RIP Steve Jobs
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011The world had lost a genius today. While I am not an Apple user, this great man had changed every person’s life for the better. May he rest in peace.
Life Off September Road
Saturday, October 1st, 2011Italy Tour 2011 I
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Summer is finally here! This time, I toured for 2 weeks with the Rutgers University Glee Club at Italy. Please enjoy:
2011: Highlights For Everyone (more for incoming college freshmen)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011STOP NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JOHN WISNIEWSKI!
Saturday, November 6th, 2010Why is New Jersey always the victim to filthy cockroaches trying to snag our money? Oh I get it, the north and south had been fully affiliated as Republicans, while leaving the central Democratic. Look everyone, wake up and stop these filthy politicians! Why can’t we take Kyleigh’s Law as a lesson? Just read how absurd this article is. Have you ever considered hiring an instructor just to teach your kids to drive in the rain? This idea is thoroughly asinine!
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(Excerpt from New Jersey News Room)
Proposal would enact Teen Driver Study Commission recommendations
Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) announced Tuesday he has introduced legislation that would change the education and practice requirements of state’s Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) program.
Wisniewski made the announcement at a Statehouse news conference with AAA New Jersey and teen driver safety advocates. AAA New Jersey revealed the results of a wide-ranging national study that found parents consider most teens unprepared for unsupervised driving.
Under Wisniewski’s bill any teen driver under the age of 18 who is applying for their learner’s permit or examination permit would first be required to have a parent or guardian attend a motor Vehicle Commission-approved teen driver orientation program. This program also would be available, but not required, for drivers between 18 and 21 who are seeking an examination permit.
The bill also would require any driver under the age of 21 who holds an examination or special learner’s permit to complete a minimum number of certified practice driving hours with a parent, guardian or adult supervisor. Any teen driver with a special learner’s permit would be required to complete 50 hours of practice driving, 10 hours of which would be at night, in addition to the currently required six hours of certified driving school instruction. Drivers with an examination permit would be able to complete the aforementioned requirements or, alternatively, complete 100 hours of certified driving, 20 hours of which would be at night.
Wisniewski’s bill would also require that the current six hours of certified driving instruction be private and one-on-one instruction. It also would require the MVC, in consultation with the state Division on Highway Traffic Safety, to update and standardize traffic safety/driver education guidelines for public and private schools in the state.
Finally, the bill would extend the permit phase from six months to one year for all new drivers, age 16 to 20, before they become eligible for a probationary license.
The AAA study found that 47 percent of parents participating in the study felt that after the learning stage of the state’s GDL, there was still at least one driving condition for which their teen was not adequately prepared. One in three parent-participants didn’t feel their teen was ready to drive unsupervised on the highway or in heavy traffic. One in five parents didn’t think their teen was ready to drive unsupervised in the rain.
“When almost half the parents of driving age children feel that their kids aren’t ready to get behind the wheel by themselves after the ‘learning phase’ of the GDL, something is seriously wrong,” Wisniewski said. “Through my legislation, and with the help of partners like AAA New Jersey, we can work to correct this problem so that it does not continue to result in needless accidents, injuries and deaths.”
“Preparing both teens and parents for the supervised driving phase is key to ensuring teens become safer drivers,” Cathleen Lewis, AAA New Jersey director of public affairs and government relations, said. “(The bill) A-3309 provides the tools necessary to keep our teens and our roadways safe.”
“These are the missing pieces in New Jersey’s teen driver safety puzzle,” Wisniewski said. “Not only will these requirements produce better and more savvy teen drivers, they will help parents feel more at ease when their child gets behind the wheel alone for the first time.”
– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
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This guy Wisniewski is clearly a filthy cockroach. By putting this bill out there, he only wants people to pay more money in order to have their kids learn driving. Come on NJ and wake up! These cockroaches in our government need more money and are enforcing useless laws. How is increasing the probationary period going to protect people? The first thing that comes to every typical kid behind the wheel is speeding. Common Sense! Time doesn’t matter. It’s time to stop this so-called AAA cockroach Wisniewski.
2 College Months
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Attention everyone, I must announce that I haven’t forgotten about the blog. As you can probably tell, I am quite during my first year and had faced massive conflicts all around me. As much as I would love to write out my feelings, I just simply don’t have enough time as there’s one class that demands a paper every week. It’s not that I don’t love you all, but rather that I have to devote more time into building my future. It’s all a part of life and for those who had already gone through this stage, good for you. But for those who still has yet to undergo this stage, I’m putting this up as a warning. As for fun, it’s reduced to the least….
However, I can show you what I currently call fun and yes I do it every week:
New York Life In Rutgers- New Brunswick
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Just so you’ll all know, I haven’t forgotten about any of you. I know and can already feel your anxiety creeping up your skins about how I “abandoned” you all for 3-4 weeks. Never mind about that and let’s get real here.
Yes I know that many of you may be wondering how I feel about moving from Basking Ridge to New Brunswick, even though it’s only a 15min drive and it’s still in NJ. At the very least I can proudly say that I LOVE IT!!! Almost everything fits my needs and I am able to reach out beyond what I originally intended on committing to.
First and foremost, I feel privileged to be in a dorm slated for only Engineering Students and that me and my roommate are thoroughly making it though (for now, he is known as A.L.). And yes, flexibility is a major part of rooming with another person, though there was certainly nothing intolerable that he did. For lack of better words, I do mean that many of my friends aren’t working out with their roommates. As I expected for an incident to occur in the first week, one of my floor-mates got so drunk that when his roommate was taking a video of him, he chased him down the hall, ran through glass doors, and cut his left hand to the point that he left a trail of blood down the stairs. And off went his first 3 weeks of his college career in the hospital. Another friend who was placed in a non-A/C dorm complained that her roommate was malodorous day and night. Sadly, she even had to use her cooling fan in attempt to exhaust the odor out. And after the housing department accepted her appeal for an A/C room, she was moved into another dorm in which she could actually sleep through the night without sleeping over at her HS friends’ rooms. Except this time her roommate is…(I guess that you can figure out the rest). But seriously if I had to put up with these problem, they’ll break through my studies for sure. My only complaint is that some girls on my floor scream like lunatics running down the hall at 3AM in the morning. If they have roommate complaint sheet available, then I would say that they should also have a floor-mate complaint sheet available.
Moving on to Academics, in which I would say briefly on. However, your academics are the most important parts of your college careers. Breaking it down, the level of instructors go by Senior Professor, Teaching Assistants, and Peer Mentors. This is the structure at Rutgers, but I’m not sure abut those at other schools. Sometimes teaching assistants may request to be called “Professor” but you can identify TAs if they say that they still have yet to complete their studies. Here at Rutgers, you can refer to most TAs by their first names or by “Mr./Ms./Mrs.” If someone has earned their PhD (mostly doesn’t apply to TAs) and I would advice you to do some “stalking,” but you should refer to that Professor as “Dr. …” over the other reference names. Peer Mentors are only Undergraduate Upperclassmen who had excelled in the classes that they support and they usually just grade HWs, but again this only applies to Rutgers. Breaking down classes, all classes are either Lectures or Recitations. Lectures are supplements to what you learn on your own and are usually taught by Senior Professors. The only exceptions to these are some electives, some English classes, and some seminars, where they are taught by TAs. This also means that some classes mix Recitations and Lectures, which again applies to areas such as some electives, some English classes, and some seminars. Recitations (aka Workshops) are the classes in which you actually do work and take tests. Recitations are split into many sections to fit in with peoples’ schedules, even though everyone (up to 16 Sections per subject at 22 per class) attends the same Lectures. As an Engineering Undergrad Frosh (1st Semester), I have 2 Chemistry Lectures and 1 Recitation, 2 Calculus Lectures and 1 Recitation, 1 Physics Lecture and 1 Recitation (weird imo), 3 elective recitation/lecture mixes, 1 Engineering Lecture (teaching fields of Engineering and is pass/fail), and a Seminar that meets once a week. Yes, my classes are hard and stressful (though not so much) so far, but I’m still loving the life in which I will describe next and the reasons why you should join me as a Scarlet Knight at Rutgers!
This is the part you’ve all been waiting for…KABLAM!!!
I am a proud member of the Rutgers University Glee Club (not bragging), oldest organization at Rutgers, and 4th-Ranked of the nation. This means that I will be heading to Italy next summer for a month of touring from North to South; this is only something that’s done every 4 years. And yes that all means I could get out of boring lectures (not recommended for you) for performances worth millions of dollars. Haha, yes I’m too much of a hypocrite. But stay tuned for the following performances:
Oct 2nd- Rutgers vs. Tulane Football Game aka. Homecoming (Tune in on ESPN/ESPN2/any college football channel)
Oct 13th- New Jersey Performance Art Center (please attend to help Rutgers fundraise $1 Billion!!!)
Away from Glee Club even though i don’t really want to, I had left HS behind for good. New friends are always important especially when it comes to striving through new parts together. I can say that I hang out with different groups of people including those with my roommate and those with friends made from Homecoming and even groups from the floor above my dorm floor. In case you’re wondering how I met part of the 4th floor, well it was by accident. I was heading back to sleep on my first night dorming when I discovered that there was a major sale at the Edison Target and that some girls from the 4th floor dragged me along the way. If you were a claustrophobe, you would’ve fainted immediately from the long lines just to catch a bus. Next, imagine an average Target store with over a couple thousand people…yeah that’s how bad it was. The check-out line even wrapped around the whole store from the entrance. Though I didn’t purchase anything, there were surely a lot of free stuff from the drawstring bags that they gave out. With the exception of junk food, toothpaste, and deodorants that I was given, I couldn’t really use the rest b/c well they were…5 PACKS OF TAMPAX TAMPONS WITH “FANCY CASES.” Though I did somewhat regret giving them out when my nose bled the next day on the bus and I didn’t have any tissues.
Here’s my take, don’t be anti-social and meet as many people as possible, especially those opposite of your gender. You’ll never believe how much connections can benefit you in the future. There are times in which I felt that I still didn’t make enough friends so far, but don’t get annoying as to calling up every solitary person that you met in just a couple of weeks. Especially with girls, this almost always directs the wrong message even if you’re interested in the person. As my MEF admin HMan said, “don’t think with your dick.” This means girls, don’t “overflirt.” Think about people before you proceed to cheat on them and acknowledge how they can react upon realizing. Remember, some boys out there are soft-hearted.
All I can say is that Rutgers- New Brunswick promises a balanced life of all ways! For rising HS Seniors, absolutely joining me “Along The Banks of the Old Raritan.”
R-U, Rah, Rah;
R-U, Rah, Rah,
Whoo-Rah, Whoo-Rah;
Rutgers Rah
Up Stream Red Team
Red Team Up Stream
Rah, Rah, Rutgers Rah!
Everything That Leaves Behind.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010My Pa was right; when you’re the “smartest,” you get everything you want and anyone that you want. On the other hand if you’re one of the “average,” you get left behind and they all just value you to a lesser degree.
Yes that means I’m leaving the MLR (Mice Loves Rice) Family Group behind. I knew all 40+ members for almost all my life and took their positive values towards many turning points of my life. Appreciation of those aspects is one thing, but realizing that us children are all grown up and other factors are coming into consideration is another. As the negative outbalances the positive, I am firm to consider my decision to never attend another MLR-related party or event. It is clear that the majority fits my father’s proverb about society as a whole. I mean we can still be friends, but just towards the outer rim.
What else is there to say…
It’s Rutgers Time!
I will become an engineer to advance America’s Railroad system and overrule the FRA!
