My last blog post

I think that knowing english is absolutely important on these days. Is more important if we are studying things related to comunication and language and we have to talk to people about different subjects and obviously they have to understand us in any place around the world. A journalist has to be able to talk in english and to understand english because most information on the web, and important articles, etc, are in this language and also we have to know what's happening all over the world and is very likely that we can find it in english. 

I always had good experiences on this subject at university, I have a great time, I laugh and is a moment to relax among all the stress of the career subjects. In my case, I'm not so good talking in english, I'm way better listening in english, so that's why I think that the blog is very useful. I mean, for people like me. I really want to learn to express myself better.

Anyway, I believe that the things I learned are not enough yet, so I hope to continue learning to talk in english. How? Well, doing more often the things that I do now: music, movies, books, internet, talking in english with people I can to, etc.

There are some friends with whom I can practice my english and we try to do it because it's useful and funny. At home I also watch films and series in english and listen music in english too, and all that stuff. Maybe it will be great if I start watching movies without subtitles and if I start translating the song lyrics.  

I'm saying goodbye now. Maybe it will be a good idea to continue writing in this blog. But I think I'll take a break. I really liked this course and I appreciate have the opportunity to know my classmates better, it was a great group!!! And I believe that the teaching methods were fine and funny too. 

Bye, people!! I hope you all improve your english in the future!!

Black Swan

Just one movie? Hard to say...
A few days ago I was talking with my brother about movies and we both remembered when we saw Black Swan. Black Swan is an american film of Darren Aronofsky from 2010. Is a psycological suspense movie starring by Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis.

This is an AWESOME movie, I mean, the way it makes you feel is hard to achieve. It mades me feel uncomfortable and I think that one of the best things about this film is the way the director deal with the eroticism. Natalie Portman's performance is amazing too. The way she can represent an obssesive and repressed person, and her transformation through the movie is amazing. And what about the end? I'm not gonna tell it to you but it really took me like 10 minutes to react.

I saw it at the cinema in 2010. The movie is about a young dancer of a famous ballet company of New York. She has some personality issues and a lot of troubles with her mom, who is a retired ballet dancer, manipulative and very demanding. Her mom can't accept that her daughter is not a child anymore. The thing starts when the company is about to do a new Swan Lake show and the director is looking for someone who could star black (bad) and white (naive) swan. Nina (Portman) is perfect for the white swan, but she needs more passion to star the black swan. In that moment Nina starts a fight with herself and starts an unbelievable transformation. This metamorphosis ends on the most unexpected way.

Please watch it?

¿politics?

Ok. I believe that politics is an important thing because the way we live is largely defined by it, but I also believe that at the moment there are very few trustworthy people.

When I turned eighteen the first thing that I did was becoming on a real citizen. I was really interested on voting and I really used to believe in democracy. But with less hope on a big change I still voting because I think that is the only way to make a tiny change at the moment. If i don't vote, anyway someone else are going to do it and also is going to choose somebody who make decisions that necessary are going to affect me. And although I believe that every politicals are like the same thing, there are a few worst than others.

Is because of all that stuff that I sorry that so many people didn't vote. But in other way I respect their deicision because our political system isn't very good. The politicals, the binominal system, the poor variety and the little concern about the real problems like education, health and all that stuff that is sooooo important, BASIC stuff!

I have to admit that the bourough elections were exciting. I'm from Ñuñoa and it was very tight between Sabat and Maya and I was really nervous because I really wanted that Sabat left de townhall. That day I really felt that my vote worth it!!!

Who's the greatest Chilean of all time?

Ok. There are many interesting, good and cool Chilean in the history of the country. But I prefer to tell you about someone I know and not because someone told me about him or because I read something about him.

The thing is that this man gave me a lot of joy when I was a kid and until not long ago! Who am I talking about????????????????? Please, take a look at these pictures:

    

Yes, who else! José Marcelo "Matador" Salas Melinao. He's a Chilean footballer who played soccer at the Chilean Selection of soccer, River Plate, Juventus, Lazio (with Leonel Sánchez <3) and, OF COURSE in Universidad de Chile. I was like eleven when my Universidad de Chile fanaticism started. So, that was by his second time wearing the blue shirt, when he was coming back from Argentina (since 2005). Those were his last years playing soccer.

Salas is now retired from football, which is official since 2009. But he's considered one of the best strikers in the history of our country. In fact, with 37 goals of 70 assists or appeareances is the best scorer in the Selección Chilena de Fútbol history!!!

If I could have the opportunity to met him and to chat with him, I'll ask him: what are your feelings for Universidad de Chile? And obviously I'll ask him if he continue following Universidad de Chile unconditionally. And if his children are Universidad de Chile fans too.

He is the best "blue" idol or hero, with Leonel Sánchez!! And he's the reason of many of my happy and special moments :)

Thank you, Matador!

About today activities I had some good things and some horrible things. The reading activities was better than the others by far. And the vocabulary wasn't bad either. I think that my worst performance was on writing activity, part 1: 3 of 7 :(.

On the vocabulary thing I was very quick but I made five mistakes. But they were 20 questions so I think that's OK!!! I'm very good at listening in english and this wasn't an exception because I only made one mistake.

Anyway I think this gonna help us for the exam, so it's fine!!!!

Best gift ever

Every birthday, my mom wakes me up in the morning singing the Happy Birthday song. Sometimes she brings me a cake or something with a candle on the top and I make my first birthday wish.
On 2010, she woke me up with many presents in her hands. One bag was bigger than the other. It was red and with tiny little hearts on it. When I opened it, my life changed. What a surprise! It was an awesome camara!! I had always wanted one of them because I love taking pictures every where I go and I also love travelling around the world and obviously, taking photos is a very important thing when you're in a place you have never been before. Because after the trip you can remember it and show the photos to everyone. The remember thing is beautiful and very important for me.

The present was actually from my mom and my stepdad, not only from my mummy. Now, my camara is exactly in front of me. I still using it everytime. I use it even in my job. It's like my life partner and it gives me the possibility to freeze every beautiful moment, place, people I love, people that I don't know and other stuff. I love taking pictures and I hope you love too because is a wonderful thing. Thanks, mom and stepfather!!!!!

My first day at the university

Ok. Join into the university wasn't my dream at all. In fact, even now I'm not happy studying. But I have to admit that my first year was better than now. What I mean is that I was more motivated at the beginning. I'm not good at remembering things but I’m doing an effort.

I live really near from my university. So, as always, my first day I came here walking. Obviously I was a little nervous and excited because of my new friends and challenges. I was very lost about my timetable and that’s why I found my first friend in the ICEI.

I was walking, probably with a strange face, looking for someone who can tell me where was my class or who was my teacher. There I found Gabriela. She was at the same situation and we tried to solve it together. Then we started to get closer. Obviously, by the days I also started to speak to other people and made other friends.

I remember that I loved my teachers and all the plans they had to make during the semester and the syllabus seemed to be fun. My classmates showed being very smart and I felt afraid of seeming stupid.

I could lie about what I did exactly, but I prefer to admit that I didn’t remember. Actually, I luckily remember what I ate yesterday. The worst thing is that it doesn’t even mean that I had a great day, because I don’t remember the bad things either. Let’s think that it was awesome!