FSC LOVES Fashion (Details)

Hey Everyone! I’m so excited to introduce my new project “FSC LOVES Fashion”. The idea started when I realized how stylish some of the students are on campus! Farmingdale State College has a LOT of fashionable students that embrace their #CollegeStyle the best way they can. It is so exciting to meet people from different majors and with different interests but looking great embracing their own style! How to participate: 1-      Upload a picture of your outfit (collage format recommended) an...
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London Adventure: Day Eight

                  Journal entry eight (Thursday)   On Thursday morning, we all went to the talk show called Loose Women. I thought it was really interesting, and I learned that eating a donut has less sugar than orange juice. After the talk show, I went to lunch with some of the girls. After lunch we had the guest speaker who was extremely informative regarding journalism. After that I went to Nottinghill Gate to do some shopping. After shopping, we got dinner and went to FroYo. Yes, SNOG!...
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Working on your passion.

Today is February 11th, the day of the big reveal. I have been secretly and feverishly working on an iOS application since the beginning of the semester. After two long weeks, I have finally completed the app. I’ve been wanting to make an iOS app for a while now and kept coming back to the idea. After speaking with a friend who is employed as a programmer, he advised me to just "dive in", so I did! <-- (icon designed by my fiancé for the app,as my artistic skills are lacking) As I prepare...
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London Adventure: Day Seven

Journal entry Seven ( Wednesday) On Wednesday morning, the media group went back to the BFI (British Film Institute) to see about the filming of movies. We watched some of the movie selections for about an hour and after went to an amazing film museum that advertised brand marketing throughout the years.  We ate lunch with some friends at a fish and chips place, which obviously ended with shoe shopping,a s every lunch does. I bought such a cute pair of shoes for only five pounds; I was so excite...
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The London Experience: Day Five

Journal entry five (Monday)   On Monday morning we went to BBC studios.BBC studio is their home of entertainment. The first part of BBC studios consisted of talking to guest speakers and walking around some of the areas that they  film their shows in. I was able to meet Nick Grimshaw, who is Harry Styles of One Directions, best friend. I was kind of star struck, and I got a photo with him!! After the morning part of BBC, I went shopping at Primark, which is a inexpensive store, that has a ...
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Winter Break Diary

Hey everyone! Hope you are doing great! (WELCOME 2014, Yeiii) ! I’m finally back from my winter break… Can’t deny it was awesome! In this “Winter Break Diary” I chose ten pictures representing the best memories I had. Here they are: 1. Final Grades The moment I see my final grades is when the winter break starts! I was so happy and proud of myself. Hard work truly pays off.! 2. Lil Brother came to visit I was  sad knowing that I was supposed to spend Christmas in the U.S. alone... But the...
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London Adventure: Day Six

Journal entry six (Tuesday)   On Tuesday morning, I went to the BFI library, which holds a ton of British media books, magazines, newspapers and even international reading material as well. After BFI, I was able to have a backstage tour of the theater that is going to present the Flying Princess later that evening. The theater was so very cool, and I was able to see the different types of props that the cast uses. What looks like wood, is actually foam! The BFI library is extremely resourc...
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Got 中国 (Zhōng wén) ?

你好 (nǐ hǎo) Hey everyone! I'm Back! Stronger and with a lot of interesting posts to my dear readers! Hello All.  It's been a while, but a I wanted to share with you what I've been up to.  This semester I started “Chinese I” or 中国! I’ve been studying Mandarin Chinese for a couple of years (I don’t consider myself a native speaker :) ) and love it. I started to study in the Dominican Republic where I graduated from the basic Chinese course offered by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.  I...
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From Student to Employee

The transition from student to employee is a different experience for everyone, but we all hope to make it. I am in my last semester at Farmingdale State College before graduating. I am going to blog about my experience during this period of transition and my process over the next few weeks. The first step is something I started working on earlier in my college experience. I will start this post by giving a definition http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/groom Groom (7) to prepare for a pos...
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