Happy New Year

Change: something we can’t stop nor control. We are constantly changing, and like Ralph W. Emerson said "We change, whether we like it or not". Probably a few years ago I wouldn’t have understood the meaning of these words because my life was mostly the same since I was little, but now I get it since change has been something present in my life for some time now.

Sorry, I forgot introducing myself. My name is Jorge; I’m an eighteen-year old guy who lives in Saltillo. Although it’s the capital of the state, Saltillo is a small, tranquil city. I like it, but it’s – as like to think – a city to live when you want to settle down after getting married and have kids because there isn’t much to do when you are eighteen.

As I was telling you, change is something that has been present in my life for a few years now. It started changing a lot a few years ago, when I finished the 9th grade and went to another school. I know that for a lot of people changing school isn’t a big deal, but for me it was, because I was in the same school since kindergarten– same friends, teachers, facilities, system, janitors, even the watchmen that worked there when I was in kindergarten is still there. The school where I was was founded by my grandmother so I knew everything and everyone there because I used to think someday I would be the principal, but that dream died long ago. To make short the story of the last three years I will just tell you what’s important on them. First, after ending ninth-grade I went to the new school called Universidad Del Valle de Mexico. After six months I changed from a normal class to one where I got half of my classes in English and half of them in Spanish. Then, gone another half year, I went as an exchange student to Germany for a whole year and came back like for five or six months now.

Well, I know those are just places, but – to tell the truth – the people in them are the ones that made me who I am now. That’s why I decided to start writing this, to have a record of my actions and thoughts. And what could be better than starting fresh on a new year?. So this is how it begins or let’s better say, where all unfolds, let's see what 2011 has prepared for me. So, bring it on!