"Paulina do you want to come to your cousin's graduation?" my grandmother asked.
"Yes!" I replied. Two years ago, two weeks before finals my grandmother was inviting me to come to my cousin's graduation in California. I agreed because I wanted to go to California and because I wanted to visit Stanford University, where my cousin was graduating from.
I had to take my last two final exams two days earlier because I was taking a flight and I was not going to be in Torreón.After taking my final exams I checked that everything was in my suitcase and then took the flight. When I got to Los Angeles I went to the house of my Aunt since she told us we could stay at her house while we were visiting.
The first day we just stayed with my Aunt and my Uncle and we went to have some dinner. I was very excited but at the same time tired since I had stayed very late studying for my last final exams. The second day we started heading to Stanford University. I don't really remember how far it is from LA to Stanford but I just remember it was a long road trip, specially because of my cousin's grandmother and my grandmother's sister that came with us in the car. They were really nice but they wanted to go to the bathroom like every half an hour so we had to stop a lot and that made the road trip seem eternal. The good thing was that during the road trip my cousin's grandmother told me all of her stories when she was young and she bought me chocolates and candy whenever they stopped for the bathroom. She always called me Paola or Paula or names that are alike.At first I kept telling her that my name was Paulina but then she forgot every time so I gave up and let her call me Paula or Paola.
When we got to Stanford it was amazing and beautiful. On the graduation day Bill Gates came and gave the speech, I found him very inspiring.
Traveling there inspired me to work hard to go to a good university, probably not to Stanford but to a good one.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
My trip
"Paulina do you want to come to your cousin's graduation?" my grandmother asked.
"Yes!" I replied. Two years ago, two weeks before finals my grandmother was inviting me to come to my cousin's graduation in California. I agreed because I wanted to go to California and because I wanted to visit Stanford University, where my cousin was graduating from.
I had to take my last two final exams two days earlier because I was taking a flight and I was not going to be in Torreón.After taking my final exams I checked that everything was in my suitcase and then took the flight. When I got to Los Angeles I went to the house of my Aunt since she told us we could stay at her house while we were visiting.
The first day we just stayed with my Aunt and my Uncle and we went to have some dinner. I was very excited but at the same time tired since I had stayed very late studying for my last final exams. The second day we started heading to Stanford University. I don't really remember how far it is from LA to Stanford but I just remember it was a long road trip, specially because of my cousin's grandmother and my grandmother's sister that came with us in the car. They were really nice but they wanted to go to the bathroom like every half an hour so we had to stop a lot and that made the road trip seem eternal. The good thing was that during the road trip my cousin's grandmother told me all of her stories when she was young and she bought me chocolates and candy whenever they stopped for the bathroom. She always called me Paola or Paula or names that are alike.At first I kept telling her that my name was Paulina but then she forgot every time so I gave up and let her call me Paula or Paola.
When we got to Stanford it was amazing and beautiful. On the graduation day Bill Gates came and talked, I found him very inspiring.
"Yes!" I replied. Two years ago, two weeks before finals my grandmother was inviting me to come to my cousin's graduation in California. I agreed because I wanted to go to California and because I wanted to visit Stanford University, where my cousin was graduating from.
I had to take my last two final exams two days earlier because I was taking a flight and I was not going to be in Torreón.After taking my final exams I checked that everything was in my suitcase and then took the flight. When I got to Los Angeles I went to the house of my Aunt since she told us we could stay at her house while we were visiting.
The first day we just stayed with my Aunt and my Uncle and we went to have some dinner. I was very excited but at the same time tired since I had stayed very late studying for my last final exams. The second day we started heading to Stanford University. I don't really remember how far it is from LA to Stanford but I just remember it was a long road trip, specially because of my cousin's grandmother and my grandmother's sister that came with us in the car. They were really nice but they wanted to go to the bathroom like every half an hour so we had to stop a lot and that made the road trip seem eternal. The good thing was that during the road trip my cousin's grandmother told me all of her stories when she was young and she bought me chocolates and candy whenever they stopped for the bathroom. She always called me Paola or Paula or names that are alike.At first I kept telling her that my name was Paulina but then she forgot every time so I gave up and let her call me Paula or Paola.
When we got to Stanford it was amazing and beautiful. On the graduation day Bill Gates came and talked, I found him very inspiring.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
The day we fell of the motorcyle
It was a hot, sunny Sunday morning on March. I was still sleeping.
"Wake up!" my mother yelled. I didn't listened to her and went back to sleep since it was still early and it was Sunday, so there was no school that day. "Paulina wake up!We are going to the ranch of a friend. Do you want to come with us or are you staying at home alone?" As she was saying this I started waking up since I hate staying alone in my house because I am scared someone will kidnap me.
"I am going." I say. I slowly wake up and change, then invite Daniela Duco to the ranch because my mother let me invite a friend. We arrived to the ranch and the first thing we do is to say Hello to everyone. While we were saying hi to everyone I met a girl who was our age and we invited her to come with us.After she got in a motorcycle and Duco and me got on another motorcycle.
"Follow me." the girl that we had just met told us. I was driving the other motorcycle and I was starting to increase the speed. For a while we were following her and driving in the ranch. After I got the great idea of going another way. We could either follow my friend in her motorcycle or turn right and go to another different place(Out of the ranch).I turned right. My friend could not follow us in her motorcycle because there were walls beside her so she needed to go around the whole ranch to go where we were. I was increasing the speed, I could feel the air on my face and my hair moving. After,I got scared because we are outside the ranch and a man was there. I tried to make a turn but the motorcycle was going too fast so the motorcycle turned. While it was turning I saw everything in slow motion.
The motorcycle was all upside down and my legs were below the motorcycle.I got very scared when I saw the motorcycle on top of me. Then I realized my legs were beneath the seat of the motorcycle, so luckily there was space for my legs. The only thing that hurt was my knee but very little, I was mostly scared because the motorcycle was on top of me. (But not really putting any weight on me)Then I told Duco to help me move the motorcycle, then she tried but couldn't so I moved from below the motorcycle and stood up. When I was standing up I saw my hands were full of blood and I was scared to wash them with water and soap because I thought it would hurt, but actually when I washed them I did not feel anything at all. I do not know why but I even touched the cuts and they did not hurt, I actually did not feel anything ,as if they were numb.
After the man that was outside the ranch turned out to be a worker from the ranch so he helped us turn the motorcycle since it was turned around. After we tried to turn on the motorcycle and it did not work, while we were trying this my friend came. We explained her everything and after her dad made the motorcycle work and we went driving in them again, but I was still a little scared and I drove carefully.
"Wake up!" my mother yelled. I didn't listened to her and went back to sleep since it was still early and it was Sunday, so there was no school that day. "Paulina wake up!We are going to the ranch of a friend. Do you want to come with us or are you staying at home alone?" As she was saying this I started waking up since I hate staying alone in my house because I am scared someone will kidnap me.
"I am going." I say. I slowly wake up and change, then invite Daniela Duco to the ranch because my mother let me invite a friend. We arrived to the ranch and the first thing we do is to say Hello to everyone. While we were saying hi to everyone I met a girl who was our age and we invited her to come with us.After she got in a motorcycle and Duco and me got on another motorcycle.
"Follow me." the girl that we had just met told us. I was driving the other motorcycle and I was starting to increase the speed. For a while we were following her and driving in the ranch. After I got the great idea of going another way. We could either follow my friend in her motorcycle or turn right and go to another different place(Out of the ranch).I turned right. My friend could not follow us in her motorcycle because there were walls beside her so she needed to go around the whole ranch to go where we were. I was increasing the speed, I could feel the air on my face and my hair moving. After,I got scared because we are outside the ranch and a man was there. I tried to make a turn but the motorcycle was going too fast so the motorcycle turned. While it was turning I saw everything in slow motion.
The motorcycle was all upside down and my legs were below the motorcycle.I got very scared when I saw the motorcycle on top of me. Then I realized my legs were beneath the seat of the motorcycle, so luckily there was space for my legs. The only thing that hurt was my knee but very little, I was mostly scared because the motorcycle was on top of me. (But not really putting any weight on me)Then I told Duco to help me move the motorcycle, then she tried but couldn't so I moved from below the motorcycle and stood up. When I was standing up I saw my hands were full of blood and I was scared to wash them with water and soap because I thought it would hurt, but actually when I washed them I did not feel anything at all. I do not know why but I even touched the cuts and they did not hurt, I actually did not feel anything ,as if they were numb.
After the man that was outside the ranch turned out to be a worker from the ranch so he helped us turn the motorcycle since it was turned around. After we tried to turn on the motorcycle and it did not work, while we were trying this my friend came. We explained her everything and after her dad made the motorcycle work and we went driving in them again, but I was still a little scared and I drove carefully.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
A day in my life
During weekdays I usually wake up at 6:30 a.m. I try to wake up earlier, like at 6:00 by putting an alarm at that hour. But I always end up turning it off and going back to sleep. After I wake up I change into my uniform and go downstairs to have breakfast. When I am done with the breakfast I brush my teeth while my siblings are finishing their breakfast. After we go to school. When I come home from school I eat then take a nap or watch Netflix. Then I either o to ballet or go running but it depends on the day. At last when I come back home I do my homework. I am going to try to do my homework when I come home from school instead of watching Netflix to waste less time.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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