The Day in the Life of Foothill + De Anza International Students

My My Silicon Silicon Valley Valley Life Life

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De Anza College Transfer School: UMASS Amherst Major: Computer Science High School: Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College

My Silicon Valley Life

BEN BEN CHEUNG, CHEUNG, Hong Hong Kong Kong

AMBER AMBER KANG, KANG, India India

Foothill College Transfer School: UCLA Major: Pre-Med High School: Woodstock School

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AMBER KANG, Foothill College

BEN CHEUNG, De Anza College

This is my apartment in Mountain View. It’s a nice short walk to Castro Street where there are a lot of cafes, restaurants, and fun hang out spots. It’s also very close to my bus stop.

Olympus Café is my nearby go to spot in the morning when I have homework to do. I’ve become a regular here.

I usually don’t have class until 10 am, so I order some delicious Turkish Tea and finish up my assignments.

The bus stop is literally a two minute walk from the cafe, so 5 minutes before heading to school I walk toward bus stop 52 and I’m on my way to Foothill!

This is my street in Cupertino. Even though it’s nice and quiet here, there are a lot of restaurants and markets close by.

And I live very close to Apple’s headquarters!

It’s time to head to class. The bus ride from my apartment to De Anza is about 15 minutes long, but I enjoy the downtime.

It’s time for my science class! I love the small class sizes and opportunities to interact with my professors here.

No matter what time of day it is, breaks in between classes have always consisted of grass, sun, and an accumulation of friends.

...And it’s hard to remember a cloudy day here in California.

I’m off to the library on campus to finish up some assignments.

The new library is a nice place to study or find resources for projects.

Before heading to class I always get some coffee from the café on campus.

I can’t study without coffee!

It’s time to head to class where I’m working with my classmates on a programming project. We get to do a lot of hands-on projects like creating apps. I even got to participate in a hacka-thon!

When classes are over, I usually head to the library to meet with friends or finish up some homework.

Sometimes I stop by the Apple headquarters store and pick up some cool swag.

It’s amazing to rub elbows with people in the industry!

Some of my professors even work at some of the big companies in Silicon Valley.

Nighttime is reserved for hanging out with friends.

Usually, we will go to a café to study…

…or we go to the movies, to dinner, or for a hike to enjoy nature and the good weather here in California!

When classes are done for the day, occasionally my friends and I will go out to downtown Mountain View and get some Bubble tea or hang out.

When we are feeling ambitious we’ll even take a trip to San Francisco where I like shooting some photos of the street scenes or of my friends hanging out enjoying the scenery.

It’s late and time for bed. 6 hours of sleep is just perfect for me. So I take my shower, make my lunch for the next day and sleep until the cycle repeats again!

There are so many cool hidden spots on campus to check out. This is a spot where I sometimes sit and study before class.