2013

Hi classmates!! Today I will tell you about the past year: 2013!! Well, in general 2013 was a good year for me, because good things have happened in my life. Firstly, my nephews Javier and Diego were born (in February and September, respectively), and my sister chose me like Diego’s godmother!! Secondly, November 16^th was my relationship anniversary, and I went to the beach with my boyfriend to celebrate our 3 years together, it was a beautiful and funny weekend. Thirdly, I studied many specials phenomenon in an interesting subject of the legal psychology area. Finally, I visited Valdivia and Chiloe the last summer too, I loved those holidays!

However, 2013 had bad things too, for example, the past year my little turtle died, this situation was very sad and tragic, I prefer don’t tell you that :’( besides, the dentist removed me 4 molars for the orthodontic treatment, it was very painful!! …but in general, 2013 was a good year, these were the only exception. For other part, I consider I had some achievements, for example, the past year I learnt to swim the crawl, backstroke and butterfly style, because I went to swimming at the swimming pool of my university, and I learnt with Antonio, my swimming coach, it was very funny!!!

Finally, I forgot to tell you that I moved out to Conchali in March, I like it, because I lived in Colina before, but this place is far away of my university and other places. However, I was near of my boyfriend in Colina… we can’t have all that we want! :(

   

My best friend

Hi classmates! Today I will tell you about my best friend. Firstly, I want to explain you that I think a good friend should have the next qualities: This person should be reliable, should have empathy, and should be concerned for the friendship. Also, a good friend should be an unconditional partner, because this person should be in good times and bad times.

I consider myself a friendly person, because I always try to cultivate my friendships; for example I always call to my friends and ask about their life, their problems, etc. Also, I frequently listen to my friends with empathy and patience, and I try to give a good advice to their too. But, I consider that I don’t make friends easily, because I think that a person can have many acquaintances, but few real friends, and for this reason I try to choose my friends carefully.

In any case, I have a good relationship with people in general, but especially I have a very good friendship with Pamela, my best friend. I met her at high school, and we’ve had a good friendship from that moment on. I value that she is very funny and friendly, and we have a great mutual understanding.

I remember that I had a big family problem the last year, and Pamela offered her help to me, and she was a good company. Also I remember an anecdote too… I don’t wanted to celebrate my last birthday, but she made me a surprise party! And I was very happy, but also their surprise scared me, because my friends turned off all the lights and my house was plunged into total darkness, and then they shouted me “happy birthday”, when I came in my house… and I shouted too, but for the astonishment. 

Environment

Hi classmates! This week I will tell you about looking after the environment and about what shade of green I’m. Firstly, I think this is a recurrent theme at present, and people must learn environmentally friendly practices, include me. I think some people learn about it from their families like a life lesson, other people learn it in their schools and other people learn about it from the media.

Personally, I don’t have incorporated recycling into my habits, and I don’t use a bike or my legs instead of a car, because I am not a green person; well, I think we must become aware of looking after the environment, and I try to not pollute the environment every day, but I must admit that I don’t have incorporated many green practices in my life, for example, I always use the public transportation, probably because my family don’t taught me about green practices in my childhood, nor my teachers in the school.

I don’t have joined or supported any eco-organization, because the same reason, I don’t have become aware about this theme. But I would like to do it, for learn about environment and for amend with the nature. Besides, I would like to learn to reduce my carbon footprint, because I don’t know how it is.

Maybe, my own behavior is a reflection of my own society, specifically of Santiago, where the pollution is a quotidian problem, for the excessive traffic, the public transport, the factories, and the itself culture, because the awareness is missing in this city.

Egypt

Hi teacher and classmates! Today I will tell you about a country I would like to visit. I always have wanted to visit Egypt, because I want to visit the pyramids. I think these monuments are very important and interesting because these contain part of the history of this country. I don’t know a lot of Egypt, only a few about its history, because my highschool teachers taught me about this. Well, I know that Egypt is in Africa continent, its capital is The Cairo, and this country is famous for its three pyramids: Keops, Kefren and Micerino.

If I travel to Egypt someday of my life, I would like to see the pyramids up close; I would like to have a tourist guide because he would teach about its history, its construction, its architecture, its mystery and secrets. Especially, I would like come in the pyramids, and I would like find secrets passages, treasures and mysteries, like “the mummy” movie, and I would like ride on camel too.

I wouldn’t like to study, work or live there, because I don’t know anything about its cities, its population and their lifestyles, I think only I would like to visit or go to holidays to Egypt, because I imagine its culture is very different of my own culture, and I think it can be very difficult to adapt to living in a new country and a new culture. What do you think?? Bye!!!

Animals and pets

Hi classmates! Today I will tell you about animals and pets, I’m very cheerful because I choose this theme in the voting! I really consider myself like an animal lover!! The animals are amazing in the all senses… their physical appearance, their colours, their behaviour, their natural wisdom, etc. For this reason, now I have three dogs, five fishes and two turtles, the dogs are called Peca, Pelusa and Simon, the turtles, Perry and Larry, and the fishes don’t have names yet. But, these are few pets, because when I was a kid I have twenty rabbits, three turtles, two frogs, ten fishes, two dogs, two ducks and two hamsters, my family and I really are animal lovers.

For this reason, I’m absolutely in disagreement with the use of animals for medical research. I think always the animals are hurt in one way or another for this cause. The scientists don’t consider the suffering of the animals, only because the animals can’t say “I feel pain”.

On the other hand... many animals are violent or wild by nature and the human shouldn’t try to train them. Others animals react with violence when they are scared. For example, I have been bitten by dogs, rabbits and hamsters once in a while; the dogs bite was the most painful, but I love dogs still, because they haven’t blame.

 I think if I could be an animal I would choose the lion, because it’s strong, wild, sleepy, beautiful, and it’s the king of the jungle jajaja. What animal would you be? Bye!!!

A depressed country

The article is about that Chile had a poor score in the “Better Life Index 2013”, a comparative scale calculated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where Chile appears like one of the least happy member nations.

According to the Universidad de Concepcion’s study, roughly 31,5 percent of Chileans will endure a psychological problem or disorder at some time in their life. In the case of females, they usually suffer emotional disorders like depression or anxiety, and in the case of men, they usually endure drug addiction or alcohol abuse and dependence.  

But the stress is very common in all the persons for the routine problems, nevertheless, all the people don’t suffer a real psychological problem, and there are strict criteria for these diagnoses.

There is a way to analyze the effect of these mental problems: “disability adjusted life years (DALYS)”, it is a metric system that calculates the years life lost for the persons for different health problems or disorders.

For other part, the author says that beside employees of different jobs suffer “presenteeism” effect: these are slow productivity for mental health problems.

A good point for our country is the new National Mental Health Program where the mental problems were included in the AUGE plan. But a bad point for Chile are the social inequality, it probably is the reason for the health mental problems of the Chileans.

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/blogs/161-matthew-owens/26329-mental-health-is-chile-a-depressed-country

My favourite movie

Hi everybody, today I’ll tell you about my favourite movie. Firstly, I want to tell you that I love watching movies, because I think the movies are very funnies and these are a good hobby. And I want to clarify that I prefer watching movies at home because this is more comfortable than watching movies at the cinema...I can lay down on my sofa and eat all food that I want.

Well, my favourite movie is “The Notebook”, it is a romantic film, and the stars are Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. The story is about a couple in love: Noah (Ryan) is a pour teenager who meet to Allie (Rachel), a rich adolescent in a funfair. From the moment when they saw them, they fall in love deeply, but they had to distance for the class difference. But the love is stronger than the differences, and they meet again in a passionate scene.

I love this movie, because I liked the ending... it is a great surprise: The story is narrated by an old man, who related it to an old woman with Alzheimer's disease. In the end, we understand that the old persons are Noah and Allie!! Noah narrated the same story to Allie all days, because he remained hopeful that she would remember their love.   

I recommend you this movie!!! Bye!!!