WOMS96fq: Gender, Race & Sexuality in Media

Two male characters (actors Yoo Ah In and Song Joong Ki) in a drama won one of the “Best Couple” awards in one of the biggest drama award shows in South Korea. The writer did not intend for the male characters in the drama (Sungkyunkwan Scandal) to have a romantic interest, but many viewers interpreted differently and believed that they would make a cute couple. This shows progress for the gay community in South Korea as the people there still tend to be pretty conservative.

You can see the clip here: @ 1:20.

I went to the MUSE workshop “The ABC’s of STI’s” with Kiana as an instructor. STI stands for Sexually Transmitted Infection and is actually a better name than STD’s, because STI’s are curable and most of them do not become diseases. Continue reading →

I went to the A-B-C’s of Self Esteem with Dr. Wei-Chien Lee on October 21^st. The definition of self-esteem is a stable sense of personal worth or worthiness.  Continue reading →

I went to the workshop Public Speaking: How to Get Over It. The main thing we were told over and over was practice makes perfect. You need to plan ahead before you make your speech. Continue reading →

At an SJSU football game

This is from my Alpha Phi Omega Banquet when we crossed as the James L. Chandler Fall 2010 Pledge class. It was a great experience (=

I went to the leadership conference that was held on campus. To go through this conference we had to attend three different meetings. I went with my sorority and i learned a lot of new things through this conference. My first meeting was about alcohol use in college. It was talking about the safety of how to drink in college and to know how much you are drinking. It was really informative and i learned a lot through it. The second meeting I went to was talking about what our families discuss at home. I t was very interesting to listen to what was talked about and what wasn’t talked about in peoples households. It makes you think about all the different ways people are influenced by their families and friends. The last seminar i went to was about greek life. it was about all the different sororities and all the different things that get you involved in the schools.

On Thursday, December 2nd, I attended the Help Me! I have Test Anxiety! workshop. In this workshop, we went over everything that had to do with Test Anixety. Continue reading →

On Nov. 29th, I went to the Muse Workshop called Tao of Procrastination. The workshop started with a video animation of a guy going through his day and procrastinating on his homework. I thought that the animation was pretty cool because it summarized my life, how I procrastinate in my everyday life.

We then went on to talk about the signs of procrastination, the things that we do to procrastinate. We came up with errands, internet, emailing, and talking to friends. We went over the things that prevent us from getting our work done, such as boredom, too much thinking, anxiety and the enviroment. Towards the end of the workshop, the instructor gave us some ways on how to get started. A few ways to start on our work are: using reminders, using a five minute plan, establishing a routine, and modifying the enviroment.

I thought that this workshop was alright. I thought that it could have been a bit more fun. The only exciting thing was watching the little clips of procrastinating at the beginning.