American Trade Hotel in Panama

Sometimes I wonder if I have really explored where I am from. Obviously, I am not talking about China. I am talking about Panama, my home and shelter. I was born in Colon and I honestly don't know much anything outside of Colon.

I would say that I go to Panama City only on Sundays. Let's assume that I visit Panama City every Sunday for 5 hours and I do this for ten years, then how long have I really stayed in Panama? Trust me, this is not a class mathematical question. The answer is 2600 hours, which means around 109 days. This means that for the past 10 years, I have only been to Panama City for around three months.

Do I really know Panama? On Saturday, I am going to go back to Panama. I would like to explore a little bit more and get to know more about my country. While browsing on the internet, I cam across American Trade Hotel. I was looking at the pictures and thought "I would really love to visit there one day and just relax." While I was looking at the pictures, I didn't know that it was "Panama." I thought it was somewhere in Brazil. I don't even know why I was thinking of Brazil.

The hotel is very new, opened in the Fall of 2013. Well, I was in Austin during that time. I guess it is forgivable that I didn't know about the opening. The hotel is located in the center of Casco Viejo, Old City. For more information, please visit https://www.acehotel.com/panama

Need a Plumber?

The prank war between Matt Lauer and Ellen DeGeneres continues. This week, Matt has decided to put on a billboard with a real number about Ellen providing plumbing services. Please not the "butt crack" 

I have decided to call the number to see make sure that the number really exist. And it does! This war started with Ellen creating and showing a video of Matt Lauer wearing some really unique outfit during The Today Show. 

A lot of audience believed that the clip was real! They really thought that Matt wore that on the show! Actually, it was Ellen's team work. They created the video! Once again, technology has shown that everything can be possible. 

I'm officially CPR certified

Why did I decide to learn how to properly do CPR or use AED? Because I value life!  Sometimes, a second can make a difference. I highly encourage everyone to take this course! 

Periscope

Periscope is an app that allows people to stream live videos of their surrounding! I head about this app from The Ellen Show and have decided to download it so see how it works. I thought this was just another snapchat. 

The app is linked with your Twitter, so you can create an account using your Twitter and follow the people you already follow. I follow TVN Noticias, news from Panama. This app is very useful if there's something happening. I could watch live video from Panama about The Summit of Americas! It kept me updated with everything that's going on! 

As I'm not following too many people yet,  or not many people that I'm interested on are on it yet, there are times that there's no one streaming. It's a new technology and concept, let's see if it will survive or fail! 

Follow me and I will start streaming about my day to day life, show you my room, and even answer questions! 

Flight got delayed

I got a call from a 800 number saying that my flight got delayed. Since its April Fool, I didn't want to really believe it. So, I had to ask around. Well, unfortunately everything got delayed today... My flight from Austin to Dallas, to Miami. 

At least I got to take a nice pic when I was up there! 

Alumnae Weekend

On Saturday March 28, the Beta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority celebrated founder's day by inviting their alumnae back to campus! We started the day with a brief speech about our Chapter. Later on, we had our potential new members present themselves and had lunch with them. We ended the day, with a Black and Red dinner, where active members wear red and alumnae wear black.

Managing a sorority can be stressful and exhausting sometimes. A lot of burden and responsibility falls on me. Whenever there is an error, I am the first one to be blamed. But seeing the alumnae coming back for Alumnae Weekend makes me believe in all my efforts and dedication again. Seeing how girls who left school for so long are still so passionate about ASR makes me believe in myself again. It makes me realize that I am not alone, I will always have the support of all my sisters!

For a lot of people, Greek life is foolish and probably waste of time. But for me, it is something that I believe in. The same reason there are so many people passionate about a cause and advocate for it, I believe in my sorority. I believe in friendship, sisterhood and home away from home. A lot of people look down on "pay for your friends." But, we don't pay for our friends. We pay our dues so that we can have food during events, participate other events, buy gifts for ourselves.

Our alumnae network came together and decided to give our Chapter, a gift. The wooden Greek letters of Alpha Sigma Rho. When I saw the letters, I couldn't be any happier. Seeing the letters made me remember the reason why I am so passionate about ASR. As I came here to Texas by myself, I could never call Texas home. I never felt that I belong to Texas before meeting the amazingly funny sisters of ASR.

I wear my letters on my front because I know my sisters have my back

Discovery Scholars Program

A week ago, I got invited to be part of the Communication Internship Panel! The panel took place today and I got the opportunity to explain and discuss about how to leverage the internship experience! The panel was organized by one of my friends, Marcos. 

I felt really great to be part of the panel! It is great to know that what I did is going to help the younger fellows. I got to meet a lot of new people and heard about their experiences, challenges and passions. I feel that everyday I'm learning something new.