hey javi hows it going?

Its been pretty good in the United States this past week. Many of us are getting accepted into excellent colleges and universities and everyone is very excited to pursue their goals after high school. Of course, many of us will be dispersing all over the country and leaving our hometown of San Mateo, California. San Mateo, I would say, is my hometwon, but I was born in San Francisco and lived there for 7 years. San Mateo isn’t actually very exciting. It is a little suburb around 20-30 minutes away from San Francisco (depending on the traffic). On the weekends, there are a wide variety of activities to emerse yourself in. You could go bowling, ice skating, watch movies, go to the mall, and many other common American teenage activities. Although, if you’re a student, like me, who doesn’t have a steady income, you’ll stick to cheaper activities like just hanging out with friends at their houses or finding something free to do like play some baseball at the park. It has been a bit too cold and rainy for many of these outdoor activies lately, but the weather is getting a little better, I hope. The temperatures usually quite moderate, but it does get quite rainy in the fall and winter seasons. The springs are nice and the summers usually don’t get too unbearably hot. I think San Mateo is a great town with awesome people which i will definitely miss when i go away for school. Well, Javi, I have much more to do tonight, it has been great talking with you.

Hasta Luego
Irving

Hello again sonia!

I would like to tell you about my little suburban town SAN MATEO! Other than being awesomely awesome, it has a variety of things to do. Luckily, San Mateo also has such a diversity that no MAJORITY is really evident in town. If you walk downtown San Mateo, you will come to a place where you can get Mexican, Salvadorian, Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Japanes, Korean, and American food, all in one place! My favorite food is definitly Latin food and i love to go to Tres Amigos and get a super buritto with refried beans, carne asada, extra guacamole, sour cream, rice, and chile! It’s the best ever. Moreover, you can get a coffee in practically every corner of the downtown area. From Starbucks to Peets to Bean Street, any coffee from any place is absolutely amazing. ANd yes, you do have your normal boring big chain fast food resurants like KFC and Jack in the Box. (do you have those in Spain by the way?) Or variety of resturants defintily reflects the diversity within our San Mateo. San Mateo is blessed with a magnificant High School district with, if i may add, Aragon being third on the list. In addition, San Mateo has beautiful parks like Central PArk, Beresford, Coyote Point, and the Aquatic Park. San Mateo has also built our own big chain movie theater, which has been a big hit. I reallty want to see Take the Lead and Phat Woman soon. Everything is pretty nice here, you would enjor the diversity and the many things to do here. Even though all of this great things, many people still complain that San Mateo is boring and there’s nothing to do, but i beg to differ! =D Sonia, would you come here? How is your city? would i enjoy it? =D

It kind of stinks having to live in a hometown where it’s name is your own. Mateo from San Mateo…yeah that’s a pretty lame and common joke back in the days. But, it’s a pretty nice place to grow up in. It’s suburban which is nice in it’s own way. There is plenty of trees and fields of grass instead of a whole bunch of pollution. However, it is fun to take the 45 minute ride to San Francisco to explore the city and whatnot.
Where I live is commonly known as “The Bay Area” which thrives off of diversity and open minds. In just a few months I’ll be leaving the Bay Area, something that is hard for me to believe. I’ve pretty much lived here my whole life. I’ll miss the piers and beaches, the forests, the best city, and great people. That’s all for now, more later!