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one month down!

August is over and tomorrow is a new month. this means i survived my first month here in the US, yahoo! as much as i am starting to like it here because the weather is nice as well as the people, i am counting the days until i get home. anyway, to update you with my life, here goes… My second week at Skyline started with welcome program and faculty meetings. Extensive discussions on budget cuts were present in all these programs and meetings. Even out of the academic setting, there were talks of budget cuts, foreclosures and hard life. I was able to register for History 110 (California History) and ESOL 853 (Intermediate Listening and Speaking). The history class will hopefully bridge the gap between my obtuseness of what California is and appreciation of California’s history and its people and culture to survive and live well. The only predicament with this class is the monthly test involving a lot of memorization, which I am not really good at. Meanwhile, I took the ESOL class to lea...