Challenges Ahead

First day of class turn out to be a good day for me. I will admit it turn out to be easy and fun. I enjoy the professors that I have this semester.

This semester will be challenging. I am taking four courses with excellent professors who are dedicated. The hard part will be staying focus. I lack in staying focus on my studies which can lead to my downfall in passing. It just that I work five days a week, commute from one location to another in the same day, and making sure that I can be there to help a friend out (yes I still am involve with Manilatown Center). One of my classes I have to finish one book within a week which I am barely close on finishing and what is worse is that I have to perform a skit from an assign reading from the book.

I do miss taking Eric Pido’s class. I enjoy taking his class last semester (Spring 2012). He is one great professor that I enjoy taking at SFSU. I found out that he has four people from my class that are instructor aides. I have to admit I am jealous that I am not involve but also proud that those four are helping Eric out.

The road to Graduation 2013 begins and there is no stopping me now.

Tuesday August 28 Begins

I am so totally ready to begin the Fall Semester at San Francisco State University. It is the road to graduation 2013. Four years in the making and I want to make it through the end.

I am focus to make it all the way? I am not exactly ready yet to put my attention with my studies. I need to take care of small business with my job before I can put a lot of concentration with SFSU. Wish me luck on succeeding.

MacBook Pro

On August 12^th I bought a MacBook Pro at Best Buy. I got it on sale, which it is good since I had $55 worth of gift cards. I love my new computer. It has USB 3.0 and a SDXC reader.

It was time to get a new MacBook since my other one cannot support Mountain Lion. My MacBook still works but I needed one with a card reader install.  

I’ll still be using my other MacBook (I got it on October 2008). Now I can say that I am Mac user. 

Time To Move onto Better Things

I been looking at my resume and it has not been updated. The last time I work on my resume was 2009 (it had my listed as a jewelry associate at Sam’s Club which now I am in Photo). My friend help me revise my resume last time. We had copies of examples of resumes and a book showing how to create one.

If I revise my resume now I will be having a hard time how to put down my volunteer service with Manilatown Heritage (I am not sure where to put them down as). I have done a lot of good work with them. I was they photographer for the events that they have.

I want to turn in my resume to professional places in San Francisco. Hopefully my resume is great for these places to look at them.

We Won't Move Even If It Is 35 Years Later

The 35^th Anniversary of the I-Hotel Eviction was good. I actually stay there until midnight (they ended at midnight due to people leaving and not staying).I took 480 photos. I chose 210 photos which I thought were good. It was a pain to look at all of them and deciding which one was the best ones. It was difficult editing them and putting watermarks on them. I enjoy attending the event. It bought a few competitions (I had to deal with a video crew just to get a nice shot).

Out of all the events that I attended at Manilatown the 35^th Anniversary was the best one. I enjoy attending the I Shine You Shine, We Won’t Move Opening Reception, and Tribute to Filipino American Trade Unionist but this one turn out great. A lot of people attended this event. With so many people that attended it was hard to find room to stand or sit.

My summer is about to end. It was nice helping out with Manilatown while it lasted. It made me a better photographer for taking pictures of the events that I attended. I am ready to start another chapter in my life when I start the road to graduation. I want to still help out with Manilatown but with four classes that I am taking and working at the same time it may be harder to do it. We’ll see where the road takes us.

Ready For The Big One

I am counting down the day until the 35^th Anniversary of the I-Hotel eviction. I am thankful that I am going to be involved with the historical event. I knew for a fact that I wanted to do it ever since I heard that Manilatown was going to do something big. Now it is my chance to prove myself how good I am.

The 35^th Anniversary is going from 6pm Friday until 2am on Saturday. I have been debating how long I will stay. Not to become a party pooper when I stay at a party it starts to die down and people leave. I want to be kept entertain. If I don’t stay entertain I fall asleep and the event becomes boring. The events that I gone to they tend to slow down and become boring. I want to stay the longest that I can do. I do not want to become bored and leave before the event ends. I’ll try my best to stay awake, not afraid, and deal with it.

I am debating which DSLR camera I will be using for the event. I have used both Canon EOS Rebel XTi and Nikon D60. The outcomes of the photos turn out excellent. The only problem with my Nikon is the external flash. It takes forever to shoot on manual mode compare to my Canon. A lot of people who seen the results on both camera prefer the Nikon. I like how my Nikon works but also my Canon does a good job. The Canon was the first DSLR I got then six months later I got my Nikon. I spend a lot of money on getting the external flash and lenses for the camera. I’ll admit I bring both cameras to see the results. I might as well use both during the event but I rather use one just to save my arms and neck.

I am still involved with entering my photos into Costco International Photo Contest. I am looking at the photos that I want to use to enter the contest. I can only enter one photo. Debating which photo is the best is hard. All of my photos are good. It is knowing which photo I want to enter is the hard part. I want to give it my best shot and hopefully that shot will win.

Counting Down The Days

I start the Fall Semester at San Francisco State on August 28. I am on campus Tuesday and Thursday. I only have two classes register. I plan to get four classes this semester. I worry about not getting all my classes. My final registration is on August 2. Most of the classes that I want to register for are full and I am going to be on the waitlist. Sometime I am first on the waitlist, which does mean I get the class.

My summer is going good with the volunteer service that I been doing at Manilatown Center. It is amazing how many of my photos have been posted up. I am counting down the day until the 35^th Anniversary Commemoration of the I-Hotel eviction. I am going to be a part of history. I hope I get a good picture of the event.

I am counting the days until I turn 32. I have been debating if I want to do something big on my birthday. All I got planned is to celebrate it in the city but I have no idea what to do yet. I got two months away until that day happen. When I turn 30 I celebrate it in the city by walking across the Golden Gate Bridge and spending it in Pier 39. It was fun and I want to plan something bigger.