Friday night I went to have a great burrito from a catering truck called Beto’s. I had a delicious beef Burrito which is (Asada in Spanish) or if not a (Pastor in Spanish) which is beef but with some special sauce. This burrito was a huge burrito with rice, beans, and cheese with red hot sauce with a cold Coca-Cola in a glass bottle. The food is always cooked on a daily bases and it always fresh. Ever since I was going to grab a burrito it hasn’t failed on me so far. Every time I go I see them cooking all the meat so basically the meat hasn’t been sitting for days there.   The burrito was only six dollars and they usually give you grill onions on the side with extra hot sauce it always hits the spot. This truck is only parked Thursday thru Sunday from 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM. The owner of the catering truck is always happy and greets all the people nicely just because he seems them coming back all the time. For example I grab a burrito from the catering truck on Fridays because I don’t want to go home and cook a meal for I because I’m usually come out tired of work. I usually take it home because I feel that if I take it to go I eat better and also I’m resting from a long day.

After all Beto’s Catering hasn’t disappointed me since I been going there for about a year already. I will still keep on going till he moves or he goes out of business. But I don’t every think he is going out of business because there are so many people that eat there. Moreover there is about ten people that are always to order food. But usually is quick to grab the food that you order.

Fast Food Nation has affected me very little but I feel that in the long run I’m going to be disgusted because of the way that many cows are killed and also what they are fed, But know that I have meat most of the time it reminds me of the Book but I always think about something else when I’m having meat because I love meat no matter what. It just has a great taste and it fills me up every time I have it. I might not have a big change in meat as much because that’s what my mostly cooks all the time. But I fell that I’m going to cut on the fast food restaurants because I’m a little disgusted in how some of the meat they have. But sometimes I just need to have fast food because I’m run so the easiest place to go and have something quick. The issues that I may have are that sometimes I might think what has gone through that meat and also if the cow had a disease or the way that it might had been treated. After all I think meat is not going to affect that much.

The truth about my last week’s blog was that I have lived all my life in Oxnard.

This semester is going good so far but I at times I’m facing some challenges and obstacles that are difficult for me, I feel that it’s difficult at times for me because I work full time and attend school full time as well. It has its up and down but at the end of the semester it pays off because hard work pays of when you pass your classes. The feeling that I get when I’m passing all my classes is good because I know that by doing all this is going to pay off at the end when I graduate.

     Many times when I’m at work I stress out about my homework because I don’t have enough time to do my homework at home because I have to do other things around home.  When it comes to school nothing bugs me because school is school and if you want to be successful you have to put in your time in order to be successful and get educated and have a good paying job. Many times I have some much homework but what I do is just once I get home I just start on it even though I’m tired I still manage to do it. The reason that I’ m motivated for school is it will pay off at the end when I finish school and I will get me to a good career of success.

     School is always going to be a challenge for me because I need to work in order for my bills to get paid and bring money to the table. Every time I think about school is having a good career and having whatever I want. But once I graduate I everything is going to be a whole different story.

 

My Family

My family consists of six sibling four women and two brothers including myself and mom and dad. Two of my sisters are married my oldest sister currently lives in Arizona she has a daughter she is 6 years old and boy which is one year, my second sister has only one boy which he is currently  six months which he doesn’t crawl at all. So far all of my sisters and brother have graduated from JR High and also from High School. Moreover, all of my sister and brothers are still currently going to school at the moment which they don’t have a major yet and all of them are currently enrolled in Oxnard College. My parents are currently employed; they run their own business which is janitorial which consist of them cleaning building and offices which varies from aerospace company to construction business. Therefore I think my parents are very successful because they came from nothing to starting their own business.  When starting their business they struggled for about a year but then, after that year they boomed up and since then their business as always been positive revenue for them. I always thank them because they never let us down with anything.

My family always tries to gather up every weekend to chat and remember all of our child hoods. Therefore we usually have a Carne Asada or if not some Pozole, Tamales that’s what my mom knows what to cook the best. My brother and sister usually help my mom to make all this dishes. That’s what we usually to make my mom have a smile in her face. My father just usually sits in the couch and keeps on asking us what time is the food going to be ready, but he never helps us do any of the dishes, basically he just sits on the table and eats his food. My whole family enjoys spending time with each other, therefore my family talks about that this tradition should be kept till we can. At the end of the night the whole family leaves happy but the next we txt each other saying how wonderful was the weekend. In conclusion all of my siblings get along so well that my parents are always in a good mood just because they feel that they raised us so well and did the right thing and they always brag about it.

Class Interview

                                                Classmate interview

            The person that I interview in class was Christina and was born on October 19 1987 in Oxnard California.  She was primarily raised by her mother because her dad was always in prison. She attended three different high schools, but she graduated from Channel Islands High school in 2005. She picked up drumming at the age of 17 years old. After, High school she had her first job at subway. She has two brothers and two sisters but she is the middle child. She attended Ventura College in 2009 and she graduated which she graduated with an Associates of Science in Accounting, but then she decided to come back and get the rest of her credentials to transfer to a four year university. She though the right thing to do is come back and strive for something better. Christina is the first to attend College from all of her brothers and sister.

She is currently working part-time for Maxim companion Services she is personal Coordinator. Christiana’s currently works from 8:30 to 2:30 only works 30 hours a week. Therefore after work she usually attends College. Class schedule is Tuesday thru Thursday all her class starts at 7:00 PM.  She currently sees herself independent with no help from anybody. For the most part she spends time with her family on the weekends and usually talks to them on the phone during the week. Ten years from now she sees herself with a BS with a good paying job and a house and having a couple kids.

Many people procrastinate to do homework and that’s not a good thing to do.  Schools are not over crowded but resources that she has are closer to home. Christina’s culture is more from grandparents and mostly is more American than anything else. Now in days schools are not difficult but the experience is that they demand more homework and they always demand many other things.

My first horse ride

 

                                                My First time Riding A Horse

            It was a sunny Saturday evening, and it was about 70 degrees. I was 21 years old at the time. I was hanging out with my girlfriend at her father’s ranch. Roberto my girlfriend’s dad was out in the ranch feeding the horses.  Roberto had two horses by his house, and he was putting new shoes on them, because if the horses don’t have shoes they might slip when people are riding them. While me and my girlfriend where outside, she asked “do you want to ride a horse,” and I replied, “No because I don’t know how to ride a horse,” she said, “Who cares, I will teach how to ride a horse,” I said, “no because I don’t want to fall from the horse.” She then told me “don’t worry Luis, I will teach you, I have taught other people to ride a horse.” She told me, “come on and trust me you won’t fall everything is going to be okay.” So I decided to give it a try just because I trusted my girlfriend and she’s had been riding horses all her life.

           

            Stephanie was saddling the horse, and as she was putting the saddle on I started to panic because in my head I was just thinking that the horse was going to buckle and drop me. Stephanie told me to hop on the horse, and I started to sweat from my hands and forehead. I then took a deep breath and backed away. I told her “never mind I don’t want to ride the horse anymore.” After I backed away from the horse, she told me that the horse I was going to ride was trained to not buckle, but I didn’t believe her. Therefore, Stephanie called her dad to confirm with him that what she had told me was correct about the horse being trained.

 

            When I heard Stephanie and Roberto telling me about the horse and telling me that it came from a breed of good horses, I then said “okay ill ride the horse then.”  I put one leg on the horse, and then I jumped to the other side. Finally I was on top of the horse, and my next step was to make the horse go. So what I did was hit the horse with my two legs on its stomach, and the horse slowly began to move. At the moment I was so nervous that I was sweating all over my body, but I felt okay because I was on top of the horse already. A couple of times I felt like I blanked out, because it was my first time riding a horse and I had no experience.

 

            After, I continued to ride the horse around the ranch. Feeling really good about myself, for I had accomplished something that I wanted to do since I had met Stephanie. Therefore, Stephanie was happy for me as well, so she grabbed another horse for herself and we started to ride together. She took me through some trails that she would always go through with her father when she was younger. As we were riding, she told me stories of how she became a horse rider when she was young. As the night was getting dark, we went to the top of the mountains with the horses. She told me you see that tree, I said “yes,” then she replied “well I will race you to that tree to see who gets there first,” and I said “okay”. So we raced, and of course she beat me because she’s been riding horses longer than me.

            My first time riding a horse was a good experienced because the horse that I was riding was a trained horse that didn’t go wild or dropped me. Knowing that I was being watched by somebody that had experience with horses made me feel better, but at the same time I also felt afraid, because I never had rode a horse before. Moreover, I felt like I did a good job riding a horse, and my fear went away of riding. Now I could ride a horse without being scared, also knowing that I accomplished riding a horse, I know that I can challenge myself to do other things.

 

            This event was Important to me because I challenged myself, and I learned how to ride a horse. Now I know I could ride a horse without someone looking over me. Therefore, Stephanie and I could go out and ride horses together around her ranch. Also, I learned not to be afraid to try something new, and I also learned that you have to take a risk of trying new you want to accomplish in life.  Moreover, always try new things that you want to do, and I appreciate Stephanie and Roberto for helping me ride a horse. These are the reasons why I think this event was important for me.

Fast Food

My childhood never really involved fast food because my mom is the type of women that cooks at home all the time except for Sunday’s. So my childhood never involved fast food in my young days.  Therefore, the only time my parents would take us out for fast food was on Sunday’s. The only reason my parents would take us out to eat was because we would go out shopping for are self’s or grocery shopping or the necessary households that we would need. My parents would usually take us to Taco Bell, McDonalds’ or if not they would take us to Toppers Pizza. Most of the time my parents wouldn’t choose are meal they would usually buy us a cheeseburger at McDonald’s or if we would go to Taco Bell they would buy three hard tacos. But when we would go to Toppers my parents would usually buy a large cheese pizza and a large salad for the family. At that young age I didn’t care just because we didn’t have to eat home. At times we would pass by a fast food restaurant  and I would ask my parents if we could stop and eat some Taco Bell and there answer was no your mom is already cooking something at the house.

 

The only time I eat fast food is when I don’t want to eat at home or I don’t like what my mom cooks for the day. My mother is always been a cooker. The only time I rely go out and eat fast food is when I work very late and I don’t want to stop at home and grab something from home and also when I’m rushing to class I will stop and grave a bit from a fast food place. Therefore, I think that I don’t rely on eating fast food. I don’t occasionally eat fast food, maybe three times a week but that includes weekends. I think I don’t eat out as much as other people eat out. At some point I think that it’s not that bad to eat out because you are in the run or maybe your tired of the food from home.

Fast Food

                I have lived in Oxnard since I was a child. I grew up in a family of eight, which included my four sisters, my brother, my parents and I. Growing up in a family of eight was not easy. I can clearly remember my parents always having to work many hours in the fields to have the money to support my siblings and me. I would hardly see my parents since they were always working. My parents would constantly argue regarding financial issues. When I was around twelve years old my parents decided to start their own business. They opened up their own janitorial services, risking on losing the little money they had saved up for many years. Their business was a success and money was no longer an issue for us. My older sister and I would help my parents’ clean offices after arriving home from school. We did not live a normal kid’s life, since we were always at school and then work. This routine continued until I was done with high school. I graduated from Hueneme High School in 2006.

                Today I am currently 24 years old and I am a full time student at Oxnard College. I want to be like my parents and succeed because that’s the example they have taught me my entire life. I have learned many things from them and a very important one is to never give up on your goals. Even though I have worked since I was 12, I’m proud that I never gave up on school. I only need two more semesters in order for me to apply for the radiology technology program.

                By the time I’m done with Radiology school, I want to travel to many places and enjoy myself, since I never really had a normal childhood. My main goal is to work at a Hospital as an X-ray tech. Even though my goal is to become an x-ray tech, I would like to go back to school and get a degree in business.  I don’t want to settle for less, I want to continue on pursuing my dreams and goals. I want to be successful and support my parents because if it wasn’t for their help I would not be where I am at today.