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Post by alizanovoa on May 4, 2022 21:44:16 GMT
Today I woke up at 8:15 so once again I was rushing to get out of my dorm. I have a constant problem with doing that but I just value sleep too much. I fell asleep at 2-3 am because I stayed up to do my laundry and study for my Public Affairs midterm. I did not get very far in studying last night. That class is my favorite but it is the lowest grade of the classes I am taking. The class structure is not hard it is a light class but what gets me is the math because sometimes I make simple mistakes that set me back in solving the whole problem. Decimal points get me confused because some professors want three decimal points while others want four. During my midterm, I do not believe that I did super bad I think enough for a C. I am going to have a positive attitude throughout the semester. I am going to trust my ability to learn the material and take an exam. Taking tests really freaks me out and they make me ill but I think if I fake it till I make it I will be fine. The rest of my day is going to consist of trying to accomplish most of my work for school, I want to focus strictly on school because I have been putting it off. The lab that I got an extension on still has not been completed but my professor told me if I need more time to let him know. He is truly great definitely recommends any class with Jose Loya in the Public Affairs department. He mainly does statistical analysis classes which I tend to enjoy so I am probably going to see him again.
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Post by kash on May 4, 2022 22:54:34 GMT
Today I slept in a little bit, which was really nice, and much needed for my mental health. I have a huge midterm tomorrow which I feel like I have told every waking person on this earth about, but I am very stressed out about it. It is 50% of my grade, which really frightens me as I took the first part of this class last quarter, and I struggled a lot. Thankfully, my brother Colton is also in the class, so I think me and him will study together tomorrow, which is good. Thus, today has just been studying and I missed two of my lectures, but I can watch the recordings of them later, so I am not really stressed. I want to go to the gym at some point, but I am just really anxious about this test, so I think I will go tonight to cool off after I finish studying. Something good that happened today, however, was that my mom's mother's day gift got delivered and she facetimed me when she was opening it, so I got to see her reaction. My mom and I are both obsessed with the brand Lululemon, and they have just recently released their shoe collection, so I was able to grab her a pair of shoes before they were all sold out. She knew I was getting her some type of shoe, but was really surprised to see that it was from Lululemon. I loved that she facetimed me so I got to see her full of joy, as she is genuinely my best friend.
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Post by danieljudd on May 5, 2022 4:38:56 GMT
Today was an insanely stressful day. I had my microeconomics midterm that I had been dreading for the past week and a half. It sure did go. I uh struggled through that bad boy. From the second I sat down and saw my 15 page adversary I knew that it was over for me. From first flip I recognized my fate and conceded the victory to PUB AFF 40. The very first question covered a topic that I had forgot had existed, I tried every strategy possible, but since it was a short answer question there were no hints and I couldn't realistically guess an answer. Therefore I ended up doing it completely wrong and leaving a sad face with the note "sorry" next to the answer. Maybe my TA will have pity on me and give me partial credit on that somehow. I struggled through the rest of the midterm and submitted it at the last moment. I forgot how much in person midterms SUCK. Im just glad that Im done with it and can move on, my hope is that it doesnt tank my grade in the class toooooooo badly. After my midterm I was supposed to get lunch with my Big and ABig, but we decided to postpone until tomorrow instead. I ended up going to get boba in westwood before we did our zoom professional event. After the event I quickly said hi to some friends that I hadnt seen in forever and went back to my isolation housing for one last night before I get freed into the real world tomorrow. I cannot wait until the moment that I can enter my dorm and the go to BPlate.
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Post by Cya Coleman on May 5, 2022 5:28:42 GMT
Today I slay werk yassed all day. I met with Narek because he is my favorite co little and he really opened my eyes. He was telling me about his boof a big Elaine who would always give him weird looks during pledging. Like girl… you better put that yassify filter looking face away. After I met with Narek, my eyes were truly opened. I was enlightened and I truly saw the light: the narek way. He taught me how to see the world in a new light and I began my journey down the LGBT path. As I am sitting in my class, I can hear Rain on Me playing in the background as my body lifts from the seat. I look up to see Narek’s face in the light and he tells me to vogue. I blast out of my seat and begin vogueing down the aisle of my discussion, peoples heads snap to me as they soak in the amazing scene before them. How could they possibly understand what I was doing? It was all in service of my king Narek, who showed me the true way of living. After I vogued out of my discussion, I earned a 110% on my final because of the luck Narek bestowed on me. I don’t know how to feel anymore because honestly my life has been changed. I’m seeing pledging in a new light. Pledging is yass; pledging is werk; pledging is fierce; pledging. Is. Gay. I’m so excited for our next pledge meeting and I am SO excited to cross and be besties with my new co little Narek. He is also my bestie Faith’s new adopted (he’s obviously the best adopted). Also, BITCHES FOREVER. Boofpire is honestly boof and wack. If Narek is in Bitches, then that makes it the best fam.
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Post by rainajain on May 5, 2022 5:45:09 GMT
Today, I woke up later than I would have liked. I went to sleep pretty late because of a personal issue which arose last night, and I was still pretty upset today. Shortly after I woke up, I had my adopted big date with Kylie. Because Kylie was busy this weekend, we had our date early. This made my day a lot brighter. We got Cava in Westwood, and then we got Starbucks. We also went to the UCLA pop up market and bought some jewelry. I really liked getting to know Kylie even more. After this, I went to a cafe and worked for a bit before my Stat lecture. The only overlapping availability I had with Peter was for tonight at 7, so I had to cancel my original plans with my friend who was visiting from home. Instead, I left my stat lecture a bit early to get boba with her in Westwood, and then I walked back for our professional event. The professional event was really nice as the panelists were all so friendly and open to our questions. Additionally, a lot of outside people showed up and participated. After this, I had my interview with Peter, which was really fun. We spent a while talking about movies, and I found out we both really enjoy the director Ari Aster, who directed Hereditary and Midsommar. After our interview, I went back to my dorm and ordered Sweetgreen for dinner. I got to talk to my friend who was visiting a bit more as well before she left.
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Post by jonalyngaspar on May 5, 2022 5:53:35 GMT
Today was enjoyable considering it was a little of a rest day for me. After waking up today around 8:30 am I then decided to get breakfast with some friends in westwood. I then took an electric scooter back to my dorm, and headed off to my linguistics class. This class day was particularly slow considering we just wrapped up our midterm on monday. After my class I then went to eat lunch at Rendezvous to get a burrito. For my burrito order today I settled on steak as my choice of meat. As someone who does not particularly add beans in my burrito, I decided to change it up today. Surprisingly I really enjoyed the addition of beans and will continue adding them to my order. After eating lunch, I then met up with my pledge brother Korra to discuss some logistics of our pledge professional event that was at 6:00pm today. After talking we then set up the zoom call and waited for our event to start. Overall as I reflect on the event, it went pretty well considering there were some technical issues that had happened. Ultimately I am proud that I was able to work with Korra and pull this event off with her. In the near future this experience was truly beneficial in teaching us how to set a professional event up. As I digress, I am looking forward to spending my weekend with my adopted big. And what she has planned for us to do which I think will be fun regardless of what we are doing.
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Post by oliviadelapp on May 5, 2022 6:01:56 GMT
Today I woke up at 9 am for my 10 am discussion. I was really stressed walking down to class today because it was my first day as a fruit pledge. Thankfully, nobody has broken my fruit yet. During my discussion, the fire alarm went off so we had to stay late to finish the rest of the discussion. However, after my discussion, I went to Urban in Westwood with Juliana to get a rush dress for my sorority. I ended up finding one that fit the occasion pretty well, and after we walked back to campus and had Epicuria for lunch. After lunch, I had an interview with Eric at Kerckhoff that went really well, and then I went back to campus to actually attend my Atmospheric and Oceanic science lecture for the first time in a month. I realized while I was there why I don't go to the class, as we were talking about the resolution of technological climate models. We then had our pledge professional zoom which I think went pretty well, and I went to dinner at bplate with Colton, Vedant, Aliza, Jonalyn, and Jack. Now we are all at Delta Terrace working on school and Kappa Alpha Pi stuff. Life is good, we might be going to Rodeo Drive tonight on an adventure. I was kind of sad I missed out on their adventure last night to Venice Beach, so I will not be missing out on anything that goes on tonight, especially because I don’t have class until 2 tomorrow.
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Post by faithndegwa03 on May 5, 2022 6:05:57 GMT
Today was okay. I woke up this morning and immediately started drafting my interview emails. I had fell asleep early last night rather than staying up to do my emails as I had planned. I got a few of them out today, but not as many as I wanted before “professional hours” were over. The longer I am in the program, although the work has not gotten easier, I am definitely learning to better handle and cope with my stress. I had gone to BCafe with my roommate before moving to the study lounge in OC. We had been working for over five hours before I had to return to my dorm for the professional night. I learned a lot from those law students and their experiences applying to law school. Then I went to my double interview with Raina and Peter. It was fun until Cia made eye contact with us and sprinted out the door of the Study, which resulted in Raina and I chasing after her. I came home and had a good heart-to-heart talk with my roommate. Afterwards, I returned to my dorm and did homework. I had to fight for my life in our pledge class groupchat because a certain someone decided to change the groupchat photo to me. I got a good laugh out of it, but I would say the photo I changed it back to was better before they decided to remove it. The highlight of my day was definitely reading Cya’s journal entry.
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Post by lesliehernandez on May 5, 2022 6:11:25 GMT
Today was a pretty good day. My family has this birthday tradition of waking the birthday person up with a Spanish birthday song. It was my older brothers birthday who is currently in Berkeley. So we had to do the little celebration over FaceTime. It was wholesome but a lil sad at the same time.
So today I talked with Narek also. He is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met IN MY LIFE. He was telling me the story of how he was literally EATING my life. He’s actually my favorite person ever high key. Also, everyone in my pledge class said that they think he’s the funniest and coolest active in Kappa Alpha Pi, which I obviously agree with. After changing my ways and becoming a part of the Narek cult, I began to elevate the same way Cya did. My third eye opened and I felt my body fill with divine energy. What if I could fly? I can. I use the divine energy within me to fly to campus and float over Bunche Hall. I cackle as I look over all of UCLA, subject to my will. I am the all knowing being that has been empowered by Narek. I am slay. I begin to shoot out fireballs through my eyes and demolish Royce Hall. Who is going to fine me? NO ONE. Because I am backed by the great Narek Slaykelian. In conclusion, thank you so much my amazing and delicious mock trial director and co little. You. Are. My. Favorite.
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Post by coltonharrison on May 5, 2022 6:18:33 GMT
Happy Star Wars Day! Today was a fairly relaxing day compared to the past week, but perhaps it was because the stress for tomorrow's management midterm hasn't really hit me yet. I was able to sleep in until 9:30 today which was so nice although I had to wake up and write emails. My roommate and his special friend were in the room so I wanted to leave as soon as possible. I got out of bed, showered, and got dressed in my Star Wars shirt for the national holiday. I walked to get some food at Rendezvous and then went to Sunset Rec to sit in the sun and write emails. Unfortunately, my laptop died early so I had to head back up to the hill to charge it and prepare my dinosaur lab. In the lab, my partner and I finished the packet early so I had time to work on more emails while we waited for our TA to review the answers. Fortunately, my class ended early so I walked to Westwood for Starbucks and to get some supplies from Trader Joes. I realized how close the professional event was to starting, so I birded back to the hill quickly. I walked in on my roommate when I arrived so I turned around and attended the zoom in the lounge of my floor. I think that the event went well and I am glad that Korra and Jonalyn were extremely well prepared. After the event we had a quick zoom meeting as a pledge class to debrief and we planned to meet at Bruin Plate for dinner. Olivia, Jack, Aliza, Vedant, Jonalyn, and I ate dinner together and it was a great experience. I saw so many active members on the way to dinner; I do not think that I have ever shaken so many hands in a 20 minute period. I also briefly saw Daniel, who is completely freed from quarantine tomorrow.
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Post by jackcarleton on May 5, 2022 6:20:42 GMT
Happy wednesday weeeee yassss slay!!!! Today I hung out with my adopted big, Akunnia. I am so happy she is my adopted big because the bitches are the best family. kylie is an amazing person and i loved our interview together earlier this week., since she’s one of the coolest actives in my opinion. I also went to starbucks and ordered a brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso. It was very yummy and i really needed the caffeine. Next i went for a nice long skate because i am a sk8er boi. i did an ollie. i ate yummy chips called popcorners white cheddar. They were the perfect snack to go with a nice boba. thanks leslie for the boba. I shared the boba with one of my best friends in the world and i wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the world.
i heard the song rain on me and honestly it was life changing. I think i went through some type of awakening. anyway avril lavigne is an icon for sure. is she a clone? who knows. i really want to learn how to do makeup because i think i would look super cool with eyeliner. like and comment if you agree. also if anyone wants to donate money to me that would be greatly appreciated. i really need new white Vans because mine are so beat up and ripped. smelly feet fr. if you’ve ever smelled my feet i’m so sorry and i’m surprised your alive. my piggies are atrocious. everyone please comment what i should have for lunch tomorrow
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Post by korrale on May 5, 2022 6:25:06 GMT
Today was a bit better than yesterday because I got to sleep in a lot. I think I have been quite sleep deprived lately so I sleep whenever I have free time. After waking up I immediately started getting ready for my chemistry lab. The lab wasn’t too difficult but it took almost the full 3 hours and made me really tired. Afterward, I rushed back to the dorm to finish preparations for the pledge professional event tonight. Jonalyn and I looked over our slides, made sure our devices were charged, and simply got ready for the event. I was stressed but after it was over, I was glad that all of my pledge brothers attended and participated. The panelists talked a lot as well and I was happy that there was no long period of awkward silence. I went to eat at a food truck afterwards. It was the Habibi Shack and the food was so good. I’ve been eating more falafel and really enjoying it. I really want to return to Cava and eat there again soon. I am looking forward to this weekend because it seems I will have more time to myself. I hope that I’ll be able to read some of the books I’ve been wanting to read this weekend. I especially want to read either the Poppy War or the Priory of the Orange Tree. These are two books I’ve had on my to-read list forever and maybe with some free time, I’ll actually get started on them.
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Post by vedantmehra on May 5, 2022 6:34:20 GMT
Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up at 7 AM in Jonalyn’s car because her, me, and Juliana had gone to Venice beach and Malibu at 4 AM the night before. After we drove back, I went straight to my bed, and crashed out. After waking up around 12, I watched the Champions League semi-final game between Real Madrid and Manchester City. It was one of the craziest games I’ve ever watched. After the game, I got a late lunch at around 2:30 with my roommates. After lunch, I headed back to my room, and worked on a discussion post for my Global Studies class. At 6 PM, I joined our Pledge Professional Event, which I think went pretty smoothly. A lot of the information the panelists gave us was very helpful, and I hope to connect with them through LinkedIn in the future. After that, I got dinner at BPlate with a bunch of my Olivia, Colton, Aliza, and Jack. I then headed to the lounge at Delta Terrace where I’m working on some homework and emails with Juliana, Olivia, Colton, Raina and Faith. I remembered to send some thank you emails today (one was unfortunately late, rip). I’m pretty behind on sending interview request emails right now, so I definitely need to send more out as soon as possible. I’ve had multiple midterms this week so I haven’t been able to find the time to do those. Still, I’m getting better at time management as we move forward through the pledge process. Peace out.
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Post by julianaabraham on May 5, 2022 6:34:53 GMT
I woke up this morning on the side of PCH in the back of Jonalyn’s car. It was an interesting start to my morning that definitely did not go how we expected it to. Once we all woke up, we ended up going to the beach before getting some starbucks and heading back to campus. I got a matcha from starbucks and it was the most disappointing matcha I’ve gotten and I’ve had Kerckhoff’s. Once I got back on campus, I got ready and headed to discussion. I ended up missing my first discussion which was disappointing but attending my second was even more disappointing. Then, I met Olivia to go walk in Westwood. At Westwood, we went to Urban Outfitters. I ended up getting a dress that I have been wanting to get for a few weeks. Although it was kinda expensive, I think it was worth it in the end. Afterwards, we walked back to the hill and got food at Epicuria. Then, I went back to take a nap since I didn’t get much sleep the night before. Once I woke up, I got ready to meet up with Megan. I ended up walking back into Westwood and getting boba. After my interview, I went back and took another nap. I then met up with Vedant, Olivia, Colton, Faith, and Raina. We ended up doing some homework. I also went back to my dorm for a bit and saw my roommate and friend. I rejoined my pbro’s later.
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Post by abigailrubtsova on May 5, 2022 6:54:47 GMT
May the Fourth be with you. Today was a fun day, though not very productive. I woke up late, though I was not intending to. I changed and walked over to Ackerman to get food for Aliza and I, as I was going to join her at YRL. I got Taco Bell. I got a refried bean crunchwrap and Aliza got a normal one. I called Daniel to discuss fundraising but he couldn’t talk much and called me later. I went to the library and did some light work, but not much. I had a meeting with my professor and we had a nice conversation. My other friends came to the library and discussed what I want to do for my birthday. I don’t think I can really do much unfortunately since I have two pledge events on Friday, and then another on Saturday. It kinda sucks but it is inevitable. After this, I watched a silly youtube video and created a list of actives I have yet to meet. At 6, we had the professional event. I would say it went well and that I learned a lot. I really enjoyed what Julie had to say. After the professional event, I walked over to the Olami building where there was an event to commemorate fallen Jewish soldiers during World War II. It was nice, and there was sushi so that is always a plus. I saw the Rabbi and his wife, which is something I haven’t been able to do in a while, and I won’t be able to spend Shabbat with them. My good friend Avi was also there and we stayed for a bit talking and then playing a couple games of ping pong. I am very good; he didn’t stand a chance. I am now writing this in his apartment which is just below the Olami building, which my friends and I call the Dira. I am planning to write my interview emails tonight as well as other assignments I have.
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