Facebook

Just recently I was on my Gmail thinking about how much  I miss talking to my friends. It was then that I realized that a couple of my friends commented to me that I should get a Facebook account. So I asked my parents if I could get one, they approved, and I went to facebook.com nd created my free account. Right away I already had 4 friend requests from my former classmates asking me to add them as their friend. It was then that I realized that this Facebook thing was pretty fun. After about a day, I was chatting with friends, uploading pictures, commenting on friends' pictures and writing on my friends' "walls". I must admit, Facebook is very addicting, as you always feel that you must comment after someone else on their picture or check your message inbox to see if anyone wrote to you or look at your wall to see if anyone has anything to tell you.

However I realize now that Facebook is a great tool thats available to people all over the world who want to keep in touch with one another. It comes of great use to me because I am so far away from my friends and I sometimes I just need someone to talk to or chat with who is my own age. I also get to see pictures of my friends and upload pictures of myself and videos of myself. But now I'm so glad that I can talk to kids my own age in English and feel like I'm back there in California even if I'm halfway across the world in Málaga, Spain. I can't wait to go back to Monterey.

Christmas Break

Hey! I haven't written in a really really really really long time and I'm sorry for that, (I'm kind of a procrastinator). But the first trimester is finally over and that's a big relief because I finally got my grades back, and I'm not going to lie, I was pretty surprised at how good they were. I got 4 Sobresalientes (As), 6 Notables (Bs), and 1 Bien (B-). But keep in mind that here the grading system is a bit different. It's almost expected for a student to flunk one class, because here in Spain, its only required to go to school up to Cuarto de ESO which is the equivalent of Sophomore in High School. 

But my Christmas Break has been awesome because I've bought some firecrackers from a kid in my class who sells them. But these aren't normal firecrackers, these are cylinders of gunpowder wrapped in paper with a fuse sticking out that, when ignited, sound like bombs. I've been lighting those off with my cousin Santi for the past week. And I've also gone to the firework shops in Málaga to buy more fireworks to set off on New Years Eve (yesterday). I had a ton of fun with my cousins Mateo (7  years old), Santi (13 years old) and Nacho (16 years old) during the week and couple days that they were here.

But something sad and tragic happened today that I was just informed about. My great great uncle, "Tito Pepe" who was 89 years old, passed away today in the hospital. But although I didn't see him very often, he was a super kind man with a heart of gold, who always did things for others and loved children. I remember that we went to visit him and his long time wife, "Tita Lolín" in their 13th floor apartment in Málaga, and he knelt down next to Pablo and brought out some toy cars for him, a big box full of them. But although he's left us, I know that he's in a better place, and that he led a long life full of love and happiness.  Tito Pepe, you will be missed by many people, may you rest in peace.