February Post: What have you loved most about your college career so far? People, shows, socially
Last year, around this time I was lost. I was overall a very content person with supportive parents, sisters, friends, and dance teachers, but for some odd reason, I felt something missing inside. It was this time where I started thinking about where I would attend the next four years of my life. I only applied to three schools in Arizona, Chicago, and New York, which I got accepted in all three in terms of academics and dance. I felt very confused, my head was going a million miles everyday, and I just was not myself. Of course, it was also competition season where I traveled out of town mostly every weekend, which brought another set of challenges. Like I said heavy emotions flooded through my brain because it seemed like I did not have a plan that I assume I would have by this time. I was given three very different paths and I did not know which direction to take in which drove me to insanity. I remember waking up one early morning on a Saturday about to head to a dance competition in San Antonio, and something was telling me to go Arizona State University. It was very strange; right when I woke up I had intuition that this is path where I would be the happiest and it will eventually lead me to my dreams. Well you can say the rest is history because here I am…
Last year, around this time I was lost. I was overall a very content person with supportive parents, sisters, friends, and dance teachers, but for some odd reason, I felt something missing inside. It was this time where I started thinking about where I would attend the next four years of my life. I only applied to three schools in Arizona, Chicago, and New York, which I got accepted in all three in terms of academics and dance. I felt very confused, my head was going a million miles everyday, and I just was not myself. Of course, it was also competition season where I traveled out of town mostly every weekend, which brought another set of challenges. Like I said heavy emotions flooded through my brain because it seemed like I did not have a plan that I assume I would have by this time. I was given three very different paths and I did not know which direction to take in which drove me to insanity. I remember waking up one early morning on a Saturday about to head to a dance competition in San Antonio, and something was telling me to go Arizona State University. It was very strange; right when I woke up I had intuition that this is path where I would be the happiest and it will eventually lead me to my dreams. Well you can say the rest is history because here I am…
Ok, I
absolutely LOVE college and I think a huge part of that is because I get to do
what I am entirely passionate about everyday. Not many people can say that, so
I already feel special! I love the independence and freedom it brings even
though I wish I could have my mom make home-cooked meals and do my laundry. But
honestly, besides that I LOVE the people especially my dance friends,
obviously. Ah they are so entirely inspirational, talented, and smart. Every
time I see them perform in their own genre of dance, I’m like that little five-year-old
girl waiting for her first ballet/tap combo class by the glass door. That’s how
excited and passionate I get whenever I get the chance to see them dance. Some
of their ideas or thoughts when I here them talk in class, it amazes me that
together as a class we can talk about dance on a deeper, more critical aspect.
We all carry a special bond where I think only dancers can understand, which
makes them even more fantastic. I could go on and on and on about them and how
extraordinary they are for days!! In addition, I’m also very good friends’ with
my roommate. At first, I was scared that I would have a crazy roommate who
hated me, but that’s not what happened. We talk a lot and most importantly
laugh a lot, it’s the greatest everyone.
Socially, I am a YoungLife Leader for
middle school boys and girls in Chandler, AZ where I share God’s love with them
and influence their lives to have great worth, meaning, and purpose. The middle
school I lead at has many at-risk students and most of them come from
low-income families so I love spending time with them. Since I just started
leading, I’m in the slow process of getting to know these kids and building a
great relationship with them however it’s the greatest feeling that I know that
I will make a huge impact on their lives. Everything seems to be falling in the
right place at the right time at Arizona State. My perspective on dance has
changed in ways that I wouldn’t have imagined in terms of what my goals are. I
always knew that I wanted to open up my own dance studio and created my own
dance company (KoDanceCo), but never
did I imagine that I wanted to publish my own book called Life’s a Dance. I feel like my passion for dance grew tremendously
by attending this school. I finding more and more about myself as a dancer and
even as a person, which is mind-blowing to me because I wasn’t feeling that
around this time last year. I’m glad that I went with my “gut feeling” because
it seemed like it was meant to happen which sounds super cheesy.
It was quite a rocky journey throughout all of this,
but I am super blessed with everything I have and could not be happier. Hmm…I
love all the experiences that college has given me so far, even the stressful
times. This blog post is about to end, so I quickly want to give a few shout
outs to some important people that made me love college!
- CLASS OF 2018 DANCE MAJORS
- ASU DANCE FACULTY
- ASU YOUNGLIFE
- CPDC FAMILY
- TFDE
- MY FAMILY
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