Journey by Sachie Tennakoon

The question of the semester- "oh.. you're graduating in May? so whats the plan after that?" OH MY GOD! JUST STOP! I DON'T KNOW! I mean I would like to know obviously, but I don't. And I'm telling my self that its ok. Its ok to not know what you are going to do, you still have five more months... right? Four years ago, I had a plan. Well of course it had to be altered depending on my interests and the economy. But I had a plan of where I needed to be in four years. But the year 2011 brought uncertainty to my life. There are so many options that I would want to do, that would make me happy. But my decisions are not all just based on my self. People tell me "no do what you want to do, what makes you happy". That is what I am trying to do. I am happy when people around me are happy. I cannot be doing what I love in life and living in a place that I am in love with, if the people around me are disappointed in me. That would lose the purpose of ...

So  my friends have very different ideas and views on many different things of life. I think its mainly because we are all from different countries and by coming here to the US we have different ways of thinking that are influenced by both the Western culture and our own. This past weekend we were having a very interesting and loud discussion/argument at a very public place (for those of you who know us, this is normal :D) This was the topic Who decides if someone is ugly? Is there a standard for being ugly- Now because I was a part of this conversation and had very strong opinions about the side that I was supporting, this blog is going to be a little biased. But I will try my best to stay neutral when presenting both arguments- This is what the guys were saying- It is true that everyone has a perception of beauty- but if you show a picture of a pretty girl and a really ugly girl to 100 guys it is a guarantee that at least 98% of the guys will agree on the same dec...

In Clay Shiky's " It takes a village to find a phone" he talks about an epic tale of a woman losing her phone in the cab ( a pretty common thing to most people) and using online tools to locate the phone. The difference of this story and any other lost and found story is that how much the lives of all the parties changed during this process of locating the phone. Please I suggest everyone read this from the above link. There are several relatable and important aspects in this story that I think are critical to understanding the story. How one simple click can make such a great impact It started with a simple email from the owners friend asking the person who found the phone to return it. When she refused the friend took the story public. All he did was create a simple web page named "Stolen Sidekick". This website was emailed around with in seconds. With in hours this story had so many hits from all around the world. This was a story that happened to one...

All media is digitized and becomes one cumulated place of media channels. This is very interesting as we would have the option of choosing any media they want as it is all next to each other. This will change the way of living of people. Citizen Journalism will let people have a voice, a real voice that will make a difference. The fact that China had to learn from its people about the earth quake that was happening in its own land is simply fascinating. But people are skeptical about being connected 24/7. As an example what about what’s happening in Egypt . People started protesting about expensive cost of living and corruption in governmental organizations. The protests have become so violent and so out of control. The government has decided to block both Facebook and Twitter in Egypt. This a way of reducing what goes out in to the international community about what’s happening in Egypt. But the most fascinating fact is that the organizers of the protest used social media to organize...

Here I am writing the first blog entry ever. Just a couple of years ago, I promised my self that I would never get a blog. It was the thing that eveyrone did to be someone. I did not want to be that person who went along with the crowd. Well, after taking my foot out of my mouth, I was told by many many professionals in my field that I would not  be able to survive this industry with out a blog. I wanted to look in to this more. Why is it so important now to have a blog? Hanns Kullin thinks that blogging for him is a way of expressing him self, and being able to have a deep understanding of those sudden thoughts that you have late at night.  He says it also has a social impact. The fact that he now has the chance to connect with from across the world and share an opinion, is profound. I asked a college student, someone like me why he blogs. He says "just because I like to write". Then I asked him "Do you care about who reads it?". He said "Well now I d...