also knew each other since we were little. I guess we spent so much time together; that we act like one another and share the same likes and dislikes. I never had experience with discrimination. One of my friends did though, because he’s gay and people we’re so cruel to him. They called him Barbie and turned on the Barbie girl song every time. No one did anything about it and it was so sad to see what I had seen. Something about his face looked like something sucked the life out of him when people called him names.  I really don’t have a problem with different sexual orientation other than mines. We are all the same people and all that’s different is that we will date different people. I never heard anyone discriminate me, but who knows, people talk trash behind our backs all the time. 

I noticed that I met many people that I share similarities to and I think it’s a good think. Jasmine is one of my friends that I talk to a lot and we have many things in common. First of all, we’re friends so that’s a common thing right? We both speak a second language, attend a CSU, and loves babies.  I attended the Spartan kick off with my roommate and we met other people there. I met this girl named Maria, and she’s really easy to talk to. She’s very nice, unlike other people. We both love traveling and we’re thinking about going to Miami together.

Some different ways people can communicate is by writing, or giving touches or face expressions. For example, you can lift an eyebrow for disbelief, or shrug your shoulders, like you don’t know. Face expressions and body posture are different, according to different people. I think that I communicate well, but sometimes it feels like I don’t. I have to ask more questions if I don’t understand something and speak up. That’s what I notice this past week because I don’t ask questions, and when I get home, I’m stuck on an assignment. 

Go Spartans

The SJ Spartans did their best they could on Saturday night. Although we didn’t win, 24- 14, I’m still proud to be a San Jose State Spartan. We played Utah and from what I heard, this game is the ninth-largest college football crowd in Spartan Stadium history, 23,684, viewed the game. I didn’t attend the game with a classmate, but I went with my roomy Meuy. It was a game like I never seen before. Whenever the Utah team came out, our fellow Spartans booed them. I felt bad booing them, but hey, I’m supporting my school. All in all, the game was all right; I just felt disappointed because we didn’t win.

Mime Game

Wow, I never played this game before. It was really fun to do this assignment with Matt. At first we were both like, what the hell are we suppose to do. It was funny and weird. We did a lot of hand movements and turned around a couple of times. When I was the mirror, I didn’t expect what Matt was going to do. You really have to observe very well, to mimic what Matt was going to do next. At first it was really uncomfortable because we didn’t know each other but after 30 seconds of playing this game, I felt comfortable. I figured out what feelings Matt felt, which was so easy. He just shrugged his shoulders and had a confused face. I learned a lot being a mime and a mirror. We couldn’t talk or have any type of communication. The only communication we had was our face expressions, and body movements. We had to be on the same page and just communicate. When I go home this weekend, I think I will show this game to my little sister. I can already hear her giggling. 

Nutrition 101 Muse Workshop

“Don’t just eat, eat better” is the slogan for the nutrition workshop.  Cory and Hector were the presenters for this workshop and I think they did a good job presenting because I understood what they were actually talking about. There are five secrets to eating healthy; the first secret is to not let yourself get too hungry. Second secret is to eat three kinds of food in each mean. Third secret is to choose natural or whole wheat only. Fourth secret is to avoid the good or bad trap, so make 90% of your choices high. Last but not least, use the food guide pyramid. A daily diet is a mixture of 2000 calories. You must eat whole grain, vegetables, and fruits for a daily diet of 2000 calories. It’s not so hard to go on a daily diet of 2000 calories. All you need to do is make good choices. Examples of making good choices would be choosing grilled over fried, eating real fruits instead of drinking fruit juices or even jamba juice. I learned that jamba juice is not good for you, but that’s all right because I barely drink jamba. I really learned a lot from this workshop and I think I will try to make the best choices for my health. 

Library Tour

I learned a lot from the library tour we had a few days ago. Paul Kauppila, one of the 20 librarians at MLK library, talked about why the library is a great reference to use when you have a research project or any type of projects to do. First of all, I would like to mention that the room we were in was awesome. The room had flat screens and it just looked like a relaxing place to stay in.  Kauppila talked mostly about how to search for books, articles, magazines and etc online. The reason why he showed us that is because we have a scholarly paper due at the end of the semester, so he showed us how to get our references. There are 8 floors in the library plus a basement, so that makes nine floors. If you are in the library and forgot to bring your laptop or if you don’t have one, go down to the basement and they will loan you one for 4 hours. You can reserve study rooms upstairs, but to reserve a room you will need a library card. I finally signed up for a library card on the day of the tour. 

So not a morning person

My title practically said it all. I really don't like getting up in the morning, but I have to. I just want to hop onto the bed and snooze for one more hour! Well, off to breakfast and then my first class of the day. I hope I don’t fall asleep in class.

Chapter 1 (Know yourself/Your journal)

Chapter 1 Know yourself

A campus resource that meets my need is the career service center, which is located in Mod F and building q. I would also need the financial aid office, which is located on 9^th street. I didn’t have as many checks on the “Is the online coursework for me” section. So I think that online coursework isn’t for me. The activity I enjoy the most is cooking. I love watching my grandmother and mother cook. When I’m doing what I want to do, I see myself shopping! I like to play and teach my little sister some educational and useful things she can use during her school year. My hobbies are: listening to the music, playing with my puppy, spending quality time with my family, ice skating, eating, playing laser tag and many more exciting things. The possible major that relates to my hobbies would be in education because I love kids and teaching them. The most possible career for me would be becoming a teacher.

Chapter 1 Your Journal

The person who has helped me the most on campus so far is my English teacher. She has taught me the correct way to write a 5-paragraph essay. The aspect of college that I need most help with right now is finding a job, so I can support myself because like I said before, I’m an independent person now. The person on campus, who can help me with this, would be the career center. I have basic computer skills such as knowing how to use Microsoft office. I can type without looking at the buttons. I don’t have any problems regarding computers. Interesting activities I would like to go to are school games. It would be fun going out there to support my fellow college mates. I think this would be apart of my college life because I attended many games when I was in high school. I think I can manage school work and going to the games. It’s like if you don’t go to a game, you missed out on a lot that happened. The library service I would be using in the next years would be the study rooms and quiet floors. In the next years I would have more complicated courses and would need the library for studying time or even doing researches. I’ve asked a friend where I can locate the best of these places. Best place to exercise- the schools gym. Best cheap hot breakfast- Dennys. Best pizza- pizza Chicago. All night food store- 7 Eleven. Best place to dance- All of the clubs in downtown San Jose.

 

I'm So Hungry

It was about eight at night when my roommate and I decided to walk to 7 11 because we were hungry. We didn't feel like eating the food in the DC tonight, so we walked to the store. We bought slushies and just other junk. I know it isn't so good to eat that stuff, because I attended a nutrition workshop this afternoon. Well, I think eating all of that junk wasn't a smart idea because my stomach hurts. Well I have to go because my roommates are waiting for me, so they can start the movie that we're about to watch. 

Labor Day

My little sister came up to me and said "what's labor day"? Seriously little sis? I wasn't so sure about it so I told her it was the value and dignity of work that people celebrate. I went back home for labor day weekend and had a barbeque. Everyone in my family works hard, so we wanted to celebrate the day because it's for the people who works. Anyways, the food was delicious! 

Prologue Your Journal

The changes that have taken place in my life since I started college are the schedules. Instead of the counselor giving you your schedule, I make my own and choose my own classes. Changes that also took place in my life is adjusting to the college life, and living with strangers. No more going to your mother when you need her. It’s all about learning how to be an INDEPENDENT WOMAN. What excites me the most about my life are the random things that just pop up; for example, going to a haunted house 12 in the morning, or a haunted lake. What excites me about college opportunities are the event that’s happening almost everyday.

The most stressful experience I had so far in college is the in class essay that I have to self-correct. It’s so stressful because it has at least 30 rules just for the introduction paragraph. I’m guessing it’s college essays now, not high school anymore, so I had to just go step by step and follow the rubric. At the end I was successful and if correcting this essay still bothers me, I would have to attend tutoring and master this problem myself, so I wont have any problems in the future.

 

 

Prologue Know Yourself

Top 5 most important personal values are:

1. Having good friendships and getting along well with people

2. Being creative

3. Being happy

4. Dedication and commitment

5. Having personal responsibility

I learned most of these values from my mother and grandparents and from personal experiences. I thought about these values very well and it means everything to me. If I’m not happy, I can’t have a have good friendships or get along with people because I will always be grumpy. Yes, I am living up to these personal values and I always try my best at it everyday to live up to it because it’s just who I am. 

Prologue Review Questions

1. The challenges my roommate and I  face in making the transition to college differs because I have to get use to San Jose weather and she has her first job while being a full time student. It's similar because we both had to take loans just to attend SJSU and it's still not enough money. 

2. My values will help me determine my success in college by giving me the heads up. I learned that being happy, dedication and commitment, personal responsibly, having good friends and being creative are the most important values to me. 

3. I would give advice to students in High School about the importance of setting goals, planning, and monitoring progress in college. The advice I would give them, is to plan ahead of time. Setting a goal takes you places you would never imagine you would stand in. Once you plan it, stick to it and don't back out. 

4. I'm very good at taking responsibility for my success and failures. I can take more responsibility such as getting to know people because once you're in that connection circle, you can be set for life. 

5. I know many people who suffers from low self-esteem. I would recommend to the people who has low self-esteem to build it up. Just believe, and have confidence. Always avoid negative people bringing you down. They're the people who doesn't matter to you. You have to face your fears, and don't always try to please people. Whatever people say, it doesn't matter, they just want to bring you down. It's very important to address this matter now because its better to have high self-esteem. You want to be happy and not miserable. 

First Group Meeting

Joel- He said that the first week of school is overwhelming.

Jae- He went around the dorms and introduced himself to random people.

Patrick and Aaron- They both said the same thing such as, there's not much to do the first week of school, very easy, and all the teachers just go over the syllabus. 

Me- I said it was HOOTTT!

Class Cancelled

I showed up to my math class this afternoon and to find out that it was CANCELLED! It sucked because I didn't have internet access. I didn't have my lap top with me and I don't have internet on my phone anymore. My mom cancelled the internet on my phone because I stopped paying for it. It's expensive, especially having Verizon Wireless. Maybe I have to get internet access again. So anyways, I walked all the way to math class thinking "Oh man I'm so late", then there was a sign on the door that said "class cancelled". 

TOP 10 sites<3

1. Youtube

2. Facebook

3. Twitter

4. Google search

5. OMG.YAHOO

6.MTV

7.MySpace

8. Hulu

9. Photobucket

10. Craigslist

Mail box

AHHHH! I can't seem to open my mailbox in the Joe West Hall. I stayed there about 25 minutes and I still haven't figured it out yet. My mail box is the first one on top and guess what? I can't even see what numbers I'm turning. I think that's why my mail box won't open. They shouldn't have assigned the top mail box to a short person. Anyone wants to trade? LOL

First week of College

My first day of school was just okay. There were so many students on campus; I couldn’t even walk around fast enough to get to my classes. I woke up in the morning and was excited to attend first actual class in college, but then when I got there the teacher said we didn’t have to start until next month.  What really made me bummed out was that I’m taking a class that has no girls in that class.

 

What I’m not used to here at San Jose is the weather. It’s so hot here and where I’m from, it’s about 65 degrees. Anything above 70 degrees is called HOT! I walked around campus and I already gotten sun burned. My skin is so sensitive like my mothers. We tend to get red, dark and our skin peels if we’re in the sun too much.