CROSSING BORDERS

( i know i'm about a week late but since school has been screwing me over, i'll say it's justifiable)

last saturday was one of the most exciting and scary event of 2007. after complaining about being "stuck in san diego" ever since college started, i'm glad to say i am now perfectly content with where i am for the moment.

so today consisted of driving all the way to the end of our border, missing the big yellow "LAST USA EXIT" (which i'm sure only us three would miss. ever.), and ending up lost in tijuana, mexico. we were lost for about two hours, heading deep into the heart of TJ and still managing to take infinite pictures.

while waiting at the border (after finally finding it), we discussed globalization and poverty and being grateful for the life we have because, the fact is, we're so much more luckier than most. we talked about how different life is in these two places, no matter how close they are to each other and how invisible borders define cultures and people.

so my first time in TJ didn't end with me passing out drunk in some dim club surrounded by people i don't even know but rather ended with me gaining a newfound appreciation of my life.