As it is in Heaven pt 2

December 13th, 2017

As we finished up the end of the movie we started watching during the last class, it ending up being a fantastic movie. The lead cantor finally felt love, opened up peoples hearts with music, and so much more. Throughout all of the hard times in life, things start to look up. Patience is key and that is something I need to keep in mind. I am a very impatient person so watching this movie and discussing topics like this in class has open my mind to other values.

As it is in Heaven

December 11th, 2017

We are watching a movie call "As it is in Heaven" A Swedish movie about a man who is grown up by music. His passion as a kid made him very successful, although he didn't feel happy with that. As of now this movie is very interesting and has a very close relation with my life, as I have been in choirs all my life. All of the things that he has taught his "choir" are very similar to what I have been taught. Being one unit is very important and everyone is a piece to an overall puzzle. This is important with work. Finding your calling and what you're good at makes the job much more successful. 

Overall Reflection

December 10th, 2017


These past 4 months have been nothing short of spectacular. Meeting new friends, traveling on the weekends to other countries, and having the sense of freewill. Yes, there definitely would be some things I would change and or do differently but that all about the experience. So without further ado here is some small glimpses of my time abroad....

Sagrada Familia: Barcelona, Spain

Camp Nou: Barcelona, Spain

Wimbledon Centre Court: London, England

Rome, Italy

Chefchowen, Morocco

Paris, France

Prague, Czech Republic

Girona, Spain

Dublin, Ireland

All of these and many more have impacted me dearly to give myself a better understand of other countries. Learning a new language, meeting strangers, and taking classes which might be different than normal, all are learning experiences that we should never take for granted. In 11 days I depart from this incredible experience but I will always hold onto the things that I was given here. 

I will be telling people how incredible studying abroad is, because everyone should be able to live this lifestyle one time in their life. Thank you Barcelona for everything. Te amo mucho.

Study Abroad Narrative

December 4th, 2017

As I hop off the plane for the first time in Europe I realized I was in for a very interesting adventure. Tired, jet lagged, and unknown I had to figure out where I was going to be living for the next four months. When the taxi came to pick me up from the airport, I knew I had to talk to him in Spanish but I didn't exactly know what to say. I tried to look it up on google translate, but I didn't have any cellular data or wifi. Basically I tried to say the street in Spanish only to show him a picture that my leaders gave me. Now, my unknown is just getting started...

The cab pulls up to my apartment complex I'm hoping my host mom will speak a little bit of english so I can figure out and understand what she will need from me. NOPE. She didn't speak on lick of english and I was forced with using a google translator and speaking by pointing. As my first day wasn't so great, I really didn't feel like this place was for me and I was already regretting the decision of studying abroad for 3 1/2 more months. A couple hours later my roommate comes in and he speaks Spanish very well and everything seemed to be fine again.

  Looking back on this day, as I leave for back home in less than two weeks I really have grown and learned from these lessons. My Spanish has gotten a lot better and I'm even trying to have conversations with my host mom. I'm pushing myself to achieve new things and really take in the culture difference the most I can. Everything can learn something new everyday and by pushing yourself to make you a better self is always beneficial in the end.

Beach Day

October 15th, 2017

Today, we didn't have class because of the protests going on in Barcelona. So instead of going to class on that given Wednesday, we decided to have a beach day on that next Sunday. There was going to be games, team building exercises, and everything beach related. As I'm looking back on that day I am realized two things that is very helpful and will be good for the future.

#1 is have fun and enjoy time with people who you don't know. This creates a factor of stepping outside our comfort zones and taking chances.

Finally #2 is time management. We had a certain time that we had to be at the beach and it was quite a bit away from where I live, plus it was every early in the morning. This certain circumstance was beneficial in being on top of this and becoming more of an adult, haha.

Motivational Monday

December 4th, 2016

As our time in class almost comes to an end we are learning about the value of life and how we can teacher our children and the younger generation around us the fundamentals of life. We watched this Ted-Talk about a man who is telling people to teach their kids about entrepreneurship and how they can achieve the goals that interest them.

Poster

November 29th, 2017

Today we worked on a art piece of our home country. We added a lot of information about celebrities and the president of the United States who has been very prevalent in the news lately. It was interesting working with people from the same country and getting their insights on ideas. This aspect will be going into our marketing plan scheme, talking about external markets.