Important People

                My mom is one person who has been very important to my life. She is a kind and generous woman and everything about her makes me feel happy to call her my mother. She is a short woman and not that strong since she has aged over the years, but she doesn’t let that stop her from keeping everything in order. I believe she is a strong hard working woman and she inspires me to do great things with my life. I never once heard her complain about all the things she could have done if she didn’t go on and have six kids. She will always be an inspiration to me.

                Another person I look up to is my dad. He is the most patient man I know and I think that is partly because he had to raise six daughters. I am so surprised that me and my sisters didn’t drive him insane growing up but I am glad that he tried his hardest to take care of us. Like my mom, I never once heard him complain about anything. He is also very old and he is not as healthy as he once was but he never let that stop him from working hard long hours every day to keep the food on the table. Without my dad, i would not be the person I am today.

                I have three older sisters and each one of them played an important role in my life growing up but it is my oldest sister who always knew what to say to make me feel better and encourage me to do well. She is like a second mom to me because I am able to relate a lot of my problems to her since I am not so great at speaking Spanish with my mom. Growing up, she was the one I always went to for help.

Yoga

Everyone has their own methods to say in shape. Personally, I don’t like doing a lot of weight training. I occasionally run or go to the gym and use some of the machines there for my cardio workouts. The one thing that I would encourage everyone to try besides eating healthy is to do yoga. The first time I did yoga was the first year I attended college. I decided to sign up for the class because I heard that it was very relaxing and I figured I would need relaxing with my busy schedule. At first, I thought it was pretty easy and I would even get really tired because we didn’t really do much. After a couple weeks I realized it wasn’t going to be as easy as I thought. Yoga is very relaxing but you also have to have a lot of concentration and balance. Also, it gives you a lot of upper body and lower body strength.  I enjoyed the way I felt physically and emotionally every time I finished class. After I finished the class I was so satisfied that I tried signing up for it again but I was informed it was getting cut and I was totally bummed.

                I would encourage everyone to try taking a class somewhere that offers yoga because everyone needs a little relaxation and stability in their lives once in awhile. I can guarantee that it will be something different than the usual way to work out and you will definitely see some results. It is also great because it doesn’t just affect your physical appearance but also your emotional appearance. You will feel a lot happier about yourself and be more positive about life. It might not be for everyone, but you will never know unless you try!

Fast Food Nation

After reading the book Fast Food Nation, I definitely feel a lot different about fast food and fast food chains. For me, it was kind of an eye opener because I did not feel like it was that bad to have so much fast food when I was younger and even now. I was very disturbed after reading some of the things mentioned in this book. I was especially disgusted when I found out how they treat the animals they kill. I don’t feel like I can ever eat meat again. Although I probably won’t stop eating meat forever, I definitely plan on cutting back. I definitely do not want to support this type of animal cruelty. I also do not want to eat meat that has already been contaminated with other unknown ingredients. I think it is safe to say that after reading this book, I definitely got the authors message. If we got more people to read this book or even tried sharing some of the information we now know, I am almost positive we can prevent fast food chains from expanding. Just like the author, I too will remain very optimistic.

School

My truth from last week’s blog post was that I got stung by a wasp once. I’m surprised nobody guessed it right!

                This semester has been a very successful semester for me. I enjoy most of the classes that I am taking and I am getting really good grades on all the work I turn in for the most part. The only thing I would change about this semester would be my weight training class. I don’t really need the credits for this class I just enjoy staying active. I have taken three physical education classes since I started college. I took holistic movement, yoga, and weight training at Ventura College. The reason I don’t like the weight training class at Oxnard College is because we are required to stay in the class for two hours as opposed to Ventura College where we just have to complete a certain amount of hours per week at our own free time. I thought it would be the same thing and even though it wasn’t, I am still sticking to the class.

                Next semester, I will remember to read thoroughly through the classes I choose to take because sometimes it may not be the one that I think is right for me. I would have to say the only thing keeping me motivated in school is my parents. I feel that if I get a good education I will be able to get a good job and I will be able to treat my parents the way they deserve to be treated (moneywise). My parents mean the world to me and nothing would make my life worth living than seeing them be worry- free and stress- free financially. I hope I will accomplish my goals for them because then my mission in life will be complete.