Sunday, September 30, 2007

Hiren's Changes


My Experiences and Transformations
I moved to California four months ago, after finishing high school in India, almost two years ago. Since that time, many events and changes have occurred in my life, and I have had some life-changing experiences:
· I have lived in Carlsbad close to the beach and seen beautiful sunsets every day.
· I am single and have remained single and will stay single.
· I have spent time with my father and have gotten to know him better. I wasn’t able to do that in India because he has lived here in the US for 17 years. He moved here to work I was just a baby.
· I have met friends from different countries: Peru, Japan, Mexico, China, Thailand, Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong, Venezuela.
· I have learned the importance of putting family first.
· I have visited to Los Angeles and San Diego.
· I have lived close to the Pacific Ocean but have only swum in the ocean one time.

In conclusion, I have experienced some good and bad things. In the future I will do good things and make my family happy.

Hector's Changes


My Experiences and Transformations
I moved to California four months ago, after having finish high school in Peru last year. Since that time, many events and changes have occurred in my life, and I have had some life-changing experiences:
· I have lived in Carlsbad for four months.
· I have learned the importance of putting family first.
· I have had to leave my 21 pets (20 cats and 1 dog) behind. I miss them because I love animals, but maybe I will get a pet here in the U.S.
· I have met friends from Brazil, India, China, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Iraq, Germany, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan.
· I have made many friendly acquaintances but not a lot of life-long friends.
· I have visited Disneyland.
· I have lived close to the Pacific Ocean, and I really like that because I like to swim

In conclusion, I have experienced some good experiences in this country and I hope I will have more.

Maria's Changes




My Experiences since I moved to California

Since my move from Berlin, I have lived in Oceanside for eight months and I have been enjoying my new life very much.

· I have come to California from Germany because of love.

· I have gotten married and have been trying to be a good stepmother.

· I have given up my job as an accountant and left my family and friends behind in Europe.

· Since February 2007 I have studied English at MiraCosta College and hope I can speak the language very well soon.

· I have learned to catch the waves in the ocean like a true California girl.

· I traveled with my friends to Sequoia National Park, where we hiked to a mountain lake 10,000 feet above sea level. Of course, we took a swim there.


I know I have made the right choice because I followed my heart and now I have sunny days every day in my life!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Winning Projects: My Virtual Model


Yan Yung and Setsuko Mitchell's Virtual Model projects were voted best by
their classmates. For this project, students used the website My Virtual Model or the personalized avatars in their yahoo! email accounts to make virtual models and choose job interview outfits
appropriate for the careers of their choice.
















Saturday, September 8, 2007

Instructor's Sample: My Experiences and Transformations

Kristi Reyes
VESL
Fall 2007


  • My Experiences
  • and
  • Transformations

  • I moved to California after finishing graduate school in Arizona almost 10 years ago. Since that time, many events and changes have occurred in my life, and I have had some life-changing experiences:

  • I have lived in three different places: Pacific Beach and Normal Heights in San Diego and now in Oceanside.
  • I have worked in several different jobs: in a store, at another college, and at other schools.
  • I have gotten married and have become a mother.
  • I have learned the importance of putting family first.
  • I have had four pets (three are still with me: a cat and two goldfish).
  • I have pretty much forgotten the French and Tongan languages I studied, but I have picked up some Spanish.
  • I have made many friendly acquaintances but not a lot of life-long friends.
  • I have met, known, and learned about people from every corner of the earth.
  • I have traveled to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, and I have also visited Mexico.
  • I have lived close to the Pacific Ocean but have only swum in the ocean a couple of times.

    In conclusion, I have experienced some good and bad times, and from these experiences I have learned that life is short, so enjoy it and make yourself happy.