Friday 10/31/08

Happy Halloween. Halloween here is different. Some people have adapted the Halloween customs of dressing up, but there’s no trick-or-treating. On my way to school I decided to stop by the store and buy candy for my classmates, as missing holidays is something we all admit that we miss about the States. My candy was the highlight of the day (as our guest speaker was a little dry). After class I headed into San Jose with some friends and wondered through the Mercado (a little market full of crafts and other “Saturday market-like” trinkets). Around 3:30 we met up with some other friends to head to dinner and a movie (only in reverse order). We indulged and went to the VIP Theater (where I’ve mentioned before. The theater with reclining lazy boy chairs. The movie was so-so. Around 7 we made our way to what we called our “dinner date”. You know you’re college students when this means you simply walk from the theater to the food court of the mall and call it a date. We eventually hopped on the bus and made our way back to San Jose to catch our respective buses to our various suburbs. I came home and sat with the family as they finished up dinner and made a few Skype calls before bed.