So, so you made a lot of mistakes-Rascal Flatts
Walked down the road a little sideways
Cracked a brick when you hit the wall
Yeah, you've had a pocket full of regrets
Pull you down faster than a sunset
Hey, it happens to us all
When the cold hard rain just won't quit
And you can't see your way out of it
You find your faith has been lost and shaken
You take back what's been taken
Get on your knees and [pray]
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don't give in
It'll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
[you are] UNSTOPPABLE.
[God will] weather any storm
Bring you back to being born again
oh, [he's]a helping hand when you need it most
A lighthouse shinning on the coast
That never goes dim
When your heart is full of doubt
And you think that there's no way out
Like a river keeps on rolling
Like the north wind blowing
Don't it feel good knowing
Yeah
You are UNSTOPPABLE.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Unstoppable.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
2 little weeks
Until the adventure of a lifetime.
"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Oh. my. goodness.
im. so. excited.
"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Oh. my. goodness.
im. so. excited.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
2.14 ♥♥♥ What is love?
What is love?? A feeling between two people that stretches beyond miles? A feeling that makes your heart pound and your stomach flutter?? Or is it just an unreachable illusion? Love seems like a bunch of let downs all packed into a box. You always like someone who never likes you back. Your fragile heart is ripped into pieces mercilessly. Especially when you get over consumed by looking for love, when its not your time. Love WILL let you down, so just live your life like normal and it will find YOU in time. Personally, the idea of love doesn't seem appealing to me. Love brings problems and doesn't ensure happiness. I could care less about it.
Does true love exist? I don't think there is such thing as true love...the ONLY sign of true love is laying one's life for one's friends. People don't show love for their neighbors. People do everything for their own interests; they are selfish, they love only themselves.
Now lets focus on the concept of Valentine's Day. I think its such a silly day! Why do you have to go out of your way on one day in the whole year! Why not take the time every day, to show your appreciation for someone. Why is there such an obsession with February 14th!! Does it really mean you love someone by giving them flowers (that will die in a few days) or chocolate (that will make the person fat?) In the United States, LOVE is emphasized on Valentine's Day and the romantic aspect but in Latin America, FRIENDSHIP is also included. Hence, dia del amor y la amistad. So on Valentine's Day, what did I do?? Well i went to church, to learn about my real Valentine Jesus, because he won't let me down or hurt me like some guy will. Then i hung out with my loves, my family and friends! At night i went with Stephy and her fabulously fre$h friend Eric to the Block, which was fun! I hadn't been there in forever!! So many people go there! I bought lots of fre$h shirts, WHATUPPPP!! Then we left and went to Birch Street to watch a movie. We WERE gonna watch Valentine's Day with Taylor Lautner, but we decided to go with a more sophisticated film "An Education" which is nominated for best movie. It was a pretty deep movie about a girl who has plans of going to Oxford and gets swept off her feet by a charming older man, and is willing to give up her education. The man in the end, ends up being a fraud who is married. She was able to then focus on her education at Oxford and be happy. So the morale of the story kids is, people and love will let you down, but an education will not!
Does true love exist? I don't think there is such thing as true love...the ONLY sign of true love is laying one's life for one's friends. People don't show love for their neighbors. People do everything for their own interests; they are selfish, they love only themselves.
Now lets focus on the concept of Valentine's Day. I think its such a silly day! Why do you have to go out of your way on one day in the whole year! Why not take the time every day, to show your appreciation for someone. Why is there such an obsession with February 14th!! Does it really mean you love someone by giving them flowers (that will die in a few days) or chocolate (that will make the person fat?) In the United States, LOVE is emphasized on Valentine's Day and the romantic aspect but in Latin America, FRIENDSHIP is also included. Hence, dia del amor y la amistad. So on Valentine's Day, what did I do?? Well i went to church, to learn about my real Valentine Jesus, because he won't let me down or hurt me like some guy will. Then i hung out with my loves, my family and friends! At night i went with Stephy and her fabulously fre$h friend Eric to the Block, which was fun! I hadn't been there in forever!! So many people go there! I bought lots of fre$h shirts, WHATUPPPP!! Then we left and went to Birch Street to watch a movie. We WERE gonna watch Valentine's Day with Taylor Lautner, but we decided to go with a more sophisticated film "An Education" which is nominated for best movie. It was a pretty deep movie about a girl who has plans of going to Oxford and gets swept off her feet by a charming older man, and is willing to give up her education. The man in the end, ends up being a fraud who is married. She was able to then focus on her education at Oxford and be happy. So the morale of the story kids is, people and love will let you down, but an education will not!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Opportunity
You only get one shot so make it countJLS
You might never get this moment again
The clock is ticking down, it's the final round
So tell me what it is that's stopping you now?
You never know unless you try
You'll only regret sitting wondering why
You only get one shot so watch this moment go by
FGL
I raise my glass to the greatest poet known to modern literature, Federico Garcia Lorca.
Your work was not in vain.
Your work was not in vain.
No rest for the wicked.
It's 5 o'clock in the morningLily Allen
The conversation got boring
You said you were going to bed soon
So I snuck off to your bedroom
And I thought I'd just wait there
Until I heard you come up the stairs
And I pretended I was sleeping
And I was hoping you would creep in with me
You put your arm around my shoulder
And it was good the room got colder
And we moved closer in together
And started talking about the weather
You said tomorrow would be fun
And we could watch a place in the sun
I didn't know where this was going
When you kissed me
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
Cause I stay here all the time
Watching telly, drinking wine
Who'd have known?
Who'd have known?
When you flash up on my phone
I no longer feel alone
No longer feel alone
I haven't left you for days now
And I'm becoming amazed how
You're quite affectionate in public
In fact your friend said it made her feel sick
And even though it's moving forward
There's just the right amount of awkward
And today you accidentally called me baby
Freedom fries
Real freedom is heart, its painful, its dangerous but i want it and i want to try for it. Whatever i decide to be how ever I decide to live, it's my right now. It's me.Federico García Lorca
Pasión Española
You have a voice, you know the styles, but you will never triumph in your act because you have no duende, a passion on the very edge of life and death. Everywhere else in the world death comes and they draw the curtain, not in Spain. In Spain, they open them.Federico García Lorca
Choice...
"Life will not always be easy. You won't always be happy. Things will go wrong that are unfair and totally out of your control, but you have a choice. You can choose to fall victim of these unfortunate events or you can choose to learn from them and GROW."
What determines success?
"The difference between a successful person and others is not the lack of knowledge or strength, but rather the lack of will."
Luck
The very best thing in the world is to be born lucky.Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
España circa 1922.
The year is 1922. Spain is dominated by the army, the church and the large landowners. Conservative morality invades every sphere of life...but a breeze is stirring throughout the land.- Little Ashes
The Construction of Genius
Remember me when you are at the beach and above all when you paint crackling things and little ashes. Oh my little ashes! Put my name in the picture so that my name will serve for something in the world.-Federico Garcia Lorca to Salvador Dali ♥
Hitting the gym hardcore with the OCTOMOM!
You might think this is a joke...BUT ITS NOT!!! The famous Octomom or Octopussy, Nadya Suleman goes to 24 Hour Fitness in Brea. It is unbelievable how much weight she has lost in such short a time!!!! She is so skinny now!!! I DO NOT believe that she didn't have any surgical procedure done! She totally had lypo...She is one CRAZY person, like she seriously has ISSUES. First of all, she goes to the gym really really really late. One time i was there til like 3 in the morning and she was there too! What about her babies?!! What kind of mother leaves in the middle of the night?!! SERIOUSLY!!!! When she walks into the gym she runs into the locker rooms. What the heck is her hurry? There are no paparazzi around. She probably is so used to walking super fast from the cameras that she does it all the time! My mom always tells me to go work out next to her but I don't want to, i don't know why.
Anyways, enough of that stupid lady. Let my get into what i think of the gym and the people that go every day. I LOVE MY GYM! 24 Hour Fitness is the best gym in the world because all the other gyms close early which is lame because if i go partying or out with friends and i ate too much i could go at 1 in the morning for example. The location of my gym is also super perfect! It is right in front of the Brea Mall, which is my favorite place and next to Target. Its funny because its right by TGI Fridays and other small restaurants, so people can work out then go eat and then go work out again haha! My favorite time of day is at night because there are less people! I usually always go after ten with my faithful workout buddy, my MOMMY! The absolute worst time to go to the gym is after 4 and before 9. It is insane how many people are there! Literally every damn machine is busy, every single one, even the lame ones!!! It's disgusting I can feel everybody sweat and smell the stench of body odor. Plus, you feel like an idiot just standing around and walking searching for an empty machine or scanning for someone to get the hell off a machine and let someone else go. I will be venting off my frustrations as I go on. Another thing that annoys me is when you see a super anorexic bitch on a machine killing herself for an hour!! Like let the people who NEED to lose some weight get on the machine! Like what do you eat for dinner girlfriend?? Some ICE, lets get real here!!!!!!! They go to the gym religiously, its ridiculous!!! Another thing that annoys me is when people think its fricken kareoke night! First off, you don't sing good and nobody wants to hear you!!!! There are a couple of weirdos that go there. Like there is this guy who seriously thinks he is Captain Jack Sparrow!!! Like he just walked off the plank and landed in Brea!!! So strange!!! Another weirdo, who is kinda my friend goes to the gym for such a long time, every day at the same time. He is super buff and is like 45 or something and he needs a tan!!!! He is so pale, its blinding!!!! He is completely flat in the stomach region but he does like 30 sets of like 300 crunches. Another wacko that comes in has the most obnoxious and loudest voice ever! He walks in the door and you can hear him in the bathroom! Now, lets talk about this crazy little Asian guy that does this crazy surfing movement when he does this certain machine, its so weird! I feel bad for the guy cuz everyone stares at him. For all the hairy fat men that chill in the saunas, PUT A SHIRT ON PLEASE!! Can i get an Amen?! My eyes hurt every time i see them. I mean, there are SO MANY HOTTER GUYS that i wish would TAKE IT OFF instead! Yea boii :) There are so many hot guys at the gym i don't even know where to start (: A perfect reason to go to the gym is to load up on some EYE CANDY! YUM haha! I can't even think of one because there are just way too many. Now its time to talk about the annoying girls. Not that im jealous of their bodies, but i think its inappropriate for them so dress so skimpy at the gym, showing so much skin, you might as well work out in your bikini. I mean, its dangerous to dress like that because some perv can be out in the parking lot waiting to attack. Gosh, put something on!!! Or the fat women that wear the tightest clothes! I mean, if it freaks me out, what do you think the guys think?! Kinda mean i know, but for reals! I hate walking into the locker rooms and seeing naked women left and right, there are bathrooms get in one! Or when there are anorexic girls weighing themselves. I want to tell them that my thigh weighs more than they do! Something else that bothers me is seeing people work at the gym who aren't even in shape! Like, what an irony!!! Another thing, i hate going into the section where all guys are, i just feel awkward. My mom always wants me to try this weight thing but i always tell her no! I also feel awkward when I'm at the water fountain and all the basketball guys come out and wait for me as my bottle slowly fills up. I want to tell them sorry for the hold up or something. Well, this concludes for now the Adventures at 24 Hour Fitness, so long suckers and REMEMBER don't eat late at night!
Anyways, enough of that stupid lady. Let my get into what i think of the gym and the people that go every day. I LOVE MY GYM! 24 Hour Fitness is the best gym in the world because all the other gyms close early which is lame because if i go partying or out with friends and i ate too much i could go at 1 in the morning for example. The location of my gym is also super perfect! It is right in front of the Brea Mall, which is my favorite place and next to Target. Its funny because its right by TGI Fridays and other small restaurants, so people can work out then go eat and then go work out again haha! My favorite time of day is at night because there are less people! I usually always go after ten with my faithful workout buddy, my MOMMY! The absolute worst time to go to the gym is after 4 and before 9. It is insane how many people are there! Literally every damn machine is busy, every single one, even the lame ones!!! It's disgusting I can feel everybody sweat and smell the stench of body odor. Plus, you feel like an idiot just standing around and walking searching for an empty machine or scanning for someone to get the hell off a machine and let someone else go. I will be venting off my frustrations as I go on. Another thing that annoys me is when you see a super anorexic bitch on a machine killing herself for an hour!! Like let the people who NEED to lose some weight get on the machine! Like what do you eat for dinner girlfriend?? Some ICE, lets get real here!!!!!!! They go to the gym religiously, its ridiculous!!! Another thing that annoys me is when people think its fricken kareoke night! First off, you don't sing good and nobody wants to hear you!!!! There are a couple of weirdos that go there. Like there is this guy who seriously thinks he is Captain Jack Sparrow!!! Like he just walked off the plank and landed in Brea!!! So strange!!! Another weirdo, who is kinda my friend goes to the gym for such a long time, every day at the same time. He is super buff and is like 45 or something and he needs a tan!!!! He is so pale, its blinding!!!! He is completely flat in the stomach region but he does like 30 sets of like 300 crunches. Another wacko that comes in has the most obnoxious and loudest voice ever! He walks in the door and you can hear him in the bathroom! Now, lets talk about this crazy little Asian guy that does this crazy surfing movement when he does this certain machine, its so weird! I feel bad for the guy cuz everyone stares at him. For all the hairy fat men that chill in the saunas, PUT A SHIRT ON PLEASE!! Can i get an Amen?! My eyes hurt every time i see them. I mean, there are SO MANY HOTTER GUYS that i wish would TAKE IT OFF instead! Yea boii :) There are so many hot guys at the gym i don't even know where to start (: A perfect reason to go to the gym is to load up on some EYE CANDY! YUM haha! I can't even think of one because there are just way too many. Now its time to talk about the annoying girls. Not that im jealous of their bodies, but i think its inappropriate for them so dress so skimpy at the gym, showing so much skin, you might as well work out in your bikini. I mean, its dangerous to dress like that because some perv can be out in the parking lot waiting to attack. Gosh, put something on!!! Or the fat women that wear the tightest clothes! I mean, if it freaks me out, what do you think the guys think?! Kinda mean i know, but for reals! I hate walking into the locker rooms and seeing naked women left and right, there are bathrooms get in one! Or when there are anorexic girls weighing themselves. I want to tell them that my thigh weighs more than they do! Something else that bothers me is seeing people work at the gym who aren't even in shape! Like, what an irony!!! Another thing, i hate going into the section where all guys are, i just feel awkward. My mom always wants me to try this weight thing but i always tell her no! I also feel awkward when I'm at the water fountain and all the basketball guys come out and wait for me as my bottle slowly fills up. I want to tell them sorry for the hold up or something. Well, this concludes for now the Adventures at 24 Hour Fitness, so long suckers and REMEMBER don't eat late at night!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Saints or Colts?
Before I get into the Superbowl, I started off my Sunday by going to church and partaking in communion and trying to get right with God. Whenever I'm at church, though, my mind wanders off to think about the sexy sound guy named Sean! He is so dreamy, I don't care if he is 30. He looks way younger anyway. I always want to tell him something cuz im in the choir and he knows i think and i always look at him when we perform. I just get a little shy maybe cuz i think I'll freak him about because I'm not skinny. Once i get in shape, my confidence will skyrocket and ill tell him "Hey sexy" aha not really maybe something like, "Do you enjoy doing sound?" After church ended we headed to Target, because its literally next to the church. I went into the Women's section, which I never do because I don't think the clothes will fit or look good. But I just was curious and I saw these amazingly cute dresses which i tried on and looked great in! Apparently we were only supposed to go into Target for a short bit and we took a little long, which my dad threw a hissy fit because we were going to be late to the Super bowl party. I'm taking those dresses to Europe and I still have time to slim down! It really got me excited because I was getting a bit discouraged; I wasn't going to the gym and eating poorly. I also bought cute flats and burgundy hair dye that i can apply right before i leave to Madrid. Woot woot!
I honestly don't care that much about football. Well, American football to be exact, which should be called Throwball, because you don't use your foot. Anyways, if i do pledge my loyalty to any NFL team it would be the San Diego Chargers because I hail from Chula Vista. But the Super bowl is like the most watched sporting event in the United States so i like to take part in the action too :) Plus, SUPERBOWL PARTIES ARE FUN!!!!!!! Did you know, so much guacamole is consumed on super bowl Sunday you can fill 3 football stadiums to the top? Haha, interesting fact, i know. Every year my family goes to a family friend's house to watch the game and no diet exists on the first Sunday of February!!! Ribs :) After i pigged out, I went to gym for like 3 hours.And, and and, the COMMERCIALS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!! I don't know how they come up with these ideas but they are genius! My favorite was a Doritos commercial where this little black boy slaps his mom's boyfriend for touching his doritos. Anyways, i must admit that football is exciting especially when the best teams are going at it. I really wanted Brett Favre to go all the way and win so he could finally retire but the Saints beat the Vikings :( I really preferred the Colts to win because i like Peyton Manning. Also, I hate the Saints because Reggie Bush is on the team, and if he wins, so does Kim Kardashian, who i loathe. I don't know what the heck happened to the Colts because they were up 10-0 and they ended up losing. I had no doubt that Peyton would be MVP and the Colts would win another Superbowl championship. Well, i was wrong. My dad was happy Drew Brees won because he the Chargers let him go. Now that i think of it, New Orleans does to win something because they have been through a lot. Sports unite people. It was their very first championship, which is good for them. I was a little mad so I decided to vent my frustrations at the gym, which I hadn't been in such a LONG TIME. Ugh, im so frustrated with myself because I wanted to be slim and sexy for Madrid. I remember telling my mom oh yeah I have like 6 months to lose all the weight I need to and here i am less than a month before I leave and im far from my desired weight. But oh well, what can i do now. I've been going every day and eating healthier and i do feel a little slimmer. I blame it all on going to Panama for a month which i could have spent killing it at the gym. In Panama my aunt told me about this diet secret that if you drink 4 cups of warm water before you eat, it helps you lose weight. Also, if you eat salad, 3 times a day, you can lose up to 14 pounds in a week! I tried it and by golly it did work!!! So right now, im trying to stick to the salad, except my friend Stephy tempted me with some delicious flan which I am going to burn at the gym later on tonight. Yesterday, i went to Nordstrom and bought this spectacularly flashy sequin dress that is black. It has like 5 different color patches of sequins in a wavy form. It is amazing! I hope to wear it when i go out clubbing in Madrid, haha. I have 3 weeks to make it happen!
I honestly don't care that much about football. Well, American football to be exact, which should be called Throwball, because you don't use your foot. Anyways, if i do pledge my loyalty to any NFL team it would be the San Diego Chargers because I hail from Chula Vista. But the Super bowl is like the most watched sporting event in the United States so i like to take part in the action too :) Plus, SUPERBOWL PARTIES ARE FUN!!!!!!! Did you know, so much guacamole is consumed on super bowl Sunday you can fill 3 football stadiums to the top? Haha, interesting fact, i know. Every year my family goes to a family friend's house to watch the game and no diet exists on the first Sunday of February!!! Ribs :) After i pigged out, I went to gym for like 3 hours.And, and and, the COMMERCIALS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!! I don't know how they come up with these ideas but they are genius! My favorite was a Doritos commercial where this little black boy slaps his mom's boyfriend for touching his doritos. Anyways, i must admit that football is exciting especially when the best teams are going at it. I really wanted Brett Favre to go all the way and win so he could finally retire but the Saints beat the Vikings :( I really preferred the Colts to win because i like Peyton Manning. Also, I hate the Saints because Reggie Bush is on the team, and if he wins, so does Kim Kardashian, who i loathe. I don't know what the heck happened to the Colts because they were up 10-0 and they ended up losing. I had no doubt that Peyton would be MVP and the Colts would win another Superbowl championship. Well, i was wrong. My dad was happy Drew Brees won because he the Chargers let him go. Now that i think of it, New Orleans does to win something because they have been through a lot. Sports unite people. It was their very first championship, which is good for them. I was a little mad so I decided to vent my frustrations at the gym, which I hadn't been in such a LONG TIME. Ugh, im so frustrated with myself because I wanted to be slim and sexy for Madrid. I remember telling my mom oh yeah I have like 6 months to lose all the weight I need to and here i am less than a month before I leave and im far from my desired weight. But oh well, what can i do now. I've been going every day and eating healthier and i do feel a little slimmer. I blame it all on going to Panama for a month which i could have spent killing it at the gym. In Panama my aunt told me about this diet secret that if you drink 4 cups of warm water before you eat, it helps you lose weight. Also, if you eat salad, 3 times a day, you can lose up to 14 pounds in a week! I tried it and by golly it did work!!! So right now, im trying to stick to the salad, except my friend Stephy tempted me with some delicious flan which I am going to burn at the gym later on tonight. Yesterday, i went to Nordstrom and bought this spectacularly flashy sequin dress that is black. It has like 5 different color patches of sequins in a wavy form. It is amazing! I hope to wear it when i go out clubbing in Madrid, haha. I have 3 weeks to make it happen!
Spain wishing
The first thing i want to say is that Stephanie Arroyo is my other half. She is the coolest person in the world, other than me of course. I'm so glad that she is going to Spain with me!! The group that is going to Spain is an interesting bunch. The sad part is that there is technically one eligible and sort of good looking bachelor. So all the girls, well most of them, flock to this certain someone and try to get his attention or talk to him. Stephy and I have a pretend crush on him and we love to joke around that we are in love with him, it is so hilarious. For example, we went to Apple store at the mall the other day and played around with the Photobooth application on one of the notebooks and i pulled out a paper and put "WE LOVE PHIL" on it and we sent the pic to him. The next day it happened to be his birthday and we got him a cute Mickey Mouse balloon and since he's on a diet, which he claims he's doing to get into a speedo when in Europe, we brought him a granola bar and an apple. I do hope he knows we are kidding with the whole thing, but i kinda think he is cute, not going to lie. Since Spain is just around the corner, me and steph want to watch Spanish movies and look at Spanish books so we can enrich ourselves and familiarize ourselves with some of the culture before we go there. The only movie they had that I wanted from Spain was Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which i had seen before, but Stephy had not. I personally loved the movie because I think Penelope Cruz was fantastic, her Oscar was well deserved and because I love Barcelona. Woody Allen did a fantastic job on the film. Before we watched the movie at my crib, we stopped at Borders to look at the books on Spain in the travel section. There are sooooo many to choose from, so i decided to look for books on Spanish cuisine and i found this amazing book called Spain...A Culinary Road Trip with Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow!!!! They went throughout all of Spain and included the regions best foods and recipes and restaurants. I looked through the entire book and wrote down the names of certain foods and what part of Spain they were from. I'm so excited beyond measure to go to Spain! Words cannot even describe how much I am looking forward to it! Spain has always been important to me because my great grandparents were Spaniards who came to Mexico. I love Spanish movies, MUSIC, and MEN, yes Fernando Torres, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes, Sergio Ramos, Cesc Fabregas, Xabi Alonso, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Rafael Nadal, to only name a FEW!!!! I'm the biggest futbol fan and going to such a city as Madrid, with the history and richness of the glory that Real Madrid has makes me want to tear up and cry with joy. When we tour the Santiago Bernabeú I will for sure let out a few tears of excitement. I love the way men speak I think it is so sexy, Europeans are just better looking! The music, where can i begin??!! Spanish guitar is the most beautiful kind of music in the world, it soothes the soul. The Gypsy kings and Paco de Lucia are the greatest of this genre. I love Spanish pop as well. David Bisbal has the most beautiful voice in the world and is my favorite romantic singer. Everything about Spain is amazing and I cannot wait to bask in the Spanish sunshine! :)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Be gentle, its my first time...writing a blog ;)
Hi this is Melissa repping the 562 haha. Well, this is definitely an interesting feeling... Honestly I never in my wildest dreams ever imagined I would get a blog. Wait, can someone virtually pinch me or something? This might be a strange dream caused by one too many carne asada fries... or too much pepto bismol :/ Anyways, here I am, 4 weeks before embarking on the adventure of a lifetime...going to live in Madrid and the rest of Europe for 3 months. I can remember when I would write on my hand the number of days left til my departure and the number was so high...164 days and now its less than 60 days. I cannot believe how fast time flies. Life is so short so why not have fun traveling the world. I have gotten a lot of criticism from people telling me to focus on finishing school first and taking only the classes I need to graduate and saving the traveling for until after. My perspective is that when an opportunity like this comes knocking, you have to take it and run. This chance may not come again. So many people have also told me, like my professors, that they wish they could have done something like studying abroad in college and that they would go back in time if they had the chance. People go to school, they get caught up with the little things in life, get married and they have children and they never get a chance to travel because they got preoccupied with so much. Life is supposed to be an adventure. Who cares what the societal pressures are? I used to have this staunch belief and mentality that I had to finish up in exactly 4 years, meaning since I graduated from high school in 2008, I HAD to graduate with my Bachelor's degree in 2012 or else I would be a total failure. I was constantly plagued with these negative thoughts; they were eating me alive. Finally, i realized that spending another year at the community college was NOT going to kill me because I was going to do something worthwhile like study abroad! I mean, the world is going to end in 2012 anyway haha, jk. I think about all those students who killed themselves in school to finish in 4 years and they look back without having any memories to last a lifetime. College is about having fun is it not? I Lordwilling will be able to remember this experience for the rest of my life and its okay if I finish 1 year later. Everything is for the best! Now I will leave you all with a quote by the great Mark Twain: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.Dream. Discover."
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.Dream. Discover."
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