Haters Just Hatin

Many of us support Obama and many supported Romney. What's sad though, is that many of us get into this intense feeling of supporting the candidate we like by developing unusual feelings of strong hatred for someone we don't even know personally. So I ask people to think abou

t this:

Yes, a lot of the times, this is mostly about power and money but ultimately, these men are sacrificing their lives, their privacy, their family's privacy, and so many other things in order to somehow serve their countries. Both Obama and Romney both ran because they feel like they can make a difference in the world. However, they both have very different views. All of us know what it is like to be different and have different views. Its not right that we choose to hate either candidates because they both want to make a difference in the world and sacrifice their lives in doing so. We have to respect that they go this far because not everyone does. Not everyone cares or gives a shit about the world.

Obama won and Romney lost. Turns out that the majority of America wants to see Obama do more in the next four years instead of having someone new like Romney. There's going to be difference made in the world. So lets stop hating and see how they make that difference and as Citizens of the United States of America, support them in making this a better country. 

When there's more than one road

     
           I've switched to blogging about current events but this is one of those moments where I'm going to get a bit personal again. I don't like going into details because I'm not fully sure who reads this.

          What happens where there's more than one road. Well lets start from the beginning. This story begins with Rady as a freshmen in college. The person she was when she first began college was very innocent and religious. She knew who exactly she had chosen to be and she was proud and sincerely committed to living a lifestyle that would please her parents and mentors. But then, like most kids in college, she turned over to the dark side(whatever that means). She met people and saw different parts of life she hadn't exactly experienced before. Rady was a girl that had been through a lot. Most people have difficulties in life they go through but then there are people that go through extreme situations. Rady went through extreme circumstances. And as she was going through these times, she tried her best to use her connection with her culture to give her strength and go through everything but in the end, it didn't go the way she wanted. And so she decided to give herself a break for awhile.
          She's really changed and she's been doing things that wouldn't really be characteristic of her but its her experimenting and living life on the other side.

          However, there are things she found out lately and she knows she needs to take the time and find herself so she's not going to change her decision of exploring different things. But she feels these feelings of guilt that she's rejecting the love some very special people have to offer her. They've offered her shelter and love like she's never really experienced before.

So now what happens there more than one road she can take?

WATCHYU WANT? Huh.

  If you're a regular reader, you know I'm a college student. As a college student, I see many of my friends struggling with their choices of their classes. Sometimes it's not even about their choice in what classes they take but it's actually that they really don't like what they're doing. And this is what I have to say about that:

           WATCHYU WANT BOI? Huh?

 
  This is the thing. College prepares you for the future that you want for yourself. We study different subjects in college as a part of the general education curriculum and then we ultimately choose an area of subject for studying. And if you're going to hate what you're studying. Why you doing it? These things that you study, they're preparing you for a career that hopefully you'll be happy and content with. Yes, it may be quite challenging. I have quite a few friends that are taking different subjects and they're really hard science subjects. They spend hours studying and their social lives seem to cease. But the thing is, they like what they're learning or going into. And that's the motivation. If you're going to choose something you hate, eventually, it'll be too hard.
 
         SO WATCHYU WANNA DO? :P 

It's Our Time

       Most people my age(19) are like me. They tend to not really care about other things in the world. One of those important things are politics and different situations around the world. While I'm at work, I tend to have some time on my hands and I've been getting a bit more interested in world affairs. As we grow up, it's really hitting me that we're the future of this world.
      One thing that really got me is how unrealistic it seems sometimes because all these countries and nations in the Middle East are struggling. Their governments are so unstable and there's so much corruption and violence. For example, Libya is going through quite the rough time. Here's a headline from an online news website:

And then there are all these protests and things going on in Japan and China regarding the few islands that Japan claimed as their territory. 

The point is that all these things are going on around the world. And sometimes it just really surreal. We're living here in the States, enjoying the freedom to vote, to freely express ourselves, to be ourselves, with a type of safety many countries don't have. 

It's time to realize that we're becoming adults and that we can make a difference with our thoughts and opinions. People my age tend to not vote or care about matters like these but they don't realize how blessed we are. We got where we are right now because of our founding fathers and now its time to make a difference in the world. It's our time. 

More than meets the eye

  Just an Intro to Journalism Interview Paper where I turned a personal interview into a story. I feel like theres much work to do and to improve on.


  More than meets the Eye

LF – No doubt, LFC students, like many others, categorize each other based on different activities and crowds they’re affiliated with. It’s the human nature to judge and to be judged. However, it seems that most student have something that ties them to each other. It happens to be something that sets students apart from each other but at the same time tying them to together. This something happens to be culture.

        Donnie Cald, a football player for the college team, explains how culture is an important aspect of his life. Donnie is not an international student but at the same time he expresses the importance of culture. He elaborates, “Culture is something that sets me apart from everyone else but at the same time, it’s something that brings me together with other students because of diversity.”  Mhlon Mabu, an international student from Swaziland, Africa, reveals that culture is also an important aspect of life for him. Ardy Retti and Regi Mill share the same views as Cald and Mabu on culture although they both come from backgrounds of mixed culture.

          All these students live very different lives. Every day, each one of them work and aim toward different goals. While Retti works toward finding different creative outlets and expressing self in different artistic ways, Mill works toward reaching his academic goals and doing his best in developing his physique. In a similar way, Cald works toward being the best student-athlete he can be and Mabu works toward success. And when things get tough for these students, each has their own way of dealing with hard times. For, Mill, running is an escape from reality. Whereas the glory that awaits at the finish line is what keeps Mabuza going. On the other hand, his little brother and sister is what keeps Cald going. In the same way, Retti finds that he can go on during difficult circumstances with the support of his friends.

          No doubt that all these students come from different backgrounds. Cald plays football on the college’s team, Retti djs on the college’s radio broadcast and writes for the college’s literary magazine, Mabu is an international student busy with his studies, and Mill is busy working on his physique and involved in a fraternity. However, there’s more than meets the eye to these men. There’s culture to each one of them however different it might be. And it’s made them different from each other. At the same time, the importance of culture and values bring them together.

         

                                                    

Body and Spirit

 
      I'm in this Intro to Journalism class and I had to interview few people. One of my questions was:

What is something you work towards everyday?

      And one of my friends that I interviewed answered that he aims to do well in school and also reach his highest potential in his physique.

     It's an admirable thing to work towards but it made me think of something I've been taught over and over again in my culture. We are not this body. We're the soul.

So it made me think how much time and effort he spends in working on something that will eventually no longer exist. When we die, this body is left but we still exist and that's because we're not defined by the body but the living spirit that gives life to the body we have, made of earthly elements. The body and spirit are two different things but we simply cannot say that our bodies define us because that would mean we no longer exist when our bodies begin to disintegrate and die. We are eternal beings and we can only be defined by that living spirit within us.

So then why do we put so much time and effort on our body rather than the spirit? Wouldn't it be a complete waste of time to spend so much time on something that is temporary and ignore what is permanent?

The body and the spirit. Its interesting to think about.

Bro-Zoned

       

    Guys have this problem being friend-zoned, right? Well I have a problem being bro-zoned. Lemme tell you about it.
     So I have this problem of bro-zoning myself. I seriously do. This is the thing. I usually meet a guy that really interests me and I really want to be friends with him. But then, I subject myself as a bro to him and then I'm stuck in the bro-zone. It's honestly really annoying. I don't know how to approach boys. I suck at it. And then, when I do approach them, my natural bro-ness just kicks in. It's honestly really annoying but at the same time I guess I don't mind.
    This is what I figure, when the right guy comes along and if there's a guy that likes me truly for who I am, he'll be able to overlook my bro-self. He'll really see me and I know there are guys like that.
    Not only that, I honestly have some of the best friends I've had because of the person I am and also because I make it easier for guys to talk to me. I like who I am...

But it's still annoying being bro-zoned.