The Life of Cristian Mendoza: October 2016

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Saturday Afternoon Munchies (Post 1 - 10/22/16)

So... today is the first day of eating out on Saturday's. Today, my friend Robbie and I ate out. We decided to eat at Blaze Pizza here in Riverside.

Getting ready to board the bus.

First off, I LOVE how they actually let you SEE the toppings that are going on your pizza.

In the oven it goes!

Look at this pizza! It's SOO good. It tasted good, had a phenomenal crust, and above all, it was only a little over $8!!!! How great is that. I'd rather spend that than $20+ at Pizza Factory. Sorry. I would.

I hope you enjoyed this post! See you all soon!

Sincerely. Your Friend,

Cristian Mendoza

Monday, October 10, 2016

S.T.E.P. Event at Bourns Inc. (10/6/16)

Hello everyone! This post is about the S.T.E.P. event that I went to with my engineering team. We built a 3D printed robot (only the bicep), and we were there to demonstrate it to students, and to encourage them to become engineers.

Here we are on our way to Bourns Inc.

We are here! There were TONS of great exhibits. Scroll to the bottom to check out a video of a NAO robot that we will be using in the future for engineering.

here is the forearm and hand of the rest of the right side of the robot's arm.

Trying to get the bicep to cooperate, but the pieces broke that were connected to a servo.

Heres our bicep. Lol.

Some of CBU's other 3D printed objects. I like this plane motor system made of wood and 3D-Printed parts.

The kids loved our stuff. Pretty cool!

Look at all of these kids, and there were WAY more than this throughout the whole building.

One of CBU's teas used the NAO T14 model to demonstrate the power of robotics in engineering.

This guy knows his stuff! Great job!

Well... I hope you all enjoyed this post! Talk to you all soon, and God bless!

Sincerely. Your Friend,

Cristian Mendoza

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Volunteering At Calvary Presbyterian Church

Hey guys! It's Saturday, October 1st, and today, my FOCUS group at CBU got to go and help clean at a local church in Riverside.

It's kind of an old fashioned looking church. It's cool!!

It's a really cool church inside and out.

Here is something terrible. It was funny for 2 seconds, but then it wasn't. So... one of my friends, Scott, said as we were going down stairs that it was the "stairway to hell" because it was a narrow stairway. Then two seconds after he said that, we heard a strange scraping noise. But it was just someone opening a sliding door. Lol. Anyways... we cleaned shelves infested with spiders and other bugs. Then we cleaned tables and chairs.

We also had to wash windows. But that made me sad, because Aubree's dad owns a window washing business, and that just reminded me even more about her. I miss her SOO much!

I love you Aubree!!

Thanks for reading my post! God bless! See you all again soon! Lol.

Sincerely,

Cristian Mendoza

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Greetings & Moving into CBU

Hey there everyone! It's been a long time since i've made a post, so I thought I'd do one now!

So... as you all know, I am going to CBU!! California Baptist University. I have to be honest... for a bit, I felt weird about it, because I would be leaving my girlfriend and all, and my family.... But the way Aubree and I think about it is that if you can have a long-distance relationship and keep your love for each other strong, then when you're together in person again, then your love for each other will be stronger than ever.

So... On my way to CBU, my parents and I stopped by this McDonald's somewhere near Riverside. It is LITERALLY the BEST McDonalds You'll EVER see!!!

They have touch screen ordering machines that have little beepers to let you know when your food is ready. Cool right?!!

A nice and well-taken-care-of facility! Wish every one was like this!

AMAZING seating areas and bathrooms... Believe me... they were nice! So were the workers.

Looking good McDonald's! Just... next time... try to keep ALL of them like this? PLEASE!!

Here we go again! Hitt'n the road!

Yay! we're here! I got my bike registered!

OH! Heres my living area. BEST freshman housing on campus.

Tower Hall Rules!! Oh yeah!

HA! Where's Waldo... Waldo's....? Lol.

If you ever tour this campus, you'll agree that it is beautiful!

Staples Courtyard!

Check out my NEW MacBook Pro with a trumpet player decal! Suits me, right?!

OKAY... SOO... The next pictures are just a collections of pictures that friends, family, and Aubree sent me... and yes... they're pictures of Aubree. You might be thinking that i'm weird for doing this, but 1: She's the love of my life, and 2: these pictures have brought me joy and comfort when i haven't been feeling all that great.