Monday, 28 2008

Helllo new post!!!
Today's day was great. When Syira and I came, Nikita told us that she was going through the pr binder that we did and everything was wrong and deorganized. So she told me to do everything over. WE didn't mess the thing up. We just put everything how she tells us. ANyway, I had to go through the site's website and find the press releases and put them in the correct order. It was easy because I knew where to go to find a press release. I was familiar with the site. So i did everything quickly.
New dvds came in and Syira was entering them in.
After i finished with my work, Syira and I went to continue our media list. We have more than 10 pages and everything got lost. Now we only have 5 pages. Nikita changed the computers and now all the documents are deleted. So now we have to start everything again. BooHooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's all...I left with Diana at 5:30

Thursday 17, 2008

Hello blogger!!!
Today is Thursday. I didn't go to my internship site. I stayed in the school and worked instead. Well they said that we didn't have to come anyway. SO i helped Ms. Carol grade stuff and then i entered those grades into the grade book (I did that a lot). Then i helped Ms. Aarti with some context thing that Marc henry is entering. I worked from 12 to 2:20 or something.

Then Arma, Syira, DIana ANd I went to Brooklyn International High school to practice for the talent show. They will be performing with us since no one in this school wants to (At least not the boys).

Wednesday 16, 2008

OKKkk...I didn't go to internship today...I worked in the school with Ms. Aarti. She made me put up works that she has checked such as the poems and monologes that the three class wrote. I read some people's writing and they were pretty nice...I finished at 3PM. When i finished, there was nothing to do so i went to rMr. Carlos' office and we just chatted. Then Ms. jessie gave me some work to do and i finished it at 5:15. That was all for the day...

Weekly vocab April 18

1. Word / Phrase:defecating

Meaning:the act or process by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material (feces) from the digestive tract via the anus

Context:I was reading this book that i got from my site and a little boy was doing this.

2. Word / Phrase:harmoniums

Meaning:a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ


Context:There was a group of people playing this instrument in the book.

3. Word / Phrase:throb

Meaning:To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound.

Context:The main character of the book was sneaking up an alley and his heart was beating loudly.

4. Word / Phrase:cocooning

Meaning:the act of insulating or hiding oneself from the main environment,

Context:Pakistan girls hide themselves do no man can see them.

5. Word / Phrase:astride

Meaning:with one leg on each side

Context:The man in the book was walking astride from touching the walls.

Tuesday 15, 2008

Ok today.....When i came in, i went straight to the computer so I can start working (Syira and I). We continued our media list. I ate a lot of chips. I think i'm gonna get sick....ohhhhhhhhhhhh

Monday, 14 2008

I worked a lot...I updated the media list and i sent it to my boss, Aroon. SHe saw it and said that it is good and she told me to keep adding stuff. So Syira and i kept working for the whole time.

Midpoint Reflection Questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

My expectations about internship has changed a lot. I used to think that it would be fun but now i figured that it is a really serious job. You can't make mistakes and that's really hard.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?

In school, we work together. At the site, we cannot work together. It's about working alone and completing the work given by the mentor and on time. I actually learned a lot of things at this site. I learned a lot by using excel. And i learned more about the site.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?

I don't have a mentor now. But my co-workers are good. I like them and they're nice to me. I really like my boss. She's so fun and she's the only adult that's really fun and exciting.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?

The only problem i had was when there was a job given and we forgot to do them. Aroon starts getting mad at us but then later she calms down. And she reminds us that when she gives us something to do, we have to do it. If we don't understand, we can go talk to her. So she's really cool.

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?

Because we have internship, i don't have time for anything. Three times a week, I have College Now and that takes away all the time that we have. Also, we have so much woprk to do now than before. I think the teachers give us more work now because they think we have a lot of time to do them. But we don't because some of us don't come back homr early. So it's hard to give in the homeworks and projects on time. But I manage to wake up early and do everything.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?

I don't really know what i want to do. I just want to continue doing the work that the boss gives us. And we have a festival coming. I'm looking really forward to that. I can't wait to help them put everything in order.

What new things have you learned about New York City?

New York City is the best!!!!!!
it's fun to walk down the streets of this city. But too many people smoke and that's killing the environment and it's killing me too.

Thursday, 10 2008

Hello again..!!
INTERNSHIP was so boring today. Syira and I continued doing our mailing list and media list. I can't wait till our mentor comes back from his trip Then maybe, he will give us really cool jobs to do.
I found out today that Aroon really loves old Indian music. I'm surprised she's into music at all. She actually allowed us to play music. If Prachi was here, she would start yelling and saying that music will distract us but Aroon said that she needed music in the office anyway. So we played music. She was happy and we're happy. But internship was boring (I mean the work).

Wednesday, 9 2008

Today, i didn't go to internship. Diana's mentor told us not to come and no one was in the office exceot for Aroon. She told us to work in school instead. So Diana and I, helped Mr. Sean enter names of kids who didn't take the vision test yet. Then Mr. sean sent us out on an errand. We had to buy plastic cups for him. When we went, we got the wrong one so we had to go again. (I hate doing that)

Diana and I practiced for the talent show after school and then we practiced with Arma and Syira. That's all for 2day!!!

Tuesday, 8 2008

Hello!!!
Internship was the same. Not much happened. We just worked on our mailing and media list while the other people type some paper on dance stuff. It was not the same as usual. It was a little bit boring but Syira and I managed. There's not much to say....

Monday, 7 2008

Hellooo...
I was sick to day...I have a cold, both Syira and I. When we went to the office today, we only saw Prachi, Diana's Mentor. She didn't tell us what to do because we already knew. Nikita send us a list of those things. She said that we have to check the mail, receive phone calls and messages, remind Aroon of the things she has to do and update our mailing and media list. We took charge of the office. WE WERE LIKE THE BOSS UNTIL AROON CAME. When she came, we all told her what we were doing and she was fine with it. We were calling people who did not send application fees and DVDs with their film submittions. It was fun because when we make a mistake, we have to go back and check and then call the person and say we're sorry and the person would tell us that, it was his/her pleasure to have cleared up our mistakes. When Aroon and her friends came, they were gossiping ang cackling ang laughing out lout. We thought we would almost get deaf.

The day was fine. We're still sick but we managed!!!!!!!!!11
When i came home, i made a pic of HRITHIK ROSHAN, the coolest man in India!!

Thursday, 3 2008

Hellooooooo
Today, we had an exhibition. It's like a gallery walk. But i couldn't see anything because i was busy being the jacket guard. This job was fun. We saw MR. APPLE MAN and MR. PINNEAPLE MAN TOO. It was so funny, i had to pee. They kept passing and when i see them, i crack up. There were so many people that came to the gallery. Our jacket holder collapsed on us. And we had to put everything back so they can look neat. People who were leaving had trouble getting their jackets. There was no food either. I was so hungry but I was leaving, i managed to steal something before leaving. I wouldn't really call it stealing. I left the place at 7:30, 8 and then i got home at 9 sharp. It was a great day but not as fun as the others. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, THE ARTS FROM THE OTHER EVENTS ARE THE SAME ONES HERE. HOW BORING IS THAT!!!!

Wenesday,2, 2008

Yesterday, i went to the office. Nikita wasn't there. But Aroon the boss was there. She was telling us what to do. SHe gave us a bunch of work to do. I liked the work because i thought it was very proffessional. I made binders in which we added names of people that submitted their movies in for the film festival. I mostly worked on the computer. It was really cool. Tomorrow, there's an exhibition again. I can't wait.

Tuesday, the 1st 2008

Today, i went to the gallery with Syira, Macksut, Umer and Sunny. We unpacked some packages that had arts in them. We had to get them ready for the event that's happening on thursday. SO we unpacked everything and then when it was time to go, we left home...........Thats all we did the whole day. We looked at many paintings and pieces of arts. Some of them looked really nice. Others were so weird. I saw most of the paintings from the other booklaunch. the paintings are old but they're doing this exhibition over again but only in Manhattan.
SOme of the paintings and pieces of arts were by Amina, one of the workers in our company. She's the art people director. I;m surprised she had her own popular paintings. WOW ANOTHER FAMOUS PERSON.!!! I MUST BE REALLY LUCKY TO BE SEEN WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE.

Daily post March 31, 2008

Helllooo.........
The beginning of internship AGAIN.
Okay. Nikita send all of us a mail. It said,
Hi Syria, Shalom, Sunny, Umer and Makhsut,

On Monday and Tuesday you will go to the Guild Gallery to unpack all the artwork and help organize everything in detail. The address for the Guild is

45 West 21st Street, Suite #39, 2nd Floor, NYC 10010

(212) 229 2110- Phone number for the Guild

Regards,

Nikita.
So we went. Before getting there, we walked in the rain for like 3o minutes looking for the place. My feet were soaking wet. There was a puddle in my shoes. My toes couldn't move. I had to stick them up before walking. Anyway, we got to the place, me and Diana. Syira, Umer, Arma, Sunny and Macksut were already there. When we were just about to enter the elevator, they came out and said that Nikita called them and told them to come back to the office. So that meant, i came there for nothing. The place was on West 21st and our office is on West 29st. So we walked back to the ofice, in the rain. Usually we took the taxi but they said we had to talk. Okay, so we came back to the office. When wee arrived, i took off my shoes because they were soaking wet. We said hi to Nikita and Prachi but they didn't answer. Amina, the art director, mentor for Macksut and Umer, called Nikita and she was talking to the person. When she finished talking she said that we had to go back to the office. We didn't even take off our jackets yet. Anyway, we asked her if we had to go now and she said in half an hour. Meanwhile we were working. This is the funny part. Nikita was cutting some paper. And she asked Syira and I, "Which one of you is more creative." I said, "Syira." Syira and I were thinking that when Nikita said, "Creativy", she meant something really nice looking that Syira would make. BUT GUESS WHAT! She gave her and I 2 pairs of scissors and told us to cut paper. So we were doing that and Arma and Umer were stamping the paper. Ms. Aarti came and had a talk with Prachi..blah blah..I couldn't hear them.
A few minutes ater, Nikita told us that we had to go back to the gallery. When we were getting ready, she was telling us that we had to leave now, chap chap. it's an emergency. I asked her if we can have the money for the taxi. (she usually gives us the money) She said no that we don't need money. "It's just a matter of walking a few blocks" she said but she forgot to say that i was raining. Anyway, we walked back to the gallery. When we got there, we unpcked so many boxes. We had to be careful because there were art things in them. That part was fun. The woman Jennifer is nice. We talked a lot and she was asking us questions but we were working at the same time also. Ms. Aarti and Ms. Sherien came and were visualizing all the art we unpacked. They said, they would give us xtra credit if we write about one of the pieces of art. Then they left. Jennifer told us to go get some fresh air and come back because we were finished. We bought food and we came back. We ate. We bought water for her too. BLAH BLAH BLAH...At the end, she said we could go. We went back to the office and then we left from there. It was fun.
THE BAD PART OF THIS DAY WAS WHEN I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR. ME AND SUNNY WERE WALKING TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET.I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING SUNNY TOLD ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, I JUST WALKED RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. THIS BLACK CAR ALMOST RAN OVER ME. THIS AFRICAN MAN SAVED MY LIFE. HE PULLED ME BACK OR I COULD HAVE BEEN FLAT ON THE FLOOR. I HATE THIS. I'M CRYING..THE REST OF THE TIME, I WAS SO SHOCKED I COULDN'T SPEAK. I LOVE YOU STRANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weekly Vocabulary April 4

1. Word / Phrase: mass communication

Meaning:is the term used to describe the academic study of various means by which individuals and entities relay information to large segments of the population all at once through mass media.

Context:That's what we're talking about in College Now class.

2. Word / Phrase:yellow journalism

Meaning:is a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or journalists.

Context:We were talking about this in Ms. Sherien's class.

3. Word / Phrase: big stick policy

Meaning:

Context: Roosevelt came up with this policy to say that no other nations could intervene in latin america's affairs.

4. Word / Phrase:Imperialism

Meaning: US needing more land to the west

Context:Since US had not ,any lands, they were practicing imperialism.

5. Word / Phrase:intervention

Meaning:stuck your nose in something that's not your business

Context:US had many interventions and that caused many problems for them...