About English Class

Hi there,
Well, this is the last blog session. For me this is a little sad, because I really like to write in english. I think that in Chile, we must have professionals with an intermediate level of english (or even better), so this subject at university is right. The first two years I spend at college I didn’t study English, I only watched films in the language, but I didn’t keep learning about grammar or conjugations of verbs.
So,studying english at this time is totally fine. I could remember the “theory” about writing in english. Now I think that I’m qualified to keep a dialogue in English and I will understand at least the 80% of this. Speaking about the use of blogs, I could say that this is the only way to work in writing. I mean, doing test in paper is really boring. With the blog, we can check our others classmates’ blogs, see how they write and what they write about. It’s interesting and fun.
I know I said before that my English is really good, but I think I always need to improve it.  I’m not bilingual, so I usually have to search on the internet about syntax, drafting and my big trouble with the english language: connectors. I know a lot of vocabulary, even I could talk with an American teenager and I would understand the slang and the American sense of humor. I think you can figure out that I consume a lot of Anglo-American culture.So, those are my strengths and weaknesses about the English language and I hope I’ll still use it not just like a receiver, but as emitter.
This semester was great, thank for sharing it with me :)
xoxo

Free time activity

I did it!

This year was a good year

Well, I think this year has been my best year by far. I mean, I didn’t do great or memorable things, but I’m always being and doing the same stuff and this year I was capable to do new processes.

I didn’t have summer holydays because I was doing my professional internship, but I don’t care, because living on my own, being responsible and working by myself helped me to be a better person. I learnt about working in teams, how to behave in an office and stuff like that. I think that was my first achievement this year.

Then I started my fourth year in college and I’ve been doing ok since March until today. I haven’t had problems whit it, so this could be my second achievement of the year.

I finished my internship in June, so I was free for winter and my vacations. My family and I were planning a trip to Peru and we could make it in July. I was really happy because I’ve travelled outside the country before, but never with my family. We travelled to Cusco, we went to Machu Picchu and we could gain a lot of experiences and anecdotes. This was my best trip ever, and my third achievement.

Between my internship, travels and studies, I met again with my ex boyfriend and we couldn’t stand being separated so long, so we come back after being single like a year and a half. I know this is crazy and even a little scary, but we are happier than the first time, because we are older and more mature than we were before.

Also, I was supported a lot by my family and friends to do anything I want. Everybody believes in me and I’m feeling pretty well about it. I’m starting to quit smoking and practicing being a healthier person. I believe this will be my last and most important achievement.

I hope you’re doing fine too, tell me!

xoxo

All loving hero

Hi!
Today it’s free theme again, and in Chile we are in election time. We are choosing the next president of the country, senator, deputies and regional councilor in November 17TH . I’m not sure about the rest, but I do know who will be my chosen one for president. So, I’m going to write about my favorite candidate.
Remember that I told you about my “un-eco-friendly” lifestyle? Well, if you do, you’ll be surprised about who my favorite candidate is. Yes, you’re right. The person I’m talking about is Alfredo Sfeir.
I love to watch the debates on TV and listen to this wise man. I can’t believe how all the words he says makes so much sense. I can’t trust in any other candidate, and neither can listen to them seriously.
But let’s see the facts. Sfeir is an ecologist economist and a spiritual leader who worked in the World Bank since 1976 to 2009. Also, he founded the “Instituto Zambuling Para La Transformación Humana” (I don’t know what this is about, but it sounds awesome). Sfeir is always working in promoting human rights, protection and management of environment and world peace.
I remember once when a friend of mine told me her mother was defending the swans in Valdivia (because the Celulosa Arauco polluted a lake) and Sfeir was there too, doing it for his believes and expecting no appreciation. He is true.
Now, he has some campaign proposals like make a national program for small farmers, free education in all levels and the creation of the national organization of indigenous languages. He has so many more, and I think all of his proposals are necessary to make a better country.
xoxo

About Films

Hi, today i’m going to write about my relationship with films. Well, I used to watch a lot of movies when I was an adolescent, I mean, classic movies like The Clockwork Orange, The Wall, The Shinning, and so many more.
I started watching movies when I was a child. I don’t remember when I watched my first movie, but I do remember a couple of them. I hadn’t a VHS player and neither cable TV. So, my only approach with movies was at the cinema.
I was living in Coquimbo, and I, my grandmother and my parents used to go and watch Disney movies. But not all of them, just the princesses’ films. I remember I watched Pocahontas, Mulan, and Cinderella. I watched movies like toy story just this year. And The Lion King I just watched yesterday by first time. Can you believe it?
Now I prefer TV series than movies, because I like the character’s development than just a couple of hours knowing a character. But when I do watch films, I always prefer something like girlie and family topics, beautiful art direction or auteur cinema.
For that reason, my favorite movies nowadays are almost all the films of Hayao Miyazaki,Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson. I love the art of Miyazaki, and of course the stories and a culture very different of ours. What I love about Sofia Coppola films are the girlie topics like in Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation and The Suicide Virgins. And talking about Wes Anderson, I’ve watched The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited and Life Acuatic, all of them just wonderful.
Which is your favorite movie?
See ya!

Sorry about that

I’M NOT ECO-FRIENDLY AT ALL. I think this is very embarrassing, but it is true. It’s strange because my mom is always keeping our environment clean and healthy, maybe I’m too lazy.
I think people learn about environmentally friendly practices at home. I mean, of course a good teaching at school is important, but without the family example, that school lessons would be worthless.
Nowadays I’m living alone at my apartment. Often this condos offer something like recycling programs (separating glass from plastic bottles), but I ignore those practices. I don’t know why, because I don’t follow any “un-eco-friendly” practices or theories, I have no foundations in what I do. I just think that my effort is not necessary for a better world.
Well (I’ll sound like a hermit) but I don’t leave my house so often. So, I rarely use some transport methods. But when I do, I always prefer public transport: it is cheap for students in Santiago (not like other parts of the country), I can travel long distances and I can take advantage of it and study while traveling. When I don’t use public transport, I use my legs because I hate bikers, they are so disrespectful!
Like you can notice, I don’t do anything to reduce my carbon footprint and I haven’t joined any eco-organizations. I think I can join other organizations, maybe for help homeless people, or defending some ideas that I agree with, but not with some environmental NGO.
Maybe, if we just use bikes, public transports or our legs, we are doing so much more for our environment than some big companies whose just pollute more than all the people living here.

English Video 2

This is my second video, I hope this is ok.
xoxo