#DoingGoodIsContagious

Last night I had the opportunity to meet a YouTube sensation called The Jubilee Project!!  They were giving a talk hosted by the Multicultural Center as one of many Ohio State's Asian Pacific American Heritage month's events (or APAHM for short). As this year's theme is "InspirAsian" it was very appropriate that a group such as The Jubilee Project had their own event.

What is the Jubilee Project?

Becoming Afroduck*

I can honestly say that one of the most exciting experiences in my first semester at the Ohio Sate University is meeting the little local celebrity that resides at Mirror Lake, Afroduck. I mean who can say that they have a duck with an afro at their university?! I am so amused by him that I decided to transform into him...kind of.

 L: Me transforming into afro duck R: Afroduck

Learning to Live with Strangers

The very night that roommates assignments were posted, I remember rushing to see who I was going to be living with for the next year of my life. I'm not sure who I was expecting to see, seeing as I didn't know anyone attending the same university. However, not too long after looking at this list, I did what every other normal teenager in this day and age would have done, stalk my roommates on Facebook. Soon after, I find myself in one of the most awkward situations I've ever been in, a group message on Facebook with three strangers. We each wrote a paragraph introducing ourselves and from then on, it got even more awkward. Rather than having actual conversations, we sort of just announced what we would contribute to the room. Needless to say, I was nervous about my little predicament.

Then came the dreaded awkward moment when all of our parents left on move in day. We had dinner together that night and it was terrible. We were as quiet as we were on the Facebook chat room. The only difference was that in this scenario there was no escape from the sad attempts at small talk. Despite how strange it was, I found myself attending a lot of events with these three other girls. We didn't exactly "click" like how it happens in movies, but that didn't stop us from trying to get to know each other.

Now, its been a few weeks and we're definitely more comfortable with each other than before. We have our inside jokes and we're starting to discover each other's quirks.

We even stayed up until 5 in the morning made a bucket list together!

One thing that we wanted to, but couldn't put on the bucket list was having an O-H-I-O photo. Why?

Because we already accomplished that task!

L-R: Sarah, me, Kelly, Megan!

All in all, I am glad that we did not try to too hard to get to know each other over the internet, but began to get to know each other when we met each other in person. I don't think it would of been the same. Besides, we have a whole school year and a long list of things to do together; there will be plenty of time for us to bond.

Jenny

Summer Update #1

So it's already July! Theres approximately forty more days till move in day and I can't be more excited, but at the same time, its too close! So much has happened since gradutaing. Here is a glimpse of all that has happened since then:

Steven and Lanny graduated as well :) (Steven graduated before me but whatevs)

Post-Lanny's graduation we spent the whole night at Jason's just chilling and what not. Then we stopped by the museum campus for the sunrise.

Documenting the Past

Since in most cases, you can see growth in the blog owner as posts go by, I decided to do a "now" on my art work! Here is some of my favorite pieces I've made in my high school years.

Untitled Sketch

This piece was done as a doodle/sketch for my self portrait. I just really liked the whimsical vibe. It was done summer 2012 at Marwen.

hello goodbye

As June comes to end, I am going to be starting a new chapter in my life; COLLEGE! I am so excited for everything that is to come. The idea of moving roughly 300 miles away from home kind of scared me but going to orientation at the beginning of June really helped; I had a great time! I met so many cool people and actually enjoyed the awkward ice breakers, but that is a story for another time.

In celebration of this new beginning, I wanted to set some goals for myself.

1. Try the whole beauty/lifestyle blog.. again!
     I've started a blog in the past and while there were some posts I can say that I am proud of.. there are
     mainly posts about how I should post more often.

2. New me: physically and mentally
    I want to change my image. I want to shed off that weight I gained freshman year of high school and    
    I just want to become physically and mentally stronger.

And that's all I got so far.. LOL. and I don't mind! Even though I only have two goals, they're big goals!

Until next time,
Jenny