scu

For this adventure i went to SCU, Santa Clara university.I went there to check out the campus. I have been there before so I knew what it looked like but i decided to go anyways because I liked it.  It has 3,335 graduate students, and 5,435 full-time undergraduate students. It was Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California, and has remained in its original location for 162 years. The University's campus surrounds the historic mission Santa Clara de Asis, which traces its founding to 1776. I enjoined my visit to SCU.

FIVE GUYS

For this adventure I decided to go in a different rough. I went to FIVE GUYS it a burger restaurant in Saratoga. Since I love burgers and my friends have been telling me good things about this place I decided to try it out. It not like McDonald's or jack in the box it’s a little pricey. But it was worth the money it’s for first place as my favorite burger. The other restaurant being BUBBA GUMP in Monterey bay. Five guys also give you more than enough fries even if you pay for a small you end up with way too much fries.

Adventure journal 4

For my fourth adventure, I went to a pumpkin patch with my boyfriend. When we drove in to the parking lot, the first thing I noticed was the giant painted cutout of Pinocchio. Inside the pumpkin patch were many more painted cutouts of Disney characters. They were not painted well at all; Cinderella was a brunette and Mulan had green skin! We walked around the patch, looking for the perfect pumpkin. Then I noticed a small cage with baby bunnies and chicks. They were apparently part of a petting zoo at the pumpkin patch. I looked closer at the bunnies and saw that they did not look completely healthy. The cage was very dirty and their water bottle looked brownish. The small rabbits were hiding behind a chicken feeder, trying to stay cool in it's shade. I texted my friend Emily and told her about the poor rabbits. She texted me back and said she wanted to see them. My boyfriend and I then picked her up from ger house and drove her to the pumpkin patch. She took a look at the rabbits, and decided to take one. She went up to an employee and asked if they were for sale. The man said yes, so she went to the register and purchased the rabbit. When she went to pick up the rabbit two days later, Emily decided to buy the other bunny that hadn't been adopted yet. We brought both rabbits to the Westmont Ag farm, and named them Cookie and Crumble!

morgan hill drive

                                                                        Morgan hill drive




so i got my licence a couple months ago so i can drive by my self but i don't always do that. i was trying to sell my sub woofers i had for my truck to a friend because he wanted them so i said OK $50 and he said alright fine. then he say he can come over to pick them up because he live in Morgan hill. so i was thinking and i said why don't i just drive down there and charge him more money so i asked my dad and he said that was fine but i couldn't drive down there in my truck because i had bad tires they were really worn down and i didn't have a spare on my truck. so i asked my dad what should i do and he said why don't you just take my truck. then i said that's a good idea but then i realized i don't like driving his truck because it needs it steering fixed. but he fixed it before i left, so anyways i go driving towards Morgan hill and its going all fine and i make there to his house and i sell him the speakers/subs. then i hang out with him till it gets dark then i head home and made $60.

that one time.....

Shoreline Concert

            A couple weeks ago, I went to my first concert with my brother and friends. We went to see Jason Aldean at the Shoreline Amphitheater. Our friend, Prinel picked up my brother, me, and other friends, and we rode to the parking lot together in four trucks. We hung out and tailgated in the parking lot for a while and then followed the crowd toward the gates. We didn’t realize how long it would take to get inside, though, and by the time we got to our seats, we had missed the opening act.

            It was fun being there, and being around my friends. However, it was overly crowded and the noise of the audience made the music hard to hear. Although, I like Jason Aldean’s music, I didn’t enjoy the concert as much as I expected, and it wasn’t worth the seventy dollars I had to pay for my ticket.

            The concert ended late and it took a long time to get back to our trucks because of the crowd. We got home at about midnight and then my brother and I went to an after-party with the friends who were with us at the concert. Next time, I will not go to a concert that is sold out unless I know we have really good seats.

adventure journal 5

for my fifth mini adventure i went to downtown los gatos with Chloe so we could go to Powell's. powell's is a pretty big candy store i had never bin to. they have all kinds of candy and also gellato. i saw a lot of candy's i had when i was a kid and they brought back good memories. i really liked the store and can see myself going again and again.

adventure journal 4

for my fourth mini adventure me and Chloe went and got a pumpkin to carve. we had a hard time deciding what we wanted to put on the pumpkin that we would both like. Chloe's sister brought out this kit that came with a yodas head and arms and we both like star wars so we decided to do that. so we carved the logo into the center and small holes for his head and arms. unfortunately after two days of the pumpkin sitting on the porch it started to decay and shrink so this picture is it in its prime. it was a fun experience except for him dying.

Adventure Journal 5

Last Friday, the 24th, I went to the Sunset x Safe in Sound rave. It was pretty cool, they had a pretty good lineup of djs. I went with a group of my friends from camp, which made it better because I got to hang out with them after not seeing them for like 2 weeks. The opening sets were really good, Caked Up was amazing, Destroid was pretty good; but, Adventure Club did not live up to my expectation. They played a bunch of wack stuff, instead of the good songs they had. Me and my friends got tired around 1 so we left before seeing the final set, but it was still a really fun time.

Adventure Five?!

This Tuesday I worked at the girl’s volley ball game. I’ve never worked or watched a girl’s volley ball game so it was very interesting. They played Branham. Branham was super intense looking because they have complete suits and equipment of each player. This connects back to the area code article we read in the beginning of the year. Branham is pretty close to us yet they obviously have much more money, enough to provide each player with matching water bottles with their school colors. This may be due to strong parent support which Westmont may not have an equal amount of. Any way I found that intimidating along with the fact most of them were super tall. The varsity game is extremely aggressive and also surprisingly loud. I couldn’t look away from the varsity game. The teams worked well together, especially because when the ball went out or they wanted to hit the ball, they would scream super loud which was sort of funny. Often players were even hitting the ball backwards and diving on the ground to save the ball, I had no idea volleyball could be so painful even to watch.  Although Westmont lost, I’m glad I watched the game.

Adventure 5

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting Yosemite! My family and I decided to have a spontaneous trip to the National Park. I have been to Yosemite before, but this was the first time I went to all the cool places. We went on a small hike in the park which was beautiful. As well as the hike, we visited one of the most popular waterfalls, which had barely any water coming from it due to the drought California are in. Stoping at incredible views throughout the day took up most of our time, but we ended at Glacier Point. It was my first time being so about ground level, and it was thrilling. This picture is overlooking the village in Yosemite. After our long and exhausting day, we ended up going back to our cabin in Pine Mountain Lake, which is about a half an hour away from Yosemite. This trip was very exciting especially since it was so last minute.

Adventure Journal 4

For my fourth adventure, my friend Kristina and I found a new beach! Since the weather was nice, we decided Santa Cruz would be the best place to hang out during the weekend. We did not want to go to a populated beach, nor a beach that we had already been before. So we drove around Santa Cruz for awhile until we found the beach we wanted. When we arrived to the beach, it was not too crowded and was easy to find parking. We were never able to figure out the name of the beach, but it was a lot different than the others we had been to. I know for a fact we will definitely be going back there when we want to go the beach next time. Hopefully it will not be too soon because I am ready for the cold weather!

Adventure journal 3

This weekend my cousins invited me to go to the Halloween Haunt with them. I was a little anxious to go because I haven't gone in almost two years. When we got there, I felt as if though I had dinosaurs in my tummy and hearing other people screaming their lungs out was making me more nervous. Our first haunted maze we went in was the scarecrow maze. To be honest, I didn't find that maze scary at all. I was terrified over nothing! My favorite haunted house was the Wax Museum because its characters were real frightening. As soon as we got in I wanted to walk back lol. I screamed throughout the whole house but at least I kept my eyes open

unlike my cousin lol. My second favorite was the Dia de Los Muertos house, though I didn't find the house scary. I only screamed about twice the entire house. The house was beautiful with neon colors and lights. Their sugar scull makeup on the characters were as well beautiful. When the park closed, my cousins and I headed over to Jack to grab some food. It was an awesome night and I hope to come back to the Halloween Haunt next year. 

Unfortunately because I was sick I spent most of my weekend in bed. On the bright side I did get the chance to eat at a new restaurant. Whenever I'm sick I like to eat phó because it usually helps make me feel better. My friend Tony offered to take me to get phó at LeQuy. I was kind of hesitant because first off, I’m really picky and I just prefer to go to Jovie Coffee and Phó, but also because I had heard both good and bad things about this restaurant. However I decided to try out LeQuy because I wanted to make my own opinion, and I love phó. LeQuy turned out to be pretty good, but I still prefer Jovie’s.  

Adventure journal 3

For my third adventure, I went to downtown Saratoga with my sister, my friend Veronica, and Veronica's mom. When we got there, I noticed that it actually looked a lot like Los Gatos, but many of the buildings were older. We went to The Hair Studio, a salon run by one of Veronica's neighbors, and waited for her mom to get her eyebrows done. Veronica's mom gave us money to get something to drink, so we went out to find a good place to go. We walked to YolaTea, and I got a strawberry milk tea. It was really good, but I wish I had gotten the tapioca pearls with it. While we were in the shop, a man and his wife saw that Veronica and I were wearing Westmont clothing, and he asked if it was a good school to send his daughter to. We said yes, of course, because Westmont is the "bestmont". After we got our drinks, we walked back to the hair salon. We all sat down in the salon and waited for Veronica's mom to be done. When she was done, we got in the car and went to the
Sacred Heart School, which was Veronica's old school. We visited for a bit, and then went back to Veronica's house.

Adventure journal 5

Last Sunday I went to my first clarinet master class. Not knowing what I was getting in to, I thought the master class would involve a professional teaching a class as if it were a lecture. Instead, we got to hear pieces prepared by volunteers and the professional gave tips and points that could make it better. The music they played made me feel so inadequate in my own playing and it makes me want to try harder and continue with music in college. How do you even play that fast that high without any breaks in the sound? One of the volunteers had signed up 48 hours earlier but was by far the best performance there was. The person doing the helping, Corrado Guiffredi, also played a few pieces at the end. In the lobby, there was a display of super fancy barrels and bells for clarinets that I believe you could try out or buy. I didn't think to bring my clarinet mouthpiece so I never had the opportunity to try them.

Adventure Journal 4

Last weekend Gabe and I went on a shopping adventure. We started off at my house and made breakfast for my family and it was a great start to the day. Then we headed to Heroes, one of my favorite comic book stores. He loves to go there to look at cards while I flip through paperbacks. I was surprised to find out DC came out with a series under the new 52 universe with holographic covers and I bought 3 of them. Next we went to streetlight records and I finally found a Bob Marley vinyl record while Gabe found some CDs hes been wanting. Later in the day we couldn't decide what to do so we headed over to Target and saw this graffiti of a chameleon that we've been seeing a lot around town. Most of them have been painted over so he wanted to take a picture of it and now unfortunately it is gone. 

Adventure 5!?

This week I went to the ranch and ventured out onto a new trail. The run was going well for a while until we got about a mile away from the ranch. The horse I was running with knew we were close and was getting really impatient. This particular horse also has a really week hind end due to a lack of exercise. We reached a point in the trail were the dirt was really loose, the hill was steep, and the trail was small. I started walking down it with Andrew walking directly behind me, he stepped on my heel and then tripped. I stopped so maybe he could catch his breath. Instead of catching his breath, he got frustrated that we were stopping when we were so close to the ranch. He started popping up right next to me to protest and then just took off. Being on a hill with loose dirt and tired from the hike, I neither had the energy or the leverage to even attempt to bend him back to me. So I let go. I stood on the hill as I watched him gallop over the rolling hills, I could see took the long way back to the ranch. At first I was mad because I had failed, but after realizing that there wasn’t much I could have done I laughed at the event. When I had made my way back to ranch, I saw Andrew standing quietly by the gate waiting for me to lead him to his stall. 

Adventure #5

For this adventure, I participated at my last high school dual meet Cross Country race at Montgomery Hill Park.  Montgomery Hill Park is a trail right behind Evergreen Valley Junior College.  There is very limited shade on the trail, so when the days are hot the course is VERY hot.  Luckily, today was a cool 73 degrees Fahrenheit.  The Cross Country course is 2.75 miles long, and consists of 6 massive hills, one of which we have to run up twice.  So basically, the course is quite challenging.  I ran this course four times freshman year, I did not run at the course at all sophomore year, and then I ran it three times last year.  Last year I got my best time on the course, 14:58, and made the top 15 list. This year, I was hoping to better my best time, but due to injuries my first race did not go that well and I was unable to participate in any races until today.  Luckily, the injuries have mostly subsided and I was able to run decently well today.  I was still almost a minute off my best time, but considering the circumstances, I had a very successful day.  Today made me realize how fast the time has flown by me; it does not seem like the first time I ran at the course was over 4 years ago.  Although there have been up and downs (literally, this course has tons of ups and downs), I am happy to have competed at Montgomery Hill, and finishing my last race today leaves me with a bit of nostalgia.

Adventure #5

  For my fifth adventure my AP Bio class went on a field trip to the California Academy of Science in San Francisco. In our AP Bio class we are learning about evolution and in the museum there were 6 exhibits all about different periods of time. One of my favorite exhibits was the rain forest because there were so many interesting animals and there was plants and tress all over the exhibit. The entire exhibit stood out with all the beautiful butterflies and tress that surrounded it. The field trip was really informative and there were so many things to see.  I really liked the trip and I would take my family in the future.   

Halloween Haunt with Alex

On Saturday, Alex invited me to go to Great Americas Halloween Haunt with him and his brother, Anton. I had never been to Halloween Haunt before so I was really excited. When we got there and we were waiting in line to get into the park, I started to get nervous because I don’t really like scary things. When we finally got inside it was actually really well decorated.  We started walking around and there were people in scary costumes walking the opposite way to scare people. The actors kept scaring me all night. The best scare I got was when Alex and I stopped walking to talk, I turned around to start walking again and a clown was right behind me and I screamed so loud. Alex and Anton laughed so hard. At one point we all decided to get some kind of dessert to share. We bought a funnel cake with vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and fudge drizzle. It was so delicious. After our dessert, we all went on the two story carousel. We went on the second floor and the view from up there was nice. The lake that is in the front of the park surrounds the carousel. Around the perimeter of the lake, there were huge flames of fire that would shoot up every couple minutes. After the carousel we walked around the whole park once more, getting scared by all the scary Halloween characters. Alex’s dad picked us up at midnight and on the drive home we were all super exhausted. It was a great night and I will definitely be returning to Halloween Haunt next October.

My Weekend Adventure

Last two weeks ago, my uncle and aunt went to Fresno to visit their relatives there. Since I decided to stay home, I asked them if I can let my friend have a sleepover in the house. Right after they agreed to my request, I called my friend Anna. Alone in the house, I decided to cook breakfast before she arrived. After thirty minutes, she arrived the food was ready. We ate the meal that I made and relaxed afterwards. While relaxing, I was thinking of activity that I can do with her. Suddenly, something came up to my mind. I remember that she asked me before if I can teach her to play chess and pick up game. I went to the garage to get the board game and the sticks for pick up game. Searching, I first found dominoes. I picked it because she might want to play that too and the rest of the game stuffs. Then, I headed to my room. I called her to come over. Then, she rushed and entered. The moment she appeared to my room, I was done setting up the games. Then, I started teaching her the basics of the game. Because I want to make a snack for both of us, I asked her if she wants to play instead to the kitchen. She agreed and we played there. I made smoothie and sandwiches. Then, I resume teaching her. Not so long after, she gets how to play chess and pick up game. Then, we decided to play against each other. Since it was her first time, I mostly won the game. After 30 minutes, we stopped and rest because it got so boring. She fell asleep and I was doing my homework. When she woke up, I asked her if she wants to watch Korean dramas, both of our favorite past time in weekends. We watched the whole night and ended up falling asleep at around 1 a.m. in the morning.

Exploring Downtown San Jose

For my week 4 Adventure, I went to Downtown San Jose. Though I have been there before to go to the library, I have never explored the streets of Downtown San Jose. 

After SAT Testing at San Jose State University, my friend Elsa and I walked to Johnny Rockets, located in the center of Downtown San Jose, by the fountain and the Tech Museum. The streets were small and there were a lot more coffee and tea shops than I thought. Though Downtown San Jose does not compare to the streets of Downtown Los Angeles, it was pretty quiet. I observed the tall buildings and the white church as I walked pass them. Surprisingly, there was a Ross Department Store which I found amusing due to the copious amount of not-so-well-known stores in the heart of Downtowm San Jose. 

Some parts of Downtown San Jose were shady-looking with some homeless people and suspicious dark lighted shops. Elsa and I rushed down the sidewalk, trying to avoid coming in contact with strangers. In addition to not waking any of the homeless people up by tripping on them since there were a lot people at the park by the fountain. 

Overall, I enjoyed exploring Downtown Sam Jose and experiencing what it was like to walk down the city if I were to go to San Jose State. Downtown San Jose was not as busy as San Francisco and Los Angeles and it was lovely to just walk around and explore. I definitely hope to walk down the streets of Downtown San Jose again. 

On Friday my friends and I got together to carve pumpkins. For some reason I had never carved a pumpkin, so I was pretty excited! My friend Julia and I went to the grocery store to pick out pumpkins, but I wasn't sure whether I should get a big pumpkin or a small pumpkin, so I decided to get a small pumpkin just because it seemed like a better idea. Julia and I went to our friend Aleah's house to meet up with her and our friend Alex. Alex laughed at mine and Julia's pumpkins because they were so little. The first thing we did was cut the tops of our pumpkins off so they fit like lids. Then, we had to take out all of the seeds and clean the insides out. This was the part that was the messiest part, and I feel like I wasn't able to even fully clean mine out. Lastly we carved faces into them. This was the part I struggled with the MOST. My little triangle eyes came out lopsided and the mouth just looked awkwardly not like a mouth, but I improvised. It was a fun experience even though my pumpkin came out looking a little funny. 

(The bigger pumpkin was heavy, hence my facial expression)

Adventure journal 4

I had been telling my parents that I was interested in going to college in New York City, they then told me to do a little research on some of the schools I liked and we would go. I had been looking forward to this trip since August and when the time finally came I couldn't even believe it. I spent five days in the most incredible city. I toured NYU, Kings College, Pace University, and Hunter College. I also visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spent some time in Central Park, and dined at some pretty cool restaurants. I completely fell in love with the city. The city offers so many new opportunities and experiences that I would not be able to take advantage of at home. There is always something do, and something new to try. Everyone there was so different and unique, there was so much going on and I feel like if I lived there I would never be bored. I'm still unsure about going to school in New York, because I already know I would be extremely homesick, but it is still on my mind, and I am still going to apply to schools there. 

Adventure journal 3

The night before I was going to leave foe New York I wanted to spent some time with my friends because I wouldn't see them for about five days. Friday night we decided to meet at my friend Anela's house and we just hung out ordered pizza and did our usual thing. I then told them that I had an adventure journal that I needed to complete before I left for New York, so we then set off on an adventure. We went to tea zone, for some smoothies and pearl tea, we then drove around aimlessly, tying to decide on what we were doing. I then came up with the bright idea to go the Prospect point, a view point in Saratoga. When we got there we found out that to get to the actual point we would have had to hike up a little bit, and us being in flip flops, we didn't think that would be a good idea, but the view from the road isn't half bad and makes for a good place to just go for some quiet time. It was a great night with my three best friends, just making memories and trying new things.

Celebrating and Reuniting Adventure

Last Friday, I got an invitation from my friend, Sharra. She asked me if I could come Saturday morning, which is yesterday at St. Lucy's church because her nephew will get baptize. I was not able to come to the church, so I headed right away to Sharra's house where the reception will be held. I met numerous people whom mostly are relatives of the baby. I also reunited with my old friends, Sharra and I's mutual friends. After everyone ate, I asked my friends if they want to join me and Sharra in her room.They all nodded and we all headed to Sharra's room. Sharra's room was almost filled with bags of her relatives because some of them had a sleep over the night before the celebration. We all headed to the corner and placed a blanket on Sharra's carpeted floor. We all agreed to play cards. For a while, we played until everyone felt like watching a movie. We all laid down and watched Rush Hour 3. Since I've seen the movie so many times, I was ahead of the game and laughing out loud before the funny scene will show up. After the movie, we went to Westgate mall to buy drinks at Gongcha, the recently built drink shop. I don't feel like drinking Gongcha, so I went to starbucks and got my favorite green tea frap. We stayed a little while outside the westgate building. We all went our ways after because it's really late and we all have school matters to do. It was really fantastic to be a part o the celebration and be able to reunite with my old friends yesterday.

Tumblr Cheesy Bread with Emily Adventure 3

On Friday the 3^rd, my friend Emily and I wanted to hangout. Earlier that week we went to Starbucks and were looking up recipes on Tumblr. While we were there, I was craving a cheese Danish. She got so excited and had the idea to make them ourselves. We couldn’t make them that day since it was a school night but we were determined to make something. On Friday at her house, there wasn’t much to do. So we started looking up recipes again. We saw this loaf of bread with cheese melting and oozing out of it. It looked amazing and super simple to make. So while we went to walk the dogs, her dad picked up the necessary ingredients. He got a loaf of French bread and a bag of cheese. When we got back to her house we were determined to get it right. So while making the cheesy bread we also cooked up some spaghetti for the rest of her family. The cheesy bread had very simple steps. I cut across the top of the bread in two directions making X’s. We would need minced garlic, salt, cheese, and melted butter. After I was done cutting she poured the melted butter mixed in with the minced garlic into every crevasse, we then stuffed cheese into them. We rapped it into foil and stuck it in the oven. By the time the bread was ready, so was the spaghetti. So we all sat down at the table and had our dinner. At first Emily wanted the bread to be just for us, but we were getting to full to finish and let everyone else have the rest. It was a delicious success. I thought it would taste a little more cheesy than garlicy and all the butter and garlic settled at the bottom. It wasn’t my greatest achievement but we still have more to come. Next are Starbuck’s Cheese Danish’s.

Adventure No. 4 Genesis V.

Okay. 

Overall, I had a mundane week.  A weak week.  There were only a few blissful moments, all of which transpired on Saturday. 

After many months of effort, I managed to complete my latest composition, a brass quintet.  Now, bear in mind that I took me four months to write 4 minutes of music.  That's not terrible considering the demanding nature of the piece.  Complex rhythm, dense harmony, playful themes, and thin counterpoint are all delicately employed.  In an aesthetic sense, the piece resolves well.  The form - ABA - is quite easy to follow.  There is little detachment to the surface key, only slight modulation/digression in the development and recapitulation sections.  To a good listener of music, it would compete as a well crafted piece.  All that put aside, I'm just glad I finished it.  Four months of anything will drive a man crazy; I held myself together just fine. 

I wish not to speak of any other blissful moments that transpired, as they are highly controversial and just plain inappropriate.  Here's a picture of Roy Thompson.

Adventure Journal 4

This past week, my Uncle Jack and my cousin Alec came to Campbell to visit. My Uncle lives in Washington and my cousin lives in Oregon. They drove over here and driving usually takes 2 days. But they did it in one because they left at 1am and sped for a little while. They arrived on Saturday the 11^th and through Thursday, leaving Friday morning. It was great having them stay with us because the past two years we went to visit them and now we were able to see them twice in the year. The first night they were here we all had dinner at my Aunt’s house and she made rolled chicken Washington but that didn’t really turn out. Then after a little while of letting our Thanksgiving portions of food set in our stomachs, we played heads up. Heads up is a game like charades or headbands that we played on my cousins I pad. My team won of course since we know our movies and are great at accents. We didn’t do much for a couple of days and I felt really bad like they were bored. Earlier that week Alec said he really wanted to go Vans so I thought after getting picked up from school, we could go to the mall. Alec ended up getting these breathable, thin vans and Jack ended up buying an actual pair of vans which he hadn’t had since he was a kid. They next day they seemed bored to me, only watching Castle marathons and taking naps. When they picked me up from school, my other cousin Jeremiah was with them and we had to stop by target. I thought they would really like Tilly’s so I begged them to go inside. They loved it and Alec only ended up buying a belt and Jack bought stickers but I know they enjoyed it .Jack’s birthday was on Friday but he wanted to leave that day, so we out to dinner on Thursday to Toa Toa. Now my family has been eating there for years, but Jack has never been. We ate so much and had such a great time. And since it was his birthday, he told me every day the whole that he wanted something artistic as a present.  My sister painted him Koi fish and I painted him a picture of his dog Bailey. I was really happy getting to see them but I think we should just keep to having my family go up to see them instead. I don’t like the feeling of being a boring host.

Adventure Journal 4!

    Today, being Sunday, I met up with an old friend of mine to go try out this ramen place that I heard about. I picked him up around noon and we headed to Kahoo Ramen on El Camino. The food was ok but it was nice to catch up with him, since we went to different high schools after middle school. After that we went to Tapioca Express and got snowbubbles and then I took him back home. Even though we talk over skype everyday it was nice to see him in the flesh because you get more of a humane feeling when you can see the person's face. Overall, it was a good time.

Adventure #4

For this adventure, My family and I went to watch my sister swim at a swim meet at Mills College in Oakland.  My sister is in her third year of college at Biola University.  The college was very nice, located in the foothills of Oakland.  The swimming pool was located close to the entrance, so the walk from the parking lot to the pool was short.  Inside the rather small pool area, 5 or 6 swim teams and a mass of spectators crowded inside the complex.  We found a place in the back corner of the area.  It was a little too warm for comfort inside the sun, but in the shade it was perfect.  Once we set up our chairs, we awaited the arrival of my aunt and grandparents, plus two of my sister's friends from high school.  We talked with my sister and caught up on the events happening in our lives.  My sister swam 3 individual events and 2 relays.  She made her national cut times in the 200 yard breaststroke and the 400 yard individual medley, and she just missed the national cut int the 100 yard breaststroke.  Her splits in the relays were respectable as well.  In between her races, we played the card game "Thirteen" in the shade.  The whole escapade went from 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.  On the way back, we went over the Dumbarton bridge for the first time, which was pretty cool.  For lunch, we went to Mill's Hoagie, a sandwich shop with stuffed, meaty sandwiches, which is the photo evidence for this adventure (the kid in the corner is my brother).  I ordered a Pastrami Hoagie and fries.  The lunch satisfied my taste buds.

WHS V. ALHS

For my forth adventure I went to the football game at Abraham Lincoln high school. My cousin goes to Lincoln high school so we met up at the game.I had to sit on the Lincoln side of the stadium so it was a little awkward when I would cheer for Westmont. I also saw some people that go to Westmont at the game . I had a good time even thought I was going for the Westmont and my cousin was going for Lincoln. We made a bate on the game and I ended up winning because Westmont beat Lincoln 31-14. So I won like five dollars. Game was fun.

Panoramic picture

   

On Wednesday all the seniors went to the bowl to take our panoramic picture and looking at every person come seat, I started thinking to myself and realized I barely know half the seniors at Westmont. It’s pretty sad barely knowing the kids I’m going to graduate with. This is my friend Cassi; she took a little selfie of us before taking the panoramic picture. I think I blinked a few times in at least two of the pictures, but I’m pretty sure there’s at least one decent picture of me smiling, if you can even see me in the picture. I think it’ll be easy to find me since I know where exactly I am. I’m in the last row in the very top sitting next to Cassi, Katelyn and Flor, and obviously other people but I don’t know them. We also went to take the class of ’15 picture and we barely filled up the five, I thought it was funny. I think it’s also easy to find me in this picture as well since I’m in the very front of the five, unless I’m being covered by someone else.  After taking the pictures we all went into the cafeteria and talked about ordering out cap and gown, it was pretty scary.

Homecoming game

       I went to my very first homecoming game and it was awesome. I honestly can’t believe I’ve never gone to one. It was Westmont vs. Del Mar and we beat them, which was great. I’ve never experienced anything like that, when Westmont got a touchdown for some reason I got so excited, and it was just my first game. The game was so magnificent. But I wasn’t alone, I found my friend Katelyn so I hung out with her and her best friend and some other person.  During half-time all the grades and clubs walked around the track. I wish I could have walked with my class but I had to walk with the clubs since I’m in the Spanish club. We had to make a poster and hold it up and it wasn’t the best poster but we tried. We were screaming, "JOIN THE SPANISH CLUB! WOOOAH! HOOOO!",it was really fun.I should have tried going to the football games in the past years.