Bryan Ngo's "About Me"

Hi, my name is Bryan Ngo and I am a 22 year senior and this is my final semester at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. I am from San Jose California and my first year at Hilo was in 2008 and the reason why I went here because I was offered a full scholarship to play basketball for this school, so it was an opportunity I just could not refuse. Before UH Hilo I was at a Junior in San Bruno California, which is about an hour away from my home so to go to the school I had to move out to make it easier on myself to play basketball and do as good as I could do in school. So straight out of high school I had to move out and to be honest I was really nervous about this whole situation but it was something I just had to do. But after going through this I can say it was the best thing for me at the time and I would not have changed anything. Throughout high school I was never really a good student in the classroom, I would always just do what it takes just to get by, I can't say I did not try throughout high school, but I think it was just difficult for me even though I could have done better. And when I got to this junior college I did not know what to expect, but I knew it was going to be harder then high school. So my first semester I ended up getting all C's which I was not proud of at all because I felt I did way better then that and after my coach saw how I did he told me that was not going to cut it, he said I'm going to need to try harder and I really felt the same. So the next semester I tried harder in everything I did and the following semester I made the Dean's list which I was so proud of because I've never done that before. And so following that semester I kept that up the next year and I graduated with a 3.4 gpa and ended up getting my Associates Degree which I was so proud of.

So after a very successful year at Skyline junior college, I transferred here at the University of Hawaii at Hilo where I earned a full scholarship to play basketball. And right now I am trying to finish up and earn my degree in communications. But I can say my overall experience was unforgettable because of the fact I got to go to school for free in Hawaii and do what I love to do most is play basketball. During my time here I got to see the most beautiful places, places I thought I would never see by this age. I have been to Kona, Hilo, Honolulu, and I have been to Maui and each place is beautiful in its own way. And I also got to see other states because of traveling with basketball, I've been to Oregon, Washington, Denver, Utah, and all over California because of basketball. I truly can say I enjoyed myself during my two years out there, and I also the people in Hilo treated me very good, I will always remember that. So since this is my final semester of school and I get my degree, and to be honest, I do not know where to go from there, I am at a point in my life where before this, I've been playing basketball and going to school full time and really taking it serious for the past 10 years of my life, and it is going to finally be over. Yes, I am looking forward to what the future has in stored for me, but I am really not ready for that. I really miss those days hanging with my teammates and friends, traveling on airplanes and vans to go to places I have never been before. I am going to miss everything, but one day I am going to look back at it when I get older and say I got to go to school in Hawaii and got to have the time of my life.

My relationship with sustainability is pretty good because I have always been aware of the environment and always cared about what was going on earth. So I try to do what little I can to save our materials so people many years from now can have the same. So recycling is something I do to help, and anything else I could I am very open and would like to help in any way necessary.

From this class I hope to learn a lot more of Sustainability and other ways I can be more apart of this movement and help in other ways. I think this is very important for futures and families and will need the learning ability to know what is going on.