Enviromental care?

Since I was a little girl I’ve been looking nature from a window, I mean, from the distance. I know that we all have the responsibility to take care and contribute with it, but I can’t think with a ‘’green heart’’ or something like that, I really don’t know the reason.  Maybe I’m that kind of person who thinks in other things in life but never thinks in the place they’re living. But c’mon, I’m not that bad as a green person, I can say that I help but with little actions: now that I live in a big city, most of my attitudes and actions have changed: now I can’t walk to other places like the school or relatives and friend’s houses because they’re more far from me, so I have to take any transport, and that’s a fact that I can’t change, unfortunately. When this situations happens I start to think in the last year, when I lived in Los Andes, and life were more easy and friendly with nature, you can walk everyday and use your bike any time you want, because is a kind of town, also they have a recycling program and you can put your recyclable trash in a special place; and the best thing (in my opinion, of course) is that they don’t use many transports: if you can walk and you have time, you just do that without a problem, is a quiet city with a lot of trees and green areas. Luckily, every time I travel there I try to walk around the neighbor or I just go for a ride with my dog and enjoy the fresh air and obviously, to admire the landscape.
But here in Santiago is harder for do something for time troubles or just a disorganization thing: the only thing that I do now, is put my trash in order to recycling it later and (only when I have a little more time) walk instead take a bus. I think that I would do more than that, but as I said before, I never felt something like a real connection with nature, so I don’t move myself to do something new, is sadness now that I realized.

Maybe that’s the reason of why I think that I don’t have a green conscience ,now that I think, is because any time I contributed with nature, I did it for other reasons and not for taking care of the environment. Anyway, I’m helping in some way I think. I’ll try to do something new in the short time, something like make other persons to think about their actions and the ways that they have for contribute with this important cause, we’re very selfish and I believe that we need more than just television, radio or internet advisement to make a change, I think that we need a real campaign about this theme like every month or something like that, and with all this, maybe more people (including myself) could join to take care and responsibility that environment deserves.

Only Books know how to take you to another place…

I started to read when I was five. My mom taught me in that moment, so I became in a lover of books, but in my house we don’t have many books and that’s were a problem to me. Then, when I started school I used to read only the books that I have to read. But when I grew up, I felt in love with literature. This happened because I’ve read a book called ‘’La Tregua’’ of Mario Benedetti and I enjoyed a lot, and I wanted to read it all the times that I want. In that moment I realized that books are more than just words and can give to you good or bad experiences. So, actually I’m a kind of worm book but not in the compulsive way, I read everything that I can and I want, I have to say that I prefer the non-fiction genre, like novels or dramas, even the investigative ones. My favorite writer is Gabriel García Márquez, who writes my favorite book too: ‘’ Cien Años de Soledad’’ and my favorite Chilean writer is Hernán Rivera Letelier. My favorite character from literature is Marianela, from the book that has the same name, she’s my favorite because represent the innocence and real love for someone, is a kind of heroine for me (in feelings themes).

 

The last book that I read it was called ‘’El Amor en Los Tiempos de Cólera’’, writed by my favorite author. It took me like three weeks to read, but I enjoyed a lot, the story is about a impossible and ‘eternal’ love because the man in the story felt in love with a girl, but she doesn’t love him in the same way. So he wait for her love, she married and got children and when his husband died the first man back in the game and finally gets the love that always wanted to live.  I recommended only if you want this kind of stories is long and it demands time; but I recommended because is a great story with a big lesson behind: don’t leave your dreams behind, just wait to the right time and the right place and you will get what you want.

An unusual independence day holidays

Independence Day holidays are a very special date in my family, because we are very traditional and the most important part is the typical food. My mom cooks a lot, she spends like three days doing this and she needs help, so I go to the kitchen and I give her a hand. Meanwhile my dad is with his computer and his sound equipment and he puts some national music, so we have a good ambient in the house. My two little sisters keep living in their world, they know something about the independence but they enjoy more the food and the free time that they have these days. What I really like about Independence Day holidays are the time that I have to spend with my family and all the things that we can do together. And if I start to think, I can say that I don’t hate or dislike something of these days, I’m not a totally patriotic person but I prefer to enjoy the other side of this holidays as I said before, sharing with the people that I love.

This Independence Day holidays were very unusual because we were celebrating my parent’s anniversary on 17^th September, and I decided to go out in the night but I have a bad luck episode: I fall when I was walking with some of my friends and I trusted my ankle, so I went to the urgency and they put me a plaster. I was sad in that moment, I ruined my family’s plan for holidays, and they were mad but just for a day, fortunately. So I spend five days in home, staying at bed and trying to enjoy time with my parents, sisters and friends that come to visit me. Maybe I couldn’t do everything that I have planed but it was a great moment, I learned how important are some situations for change plans and keep having a good time, is all about the capacity for be more optimistic in life… I hope the next Independence Day Holidays will more active and without accidents haha

A kind of heaven.

When holidays are coming, many people think in spend that time traveling to other countries, but I prefer to travel in my own country, specially to the south. I’ve been doing this travel since I was a child, and I always say that is my favorite site to travel in Chile, no matter if is for a holiday or for another reason.
If someone asks me, I have to say that my best holidays were this year. I traveled in February with my parents and my two little sisters, we went in car and the first place that we visit was Temuco and then, we arrive to the most fantastic city (in my opinion, of course): Valdivia. We spend a week there and we did a lot of things, like eat fishes or other foods that we didn’t know in that moment, travel to other islands (like Chaihuin- that has an amazing beach with wonderful colors and incredible views-, Mancera, Isla del Rey, and others that I can’t remember right now), or having a quiet moment in a boat.
I think that these holidays were the best because I spent a special time with my family, I found places and I felt in love whit the peace that involves you and specially because the south cities reminds me my childhood and all the things that composes me, I felt like in home.
All this travels to the south makes me wonder if some holiday, when I have to decide where to go alone, in the future, I will choose this places. And then I answer to myself: Of course I’m going to! There’s not like the south, is a kind of heaven for me. If you have the chance to go, please don’t lose the opportunity, and enjoy all the surprises that the south of Chile offers to you.
Here’s some images of Niebla (Valdivia) and Lago Panguipulli (another city located in the south). I’m simply in love with all of these places.

If you ask me for travel?…

One of the countries that I would like to visit is Francia, because it has a lot of culture to offer for all the people that have artistic likes and want to know more about other cultures. Another reason when I think that I woul like to travel to Francia is that I really don’t know a lot of things abou it. In fact, the only thing that I know is their language- I love french accent- I have to say that I would like to learn it, if I have the oportunity someday.

I would like to stay in Francia for a long time,  like six months or something. I’d want to visit another cities like Bordeaux (because I heard once about their wines-a lot of specialist says that here is the best wine in the world), or Marsella because it has many quiet places with beaches or forests, and this kind of cities are the best in my opinion (yes, I’m that kind of person that enjoys knowing a city by their history, or just walking around their streets and asking everything to other people). I would like to see the life in Francia, work in some place and know more about their culture, problems or celebrations. I think that if you want to know a country, you need more than two weeks, and the ‘’city tours’’ are too fast to do this, you can’t enjoy all the things that a place can offer to you.  That’s why, in my future plans, I hope to travel to other countries (including Francia) for some years, and then come back to my country, becoming with more cultural knowledge and experience for life. The world is waiting for us and we just have to take the first step (if the opportunity arises).
Here is some photos of Marsella

What about decisions? Don’t wanna talk about it.

I really don’t know about what can I write here. This is the last post. And I thought that it has to be something good, or something that people or even myself can read in the future and can think : mmm, this was myself writing is some blog on my first year college. I was a nice person, but now I know that I’m better than that, I’ve been growing up with the years and I’ve become in a better person. I will try that this words over here can show something like that.
time is flying away, like he was running for something
running away for fears, looking for happines, closing his eyes in front the reality.
reality..the only enemy of time.
The time, and his lovely way of passing slow
when you needed less
and passing faster, whe you needed more.
And the burlesque reality, trying to show you everything that life has.
trying, because never is like that.
And people say: you must calm, breath and continue with your things
like nothing.
Sometimes i get the feeling that I don’t know where I am. What I’m doing.
Why I choosed this? Is the right way?… The best decision?
I can’t calm myself when I know that something is not okay. When I know that I lost myself between the bad decisions and the bad results.
I’m not confused. I know that I have to do something.

But the cuestion is: did I have to do something right now? or just wait a little time to think more in my future decisions?
This year until now, has been harder, more than I was expecting.
I had to say goodbye to a person who undertook a different way of life. She is in a better place, that’s for sure. I will always love my grandma, I still miss you, but we will see each other soon.
I had to discard any possibility in love stuff, because the only person who used to be my everything, is going to be a father in a few months.
I had to start again, separated of my parents, building new dreams in academic world, making new friends, making everything again.
Maybe I’m not in the right place, in the right career. But I have to make everyday a new day full of learnings and infinites searchings for knowing myself a little more.
Life is waiting to begin everyday.. but I don’t know how to begin…And I’ll never know, no ones know. That’s the curious part.

But, don’t give up! And always try to keep a smile with you. Maybe today you can see the things with other colors

My own tracklist

All we know how music is important in our lives. Everytime and every day wehave a little song or just a melody inside us, which accompanies us and gives some colour to our thoughts and feelings. I really don’t know what would it be of my life without music, and I know that many people may think the same but they don’t says to the others. Music completes every moment that I live, and as I enjoy listening I also like (a lot) sing. I’ve been singing since I was 3 years old, my father teached me really good songs and this is the principal reason for what I know so many balads and old songs. So, when I started to live here in Santiago, I realized that I was missing something about my old city and about myself, something that make my days complete and filled my heart in a unknow form. And the answer was just this: Sing songs at least once in a day. So then, i decided to present to you a tracklist with my favourite songs that can’t be out of my days, at least in a week. Yes, all this letters that I wrote was just an introduction, but don’t worry, here

comes the best part.

note: it was a hard decision to pick just some songs, I felt a very bad at the moment that i choosed a for one. I hope you like =).
1. The Carpenters – Close to you
2.Alan Parson Project- Don’t Answer me
3. Smashing Pumpkins- 1979
4. The Beatles- Don’t let me down
5. David Gates- Suite, Clouds & Rain
6. The Doors- My eyes Have seen you
7. Rod Stewart- The year of the cat
8. E.L.O- Shangri La
9. The Bangles- Eternal Flame
10. The Cure- Close to me.

More than a teacher.

When you are studying a career with a lot of important people through history, you don’t know who to choose. But when I was 16, a few years ago, I did a school job with research, and I met a Chilean woman who did a great job being a teacher. Her name is Amanda Labarca, and she also was a writer, feminist and a political woman. She was born in Santiago on December, 5 in 1886. She graduated from Instituto Pedagogico, in Universidad de Chile, as a state teacher with Spanish mention; then she studied in some other countries like EE.UU and France.
In 1922 she obtained the position of Extraordinary Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Education at Universidad de Chile, becoming the first Chilean woman to teach college-level teaching. She was elected President of the Chilean Federation of Feminine Institutions. And wrote numerous books of education and feminism. She died in Santiago on January 2, 1975, at age 88.
I really like all the things that Amanda could make in their life, because she could study and become in the first woman to teach college-level teaching. And her own life was dedicated to fighting for what she wanted. She is a big inspiration for me, I would like to make something better in education, being someone that contributes to my work, and her life is just inspiring for me.

The spontaneous: The funniest.

I’ve been thinking for a while about what picture I could choose for this. And suddenly, the perfect one appears on my mind: this photograph thah you can see is very special, is about my family, my everything.
I really like this picture because I’m with my parents and they are my best friends, my two Little sisters: Fernanda (next to my dad) and Paula (next to my mum) and the cutest dog, koté (the friendly poddle). Is funny because this photo was taken for nobody, my dad adjusted the camera and then he went to sit with us. This was on 2010, for a special ocasion: we needed a familiar photo for the graduation ceremony and we wait until the last day for do this, that’s why my dad was wearing a shirt and shorts haha.  I also like because is spontaneus, and if you really look every face with atention you will note that my mum looks serious, but she’s not like that, she is more smiley and loving, simply the best . Other funny detail is about my sisters and me, we are very similar: the face form, lips and hair. Everybody says that we are the same person in different ages.
I would like to print this photo (or take another one, more updated) and put in some special place in my house.

Thinking on a tree: the life tree

Sometimes I think on the meaning of life and when I think on this, I have just one image: I see it like a big tree and the trunk it has to support the shocks, the pain and things like that, the tree of life needs a strong trunk. And for me, this trunk is formed by family and friendship, they both are really important in every stage of life. Family is always with you, and you know it as  you know that the sun will apear everyday when the morning comes, but… when you think on friendship, you have the same view?.  Some people would answer this question with a big yes, and other people more realistic probably would keep thinking for a while before answer it.
This kind of things make me think a lot, because when you have a good relationship with your friends it’s easy to think that you can keep that even if anything happens someday. But life keeps changing , and for different reasons (distance, studies, even love stuff) make friendship a little wasted.And now  I’m worried because I  don’t want to this kind of things could happen to me. So I decided to tell to all my friends, as a way to prevent anything, that we must see each other every wekend and talk about our lifes, and keep with our friendship as always. But I realized that this is impossible to do now, because we are studying and we must be responsible.
So, the only alternative that i have is thinking that friendship is like a gum, it can stretch and stretch and never be separated. And always be grateful to share any good time with they. And with all that, the tree trunk can staying strong and keep growing up with love and new experiences.
A little advice: always take care of your friends and obviously, of your family.