Play of the Titanic

One of the best things that has ever happened to me in my entire life, was that I got to play the main character of Rose in the play of the titanic in the second grade. We spent a lot of time preparing the play the dolphins, the boat that carries Rose when Jack dies, the whistle they gave to me, painting the boat, learning the lines, learning the dances it was a bit stressful, but I was happy I was kind of my teacher's right hand. The day of the play instead of being backstage after saying my lines I would be bossing the students around, not bossing them but just letting them know that their part was up. And then me pretending to slip and my partner grabbing me that way I wouldn't fall. In fact it was there where I got my first crush even though, throughout my entire life I got rejected by him. Learning the song was easy but that is when my teacher told me "you have to put a lot of heart into the song" and that is exactly what I did, to this day when I sing this song at home I put a lot of heart into it. The show itself was full a lot of teachers, principal, vice principal, other students from the third, fourth, fifth, first. And when I saw those people I was scared and I was nervous and I thought that I was going to forget my lines and forget the lyrics to the song, all the while I kept thinking "what if they don't like me or what if they don't accept me" but I said to myself "no I got this role, and I studied hard for this part and I am going to bring out the best in me and pour my heart out to the audience and I am going to prove to the teacher that he did not make a mistake in giving me this part" and that is exactly what I did and the audience they cheered me on and I felt happy. I felt lucky! To this date its one of the best memories that I have in my life.

Memoirs of me: Kimmy

One of the best memories that I will ever have, was in the second grade I did the play of the Titanic and I played the lead Rose. One of the worst things though of the play is that my front teeth fell out therefore when I sang the love song "My heart will go on" everyone could see the gap in my teeth. Originally in the beginning I was supposed to be Old Rose but then when the teacher heard that my classmate could not sing and when he heard my voice he decided that she would play my grandmother and I would portray her granddaughter, therefore I got the lead. For weeks I spent practicing my lines and mom would tell me "ok don't memorize the lines of jack, memorize your lines" not only did I have to practice my lines, but I also had to practice the song. The day of the show I was a nervous wreck, all the while I kept thinking "what If I forget my lines or what if I forget the song"? but I did it. The nerve wrecking part came when I had to sing the song. A week before the show I remember that Mr Brown my teacher told me that when I sang the song I had to put a lot of heart into it, into the song and that is exactly what I did. I got to say that I was a little emotional. I guess you could say that it was the first and the last time I got up on stage, for years I have been longing to get up on a stage and start singing but that's where I say to myself "what if they boo me" or what if they don't accept me, I know for a fact though that one day I will get up on stage even if it is to be booed.

How i lost my passion for Medical Assistant but gained a new one

Back in 2011 I decided to sign up for Medical Assistant class. In the beginning I was nervous because I had no idea what I was doing. The only thing I knew how to do was the blood pressure thing. It was already week 6 and I did not know how to do an intramuscular injection or a subcutaneous injection heck I did not even know how to draw blood. But with help from classmates I learned the injections, the weight and how to do an EKG. Already 10 weeks in the class and my passion for medical assisting started to grow. More than anything I wanted to help people. Even though I wasn't doing so good on the tests I still dedicated myself to the career of wanting to help people it was a high passion. Every time that a new student would walk in, I would take the pleasure of helping the new students and teaching them the ropes and some of the students they would look scared and I would be thinking "hey I went through the same thing". But for some reason it was also hard to be in the class you know I mean I had this defensive attitude, one day the teacher literally yelled at me and I went to the restroom and started crying, I realized that what he said was true. I don't really know why I am the way that I am, maybe its because I've never felt accepted, anyway the class was soon coming to an end and I knew that after that would come the externship where I would have to apply all the skills that I learned in class and put them into practice at the clinic. 3 weeks after the class was over I found an externship site. But me arriving at the clinic was not a good experience. The doctor would snap her fingers at me rather than call my name, the boss would treat me like crap and to top it off the one who hires told me that they don't hire externs at their clinic, this is where I started to feel the pressure. When I got there I did now know how to do the blood pressure I would get it wrong and I did not know anything about the weight scale, but during the 2nd week I learned the ropes. When the lady told me that they did not hire externs I literally felt like crying, sometimes in the clinic I would feel the impatience of the patients and they would come back and forth asking when I would see them. It was really stressful and then the nurses in the labs would tell me "hey you should be a registered nurse". Once I finished my externship, my next step was to go to medical terminology class and typing class. But as I started going to medical terminology I realized that my passion for medical assisting was beginning to fade away. I don't know if it was the experience that I lived in the clinic while I was doing the externship or simply I lost the interest in this. But the question is: how is it that I lost my passion for medical assistant but gained a new one in the process" In the summer of 2012 I started spending time with my camera and the year passed and as 2012 and 2013 passed I realized that my true and highest passion in life was photography. It was staring at the me in the face all the while and I did not realize it. Now this year I will sign up and get my bachelor's degree in photography. The advice that I can give to people is to follow your dreams and don't let people tell you what you need to be. To this day it still bugs me that people tell me "u should be a nurse" sometimes I feel like shutting them up. Follow your passion in life and live your dreams with intensity and make them a reality!

December trip: Las Vegas

Hello my readers my topic this week is all about my December vacation trip with my parents and the mishap that happened in the process. While I was nervous in the beginning because I had not gotten on a plane for 9 years I was actually happy because mom was not working she got fired from her job and to me that is a blessing for years I did not have enough guidance from mom but now I have a lot of guidance but anyway back to the trip. The trip was a amazing experience, but the mishaps began at the airport when the security lady took my lotions away from me and my body spray. And not only that but I almost lost my id and my boarding pass. When I got on the plane I was a nervous wreck but once were on up in the air the nervousness left and I was happy when we got to Las Vegas. That is where the other mishap occurred. After getting our luggage from baggage claim at McCarran International Airport we took a cab and we told him to drop us off at the Excalibur. The happiness was short lived however when we realized that we had left our carry on in the trunk of the cab and he left. Mom was pretty mad because in the carry on she had her face cream. So while mom was resting at the hotel Dad and I went to the security guy at the hotel and we explained the situation. After we played for a while, mom woke up and then I joined her to which I ended up falling asleep at 6 in the morning. The next day which was a Friday was a blast because the previous day I had told mom that dad and I saw a Ross store to which she became happy. Friday she did shopping but mom being mom she ended up returning most of the clothes that she bought. That Friday night I told my parents I was going to explore the hotel and explore the hotel's sisters: The Mandalay Bay and the Luxor. When I went to the Luxor I discovered that they have bodies: the exhibition that is one place I do not want to go. However I do want to go to Titanic the exhibition this time that we go I will definitely go. From 11:30pm to 2:00am I was at those hotels exploring. Then when I was on my way back I decided to buy mom  McCafe frappe mocha with whip cream. On Sunday morning we went walking from the Excalibur to the Riviera hotel. Basically we went from the strip to old Las Vegas and mom was happy because along the way mom found another Ross. But mom was clearly still upset because she had lost her lotions and then something incredible happened. That Sunday night I was checking my mom's email and it turns out they had sent us an email from the cab company saying that they had found our carry on. Immediately I sent her a reply saying that we were going to go on Monday to pick it up, so I left her my phone number. The one thing that saved us was that a day before we travelled I had sent my sister from my mom's email the bar code scanner so we could scan our boarding pass. The next day we went to the cab company, and after retrieving our carry on and the cab dropping us off at the hotel I asked mom if we were not forgetting anything, I was already traumatized by what had happened. The rest of the trip was wonderful, mom wasn't mad and everything was finally falling into place. Mom bought stuff at Walgreens. Perhaps one of the best parts about going to Las Vegas was that I finally go to visit the Aria. It is the most beautiful hotel ever. I took a lot of pictures and I put it on my instagram account and my twitter. Sadly Tuesday had arrived and I knew that on Wednesday December 25th we were going to return to Long Beach. But a day before (Tuesday) mom being mom returned all the things she had bought at walgreens and in the process I bought my niece and nephew a teddy bear. Originally we were supposed to be in bed at 10 that way we can get sleep, instead we were in the slot machines till 4:45 am and we woke up at 6:00am showered and packed, and while mom and dad were checking out I was watching the Disney parks parade. While I was sad because I was leaving Las Vegas and leaving my favorite hotel I was actually quite happy because I was finally going to go home and sleep in my bed. We got to the airport and luckily this time I did not almost forget my boarding pass. We ate burger king and we waited for our plane to arrive. We left McCarran International Airport at 2:45 and arrived in Long Beach at 3:30pm. Overall the vacation was amazing we slept at whatever time we wanted, example we would sleep at 10pm and wake up at 3am to go play and we would wake up at whatever time we wanted you know, no pressure. Flying in JetBlue was amazing, they have wonderful service and they are really amiable, I cannot wait to go back!