Week 15 – Classmate Interview – Marina Barnes

My Interview for week 15 is Marina Barnes.

Marina is a freshman who is studying Film at CSULB. During our interview, she did a video interview instead of the usual note taking interview. She was the first one that I met that did a video interview. I asked her what she thought about the ART class so far and she said that she likes going to the galleries. The course was a required class for her major and because of the ART-110 class, she now knows that there is an art gallery on campus. Before she took the class, she did not know that our school had an art gallery.

Marina wanted to be a film major because it was something that she was interested in. Her uncle works with film and he inspired her to become a film major. Her uncle did not have a daughter of his own and his sons were not interested in film, so he treated Marina as if she was his own daughter. He would try and show her the world of filming and because she was interested, she decided to becoming a film major going into college. Marina does not really have any hobbies at the moment. She use to sail a lot and plan to join the sailing team next year, but recently she has not been doing much. She even said that she was embarrassed of her lack of hobbies.

Unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of her during the interview, so here is a picture of a yogurt.

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Week 14 – Classmate Interview – Zhen Su

My classmate interview for week 14 is Zhen Su.

Zhen is currently a film major student. He was born in Chine and moved to America about 3 years ago. He learned English for 1 1/2 years at a English school before getting into the University. He studies performing arts, painting and dance. Ten years ago, he moved to Beijing and went to Beijing dance academy. It is a university that focuses on performing arts like acting, dancing, and art. He really likes his major because he finds it fun and it has been a big part of his life when he was growing up.

We talked about how he lives close to a beach and big port back at his Home town. That was one of the reason why he chose to live around long beach. It reminded him of his home town because it is so close to the beach. His hometown is Qing Dao and apparently they are well known for the beer they make there. We don’t really have much in common, but it was interesting talking to someone who grew up studying performing arts. It was the first time I talked to someone who spent most of their childhood going to a school that focuses on things like dancing and artwork.

Week 13 – Classmate Interview – Prem Muni

My classmate interview for week 13 is Prem Muni.

Prem is currently a Sophomore studying Computer Science. We started the conversation about our major and what classes we were taking. We both talked about the different professors for the engineering department for most of the duration. I asked him if he likes the major so far. He said that he likes it even though he finds it very difficult. I am in the same situation when it comes to being in a major like Computer Engineering/Computer Science. Even though it is difficult, it is something that we like to do and enjoy learning.

Some hobbies that Prem likes to do is play basketball. He loves to play basketball and use to play it a lot with his friends. Unfortunately he does not play anymore ever since he started college. He does not have time nor have people he can go play with. The same goes with playing video games. Prem use to play video games as well, but now he does not play as much because of limited free time. We then talked about our favorite food that we like. I didn’t have just one favorite food, but I liked mango. Prem said that his favorite food is chocolate chip ice cream or any ice cream for that matter.

Week 12 – Classmate Interview – Jerrell Howell

My classmate interview for week 12 is Jerrell Howell.

While talking to Jerrell Howell I learned a lot of interesting things about him. From our conversation I learned that he is the youngest of 3 and the first one to go to college out of his family.  He is from Fontana and has been living there for 12 years. He likes to play baseball and he is an angel fan. He grew up playing baseball and he has been playing baseball for 13 years .He is very passionate about baseball. He came from summit high school in Fontana and he was an honor roll student.

Jerrell Howell is currently a second year at Cal State Long beach and is a health care Administration major. He told me that he wanted to find a way to help people and with much thought, decided to be a part of health care. Jerrell plans to go to the Air force after college. He said he wants to go so he can travel the world and to help his family in the long run. He wants to create his own brand or become a model for a brand. He is very goal oriented and a go getter type of person.

Jerrell wants a lot in life, for him and his family. He hopes he can take care of his parents once he gets a career. He is a family oriented person and he wants nothing but the best for them. Jerrell is pretty cool person. I hope he is able to accomplish all of his dreams. I hope he accomplishes his goals.

Week 11 – Classmate Interview – Candice Cheung

My classmate interview for week 11 is Candice Cheung!

Candice came into CSULB as a pre-nursing major but later switched to Human development. She hopes to go to grad school after getting her BA and become an occupational therapist. She is currently a freshman year in college. She said that she did not know what she wanted to do coming into college. Her mother said to try nursing because nurses are needed nowadays and when she looked into it, she liked the idea of talking to people and helping others. She chose to come to CSULB because it was close to her home and the nursing program. In the end she switched majors because she did not think she could handle the pressure and stress.

Candice is from Temple City! I was surprised because it was very close to Arcadia and close to where I grew up. We talked about clubs and if we were in any at school. She said that she joined a Epic Movement club that is a Christian fellowship kind of thing. One of my friends actually told her to try joining the club. Some other information about her is that she is currently dorming at Hillside Los Cerritos because she does not know how to drive yet. She wants to live off campus next year and live in an apartment like me. So we also talked about where I lived and what it is liked to get an apartment with some friends.

Week 9 – Classmate Interview – Khoi Nguyen

My classmate interview for week 9 is Khoi Nguyen.

Khoi is a student at CSULB who is currently majoring in Civil Engineering. He currently lives in Anaheim somewhere near Disneyland! I asked him why he chose to attend CSULB, he said that it was because it was close to home and he had always wanted to go to this school. The reason he chose Civil Engineering was because he likes to deal with houses, buildings, bridges, and other structures. I also asked him about what he thought about ART-110 and he said it was a chill class. He likes art, so he enjoys the time during the art gallery on Thursdays.

Khoi also likes video games like CS:GO. He likes to play shooting or games that is first person. He enjoys playing different types of sports like basketball, badminton, and swimming. He has been to my home city, ARCADIA because he said that he has been to the 626 night market at the Santa Anita race track. He said that he would go every year, but except last year because he was busy and was not able to make it. Khoi is also part of this business club on campus and was able to make more friends because of it. He use to have trouble making friends cause he “was kind of a loner,” so it helped him connect with other. They also thought him how to communicate with others.

Week 7 – Classmate Interview – Rogelio Avina

My interview for week 7 is Rogelio Avina.

Rogelio is a Civil Engineer who is currently a Sophomore. It is interesting how of all the people I have interview for an ART course, most of them are engineers…well anyways…Rogelio is a student who is currently living at Parkside in building Q on campus. Even though his home is in Lancaster, a 2 hour drive, he goes home every 2-3 weeks. When I asked him if he liked his major in Civil, he said that he does. He likes Civil Engineering, but says it if very difficult, especially when it involves learning high leveled mathematics.

When he was in high school, he was in Track and Field, and Soccer. I though it was impressive to be in two teams in high school. It is not easy having to train and practice for two different sports. When we look at the gallery for art, he says that the ones he likes involve detailed art of environments.  He likes to visit Mexico whenever he is on summer or winter break. Some places he visited were Michoacan, Sinaloa, Tijuana, Erendira, and Ensenda.

Also he likes the color red.

Me (Left), Rogelio (Right)