Hi, my name is Jam. I know, I know, that’s not what it says on my profile and its not the name that was called for attendance on Monday. The thing is, my parents have never called me by that name. I have always been just “Jam”. The only people to have ever called me “Joan Marie” are people like my teachers and whatnot. To be honest with you, I like being called “Jam” a lot better than “Joan Marie”, though the jokes about it are pretty sad. Stuff like, “Your name’s Jam? Where’s peanut butter?”, or, “Jam? What flavor? Blueberry or strawberry?”. Its gotten to the point where I just fake laugh on the outside and feel dead on the inside.

Other than my name though, there isn’t much else that’s interesting about me. I’m 5’5, 19 years old, and from San Diego. I’ve lived in San Diego pretty much my entire life, but it feels like I still haven’t explored even half of it. I’m a college student, so that also means I’m poor. I’m incredibly sarcastic and my type of humor includes joking about my bank account when there’s only $14.03 left in it and raising my hand when someone asks “is there any trash left?”.  My favorite words include “free”, “cancelled”, and “clearance”. I would say I’m religious but the only thing I do consistently is say “the lord is testing me” when someone cuts me off when I’m driving. My hobbies include binge watching t.v shows on netflix, eating and sleeping. Basically my life goal is to become a dog. No, just kidding. I like to cook, read, play video games, and travel.

Like I said, I enjoy travelling. Or at least I like to tell people that. I’ve only been to a couple of places across the states and I’ve never been out of the country. To name a few places, I’ve been to New York, The Grand Canyon, Albuquerque, and recently I went on a four day camping trip in Yosemite.  Even though I’ve only been to a couple places, one day I’d like to say that I have travelled almost everywhere.  Traveling is actually a big part of my bucket list. By the time I die, I hope to have visited at least five countries in each continent. Maybe it’s because I’m trying to escape all my responsibilities. Anyways, if I can’t travel at all I want to at least visit Greece.

I’m a kinesiology major, and I’m thinking about declaring a minor in psychology because it’s become something I've become very interested in recently. I wish to become a physical therapist, though I am not sure whether or not I want to work with children or the elderly. I plan on volunteering on campus to get a feel for what I want to do. I plan on studying abroad as well so hopefully I can get some experience with that as well. I also picked kinesiology because I’m Asian, so I had to pick something in the medical field or else I would probably be disowned by my family. Physical therapy was as close to medical school as I could get. But I made sure to stay away from the Filipino stereotype of wanting to be a nurse and dating someone in the military.

I have two half siblings, one boy and one girl. I’m the youngest, with my brother being 30 and my sister 32. My parents are divorced but that aint a surprise since we live in California. I live at home with my mom, so I commute to school everyday. My friends are also a very important aspect of my life. No matter how busy we are always make sure to meet and catch up, so I’m very blessed to have all of them in my life. A lot of my favorite moments with my friends involve times where we are traveling. We have made countless trips to LA and we’ve also been to a hot air balloon festival in New Mexico. A lot of my friends go to school away from San Diego, and by a lot of my friends I mean 4 out of the 6 friends I have. In all seriousness, I'm so happy that no matter how far apart we are, we are all still very close.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading about me. I also hope that you realize by now that I like to make people laugh by making fun about different aspects of my life. Thanks for reading!