Summer has started and I'm already missing Santa Cruz! if I had a choice, I think I would start Freshmen year of college all over again. 'Twas a fun and enjoyable experience. It was a really good year and I'm glad that I met Vikki...although I miss her terribly...




     

WOW...i haven't posted or written on this site for a good three months. that is a really long time! i keep on telling myself how i would definately go on xanga and post how college is going for me so far...but i keep on putting it off. finally, found the time today..haha so uh...who still reads xangas nowadays? anyone?

What's been happening lately:

-So i've been in college for a good three months now and i'm loving every minute of it. the campus is just so nice and beautiful. sometimes after dinner, i would just simply walk around the campus and admire the simplicity of it, the nature of it, and the beauty of it. college is definately very different from high school and i'm loving it! everything is on you; WHEN you do your homework, WHEN you study, and WHEN you party. at first, i thought i would be scared of the huge amount of people in the lectures, but overtime, i got used to it. its really not that bad at all. come to think of it, its actually a whole lot better than the small classes in high school. there's a lot more "freedom".  haha yeah. there are times where we party hard, and there are times when we study hard.

-we've reached the end of the 1st quarter now and all i can say is that it was pretty smooth. the hardest class that i've had was Intro to Psychology. Instead of having midterms or finals, we have "quizzes". they're basically the same thing, but i guess some professors like to call them quizzes. whatever. Film 20A: The Film Experience is a really good class actually. the lectures might be a little ubber boring, but if you write good papers and attend lectures/discussions regularly, you're guaranteed an A or B. i was glad that the professor didn't show mainstream films, but more independent films from other countries. it gave us, students, a chance to explore other films beyond "mainstream" Hollywood. then there's CORE class. Yes. its one of those classes where you HAVE to take it. quite similar to the classes that we took during our freshmen year in high school; Health Ed., Drivers Ed., and Career Ed. CORE class is THE most boring class on the face of this earth. at first, it was very interesting, especially for our first paper. but as time went by, and we begin to write on the same topics over and over again, we start to lose interest.

-the food in college is pretty satisfactory. there are times where the food is unbearable, and there are times (like once a week) where the food is pretty good. its nice to see almost everyone walk out with 5-6 dishes on their trays after they're done. as for me, i'm eating a lot, but at the same time, trying to stay away from the Freshmen 15. hahaha

my roomate and floormates are pretty chill and very awesome (one in particular )! i guess i can say i live on the party floor. there are people that get pretty butt-wild like every other day of the week. once in awhile, i get buttwild with them too! haha come to think of it, now that Winter Break's started for us, i've been missing Santa Cruz more than San Francisco. i don't really know why, but i guess now i'm more used to the freedom of being by myself with my friends and doing whatever i want. simply put, more independent. doing things whenever i want and wherever i want....and not have anyone go after my ass or put second thoughts in my head about what to do.

also going off campus is pretty awesome, although it does sort of get boring after going to the same places time after time. but what's so awesome about downtown is that is very convenient. there's a Longs Drugs and a Safeway right next to each other. there's also two movie theatres and plenty of japanese restaurants !!! lately, we (Jared , Vikki, and I ) have been spending loads of  $$$ on this place. we should stop. hahaha yay. so like every other week, my friends; Ted, Jose, Nolan, Vinson, Jared, Bea and i would go to downtown and visit the L8 Buffet (they have student discounts). The best place so far has got to be Streetlight Records, they sell most DVDs and CDs for the cheapest prices!!! being the movie buff i am, this is heaven.

in short, College is OH SO AWESOME!!!!