Being a citizen-student!

According to The American Heritage Dictionary, the word citizen is defined as " a person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation." And a student is "one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university." Those two words are not related but they can be use to describe most students at NSU including myself. To me being a citizen means more than owing loyalty and being entitled to protection, it means to help out in my community, to obey the laws,to treat others with respect regardless of their economic status , culture, or race.

As a citizen, I believe it is my duty to vote not only because the constitution grant me the privilege but also because i want my opinion to count. We are in charge of who we decide to elect as our next president. If we don't take time to inform ourselves before we vote then when things go wrong later we can only blame ourselves. I have been trying to inform myself as much as possible so i will be able to make a wise choice in deciding who i am voting for the upcoming elections. Which is a very important one because it will be my first time voting and because it will be one that everyone will remember. This upcoming elections will make history because its the first time that we have an African-American male and a white female running for president.

I do not think that i am obligated to join the military because i believe its a person choice.But i do respect and support the soldiers that are representing our country.

Life and Death!

Life! What is life? Well according to American Heritage Dictionary it is define as" the interval of time between birth and death". But life can mean anything depends on how you look at it. To me life means more than just living and breathing, it is about a purpose to live. Knowing why you want to live. Most people don't know why they alive. I believe that everyone was put on Earth for a reason whether they know it or not. My purpose in life is to help others and i try to do that everyday that i live. That is one of the main reason why i want to be a nurse or it might be as simple as just listening to someone. You won't believe the difference you can make in someone life if you would just take the time to listen to them. I also helped by volunteering at the hospital.
I also have goals that i want to accomplish. I put them as a priority in my life. One of them is to be successful so i try to be the best i can be in everything i do.
Life to me is knowing what's important to you and cherish it everyday that you live.

Blogs of Interest

Area: Nursing
Why: Because my major is nursing. I am a caring person and I think the medical field will be the perfect career field for me and also because I perform better under pressure so I should be able to do fine in a hospital.
What i want to know: How long will it takes to become a nurse? What are the best school to get my degree from and what to expect.

I found a blog website about nursing. The website is

It is a very helpful website for people who want to pursue a career in nursing.

http://medscapenursing.blogs.com/medscape_nursing/2008/05/nurses-blog-abo.html

One of the nurses wrote a poem. She says this poem which she wrote for her emergency department explains the 'real' reasons she is a nurse.

This poem touched me because she didn't choose a career in medical school because of the salary but because she feels that helping other people is really what she was meant to do. I can relate because that is exactly how i feel.

Area: Music
Why: Because I love music
What i want to know: Why certain artist write the songs that they sing about? Is it really their life experience or just something that they think the public will like therefore they can make money of it?

Area: Fashion
Why: Because I like fashion a lot.
What I want to know: Different designers
A good website for fashion is www.livejournal.com/community/hot_fashion/ . Its for all the fashion lovers to share comments, photos and ask questions.

House of Sand and Fog-Character Analysis-

House of Sand and Fog is a great novel and is now one of my favorite novel. Each character has their own story, one more intrigue than the other. The character that i really could not understand is Lester. He always left me wondering why would he act like that after every decisions he makes.

I don't get how he fall in love with Kathy so quickly. He barely knew anything about her. Kathy even asked him the same thing. At first I thought he just wanted to use her for sex since she was already a screw up but as the story goes on, I realised that he was serious about his feelings for Kathy. On top of that he was a married man, and a father. You would think that since he grew up with his parents separated he wouldn't want the same for his kids but then again he wasn't thinking. Just going on impulse because of his emotions.

What really make it worst is the fact that he was a deputy, which mean he knew the law and the consequences of his actions. But he was so blinded by love that he didn't take no time to think before making any decisions. Its understandable that he wanted to help her get the house back because it was taken from her unjustly but there should of been a limit to what he was willing to do. I know they usually say woman are the ones that get emotional and get carried away but in the novel Lester was worse than a woman. He torn his family apart, his kids will grow up without a father and he cause the death of a whole family just because he let his emotions get the best of him.

And why does he kept wanting to see his kids every time he realised he messed up. He if cared so much about them why did he torn the family apart and left in the first place? I think Lester deserve everything that happened to him and I'm glad that he didn't die because he need to think about everything he caused because of his foolish actions.