Shyla's Blog

Well I guess this is it!

2010-04-30T20:24:00.001-07:00

So Graduation is in 1 week...insane! It feel so weird to be in this position right now! Well here is how the end of the year wrapped up.

The most important thing was the National Student Advertising Competition in Albuquerque. My Ad campaigns class had finished up our plans book and made our entire campaign. It was really awesome and so we and to take it to Albuquerque and present it in front of the judges. Here is the awesome presentation team.

We did really well and the judges were impressed. In fact we placed 4th which is totally awesome! It was a really good time :) We had tons of fun exploring the city, had some awesome Thai food! Overall I am really pleased how it all turned out and it was such a good experience.

All of my other projects have been completed and now its 2 exams and then Graduation! This is so crazy! I just want to say that I am so happy I came to UNC, especially the Monfort College of Business. These past 4 years have been so awesome! I have met so many awesome people, such amazing professors, and I really learned a lot! Starting this new chapter in my life is going to be scary but I am so excited! I guess this will be my last blog for UNC :( I want to say congrats to all my friends and classmates! It has been an incredible 4 years!

GO BEARS!! <3 Shyla

UNC's 19th Annual Luau!!

2010-04-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

WHEW! Luau is done! It was totally insane! Everyone has been telling me it was the best they've seen :D soooo cool! There was some craziness leading up to it but in the end it was wonderful. My Mom came from Hawaii and my Aunt came in from California! It was really cool! I am so happy my family was able to come in and see me dance :D Here are some pictures...

This is the Student Senate Pres. who also happens to be from Hawaii and my partner for the couples dance :) The very fun Justin Puckett.

This is a couple of the girls who helped teach our audience some songs! Melissa and Kayla!

Here are the boys doing their Haka...

Couples Dance

Here is the Luau Committee!

It was totally awesome! Everyone has been telling me they had a great time and the food was SO SO SO GOOD! So it was a good time but I am glad its over haha...now to focus on graduation...I go to Albuquerque in a couple weeks on top of 3 projects! EEE!! more later!

<3 Shyla

AHHHHHHH!!!! SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON!

2010-03-30T23:01:00.000-07:00

So it is 5 weeks till Graduation and less than 2 weeks till the Luau! So much stuff is going on! First of all the 19th Annual Luau, its Saturday, April 10th and is going to be a really great time! Here is the flyer:

Everyone involved has been working so hard to make sure the event is a great one. The food is going to be awesome and the dance portion is going to be AWESOME! So come check it out! Here is a little informational video...

As for the rest of school right now OMG last projects are INSANE! The National Student Advertising Competition plans book has been finished but now we have to present it in Albuquerque in the end of April, then I have like 3 other projects all due then too. UGHH I will let you know the progress haha hopefully I still have hair at graduation haha! And I started applying for jobs OMG scary! More later!

<3 Shyla

SPRING BREAK!! Last EVER!

2010-03-18T12:12:00.000-07:00

This is totally INSANE! All I can think about this week is how this may be the last ever Spring Break I will have where I can just relax! Well so far I am too relaxed but still, its really weird to think that soon I will be graduating and not be a student anymore. SCARY STUFF! Anyway I had planned on staying here in Greeley for Spring Break because of my Ad Campaigns class. Usually students stay and work on the big competition we have in April but apparently at the last minute they decided to have a Spring Break which left me without plans -.- I am a bit upset about this...

SO I decided to go get my motorcycle endorsement on my license! I took the class with Abate of Colorado over at Aims Community College and then at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins. The teachers from Abate were so good! It was a really good time and I had tons of fun. Definitely passed my test and now I get to go to the DMV and get my newly enhanced license! I am so excited! Here is a picture of me on my boyfriends new bike (he took the class with me, but I finished first so I get my license before him ;P).

Well school starts again soon and everything is about to go crazy! I think all will be good though :D I will keep you updated on our Luau shinanigans! Hope you all had a good break!

<3 Shyla

World Expo...what's next-o...

2010-03-05T22:38:00.000-08:00

So things have been a bit crazy lately! We have only one month basically to finish up all of the preparations for Luau which is just insane! So far the girls are looking really good but we still have a couple songs to learn but we are going good! You will have to come see us do our thing on April 10th in the UC for the 19th Annual Luau! I will definitely keep you all updated!

This week we did a little performance for the World Expo in the Rec. We had a really great time, here are some pictures!

The girls are doing so good! This picture is pretty funny because my eyes are closed haha!!

Tini and I even did a little impromptu Tahitian! It was a good time :D

So now to my senior-dom. Ugh it is so stressful growing up! I still have to take my resume to Career Services to see what they think. So far I am still thinking that I will just look for a job and maybe take the GMAT and see about grad school...But I really need a job haha can't just go to grad school. SOOOOO confusing -.- should probably talk to some profs. They have helped all my other friends...Well I will let you all know what happens!

<3 Shyla

Chindogus...

2010-02-24T15:48:00.000-08:00

Hey guys its been a while :D, last week we had the Lunar New Year in the UC. I had my presentation but from what I heard the girls did AWESOME! This past weekend I decided to brave the snowy roads and go to Flatirons Mall...the drive home was INSANE!

SO anyway on to this week...

A chindogu is an "unuseless" product. Something that has a use/purpose BUT you wouldn't be caught dead wearing/using these products...SO we made some for my Marketing Problems class. A few of my classmates and I presented our chidogus in our class Tuesday night. Here are some of them...

So that is Josh with his "ForkSticks" to improve your eating abilities when using chopsticks. I am next to him with my "Driving Bib" so that when you multi-task and drive (I can't do this but there are people who do -.-)you won't make a mess of the clothes you are wearing. Sydney made the "Purse Diaper" so that when you put your purse on the ground it doesn't get dirty. I loved that one :D Purses are like the dirtiest things women own! And Amanda made a hat that has glasses attached so that your glasses don't get in the way of your hat. :D All in all it was a pretty fun project and all the presentations were pretty funny.

Had a photoshoot Monday for the Party With a Plan campaign on campus :D that was pretty fun...will keep you updated hehe

<3 Shyla

Is it straight Hula or Hula Hooping?

2010-02-11T23:10:00.000-08:00

Well this week a lot has happened! First of all, some of my Hula girls performed at Greeley West High School for their Ethnic Fest. We had a good time, here is a picture of us dancing.

(Tini, Caity, Sarah, and Me!)

Next week we have a performance for the Lunar New Year Celebration in the UC. Sadly I can't perform because I have to give a presentation simultaneously in my Business to Business Marketing class :( BUT it is going to be a great time, there is going to be good food and of course a bunch of performances. The hula club is really going to try hard to promote our Luau. I am really proud of my girls though, we have tons of new girls who have never danced before and they are doing well and eager to perform. I appreciate their patience with me haha I have been kinda grouchy about their arms and hands...but they are getting so much better with every practice! If you get the chance, come see them perform at the Lunar New Year celebration in the UC Monday, February 15th at 5pm! Tickets are on sale now! GO!!!

So aside from practicing all of our shinanigans for Hula, I feel like this week I had tons of stuff due in class, but now that the week is almost over I feel a bit accomplished. Next week Tuesday I have the ETS which is the exit exam for the business majors. I am a bit nervous about that! But I am sure it will go well...

Lastly, on Wednesday I found out that I am going to be the new face of the Party with a Plan Campaign. I am pretty stoked about it because I do firmly believe in taking care of yourself and being responsible when it comes to doing college type...err...experiences? Haha...anyway I think it is going to be really cool :D Now I just have to decide...do I want to incorporate Hula into the picture...or my car...UGH DECISIONS!!

<3 Shyla

ps...I got an email that asked this question this week hehehe now I wish I could hula hoop...no joke...I am a Hula Dancer who can't Hula Hoop to save my life!

From Birthdays to Resumes to Motorcross...

2010-02-02T15:29:00.000-08:00

So this past week was insane. On Wednesday it was my Bf's 22 b-day, our boss at got him a cake :D.

We went to an Eagle's game at the Budweiser event center (they put a new John Cooper Works Mini on the ice during a break hehe it was cool) and then we went to Buffalo Wild Wings to meet up with some friends. The whole place was empty it was insane but we had a good time so all was good.

This week we also had our fair share of crazy morning drives. We have been having this annoying fog that sticks around and leaves ice all over your windshield and then after you scrape it all off you still can't see where you are going because the fog is so thick. What amazes me is that people still drive like crazy people! Here is one of those mornings, you can't see anything at all!!

The entire week I spent time trying to figure out my resume. It is a total pain I tell you. I really have to speak with an advisor because my resume needs a bit of fine tuning. I also found out that I have 2 tests in the next week. Which is wonderful, I can't believe this semester is already blowing by. Also, I decided that I wanted to fly my Mom out for the Luau, April 10th. So she will be up for the weekend and then come back a month later for Graduation with my Dad YAY!

On Saturday we had planned to go to the Mammoth Lacrosse game in Denver with one of my bf's friends. Instead here is what happened. His friend Sterling is a pro motorcross racer dude. SO he just got sponsered by Yamaha and was given a new bike. So in order to get the new bike he had to race Saturday down in Denver. SO he called us up and we were like WOOO lets go! and so we went. Here is a little video just for you! This is Sterling Engelhard, a fellow MCB student racing his new Yamaha in Denver.

Tonight begins the final season of lost...its just too bad I have class :(

<3 Shyla

busy busy busy!

2010-01-26T08:32:00.000-08:00

So this is a little late but I need to fill you guys in on whats all been happening. Senior year has been crazy so far and none of the projects have even begun yet! Basically what has really been driving me nuts is my schedule. I have 2 night classes, Monday and Tuesday night and they feel so long. Because of the Tuesday night class I had to drop my ballet class with the older kids and now I take it on Wednesday with the under 10 crowd. Its a little awkward. I also have Hula and I have to come up with a bunch of songs to choreograph, teach, and then dance for Luau in April. On top of all that plus school I have to start my career search. I had to re-do my resume which was fun but now it needs to be refined so I can send it out and get this internship my friend is doing. It has to deal with social media/marketing, which is really interesting. If I get that then I have to quite ballet which will be okay but I will be a little sad :(.

On Friday I got an interesting call. Apparently another area of campus wants to see if I fit the image of their new campaign. I have a phone interview on Wednesday so I will let you know what happens! Sorry no pictures this time. I will try find something cool to share later this week :D

<3 Shyla

And so it begins...

2010-01-13T15:19:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys! School started this week...YAY! Sunday night, well Monday morning really, I had the hardest time getting to sleep because all I could think about was the fact that this was going to be my FINAL semester of school. It was SO weird! Anyway, once I got to school something pretty funny happened, I am pretty stoked about it actually.

My feet (yes my actual feet, covered in shoes) appeared on a POSTER! HAHAHAH a POSTER! for some this UNC new branding event on Thursday. Here is a picture...they are in the top left corner :D

Well what happeend was last semester I went to a model call for UNC and I had my funky shoes on (not the ones pictured) but these other ones much funkier ones. The photographers thought they were pretty radtacular...I can't blame them really...and so they took a pic with me and my shoes and then I got picked to take some more pictures. It was a really cool experience. They asked me to bring a bunch of my shoes and so there are now a bunch of pics of my feet teehee. They also somehow got a picture of me jumping, I was amazed that this photographer could just click and boom it was perfect. How long does it take before you perfect timing like that? I think I am going to experiment with this later...yup...I am.

Besides all that classes are pretty cool. I got into this awesome Ad Campaigns class where we are going to do this HUGE contest. My classmates are also super excited about that. I have another class with Professor McCorkle, who is awesome I might add...take is e-marketing class if you get the chance...anyway it got me thinking. A popular new trend in marketing is the whole Flash mob idea, here is my favorite.

Since UNC is doing this new branding effort...what if we did a flash mob...either around campus or like McCorkle suggested to us last semester, at Graduation. How SICK would that be?! I wonder who I should send this idea to. We could show the different cultures on campus, the dance alliance could teach an easy dance, the steppers could do a quick thing, the Hawaiians could hula or do a tahitian number, etc. It would be awesome! All I am saying is BOOM youtube=free publicity. McCorkle's a genious I tell you.

Speaking of Hula, practice starts this Thursday the 14th at 8pm in the lower fitness room at the rec. Come join us if you like :)

<3 Shyla

Its comin and its comin fast!!

2010-01-08T11:25:00.000-08:00

Wellllll I was gonna write sooner but got so distracted by everything else going on haha so here goes...

About the Taro...well we never really got around to it, what we did learn is that the root is covered in tiny little hairs that get stuck in your skin when you clean it and makes your hands super itchy! After that I lost interest :D sorry...I would share a picture but it pretty much looks like a giant turd haha no joke leave me a comment and maybe I will post a picture later!

So Christmas came and went, we went to our usual Christmas Eve Party at my best friend's house (our parents are really good friends). Here is a pic of my Mom and me from the party.

and we made Crab Cheese Wontons! :D YUMMY!

For New Years I went to stay with my boyfriend in Phoenix and we played with remote control helicopters :D it was fun stuff

But now its back to school time. We are at the last weekend before the semester starts and I really don't think I'm ready...of course that could be the snow talkin...I did finish up my Oceanography class. I really wish that I knew how these online classes were before my last interim session in college. They are so awesome! Take an online class if you need any extra credits...they are way easy...well it might also be that you only have one class but still...anyways now its book buying time and I HATE it...so far I am up to $300 and that's 2 books UGHH! Buy used and buy online guys! Talk to you soon!

<3 Shyla

Winter "Interim"- Home in Hawaii

2009-12-22T12:14:00.000-08:00

WELL! School has been out for about a week and a weekend, yup technical terms there shhh I'm on break!. I have to take an Interim Course (Oceanography) because I did a grad check the Tuesday of Finals Week and found out that -,- I need 5 more credits of "Non-Business" Electives in order to graduate...LAME! So I decided a 3 Credit class over the Interim will be easy enough, better get it done! SO I am in Hawaii with my Family sitting on my computer doing Oceanography work HAHA, I figured if I just keep my internal clock on Colorado time then I can just wake up early and do it then! Smart plan? I think so! Except now when my friends want to go out I have to force myself through the tired droopy sleep eyes, but its all gooood :D

Here are some pictures from the Break so far...

Had to get used to the local attractions...as in buggies...and small amphibians...This frog was in my shower...it was about the size of my thumbnail, freaked me out! And as I took this picture it had the nerve to jump at me!

Here is some Oreo Mochi I found :D YUM!

AND here is a little Gingerbread cookie I made modeled after me :D hehe Hawaiian Gingerbread

My Dad got some Taro, you know, the stuff you make Poi out of! SO we are going to attempt to make some. I will be taking pictures to share! Also Obama is flying in to Hawaii TODAY so there is a lot of action in the air around here...kinda takes away from Paradise -.- Stupid Jets -.-

End of Semester Madness, finally really the end...

2009-12-11T09:45:00.001-08:00

All of my finals went really well which is super exciting and a good feeling to have while flying away for vacation :D This whole week was pretty insane though...we had more snow and more COLD than anyone could really want...it was freezing! I was just happy that I didn't have to walk out to my car for an early final at 7:30am when it was like -10 outside!! SO here is a rundown of the weeks events...BESIDES just the finals haha

Monday: I had one SUPER awesome final in my E-Marketing class. It was amazing, the Professor made it enjoyable, I definitely appreciated that! After the final however was the fun part...The Boyfriend has this group for his Database Management class, they are really cool people...anywho we went to Old Chicagos to celebrate, everyone got a calzone except me haha I like them Chicken Strips!! After we stuffed our faces in celebration one of Brian's (that would be the Boyfriend...) friends Sterling thought it would be fun to utilize the empty neighboring K-Mart parking lot for snow time fun! SO we did and it was awesome...I have a video...We are in the Mini Cooper and his friend is in the old Ford truck...and yes the one laughing with pure glee is me :D

Tuesday: Nada
Wednesday: Sat on the couch looking at my books with sadness...
Thursday: Worst day of the week! 2 tests and one party type period. The party was for my Advertising Class. It was cool just had to bring my own coffee which was cool except it was so cold that by the time I parked at Kepner my coffee was no longer hot :( Then I had a 126 question final that I thought would never end, then I had a meeting for my Ad Campaigns class next semester (I am super excited about it!!). After all that fun, which ran late by the way, I had to rush over to a shop to get Nitrogen in my tires so that they wouldn't lose pressure in the cold because that was really freakin me out! Lastly I had a online final which wasn't too bad but I think all in all Thursday definitely gave me some stress! I am so glad its over!

Now its Friday. Tonight I fly to Ohio which is going to be a fun little weekend with my Boyfriend's older brother and sister. I also have to get started on my Interim session class, Oceanography, which should be fun. I will definitely be letting you know about that one :D

<3 Shyla

End of Semester Madness part 1.2

2009-12-02T17:17:00.001-08:00

GoldFire did it!! We got second place and scored $1300 for our group from Wells Fargo!! We are so excited!! This project was such a cool experience. I definitely am glad I chose to be a Marketing Major :D next semester I have an Ad Campaigns class which should be really fun as well. Can't wait! Until then I have 2 more projects to do and then its just finals and done. Sooooo excited to be close to finished with this semester.

<3 Shyla

End of Semester Madness pt. 1

2009-12-01T23:41:00.000-08:00

Well guys Thanksgiving break just ended and since I wasn't staying where I thought I was I had no internet connection...which means my blog didn't get done till now :( bummer...ANYWAY heres the lowdown on my situation at the moment...

1. Played 2 rounds of golf over break in AZ. Wasn't so bad considering I haven't played in a year or maybe even more. First round scored a 117 HAHA better than a 135 which was my last tournament score from High School (I got stung by a bee...I'm sticking with that story :D and the Golf Course was REALLY hard...). The good news is that the second round I scored a 109 :D YAY 8 stroke improvement!! AND I got on the green in 1 for one of the holes haha AMAZING...Here is a picture

2. Had a super powered golf cart...it was just cool...had too much fun...yeah...and it had its own garage hahah :D here's a pic of its cute little house

3. Got some In-N-Out...yum...had a double double animal style and animal fries. Of course I could eat the whole thing when I built up an appetite knocking doors BUT when you get In-N-Out just because you can...well lets just say you can only eat a disappointingly small amount of food...got through about 3/4 of the burger before I needed to stop...had like 3 fries...it was so sad...but it looked pretty so I got a picture of it :D

So that was it for the break...but now is the week before finals, which means EVERYTHING is due pretty much. Monday, Goldfire Marketing Group (hehe) found out that we got a pretty AWESOME grade on our marketing plan for Wells Fargo...Tomorrow is the big day when we find out who wins the scholarships!!! We are super excited!! Wish me luck!

<3 Shyla

GoldFire Marketing Group

2009-11-20T22:32:00.000-08:00

I am so relieved that my Wells Fargo project for Advertising and Promotions is finished today. The Presentation has been made to the representatives from Wells Fargo, now all that is left is for our group, GoldFire Marketing Group, to win that scholarship!

Now perfecting this presentation meant long hours this week. Last night Ian and I had to redo our ads to in order for them to print large enough for us to pass out. This meant sitting in the UC lab and learning how to use Photoshop since Adobe Fireworks wasn't available. We got there at around midnight and didn't finish till almost 2am. Our other group mate Bill came but since we were too busy figuring that program out we didn't get to practice. SO pretty much Bill's time was wasted and Ian and I spent 2 hours screaming at a Mac. In the end though they came out beautifully, for a second time :D Here are the pictures. I am so proud haha!

Anyway I plan on sleeping in Saturday till around 2pm so if I don't answer my phone that is why :D Please don't bother me I will be near comatose!

<3 Shyla

what? ME? noooooo

2009-11-15T23:18:00.000-08:00

Alright so in this past week a lot has been going on. Tests and projects, so much stuff to do, I was so tired by Friday that the circles under my eyes were at a whole new level of purple. One of my group members for Advertising class even commented about it, that's how you know its bad! :D Its okay though I had a good Friday night adventure. I went to find a Good Times burgers place, which was in Windsor, but got lost..sort of. Then went to my friend Nick's place and watched one of my favorite shows "Top Gear" from the UK. It was a lot of fun!

Okay SO funny things that happened to me this week...pretty much got caught being silly...mostly its just funny

I work at night and pretty much scan files all night when all the other workers go home. My boss is nice enough to allow me to watch dvds on my computer, listen to music, do sudoku, etc. As long as the work gets done. SO I was enjoying myself singing along to some 311 songs real loud just scanning and singing haha yeah it was a good time. All of a sudden I hear a scuffling behind me and it started to freak me out slowly so I turned my head slowly and I see the security guard peeking his head around the corner. Oh man I jumped! Turns out he was standing there listening to me belt out off key for a while haha he didn't even say anything just walked through my room then through the office and back out my room again and kinda chuckled a "have a good night." Yeah...I didn't start singing again for a few minutes...

Sorry no pictures this week :D I will try hard for next week! PROMISE!

<3 Shyla

To Vegas and Back Again...

2009-11-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

Well I was lucky to be able to go to the SEMA show in Vegas this year. I left on Wednesday night and got back Friday night at midnight. We stayed in this SERIOUSLY cool room at the Signature at MGM Grand...definitely staying there again :D ANYWHOOO the SEMA show was seriously cool, there were tons of amazing cars and exhibits! The weird thing was that it was actually smaller than it has been in the past, and it was still huge. So on a side note my feet have never been more sore in my life! Legs hips, shoulders, toes haha so so very sore. It was definitely worth it though!

On the school front, I got into the Ad Campaigns class! I am so excited! I have been wanting to take this class for a while now and I am finally eligible as a senior. So I found out I got in on Wednesday, I am so stoked for next semester! Today I went to work with the Marketing club at our concession stand at the last Football game of the season! It was fun, way better than last time...we weren't freezing this time! We raised a lot of money for Fill Monfort's Hat which is a fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research. That was way cool...there was another source of excitement as well...After the big helicopter craziness, which was surprising no doubt, we saw John Elway...yeah no joke! People were going insane lol! Here are some pictures from today!

Well that's it for now! Tons of big projects due! There is bound to be some excitement haha!

<3 Shyla

...SNOWHAWK...that's right!

2009-10-29T23:42:00.001-07:00

Alright so today every other school in Colorado was closed except UNC. Okay so that probably is not true but it sure felt like it. Anyway we have been having some ridiculous snow for the last few days and although it seemed crazy to drive anywhere, we did have school today. Most of my friends had classes canceled but not me. Its alright though I did have a pretty rad mini snowball fight in the Kepner parking lot with a friend of mine!
Anyway...so as you can tell there was a significant amount of snow. Also, I am from Hawaii. I just bought my first car EVER this past summer. I haven’t ever driven in the snow like ever, yes I am too scared. I am also scared of hurt my poor little car in any way haha! So therefore I decided to let her sit in her happy little parking spot. Unfortunately for me this means that I now have a foot and a half (just about) of snow piled on my poor vehicle. You can’t even really tell what it is. SO as someone who has never played in the snow before I wanted to do something with this huge mound of snow! SOOO I got the genius plan to give my car…WAIT FOR IT…DRUMROLL PLEASEEEEE!!...

...A SNOWHAWK!...

It's like a mohawk except more awesome! Here are the before and after pictures enjoy!!

And After...

Haha I love it!! Sooooo awesome!

<3 Shyla