With less than three more weeks left in the quarter, I can proudly say that this was my favorite class I’ve ever taken at UCSD. This week made me realize how my time here is coming to an end, and I will soon be out in the real world. Although I do need to take some more educational steps in my journey of becoming a RN, I never imagined my undergraduate experience going by THIS fast. One more quarter left, and an infinite amount of years of learning to go. In the past two weeks, I have made some great memories! We just went to the retirement community, Casa de Mañana, this morning, and it was a blast. The community is super nice, and I really enjoyed learning about the history of it. The fact that it was once a hotel really intrigued me, especially since a lot of the architecture was still kept up with today. It was nice to see all the amenities the older adults were getting with living at Casa de Mañana, and it made me want to save up to live in a place just like that one day. The conversations I had with the older adults were so insightful. One thing I learned is that saving for older age is quite important. Although we may not see it at the beginning of our life course, but one of the adults mentioned how growing old is expensive. The lovely ladies we talked to explained how throughout their lives, they had been putting some funds away in order to pay for a place like Casa de Mañana. In the conversation I had with my peers and some of the older adults, one of the older adults talked about finding passion in traveling. This really inspired me because it seemed like she had always known what she wanted to do, and then ended up doing it. From her story, I took away that as long as we are doing things we love, life will be good. As these next couple of weeks may be the last times I have contact with some of my cohort, I know that each and every one of us will be doing great things in the future. This thought makes me smile.
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Jasmine MounphoxayJasmine Mounphoxay is a Global Health major from Anaheim, CA. She is interested in dance and Archives
March 2022
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