Starting to update this more often..

Hello virtual world and virtual friends! I just finished my ADV 319 (psychology of advertising) exam and felt compelled to write about that in this blog. Haha, not really but I haven’t really had much substance in this blog so I decided to change that. Anyway, life’s been pretty busy lately; it sucks being a sophomore, sometimes I wish that I can just rewind and relive my freshmen days here at UT. I definitely had a lot more free time which I abused and took advantage of back then. This year I’ve decided to serve on the large group team in Asian American Campus Ministries. I’m continuing what I’ve done last year with Texas Revue and wanting to become more active within Asian Business Students Association. Now I know how much I complained last year about ABSA, but hopefully this year things will be a bit different for me, now that I’m a business student myself. Speaking of being in business, I’ve been heavily recruiting in September in an attempt to secure an internship for summer. I find out about my offers in November so keeping my fingers crossed. Anyway, this was a pretty useless post.. but just thought I might share a tad bit on what’s been going on this year. I’ll be writing more than I did last year, so hopefully you’ll be seeing more entries coming from my tumblr. So for now, I leave you with this picture that pretty much sums up what my sophomore year has been like.

Psalm 23:1-6

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Blessing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
Rest.
he leads me beside quiet waters,
Refreshment.
he restores my soul.
Healing.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
Guidance.
for his name’s sake.
Purpose.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
Challenge.
I will fear no evil,
Assurance.
for you are with me;
Faithfulness.
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Comfort.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Abundance.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,
Blessing.
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Security.

Hip Hop better wake up

One goal by the end of this year: to join and be a part of a dance group. I’m really interested in picking up a few hip hop routines this year.. I don’t know how this sudden urge of dancing came about, :P but I do know that it’d be a great way for me to relieve some of the stress that I’ll be getting come exam week. And no doubt, this would probably be the most exciting thing that I will be doing here at this University (haha, maybe. I’m a pretty boring guy) But a few shows here and there wouldn’t hurt. Here’s a clip of FSA doing their thang at the Texas Revue, a huge talent show hosted by the University Co-op. If only I could do something like that… hmm

Life is just a chance to grow a soul

I still don’t believe that I’ve been in college for a month now. Austin’s a lot different than I had ever imagined it to be; I feel that everything here is pretty fast paced. I haven’t found a solid group of ‘new’ people that I’m able to call good friends yet. I haven’t even found a solid organization that I am willing to devote most of my time into. I always seem to put myself into organizations where I sit and watch others on the sideline.. lets take the Asian Business Student Association (ABSA) for example. I was willing to get involved and was willing to get plugged in - I even applied for a director position under the Professional Vice President. Like, an idiot, I thought I was a shoe in; I felt pretty confident with my application, my resume, and even my interview. The person who interviewed me was even a good friend of mine. Well, turns out that later I was slapped in the face - I had to face reality. I wasn’t good enough. Bitterness arose from this situation and I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this organization. Sounds selfish, I know, but I was hurt. I guess I’m just sensitive to things like this. I feel bad for making my friends push me into being active. Sometimes I feel like I’m only doing it to please others, but deep down inside, I know that I want to get involved - the problem now soley rests in pride. I have realized that my pride usually gets the best of me so it’s definitely something that I will need to work on throughout this year.

So as I started to attend more functions and workshops held by ABSA, I came to a conclusion: I dislike many of these ‘business’ students. It really has to do with their personalities; they’re asian, and they’re in business. How much more shady can it be? Not to be steorotypical, but most Asians are known for their selfishness. And business students? Being shady and the like. It feels like everyone’s out for themselves because others are seen as competition. And I totally understand - the economy is down and people today are looking for the top dogs out there. You really have to have a type A personality to succeed in this type of industry. Today, at an interview workshop that I attended, the speaker opened a time for questions. As expected, there were none. However, as she ended her presentation and was on the verge of leaving, a huge crowd of Asian students swarmed her. And you can bet that they were asking about internship opportunities. As I walked by, on my way to the door, I hear questions about summer internships and job opportunities. These students find it necessary to ‘hide’ their interest in the company from their peers, in fear of having others compete against them in the market. Clever, but shady.

It’s true - business students really don’t have souls! Is this the kind of industry that I really want pursue? Hell YES! Haha, to be honest, it’s the only career field that I truly see myself in. I do enjoy the work, not so much the people - but hopefully that will change. (once I’m a business student)



I think it’d be fun to live in this kind of environment! Maybe you’ll find me in New York one day…

I miss you guys.