The End is Near

-March 11th-

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog. A reminder once again that registration for the Spring is still going on and to clear as soon as possible. Time is running out and you don’t want to get stuck with classes you do not want or need. I personally have to clear and I intend to do that on Saturday so I will let you know how that goes.

The end of the semester is quickly approaching as students all around Berkeley are gearing up for final exams. It is going to be difficult for me as I have a lot of personal and family events that are coming up that is going to sap my strength, hopefully with proper time management I will be able to handle it all. As we begin the wind down I handed in my final 8 page paper today in Multimedia Business Presentations. The final step is to take that paper and turn it into a PowerPoint presentation that is due next week. If I get an A on the paper and the presentation that should net me an A for the class since I got nothing less than an A- on any assignment. I am still waiting to find out what I got on my midterm in Taxation but I guess that may have to wait until Friday. I still have to do homework for chapters 5 & 6 that is due next Friday, week 11.

In International Business I saw I got 29 out of 30 on my paper which makes me feel great since I worked hard on that paper. If I am able to get an 85 or better on the final I think I can come away with a B or a B+ for the semester which I am happy to take. Microeconomics I did not go to yesterday because I was physically exhausted from the hectic weekend and I also had to get up early Tuesday morning. I went to a BNI meeting at 7 am in order to promote the business that my partner and I are forming. BNI is a professional networking group that allows only one of each particular field into a chapter. For example in one chapter there can only be one tax lawyer, one graphic designer so on and so forth. This is extremely helpful in the fact that any referrals would go to you and only to you. Despite missing the class I did find out that she did move up the final to week 11 so we don’t have to show up week 12 and also take away one class to study for during week 12. I got a break out of Taxation because I found out from a classmate that the final will only be on one chapter and that is chapter 6. That makes it easier to study for and prepare for so I am hoping to knock the final out of the park.

It is now time for the Rebecca and Jose corner. Rebecca continues to surprise us with her grasp of the English language. The other day my wife and mother in law were taking Jose and Rebecca for a walk. Rebecca was already in the carriage when she saw that her brother was coming along. She turns to my mother in law and says “he’s coming to?” My mother in law replied “yep” and Rebecca goes “nnooooo.” She did not want her brother to come along and seemed to act like it was her time only with mommy and grandma. Another thing she did was on Sunday morning she woke up and saw her brother sleeping upstairs. She asks my mother in law if Jose slept there last night and when she was told yes she said, “oh” and seemed annoyed. That night he stayed upstairs again but this time Rebecca saw him and asked if he was spending the night. My mother in law said,”yes” and Rebecca gave it her ok for good measure. Makes me wonder who the boss really is upstairs? Anyway that is it for now I will see you guys next time, hopefully I will be able to post all of these back blogs this weekend.