Dark Knight Rises and more High fidelity

This weekend I went to see the Dark Knight rises with some old friends. With all the controversy following its midnight premier, I was surprised by the amount of lighthearted moments in the movie. Granted the film is still very dark, but compared to The Dark Knight, This film seems far less chilling. Following the movie I decided to come home a catch up on my reading. As I said before I'm currently reading high Fidelity by Nick Hornby. I must say that it's probably the best book I've read all year. It's honest, funny, and very clever. I look forward to finishing the book so I can finally watch the movie on VHS. Hopefully, John Cusack will make a very convincing Rob Gordon.

Saturday

My weekend, all started with waking up at 7:15am to be at work at 8am. Even though I was extremely tired from the night before, I then had to play a football game at 7pm. My game was held in Hyattsville, MD at the home field of the Rams. During the game my team picked up a safety in the end zone, which put us up by 2 and gave us the ball back. At halftime the score was 6 to 2 and the opposing team couldn't turn on the field's lights which made the referees call the game.

All Sport Weekend 

I had an exciting and sweaty weekend. My family and I had the opportunity to attended a Nationals baseball game and the Citi Open final tennis tournament. We had a awesome time. On friday Nationals played a double header game. They played against the Miami Marlins. It was a great game, the Nationals won the first game 4 - 7, but lost the second game 5 -2. Baseball has always been my favorite sport, and we had the opportunity to see and support some players from Venezuela. However sunday wasn't less exciting than Friday, we went to the Citi open final (tennis tournament in DC), it was good. the players showed their great strength and quality. Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukrainian downed the German Tommy Haas for 7-6, 9-7, 4-6, 6-1. I really enjoyed my weekend with my family

Weekend #4

Hello Everyone!

My weekend has been very busy! On Friday, My best friend and I took a day trip to Ocean City, MD. It was so nice to escape for a little while, and just relax. Then on Saturday, I worked all day. Unfortunately, on Sunday i did not feel well, so i called out of work and then slept all day.

Last weekend!!!

Hello guys!!!

I finally got some free time this weekend. I went to theater  to watch Total Recall. It was so amazing  and interesting in. It made think if in the future people will have to fight to survive. I liked the technology in the future. Oh well, I loved the movie. I will recommend it. 

By the way, this will be our last week together.  It has been so nice to be with all you guys, and I'm sure I'll miss you guys and Prof. Decker.

Good luck for all of us in this final week. Now, I'm going to work on my cover letter.

Weekend #4

Hello Everybody,

On Friday I worked 9 to 5 and received a new work t-shirt. After work I went out for an afternoon run with my younger brother. Later that evening, I stayed home, cuddle with my dog on the couch, and watched Netflix all night.

On Saturday I had a lot of things going on. First, my friends and I went to Montgomery Mall to do some shopping. I ended up treating myself to a new Michael Kors wallet. We literally spent more than an hour in the store because we simply couldn't decide what we wanted to buy. Later that day we went to my boyfriend's football game in Hyattsville. During the game it started to get dark and once it was halftime the other team couldn't turn on their field lights for the game to continue. We waited there for an hour for the lights to come on. After waiting for an hour the refs cancelled the game. We later spent the rest of the night at my best friend's house.

On Sunday, my older brother stopped by and gave me a small gift from Myrtle Beach. You can barley see it in the picture but the rock has beautiful crystals in it. For the rest of my Sunday, I spent the day doing laundry and some homework.

Weekend # 4

This weekend, I finally got to see the batman movie, "Dark Knight Rises". It's pretty amazing, interesting, and worth the whole almost 3 hours of watch time. I also took the time to clean, organize, and fix my room; so it looks nicer than ever.

Saturday noon, we took my boyfriend's nephew fishing, since he is just visiting from North Carolina.
Found a new spot and just let the little boy enjoy his day even thought it was hot and really humid outside.

For that night we went out to see "The Dark Knight Rises", pretty good movie. It was more than what i expected, awesome cast of actors, breath-taking scenes, and great story plot! I can say that despite of the things that needs to get done, i had a relaxing weekend for sure.

Injury Disappointment

My weekend involved me not being able to play in my football game due to my recent injury to my groin. Thinking I was healed I went out on the Field for the games opening kick off and unfortunately while i was running i felt the pain rushing to my groin and had to come out. Standing on the sidelines. my couch walks over to me and tells me to take my helmet off and rest. Overwhelmed with disappointment it only got wost because we ended up losing 21-0.  

Week # 3

Hello guys!!!

This week I did not do much. I have been working y trying to get my essay done. I just wish to have more free time to enjoy with my friends. As I said before, I am going back to Ecuador in 3 weeks. I can't wait to be there with  my new nice. Her name is Valentina. She is 5 months. It is amazing to see how many cute things are for girls in the stores. I can't wait to see her. 

Weekend #3

Hello Everyone!

On Friday after work I ended up doing some yard work with my boyfriend. I ended up with a huge mosquito bite. OUCH! After we finished with the yard, we decided to order pizza from Ledo's. We were starving and order 2 large pizzas thinking we were going to finish them. Well we exaggerated and did not even finish a box. Pizza leftovers for days.

On Saturday, I went to my brother's soccer game in Bowie. His team did not do well. They lost 2-1. Also, we had a farewell party at my parents' house for my cousin Derrick, who is leaving to the Navy on August 1st; it was great to see all my cousins, uncles, and aunts.

On Sunday, my brother had another soccer game in Baltimore. This time they redeemed themselves and won 7-0! The rest of my Sunday was spent working on my essay and several interruptions from my dog Rocky, who obviously wanted to help me.

 AIDS International Conference 

 Last week, I had the opportunity to be part of the history in Washington DC. I was part of a group of volunteers who collaborated to made the AIDS international conference success and achieve their goal to inform the world about the serious effects of AIDS and advances in treatment. It was a great opportunity to share new experiences with people from all over the world. The event was well organized and powerful statement that created awareness about AIDS as a public health issue. I met great public figures with great influence in our society like President Bill Clinton and Debra Messing who are advocates of AIDS awareness. 

Weekend #3

Hello Everyone,

On friday, I went to work but it wasn't just any work day. My bestfriend who just moved back to Maryland from North Carolina started working at the same resturant. It's exciting to be able to hangout with her while we are getting paid.


My brother Zach, who recently graduationed from Virginia Tech, recieved his first car this weekend. His graduation present from my Dad was a brand new car so on Saturday he went and picked one out. He is so excited about having his own car!

On sunday, I spend the entire day working on my essay! so much fun, I know!

Fun weekend!

This weekend was perfect! Friday, i was off work, and didn't have class so i got to watch my 9 year-old niece, had the whole day to play with her, and watched tv. 

On Saturday, it was a real lazy day, mostly stayed in bed, watched dvd's, and ordered pizza hut. It was a very relaxing day, i caught up with the lost hours of sleep that i needed from the entire week of being in class and work, so it made my day, and i was content.

For Sunday, my boyfriend's dad, him, and I decided to launch the boat on the water, and try some rock-fishing by the bay.

 It was a little warm outside, but there was a real nice breeze though. We caught a good amount of fish, had a blast, and called it a day by noon.

This was the first time that i caught a fish every time i cast out a lure in the water, and i just want to keep on going, but there's always a next time. I can truly say that my weekend is pretty awesome and fun filled!

Hello Class,

This week end was very exhaustive! I went to work on Saturday, came back home and found out we were having guests before the Ramadan break. I wanted to help cooking the meals so I decided to make rice and fish. However, I might have put too much pepper. When I served the rice, I saw that people were drinking water after each spoon. I asked if it was spicy, they answered an unanimous "Yes". But the meal was so delicious they finished it all. I wonder what would have happened if it was not spicy.

Rain & Football

Most people would say the rain ruined their weekend; As for me it made mine. July 21st. Saturday, was my first official semi pro football game. I departed from Germantown around 1:45pm Saturday afternoon to arrive in Baltimore around 3:15. Strapping up my pads for the first time in two years, it felt phenomenal knowing that I was about to step foot onto this rubbery turf field only to lay some broncos out. The rain only intensified my game play. It made me want to run faster hit harder and play with an attitude, not caring about any body on the other side of the ball, it was game on. Bursting down the field on a play I heard a POP!, and that's when my Saturday went from great to not so great. I had pulled my groin; lucky it was in the 4th quarter so I had played most of the game. The only thing was that no body had scored which was nerve racketing knowing that I had to sit on the sidelines in excruciating pain. Surprisingly with seconds left on the clock we scored off of a defensive interception and went home with the victory.

High Fidelity

My weekend was rather uneventful. Most of my time was spent on catching up on my reading. A book that I took a great interest in was the 1995 Nick Hornby's novel: High Fidelity. The novel follows the trails and upsets of a pop culture obsessed, record store owner who has recently gone through a bad breakup. Though I am not far in the book, I do find it very enjoyable. 

Weekend #2

Hello Class, my weekend was amazing. On Friday, my friends and I decided to go do zumba; it was fun, energetic, and exhausting. By the time we got out of zumba class we were drenched in sweat.

 On Saturday, I cleaned my room and did some laundry. Later that day, I went to Baltimore to see my boyfriend's first semi-pro football game. It was rainy and ugly throughout the whole game. My boyfriend's team won their first game with a game winning towndown. Go Maryland Knights!

On Sunday, I did some more laundry and worked on my essay. I also went out with my boyfriend and some friends to go see the new Batman movie at Rio. While waiting for our movie to start, we decided to go on the paddle boats; it was fun! Once we got to the theater it was PACKED with teenagers, adults, and even children. Luckily, we found seats where we could all sit together. By the way the movie was really good. :)

Week # 2

Hello class!!!

Even tough I worked the whole week, I had time to spend with my friends. We went to have a dinner at Green Turtle. We had such a great time. At work, everything was just fine; some days  hard and others not too bad. Also I'd like to share my happiness with you all guys. I will go back to my country, Ecuador, next month. I am very excited because I have not been there since I came here 3 years ago.

This is a picture  of the city where I was born. I can not wait to be there!
I hope everyone has a nice week and keep working on the essays.

Great Weekend !!!

I had a great weekend. Even though it was raining on saturday, the rain kept me at the house the whole day but it gave me a good opportunity to do some cleaning, laundry and tidying up my closet. I spent my evening cooking dinner for my family and playing some games with my daughters. Today the sun came up and gave me a chance to go out and enjoy a beautiful day. We went out for brunch at Carlyle Grand in Arlington, a great american restaurant. Where i had a great shrimp asian salad with my favorite fruit, mango. I ended my night with a crew meeting with my fire department team. I had a nice, relaxing, eventful weekend with family and friends. I can call myself a lucky one to have what I need and what makes me happy everyday: family, good friends and good food. 

Weekend #2

Hello ya'll!

I must inform you before i bore you to death, i am not a very exciting person. I practically do the same exact thing every weekend: work, homework, sleep, eat etc.

On Friday nightI went shopping with my Best friend Emma, who just moved back to maryland from North Carolina. It was great seeing her! We also went to dinner with my adorable grandparents!

On saturday night i didn't feel well so i was able to leave work early to go to sleep. Waking up this morning, I am still not feeling well, it must be something going around. I hope i can make it class tomorrow!  I spent most of my weekend lying in bed watching Netflix and trying to recover!

Lazy weekend

This past weekend did not turn out to be as productive as it used to be, mainly because of the rain, and just felt too lazy to go out. We just bought some good filipino foods, cooked them , and had a few beers.

Since we've been very lazy for the past two days, we decided to try fishing sunday morning down in Pasadena, Maryland.

Tides were kind of high, while the water was muddy. We tried to cast out a few lures, but without any luck, we only had few bites, and at the end, only caught a White perch, and a Spot.

The fun part was, my boyfriend received a nice fish slap by the White perch that he caught.

Hey All you Awesome  Bloggers!

 I Hope everyone's weekend was a success. Because mine was an unforgettable disaster. The week of the previous weekend, I had the the most positive outlook on people who where braces. However, now that I'm a brace face, my views on this topic have totally changed upside down. You may think braces seem exciting , especially   with all thoughts fun obnoxiousness colors, but I'm here to tell you its all a big illusion. Currently, I find myself indulging Advil pills every hour. The pain is too much to handle.Not only are they painful, but I feel like a baby having to learn how to eat  and talk again. Lastly, brushing my teeth every night takes thirty minutes of my precious time.In the end, I try to remember , that in order to have perfection in life, there's always a price that needs to be payed. Hope to see you all tomorrow.
your fellow, brace face, classmate ,
Sandra Ferman

Weekend in general: Superman, conversations with a lumberjack, and fireworks

 Last Friday I decided that instead of staying at home all day, I was better off doing my favorite past time and riding my bike around my neighborhood. My cycling adventure would eventually take me to the Milestone shopping where, out of sheer curiosity; I ended up going to Best Buy to see if there was anything worth buying. To my complete joy, I came across a Blu-Ray copy of the 1978 classic Superman: The Movie. To anyone who doesn't know, Superman is probably my favorite movie of all time. If anything, I would call it the most definitive Sci-Fi/ Superhero film in existence. To cut a long 

story short, I ended buying the movie at a fairly decent price ($9.99). On my way home, I decide to take the bus.  While I was on the bus I came across a fellow who had crutches and a cast on his right leg. Out of curiosity, I asked the man how he had hurt his leg. Apparently the man, who works as a lumberjack, had fallen from a two-story house while in the line of duty. His foot was so badly damaged that it required tons of surgery. Despite the fact that his injuries kept him away from the job that he loved, the man seemed to be in good spirits. When I asked 

where he was heading, he said he was going to the Lakeforest area to see the fire works with his girlfriend. I was curious, Independence Day was a week ago, so why would there be a firework show on July the 13th?  He explained to me how, due to weather problems, many places had canceled their fireworks show, he also said that there was bound to be more fireworks this time than they would have been on July fourth. It didn't take much thought for me to decide how I was going spend the rest of my Friday. After we went our separate ways, I trekked around more places in Gaithersburg before returning to the Lakeforest area. When the fire works finally went off, it was hard not to be dazzled. They exuded an excitement and  happiness that I honestly don't feel often. When I wasn't smiling like an idiot at the fireworks, I was also taking pictures of it on my phone and sending it to all my friends. The show lasted for about 30 minutes. After the show was over, decided to finally head home. Days like these prove that I am better off following my instincts regarding what I should do. If I had not had listened to my instincts, I doubt I would be even telling this story.

Over this pass weekend I took a solo trip to Willingborow, New Jersey for my cousins graduation party. Driving from Potomac, Maryland to Jersey was exciting due to the fact that I was by myself just me and the open road of  I95. I Drove through Delaware, over the Delaware Memorial Bridge into New Jersey seeing lots of different interesting things. This trip also allowed me to open my mind and think about things that have been on my mind for sometime. 

Cirque du SoleilMichael Jackson Immortal

This weekend I had the opportunity to experience to attend one of the most incredible live performances that I have ever seen. The Cirque du Soleil was a spectacular show, which combined visuals, dance, music and fantasy to create Michael Jackson’s music for all five senses. The show is a tribute to Michael Jackson and his legend.  The Cirque du Soleil adapts circus style acts into a new modern and innovative live show in the twenty first century. I highly recommend it.