So let's first start through the cliche and easiest way to say hello and introduce myself a little bit.
Hey guys!! My name is Lisset Perales, even though Starbucks and other stores like to call me "Lisa." My mom tells me to say my name in Spanish but, every time I do, it always ends up being Lisa. Long story short, I either spell it out for them or say it with a "z" instead with an "s." I can not believe that the first thing I tell you is how to say my name correctly and it's not even that it bothers me, I just notice it a lot.
So for the more application type of details about me; I am 20 years old, a third year at SDSU, I am also majoring in Biology and planning on declaring a Spanish minor soon.
I am the oldest child of three and I have a younger brother and sister. They're cool. My littlest sister is 8,which I find so funny and weird that we're about 11-12 years apart. That's like the age of another kid.
Personality wise, I am about 60% introverted, 40% extroverted but those numbers completely change on the situation. It's always the new things that make me more introverted, anxious, nervous and all synonyms to describe shyness. Whenever I have to speak in front of the class, my words stumble and I end up speaking really weird. For example, I end up thinking way ahead of myself and say it out of order, even if I think or plan it out many times. It's so weird that when I am talking to someone one to one, it is the complete opposite and I could talk to them for a while, until I run out of things to say.
A lot of people say I am friendly which sort of surprised me because usually I have a blank straight face when I am not talking to someone or if I don't smile. So I thought that would give people the opposite impression.
Another thing about me is that with my biology major, I plan on working towards medical school and becoming possibly a pediatrician or a family doctor. I say possibly because med-school is so hard and sometimes I feel that I will never be enough for them. But there's no foul in trying to get in. I really enjoy the whole hospital theme and creepy as this sounds, I enjoy being around kids. They have their own little world, language, actions and basically, I want to be a part of it. Also, they're really cute.
My life is pretty boring as well, compared to people who do a billion things at one time, while I am sometimes just sitting at home studying my butt off, binge watching Youtube channels or kdramas.
That's another thing about me is that I like to watch kdramas or Korean dramas. It randomly started with me trying to figure out what to watch scrolling through tumblr and seeing random screenshots of dramas. My favorite drama is called "It's Ok, That's Love," which is a sort of medical theme that centers around a psychiatrist dealing with her issues while also meeting this new famous writer. I think it's pretty good and I always try to reccomend it. Of course there's subtitles because I don't even know how to speak Korean, but I always plan on learning a little bit.
Most of the time I do not mention the kdrama obsession thing or this new phenomenon I encountered last year, called kpop (Korean pop music). One reason I do not tell a lot of people about it, is because they think I am weirder than I already am and one of the main questions I get towards this "hobby" is "Why do you watch it, if you don't understand them at all?" So to explain a little about kpop is that there are a lot of groups with sometimes a lot of members in them, about 4+ but there has been a lot of groups with about 7 or more people in it. They all work hard to sing all together in a song and also remember the hard choreography to it, depending on what types of concepts they want to show to audiences.
The first group I officially started be a fan was BTS, which has recently become more famous around the world. A couple other groups that I have became a fan of is Seventeen (that has 13 members!), Exo, and Monsta X. Some people think that this is strange, but it's the same concept as liking an artist in the U.S or Mexico. One goal is that I hope to see one of those groups live, either in South Korea (when I have the money to travel =) ) or if they ever decide to come to the states again.
So hopefully this introduction gives you a little insight on who I am, but honestly, this is who I think I am and it might not be the same when you meet me in person. Thanks everyone for reading this because sometimes it's hard to talk about myself in a non-narcissistic way especially when I do not do this too much! I hope this class will be fun with everyone!!
