Hello everyone! My name is Ernesto G. Ventura, III.

Hello everyone! My name is Ernesto G. Ventura, III. As Spanish as it may sound, I am not. I was born & raised in a Southeast Asian archipelago composed of 7107 islands [during low tide], the problematic Republic of the Philippines. Having lived in a country where hundreds [maybe thousands] of distinct dialect are spoken, I am blessed with the ability to read, write, & speak 3 languages which are Hiligaynon [my region’s local dialect], Filipino [or tagalog, which all Filipinos know], & of course English since English is part of the standard academic curriculum in Philippine education. I have to say English wasn’t one of my favorite subjects in school and I’m not as good at it as with Mathematics. Although I have been exposed to English through movies, TV shows, radio broadcasts & school classes when I was in the Philippines, I converse in English in extremely rare instances such as talking to tourists [trying hard]. It was when my entire immediate family migrated here in Washington state when I gained real-life exposure & practice that improved [or at least made me more comfortable with] my English through work, school, & simply talking to anyone other than my family. Having all that noted, I still can’t deny my limitations to the English language. I have this problem of thinking “while” speaking. It bothers me seriously when I catch my own self using incorrect grammar during a conversation. Because of that, I think I can express my thoughts and ideas better in writing than in talking [Although whether to put a comma or not is one dilemma of mine].

With all honesty, If not required, I’d not taken this course in the first place but as I read through the Class lectures module, I was actually delighted on how this class may potentially improve all writings I will do in the future, technical or not. It’s such a real shame that this class is designed by the PSU ECE department to be taken last, after students have already done their essays, Laboratory/Experiment Reports, & all other writings. Since I am only starting my junior year in the Electrical Engineering program, It is my objective that this course will help me write more effectively for my upcoming Lab Reports. My hope is that when this course is over, I will be able to identify what I have been doing wrong in my past writing for correction, learn writing techniques & strategies I have never used before for improvement, & earn a good grade.

Electrical Engineering is a very broad field. Power, Electronics, Signal Processing, Telecommunications, Robotics & Automations are just a few of many other sub-disciplines of Electrical Engineering. Unless a dramatic shift of my mind occurs this school year, my first choice is Telecommunications.

While being a Clark College student for the past two and a half years, I work at a Safeway store here in Vancouver, WA as a courtesy clerk during weekends & as a math tutor at the Clark College Tutoring & Writing Center on Schooldays. Now that I have graduated at Clark College, I no longer tutor there but I still have my private tutoring session with my grade school & high school tutees for a few hours per week [more of a sideline than a career]. This summer, I am planning on a career change from being a bagger into a Best Buy Sales Representative. If things go my way, I will be selling your computers, digital cameras, mp3 players & other electronics before sunny days are over.

Anyone who has worked for a food & drug store like Safeway for three years would easily understand how things can get redundant. Two weeks ago, something unusual [as far as I’m concerned] happened. Two teenagers in their bicycles stole sandwiches from our deli department. I was working when that happened. Our deli worker was running towards me & yelling “Ernest they stole sandwiches”, while pointing to the young suspects. Due to pressure, I mindlessly ran after them…To make the long story short, the sandwiches where recovered through the help of a concerned customer who chased the teenagers with his car. Thinking I have done a good act of telling that customer which way the suspects went for the recovery of the sandwiches, I was wrong. My boss explained to me that I shouldn’t have done what I did for one convincing reason: My life is more valuable than 5 dollars. At the end of the day, I went home thankful yet disappointed. Thankful that nothing bad happened to me and most especially I learned a very important lesson from my mistake that is, never run after criminals. On the other hand, I was disappointed because one of the suspects escaped and the other one we caught wasn’t even charged of any crime by our management. In short, we have shown that our store can be robbed easily & we also tolerate crimes.

To end my intro, I’d like to say that I am a simple guy who loves God, Engineering, Mathematics, & Photography.