I Pledge..

I, Christopher Anonuevo PLEDGE to complete all assigned tasks on time in the internship and learning and development phase.
   
     How Measured: When assigned a task, I will make sure to not procrastinate and start it right away.

I PLEDGE to give my best work all the time.

     How Measured: Instead of always rushing my work, I will dedicate at least 3-4 hours of studying and take    
     my time on my work.

I PLEDGE to come Year Up / My internship while maintaining a positive professional attitude.

     How Measured: I will wake up everyday on time, eat breakfast, and come ready to learn and execute
     tasks.

I am writing this pledge to have it published to better myself and to hold myself accountable for my mistakes. This is like a contract for myself.

Change for the Better

Growing up in the heart of the Fillmore, in San Francisco, California, the neighborhood I lived in was really run down and where police sirens seemed to be frequent as Muni or the bus line. My neighborhood was considered to be ghetto and dangerous. There is a park right next to my complex where you would see homeless people living there, and it was very unsanitary. Also, there was chipped paint everywhere and you would feel unsafe just walking to the corner store. Although there may be a bunch of negative aspects, it is where I am from, and I believe there could be changes that can be made for the better.

I am who I am despite the neighborhood I lived in because I always kept a positive attitude. At the age of fourteen I was working at an after school program, where I mentored youth from elementary to middle school while being on the basketball team at Galileo High School. Although I was in a bad neighborhood, I did not let negative influences affect me. I think over the past couple years my neighborhood has undergone gentrification. There was a stretch when I was younger, where my family and I had to stay with my grandparents because the apartment complex I stayed at went under renovation. As you can see, on the above picture, that is how my complex looks like today. There is no longer any chipped paint, a new playground, and even added another building in the complex for the local community to use. On Octavia street, which is not too far from where I live is proof of gentrification. They have added a more community friendly park and even added trees. The bottom line is that my neighborhood is making changes for the better, which is good.

Real San Franciscans..

This morning I came across a blog on SF GATE. The title of the post was "Real San Franciscans.." which features a slideshow which captions "You know you are a real San Franciscan if.." then each slide will have a caption say for example, if you know there is a curvier street on Vermont. I just thought it was interesting and funny for some of the slides they showed. There was one that said you know you are a San Franciscan if you ignore the GPS to go on Van Ness st. I found that funny because Van Ness street is always busy and I always try to avoid Van Ness. The blog post also mentioned that you are a  San Franciscan if you know secret spots for great views, the picture above is my secret spot. Enjoy!

SUNday

Last night and early this morning was very ugly and rainy, but it turns out Sunday lived by its name. It was quite a beautiful day today. Woke up, went to get Pho at Turtle Tower and since it was a lovely day, I thought of going to play basketball at the local park. Above is the photo.

Goals for this week:

• Start reading "The Hunger Games"
• Need new book
• Eat out less
• Continue to be physically active 3-4 days a week
• Win our first basketball game as a Year Up team (Next Game)

Got a lot to look forward to this week. All though I have more goals, I would like to mention my focuses for this week. As for those who would like to support your fellow colleagues, we would be having games every Monday and Wednesday. If you are interested in watching please feel free to contact me. 

Tricked by the System

                                    

Advertisements are everywhere nowadays from our phones, television, or the internet. But with all advertisements or commercials, there is always a targeted audience. For example, the Super Bowl commercials  mostly consists of alcohol and the targeted audience is mostly male adults who watch football. The methods that usually catch my attention are the funny ones, or the ones with the catchy slogans. One example I can think of is the Energizer Bunny. Their slogan is "keeps going, and going, and going.." and everyone remembers that, and whenever you do buy batteries it is stored in your head without you even knowing it. The slogan is implying that the battery lasts long, which is pretty catchy. Also, commercials that have songs are also good forms of advertisements that catches my attention. Even if the commercial does not apply to you, it stays in the back of your head, or at least know what is being advertised.

One easy form of advertisement and is very common is the celebrity in the advertisement. Above I have the famous rapper Drake, who was featured in a Sprite commercial. I would say this is the most easiest form of advertisement because Drake has a huge fan base. If he is drinking Sprite, I can bet a ton that a bunch of his fans will start to buy Sprite. I think that the succinct advertisements are more effective. The more straight to the point ones are the ones I pay most attention to like the don't drink and drive ads because it usually states a fact. With that said, all advertisements come in many forms and tend to catch our attention whether we like it or not.