The Westcott House was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and illustrates the popularized Prairie style. After visiting this lesser known Wright building nearly one decade ago, I still find myself remembering the keen attention to detail and the emotion which the Westcott House evoked. This structure truly embodies the Prairie style as it resembles a long, shallow landscape both indoors and out. Upon walking into the house and experiencing the low ceilings and long, uninterrupted walls, I began to feel as if I had just burrowed underground. Even the interior of the house mirrored the exterior with the use of long, short bricks and floorboards.

Though the Westcott House may not be as popularized as some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s other designs, I will always remember it as an example of what architectural design is capable of – evoking emotion.

Holland Hall was where I went to school from the age of three all the way until my highschool graduation at the age of eighteen. This school was where I encountered some of my greatest friendships, where I achieved some of my biggest goals, and where I found a second home.

Holland Hall is a fairly small school, in the sense that I graduated with a meer class of seventy. Out of these seventy peers, twenty-five of them began at Holland Hall at the age of three with me. I have literally grown up with this tight-knit group of students and they have walked along  beside me through some of my best moments as well as some of my lowest moments. Not only did I know everyone in my grade’s name, but I knew their family and what they were like as a person as well. This also applied for the teachers as well. I was close with a lot of my professors over the years, but there were a handful of faculty members that I was close enough with to text them for advice, sit and cry with them in their office, or go out to lunch with. I felt so known and loved at this place. This school was my community for most of my life.

The building pictured here was specifically where I found my passions, my interests, and my strengths. This is the building that has our sports locker rooms and workout facilities.  Sports were where I found my identity throughout highschool and one of the things that I was known for. To me, everytime I see this building or interact with any relationship that spurred within these walls, it makes me so happy. I feel overjoyed because of everything that these walls gave me; friendships, achievements, memories, and so on and so forth. I could go into detail about all of the great memories that I made at this school, but I can summarize it all by saying that I would not be the person that I am today had it not been for my enrollment at Holland Hall and my involvement in both tennis, field hockey, and cheer.

Personally, my religion is a huge part of who I am and how I choose to live my life. Religion is a guiding principle in my life and I truly became grounded in this fact after attending this church. I have attended LifeChurch for years and it has had a tremendous influence on who I have become as a person. 

While I have jumped around from location to location, primarily because of the fact that I grew up in Tulsa but currently live in Norman, the connection that I feel to each of these different buildings is one and the same. Honestly, all of the LifeChurch locations tend to have a similar look to them, making it easy to transition from one to the other if needed. This building provides me with hope, peace, and rejuvenation each and every Sunday. LifeChurch is somewhere that I have found my identity and community in this world. The people that go here with me are some of my closest friends and mentors. This is where I genuinely learn how to live my life. No other building or organization has impacted me more than this one right here. It shapes how I view the world, the choices that I make, the people that I enjoy spending time with, and gives me purpose. LifeChurch is something that has been a part of my life for years and will still be present in my life for a long for-seen future. 

The Colosseum in Rome is one of the greatest architectural masterpieces in all of history. This building has a history that will be remembered for centuries to come and gave me one of my own most memorable moments. 

This past summer, I was given the opportunity to study abroad in Italy. This trip got me out of my comfort zone because I traveled with a group of people that I was not too familiar with. On top of that, this trip was just overall so exhausting for me because I had to focus on my schoolwork, was constantly surrounded by people, and was always on the move as we ventured from city to city. However, through the difficult classwork and exhaustion, this trip ended up giving me so many of my fondest memories and sweetest friendships. 

The Colosseum, in particular, connects me to great memories because of all of the pictures that I took in front of it. This was one of our first travel days apart from this class. All of the other days were simply spent in the classroom or doing homework, but the travel days gave us a chance to really connect with our classmates. This travel day was when I met some of the girls that I became so close with. These friendships deepened as the rest of the trip went on. One thing that was so great about this trip was that, these people are still going to school with me now, so I have been able to continue the relationships for years to come. So, what began with simple pictures in front of the Colosseum, ended up rolling into friendships that were close in Rome and have gotten even closer in Norman. 

Notre-Dame Cathedral holds a special place in the hearts of the French people, as well as in my own. I first encountered this architectural gem during my freshman year of highschool while on a french exchange trip with my school. This trip for me was hands down the most courageous thing that I had ever undertaken up until this point. I had stepped way outside of my comfort zone by flying to a foreign country that hardly spoke my native language and staying with a family that I had never met. Throughout middle school, I was relatively shy and not very confident in myself, whether that specifically pertains to my looks, my abilities, or my French fluency. Choosing to go on this trip symbolizes my first “big kid” decision.

This was the trip where I found my voice, quite literally. I was going to school with the French schoolkids and living with my exchange student, but I struggled to find the guts to really immerse myself in the language. I had gotten by with the basics of, “please”, “thank you”, and “hello”, but not much beyond that spectrum, simply because I was too nervous to get something wrong. This continued for the first couple of days. Then one day, it finally came to me; my voice. While out on the town sightseeing, we ended up stopping in front of Notre Dame. Here, there were merchants out front selling everything from hats to shirts to flowers. I really wanted one of the key chains that had miniature versions of Notre Dame on it. I walked over to the merchant and said in english, “May I have a keychain, please?” He responds, “En Français?” I mustered up the courage to speak up and practice my French to the local man. I responded with, “Puis-je acheter un porte-clés?” He smiles and goes, “You have a great accent.” After that, I felt so much more confident in, not only my french-speaking abilities, but also in myself as a whole. Ever since that moment in front of Notre Dame, I have been a much more confident person. Even though that was a simple story, I think that because I was in such a vulnerable place in my life, being that I was away from my family and away from what I had always known, hearing encouragement from somebody really affected me in deeper ways than I could have ever imagined. So, in summary, in front of Notre Dame was where I stepped out of my comfort zone and found some confidence!

The National Weather Center is by far my favorite building. I first walked inside it when I was seven years old, and from then on I knew I would be a meteorology major at OU. The NWC houses state and federal offices as well as the School of Meteorology. There is a spacious atrium which can be used for studying as well as banquets/other events. The very top floor has an observation deck where, if you look out, you can see for miles and miles. There is also a rooftop classroom.

The Chesapeake Energy Arena amazes me how many different things that the building can be used for. My grandpa and I have had season tickets to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the last few years and they have some of the best experiences I have had. I’ve been going to this center in downtown Oklahoma for a long time and seen it renovated from the Ford Center to the Chesapeake Energy Arena.. I also went to a Monster Jam concert once there that was also a lot of fun. Every time I am downtown and go past the building it reminds me of the good memories with my family.

This building has  had a very positive on me and my life. My first ever vacation was a trip to Disney World with my family, and I was blown away by the size of the Epcot building. It reminded me of a giant golf ball. When I see it now it reminds me of my first trip with my family. I hope to go back one day and see it again and how the surroundings have changed.

Tsonjin boldog is the biggest statue of Mongolia which is 40 meter and the largest horse riding statue in the world. The statue, Chingis riding his horse is made of 250 tonnes of steel. It looks like far sighted Chinggis khan holds a golden whip in his right hand. This statue is one of the most famous tourist attractions in my country. I saw the statue last year and I was amazed when I went to the head of the horse through its chest and neck for a panoramic view of the surrounding beautiful landscapes from the observation deck. And the statue is surrounded by 100 Mongolian houses called “GER”.

This statue made me proud that I am mongolian person. We are all Chinggis Khan’s descendant. He had the biggest empire in the world and possessed more than a half of earth. This statue always gives me motivation. This statute always reminds me that how my country is great.

This is main square and central part of Mongolian Capital city. Similar to Times square in NY but slightly different. It is named after one of the Mongolian biggest general Sukhbaatar, whose statue is in the center of square. This is the place every mongolian gather for huge social event. If it is new year they come here and celebrate it. If they want to protest against government they will come here, because building front of is the government building.

It has very big statue of Chingis Khan. This building makes this Sukhbaatar square more beautiful, therefore this is the one of the biggest tourist attractions.

My home is right next to this square. I can go there whenever i want. But i usually avoid protest and dangerous events. But i like to celebrate holiday with lots of other people there. Also when i graduated my high school, me and my classmates went there for official graduation picture. I have many memories with this square. When i feel down, i just like to walk around in Sukhbaatar Square.