Graduated!

I completed my associate's degree in Criminal Justice with high honors.

My GPA is 4.99 (yay).

Now I am trying to transfer to a Bible college and major Bible Ministry.

Life is great!

Is anything too hard for the Lord?

"Is anything too hard for the Lord" (Genesis 18:14 NIV)?

I will be 60 very soon.

I looked back at my life, and I thought about two things.

First, I thought that everything that happened, good or bad, was part of my life. 

If anything had lacked, I was not who I am now.

Second, in most of my life, I had been spending my time and energy to be somebody else.

Keiko Whitlock who people thought it was, is simply what I thought I had to be to gain social acceptance.

Now, I am the closest to who I truly am in my 60-year life.

Life is unpredictable, thus exciting.

Now I am studying very hard to be an attorney in America.

I know that there are a lot of good surprises awaiting me.

There is not anything too hard for the Lord.

Affordable Gym Near You!!

AFFORDABLE GYM NEAR YOU

Do you want to lose 10 pounds??

Hey, CSN coyotes!! Did you know that we have a gym in the North Las Vegas Campus??!!

Only 20 dollars per semester with unlimited use of the whole facility!! WOW!!

MONDAY & WEDNESDAY

11:00-12:00 Pilates

12:00-13:00 Zumba

This is Andrea, Pilates instructor. She strengthen our abs and booties. I highly recommend that!!

This is Monique, Zumba instructor. Dancing with her with easy-to-follow choreography, you will lose 10 pounds by summer! I highly recommend that too!!

ANY QUESTIONS?

Phi Theta Kappa: Supreme American experience!!

Well, as I posted last time, I started studying at CSN last fall, and I will finish the Certificate in Bookkeeping this semester. In fact, my GDP, I mean my GPA last semester was 3.94!! OMG!! I surprised myself, lol.

Then, I was invited to the honor society, Phi Theta Kappa. I am so honored...

I will attend the commencement at the end of May, with this cap and gown with the regalia, medal, and extra tassels!! It will be my most supreme American experience since I immigrated here 5 years ago!! But, do I have to wait 3 more months??!!  I can't wait!!

Anyway I will still be at CSN even after the graduation and will enjoy the new student union which has been under construction this whole time.

I will major in Criminal Justice, then.

I'm back!

Oh, no! I haven't updated in more than 2 years!!

Probably the reason for that is because I quit the coordinator of Japan class at OLLI.

Anyway, let me explain what happened during these 2 years. I took licenses of timeshare salesperson and a notary public, and I worked for Hilton for about 2 years.

Then I started studying at College of Southern Nevada (CSN). First, my purpose for that is to get a certificate in Bookkeeping and get a better job, but I realized that I was not as bad as I thought I would be at college in America. So, I have changed my mind, and decided to continue studying.

By the way, this young lady is not me, obviously. She is Professor Jennifer Martinez, my teacher at my business class at CSN. She gave us an assignment of creating a blog, and this is why I came back here again. She is not only a great professor, but also a working mom and a CEO of her own business. She is really nice and cool. She is kind of our role model. (Although she is much younger than me!!)

Oh, and this is a pen she gave everyone in the class. This is to commemorate the 1st anniversary of her company, Consult HR Partners. Isn't it cool??!!

Anyway, now I have a crazy plan for the coming 10 years. Actually that plan is really really crazy. I will talk about that on the next blog probably in 2 or 3 days.

Oh my gosh...

I just finished watching this video....

This is awesome....

We will watch this in the next class.

Jun 14 at 11;00 at 401.

This is just awesome...

And special thanks to Eben who let me use this DVD.

Thank you, Eben!!

Gift from student; Keiko Whitlock

Thanks to Elaine!!

When she was knitting with the thread of this beautiful color, I told her that I loved this color,

Then guess what!

She brought this for me in the next class!!

with this beautiful color of bag!!

Thanks!!

21th Century Global Nuclear Challenges; Keiko Whitlock

I attended "21th Century Global Nuclear Challenges this Wednesday.

Obviously, everything was beyond my English capacity (lol) but I tried super hard to understand them!!

What I understand is that it was not about how we can reduce nuclear weapon, but about how we can keep or even further develop our nuclear weapon as a tool of deterrence. Well, only if I didn't misunderstand though..

Anyway food was great though!!

And I met a girl from Atomic Testing Museum and she told me a contact number of actual Hiroshima bombing survivors!! I mailed them if they can skipe us in the JAPAN class, but I haven't get replied yet.

I know it is a critical moment for them right now, because President Obama is visiting Hiroshima and made a historical speech.

I got the video and I will scrutinize every single word from it and share the feelings of Japanese people in the next JAPAN class.

Actually I wept though. 

I want to create the same feeling I had in your heart next week!!

Katsu curry; Keiko Whitlock

as you know very well, Las Vegas has a china town on Spring Mountain.

I had a shoot for a music video on Spring Mountain last Sunday, and I visited shops there after the shoot!

and this is Natto I bought at the Chinese grocery store.  Japan and China are totally seperate countries, but they sell Japanese food too.

Aaaand, this is Katsu curry!!!

My favorite!!

It's hard to find good Katsu curry in Las Vegas.

This shop is "Yagyu".

Sushi is not the only Japanese food.

Should Obama apologize in Hiroshima?; Keiko Whitlock

Well, I have been busy in my private life, and I haven't updated this blog...

Actually Spring semester has already finished and Summer semester will begin next week!!

As you may know, this semester, I planned to coordinate a very sensational classes with emotionaly heated discussions!!

So, the title this semester is

"Prayer for the world peace; one summer in 1945"

Yes!! One summer in 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan!!

According tho Wikipedia,

"The two bombings, which killed at least 129.000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history."

"the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000-146.000 people in Hiroshima and 39.000-80.000 people in Nagasaki, roughly half of the deths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following month, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition.  In bothe cities, most of the dead were civilians"

Well, I know you might say that it was necessary to end the war, but why don't you just look at the same thing from Japanese side this summer?

Totally different thing things will emerge in your sight and mind.....

Coincidentaly, President Obama will visit Hiroshima next Friday for the first time as a sitting president of the United States!!

We will discuss whether President Obama should apologize or not in Hiroshima!!

Everybody, come along and let me hear your voice as American!!!

May 24th, Tuesday, 11:00 at 401