Tourist for a day in San Juan (Ft. my friend Emmanuel)


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Tourist for a Day

For this activity, I have decided to experience my day as a tourist on April 29 in the restaurant "El Hamburger" in San Juan. I had to first get into the tourist's mindset, so I dressed in a little plain generic light clothes with short cargo pants, which is a classic choice usually worn in tourist attraction areas. I knew where to go, but I had decided to ask locals around the area which place they recommended me to go for a meal. Surprisingly, the first person I asked in English about where I could go eat, a man riding a bike along the street, answered in Spanish after clearing up if I was referring to "lugar para comer" (place to eat). Trying his hardest to explain in English, he told me that if I kept walking up the hill, I'd find myself next to "El Hamburger" and a "KFC". I had already known about this, but the local burger place seemed like a better choice to experiment. I went into the restaurant, and to my surprise, the menu was a...
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"Go for a Walk" Activity

My experience using "new eyes" begins as soon as I step foot on the train station I get on to ride to college, this one being the Martinez Nadal station. My unlimited pass card had just expired, so I have to buy a new limited use card. Three out of four machines work, but two of those three working ones have "use exact change" signs, so me having a five dollar bill, and only in need for a 3 dollar pass, I use the one that will return those extra bucks. In this station, there used to be a working Subway (the fast food sandwich restaurant, although ironic considering we were at a subway). It is currently closed, however, with a large metal curtain, and on it there's a note that explains it's closed due to electrical issues. I begin to miss the daily specials of this Subway. It's 8am. and there's a lot of action going on with the security and employees behind the counter, there being two guards and 4 employees, three laughing at the counter and one comi...
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Group Project: The Holistic Nomads

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I first enrolled in the Journey in Literature course as "LITE" a requirement for my Bachelor's Degree. My first day in this class, however, I felt skeptical about it's style. It reminded me a lot about my high school English courses, which I disliked. But I decided to stay for a couple of reasons, one being that I needed the credits, another being a very personal cause (which shall stay between me and my group), but most importantly, it was the day our group organized for the first time. Being in a group project that would later participate in the class activities in a college level course felt a little immature at first, especially to me since I've been in Uni for three years. But I noticed a special chemistry between us members that made me ignore the fact. Our first conversation was built around deciding a name for the group, and we were stuck wondering, but someone breaks the ice by asking "So what do you study?", and based on our very broad answers,...
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