Two months and settling in

So I think I've finally filtered through my commitments, enough to know which ones I'll pull out of and which ones I'll keep -- and among those, which ones I'll be active in and which ones I'm only joining for cool resources like speaker events.

Membership: General Interest
1. Penn International Business Volunteers (PIBV) -- I would've joined, but I was tamad to fill in the application. It's very interesting though haha. I might tie in with them for a project involving GK.
2. Penn for UNICEF (P4U) -- they have some really cool talks with UN representatives
3. Communitech (CTech) -- I was supposed to teach elementary school kids basic computer skills once a week, but I decided I'd do something else. I'm still attending their Tech Talks though :)

Membership: Participation
1. Microfinance Club (MFC) -- I'm doing research for the launch of a new microfinance institution, possibly in India and these two other countries I can't remember
2. UA -- Community and Civic Engagement Committee (CCEC) -- I have 3 main projects for the year: a) Massive service event for the freshmen during next year's New Student Orientation, b) "Garage sale" of people's unwanted items when everyone moves out at the end of the year, c) Recreation in West Philly (a depressed and kind of shady area) so that Penn students feel more at home and one with their neighbors in the city
3. Ivy Council (IVC) -- implementing the ideas from IPC regarding intellectual property
4. Venus Ultimate Frisbee -- this is too fun to let go of, plus it's my only form of exercise!
5. Penn Philippine Association (PPA) -- just because Pennoys are cool

Membership: Leadership
1. ISC Admissions Committee (Ad-Com) -- I'm Chair haha I have to keep this. It can really help the next batches of incoming freshmen, I think. I'm pretty sure I won't be in this committee again next year, though.
2. National Student Partnerships (NSP) -- this is a student-led organization that provides various consulting and referral services to people in depressed neighborhoods. I'm with the West Philly branch, and we help people find jobs by providing them training in basic skills, helping them build a resume, showing them how to do job searches and applications online, etc. NSP also does legal and financial consulting, but whenever something comes up that's beyond our expertise, we refer them to partner institutions. It's so cool because we deal with real problems, and I think it's a great introduction to the world of consulting and social responsibility -- which is exactly where I want to head. I might become the head of the Educational Resource team, so I'd be in charge of finding more organizations that can provide skills training for our clients at low or even no cost. Not sure yet if I'll get the position, but they'll let me know soon.

On top of that, all this community engagement work I've been doing so far has given me another possible combination for my major: BS Economics and BA Urban Studies -- that's like social entrepreneurship right there! I don't know yet, I have to look deeper into it, but so far I like the idea. :)

Anyway it's late HAHA don't kill me, mom. I can't sleep eh. But I will now. Gooood night. :)