Me and my never ending thirst for knowledge

I have a new income venture that has taken a lot of my time. This venture has taken so much time that I don't have time for myself as much anymore. I have been working many hours from day time to night time. I am amazed at myself that I have been able to complete much of my school work. I trust and believe that I complete my assignments to the best of my ability whether the solutions are correct or not. I endlessly overthink whether my school work is fully complete or just gibberish trying to get by. To keep my physical health up to date, I purchased a new batch of supplements for my everyday calorie intake. 

What are your thoughts on expanding your knowledge? For me, it can be mentally stressful at times. The results are not always complementary, but it's worth the time and effort. Though I may be quiet in class, I am very observant. I don't have many in person classes, so I try to absorb as much as I can when I do attend. I am in no way perfect, because trust me, I forget a lot of things I read and hear from class. 

So as we come close to ending the semester, how do you rate your thirst of knowledge after attending IS101? Please be discretionary. Just kidding. 

An Uneventful Night of Laughs

 Success is like a mile away. But for me right now, seems like it is a100 miles away. I thought success would be on the horizon, as I approached the completion of all the exercises going into taking the MO-200 exam. 

It took multiple attempts through the LabSim and challenges just to get a complete understanding and move forward. My hair was literally falling out from stressing over each attempt. I kept my head high as I saw the finish line coming, as I was mentally preparing to take MO-200.

Prior to taking my first attempt at the MO-200 exam, it was long evening. The evening began when I first went to the Luxor casino to take photos for PHO-101. As I casually walked through the casino floor, I was distracted by a timeshare sales representative. The sales representative offered an interesting deal and requested to see my ID, at the time I did not know why. After a few minutes of conversating, I eventually had to leave, as I was done taking photos. 

I was hungry and I had a craving for some hot soup. I decided to try a place I haven't tried yet. I went to Shokku Ramen in Chinatown on Spring Mountain. After checking in with host, it took a long while to get seated. Even after getting seated, it took a long while to get my order placed. After a long wait for my ramen, it was all worth it. The portions were fairly large and I couldn't finish all the food I ordered, so I took to-go to take home. 

During my meal, I received a message from Mr. Wu regarding to take the MO-200 exam. From here, I replied that after I finish my meal I will take the exam once I got home. So after paying for my meal and getting into the car, I then realized that I did not have my ID on me after looking in my wallet. I took a moment to retrace my steps. I remember that the sales representative from the time share place inside the Luxor, the representative did not give my ID back. I suddenly was in shock and I rushed back to the Luxor. When I arrived back at the Luxor, I immediately started to look for the sales representative that distracted me. At this point my hair started falling out again, as I was stressing out that I lost my ID. After realizing that the employees had gone home for the day, instead of playing it safe, I started to investigate and search the desk of the employees. I did not want to waste time because I did not want Mr. Wu to fall asleep before I took my MO-200 exam. I started to feel embarrassed because people on the slot machines were looking at me as I was searching through the employees desk for my ID. I came to realize that I was wasting time searching through the employees desk. I decided to visit the security desk. I was relieved after I spoke with the officer when he showed me that my ID was in their lost and found. 

An hour has passed since my last message with Mr. Wu and I thought he fell asleep before proctoring my exam. You might have guessed it, Mr. Wu was not asleep at all. Mr. Wu was able to proctor my MO-200 exam.

By this time it was late at night to take my MO-200 exam and I mentally thought I was prepared. I assure you, I was not prepared at all. I was very confident when the exam was in front of me, I clearly had success in my mind and I had no doubt I was going to get an 800 or above on the first try. 

An hour later, after the exhausting exam, with my thoughts held high my confidence was shut down as I failed. I was not able to have any after thoughts because I feeling lethargic after having an awesome meal at Shokku Ramen. So with my thoughts still held high, I just went to sleep.

The next day, 24 hours later, before the hour of my 2nd attempt, I was reviewing all the material I could remember. I felt more confident on the second attempt because I remembered where I may have went wrong. I corrected my thoughts as I went through the exam once again. It was a struggle but I had my coffee ready so that I wouldn't feel lethargic and mentally tired. I was able to answer the exam portions where I knew the answer easily. I marked the questions I did not know immediately. I went through the exam faster because the answers came to me naturally. With finishing faster, I was able to review the questions I marked. I had an extra few minutes to methodically think about the answers on the questions that I marked. After feeling confident about my current answers on the second attempt, I finally submitted it with confidence. As you may have guessed, I FAILED!!

Just kidding. I was able to pass MO-200 exam with 750/1000 points. 

First Halloween Party since I've settled in Las Vegas

 Since I have settled in Las Vegas from 8 years ago, I just recently celebrated my first Halloween party since I arrived from Lima, Peru. This year my costume was a traveling gypsy. It was an eventful night of fun, dancing, and listening to music. The party was held at the house of my long time friend of 23 years. I enjoyed the party because a variety of music was being played all night. I usually don't attend parties that are overly extreme. I much rather attend parties with invitations instead of going to a club scene type of party. There was also a variety of food that was prepared for everyone, especially the brains and fingers that were served. A lot of the attendees of the party came with costumes that had themes, especially the Egyptian couple that attended looked great. The host had a drawing of the best costume of the night, in which the old lady baby won the night. There was also some choreographed dancing, shown below is a Filipino dance called Ocho Ocho, it was ultimately a fun and great night. After the party, my feet was hurting so much from all the dancing and my face and stomach was sore from all the laughing I did. 

New Year's Resolution

The season is upon us where we all decide what we will do for the following year. I have been interested in learning a new language, for example Mandarin or French. I am already taking 4 classes and to add another class would make my school schedule more challenging. Its already challenging to get ahead in my classes, let alone start a new year's resolution. It would be wonderful if I could get tutored for free. I don't have a lot of extra time on my plate, but adding another language under my belt would be nice. Learning another language could also help with my career. In my experience, I have met an individual who spoke 7 different languages, ranging from European to Asian dialects. When I graduate with my bachelors degree, I hope to have added another language to my knowledge bank.