For my Future Employer

Hello again

As I revisit some of my old work, I found a specific quote relating to whoever reads this blog post. “A creator has their own spotlight, they show whatever they have to an audience then they change it again that process is called edit which shows true talent.” Being an individual that lived in San Francisco over the years, I became a group of traits and I relearned my talents then edit each talent and make it better than before. However the only thing that stayed the same throughout all these years is my passion for thinking outside the box, culture and art of skateboarding, and the goal is making a difference for the world. Thinking like this has motivated me to work hard and communicate with a wide range of people regardless of background. For that reason, I thought back then that communication was the future and I believe it more than anything for the reasons i listed above. I notice that technology is innovation, and innovation is equal to communication. Furthermore having both perspectives, allows me to have the advantage and the leadership skills needed for any work area.   

Current Events

http://news.yahoo.com/belief-god-boils-down-gut-feeling-104403461.html

In the article, “Belief in God Boils Down to a Gut Feeling” Stephanie Pappas describes how influences on people’s religious beliefs describe their way of thinking. She describes the two studies they administered to find this analysis, which was a math test of 882 Americans and writing a paragraph of 373 participants. The conclusion of this study is that people “who are generally more intuitive in the way they think and make decisions are more likely to believe in God than those who ruminate over their choices,” said Pappas.  I agree with this finding because I believe everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different ideas but when “right” and “wrong” plays a part in life. I believe people will know which is which. As a whole I believe in the study, however I believe everyone has a mind of their own and can make their own decisions without thinking about religion. Impulses of choices without thinking, but in this study people are given the chance to think, and that is what some people did which is why I think this is what makes this study unreliable.  Two test and that will help you now if you believe in God? I think there are so many things wrong with that because nothing can describe how people are with religion; it is complicated.  I think this article would have been more appropriate for the future rather than now because two studies are not enough. Who is to say how religious do you have to be?

Too good for Thurgood

The high school I went to was in San Francisco called Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, and the experience I had there was extra ordinary. Back then, I was part of the skateboarding crew, but because they went to drugs I turned into a loner. However, I had plenty of friends but I always tried to look busy doing homework so I can skateboard after school. With this method, I met the educators, the people, not teachers. So my idea of school was a blur because I was not into school activities or partying. I was all about skateboarding. Other than the normal, the one thing that separates my school from other school is that we had a riot in 2004 because of one student did not listen to a cop and in that same hour about a hundred of cops came to the school. Soon after the riot, we had principle after principle as I can recall it, 6 different principles. I was there but I felt no need for a connection because I found my connection with my environment in skateboarding and being outside.

“Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know. Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean. Sleep in peace when day is done. That's what I mean”- Nina Simone-Feeling Good

EL SAMURAI

Many of you do not know it but I am a mixed race between Salvadorean, Mexican, and Japaneses and I made a name for myself, El Samurai. I was raised Japanese-American with a lot of Hispanic influence but I DONT SPEAK SPANISH.  El Samurai, is the skater, the arrogant punk, the dumb kid, and the beer drinker. Pretty much the person Adolfo, (the friendly, funny, communicator), wouldn't want to be. For example in the movie Kill Bill, they describe "alter ego", and what had happened was my alter ego was Adolfo, and I was El Samurai all along. I am El Samurai and I use "Adolfo act" to become what El Samurai wants to be, successful. Being at Year Up, I understand how I suppose to talk in this professional setting because outside, in my culture, I am one of the kids being stupid and dangerous. I would actually use curse words to a norm, for example, back then I would say to my friends, "go f**king die" like a goodbye, and today at Year UP or with colleagues I say, "bye, see you next time". I truly feel I have changed my habits by creating the appropriate atmosphere for each location. If they ever where to mix atmosphere, you'll meet El Samurai.


"look at you look at me there's no difference I can't see"-DRI