Hey guys!
I just wanted to tell you that I've became the queen of both touch rugby and hot yoga and that Berkeley is a reallyyyyyyyyy cool place.
Actually, I feel like I could also show you a few photos taken in the past few days.
For further questions, comment on this amazing blog or call +1(510)501-6810. Hehehe
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Chopra, Filippou, Moehle
Yup, that's right. Classes have already started and I have three superstars as my teachers this semester.
It was kind of hard to decide which classes I was going to take. On one hand, I wanted to have a good schedule and at least one easy class so that I could have some free time. On the other, I knew that being in Berkeley is a great opportunity and that I should take the most from it, learning as much as possible. I ended up choosing three difficult but interesting classes, taught by great professors.
I still need to figure out who is going to be my thesis supervisor here in Berkeley. After that, I'll be super set to work like crazy.
I'm sorry I didn't post anything in the last few days. I've been very busy organizing my life here. Now, I already have a bank account, an american cell phone number and a student account, I've already paid my fees and bought my books, tried different kind of yoga studios, explored the campus and made many, many friends.
When I applied to Berkeley, I was told that people work a lot here. I never really believed it. The truth is that today, on my second day of classes, I spent the whole afternoon studying and I still have lot of work to do this weekend. My question is: how accurate is the following picture?
It was kind of hard to decide which classes I was going to take. On one hand, I wanted to have a good schedule and at least one easy class so that I could have some free time. On the other, I knew that being in Berkeley is a great opportunity and that I should take the most from it, learning as much as possible. I ended up choosing three difficult but interesting classes, taught by great professors.
I still need to figure out who is going to be my thesis supervisor here in Berkeley. After that, I'll be super set to work like crazy.
I'm sorry I didn't post anything in the last few days. I've been very busy organizing my life here. Now, I already have a bank account, an american cell phone number and a student account, I've already paid my fees and bought my books, tried different kind of yoga studios, explored the campus and made many, many friends.
When I applied to Berkeley, I was told that people work a lot here. I never really believed it. The truth is that today, on my second day of classes, I spent the whole afternoon studying and I still have lot of work to do this weekend. My question is: how accurate is the following picture?
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Can't complain
One hour later than my arrival in San Francisco, while I was at Target buying everything I needed for my dorm room, I had an amazing surprise. Pedro drove all the way from LA to SF to spend the weekend with me. That helped me not feeling so much homesick. I guess the true adventure starts tomorrow, after he leaves...
Thanks Pedrão!
Thanks Pedrão!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Meet my new house
Take a look at my regular single room at International House.
This is how it looked like as soon as I arrived.
This is how it started looking like after the first stage of the decoration process. Any suggestions?
Believe it or not, the following pictures were taken inside the I-House. In sunny days like today, it's even possible to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
Meet my family
Meet my family. Meet
the people I didn’t want to leave in Portugal, although they will always be
there waiting for me.
I started planning to
write a personal blog as soon as I was informed of my acceptance for an
exchange year at UC Berkeley. However, I
was never sure about how to put it up. I
wanted to do something that could illustrate my life throughout this brand new
adventure in my life. It could have been
a pictures blog or it could have been a group on Facebook. It could have been many other things but it
couldn’t have started in any different way.
Introducing you to my family, I’m introducing you to who I am.
These pictures where
taken on August 15th, my last day in Portugal before my departure to
Berkeley. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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