Studying and Having fun!

It's been more than a week I don't write in my blog... but that is for a good reason: After my classes started I have no time for myself during the week, and on weekends I've been away traveling and having fun :)

So, the classes: I'm enjoying both of the Project Management courses I'm taking. The one in Stanford is lighter and easier... but the one in university of California is REALLY good! The instructor is great he knows everything about project management, and he is not just a theory guy, he worked for 30 years, so that's how good he knows his stuff. He gives us very realistic examples which makes it easier for us to understand.

I didn't start yoga classes... there is no time for that now, but I did start tennis classes, and I'm enjoying it. It's a pity I lost the first class, and i had to miss the last class to go to Coldplay concert, but it's ok... I will try to follow up with the rest of the girls.

We had a wonderful time in the past 2 weekends. Friday 3rd of July was holiday here, so we had a barbecue in our complex, it was fun, Vivi and I bought food for a whole army, hehehe, so it was a it expensive but we had food for 3 days after that :). The day after Rafa, Fernando, Andriana and I went to LA!!! So much fun! we went to Disneyland on Saturday, then we slept in LA, and had a little walk on Hollywood Blvd Sunday morning and then we headed to Universal Studios: SUPA COOL! :)



Last weekend, we had a Friday dinner in our house , Robi came too, it was nice but I had this huge headache, so I wasn't the nicest person on earth... hehehe But I did had fun after the medicine started making effect.
On Saturday we went cycling in Santa Cruz, and by mistake we found a great Brazilian restaurant Roberto knew about: loved it. I'm thinking of going there periodically... Santa cruz is just half an hour away, and you can enjoy the beach after having a feijoada! We rode our bikes until Capitola, easy and nice ride.
On Sunday we went to have breakfast in Palo Alto, a cute place which I don't remember the name... something Italian :). After that we went to Sanfran and did more than 20 miles on our bikes, from Robi's house to Tiburon, it was wonderful. I even felt from my bike (I'm not very good on using my brakes yet, hehehe) , so this week I have a very ugly hurt in my elbow: urght!






This morning we went to do our California ID's, I can't wait too see them!!!! :D


Today's new word: potty!

Fu**ing s**t we got a fine!!!!

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It was quite a stupid parking fine... but the main thing is that we didn't understand the sign! It was written: Permit Parking 6pm to 2am, and we understood that we were permitted to park between those hours (it was 7:30pm), but NO, no no. What the sign meat was that to park in that place between 6pm to 2am, you NEED a permission!!! And there you go, we got a fine and need to pay for it on-line now.

Next news is: We don't have money in our credit cards! Can you believe that? on Saturday we bought our bikes, and these exceeded the credit card limit, so we won't be able to use it until next month. Was the limit very low or the prices of the bikes very high? hehehehe.

This comes to the next thing: I GOT A WONDERFUL BIKE!!!!!!! Really it was love at first sight! I loved it ! The price was reasonable, it is a good violet/white bike, really it is wonderful! It has only one gear, but I don't mind because probably this is the main reason why it is so light! I can't carry it with one finger if I want! It is super coool!

Mine is white, Rafa's is black:


Yesterday (Sunday) we went to do the Los Gatos trail, which is a bike trail that goes from our city to near the office, It was awesome, we will sure do it a couple of days a week, it is 9 miles (about 14km), have nice views of trees, lakes, people, animals... it is a really nice ride, and I'm really glad we can come to the office by bike sometimes, it must be relaxing...

On Friday we went to celebrate Lucie's birthday at the Beauty Bar, a bar where you can do you manicure while drinking and enjoying friends... a very nice idea :) It was really fun with all the caipirinhas and long islands... hehehe. By the way, I have to pay drinks for the girls in the office now, they kept paying it for me on Friday!! Next time ;). After that we slept at Luis house... which is REALLY nice! I loved it, it is a studio, but it is in a nice place, and very nicely decorated... loved it! Luis took us to the twin peaks and to have the best hamburger of the city... Yummi!!!

So, another week starting... many plans for this week: Stanford classes beginning, University of California classes beginning (PMI), tennis classes beginning (all IF my credit card starts to work), and also hopefully yoga classes... NICE!