A Sad Place (Community Service)

   My previous school encourages the students to do community service, and tries to do some events that can help us to gain community service hours. One of these events involves students helping a group to built a basic house for a family. The normally send 5-7 students a day for a week. Workers called each one of us to help in various tasks. We would later take a break, work some more and arrive at school.

It was a really good experience because you not only helped people that really needed this houses, but also felt really self-conscious. Because of that, even for just a moment, you appreciated everything that you had. I personally It's true that I felt tired, and even lazy for some times, but I really liked helping them, it feels really good doing that. This experience may not be a really big one, but it a lot of fun, and it is something that I hopefully won't forget, because I may not know how it is to be without all this awesome things we have, but I could feel it; it's something that I don't wish for a person to happen.

The Greatest Thing (Accomplishment)

   Imagine yourself in a overpopulated small country, where economy is somewhat bad, and the government is just getting worse than before. El Salvador could be depicted as one of those countries. Not many opportunities are given there to rise up and be successful. It may not seem like it, but coming here is, for me, one of the best accomplishments I've made by far. This couldn't have happened without the help of many people. Coming here is one of the biggest dreams that a person from my country could have, but it's not likely to happen, and if it happens, it's going to be really hard at the beginning.

   This school might not be the best one there is in the U.S, but it sure is better than the ones in my country. Not just that, but there are more opportunities here for a better future than those in my country. It relates to my brand because I have to work hard to achieve what I want, and this is just the first step of a long-term goal, to try and help everyone that I can.

A Wish (Logo)

   This logo may not be the most beautiful there is out in the world, or the most creative, but it represents what I want to do in the future. The logo is made out of a four-point star and inside it, the Earth. At least for me, most of the time, the star can be seen as a sign of hope, of not giving up. The reason why the Earth is inside the star is because of a wish that could possibly make the world a little bit better.

   This can be related to my brand because I want to help everyone, not leaving anyone behind, that's why the Earth is inside the star. Its meaning ay not be interpreted as I would like to. People could confuse it with me being some kind of hope to the entire world, when it's not true. I want people to see it as something that could possibly give hope to almost everyone, not making a person famous for it. My goal is to achieve all that I can, and when the time comes, try to help everyone I can, little by little. I really like this logo because of that, and I hope that my, almost impossible wish might become a reality.

Songs of the Past (Life Tracks)

Feel Good Inc.- Gorillaz

  The first time I heard this song was in my childhood, when I was a little child, with, maybe, a little more than 5 years. I really liked the song, and the video was so strange, it was so good. It reminds me of “Californication” of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but a little bit better. It also reminds me of my childhood almost each time I hear it, and I enjoy it.

All I Have- Jennifer Lopez

  My mom loves JLo a lot, and almost every time we would go in the car with her, she would put a disk full of a variety of music, Jlo’s songs being one of them. This song reminds me of those moments that my mom began to play it; it reminds me, in a way, of my mom.

You’re Beautiful- James Blunt

  I didn’t understand what the song really meant when I was little, I would just enjoy it. My mom would later explain me that this song is about a man that fell in love at first sight, but knew that he would never be with her. It reminds me a little bit of my past, of what has happened to me, which is sad, but at the same it I’m happy that it had happened.

I’m Blue- Eiffel 65

  This song is somewhat strange, not only in the lyrics, but also in the video. I remember that one time, three friends of mine and me sat down together, and talked about this song. It was funny because there was a point in the conversation that we would try to do our best to sing the chorus just like in the song. We told a friend, or let the rest of the group judge (I don’t even remember) who had sung the chorus really good.

Wind- Akeboshi

  This is a really sad song, and I remember being addicted to it for some time. What’s even worse, the rhythm of the song made it even sadder. It reminds me of the bad moments in my past, about my suffering and almost everything bad, but I still enjoy this song.

Room 409- Bullet for my Valentine (I wouldn’t recommend hearing it)

  I remember one time searching for music videos, and this one song came with a series I really liked. How this person had edited the video was amazing, but the song made it even better. Also, this song has a lot of intensity, and would make me imagine a scenario where I was mad at everyone, and how they would react to me being mad. I wondered if my classmates would help me overcome that anger, or not, and how I would treat them.

A Little Piece of Heaven- Avenged Sevenfold

  One time, a friend of mine came to my house to finish a project we had in literature. I don’t remember that well, and I might just be making something up, but I remember that my friend asked me of it was okay to put a song, and I said yes. At first, I didn’t like the song, it was long, and strange, it wasn’t my taste, but I ended up liking it a lot. This made me a little bit closer to one of the groups in my class, and I was happy.

Glow- Madcon

  I don’t know how, I don’t even remember how I found this song, I just found it. I remember watching the video that Eurovision had filmed in Youtube. I liked the video a lot. One could see people just dancing everywhere from a bunch of places, it was just amazing. I remember showing it to my sister and my mom, and I would never stop saying that I loved it, and just show the video to them over and over again. It sure was funny.

Happiness- Goldfrapp

  If I remember correctly, I watched their music video in Cartoon Network one day. It made me happy, this young man, wearing a white suit, jumping and playing with the èople while he had a smile in his face. My sister and I liked it so much, that we would jump around the house non-stop, and we would get really tired a few minutes later. Just like in Madcon’s Glow, this video made me happy because of the unity of people shown.

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)- Arcade Fire

  This song was recently presented to me. Just before my departure, a friend called me, and played this song for me. I loved it, and he said that it was something for me to remember. I didn’t know what to say, so I just said thank you very much, and wished him luck because he was going to another place. I really love this song, I’m really happy that he showed it to me.

A Little Piece of Paper (Artifact)

A Piece of Paper

   It may be a little item, an insignificant object, but it may be the most important object that you've had. In Thanksgiving, my class wanted to play a little, fun game were we would put a piece of paper at our back and other people would write what they thought about us. Funny enough, I was the last one to enter to the class because I was talking to another teacher about something, and I didn't know what to do exactly. To do it quick, I took out a piece of paper from my notebook, and put it on my back, while the other people had blank sheets of paper.

   Some people might have trouble reading it because of how the paper has become, or because of the spanish words in it. It basically says things like "artist","little bear","really good friend" and other things. It really reminds me about how people see me and what I have. This piece of paper says that I'm not alone, that I have friends that are by my side, and I feel really happy about that, it is something that I hope not to forget.

   At the moment, this piece of paper is a little bit above 1 year old. It may be the most horrible, wrinkled, torn paper without price that there can be, but it is my favourite little piece of paper that I'll try never to get rid of. I'm happy to have it!

Quotes

Quotes

¨When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart with a pistol? No! When they have an incurable disease? No! When they drink soup made from poisonous mushroom? No! They die when they are forgotten!¨

-One Piece by Oda Eiichiro

This quote has a lot of meaning itself. It tell that people don’t just die, and leave this world, but tells you that their legacy stays here, no matter how much time passes. Big minds like Albert Einstein, or Shakespeare have died, but their doing is still recorded and will be remembered throughout history. This quote really motivates me, that’s why I like it a lot.

¨Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.¨

-Norman Vincent Peale

This quote can make a lot of people get familiarized with. There are many people that don’t believe that they’re good at what they are doing. Sometimes it might be that our self-esteem is really low, making us believe that we’re really bad at doing things. Other times it might be that friends, and possibly media and other sources, tell us that it’s not correct, or that we’re doing bad. If it’s good, don’t let that affect you, if you know that you’re good at it, then do it, why not?

¨Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.¨

-Og Mandino

This quote can be very true. If a person plants hatred, hatred he will harvest. If a person plants happiness and good, happiness and good he will harvest. It’s basically saying that what you do to other people, most likely, will happen to you too, maybe worst. I can really sense a strong self-identification with this quote. I’ve tried to plant good, and thank God, good I have harvested, it’s a really amazing feeling.