LAST BLOG OF THE SEMESTER

For my very last blog post, I wanted to talk about my experiences this semester. So.. here it goes... This semester was probably one of the hardest and also one of the most complicated.... I started with five classes and ended up with three. Due to the fact to unforeseen events, I decided to drop two of my classes. One class I was taking earlier on in the semester was taking Geography class because of course, it was for a GE requirement. I had to drop the class because I was so overwhelmed with all the homework, quizzes that the instructor wanted us to do. The whole class was required to do assessments every single class, also were required to have map quizzes every Tuesday. Since I am a student that does school and work, I felt so overwhelmed with all the assignments that I will be doing, also knowing the fact that that class ended on the days of my other two hardest classes. So... I had to drop the class. Another class that I had to drop was my personal adjustment class, I dropped the class because I found out with my advisor that I DID NOT need the class, I was supposed to be taking something else which made me really upset because I only dropped the last in September. I basically wasted my time in the class, also I did not enjoy how my instructor was teaching it.. I dropped the class and now I am paying for it out on my pocket... I wish I didn't have to work, but I needed money to pay for my tuition. But, there are many things, I learned and gained during this semester. I gained the knowledge I never knew I will be learning. It's so fun learning about things I never even knew before. Also, this semester made me gain new friends!!! It's so awesome being in a group project with people who have the same interest as you. I hope this semester brings me a 4.0. :) 

Self-Presentation + Procrastination = NO GOOD

About 2 weeks in my ED215 class we were given an assignment where we had to create a presentation about the topic given. The chapter I was assigned to was on Chapter 6. Chapter 6's topic was about Emotional Disturbance. There is a variety of things listed for that topic, but the one I wanted to do a presentation on was "Depression" because it was the most common out of all the rest. I also chose this topic because I know someone who is dealing with depression RIGHT NOW, and its not very nice to look at. Basically, depression is a marked pervasive sad mood and sense of hopelessness. Symptoms include social withdrawal; irritability; feelings of guilt or worthlessness. 

-I was so nervous about this presentation, because in all honestly... I only started working on it the day before the presentation. I had a really long weekend and there was so many things going on, on my plate. I felt like I didn't have time to start on this presentation. Luckily, a friend of mine wanted to help me out... So I literally did my powerpoint the whole damn day... It was not easy at all because I had to search up all the information about depression literally during that one day!!! :( I know I said I wasn't going to procrastinate anymore, but I literally didn't have time over the weekend. My presentation yesterday was nerve-racking because I did not really practice my lines and it was so hard not to read the information from the slides. But, yesterday I was the first person to present my powerpoint!!!!! the presentation had to be 20-25 minutes long, and I honestly feel confident that I got a really good grade. That is probably one of my last presentations I will be doing for this semester. :) I'm so happy that the semester is about to end, but I am going to miss my classmates that I got so close too!!!!! :((

W.O.W

As this very long weekend is about to end, in this blog, I wanted to talk about what my class did on Thursday and some weekend festivities. On Thursday, in my ED215 class we had a little group activity to do. We were required to draw a picture of a good teacher, including his/her physical characteristics and the tools needed to do his/her job effectively. IT was a pretty fun activity because everyone in my group didn't know how to DRAW... AT ALL... It was pretty fun. I guess we lack the art department. In my group, the tools that we drew were, a clock, desk, calendar, book, and so much more. Some of our classmates also did a pretty good job on their drawings and pretty interesting how we kind of did not draw the same tools. I'm really going to miss this class when the semester ends, because I got to meet so many great colleagues and being around them is pretty fun!!!! On another note, I went to a beautiful wedding this weekend and I gotta say..... I feel like I'm more behind on my school work than I already am. It's so crazy how there is absolutely LITTLE TIME TO DO ANYTHING! I'm hoping and praying I get majority of the things I need to do, finished by tonight... How's everybody's weekend going? 

US Election 2016

Wednesday, November 09 2016 is the day we will find out who our new president of the United States will be. Every four years there is a general presidential election for the next president, I never was interested in this particular event because I was never exposed to politics. But, this year as I am older and a little exposed to this event and topic, I am so shocked and surprised of who the nominees are..... Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton. I don't know much of these two people, but I they are no strangers to me. I know of Hilary Clinton because of the former president, Bill Clinton. I kid you not, I don't know much of what Bill Clinton did for the United States. I am not sure if he did an awesome job during this time in office and so on..... So, in my understanding.. people probably thought Hilary Clinton will be the same kind of president as her husband. I heard that Clinton promises many things that will be done with the United States to better the country, but nothing much has changed during his term. 

-About Donald Trump..... I know of Trump because he had his own TV show, which I'm not sure what it is about. It is so CRAZY how he is now the new president of the United States. Trump, has never been elected to any office, he is just a regular business man, but now he is the new president. I am with none of the two, but I wanted Hilary Clinton to win because Trump is already making threats to "Make America Great Again." That little motto that he has.... is crazy. Durning Obama's term, his EIGHT YEAR term for the country, was one of the greatest America has been. Obama made a huge difference in the United States and the fact that, Donald Trump says, he was a horrible president makes him more crazy. AMERICA IS CRAZY!!!!!!!! But, then again, I hope America will stay the same.......... I hope............. Pray for us!!!!! kidding! 

National Stress Day

So, apparently on November 02 is National Stress Day. I believe I heard of this day a couple of times before but never really cared for it. As I was driving to my 8am class, I heard on the radio about this national stress day. I wanted to reevaluate my life with how I cope with my stress. Growing up, my family always labeled me as a very stressed person because I would always stress out on EVERYTHING. From little things like, running out of lotion to use to stressing out on current projects. Today, I wanted to deal with my stress in a orderly way. I know that everybody stresses out every single day, little to the big things, everybody stresses out. 

-Some people deal with stress like they don't have any, and the rest, cope differently, like myself. When I am extremely stressed, I find myself stress eating OR I find myself crying on my bed trying to find a solution to the problem. I also like to stress spend my money which is not good at all. Today, I wanted to be stress free but I knew for sure that wasn't going to happen. I had a good time in my 11am class today, and I needed to run some errands at gcc. I needed to go there so I could finally register for my classes. Of course, I knew I was going to something that will stop me for registering. My GCC account is still not working, so I couldn't register online. And by doing so, I needed to do my registration at the admissions office. I really was eager to register because classes will filing up. So, I was asked to use the computer to look for the course numbers and the classes I wanted to take next semester. It was such a long process because I am not familiar with GCC's course numbers because it is very much different from UOG's. But, the help and the assistance with the great staff there, I was finally registered and finally ready for next semester. I handled my stress level today very well, because the staff at GCC's admissions office was awesome!!!!! Happy National Day! :)

The weather...

Since last week, the flu has been going around. Many of the students at UOG (or well at least the people I have class with) is sick with a cold. Since the weather has been changing and we are expected to get rain this whole entire week, students are in the verge of getting a cold or catching the cough for another student or someone in ones work place. The thing I love about this weather is getting to wear all the sweaters! Since, Guam is a tropical place, we get sun most of the time or actually scratch that, we get sun all the time. 

-BUT, when rain hits us hard here on Guam, none of us like it because we are so used to the hot, blazing weather. As I type this blog post, it is currently raining at 11:30 pm and I can't sleep because the sound of the rain freaks me out. LOL am I the only one who is freaked out by the sound of hard blowing rain?? I wanted to post about the weather because I sometimes do get lazy to go to class because the cold rainy weather makes me just want to sleep all day. I know I am the only one... admit it. I swear every time the rain hits before any of my classes, I seriously re-think my decision of coming to class or not, it's really not because I don't want to go, its because I don't want to be soaking wet from the rain, and get dry by the cold aircon inside class and guess what? I'm gonna get sick from that, smh. 

The struggles of school and work.....

I am the type of person who does not like complaining about this topic because I like the lifestyle I am living. I've been working since I was 16 years old. That was nearly almost 5 years ago. It amazing me how far I've come and still up to this present day, I am still doing school and work. I decided I wanted to work when I wanted to work during summer time during before junior year. I wanted to work because I was bored at home and had nothing else better to do during the summer. SO why not, work, not get bored and get earn a new bucks to just help out around the house and also so I could go shopping (that is mostly my main reason) LOL 

-Recently, I became overwhelmed with all the stress I've been going under in. With the flu season going around, and the weather being bipolar, I honestly wanted to quit doing school and work. But, prior to doing so, I will lose out on so any things. First, I won't be able to buy the things I want, obviously. And second of all, I won't be able to pay for my bills like (phone bill, gym, and newest edition to the monthly payment, a new car). I hate adulting so much. I miss the days when I didn't have bills to pay, anything to worry about, and most certainly not working. But, this is life right? Our generation today, requires 16 year olds to work because they want to earn some kind of money, and also to prepare one another for the real world. I think the real world hit me at a early stage. I am still working today because I have so many responsibilities to cater too, but at the same time I also want to get my studies out of the way. :((( School and work sucks..