Post 9: Money

Obviously, I would like to win the lotery. But I think that I don`t want to be very wealthy or a millionaire by a 'regular way' (because I would like to win the lotery...). Why? First, I think millionaire people are millionaire because there are so many people who don't have anything, and I really don't want to be an exploiter. Well, the second reason is that I can't think what I would do with a lot a lot of money... maybe I could travel around the world but... I think that's not an important need for me; and I think if I have a lot of money, traveling will be something so easy and daily that it would lose all attraction to me...

But, if I won the lotery that's different, because it is just for one time and I think I would make a big party, I would buy a house for my mom, a house for my dad and another for me... maybe I would travel and then I just save the rest and then I didn't have to work ever again, I mind 'ever again' to work for have money to live. Obviuosly I would do a lot of things but things I like and things important to me, not important for the market... (well... I really hope I never will work for the market).

On the other hand, now I consider myself good managing my budget, well I'm not a working person and I just have the money my dad gives me, it's not much but I can buy photocopys and buy some things, pay the bus (but now i'm ciclyng a lot and I save a lot of money) wherever... I'm always can ajust my budget, and I don't have problems, at home I have all what I need.

Post 8: How green am I?

I'm not sure if people learn about environmentally friendly practices. At school, I remember a little bit of that at biology class, something about the water. I learned that water isn't a renewable natural resource (and I always try to take care of water). I believe that people don't learn anything about environmentally friendly practices at formal education.

Anyway, I'm a person who worries about that. It isn't a central problem in my life but, I try to do what I can. I have the habit of recycling but it's not very easy: In the beginning I didn't know where I could drop the bottles, the milk catons.. etc. Now, I'm taking that stuff to the supermarket, there are some recycling sites. But, I have to say it, I'm not very happy taking the garbage to the supermarket, when I go there, I can't stop thinking that they are doing some kind of business with this recycling-thing and I'm helping to do that. Well, I just calm myself thinking that it's better than just drop it .

Most of the time I use a bike or the public transport. I have to confess, that there isn't just for taking care of the air, but it's an advantage and I'm proud of that. I can say, I'm taking care of myself and the air. I consider the pollution an important problem and I'm concerned about the quality of the air, but, that's because I use a bike and I really can feel the efects of cycling with a dirty air. It's like contrary to what normally you could think: I worry beacause I use a bike it isn't something like I worry and that's the reason for cycling.

Well, spite of all that I'm saying... I think this is a delusion. Nothing changes if I or you recycle all our garbage! there are other people, in the United States, in Europe who have many industries and they ARE the pollution. Here in Chile, there are so many mining production which don't give any care about the environment. And that's the problem, not me!

Bye.

Post 7: Education

I finished the high school two years ago, at 2008. I'm really glad of that. The truth was that I just wanted to leave it, I was so bored at high school; actually, the last day of classes all my class mates were crying and I was so happy! so, I didn't cry... but, don't misundertand me, I made a lot of friends at high school and now I keep seeing them a lot. But, I was so tired of the classes, the subjects... above all, I was tired of the 'rules'.

Let explain me better, I did all the secondary education at 'Liceo experimental Manuel de Salas' and I was used to have a little space of decision, the rules never were very stricts, you could talk and give solutions to some problems, but the last two years I was there (more or least) gradually they started to be more strict. But It was a stupid strict-thing !. Things like the color of a scarf or the color of yours tennis started to be central and a problem. And that kind of stuff never weren`t a problem before. They weren`t concerned about how to make students learn better! they were concerned about the tennis! (we all used to go with tennis at high school). They started to invented more stupid rules and the teachers adopted an attitude like 'the rules by the rules' even if they didn`t have any sense! the last year I felt like I was going to exploded, for two reasons: First, all the new rules have no sense because anyone was learning anything and we weren`t used to that kind of stuff, so we didn`t do. All was out of context!

The second reason is called "full day schedule" Lucky me, I lived that just for one year, but it was terrible! we got the same hours of classes, but with least time between each class!!

Post 5: My Favorite Movie

           I've never asked myself for my favorite movie or my favorite book, or song... I have a lot of movies I like but I just don`t have one favorite... don`t misunderstand me, I really like movies and go to cinema....

          Wherever... Now that I'm thinking about it, I can remember two great movies I have really enjoyed, I think the two of them are very similar for me and that's why I couldn't choose one of them (Well....this two movies are from the same director, still, they are very different on one way: the reviews from critics, but I will refer this later...). These two movies I really like are from Woody Allen. The first one is Stardust memories, movie filmed at 1980, and the other one is Annie Hall (filmed at 1977). Stardust memories is a very unknowing movie, it is about a filmmaker who doesn`t want to keep making comedies and he's making a tragic movie, but the editor want to change the end of the movie for make it more commercial... The movie also shows other conflicts on the life of the filmmaker...One thing I've really liked is that this movie is filmed on black & white! (I think that's beautiful) well... you have to watch it...  

           The other movie I've mentioned is Annie Hall, this movie is very famous: It has won a lot of Oscars. This movie is set in New York and it is about the relationship between Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) and Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) This movie isn`t on black & white but, still I think that the photograph is beautiful too. What I like of this movie specially is that it is very funny but still is not stupid, it has tragedy and happiness... It is very good !  

Post 4: A piece of new

I've just read an incredible piece of new: yesterday, the "comisión de hacienda" passed a bill called "bond for golden wedding". This bond it's like a reward for people who lead 50 years or more married, and it's a money reward: $250.000 !!
Okey, now, I'm going to calm myself (because I really don't know if cry or laugh) and tell this history from the beginning...The first time I heard about this, it was when our brilliant president did his speech the 21th may, I thought something like "oh no! this guy it's out of his mind!" he was saying so many stupid things that this was like the ultimate! ... I thought he was joking! even I said "oh, now I'm going to get married and maybe I can get the bond!"
Later, thinking about this more seriously I heard Piñera saying that if we all keep going for the right way we all are going to have a reward; So, i couldn't believe what I was hearing! Now, to got married and never divorced it's the right way???? and if you do that, you get a money reward? unbelievable! And the worse thing was that all the politician that appears on tv or on the newspapers are saying that it's very good, positive etc... Yesterday the decision was unanimous!... okay, something it's wrong with this people, and with this country! you don't think I'm not crazy? why anybody says anything?
Well... now, seriously, the problem is: how an Estate can assume that being married for 50 years it's something positive? what if a couple doesn't want to get married? it's wrong?  and the worse thing is: how the money of the government (our money) it's assigned for such a stupid reason? what if your husband die just one year before the 50 years married? you doesn't get the money! and if you ever wanted to got married but you really need that money? and what happens with the problems who matter? education and health?

Post 3: What to do / where to go in Santiago

I think Santiago is too big...I have lived my hole life here but I still think I don't know a lot of places of this city. Still, I think I can give some suggestions and be a good guide for a foreigner... First, you must visit the center of this city: go to "La moneda", go to "Santa lucia" hill, visit the "armas" square... there are so many places!...the "forestal" park, "brasil" neighborhood... if you want to have lunch you can go to the central market...and...after that you can go for some earthquakes (it's a typical drink) at "la piojera" (it's something like a restaurant or a bar...very typical and I think that now it's a very tourist place).
Well, obviously nobody can do this hole tour on one day, but you have to go many different times... and still, there are some places that I haven't mentioned yet, places at the center of Santiago, by example I haven't mentioned any museum... the "bellas artes"museum or the "museo de arte contemporaneo" or I think it would be interesting go to visit "La Moneda" cultural center and the "Estación Mapocho" cultural center. Now I'm doing this I'm not sure if anyone would like to do a tour with me, I can't chose the most importants or interestings
places to visit...a foreigner tourist will need so much time for spend time with me...
In conclusion, I'm figure that I really like santiago because I really would like to go all that places even if I have visited all of them...

Post 1: Good and Bad points

The past term, I took five classes of my degree and I passed all of them, so, that was a very good point... there were some classes I really enjoyed, but there was one than I didn't like so much: economy I. Beside the five classes of sociology, I took two artistic classes: Theater and orchestra. The two of them were very funny and I learnt a lot of different things. I had never acted before the theater class, so it was a new thing to me; at the end of the term, we did a final presentation and it was very good. At the orchestra I didn`t learn new things, because I played the trumpet there and I'm playing the trumpet since I was 15 years old, still, it was fun and it's a good experience because you work in group and we used to play classical music there and I had always play popular music. Finallly, I took the class of English 3, so, now I'm doing english 4... and that's good. In conclusion I took 8 classes! now I'm thinking that was too much, but it wasn`t terrible, I used to have a little free time for go out with friends, for listen music or see my family and doing others things I like.

Second Term 2010

Blog experience

I have enjoy my blogging experience, i think it is fun write a blog, to put colors and photographs; I have did this before the english classes, because I have another blog in spanish and i already knew how to do this... I think that did it much easy.

So... answering the next question, i think this is a good way to learn english, it is a way to write a lot, so we can learn vocabulary, it is not too complicate, i think it is easy.. and i can practice my english writing on a computer, and on this case specific, i can be on english classes and view another websites to know how is going the football match Inglaterra v/s Argelia...it is very confortable !
The bad thing i have found to this way of class is that sometimes I have forgotten to do the blog... because... well it is not a justification but, i have a lot of things to do for other classes and i just forget it . Still I really don`t know if I am really learning english doing the blog, i think i learn more vocabulary that any other thing, but I suppose that the practice of the language it's something like learning the language, so in conclusion I think i am learning english but i can't realize how much.... wherever, in general i like this way of classes, and I really like that they aren't so much stressing, because you have the possibility of doing the blog at home later...

Finally, to complete the 300 words (because i thought i have already finsh this but... I haven't) I can tell you that the football match is 0-0!! and the second time it's starting, this world cup has been very estrange even a little boring.... So many ties!! or results like 1-0... boring!

Photograph

This photograph was taken not so long ago at my house. Here appears my two cats: at left it is Lenin (the white and grey cat) and next to it, it's kuki (the black and white cat). lenin is two years old, it's a male cat and kuki is seven years old and it's a female cat. Well, this photograph is important to me because Lenin is lost since april 23 and I still think that lenin can go back home, so i will like to ask all of you if you have seen my cat.

Wherever... to complete the 250 words for this post i can tell the history of my cats: Kuki was found down my dad's car having littlest cats, this was six years ago more or least so, we doesn't know exactly how old is kuki but, we think and the veterinarian think kuki is seven years old. Three years ago Kuki had an accident and lost an eye, now kuki just have one eye, but still... it's a happy cat, kuki's life isn't just tragic! we all care about kuki at home.

The other cat, the lost one, it's calling Lenin, I put it this name because before lenin arrive to my house, lenin had another owner and she (a friend of my sister) call it "Leni" when Leni arrive home i really thought that name was horrible, so i start calling it "Lenin" and now, that is my cat's name; but, it's lost and kuki is very sad, they were good friends and they care each ether.

Music!

I really like music. Since i was a kid, i'm listening music. I like jazz music, i enjoy listening trumpeters: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan; I also like the big bands like Duke Ellignton's big band, there are so many jazz musicians that i could be able to mention... Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Art Blakey and the jazz messengers...
Well, I not only like listen music, i also like to play music, I have already mencion it on a past post, I play the trumpet and i have a band with five more friends, they play bass, guitar, saxophone, clarinet and drums. We call us "La orquesta Chora" and we play jazz music, a little of ska and sometimes cumbias.

About the concerts, i have been on a lots of concerts, the last one was a concert of the "Fabulosos Cadillacs" I also have been on smallers concerts, watching locals bands and local jazz musiciens, they are (the local jazz musiciens) not so famous but there are a lots of really good chilean jazz musicians and band like "retaguardia" or "santiago stompers" that are really good.

For the other side i also like some type of rock music; a few years ago, i went to a concert of a rock band call "the strokes", it was really good.

Post 4: Is Catholic Chruch in crisis?

I really don't know why this is such a scandal. I think that we all have listened about lots of abuses committed to children by priest a long time ago. The problem is that they do nothing about it and the catholic chruch always insist that there were just a few abuses and that it ins't a problem, even they tryed to hide and avoit the scandals; Now they are tryng to do something. I think it is a first step, it's something, but that doesn't mind so much, i think that they are doing this because is the only way to remain and avoid the possibility of a deep crisis and not for good will or something like that...

Well... i really don't like priests neither the catholic chruch (neither others), but i guest that they can't dissapear or become weakness for this scandals. The catholic chruch is the political party most ancient of all history and i don't think that this minds so much or reduce all the power of the chruch.

Finally, i just want to say that i hope this stop, i think this so terrible for a children, and we all have to cooperate denouncing the cases and we don't have to hide an abuse or try to defend the catholic chruch.

Post 3: Things i like.

mm... i like a lots of things. In first place i like music: i like to hear music and to play music. what kind of music? i really like jazz music, that's the reason for playing the trumpet (and the title of this blog is the title of a jazz song i really like). But also i like others kinds of music. I have a band that is calling "la orquesta chora" with five more friends, we play jazz music but also "cumbia" and ska or things like that.
I also like the photos and the cinema... well, i like the images. I take photos with a analogous camera (no digital photos) and i have a place on the internet to put my photos, is a flikr: www.flikr.com/panquequeconmanjar. When i have a few of free time i also like to read literature but in the week when i'm going classes i don't have much time for read other things that aren't for the class, so now i don't read so much literature but i have a lots of books waiting on my room, it is "my waiting list"...well, that's not all but the post is ready.

Post 2: The Earthquake

February 27th. I was on vacations so i was at El Canelo, it's a small town near Algarrobo, the coast of Chile, on the region of Valparaíso. I was there with three more friends and we had bus passages to come back to Santiago for that day at 16:00 hours so, it was our final day on the beach. Before the earthquake, we were just going to bed so i wasn't sleep when it started and I started to ask what was the stranges noises that i heard, my friends told me: it's trembling, then we all come back calm, we all were accustomed at the littles earthquakes because we were all chileans but then... the 8,8º richter really started and we all jumped near the doors, no one of us had been on an earthquake (we were all 20 years old more or least) so we comented that and we thought that it wasn't a really strong earthquake. When it ends we said something like "the people of santiago will have felt the earthquake?" and the light turn off.