Monday, 11:30 am
“beep beep, beep beep”
My alarm rings like crazy. I'm waking up on Monday morning. It is already an 11:00 o'clock; still, I am struggling to get off of my bed. I think I slept passed 4:00 am yesterday because it was a Sunday night and I was having too much fun with my friends. After alarm clock rings for about a minute, I finally kick my blanket off of me. I am frustrated. I climb down by bed and walk toward the alarm clock which is on my desk under my bed. I hit really hard on the snooze button. Finally there is a silent. I grab my underwear, towel and bath basket, containing shampoo, body wash, etc. and heads toward the bathroom. I feel refreshed after taking shower. After I get dressed up I have to go to Surge building because that is where my first class is at. And Surge is really far away. It feels like a mile when I am walking in the morning, especially when I skip my breakfast to get some more sleep. I come back to my dorm after getting some “brunch” because I have to finish my English reading before 2:20. After English Class is over, I exercise and eat dinner and finally start working at about 8:00pm. I go to sleep at about 2:00am. I don’t know what I did until this late. I definitely did not study for six hours but I did something that entertained me and time flowed by. Right before I go to sleep I set my alarm clock to 7:00 am for my 8 o’clock class tomorrow.
Tuesday, 7:00 am
“beep, beep, beep”
“…” Don’t even want to talk abojut how I feel this morning. I don’t think I even take shower Tuesday morning.
I eat dinner and do homework for Wednesday class. I set my alarm for 9:00 am and go to sleep. I actually go to sleep really early on Tuesday because I just feel like it.
Wednesday, 9:00 am
“beep, beep, beep”
This is one of those days I wake up without little, if not any, struggling. I think sleeping early and waking up early really works. So I can remember everything I did this morning. I wake up, putting aside my blanket gently with my hands. I climb down the bed and tap the snooze button of the alarm. I grab my underwear, blanket, and bath basket and heads to the bathroom. As I am coming back from shower, I think about what I am going to wear this morning. Then I pack up my bag pack and go to the Hokie Grills with my roommate since we both have class with same time on Wednesday morning. I usually get Chick-fil-a sandwich with juice but when I feel particularly hungry, I grab an extra sandwich. I head to Derrings which is behind Pamplin building after I finish my sandwiches. Though Derrings is only little closer than where Surge building is, it does not feel like it is mile away. But that first class is where the frustration begins. My first class is Chemistry Lab and it is 2 hours longs. As soon as Chemistry Lab is over, I have to walk to Surge building as soon as possible because I only have 20 minutes before Economics class begins. It is after Economic class is over I finally get one hour break since the breakfast meal. After my last class in Wednesday, I go exercise, eat dinner, than relax with my friends. I do not have class until 12:30 the next day so I just play until 10 o’clock and start studying. I go to sleep at 3:00 am. I learned this morning that sleeping early and waking up early starts a happy day, but I always seem to forget to carry it out.
Thursday 11:30am
I don’t even need to use alarm clock this morning because my roommate leaves the room at 11:30 am and wakes me up on the way out. Even though I am waking up much later time than I did yesterday, I feel bad. I think it is because I went to sleep really late last night. But that tiredness and frustration goes away about the time I finish taking a shower. My first class starts at 12:30pm but I stay in my room until 12:25pm because first class is at Graduate Life Center which is like 2 minutes away from Barringer Hall. After my first class I have 3 hour break. This is when I come back to my dorm and usually take an “early nap”. I sleep for about 2 hours and grab a brunch with my friend because that is the time when he comes back from his first class. After the second and final class, which is long Chemistry class, I chill. Then I chill until like 6:00 pm and start working. Then at 10:00 pm I just surf through internet, facebook, etc. and goes to sleep at 1:00 pm. I set my alarm clock on 9:00 am.
Friday 9:00am
“Beep, beep, beep”
Finally, it is Friday. I thought pleasure of Friday would end at high school since college is much more free and there are only 15 hours of school in college compare to like 40 hours of school in high school. After last class of Friday, I feel really happy, the happiest moment in this week. I usually relax and play through all Friday because I believe I have enough time in weekend to finish all my work and study for the test, so I just play. Of course, there is no alarm clock set this day because I can just wake up any time on Saturday.
Saturday 12:00pm-3:00pm
I wake up because I can’t sleep anymore. I had enough sleep. When I wake up on Saturday noon, I say to myself to finish all my work today so I can have more flexible time on Sunday. However, I do barely any work on Saturday because I believe Sunday is the true work-day.
Sunday
I wake up to go to the Church. After I come back from church, I finish all my work. Then, I play, play, and play until 4:00 am.
Monday, 11:30am
"beep, beep, beep"
Here is goes again...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
My Dorm
It already has been almost a month since I moved into Virginia Tech. And I cannot express how much I was excited on the moving in day. I have been waiting for that day since the orientation of Virginia Tech. I loved everything I saw and experienced about Virginia Tech at orientation. All these cool buildings made out of hokie stones were fascinating. All the information about the excellence of Virginia Tech amused me. And the lane stadium excited me, too. But only one thing was an issue, my dorm.
Few weeks prior to my move in date, I was assigned with my roommate at Barringer Hall. At that moment I was relieved because Slusher Hall, which I stayed at during the orientation, was really unpleasant. I was happy at that moment for at least not getting assigned to Slusher Hall. Then, I doubted about Barringer, too. I went to Virginia Tech homepage where all the listed of dorm halls came up. I clicked the history of Barringer hall and it was built in 1962. I was kind of depressed thinking that I was going to be staying at 47 years old building for at least a year. What made me be depressed even more is when I looked at the built date for Slusher Hall; it was 1972. I thought Slusher hall was old and bad all this long, but the place where I was actually going to move in was 10 years older.
On August 21, I packed all my belongings- including clothes, laptop, clothes, clothes, etc. I left my house with my parents the next day at 7 am. That was when it really hit me. I have lived in this huge (compared to my dorm) single house for more than 4 years. I was leaving my fresh sweet home to the old Barringer Hall. Still, I was part excited to live in Virginia Tech campus. I arrived at approximately 12 pm. I had no idea where the Barringer Hall was so I asked one of those move in day helpers. This is what they said, “it’s all the way down the street, man, it like off the campus”. “%#@$”. My mindset collapsed. On top of being old, older than Slusher hall, it’s almost off campus? I was disappointed.
Still, it was my dorm so I tried to think positively. I mean that is where I was going to stay for two semesters and I had to take advantage of that. Before we unpacked my luggage, my parents and I decided to look for the room first. It was second floor and my door was already open. My roommate already was moving in. I stepped into the room and I could not believe what I was seeing. Oh man, that guy took one and only bed near the window. I always wanted my desk and bed by the window because I feel refresh when I look out the window, the open spot. Okay, on top of being old and off-campus, I lost my window spot.
That is the consequence of being late. All I can take from my dorm was leftovers- leftover bed, desk, closet, etc. I checked out my desk and it was fine, but I think that was the only fine thing. By closet was scratched up like the shape of animal claws. By chair had spots all over the place and I did not like my mattress. Mattress is same for all VT dorm students but still I did not like it. I might sound somewhat picky and stubborn but I had some image of what my college dorm is going to be like and the reality was way off the track. My parents and I unpacked all of my stuff and after the last dinner with my family (for a long time), they left.
It was a day before my first class of first day at college. Fire alarm rang at like 3 am. It took me and my roommate like 30 minutes to evacuate my dorm. And you know what? We both forgot to bring our room keys and were locked out on very second day. RA opened our door with masterkey and told us to be more careful next time after checking our student IDs. I just went back to sleep cursing that whoever rang that alarm.
The next day I went to my very first class. As both classes of my first day was nearing an end, I felt excited, to go back home, and to lie down on the bed as I did when I was living in my old home. I opened my dorm door but my bed was all the way at the top. I was too lazy to climb up the bed and relax. I just decided to sit down on my chair and take a break. I sort of missed my real home. I could have just laid down on the bed without climbing up. I woke up during that night because I had to go to the bathroom. My room was almost the furthest way from the bathroom compared to other rooms and that night, it felt even longer. Also, I hated the concept of locking and unlocking door every time I entered the room and I left the room. It was just too annoying.
It already has been a month since the move in day. I love my sweet home. Yeah, I am talking about the Barringer Hall. Every time the class is over, I have relaxing time with my hallmates. High bed is not an issue; it only takes like 2 steps to climb up there now. Bathroom is not far away anymore. It’s just few steps away. And after visiting few dorms of my friend from other halls, I noticed that my dorm is actually bigger and nicer than most of my friend’s. Plus, Barringer Hall is not that off-campus; all it needs it few good exercises everyday to make it to the classes. My dorm is not an issue anymore. It has all the food in its mini refrigerator, all the clothes right in my closet, and a sink right beside the closet. It has everything. Barringer Hall really became a comfortable and relaxing place now. It feels like my home.
Few weeks prior to my move in date, I was assigned with my roommate at Barringer Hall. At that moment I was relieved because Slusher Hall, which I stayed at during the orientation, was really unpleasant. I was happy at that moment for at least not getting assigned to Slusher Hall. Then, I doubted about Barringer, too. I went to Virginia Tech homepage where all the listed of dorm halls came up. I clicked the history of Barringer hall and it was built in 1962. I was kind of depressed thinking that I was going to be staying at 47 years old building for at least a year. What made me be depressed even more is when I looked at the built date for Slusher Hall; it was 1972. I thought Slusher hall was old and bad all this long, but the place where I was actually going to move in was 10 years older.
On August 21, I packed all my belongings- including clothes, laptop, clothes, clothes, etc. I left my house with my parents the next day at 7 am. That was when it really hit me. I have lived in this huge (compared to my dorm) single house for more than 4 years. I was leaving my fresh sweet home to the old Barringer Hall. Still, I was part excited to live in Virginia Tech campus. I arrived at approximately 12 pm. I had no idea where the Barringer Hall was so I asked one of those move in day helpers. This is what they said, “it’s all the way down the street, man, it like off the campus”. “%#@$”. My mindset collapsed. On top of being old, older than Slusher hall, it’s almost off campus? I was disappointed.
Still, it was my dorm so I tried to think positively. I mean that is where I was going to stay for two semesters and I had to take advantage of that. Before we unpacked my luggage, my parents and I decided to look for the room first. It was second floor and my door was already open. My roommate already was moving in. I stepped into the room and I could not believe what I was seeing. Oh man, that guy took one and only bed near the window. I always wanted my desk and bed by the window because I feel refresh when I look out the window, the open spot. Okay, on top of being old and off-campus, I lost my window spot.
That is the consequence of being late. All I can take from my dorm was leftovers- leftover bed, desk, closet, etc. I checked out my desk and it was fine, but I think that was the only fine thing. By closet was scratched up like the shape of animal claws. By chair had spots all over the place and I did not like my mattress. Mattress is same for all VT dorm students but still I did not like it. I might sound somewhat picky and stubborn but I had some image of what my college dorm is going to be like and the reality was way off the track. My parents and I unpacked all of my stuff and after the last dinner with my family (for a long time), they left.
It was a day before my first class of first day at college. Fire alarm rang at like 3 am. It took me and my roommate like 30 minutes to evacuate my dorm. And you know what? We both forgot to bring our room keys and were locked out on very second day. RA opened our door with masterkey and told us to be more careful next time after checking our student IDs. I just went back to sleep cursing that whoever rang that alarm.
The next day I went to my very first class. As both classes of my first day was nearing an end, I felt excited, to go back home, and to lie down on the bed as I did when I was living in my old home. I opened my dorm door but my bed was all the way at the top. I was too lazy to climb up the bed and relax. I just decided to sit down on my chair and take a break. I sort of missed my real home. I could have just laid down on the bed without climbing up. I woke up during that night because I had to go to the bathroom. My room was almost the furthest way from the bathroom compared to other rooms and that night, it felt even longer. Also, I hated the concept of locking and unlocking door every time I entered the room and I left the room. It was just too annoying.
It already has been a month since the move in day. I love my sweet home. Yeah, I am talking about the Barringer Hall. Every time the class is over, I have relaxing time with my hallmates. High bed is not an issue; it only takes like 2 steps to climb up there now. Bathroom is not far away anymore. It’s just few steps away. And after visiting few dorms of my friend from other halls, I noticed that my dorm is actually bigger and nicer than most of my friend’s. Plus, Barringer Hall is not that off-campus; all it needs it few good exercises everyday to make it to the classes. My dorm is not an issue anymore. It has all the food in its mini refrigerator, all the clothes right in my closet, and a sink right beside the closet. It has everything. Barringer Hall really became a comfortable and relaxing place now. It feels like my home.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Creative Advertisement
Creative Ads.
Well, I not a kind of a person who is creative or who is interested in any genre of advertisements. I only get things that I want to get. TV ads never played a big role of convincing me to buy a particular item in my life. However, as I was surfing
through the internet this other day, I found this interesting websites which displayed thirteen most interesting and creative advertisements, according to the opinion of the author. And the advertisements that the author gathered surprised me. Of course I still was not convinced purchase those items or services. What surprised my from those advertisements was people’s creativity. What is the limit of people’s creativity?
Here is one of the advertisements that popped out of other advertisements. This is advertisement that was proposed by Denver Water. It somewhat looks incomplete advertisement or completed without any effort, right? People also might be able to think that the company only used the portion of advertisement board. But, as soon as anyone reads that what that advertisement actually says, the message of this whole advertisement would be delivered powerfully and quickly. It says “USE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED” –Denver Water-. Yeah, this is pretty self-explanatory. City of Denver tried to persuade residents to save water and use it wisely. Even though amount of the water that are used by consumers are reflected through their water bills, Denver Water is emphasizing that an excess usage of water is pointless and waster of natural resource. This advertisement actually depicted whole concept of “saving water” into one picture. As large proportion of this English class is focused on the concept of arguments, I think an argument can be brought up against this advertisement. Denver Water could have used the whole advertisement board and enlarged the text, so people in much more distances also can see the message. Instead, Denver Water chose to impact a smaller area of people with definite effect than to impact a larger area of people with lesser effect.
Here is another example of advertisement that manipulated the usage of usual advertisement board. This also is pretty much a self-explanatory advertisement as soon as you notice what is this advertisement is for. I mean, if advertisement is
not self-explanatory, what is the purpose of it. I think these creative advertisements actually draw attention by unusual depiction, on top of being self-explanatory. Such creative advertisements are favorable in this society by many companies because it not only draws attention of the consumers but also persuade them to purchase this product, often through sarcastic depiction. In this toothpaste advertisement, it is obvious that it builds strong teeth, really strong teeth. This toothpaste model probably acquired those terrifying teeth strength after using “Formula” toothpaste. This advertisement got inside me really fast and well. If I see any of the “Formula” toothpaste in stores, that advertisement is probably come up in my head and I know for sure that “Formula” toothpaste is for teeth strengthening. Creativity is really an important aspect of marketing system in this society.
This example is really also clever. This one is not on a huge advertisement board where you can only usually see it during the drive in highways. This advertisement is on the street, actually ON THE street. This is a common cross walk which hundreds of people use it every day to across a street. These cross walks probably was painted long time I go as far as decades ago. Over long period of usage,
everything get old- including the cross walk. If you still did not notice (it is really hard not to notice it) one stripe of this cross walk is really clean, just like it was painted few days ago. It was not the city or the government who repainted that stripe of the cross walks; it was Mr. Clean! This advertisement emphasizes how Mr. Clean can whiten any old, dirty surfaces. The stripe with Mr. Clean stands out so clearly from other stripes. This kind of advertisement definitely draws attention. The real genius of this advertisement is how Mr. Clean only “whitened” one of the stripes. It is not that Mr. Clean was lazy. Mr. Clean used marketing strategy. Mr. Clean is, too, profit seeking company and I think Mr. Clean only cleaned one of the stripes to provide people with sample. By showing tiny sample of their product, Mr. Clean can actually convince consumers to purchase their product, thus profiting from them. I think these kinds of advertisements have some limits, though. First, it is on the cross walk, so people other than who actually walks on the cross walk and not jay-walk or drive cannot see this advertisement. Also this product is household item. Most likely moms would be attracted to such powerful cleaning detergent. This advertisement, then, might be only effective in an area where moms prefer to walk rather than drive and who are willing to keep the house clean.
This advertisement is very similar to the first example. The Eskom electricity company is insisting people to save the energy. Energy required carbon fuels and
excess use of energy is harmful to the environment. Out of this huge advertisement board, Eskom Electricity Company also decided to create picture slash word message. By only using one fourth of the light to shine upon the message, the advertisement is showing the audiences example of saving electricity. If all fours lights were to be turned on, the text could have been larger. Instead, Eskom decided to make a meaning message that can give a creative memory to whoever sees this advertisement.
As I said in the beginning, I am not creative or marketing kind of person. However, these creativities of some marketers are fantastic. It might look simple or easy to think of. The best advertisement, in my opinion, are ones that when people who does not even know what the product is about understands the message and are convinced to but that particular product. Though I am very impressed with these advertisements, I am still not convinced to save water and electricity, or to buy “Formula” and Mr. Clean. I just buy and do what I want to buy and do.
Citation of Pictures of all four pictures: http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/06/04/14-creative-advertisements-part-2/
Well, I not a kind of a person who is creative or who is interested in any genre of advertisements. I only get things that I want to get. TV ads never played a big role of convincing me to buy a particular item in my life. However, as I was surfing
through the internet this other day, I found this interesting websites which displayed thirteen most interesting and creative advertisements, according to the opinion of the author. And the advertisements that the author gathered surprised me. Of course I still was not convinced purchase those items or services. What surprised my from those advertisements was people’s creativity. What is the limit of people’s creativity?Here is one of the advertisements that popped out of other advertisements. This is advertisement that was proposed by Denver Water. It somewhat looks incomplete advertisement or completed without any effort, right? People also might be able to think that the company only used the portion of advertisement board. But, as soon as anyone reads that what that advertisement actually says, the message of this whole advertisement would be delivered powerfully and quickly. It says “USE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED” –Denver Water-. Yeah, this is pretty self-explanatory. City of Denver tried to persuade residents to save water and use it wisely. Even though amount of the water that are used by consumers are reflected through their water bills, Denver Water is emphasizing that an excess usage of water is pointless and waster of natural resource. This advertisement actually depicted whole concept of “saving water” into one picture. As large proportion of this English class is focused on the concept of arguments, I think an argument can be brought up against this advertisement. Denver Water could have used the whole advertisement board and enlarged the text, so people in much more distances also can see the message. Instead, Denver Water chose to impact a smaller area of people with definite effect than to impact a larger area of people with lesser effect.
Here is another example of advertisement that manipulated the usage of usual advertisement board. This also is pretty much a self-explanatory advertisement as soon as you notice what is this advertisement is for. I mean, if advertisement is
not self-explanatory, what is the purpose of it. I think these creative advertisements actually draw attention by unusual depiction, on top of being self-explanatory. Such creative advertisements are favorable in this society by many companies because it not only draws attention of the consumers but also persuade them to purchase this product, often through sarcastic depiction. In this toothpaste advertisement, it is obvious that it builds strong teeth, really strong teeth. This toothpaste model probably acquired those terrifying teeth strength after using “Formula” toothpaste. This advertisement got inside me really fast and well. If I see any of the “Formula” toothpaste in stores, that advertisement is probably come up in my head and I know for sure that “Formula” toothpaste is for teeth strengthening. Creativity is really an important aspect of marketing system in this society.This example is really also clever. This one is not on a huge advertisement board where you can only usually see it during the drive in highways. This advertisement is on the street, actually ON THE street. This is a common cross walk which hundreds of people use it every day to across a street. These cross walks probably was painted long time I go as far as decades ago. Over long period of usage,
everything get old- including the cross walk. If you still did not notice (it is really hard not to notice it) one stripe of this cross walk is really clean, just like it was painted few days ago. It was not the city or the government who repainted that stripe of the cross walks; it was Mr. Clean! This advertisement emphasizes how Mr. Clean can whiten any old, dirty surfaces. The stripe with Mr. Clean stands out so clearly from other stripes. This kind of advertisement definitely draws attention. The real genius of this advertisement is how Mr. Clean only “whitened” one of the stripes. It is not that Mr. Clean was lazy. Mr. Clean used marketing strategy. Mr. Clean is, too, profit seeking company and I think Mr. Clean only cleaned one of the stripes to provide people with sample. By showing tiny sample of their product, Mr. Clean can actually convince consumers to purchase their product, thus profiting from them. I think these kinds of advertisements have some limits, though. First, it is on the cross walk, so people other than who actually walks on the cross walk and not jay-walk or drive cannot see this advertisement. Also this product is household item. Most likely moms would be attracted to such powerful cleaning detergent. This advertisement, then, might be only effective in an area where moms prefer to walk rather than drive and who are willing to keep the house clean.This advertisement is very similar to the first example. The Eskom electricity company is insisting people to save the energy. Energy required carbon fuels and
excess use of energy is harmful to the environment. Out of this huge advertisement board, Eskom Electricity Company also decided to create picture slash word message. By only using one fourth of the light to shine upon the message, the advertisement is showing the audiences example of saving electricity. If all fours lights were to be turned on, the text could have been larger. Instead, Eskom decided to make a meaning message that can give a creative memory to whoever sees this advertisement.As I said in the beginning, I am not creative or marketing kind of person. However, these creativities of some marketers are fantastic. It might look simple or easy to think of. The best advertisement, in my opinion, are ones that when people who does not even know what the product is about understands the message and are convinced to but that particular product. Though I am very impressed with these advertisements, I am still not convinced to save water and electricity, or to buy “Formula” and Mr. Clean. I just buy and do what I want to buy and do.
Citation of Pictures of all four pictures: http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/06/04/14-creative-advertisements-part-2/
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Juan's Busy Life
Well, Juan is one of those children with “military mom or dad”. Large part of Juan Montolin’s life was full of traveling around the countries. Although he is Puerto Rican, Juan was born in Germany due to his mom’s military occupancy. Juan’s life in Germany was pretty brief. Most of his childhood was settled back and forth between America and Puerto Rico. Every time Juan altered place of his living he faced many issues a child might consider quiet a burden. Juan had to get used to new surrounding every other few years. Not only that, Juan also had to constantly making new friends, go to a lot of different schools, and most importantly, get used to the new cultures alternatively. “All the traveling Juan had to do constantly changed his life dramatically. He had to get used to the idea of not being with his mother, he had to leave his friends and he had to get used to switching between speaking Spanish and English every time he moved” says Juan’s mom.
Though it might sound very unfortunate that one had to keep move, Juan used that situation as an advantage and built his character. Juan is very fluent and speaking both Spanish and English, which will definitely help him with interactions with many people now that large population of America is Spanish-speaking. Not only that, but traveling and living in so many different places taught Juan to appreciate history. “I truly believe he has a real passion and interest for [history]” quoted Juan’s mom. Even Juan himself says, “I am great at history”. Juan especially has interest in World War II time period, from beginning to the end. He loves to read about World War II, and loves to play video games or board games that are related to World War II. Being so interested in such particular event, Juan is able to identify all the weapons that are used during World War II, including how they worked, who invented them, and so on. Juan’s mom believes that that is where Juan really became interested in Mechanical Engineering. “The stuff [weapons] just fascinates him” says Juan’s mom. The constant travel, which most people find very difficult, surly made Juan discover his interest in history, and through such interest, Juan was able to set up road to his future.
For many people, one passion is enough to make their life excited yet busy, but not for Juan. Juan also is a great musician. He loves listening to modern music but also has passion for classical side of the music. He has played violin since seventh grade and it already have been seven years since Juan started playing violin. While Juan was living in Texas, he played in a Mariachi group during middle school years. Mariachi is a musical group that was developed in Spanish-cultured countries. Obviously, Juan’s familiarity of Spanish culture aided him in joining such musical group. However, if it wasn’t for Juan’s talent and interest in playing violin, he could not have been engaged in such effort and skill taking musical group the year he first started violin. When Juan finally moved to Alexandria, Virginia (this is where he lived before attending Virginia Tech), he did not stop his passion for the music. Juan was invited to play in Chamber Orchestra during his high school years, which is one of the highest-leveled orchestra in high school. One of the most interesting events in Juan’s life was when he went to New York to listen to the NYC Philharmonic in 2007. Juan believes such musical experience is the memory that he’s never going to forget. After observing numerous years of Juan participating in many musical activities, Juan’s mom stated, “Juan has an ear and talent for the music, his is really passionate”. She really means it.
Though Juan sounds very busy with all those interests and hobbies, he is just like every other college student. Right after the school classes, Juan loves to play football, ultimate frisbee, listen to music and play video games (probably World War II related). On top of all those outside activities Juan enjoys, he is really a good family member. Juan is a great brother as quoted by his mother. Juan and his brother have never been separated before. Despite some common sibling animosity, they get along really well. Juan’s mom really gets pleasure seeing those two brothers playing games and laughing together. Even though Juan has many different sides from his brother in characteristic wise, Juan is very respectful, responsible, and loyal and he expects for his acquaintance to be the same, to have those lawful characteristics. Ironically, Juan said “I think my brother is 16, no, no, I mean 17, I am sure his either 16 or 17”. Being a thoughtful, caring brother as he is, Juan must have some issues when it comes to the numbers.
The most important aspects of Juan’s life, as Juan believes, are family and education. Family has been a supporter but also his friend for past 18 years. Without family, especially, without such a supportive, appreciative mom, Juan could not have come this far. “Juan being a VT student is something I am very proud of. It is his dream to attain a degree from VT and I fully support anything that makes him happy” stated Juan’s mom. Juan wanted to major in mechanical engineering but currently enrolled with University Studies. But Juan does not worry, because University Studies is one of the most common majors that freshmen take. Juan is willing to work really hard and transfer to mechanical engineering major in incoming semester. He is currently driving himself to achieve his dream, dream that sparkled from interest in guns from World War II, World War II that became one of his favorite topics in history, history that Juan became to appreciate throughout constant travel and travel that was necessary because of his mom’s job. All those events just did not happen randomly. It was a long, arduous process of life that Juan had to go through to find his dream and to know who he really is. Juan will do whatever he can do to be successful here at Virginia Tech.
Though it might sound very unfortunate that one had to keep move, Juan used that situation as an advantage and built his character. Juan is very fluent and speaking both Spanish and English, which will definitely help him with interactions with many people now that large population of America is Spanish-speaking. Not only that, but traveling and living in so many different places taught Juan to appreciate history. “I truly believe he has a real passion and interest for [history]” quoted Juan’s mom. Even Juan himself says, “I am great at history”. Juan especially has interest in World War II time period, from beginning to the end. He loves to read about World War II, and loves to play video games or board games that are related to World War II. Being so interested in such particular event, Juan is able to identify all the weapons that are used during World War II, including how they worked, who invented them, and so on. Juan’s mom believes that that is where Juan really became interested in Mechanical Engineering. “The stuff [weapons] just fascinates him” says Juan’s mom. The constant travel, which most people find very difficult, surly made Juan discover his interest in history, and through such interest, Juan was able to set up road to his future.
For many people, one passion is enough to make their life excited yet busy, but not for Juan. Juan also is a great musician. He loves listening to modern music but also has passion for classical side of the music. He has played violin since seventh grade and it already have been seven years since Juan started playing violin. While Juan was living in Texas, he played in a Mariachi group during middle school years. Mariachi is a musical group that was developed in Spanish-cultured countries. Obviously, Juan’s familiarity of Spanish culture aided him in joining such musical group. However, if it wasn’t for Juan’s talent and interest in playing violin, he could not have been engaged in such effort and skill taking musical group the year he first started violin. When Juan finally moved to Alexandria, Virginia (this is where he lived before attending Virginia Tech), he did not stop his passion for the music. Juan was invited to play in Chamber Orchestra during his high school years, which is one of the highest-leveled orchestra in high school. One of the most interesting events in Juan’s life was when he went to New York to listen to the NYC Philharmonic in 2007. Juan believes such musical experience is the memory that he’s never going to forget. After observing numerous years of Juan participating in many musical activities, Juan’s mom stated, “Juan has an ear and talent for the music, his is really passionate”. She really means it.
Though Juan sounds very busy with all those interests and hobbies, he is just like every other college student. Right after the school classes, Juan loves to play football, ultimate frisbee, listen to music and play video games (probably World War II related). On top of all those outside activities Juan enjoys, he is really a good family member. Juan is a great brother as quoted by his mother. Juan and his brother have never been separated before. Despite some common sibling animosity, they get along really well. Juan’s mom really gets pleasure seeing those two brothers playing games and laughing together. Even though Juan has many different sides from his brother in characteristic wise, Juan is very respectful, responsible, and loyal and he expects for his acquaintance to be the same, to have those lawful characteristics. Ironically, Juan said “I think my brother is 16, no, no, I mean 17, I am sure his either 16 or 17”. Being a thoughtful, caring brother as he is, Juan must have some issues when it comes to the numbers.
The most important aspects of Juan’s life, as Juan believes, are family and education. Family has been a supporter but also his friend for past 18 years. Without family, especially, without such a supportive, appreciative mom, Juan could not have come this far. “Juan being a VT student is something I am very proud of. It is his dream to attain a degree from VT and I fully support anything that makes him happy” stated Juan’s mom. Juan wanted to major in mechanical engineering but currently enrolled with University Studies. But Juan does not worry, because University Studies is one of the most common majors that freshmen take. Juan is willing to work really hard and transfer to mechanical engineering major in incoming semester. He is currently driving himself to achieve his dream, dream that sparkled from interest in guns from World War II, World War II that became one of his favorite topics in history, history that Juan became to appreciate throughout constant travel and travel that was necessary because of his mom’s job. All those events just did not happen randomly. It was a long, arduous process of life that Juan had to go through to find his dream and to know who he really is. Juan will do whatever he can do to be successful here at Virginia Tech.
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