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RAINN

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:28:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:09:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:51:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:04:00 +0000

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

Holiday's are around the corner

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:04:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:06:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Patrick, Mynesha, David, Joel, Ryan and Kim

Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:56:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:32:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:20:00 +0000

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

Chapter 8 “Succeed on Tests”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:56:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:05:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:23:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:57:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:12:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:03:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:27:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:32:00 +0000

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”

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:28:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:20:00 +0000

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)

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:29:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (Kimmyy) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:05:00 +0000

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!!!