This is it....

Well guys and gals,

      This has been an amazing year. I definitely had many memories to take with me for the rest of my life. I have met so many new people this past year and will also have to say good bye to the people I knew for the past 4 years. This brings back a lot of memories when I graduated high school. This is when all of us will take many different paths. I am truly going to miss a lot of my graduating seniors and I would like to wish you guys the best of luck. You know if you guys need someone to catch you if you fall I will always be here.

Best of Luck,

Ron Wong

Missing you

     So, this past Thursday was a big day for me. Some of you guys might of known but if not I will tell you guys now. About 3 weeks ago, I decided to shave my head for charity in order to raise money to help fight the cure for cancer. And this past Friday, April 29, I stepped up the chair and shaved my head. When it happened I was actually very controlled and was filled with excitement. Because I had my friends by my side watching me go through this time with me.

     But when I got home and reflected of what really just happened I just broke down. I can't believe it has been already 5 years and half years since I lost  my grandpa to cancer. And that day, was just hard for me to deal with all of the emotions I have running through my head. Later that night, I skpyed my mom and she just started crying and that did not help my cause either. So it was literally half an hour of my mom and I crying and looking at each other through our webcam's lol.

     But all jokes aside, I realized how lucky I was to have a wonderful grandpa to teach me everything I know and sculpted me into the man I am today. And I also realized how thankful I am to have the friends and family I have now. For being so supportive and always catching me when I fall. I am truly blessed and want to thank all the people for donating in supporting my cause.


Ron Wong

The Show Goes On...

     Well, the end of the semester is fast approaching and these next 2 weeks will be the death of me. But I think it is going to be harder to say good bye to all of my friends. Once again, we all have came to that fork in the road we encountered in high school also. But I feel with college I have a better bond with my friends. I can honestly say I have developed friendships that will last forever. Most will be at my wedding and maybe some might be there when I have my first child. But in the end I can honestly say I am extremely blessed to have the people I do in life and would not trade it for the world.

     As for jobs, in my last post you guys might of read that I had an interview with Adams Outdoor Advertising for a possible internship this summer. Which lead me to a hard decision of whether I should leave Caterpillar and pursue Adams or should I just stay with Caterpillar. And my decision is... why not both? I can't see myself letting go of Caterpillar and I also can't see myself not taking the opportunity for Adams if I am offered the position. I think it will be hard but I would work full-time at Adams and part-time at Cat. So roughly this summer I will be working 12-14 hours a day this summer which is rough but you have to do what you gotta do I guess. Well, I have many things to accomplish but I will keep everyone up to date


Ron Wong

Decisions...

     Soooo... Today I received an email from John Searby (Sales Manager from Adams Outdoor Advertising) and he offered me an interview this Friday, which I accepted. If you guys haven't been keeping up with my blog. I recently just received a job from Caterpillar and I am torn between two jobs. I am not sure if I want to stay with Cat which pays REALLY well, BUT... I am not happy. And Adams Outdoor Advertising which goes along with my major but I can't guarantee they can match what I am getting at Cat and I am not even sure if I will like it.

     But lets say I do end up getting the job offer from Adams. How would I break it to my supervisor at Cat. "Oh thanks for giving me the opportunity but I was offered a better position" and she will say "Well, Ron thanks for wasting our time for the past 3 weeks" LOL I really don't know what to do.

RON WONG

Australia...

     June is around the corner and in June my parents and I are applying for citizenship for Australia. It is a huge step in my life and I am not sure if I am really ready for it. I am going to miss my friends and family so much. Especially the friends that I have developed here at Bradley University. But in the long-run I just want what is the best for my parents. If my parents stay here they won't be able to retire as nicely as I wanted. But if my parents move to Australia, they will have it a lot easier and it has been really hard on my dad. My dad hasn't seen his family since 1984 when he came to America. And I just want the best for my dad and he deserves to be happy. Well, time to get back to the grind of school and work.


RON WONG

April... ::Sigh::

Life:
     Well its that time of the year, it is April. Which means this is when college students because extremely busy. This will be my first time going through finishing school and having a job. I feel like this is going to become overwhelmingly stressful. But I am up for the challenge.

Job:
     It has been two weeks at Caterpillar now, and I got paid last week and that made me extremely happy. As of right now, my job seems very complicated but I feel with time and errors it will eventually become easy.

Sports:
     What can I say, ummm.... Oh yeah, CHICAGO BULLS IS FIRST IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE. Hopefully, that will remain with the last few games left. And I am sure to whoever is my Facebook friends that are following my blog has seen. If Derrick Rose, does not win the MVP this year, I will offically stop watching NBA.

But that is pretty much all I have to say. Ill keep you guys up-to-date when things happen in these next few weeks.


RON WONG

Spring Break and Job

Hey Guys and Gals,

      I have been extremely busy lately, but to fill you guys in. Last week, I came back from Las Vegas with some of my friends and I can say it was a trip to remember. It was well needed to finish senior year with a bang. And since, we were there for the beginning of March Madness. We are looking to try and go back next year around the same time. While I was in Las Vegas, I received a phone call and email with a job offer at Caterpillar. I couldn't respond any faster, I have been waiting a very long time to try and get my foot in the door at Caterpillar.

      But with this job, I know my schedule is going to get that much more complicated. But the way I have to see it is that there is only 6 weeks of school left. I just need to get over this hump and it will be smooth sailing to the summer. But talking about hump, I have a huge mountain of homework that I need to attend too. So I will catch you guys later.

RON WONG

Midterms and Bulls

     So, last semester when I planned my schedule I realized that I will only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays I was never so happy in my life. But now I realize why it sucks so bad. Because this week has been just complete draining. I saw this coming but never anticipated that it was going to be this hard to balance all of my test. But on the bright-side tomorrow I will be done and I am smooth sailing to Spring Break in Las Vegas.

      On a less stressful note, I am really excited to see how successful the Chicago Bulls have been. Espececailly, sweeping the Miami Heat 3-0. I feel as if Lebron is debating if he should of came to Chicago. But this is it for now. I will post when I am in Vegas

Have a Good Break & Be Safe

Ron Wong

Life

     So, in this blog I am not going to talk about the Chicago Bulls or me moving to Australia. But this past weekend I went home to be with my grandmother in the hospital and it really made me just reflect on life. In life, you can feel so good that you are as high as a G6 flying at 30,000 feet, but with the drop of a dime it can change and drop you back to ground zero.

     It has been 4 years since I lost my grandfather. I can honestly say he was the person that molded me to be the man I am today. Growing up he was my father figure and taught me everything from soccer to even how to get girls. He has been my inspiration to succeed today and there isn't one day that pass that I do not think about him. He is the perfect example of how life can change in a instant. In Nov. of 2007, he was diagnosed with liver cancer and by Jan of 2008 he passed away. It took me awhile to finally realize that I just lost one of the most important people in my life.

     But after my reflection, it really do makes me appreciate the people I have in my life. I am very grateful that I always had a friend that was there to lend a hand to pick me up when I am down. And that is why I told myself no matter who it is if anyone ever needs someone to talk to I will always be available. Because I feel that we all go through the toughest of times but it is the people in our lives are the ones who helps us prevail.

"As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others."

RON WONG

Why Bradley?

     So, this past weekend my friend and I went down to ISU to go to a party for my bestfriend's girlfriend's birthday. When I was down there, we all sat at the table and started talking and my bestfriend was telling me how he isn't liking his living situation. He was telling me that if I would of gone to ISU, me and him would be rooming together. Which made me reflect why did I choose Bradley?

     My bestfriend and I have known each other since we were 3. When I was a senior, I liked Bradley because I came to Bradley as an undecided engineer. But I was only an engineer for a semester and realized that engineering isn't my passion and marketing was. But why did I stay at Bradley? Why didn't I transfer to be with my bestfriend when I changed my major?

     Thinking about it now, I don't regret my decision at all. Because I have friends now that I will have at my wedding and maybe even when my first child is born. My friends here at Bradley are like family to me and I am very grateful to have them in my life. But I am proud to be a Bradley Brave.

RON WONG

Basketball and Misc.

     So, this weekend is NBA All-Star weekend. I am definitely excited to see Chicago native, Derrick Rose, starting the first time in his career on the All-Star team. But this week have been just a complete mess. The stress of senior projects and my other classes has finally caught up to me. But I think partly it is my fault, because when I have projects I tend to be an over achiever and everything has to be perfect.


     This Saturday, I am heading to ISU for my bestfriend's girlfriends birthday. I think it will be a well needed break for me. And once again, it is only about a month away until I am heading to Las Vegas for a week. But this is what I have going on in my life. So I am signing off now.



RON WONG

School

     So just this past week senioritis just hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that this semester has been flying by so fast and I have so much to do. Senior project is going to take up a lot of my time but I think it will be fun "At least I hope so". I guess I have to just stay positive and look forward to the things in the future. In about a month, I will be going to Las Vegas with my friends and I know it will something I will always remember.

     Besides school, I recently had my second interview with JcPennys for there sales manager intern. I am hoping by next week I can get schedule for my third interview. Also, today I went to the job fair and I totally forgot how awkward job fairs are. I mean you walk up and start talking but when you look over your shoulder there is like 3 people behind you waiting to talk to the same person. Plus, most of the recruiters at the job fair can be intimidating.

     But I have to go for now and do more research for my senior project.

Signing out,

RON WONG

College

      So today I joking but up a Facebook status saying "Man I should of went to SDSU... I am not gonna digg this 12-18 inches of snow." Then I had a reflection. I wanted to go to San Diego State University because I have family in San Diego "but the weather is definitely a plus". But in reality I realized that I came to Bradley because I wanted to be close to my brother. 

      I don't think I have ever mentioned my brother, but sometimes I feel like I am his dad. My brother and I are extremely close. Since he is only 12, I wanted to be close to him to make sure he has a good role model. Especially, with all this craziness going on in high schools and etc. I definitely didn't want him falling into the wrong crowd.  I think that is why my decision on me going to Australia has been so hard. I mean don't get me wrong. My friends mean everything to me and if you know me I am the type of guy that is willing to give the shirt off my back to any of my friends. But then again, I know people have told me that sometimes you have to let go. But I don't think I am ready to let go just yet. He is only 12 and he still has so much more to learn and I want to be at all of his milestones. 


On the plus side, Derrick Rose has been voted to be the starter for the East in the All-Star game. 


Signing out,
RON WONG

"Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life"
                                                          - Michael Jordan

Jan. 25th, 2011

Well what can I say?

      Today, I got a phone call from my parents saying that, they will be doing to paperwork this June for citizenship to become an Australian citizen. So everything before this point, was just a blur but today everything just got clearer. I am still not sure on what I want to do quite yet. I want to stay in the United States to be close to my friends. But then again I have a little brother that is 12, that I swear he is my kid. I want to be the role model he deserves and watch him grow up. Which made this decision that much harder.

     But today, in Social Media, we received our groups for our group projects and I feel very confident about my team and our client. I already have a lot of ideas going in my head that I feel will make it a killer project.

       In the sports world, Bulls win again... which I believe makes it two in a row. And the Bulls will have another game this Friday. But I am leaving you guys with this. I am friends with Derrick Rose on facebook and he posted this:

Top 5 Derrick Rose Dunks

RON WONG

The Decision?

     Well for my first post I should explain why my blog is titled "The Decision". The reason why I chose this title is because after graduation this Dec. 2011. I am stuck with a tough decision of either moving to San Diego, CA or Adelaide, Australia. And with this blog, I am going to try and fill you guys in with my decision.

     But besides my tough decision to come. I am also very passionate about basketball, also how I came about getting my title with Lebron James "The Decision TV Special". And I will also try to keep everyone up to date about current events in sports.