Josh Fix
I met Josh Fix and Andy Korn while I was at The Wine Bar with a couple of friends from school. They are Andrew's friends and they happen to be really cool!
The week after, they were playing at Red Devil Lounge. They are incredibly good! Here are some pictures from that night and a link to two video of them. It worth taking a look at it... They will be on a tour all over Europe in the winter.
Who was talking about a mix of Queen and Elton John? ;)
The week after, they were playing at Red Devil Lounge. They are incredibly good! Here are some pictures from that night and a link to two video of them. It worth taking a look at it... They will be on a tour all over Europe in the winter.
Who was talking about a mix of Queen and Elton John? ;)
Biking Around
I'm in my bed. My legs are dead. My butt hurts as hell. Ha
Today was one of the best day I've had so far. Anna, Jakob, Gustav, Isabel, Stone and I rented bikes for all day long. We started our ride in Fisherman's Wharf and rode through the Marina (heading to the Golden Gate Bridge). Beaches in the Marina are, according to me, the most beautiful. Even if it's the Bay instead of the Pacific, the sun seams more bright over there, you have an amasing view of the city, and you see the Golden Gate Bridge. A burst of colors. Although the Pacif is pretty amazing too... haha Just looking at it makes me feel so free...
Repairing Jakob sandal with a key chain, running into American Navy, taking pictures, eating mini Snikers... Everybody was smiling and it felt like complete happiness. Ticklings in my belly. Especially since I feel that I didn't have any worry in 5-6 weeks. I think we all felt invincible.
The view from the Bridge is breathtaking. The Pacific seems so strong, the bright sun lights up the city, the wind reminds you that you're alive and the height gives you belly-tickling, again!
Biking slowly and looking at the landscape, biking fast and closing your eyes, feeling the landscape giving away, opening your eyes and smiling, letting out cries of joy. Yaaaaaa! Wouuuuhouuu!
Do I sound cheesy? That's what it was...
Going down and up the stairs to change side of the bridge was hard. lol
Going down the hills from the bridge to Sausalito was easy ;) And fast! So much fast!!
We had lunch in Sausalito. The sandwich I had, Avocado Club, seemed to be to best sandwich I've ever had! And I was happy to drink a SanPelegrino Lemonata (I've missed it)!
After that, we decided to keep going. We went to Muir Woods, a couple of miles further. We got lucky, there was as Art Festival, and since we were tourists only there to see the big trees, we got free entrance! The trees were high. Beautiful nature. I love the trees in San Francisco, there are so many kinds! We also stayed to the festival for a while because there was a live band playing. In front of the stage, a few kids were dancing, they were lovely and hypnotising... I could have look at them for hours. Isabel and I were sitting on some stairs and a song made us cry at the same time. Good cries. We were all togheter and felt so close to each other.
I never tought I could make it back to San Francisco! In my head, we were taking a ferry... I gave it a try and it was not that bad! Going up the hills from Sausalito to the bridge is pretty hard: you're biking with your lowest gears and you feel like you're not even moving! I had my iPod on. John Mayer, "Waiting On The World To Change", Radiohead "Paranoid Android", Jose Gonzales "Heartbeats" and Pascale Picard "Gate 22" were on loop! It gave me energy.
Here I am. Satisfied.
Today was one of the best day I've had so far. Anna, Jakob, Gustav, Isabel, Stone and I rented bikes for all day long. We started our ride in Fisherman's Wharf and rode through the Marina (heading to the Golden Gate Bridge). Beaches in the Marina are, according to me, the most beautiful. Even if it's the Bay instead of the Pacific, the sun seams more bright over there, you have an amasing view of the city, and you see the Golden Gate Bridge. A burst of colors. Although the Pacif is pretty amazing too... haha Just looking at it makes me feel so free...
Repairing Jakob sandal with a key chain, running into American Navy, taking pictures, eating mini Snikers... Everybody was smiling and it felt like complete happiness. Ticklings in my belly. Especially since I feel that I didn't have any worry in 5-6 weeks. I think we all felt invincible.
The view from the Bridge is breathtaking. The Pacific seems so strong, the bright sun lights up the city, the wind reminds you that you're alive and the height gives you belly-tickling, again!
Biking slowly and looking at the landscape, biking fast and closing your eyes, feeling the landscape giving away, opening your eyes and smiling, letting out cries of joy. Yaaaaaa! Wouuuuhouuu!
Do I sound cheesy? That's what it was...
Going down and up the stairs to change side of the bridge was hard. lol
Going down the hills from the bridge to Sausalito was easy ;) And fast! So much fast!!
We had lunch in Sausalito. The sandwich I had, Avocado Club, seemed to be to best sandwich I've ever had! And I was happy to drink a SanPelegrino Lemonata (I've missed it)!
After that, we decided to keep going. We went to Muir Woods, a couple of miles further. We got lucky, there was as Art Festival, and since we were tourists only there to see the big trees, we got free entrance! The trees were high. Beautiful nature. I love the trees in San Francisco, there are so many kinds! We also stayed to the festival for a while because there was a live band playing. In front of the stage, a few kids were dancing, they were lovely and hypnotising... I could have look at them for hours. Isabel and I were sitting on some stairs and a song made us cry at the same time. Good cries. We were all togheter and felt so close to each other.
I never tought I could make it back to San Francisco! In my head, we were taking a ferry... I gave it a try and it was not that bad! Going up the hills from Sausalito to the bridge is pretty hard: you're biking with your lowest gears and you feel like you're not even moving! I had my iPod on. John Mayer, "Waiting On The World To Change", Radiohead "Paranoid Android", Jose Gonzales "Heartbeats" and Pascale Picard "Gate 22" were on loop! It gave me energy.
Here I am. Satisfied.
IEEC Officiers
I was named Chair of the IEEC Publicity Committee!! Yay! (International Education Exchange Council)
I'm a bit afraid lol. As time pass by, I realize that it's a lot of work. Tons of e-mail and a lot of coordination. I have to supervise all the advertising and the promotion of the Studying Abroad Program (tabling, fliering, class presentations, journal publications, etc.) and of all the activities organized by the IEEC (social event -pint nights, bonefire, football games-, special events -ski trip to Taho, Scavenger Hunt, Las Vegas-, academic events -Google tour-, international film club -movie nights-) and that's not all!!
OMG...
Here are the IEEC Officers of Fall 2008:
I'm a bit afraid lol. As time pass by, I realize that it's a lot of work. Tons of e-mail and a lot of coordination. I have to supervise all the advertising and the promotion of the Studying Abroad Program (tabling, fliering, class presentations, journal publications, etc.) and of all the activities organized by the IEEC (social event -pint nights, bonefire, football games-, special events -ski trip to Taho, Scavenger Hunt, Las Vegas-, academic events -Google tour-, international film club -movie nights-) and that's not all!!
OMG...
Here are the IEEC Officers of Fall 2008:
My everyday life in San Francisco
Sonoma, Wine Country
My days begins at noon. We drove through Marin County which offers a landscape full of hills and trees It's mostly yellow and green. It's beautifiul. A couple of wine tastings. A couple of pleasant encounters with other tasters and people who make the tastings. We "illegally" took a few graves on a vine. I was home for 9pm.
So easy!
Ocean Beach
It's close to the Golden Gate Park. Waves are rather strong, sand is nice and warm, water is freezing as death... it doesn't matter, it's Pacific! The best is to bring a lunch and eat it there. Some people bring their kites, it's lovely!
Café Revolution, Mission and 23rd
With my friend Michael (we take ballet classes togheter) we went to see a classical music live-band. This is every Sunday and it starts at 9pm. Very relaxing before the week starts.
At The Wine Bar, aka TWB
Andy and I trying to be creative and getting some people inside. Not bad eh?
My days begins at noon. We drove through Marin County which offers a landscape full of hills and trees It's mostly yellow and green. It's beautifiul. A couple of wine tastings. A couple of pleasant encounters with other tasters and people who make the tastings. We "illegally" took a few graves on a vine. I was home for 9pm.
So easy!
Ocean Beach
It's close to the Golden Gate Park. Waves are rather strong, sand is nice and warm, water is freezing as death... it doesn't matter, it's Pacific! The best is to bring a lunch and eat it there. Some people bring their kites, it's lovely!
Café Revolution, Mission and 23rd
With my friend Michael (we take ballet classes togheter) we went to see a classical music live-band. This is every Sunday and it starts at 9pm. Very relaxing before the week starts.
At The Wine Bar, aka TWB
Andy and I trying to be creative and getting some people inside. Not bad eh?
San Francisco State University
Ça fait déjà deux semaines que j'ai commencé l'école. Ça va bien.
Ma première journée fût pleine de hauts et de bas. D'abord, ici on peut "crasher" un cours. C'est-à-dire que si tu es en retard pour les inscriptions ou que pour une raison quelconque le système pour s'inscrire est capricieux (c'est arrivé à plusieurs étudiants qui n'avaient pas les prérequis étant donné que les cours suivis ailleurs n'étaient pas au dossier) ou que, comme dans mon cas, tu veux un cours que tu ne pensais pas vouloir, tu peux "crasher" ce cours.
Tu te présentes en classe le premier jour, c'est la folie, tout le monde veut crasher, tout le monde assiste au cours et pleins de gens sont assis par terre. Habituellement, les étudiants étrangers ont plus de facilité à ajouter leurs cours. Parfois, ils font attendre les étudiants jusqu'à deux semaines avant de donner une réponse. Les profs attendent que certains élèves "drop" le cours ou prévoient que certains le feront. Dans mon cas, le professeur en question était plutôt froid.
Après un cours avec pleins de mots auxquels je n'étais pas habituée, une réponse de mon professeur plutôt nébuleuse et plein de paperasse à régler, j'étais plutôt déprimée...
Heureusement, en fin de journée, j'ai réussi à crasher un autre cours qui s'est avéré le meilleur cours auquel j'assisterai dans tout mon bac, je crois. Cross-Cultural Creativity ou Design Thinking si on avait à renommer le cours. Le prof a un parcours incroyable, il est super stimulant et le contenu du cours m'intéresse à fond! Je ne sais même pas si j'arriverai à faire créditer ce cours quand je reviendrai, mais je m'en fou. Ce cours sera sûrement le plus formateur, autant par le contenu que par les travaux à faire que par le soutien que ce prof pourra m'apporter.
On a besoin d'un sketch book pour ce cours. On pratique beaucoup comment faire du brainstorming et on apprendra même à mieux dessiner... j'ai un cahier d'une grosseur gigantesque à traîner avec moi à chaque cours. Il y a 100 pages et je devrai toutes les remplir d'idées...
En bref, ce cours sert à développer sa créativité dans le but de résoudre des problèmes de gestion et de business internationale. Au début, le cours est très artistique puis, peu à peu, on l'applique à des exemples concrêts. On apprend à être des "designer thinkers", c'est-à-dire à analyser un problème sous tous ses angles, plutôt que uniquement par les méthodes traditionnelles.
Bref, après la première semaine, j'ai pu avoir deux cours que je ne croyais pas avoir (dont le premier, heureusement!) et j'en ai lâché un. J'ai pu m'arranger un horaire parfait... 4 cours, 2 jours d'école!!! Mardi, jeudi, 9h30 à 18h30. Mais ce sont de grosses journées chargées :)
Mes cours sont :
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
CROSS-CULTURAL CREATIVITY
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Je ne sais pas si les cours seront exigeants, mais pour le moment je sais que ça me prend une éternité lire mes chapitres et écrire mes réflexions... Je suis un peu gênée en classe lorsque je dois parler, surtout parce que je n'ai pas encore acquis le vocabulaire propre au marketing. Je crois que dans 2-3 semaines ça ira beaucoup mieux...
Midst, Overhaul, Markdown, Staple (dans le sens de industrie de base...!, Slump, Peddlers, Grant, Bond, Stake, Pitfall, Withdrawl, Sustainable... aggrggrrrggg!!!
Ma première journée fût pleine de hauts et de bas. D'abord, ici on peut "crasher" un cours. C'est-à-dire que si tu es en retard pour les inscriptions ou que pour une raison quelconque le système pour s'inscrire est capricieux (c'est arrivé à plusieurs étudiants qui n'avaient pas les prérequis étant donné que les cours suivis ailleurs n'étaient pas au dossier) ou que, comme dans mon cas, tu veux un cours que tu ne pensais pas vouloir, tu peux "crasher" ce cours.
Tu te présentes en classe le premier jour, c'est la folie, tout le monde veut crasher, tout le monde assiste au cours et pleins de gens sont assis par terre. Habituellement, les étudiants étrangers ont plus de facilité à ajouter leurs cours. Parfois, ils font attendre les étudiants jusqu'à deux semaines avant de donner une réponse. Les profs attendent que certains élèves "drop" le cours ou prévoient que certains le feront. Dans mon cas, le professeur en question était plutôt froid.
Après un cours avec pleins de mots auxquels je n'étais pas habituée, une réponse de mon professeur plutôt nébuleuse et plein de paperasse à régler, j'étais plutôt déprimée...
Heureusement, en fin de journée, j'ai réussi à crasher un autre cours qui s'est avéré le meilleur cours auquel j'assisterai dans tout mon bac, je crois. Cross-Cultural Creativity ou Design Thinking si on avait à renommer le cours. Le prof a un parcours incroyable, il est super stimulant et le contenu du cours m'intéresse à fond! Je ne sais même pas si j'arriverai à faire créditer ce cours quand je reviendrai, mais je m'en fou. Ce cours sera sûrement le plus formateur, autant par le contenu que par les travaux à faire que par le soutien que ce prof pourra m'apporter.
On a besoin d'un sketch book pour ce cours. On pratique beaucoup comment faire du brainstorming et on apprendra même à mieux dessiner... j'ai un cahier d'une grosseur gigantesque à traîner avec moi à chaque cours. Il y a 100 pages et je devrai toutes les remplir d'idées...
En bref, ce cours sert à développer sa créativité dans le but de résoudre des problèmes de gestion et de business internationale. Au début, le cours est très artistique puis, peu à peu, on l'applique à des exemples concrêts. On apprend à être des "designer thinkers", c'est-à-dire à analyser un problème sous tous ses angles, plutôt que uniquement par les méthodes traditionnelles.
Bref, après la première semaine, j'ai pu avoir deux cours que je ne croyais pas avoir (dont le premier, heureusement!) et j'en ai lâché un. J'ai pu m'arranger un horaire parfait... 4 cours, 2 jours d'école!!! Mardi, jeudi, 9h30 à 18h30. Mais ce sont de grosses journées chargées :)
Mes cours sont :
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
CROSS-CULTURAL CREATIVITY
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Je ne sais pas si les cours seront exigeants, mais pour le moment je sais que ça me prend une éternité lire mes chapitres et écrire mes réflexions... Je suis un peu gênée en classe lorsque je dois parler, surtout parce que je n'ai pas encore acquis le vocabulaire propre au marketing. Je crois que dans 2-3 semaines ça ira beaucoup mieux...
Midst, Overhaul, Markdown, Staple (dans le sens de industrie de base...!, Slump, Peddlers, Grant, Bond, Stake, Pitfall, Withdrawl, Sustainable... aggrggrrrggg!!!
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