The Day of October 8th 2015

Today, was a usual day for me as a student. I went to all my classes on time and spent alot of time doing homework. The one part of my day that was different was that I spent more time than normal reading news reports but with the purpose of trying to finding good stories that are enjoyable to read and not the usual crime and negative stories that are very easy to find.

The best report I read was about how Kenyan's and Canadian programmers plan to compete over Skype in a 28 hour "hackathon"  to try and improve Kenyans farms, health and also their access to education. Computer programmers on certain teams in Kenya and Canada will brainstorm on waysto better Kenya and also will write software to develop apps that aim to lessen poverty within Kenya. The apps created by the Kenyans and Canadians will also have blogs where people can talk about their situations and the what they've been through whether it about poverty issues or social injustice . The focus of the "hackathon" is to use technology as a force for social justice and change.

I mostly enjoyed reading about how Kenya and Canada are teaming up to try and solve problems that have been present for quite sometime without real change. Its great to see people working together to try and fix problems, but with alternative solutions than tried in the past. I feel like technology plays a major role in helping to end poverty around the world because its provides the best platforms for people to communicate and understand each other. In alot of struggling nations with high poverty rates they don't always have all the technology in place to erase problems like poverty but soon all nations will hopefully have the correct technology and use it as a powerful tool to solve problems.

The article I read can be found on Reuters.com and was very inspirational to me. Overall, I'd rather read a good story over a bad story any day out the week.

Fall Break

This coming week is the last fall break I will have before graduating. In the past I've been extremely , excited about fall break but this time im not only excited but also beyond  relieved that I'm one step closer to gaining an degree after all these years of hard work and persistence . Even though I always knew I'd graduate eventually, I still had doubt that these years would fly by like they have and I'd still be here . It literally, feels like just yesterday I was only a little freshmen enjoying my first fall break and was mainly focused on the moment and creating life long memories. This time is a different experience because even though I will still have a great time and fun break like all my past three fall breaks ,this one is more of a reflection time. All I can think about at this point is all the stuff I had to do and go through to get this far in life and whats next after this semester for me. 

During this break I will most definitely not be indoors at all given that the weather is absolutely perfect in the desert . I most likely will probably go fishing or do anything outdoors with this mini break of a few days that we have. Every break in the past was more of a celebration and a time to kind of wild out. This time is more special than past fall breaks, as this time is a time to make sure my graduation checklist is on point and to absolutely make sure enjoy the desert before I leave in January for The Bay Area .

My Time with Career Services

Last semester I went to the career services center at the Tempe campus to learn about opportunities and get some understanding whats next after I finish school and I really enjoyed my visit. When I went last semester I mainly just looked at internships and spoke to people about how to make sure my resume was up to standard and it was a great experience because I left the center feeling more optimistic than before I went into the career services center .Overall, I gained a better understanding for what kind of jobs are good for me and what careers suit my skills best. 

The career services center was very useful and i'm  glad ASU offers career assistance to current and graduated students. While at the career services center I completed some personal assessments and learned job search strategies. During my last year of school I plan to visit the career center more and attend some job events with the hope I can find some promising opportunity. As a senior my only regret is not being more involved with career services earlier on as a  young college student.  I feel I could have found some great opportunities and learned more about what it takes to get great job after school.  The good part is I plan to  take advantage of the the career services ASU provides and use it as a tool to help me perfect my interview skills and learn more about available positions that I qualify for. Within this stage of my schooling it feels great to know you have assistance getting to the next level of life.

The best activity

                                                        

I have alot of activities that I love to do during the week however on Sunday and occasionally Monday and Thursday nothing beats watching the San Francisco 49ers play. Since I can remember no team has meant more to me than the 49ers. Football isn't my favorite sport yet the 49ers are my favorite team in all sports. The reasons I support them are countless but I can name a few good reasons why I love them so much.

 The first reason why I love the 49ers is that I grew up in San Francisco and only one solid block from Candlestick Stadium ( the former home stadium of the 49ers ). Growing up extremely close to the stadium made it difficult to not be interested in the 49ers and want to learn about their history. One of the best feeling as a kid was always having the opportunity to see all the faithful 49er fans crowded in the streets in gold and red. The best part about seeing faithful fans crowded in the streets was that no matter if the 49ers won or lost the fans always seemed happy to witness the game and also were optimistic about future games, even if the 49ers got crushed. Growing up next to the stadium made me feel that me and the 49ers were not only from the same city but also the same community.

The second reason why I love the 49ers is because I used to play Pop Warner football for their youth team and used to think maybe one day I could play for them one day, if I ate my Wheaties . During that stage of my life when I thought I could play for the 49ers,  they weren't doing to good record wise and that only gave me more hope that I could change those terribly loses into some good wins one day! That thought eventually changed when the 49ers started winning and drafted some future legends such as Colin Kaepernick and Vernon Davis. Now that were starting to lose again maybe they could use me or we could just start winning again with our million dollar stars .
                                                

Those are just two reasons why I love the 49ers more than anyone else. I could go into the history and records set by our legends which include Joe Montana, Steve Young and my favorite of all time Jerry Rice but il save that for another blog . Alot of people have favorite teams and are great fans im sure but when you grow up right next to the team stadium and attend games weekly a real bond starts to form that can't be broken or replaced. I can't see myself supporting any other football team unless they relocate to San Francisco and even then my heart is still with the 5 time champion 49ers.