Field Trip

Well, I remember specially a field trip. It was the last year when we went to San Pedro de Atacama in the Antofagasta region. I remember this field trip because I like mountains and all the special meaning about the culture of the mountains, like the music and the native people. In this case we went to a house of atacameñan people, the leader (The Boss) of the house, called Carlos, who was very friendly when he opened the house for us. He told us about his life style and usually he cooked typical atacameñan food. Also we have long time to talk with Carlos about his people and their stories, generally old stories, about his mom or his family. But in the nights we went to the town to drink something and talk, and that was very funny. Well, generally we had a few field trips to other places around the Salar de Atacama and we visited other people who live there to talk about their problems. Finally, we travelled all the way long by car and it was so long, but I never get bored, because we heard lots of music or we have long talks too. Sometimes, we smoked some cigarettes and other green things and it was so nice, because the people who I travelled with are wonderful guys.

By Sebastian

Dear Marjorie,

How are you? I hope that well. I would like to know about you, and I don't want that you think that this is psychopathic letter, I just wondering, what do you like to do in your free time? And also which is your favourite activity? Well, please, tell me things about you.

In other topic, I want to talk about your corrections on my post. I think that you make a great job and you are very perfectionist, but always it says in Chile that "English Teachers" have a big problem and I feel that you have it too. And the problem frequently is that "the teacher" can see the problems that have the student –in written text, for example- but rarely analyzes and explains the mistakes to the students and I feel that the real education o pedagogy goes for that way. Because is not possible that in seven or eight years of English classes, the general people can't understand English and I take this to a country level.

In order, that's the reason to the question "Why?" the education is so bad in Chile.

Regards.

Sebastian

dogs

In this post I want to talk about my dogs. Actually I live in an apartment and I have two dogs living with me, the name of one of them is Zepequeño and the other is Maki. For me, they're very special and I feel that without them, my life would be very sad. Personally, I like walk through the park with them, but I have a little problem because my little dog called Zepequeño is so angry and he likes to fight with other dogs or kids when they come close, then the dog begins to bark and I feel shame. Well, my other dog is very quiet and always moves her tail when other dogs approach. Well, my two dogs are very different but they're very special.

Pierce

My favourite piece of technology is the laptop, because it’s a great tool for work and with it you can do other activities like hear music, talk with friends, see videos and play pc games. I use my laptop mainly to work, because I have a geographic software and generally, I make geographic information, but that’s not all, because in my laptop I have my favourites songs and frequently, I do my work listening music. I like to play pc games too and in my laptop I have my favourite game called ¨Civilization¨ (you can call me “nerd”, but this is the best game in the world). Other great property of my laptop is that I can go with it to all places, because it’s very light and comfortable. The ¨main problem¨ of laptops is that they’re so expensive and for that is a little dangerous to walk for the streets with it in your hands. Is for that reason that truly I can’t go to all places with my laptop, for example, today I left it in the office because I can’t walk calm with it through Santiago. Finally, I guess that my life without my laptop would be not very different, because I think that it’s a great piece of technology but it’s not essential for me.

film

My favourite film it’s a brazilian movie called ¨Central Station¨ from a brazilian director too. When I saw it for the first time I had 14 years old and I felt different kinds of emotions because this film have many different situations and it is a very realistic film of the ¨Brazilian situation¨.

That first time when I saw the film I was in La Serena on my holidays with my family, but I saw it only with my cousin. I remember that this moment was a very moving moment because the story that the film tells it’s an incredible sad story.

Well, the story of the movie begins when a little boy arrived at the central station of Rio de Janeiro looking for his father. Then he decides to write a letter to find him, but he can’t write because he is illiterate boy, so he pays to a writer to do it. But the writer (an old woman) decides not to send the mail and the little boy (Joshua) discover to the old woman and she decides to help him to find his father. But the old woman is apparently a wicked person and she decides to sell the boy to other bad people too, for some money. But then she regrets herself for what she did, and save the kid. Finally Joshua and the old woman discover that Joshua’s father is dead, however he finally finds his lost brother.

a little date.

The typical Fiestas patrias means nothing special for me. Because, in Chile doesn't exist or haven’t great traditions. Because, for the common people in the country the Fiestas patrias just means eat and drink a lot for two days, and the reflection or the true mean around this date is unknown for the common people. I think that the bad education it's guilty for the common people's disinformation about the real mean of the fiestas patrias.

Well, for the 18 September Chileans celebrate the first government reunion and this is the base for that Chile can calls itself an independent country. Is for that reason that this date the Chileans celebrate eating and drinking in excess, the typical food of Chile and other countries in sudamerican is the * Asado¨ and *empanadas* or *anticuchos¨ but you can to find this foods in the other countries in the region. And the typical cocktail is the cola de mono and the more popular drink is the Chicha and wine with coke and when you drink in excess this drink you should sick.

My best 18 september was the last year, because my girlfriend leave of the country and it was a great fare well.

For the future

Really, I’d never liked to think about my future or say how I would like to be in a couple of years. That’s because as the song by Ruben blades says: “Life gives you surprises, surprises gives you the life”, and for that reason, I never project my life. But, as Simon’s activity, I am going to do it.
Well, my life project now it’s to end my career the next year, and to work for a few time as a geographer in Santiago and then I would like to work in the south of Chile or in other region of this country. I would like to go to live and work at Punta Arenas, in any government department where I will plan as a geographer for the development of the region. Also, I would like to buy a house in that city and raise a family there. I think that the house that I want to have in the future should be a big house with a large courtyard, and should have many plants and animals too, maybe some dogs, because I love them, and specially, I would like to have dachshunds dogs. Forward, I would like to do a Ph.D. in a couple of years. That’s because, I like to study and I don’t think that in the near future I wouldn’t like study.

Finally, I have to say that I want have childs, maybe two or three and I would like that they grow living in a little city, out of a metropolis, in a beautiful and save environment.