Julianna Duque

I’ve literally been sitting in the same spot for an hour and this sentence is the only thing I’ve typed. I feel like Spongebob right now.  

Anyways, I am 20 years old. I’m an Aquarius. I am a Kinesiology major, and I am a junior. 

Hi! My name is Julianna and if you’re still reading this, I want to thank you! Most people just call me Juli and Jules, but my family calls me “Iya”, or “Ate Iya” if they’re younger than me. I got that nickname when I was a baby. I was born in the Philippines and in Tagalog, the word “iyakin” translates to “crybaby”. Apparently I cried so much that my parents decided to give me a nickname with a root word that relates to crying and being an inconvenience to people around me (honestly, things haven’t changed much since then). 

I’m an introverted and shy person. One of my least favorite classes I’ve taken at State is Comm 103. I hated talking in front of my classmates. I’ve had trouble getting involved in campus the past two years because of how terrified I am of talking to new people, and also because of the fact that I commute from Chula Vista, which is about 30 minutes away (an hour when there’s traffic in the morning). I’m challenging myself this year, though. I plan to get involved and join a club related to my major and maybe even one involved with community service. I’m overwhelmed just thinking about having to talk to new people, but also a little excited. 

My family relocated to San Diego, California when I was 10. Since I’m now 20 years old, I can officially say I’ve lived in California for half of my life, and also for a whole decade! I adore living in San Diego. It is a beautiful city with endless destinations that you can never get enough of. It has perfect weather most of the year, and the different beaches never disappoint those who love the water, me included. If you can get used to the sand that gets everywhere, the beach is an actual paradise. Another reason why I’ve been wanting to go to the beach a lot lately is because of Pokémon Go. There’s just way too many Pidgeys around my neighborhood and the beach is the perfect place to break the continuous streak of catching Pidgeys. Unfortunately, I have not seen nor caught a Lapras that everyone else seems to have. 

Another thing I love to do is play my piano and guitar. I learned how to play the flute when I was in high school, and I’m not sure if it counts as a club, but I was in the SDSU Marching Band last year as a flute player. It was definitely one of the most memorable things I’ve done at State because it was the first time I made a new friend since I had started college. Music is a big part of me, and if I had enough patience and discipline, I would definitely switch to being a Music major. Sadly, I have neither the patience nor discipline to ever excel in anything music-industry related.

Let’s see… Uhh… I prefer being behind the camera instead of in front of it. The only time I willingly go in front of a camera is on Snapchat when I can put the dog filter on my face and look half-decent for 24 hours. I want to learn more about photography because the only pictures I’ve ever really taken are on my iPhone 6. I’ve captured some pretty cool pictures with it though. 

  

- iPhone cameras aren't that strong 

- I actually had to use my friend's telescope to get this picture (thanks Angie!) 

- The moon is beautiful 

I wasn’t originally going to talk about this, but my life is literally so boring that I’m just going to put this fact out there. In short, I’m obsessed with two groups that are completely different from each other. The first one is Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony is the very first group I got obsessed with. They’re on tour right now and one of their shows was supposed to be in the Open Air Theater here at SDSU. I paid a lot of money to be able to meet them but about three weeks ago I found out they cancelled their SD show. I’m still a little bummed about them canceling but at least my bank account isn’t in the single-digits anymore. The second group that I absolutely adore is a South Korean boy group called BTS (방탄소년단). I don’t want to start talking about them right now because this post will turn to an extremely long read for anyone reading, and no one wants that. I just love them to no end, and if you search them up on YouTube I promise you won’t be disappointed, especially with their dances and their clean, precise choreographies. 

Well, that’s basically it. It took me about four hours to write less than 900 words, and I feel like that says a lot about how good I am at expressing myself (not very good). If you stayed long enough to read this far, THANK YOU again. Seriously. My life is boring so thanks for reading this. If you made it this far let me know and I’ll bring you chocolate/candy next class.