Sunday, August 31, 2008

Journal #1

Introduct Myself

My name is Waraporn Mongkolcharoen. I know my name is a longer name for one person and very hard for international friends to pronunciation, so I have a very easy nickname for my friends to call me, Ann. I have some event about my name. The first time I had taken a TOEFL test in USA, the examiner asked me “Are you from Thailand” because he saw me try to write my name in application which don’t have enough space for my full name. I was very surprise why he knew I came from Thailand I had never met him before. He told that Thai people usually have a long last name so he could assume that I came from Thailand, and it is a truth. I have been here for one year and I live with my sister in Yorba Linda City. It is pretty close Cal State Fullerton.

My pursuit is I want to graduate Master’ Degree in USA. I really want to enroll in MBA program in Cal State Fullerton, but it is still hard for me to get through it. Basically, I have to pass the TOEFL test which Cal State Fullerton requires 570 points for international student. It is very high score for me. Even thought I can pass the TOEFL test in this step, I still have to take one big step, GMAT, before I can apply in this program. GMAT, required around 550 score, is the test for Business and Economic major. Hopefully, I will get through it in the future.

When I have a leisure time, I enjoy cooking, watching and sight seeing. Cooking is my favorite activity because it is the best way for me to escape from my stress moment into relaxes moment in the short period of days. During cooking time, I don’t have to think about my problem which I have to fix it, so I just concentrate and follow the cooking step. Moreover, I would like to try cooking some Thai dessert by researched the dessert recipe in website especially some kinds of Thai dessert I really want to eat but it is hard to find in USA. It is a good idea to cook it by myself. Even though it isn’t delicious like bakery in Thailand, it is better than do nothing.