Last Post

My life as a blogger was very interesting. This was my first time blogging and sharing my experiences with my classmates. It was a great experience but unfortunately I will not be continuing posting more blogs. I know this must be upsetting to most of my followers but I have to move on with my classes. The reason to me quitting blogging is because it’s I’m not going to have topics to talk about. In my personal opinion I think that everyone’s blog were very interesting and they were really great.  My few last words to my classmates are that all you guys do great on your finals and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. Have a great future and hope to see many of you soon.

Great Time

The last time I had a great time was back when I was in eighth grade. I had sign up for our grad nite over at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The sky was cloudy and I can remember the long line of anxious students waiting to buy their tickets. Many of them were students I had never seen before and I felt like I was going to be a lonely person through the entire trip. The day had finally arrived and I was waiting on the line for bus 25. While waiting I encounter and old classmate of mine and started talking to her. The funny thing was how we started talking; she said to me “you’re Steven and I say ‘yes’ after that I said to her ‘you are Nora right and she looked at me weird and said NO my name is Juana’.” We stepped into the huge white coach bus and ran to the back seats. There we started to talk about how we were doing. On our way there, we were taking many pictures and telling jokes so the trip there was really fun. When we got to the park we ran to X2, my friend was one of the first ones to ride that roller coaster. I was afraid so I just waited for her in the bottom and after a long time of waiting for her I called her and left to another ride. At that time she was attending Rio Vista Middle School and I was attending Rio Del Valle Middle School. We became friends and spent the whole night together. Today she is my best friend and I would not change her for anything. For our senior year we went back to Six Flags Magic Mountain for grad nite and we were just remembering all the good times we had back in eighth grade.

Review

            La Palapa Juice Bar is one of the greatest places in the country to get a torta. It’s specialized in torta making since its one of the few things they offer besides shrimp cocktails, ceviche tostadas and liquados. They offer a wide variety of meats from pork to asada to make your torta. The wait may be a little long depending on the amount of tortas that are being order but at the end it is worth it! The restaurant is located in El Rio next to Lupitas Bakery since they have the same owner. La Palapa is quite small from the inside so not many people fit inside. Even though it is small, the place gives out a good vibe to the customer. It has sort of like a beach theme, with all the palms it has and also because the menu has a picture of an ocean shore. The place is always clean; the workers clean the tables constantly every time a costumer leaves the restaurants. The service is also not an issue since customers sometimes communicate with the workers. The liquados seem to be really healthy since they are made from fresh fruit. They are really good, full of great taste and flavors. Their horchata is handmade giving it that fresh taste as well. Parking is sometimes an issue. During the weekends the parking lot gets crowed since there are other stores that attract many other customers. The prices are great. It is not that expensive since the torta is a little as 4 dollars and 80 something cents. There is another torta place near it but it does not taste as good as La Palapa. Come along and taste the greatness that the Palapa has to offer to their customers and you’re going to start talking about La Palapa too.

Fast Food Nation

                Overall, I think that Fast Food Nation was a great book. There was a lot of information that I didn't know and that I’m happy to be inform of. Things will definitely change from now on in my diet. My diet is going to consist of less meat and more vegetables because I do not want to contribute to the growth of animal killing. I also want to be healthy so I can have a nice long life. The part that affected me the most about this book was when the author takes us into the meat packaging system. In my personal opinion, animals should not be killed the way they are being killed.

            This book has made me think about how the fast food industry is making its way all around the world. It is becoming an international thing and it must be stopped. It is not only affecting our health, but it is also affecting our agriculture. The world is going to start becoming obese like people here in America. Another good point that the author made was that more children are eating American fast food and many are starting to dress like us as well. This made me think because future generations are going to start becoming Americans and at the end cultures are going to start dying. 

College Life

The truth was #5: I've been living in Oxnard mostly all my life.

This has is my first semester attending college and so far I like it. Not having any staff around all the time is something that I am enjoying the most. I can leave campus whenever I want and no one is going to call my house for missing classes.  My schedule is great and very flexible because I have time do work in between and after classes. Waking up at eight on Mondays and Wednesdays is fun but not as exciting as waking up at nine on Tuesday s and Thursday s since I get more sleep compared to when I was in high school; I had to wake up at seven in the morning. Even though some classes are challenging at this moment I can’t complain since I have friends to help me get by when I start to feel pressured. Study groups are something some of my friends I met and I are doing in order to help each other succeed in our more challenging classes.

Compared to high school, college is a little more fun. Since I got to pick my schedule I get to leave campus early and hang out with friends after school. Many of my friends went to Ventura College so sometimes it gets pretty lonely around here. The only thing I do not like is that many professor s won’t accept late work and so we have to stay on top of things at all times. There is no one to remind you when assignments are do so we have to be checking our syllabus every day. This was a little challenging for me because I was not used to checking when things were due since my high school teachers would always tell us a day or two before the assignment was due. As time passes by, I’m adapting myself to a new system of education and starting to like it; makes me feel more responsible.

True/False

Blog: Week Ten

1) I spend most of my time in the computer.

2) I like sea food.

3) I love doing homework.

4) High School was boring for me.

5) I’ve been living in Oxnard mostly all my life.

6) Most of my friends are acquaintances.

Family

To many people in the world, family makes up a big part of their life, but to some family isn’t as important. Family is not very important to many them because they don’t understand the positive impact that family can leave behind in one’s life. Many see friends and think that they are always going to be around whenever their family isn’t. The truth is that when one needs friends the most, they vanish as if they had become ghosts or something. With family comes happiness because they are always there helping you with your problems, making life much easier. The presence of having a family is the best feeling in the world. One knows that we have someone to talk to when we are having harsh times and we never feel alone. Some families are really close and they always seem to have a great time with one another. They always have barbeques in their backyard or have parties whenever they are celebrating something. Family helps you relax from stress; forgetting about what is due tomorrow and enjoy life to the fullest for those few hours you spend with them. Family members can be considered your friends because some of them understand what you are going through and make you feel better with excellent advice. Many great moments are lived with family. Everything from having vacations to embarrassing moments. Family vacations are the best. Everyone gets together and tell stories from their childhood to present things they are living. Some of the stories that are told can make you embarrassed because sometimes they will mention things like what happened when you brought your first girlfriend or boyfriend home and they start making fun of you just to have a great time.

Even though many don’t have a big family like other people do, you can still have a great time with them. Being around them is something that should make one happy because there are people out there who wish to have a family like many of us do. Some may be the only child but and might have cousins who live around them. Family is something that cannot be replace because they will always have a special place in your heart. Even if you try to forget about them for a while it is impossible to do so because little things that happen to you when you’re not with them remind you of them.