Wednesday, October 19, 2011


We visited my friend, Veronica in PA. She is a wonderful lady :)

2011

This year is a very dynamic year.
My mother visited us from May through August.
We had a great time exploring Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Kentucky.
She enjoyed the West Coast very much.

I am thinking of getting a job, and doing school part time.
Wish me luck!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

2010

I'm so happy to be admitted at MSU this Fall.
Getting closer and closer to a Degree.

next few months, I'll be blogging for my American Govt class.
join the ride :)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

ABD

I took 9 credits this Winter semester, from January to April 2008.
I got an A in Business English. I got a B in American Government. I got a D in Microsoft Access.

Business English
This is all about grammar. My teacher was nice, detail and very supportive. Although I do have some concerns in his class. He is a middle-age man, and I was afraid that he would be unfair in his gradings, in relation to some show-off-boobies-female-students.
Turn out he is fair and he is a very supportive teacher.

American Government
I would never thought to get a B. My first day in class freaked me out. Out of 20 students, I am the only one who did not had my high school there, and therefore has no knowledge whatsoever about American Government. I was so nervous that I couldn't even answer the teacher with a correct grammar *@*&^$*&#^
But I like the way the teacher teached and challenged all of us to think strategically and to have opinion. She is cool! She is supportive. I enjoyed her class so much that even after the class end, I still have the passion to learn more about American Government.

Microsoft Access
I enrolled to this class because of some projects at work that needed skill of this software.
I got a wonderful "Dee" because I didn't do 6 assignments and I failed to convinced the teacher to give me a make up test for final exam. I have no absence since the beginning, and I missed the final class when they have Final Exam. Go figure!
I finished the Final Project very well, meaning I can do Microsoft Access very well.
But I think I need to re-do the class, because this "Dee" drag my GPA way down.
I know I can get a lot better grade, if I try again, wholeheartedly.

writing.........

In my new class, I am learning how to write properly. The subject is suppose to prepare us to work on writing projects in college. I need to be successful in this class. I need a good grade.

The problem is the fact that I am not a good writer, in the measurement of what I am studying. When I write, I am descriptive, too detail, and sometimes my focus changed because I am focusing on this data that I have collected. I never realized I did all those, until my teacher and classmates reviewed my work. Their comments are almost similar.

I believe that a writer should have no bound on how they write and how they express whatever in their minds and hearts. If this is related to how the reader will be able to perceived it, then I submit to the rules, to the grammatical rules, the punctuation rules, and flow rules.

But, when I am limited to write a profile, only with 5 paragraphs and 7 sentences minimum in paragraphs, and I only have material for 2 paragraphs, and I can't be too wordy, then I am in trouble.
I am having difficulties following rules and instruction when it comes to the production of my brain, my heart, my soul and my spirit. I felt like in prison. I demand to be free. I need to be allowed to be creative.

I will try my best to pass this class. The most important thing is to write according to what the lesson required. Even if it is totally against the direction of my heart.

Nela Fantasia, with friends from HP Indonesia