Archive about 'my life'

Big big America

I’ve been in Irvine for a while now. For more than a month . Things start to get into its place. In this short period of time, I’ve come to realize that everything is huge here. Space is not a problem in Irvine. That is why the houses are bigger, the streets are wider and [...]

Hollywood trip

Irvine is quite close to Los Angeles, that is why as soon as I settled I had the urge to go see Hollywood, specially the sign. It may seem stupid, but you kind of make your own idea of how things are, and you tend to idealize them. Not having a car and not being [...]

My fellows

There is a certain point where you have to decide what direction to take in your life. This summer I finished my studies in Stuttgart and Barcelona. Up to this point, things were more or less lineal: school, high school, university… But I’ve reached a point where there is no single path anymore. One of [...]

UCI

UCI is one of the universities belonging to the UC network. It is established in Irvine since 1965 and although not having a lot of history it is rapidly growing (complaints about neverending works in campus are common). It is not very big, yet it is well known in several areas such as aerospace or [...]

Newport beach

The first week has been very stressful, but I’ve finally managed to enjoy some of the perks of living in California. Irvine isn’t exactly on the coastline, yet the beach is less than 10 miles away. One of the closest towns to it which is indeed right next to the sea is Newport beach. This [...]

New life, no clothes

Lately, I’ve been flying often. At first, low cost flights across Europe exclusively, but now also transoceanic flights. It turns out I never lost a single bag. Until now… From BCN to LAX I was allowed to carry 2 32 kg. suitcases, and I obviously filled them up. My guess is I was traveling with [...]

California dreamin’

September 14th 10:05. My plane departs from Barcelona to Los Angeles via Frankfurt. It’s gonna be a long trip of 14 hours. This is my first transoceanic flight. Nervous? Not much; maybe I’ve just had too much to do these last days. There are three of us taking this plane and starting a new life [...]

Back online

It’s been a long time since I’ve written something here. And it’s not like I haven’t been in front of a computer: day after day I’ve been consistently spending around 12 hours a day in front of my laptop, and without leaving my room but for survival activities (shopping, laundry, etc.) How sad…I know. It [...]