Introduction to a Confused Senior

Hello, person reading! My name is Jasmine, and I'm a senior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in Management Information Systems (MIS) and minoring in Accounting. I started out as an Accounting major, actually, but switched out after taking about 4 weeks of Income Tax (it sucked).

I was born in Malaysia, but I grew up in Thailand. Thailand has its ups and downs. The country itself is beautiful, but the traffic is absolutely TERRIBLE. It's a good thing we have public transportations like the subway and the skytrain, but even that gets crowded with the amount of people both living in the city and tourists. I may be biased on this too, but if you haven't had Thai food before, it is recommended. One of our dishes, a curry, actually, was once voted the most delicious dish in the world (if I remember correctly). It's called the Massaman Curry. It is usually chicken, with potato in it, and it is DELICIOUS.

I came to the States when I was 16 for my senior year of high school. I recently turned 21 (December 31st) and am graduating this semester. It doesn't seem real yet that I'm graduating, and I'm not sure either if I want to stay here or go home. Oh well. Things will work out in the end, I guess. I had 2 dogs back home, but one died early January due to a cobra bite. They're both Japanese Akitas and are absolutely adorable (to me, anyway).

Hachi (RIP) (personal photo)

Aki and I (personal photo)

Koh Sri Chung, about an hour drive + 40 minute boat ride away from Bangkok

The best class I took last semester was Business Data Analysis (MIS 3213) with Dr. Miranda. It was the best because not only was it fun, but we had a choice of either taking the final or working on a final project. I did the project, of course. My project was based off of the first Harry Potter book. It was done on Excel, and you could enter information to "receive" your Hogwarts acceptance letter, "shop" for supplies in Diagon Alley, take a quiz to get sorted into your House, and receive your class schedule. It was very fun to make and was a great success (if I do say so myself). My greatest accomplishment last semester was finally, FINALLY achieving a 4.0 GPA (just for the semester...)

My favorite books/movies are the Harry Potter ones, of course. I also enjoy rewatching Lord of the Rings, although I've never actually read the books. I absolutely love How to Train Your Dragon and I am very much looking forward to the third one, which I hope will be released soon. Big Hero 6 is also another favorite, obviously... Baymax is adorable. I recently just rewatched Sherlock (the BBC version), and it still amazes me how well done the series is. I can't wait for 2017 when the next season comes out. Another show I keep up with is Criminal Minds and Game of Thrones. I haven't actually read the Song of Ice and Fire series, but it's not for lack of trying. I always get to around page 150 of the first book and just give up thinking, "I've seen the series, I know what happens", but of course there's more in the books than there is in the series, so maybe I'll try again after graduation.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and their pets (source: tumblr)

I have travelled to 19 countries so far, and I hope to increase that number in the future. My favorite countries to go to are probably Japan and Italy. Japan because the people are so nice, everything is so convenient, and the food is great. Italy because everything is so historical and beautiful, the food, of course, and the amazing gelato. I hope to go to England one day to visit Warner Brother's Studio to take a tour of the various Harry Potter sets they have there.