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Monday, February 16, 2009
Framing Rome
I did it! On January 30th, I went to the Rome Exploration Seminar (Cinemas Studies) info session and right when I got home I filled out my application and wrote my personal statement! That was seriously the best time to right it because I was so passionate and excited about it! It was a moment and I was nothing short of satisfied with what I had written. I didn't send my application right away though, I sent the morning of Sunday, Feb. 1 and... got an ACCEPTANCE email that evening!!!!!!! I WAS SOOOO HAPPPPY & EXCITEDD!! now it was just about convincing my mommy to let me go!.. i kinda didn't ask.. i just basically told her about it... but she knows that i've been talking about going to Italy for a long time and even mentioning to her relatives in the Philippiens when we went last summer.... so basically it was a yes! and no backing out because i turned in my contract!!
IT'S OFFICIAL! I'M GOING TO BE STUDYING ABROAD IN ROME, ITALY THIS SUMMER!
i still can't believe it! i cannot wait!!!!! it's gonna be so expensive though... plane tickets are waayy up there.. i have a lot of planning to do but it's going to be great! this is an experience of a lifetime and i'm soo grateful that i get to take advantage of it and that my parents are letting me!
hopefully my friend Carmela gets to go too!
okay well this is definitely a big step in my undergraduate experience... an amazing one! one that i thought i was never going to take. i thought it was gonna be all talk and that once i graduated college i was gonna be thinking "man i wish i studied abroad and pulled thru with it" instead now i can say "wow, i did it, i actually got to study abroad, i finally got the chance to!"
it's such a great feeling!! i get to use my italian skills that i've been learning and just experience a whole other culture, BY MYSELF!
ahh i can only count down the days oh and SAVE MONEY!
ciao!
_melissa
IT'S OFFICIAL! I'M GOING TO BE STUDYING ABROAD IN ROME, ITALY THIS SUMMER!
i still can't believe it! i cannot wait!!!!! it's gonna be so expensive though... plane tickets are waayy up there.. i have a lot of planning to do but it's going to be great! this is an experience of a lifetime and i'm soo grateful that i get to take advantage of it and that my parents are letting me!
hopefully my friend Carmela gets to go too!
okay well this is definitely a big step in my undergraduate experience... an amazing one! one that i thought i was never going to take. i thought it was gonna be all talk and that once i graduated college i was gonna be thinking "man i wish i studied abroad and pulled thru with it" instead now i can say "wow, i did it, i actually got to study abroad, i finally got the chance to!"
it's such a great feeling!! i get to use my italian skills that i've been learning and just experience a whole other culture, BY MYSELF!
ahh i can only count down the days oh and SAVE MONEY!
ciao!
_melissa
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
inspired. motivated.
goals: apply, get connected, get educated, read daily headliners. STAY MOTIVATED.
The Career Discovery Week kicked off this past week here at the University of Washington campus. I usually browse the events and a few tend to catch my attention but then I never actually make it to the event(s). This year was different. This year I'm a junior. This year I went through a lot of MAJOR changes in my academic life. First, I got accepted into the Communications department! Whoo-hoo! I'm an official Communications Major and also a Diversity Minor :) Second, I dropped out of the Air Force Reserve Office Training Corp (ROTC) which I joined January of last year. That was a huge decision because my life after college was pretty much set because of this program, I was guaranteed a job, I was about to be an OFFICER in the USAF. But unfortunately, things didn't go the way as planned and I thought well at least I gave it a try, now it's time to move on. Third, recently, I quit my job as a sales associate at LACOSTE. The last two things I've shared aren't something I don't really like to think about because I feel like a failure, but I hear encouraging words from friends and I constantly tell myself that it's not the end of the world and that things happen for a reason.
But anyways, back to the Career Week. This year I've managed to go to not one, not two, but to THREE events! Go me!! I went to the Job Resumes & Cover Letters workshop, the Diversity Career Fair (which wasn't as diverse as I thought it was going to be), and to the Jobs in Communications event which was tonight and inspired me to start this blog.
I don't know who else is in my shoes, but I honestly feel that I'm a sad case. Here's the case: I'm a junior in college with only a slight idea of what I want to do when I get out. Our economy is bad. I have no experience. I haven't applied because I keep putting off the time to edit/update my resume (not that there's much to it). Yeah, I've quit ROTC and LACOSTE (not that LACOSTE is as big of a deal as the ROTC thing). I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER in anything that has to do with Public Relations or Event Planning which is what I've got my eyes on. I tell myself constantly that I need to get rolling on it (HA! You'd think that I'd get to it now instead of blogging huh?). But the bottom line is, I don't feel good enough. THAT IS BAD! I know that I just need to shoot for the stars and START SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE WITH CONFIDENCE! I'm always tell myself and others that I really need to start tweeking out my resumes and actually sending them out and taking advantage of all the opportunities that are e-mailed to me through the Comm. Dept. Program Coordinator. I'm not gonna lie, I'M SCARED/INTIMIDATED/NERVOUS/ etc. That's normal right?! SOMEONE PUSH ME! I guess I don't feel good enough because the experience I have on my resume is just leadership positions from HIGH SCHOOL and WetSeal (which was my VERY first job at age 18 or was it 19? And it was a summer job). My AFROTC experience and now LACOSTE. Oh and a few community service projects I did through the Arnold Air Society (an organization through AFROTC) and helping out with the Jeepney Clothing Co. There is this woman I met through the Thread Fashion Show around September who does event planning and I e-mailed her asking her if she had any internships or needed assitance with anything and we've tried to meet several times but it just hasn't worked out. But now that I'm JOBLESS, I'm hoping to be able to meet with her now to help her plan an event because ANY EXPERIENCE IS HELPFUL!
Yeah it sucks that I'm just driven, motivated, inspired, encouraged to really go in for the kill now (and not sooner) with getting internships... I don't know if it's a desperate cry for help or a big wake-up call to just be getting into this now because I know I should've done this sooner, I wi sh I could've... but honestly, I really didn't know what to expect when I first started going into college. I was excited about moving up to Seattle and to living on my own and you know, the social aspect of the college life. I was going to go into Nursing then Psych but then I Comm & diversity seemed more fitting to my interests. But yes, my first two years of college I think I forgot that things weren't just going to be handed to me. And now it's hitting me more than ever that I'M A JUNIOR. WELL STARTING NOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE INIATIVE. IT'S BETTER NOW THAN LATER, IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
Basically this blog is for me to keep track of my undergraduate life as of this moment and see how much I progress. Or see how much I'm slacking.
WISH ME LUCK! I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT I GET AN INTERNSHIP SOON THOUGH. BETTER YET, I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT I APPLY FOR ONE SOON!
The Career Discovery Week kicked off this past week here at the University of Washington campus. I usually browse the events and a few tend to catch my attention but then I never actually make it to the event(s). This year was different. This year I'm a junior. This year I went through a lot of MAJOR changes in my academic life. First, I got accepted into the Communications department! Whoo-hoo! I'm an official Communications Major and also a Diversity Minor :) Second, I dropped out of the Air Force Reserve Office Training Corp (ROTC) which I joined January of last year. That was a huge decision because my life after college was pretty much set because of this program, I was guaranteed a job, I was about to be an OFFICER in the USAF. But unfortunately, things didn't go the way as planned and I thought well at least I gave it a try, now it's time to move on. Third, recently, I quit my job as a sales associate at LACOSTE. The last two things I've shared aren't something I don't really like to think about because I feel like a failure, but I hear encouraging words from friends and I constantly tell myself that it's not the end of the world and that things happen for a reason.
But anyways, back to the Career Week. This year I've managed to go to not one, not two, but to THREE events! Go me!! I went to the Job Resumes & Cover Letters workshop, the Diversity Career Fair (which wasn't as diverse as I thought it was going to be), and to the Jobs in Communications event which was tonight and inspired me to start this blog.
I don't know who else is in my shoes, but I honestly feel that I'm a sad case. Here's the case: I'm a junior in college with only a slight idea of what I want to do when I get out. Our economy is bad. I have no experience. I haven't applied because I keep putting off the time to edit/update my resume (not that there's much to it). Yeah, I've quit ROTC and LACOSTE (not that LACOSTE is as big of a deal as the ROTC thing). I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER in anything that has to do with Public Relations or Event Planning which is what I've got my eyes on. I tell myself constantly that I need to get rolling on it (HA! You'd think that I'd get to it now instead of blogging huh?). But the bottom line is, I don't feel good enough. THAT IS BAD! I know that I just need to shoot for the stars and START SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE WITH CONFIDENCE! I'm always tell myself and others that I really need to start tweeking out my resumes and actually sending them out and taking advantage of all the opportunities that are e-mailed to me through the Comm. Dept. Program Coordinator. I'm not gonna lie, I'M SCARED/INTIMIDATED/NERVOUS/ etc. That's normal right?! SOMEONE PUSH ME! I guess I don't feel good enough because the experience I have on my resume is just leadership positions from HIGH SCHOOL and WetSeal (which was my VERY first job at age 18 or was it 19? And it was a summer job). My AFROTC experience and now LACOSTE. Oh and a few community service projects I did through the Arnold Air Society (an organization through AFROTC) and helping out with the Jeepney Clothing Co. There is this woman I met through the Thread Fashion Show around September who does event planning and I e-mailed her asking her if she had any internships or needed assitance with anything and we've tried to meet several times but it just hasn't worked out. But now that I'm JOBLESS, I'm hoping to be able to meet with her now to help her plan an event because ANY EXPERIENCE IS HELPFUL!
Yeah it sucks that I'm just driven, motivated, inspired, encouraged to really go in for the kill now (and not sooner) with getting internships... I don't know if it's a desperate cry for help or a big wake-up call to just be getting into this now because I know I should've done this sooner, I wi sh I could've... but honestly, I really didn't know what to expect when I first started going into college. I was excited about moving up to Seattle and to living on my own and you know, the social aspect of the college life. I was going to go into Nursing then Psych but then I Comm & diversity seemed more fitting to my interests. But yes, my first two years of college I think I forgot that things weren't just going to be handed to me. And now it's hitting me more than ever that I'M A JUNIOR. WELL STARTING NOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE INIATIVE. IT'S BETTER NOW THAN LATER, IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
Basically this blog is for me to keep track of my undergraduate life as of this moment and see how much I progress. Or see how much I'm slacking.
WISH ME LUCK! I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT I GET AN INTERNSHIP SOON THOUGH. BETTER YET, I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT I APPLY FOR ONE SOON!
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