Since my dad bought the timeshare, Max decided to invite my sister, dad, and I on a yacht ride that evening. It was only 1:00 PM and the sun was still shining, so we all went out to the beach to soak up the blistering sun rays. We all walked out to the bar to get some free drinks, and as a group we walked to the beach close by. This beach is the nicest beach in Cancun. Just before we headed to the beach, Max’s boss, Manuel stopped us and said that we should go back to our other dinky resort, pack our bags and head over to the Sunset Royal for the rest of our stay since my dad bought the timeshare. We couldn’t believe our ears! We were so happy that we were able to come to the Sunset Royal because in my own personal opinion, this was the nicest resort I have EVER been to in my whole life! I have traveled all over the world and we were asked to stay at the Sunset Royal for FREE because my dad bought a timeshare. How cool is that? I was so excited that I chugged my drink and headed over to hop into our awaiting taxi. I felt like a celebrity at this point! Before our cab had time to drive away, Manuel told all three of us that if we needed anything, all we had to do is tell the bartender that we were with “The Martin Family” and then we were golden!
As we arrived to our other resort to pack up our belongings, all three of us raced to our room to hurry as fast as we could. The faster we packed, the sooner we were able to be located at the nice resort, and the sooner we could go back to the beautiful beach of Cancun. I bet we were not at our resort for 15 minutes before we had everything packed up and ready. I just threw everything I owned in my huge suitcase and bolted out of the door ready to leave for the Sunset Royal.
We arrived at our new all-inclusive resort and was placed on the 4th floor. We had a beautiful room as expected and we quickly unpacked. Manuel showed up in our room to make sure it was okay for us. Then he asked my dad if he wanted to go golfing! My sister and I quickly answered for him and said “of course my dad would love that”. He deserved to go out with his new buddy. Besides, my sister and I wanted to lie on the beach and we both knew that wasn’t my dad’s “cup of tea.” He felt bad for leaving us, but we did not care because we knew we were going to soak up the sun in our bikinis with a umbrella drink in our hand.
After the fun in the sun was over, we all knew we needed to come back to our beautiful resort room to get ready for our luxurious yacht ride.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Blog # 38: Song analysis
Our English class visited the local museum on campus to discuss in greater detail about to analyze a photograph. Honestly, I do not think the trip to the museum helped me necessarily on my essay, but could easily have helped a different student on their essay if they were in fact writing their essay over analyzing a photograph. Since I am writing my essay over high school cliques, I do not think the trip to the museum was significant for me.
Anyways, our class was assigned to make a play list of ten different songs that we liked and only pick one of those songs to analyze. There are millions and millions of songs out there to choose from and I am only allowed to pick ten? Oh my goodness this is going to be tough. Music is my life! I do not go a single day without listening to my iPod or to the radio. I listen to music to lower my stress levels, do homework, and I listen to music even when I drive my car.
The ten songs that I choose from my iTunes play list is as following: “Heavy” by Collective Soul, “Before Tomorrow Comes” by Alter Bridge, “Pokerface” by Lady Gaga, “Walk with me in hell” by Lamb of God, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, “Pour some sugar on me” by Def Leppard, “It’s my life” by Bon Jovi, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Dark side of the moon” by Pink Floyd, and “Badfish” by Sublime.
Out of those ten songs we are supposed to analyze in great detail. We are supposed to pick the song that represents us the most. Sublime, Collective Soul, and Def Leppard are my favorite bands, but which song can I choose from? I guess I will decide to analyze the Sublime song since I know more about sublime than any other band I have chosen from.
The song is titled “Badfish” because that is another named used for someone exposing someone else to heroine for the first time. Bradley Nowell battled drug addiction when he invented the band Sublime. He was the lead singer and a guitarist for the band. Unfortunately the band did not survive very long due to Nowell’s overdose on heroine.
If you really listen to the lyrics, you will quickly notice the song is about Nowell and his drug addiction. There are lyrics that say, “Lord knows I am weak, wont somebody get me off this tweek?” That section of lyrics quickly implies that the song is trying to kick addiction, with the “Big Blue Whale” being the actual drug in this song. The Big Blue Whale, is the “badfish.” Unfortunatley, for Nowell, he was not able to kick addiction from heroine by releasing this song.
The reason why I love this song so much is because it reminds me of my high school years. I would listen to this song while I was with my friends and it put me in such a great mood. I loved sublime so greatly that I inked the sublime sun on my ribs. It hurt, but it was well worth it!
Anyways, our class was assigned to make a play list of ten different songs that we liked and only pick one of those songs to analyze. There are millions and millions of songs out there to choose from and I am only allowed to pick ten? Oh my goodness this is going to be tough. Music is my life! I do not go a single day without listening to my iPod or to the radio. I listen to music to lower my stress levels, do homework, and I listen to music even when I drive my car.
The ten songs that I choose from my iTunes play list is as following: “Heavy” by Collective Soul, “Before Tomorrow Comes” by Alter Bridge, “Pokerface” by Lady Gaga, “Walk with me in hell” by Lamb of God, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, “Pour some sugar on me” by Def Leppard, “It’s my life” by Bon Jovi, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Dark side of the moon” by Pink Floyd, and “Badfish” by Sublime.
Out of those ten songs we are supposed to analyze in great detail. We are supposed to pick the song that represents us the most. Sublime, Collective Soul, and Def Leppard are my favorite bands, but which song can I choose from? I guess I will decide to analyze the Sublime song since I know more about sublime than any other band I have chosen from.
The song is titled “Badfish” because that is another named used for someone exposing someone else to heroine for the first time. Bradley Nowell battled drug addiction when he invented the band Sublime. He was the lead singer and a guitarist for the band. Unfortunately the band did not survive very long due to Nowell’s overdose on heroine.
If you really listen to the lyrics, you will quickly notice the song is about Nowell and his drug addiction. There are lyrics that say, “Lord knows I am weak, wont somebody get me off this tweek?” That section of lyrics quickly implies that the song is trying to kick addiction, with the “Big Blue Whale” being the actual drug in this song. The Big Blue Whale, is the “badfish.” Unfortunatley, for Nowell, he was not able to kick addiction from heroine by releasing this song.
The reason why I love this song so much is because it reminds me of my high school years. I would listen to this song while I was with my friends and it put me in such a great mood. I loved sublime so greatly that I inked the sublime sun on my ribs. It hurt, but it was well worth it!
Blog # 37: CANCUN 6
My dad was not sure at this point whether or not he wanted to buy a timeshare. I did hear him mention as we were walking to this room that he would want to do something like this because after his brother passed away it opened up his eyes that life is short and when you die, you cannot take your money with you. My dad makes good money at his job, but he never spends it on himself. I nodded my head completing agreeing that he needed to make his life as enjoyable as much as he could. My sister and I knew my dad loves to travel and buying a timeshare would make you want to travel even more.
The package that my dad was interested in included 10 free weeks in Cancun throughout 3 resorts. The two resorts that Max showed us and another resort that was an hour drive away. In addition, the timeshare included 5 free vacations anywhere in the world. All my dad and whoever went, would have to pay for the plane ticket and the rest was free because these resorts are all-inclusive, meaning that all food and drinks are completely free. After my dad used up those 10 free weeks in Cancun, he could still travel to Cancun but would have to again pay his airfare and the all-inclusive fee ($77/day). My dad would still get the suite because he would be a client. This deal sounded almost too good to be true. My dad mentioned that buying this would be really great for my brother who wants a destination wedding next fall. The entire wedding party would only have to pay their airfare and the all-inclusive fee. I thought that would be a great deal, and would allow more guest to come to the wedding because it would not be so expensive.
Max told my dad the price and he wanted $13,000 for the timeshare. That is a really good deal for all of the benefits included. My dad, being the stubborn man that he is, shook his head no and said “that’s too much.” Since Max’s income is based off of commission, he tried to work out a deal with my dad. After about an hour of negotiating, my dad finally came up with a price that suited everyone. They shook hands and made a deal. A champagne bottle popped and the entire room was clapping because “we made a deal.”
I was really excited for my dad that he bought a timeshare. This timeshare is for life. There is no deadline on when to use the trips. Once the trips have been used, we could still travel in the family down the line. My dad said that his children will inherit the timeshare. His wish was for us is to never sell it and it to be in the family forever. I am excited to travel with my dad in the future because of the all-inclusive resorts and the amazing suites we will be staying at.
The package that my dad was interested in included 10 free weeks in Cancun throughout 3 resorts. The two resorts that Max showed us and another resort that was an hour drive away. In addition, the timeshare included 5 free vacations anywhere in the world. All my dad and whoever went, would have to pay for the plane ticket and the rest was free because these resorts are all-inclusive, meaning that all food and drinks are completely free. After my dad used up those 10 free weeks in Cancun, he could still travel to Cancun but would have to again pay his airfare and the all-inclusive fee ($77/day). My dad would still get the suite because he would be a client. This deal sounded almost too good to be true. My dad mentioned that buying this would be really great for my brother who wants a destination wedding next fall. The entire wedding party would only have to pay their airfare and the all-inclusive fee. I thought that would be a great deal, and would allow more guest to come to the wedding because it would not be so expensive.
Max told my dad the price and he wanted $13,000 for the timeshare. That is a really good deal for all of the benefits included. My dad, being the stubborn man that he is, shook his head no and said “that’s too much.” Since Max’s income is based off of commission, he tried to work out a deal with my dad. After about an hour of negotiating, my dad finally came up with a price that suited everyone. They shook hands and made a deal. A champagne bottle popped and the entire room was clapping because “we made a deal.”
I was really excited for my dad that he bought a timeshare. This timeshare is for life. There is no deadline on when to use the trips. Once the trips have been used, we could still travel in the family down the line. My dad said that his children will inherit the timeshare. His wish was for us is to never sell it and it to be in the family forever. I am excited to travel with my dad in the future because of the all-inclusive resorts and the amazing suites we will be staying at.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Blog # 36: Analysis, Family Guy
“Family Guy” is a television show televised late at night. This show is for the adult audience which shows informal language and somewhat offending scenes. The show can be sexually deviant towards one another, and can be harmful for the viewers. This show is for the audience who can take a joke, and not be offended.
“Family Guy” is an American cartoon series created by Seth MacFarlane. The entire series focuses on the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family with many problems; consisting of three children: Chris, Meg, and Stewie, and Peter as the father, and Louis as the Mother. They have a family pet, named Brain who appears to be a white Labrador. Each show consists of informal humor which parody American Culture.
One episode took place where Chris went on a date with a young female who appeared to be suffering from Down syndrome. This certain episode can be extremely hurtful to the viewers who have a friend or family member who suffers from the same mental disorder. Sara Palin for example, took great offense from viewing this episode due to the fact that her baby son has Down syndrome. In my opinion, this is what this show is about, crude and rude humor. If people do not like or agree with what Family Guy has to offer as a television show, and then they should not watch it! However, I do think the episode was a little on the harsh side. They could have done without the Down syndrome part because so many people suffer from the mental disorder, and that can be extremely hurtful to watch.
I do enjoy watching Family Guy because it relates to our Society as Americans. Every small joke that is put inside each and every episode has a direct meaning. I do not understand all of the jokes, because this show is directed towards the adult audience, and I am a young adult that doesn’t understand all of the jokes that are placed in the show. I do think this television show is hilarious, but I think the maker of this show needs to pay close attention on what he uses in his episodes.
“Family Guy” is an American cartoon series created by Seth MacFarlane. The entire series focuses on the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family with many problems; consisting of three children: Chris, Meg, and Stewie, and Peter as the father, and Louis as the Mother. They have a family pet, named Brain who appears to be a white Labrador. Each show consists of informal humor which parody American Culture.
One episode took place where Chris went on a date with a young female who appeared to be suffering from Down syndrome. This certain episode can be extremely hurtful to the viewers who have a friend or family member who suffers from the same mental disorder. Sara Palin for example, took great offense from viewing this episode due to the fact that her baby son has Down syndrome. In my opinion, this is what this show is about, crude and rude humor. If people do not like or agree with what Family Guy has to offer as a television show, and then they should not watch it! However, I do think the episode was a little on the harsh side. They could have done without the Down syndrome part because so many people suffer from the mental disorder, and that can be extremely hurtful to watch.
I do enjoy watching Family Guy because it relates to our Society as Americans. Every small joke that is put inside each and every episode has a direct meaning. I do not understand all of the jokes, because this show is directed towards the adult audience, and I am a young adult that doesn’t understand all of the jokes that are placed in the show. I do think this television show is hilarious, but I think the maker of this show needs to pay close attention on what he uses in his episodes.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Blog # 35: CANCUN 5
All four of us sitting at a square table were eating and Max started the conversation. He explained to my dad the whole ordeal about the timeshare and what it had to offer. I was not really paying attention that much because I was devouring my omelet at this time.
After we ate Max took us to some sample rooms throughout the Lagoon Suites that the timeshare would include for us. He took us up a spiral staircase that led to a pair of suites. These suites looked more like individual condos that a rich person would have on a beach. Max led us into a specific suite and my mouth dropped to the floor. This suite was huge! Not only was it massive in size, but the interior design was breath taking. It had a huge living room, dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms, and two queen sized beds. This was not even half of the condo! There was an upstairs to this condo too. The marble stairs led us up to the master bedroom that held a huge king size bed with a large Jacuzzi bathtub in the middle of the floor. There was also a large balcony deck outside the master bedroom. The master bedroom was connected to a third bathroom among the suite. I fell in love with this suite and took as many pictures as one could only imagine.
Max finally led us out to the suite and down to the loading dock to where the water taxi would take us to another resort that was included in the timeshare that my dad was beginning to get interested in. While we were waiting for the water taxi to arrive, a waiter brought over 4 pina coladas to quench our thirst. I was surprised at how amazing the service at this resort was! While we were all slurping our drinks the water taxi arrived, and approximately 10 people entered the boat to take us to the “Royal Sunset” resort.
The water taxi ride from Lagoon Suites to Royal Sunset was only about a five minute boat ride. It was so much fun to see all the buildings and resorts along the coast. As we arrived to the Royal Sunset to view another large suite included in the timeshare I noticed how large this resort was. There were ten floors throughout this large resort. The lobby was breathtaking with a long palm tree sculpture wall and a massive fish aquarium separating the lobby and the kitchen. Max took us up the top floor to show us another show room. All the rooms surround a huge balcony that led down to the dining room with vines hanging from the roof to the bottom.
The room that Max showed us was large and beautiful. This room however was not as breathtaking as the first room we visited. I did, however like this resort much better. This resort was much larger and had more tourists visiting. The pool was better, and the lobby was enjoyable.
From this point us three were then taken to a large room that branched off this last resort that we were at. This was the time for my dad to make the decision to either buy a timeshare, or say “no thanks.”
After we ate Max took us to some sample rooms throughout the Lagoon Suites that the timeshare would include for us. He took us up a spiral staircase that led to a pair of suites. These suites looked more like individual condos that a rich person would have on a beach. Max led us into a specific suite and my mouth dropped to the floor. This suite was huge! Not only was it massive in size, but the interior design was breath taking. It had a huge living room, dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms, and two queen sized beds. This was not even half of the condo! There was an upstairs to this condo too. The marble stairs led us up to the master bedroom that held a huge king size bed with a large Jacuzzi bathtub in the middle of the floor. There was also a large balcony deck outside the master bedroom. The master bedroom was connected to a third bathroom among the suite. I fell in love with this suite and took as many pictures as one could only imagine.
Max finally led us out to the suite and down to the loading dock to where the water taxi would take us to another resort that was included in the timeshare that my dad was beginning to get interested in. While we were waiting for the water taxi to arrive, a waiter brought over 4 pina coladas to quench our thirst. I was surprised at how amazing the service at this resort was! While we were all slurping our drinks the water taxi arrived, and approximately 10 people entered the boat to take us to the “Royal Sunset” resort.
The water taxi ride from Lagoon Suites to Royal Sunset was only about a five minute boat ride. It was so much fun to see all the buildings and resorts along the coast. As we arrived to the Royal Sunset to view another large suite included in the timeshare I noticed how large this resort was. There were ten floors throughout this large resort. The lobby was breathtaking with a long palm tree sculpture wall and a massive fish aquarium separating the lobby and the kitchen. Max took us up the top floor to show us another show room. All the rooms surround a huge balcony that led down to the dining room with vines hanging from the roof to the bottom.
The room that Max showed us was large and beautiful. This room however was not as breathtaking as the first room we visited. I did, however like this resort much better. This resort was much larger and had more tourists visiting. The pool was better, and the lobby was enjoyable.
From this point us three were then taken to a large room that branched off this last resort that we were at. This was the time for my dad to make the decision to either buy a timeshare, or say “no thanks.”
Blog # 34: CANCUN 4
The walk home from downtown to our resort at Laguna Suites was absolutely awful! It took over an hour to get there. It was not only a long walk, but it was painful too! My feet hurt so bad from wearing my heels that I decided to walk barefoot half-way home. I also had to use the bathroom extremely bad, too. The walk home was cold because I was only wearing a beach dress. I hope that we never have to walk anywhere again. By the time we got to our room it was after 11:00 PM and I still had to shower and get ready for bed. Our wakeup call was set to be at 7:00 AM the next morning and I knew I was going to be dead. I got ready for bed as quickly as I possibly could so I could jump into the sheets for some shut eye.
The next thing I knew it was 7:28 AM Tuesday morning. The people at the front desk failed to give us a wakeup call. I was livid because our shuttle bus was set to pick us up at 7:55. I quickly shouted to my sister and dad that we needed to get up and get ready because we are running thirty minutes behind. Since I got ready all last night, I only had to quickly do my hair and put makeup on.
All three of us ran down to the lobby to hop on the shuttle bus when it arrived. The presentation for the timeshare was held about 5 minutes away at a resort called “Lagoon Suites”, an extremely similar name to our small resort called “Laguna Suites.” This resort was beautiful and much bigger than our resort. We went to the dining room that was on a huge deck next to the ocean. This room was enclosed by windows and made you feel like you were on a cruise ship. We met up with an extremely good looking young man from France. He was a tall and lanky young man. His name was Maxine, but thankfully for him he goes by Max. I knew right off that he was not from Mexico because of his accent. After meeting him, I wish I had an accent! He sat down at our table so we could all eat together and discuss the topic of a timeshare. The waiter took our drink order and then we went to the buffet to pick out what we wanted to eat for breakfast. I was not that hungry yet, but I knew it was going to be a long day ahead of us so I decided to get something healthy. I picked out mostly fruit and had a cook make me up a delicious omelet with all the fixings. Since I already had coffee waiting for me at our table, I decided to get some juice to wash down the omelet. There was a dark green colored juice that looked interesting to me. I knew some kind of vegetable had to be in it, so I sampled it to see if I wanted an entire cup. I took a sip and almost spit it out! It was disgusting! I asked a young waiter what was it in and he said spinach. I made a grumpy looking face and dumped it out. I like spinach as a food, but I do not want to drink spinach!
I went back to the table to join my dad, sister, and Max for breakfast and to talk about the day ahead of us.
The next thing I knew it was 7:28 AM Tuesday morning. The people at the front desk failed to give us a wakeup call. I was livid because our shuttle bus was set to pick us up at 7:55. I quickly shouted to my sister and dad that we needed to get up and get ready because we are running thirty minutes behind. Since I got ready all last night, I only had to quickly do my hair and put makeup on.
All three of us ran down to the lobby to hop on the shuttle bus when it arrived. The presentation for the timeshare was held about 5 minutes away at a resort called “Lagoon Suites”, an extremely similar name to our small resort called “Laguna Suites.” This resort was beautiful and much bigger than our resort. We went to the dining room that was on a huge deck next to the ocean. This room was enclosed by windows and made you feel like you were on a cruise ship. We met up with an extremely good looking young man from France. He was a tall and lanky young man. His name was Maxine, but thankfully for him he goes by Max. I knew right off that he was not from Mexico because of his accent. After meeting him, I wish I had an accent! He sat down at our table so we could all eat together and discuss the topic of a timeshare. The waiter took our drink order and then we went to the buffet to pick out what we wanted to eat for breakfast. I was not that hungry yet, but I knew it was going to be a long day ahead of us so I decided to get something healthy. I picked out mostly fruit and had a cook make me up a delicious omelet with all the fixings. Since I already had coffee waiting for me at our table, I decided to get some juice to wash down the omelet. There was a dark green colored juice that looked interesting to me. I knew some kind of vegetable had to be in it, so I sampled it to see if I wanted an entire cup. I took a sip and almost spit it out! It was disgusting! I asked a young waiter what was it in and he said spinach. I made a grumpy looking face and dumped it out. I like spinach as a food, but I do not want to drink spinach!
I went back to the table to join my dad, sister, and Max for breakfast and to talk about the day ahead of us.
Blog # 33: CANCUN 3
After my dad paid our bill at Senor Frogs, we left to go back to our small resort. Since it was getting late the shuttle buses no longer drove around tourist. If we wanted to get back we either had to walk or pay for a taxi. My dad decided that we should walk so we could see the scenery of Cancun from Senor Frogs to the Laguna Suites. We figured it was not a far walk, so my sister and I both agreed that walking would be fine. I then noticed I was the only one wearing heels. These heels were not extremely tall, but walking in heels can be painful later on.
While walking we came across a flea market. My sister and I, being the shopaholics that we are wanted to take a look. They were just closing up the market as we were walking by. One customer offered for us to come inside his area that was only covered by a large piece of cloth. We all knew we were taking up his time and we really did not expect to buy anything. We saw some crazy items that you would never expect to see in the United States. There was a flute that was shaped and resembled the male genital. Being the obnoxious person I am, I had my sister take a photo of me with the flute. My dad shook his head and walked away. The Mexican of the shop thought it was hilarious to see an American girl do something like that. Throughout the shop was dozens of sculptures of Jesus on a cross that was made out of fishbone. It was truly amazing that someone could sculpt something so difficult out of bone. This particular shop did not have any clothing items, which is what I was hoping to buy, but it did have several wrestling mask that I thought about buying for my boyfriend, Tanner. These masks were ridiculous looking. They looked like they all belonged to Nacho Libre.
The only thing we left with was a few pictures from that shop. I felt bad because the owner left his shop open longer just for us. Oh well, we will be back I am sure because it was only the first day that we have arrived and we still had 3 full days left to do our shopping. It was getting late and we all knew we had to wake up early the next morning to attend a presentation at a different resort. My dad won this entire vacation through a golf tournament. In order for our resort to be completely free, we all had to attend a presentation in hopes for my dad buying a time share. He was open-minded about the presentation and did not plan to buy anything. We finally decided to walk home around 10:00 PM and we had to wake up at 7:00 the next morning. We were cutting it close if we wanted to get an entire 8 hours of sleep.
While walking we came across a flea market. My sister and I, being the shopaholics that we are wanted to take a look. They were just closing up the market as we were walking by. One customer offered for us to come inside his area that was only covered by a large piece of cloth. We all knew we were taking up his time and we really did not expect to buy anything. We saw some crazy items that you would never expect to see in the United States. There was a flute that was shaped and resembled the male genital. Being the obnoxious person I am, I had my sister take a photo of me with the flute. My dad shook his head and walked away. The Mexican of the shop thought it was hilarious to see an American girl do something like that. Throughout the shop was dozens of sculptures of Jesus on a cross that was made out of fishbone. It was truly amazing that someone could sculpt something so difficult out of bone. This particular shop did not have any clothing items, which is what I was hoping to buy, but it did have several wrestling mask that I thought about buying for my boyfriend, Tanner. These masks were ridiculous looking. They looked like they all belonged to Nacho Libre.
The only thing we left with was a few pictures from that shop. I felt bad because the owner left his shop open longer just for us. Oh well, we will be back I am sure because it was only the first day that we have arrived and we still had 3 full days left to do our shopping. It was getting late and we all knew we had to wake up early the next morning to attend a presentation at a different resort. My dad won this entire vacation through a golf tournament. In order for our resort to be completely free, we all had to attend a presentation in hopes for my dad buying a time share. He was open-minded about the presentation and did not plan to buy anything. We finally decided to walk home around 10:00 PM and we had to wake up at 7:00 the next morning. We were cutting it close if we wanted to get an entire 8 hours of sleep.
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