Iceskating by the Beach

Facial with Arbonne

Point Loma at Twilight

Vegan in the Pacific

Hey everyone!

How is your weekend going? After being sick this week... I was in heaven today. Yes, there were no angels (unless my friends and I count as such), but floated around a vegan festival: free cookies, creams, food, and an amazing yoga class outside. It felt like a dream. My sweet A and A came with me.

The event took place at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park. It is spray painted in an international flavoured. Flags from many countries hang from the ceiling. Even the bathroom was decorated, it looked like an jungle! There was everything one could think of, even vegan doritas made with rice and beans. Taste was sensational!

There was also a "pledge tree", you would put your thumb in ink and stamp it on a tree, like if it were a leaf. On the leaf one could write a veggie compromise: "Vegan for 1 week", "Vegetarian for 1 month", I wrote "Veg 4 life". I thought it was a really cute idea. After walking around and trying and taking all possible free samples, we had a very nice yoga practice.

After relaxing and stretching, we finished our veggie morning at a vegan restaurant "Loving Hut", we ordered 5 plates in total and.... can you guess how much the total was? 39 dollars including a generous tip, not bad for the 3 of us, right? Plus, since we couldn't eat everything.... I have food for tomorrow or Monday! 

To end the afternoon, we drove to Pacific Beach. It is the first time at the beach since I've been in San Diego. I fell in love with Pacific Beach: long, pier, and with grass! My dad would have liked it :)

We said bye bye to the beach as the sun went down with some hot coffe/chocolate/tea.

Happy Halloween

"Trick or treat, smell my feet,

or give me something good to eat,

if you don't, I don't care,

I'll pull down your underwear." 

Birthday at the Cheesecake Factory

“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.”
- William Shakespeare

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”

- Lucille Ball

“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty, but it's up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.”

- Coco Chanel

Looking forward to many more years of fun and friendship.

¡Happy Birthday!

Aztecs vs. Army

 S-D-S-U! S-D-S-U! Aztecs fight!

Yesterday was the first game of football season. Everything was amazing. Before the game, there is something called "tailgate". It consists in hanging out around the stadium before the kick-off. There were so many things for students: free food, free t-shirts and many other give-aways from the companies that sponsor the games.

I got some sunglasses, a cool SDSU T-shirt, lipbalm and some pens :) Not bad, hu? It was sooo crowded and it was very hot. Also, we got a removable tatoo with SDSU symbol on our cheeks.

The game? Well, I have to admit I don't know the rules. So... I don't really understand everything that is going on. The best? Everything is a party: music, band, cheerleaders... it is just awesome! You can take a look in this video I made (the quality is not very good... next time it will be better, I promise!).

Point Loma

Last weekend was great. I spent it with my parents :) We visited Point Loma, one of the nicest places to see San Diego with a very nice view. It is also a military base national monument: Cabrillo, so cell phones don't work. There many informational videos from the European "conquistadores" and about the wildlife of the area.

I'm pretty sure one may see whales during the winter from there. One could find detailed information about whales and they also played an educational video at the Visitors Center. We stayed there for a couple of hours... it was so nice to sit on the sun and relax with such a beautiful view. Oh! And it was really windy! So if you go, definetly take a jacket (even in summer)!

On Sunday, we walked around SDSU Campus. It is such a nice and BIG place! Now my parents can image where I am when I talk to them on the phone. This is the first time I've been so much time away from my parents. I'm growing up and even though I'm going to miss them a lot, I'm sure it will be a positive experience for all of us.

After so much walking around, we went to a mexican grill. They are very popular in the San Diego area due to the proximity of Mexico. The portion are HUGE!! No wonder it is so easy to gain weight in this country! In the afternoon we shopped for groceries and we ended up at The Cheesecake Factory. 

Aren't the cakes amazing?

 I wish you all a nice weekend! :)

La Jolla

Today we visited La Jolla with the International Student Center from SDSU. It is a very popular place and many celebrities live or have house there (Drew Barrymore, JLo, Bill Gates...). We didn't get to spend time at the beach, but we saw the coves.

It smelled funny due to all the seaguls that were around but, we got to see some wildlife such as sealions and a squirrel. I really enjoyed watching the sealions, they called out to each other, and we even got to see a baby!

After visiting La Jolla we went to Monte Soledad, it is highest point in San Diego. From there one can see downtown, Coronado, and even Mexico. We took a couple of pictures there.

I guess the "city tour" was ok, but it was too brief at each stop. I would have liked to stop at Pacific Beach.
Oh well, I have time to learn all about this city!

Aztec for Life

Today was the New Student & Family Convocation at SDSU. We first went to the "Band Run" where all the cheerleader & band greeted us. We were organized by our College to go to "Viejas Arena" for the ceremony.

As we entered, we were given graduation hats with the "Aztec Declaration by New Students" written by Juanita Salas, President of Associated Students, 2003-2004 :

As an SDSU Aztec, I dedicate myself to personal and academic excellence.

I embrace the University's vision of promoting social justice through citezenship, social responsibility and scholarship.

I empower myself to use the issues that concern my peers, and the challenges facing our world, as opportunities to champion and practice effective citizenchip.

I hope to benefit from the broad perpectives that diversity brings to my learning and my education.

I recognize these values, inherited from both Aztec tradition and San Diego State University's successful past, as keys to our promising futures.

Today, we express our gratitude to the family and friends who have assisted us to become new members of the San Diego State University community.

Mexica Tiahui (Always moving forward).

First days in San Diego

Hey! I haven't been writting these past few days... so much paperwork and things to do! Oh, and not very good internet access either. I just wanted to share with you some of the pictures I've taken while visiting some of the landmarks in San Diego.

On the top I leave you with some pictures of Coronado Hotel and the Spanish Village at Balboa Park. The foto underneath is also from Balboa Park.

I hope you are all having fun and enjoying your summer :)

Till next summer!

 Thank you all for comming yesterday! :) It was great to share the whole day with you. I forgot to take pics at the pool...sorry! I'm certainly going to miss you  next year!!!!