What I learn!

Well, even though this semester has been hard, I think I do my best. I've learnt a lot of grammar and to express myself. I am anxious about the next years for many reasons, first for the ELAB and also for how is going to be next year. I hope I can improve and learn more than this year.

Karla's Interview

Karla's Interview

Karla's interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC826APHxE0
I didn't know how to put the video in the post. Sorry!

Karla's interview

Happiness

I suppose that when you are focus in something you try to do your best and not make mistakes. That is flow, concentrated the most on what you are doing. And of course that is very connected to life satisfaction. When you do something good you know it in the very first time, when you are concentrated in something in your life you have a huge chance to do it good.
Satisfaction is when you feel fulfill with something, is when you look the person who you are fall in love with and see that is perfect for you.
There are considered important because happiness is one of the most important things that people look in life. It is suppose that when you feel or are happy everything is better, and you can reach as many goals as you want.
My happiest moment in my life was when my little brother got out of kinder garden. He looked so pretty and happy! And he even knew why we all were I school, but he just danced his reggaeton and I was so proud of him!
The person who inspired me are actually two, and are my parents. They are together and they are overcome many problems that life puts in front. I always look at them and I feel proud of the family they are raise to.

Eva Luna - Isabel Allende

Eva Luna
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I had read Eva Luna. In this book Isabel Allende created a story about a girl who was born in a village where she was taken away from her mother and she was taken to an old house to grow up and be raise there. She started to work in this house as a servant. What Isabel Allende means in this book, for me, is that even when you life would be too hard from the beggining, you have always found something that makes you live better.
Eva Luna was raised in a very special place where the the owner was a scientist who embalm people. In this situation, Eva Luna must adopt to that reality I try to survive as best as possible. No one would even worry about her, so she has to take care of herself.
With the years, Eva Lune must try to maintein her job and also look for something better. That is when she started to tell stories, she just created a story for nothing, so she decided to charge for it.
Even though life is hard to live, you may also enjoy it trough littles things. We as humans being do not worry about how to be happy, we just wake up every day without thinking in that probably someone could die that night and we were not, I think we have to appreciate our life and stop complaining about nothing.

The Fear - Lily Allen

I heard it about one year ago, and I knew it because I liked Lili Allen.
I think she is quite a irreverent girl, also beautiful and a great singer. This song in particular make me encourage myself to do what I have to, think on my future, even thoght the song is sort of extremely I take it to my own reality. The lyric is about a girl how make whatever she wants as long as she become famous and being recognize by society. Despite the fact of how the song sounds I feel kind of powerful because is kind of cheeky and dinamic. Maybe is embarrasing but is the kind of song that you heard and walk on the street feeling the most powerful person.
Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL6DlOQIwaY


Lily Allen - The Fear

I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don’t care about clever I don’t care about funny
I want loads of clothes and f***loads of diamonds
I heard people die while they are trying to find them

I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless
‘Cuz everyone knows that’s how you get famous
I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror
I’m on the right track yeah I’m on to a winner

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore
I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
‘Cuz I’m being taken over by The Fear

Life’s about film stars and less about mothers
It’s all about fast cars and passing each other
But it doesn’t matter cause I’m packing plastic
and that’s what makes my life so f***ing fantastic

And I am a weapon of massive consumption
and its not my fault it’s how I’m program to function
I’ll look at the sun and I’ll look in the mirror
I’m on the right track yeah I’m on to a winner

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore
I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
‘Cuz I’m being taken over by The Fear

Forget about guns and forget ammunition
Cause I’m killing them all on my own little mission
Now I’m not a saint but I’m not a sinner
Now everything is cool as long as I’m getting thinner

I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore
I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
‘Cause I’m being taken over by fear

The Forest of the Pygmies (El bosque de los pigmeos)

This was my third book I’ve read, and the last but not least of the Isabel Allende’ triology. In this third book the adventures between Alexander Cold y Nadia Santos finnaly goes to end. This final part take place in Africa and talks about the slavery in that forbidden part of the world.
The book start when National Geographic magazine ask to Kate Cold to write an article of safaris in Africa. She decided to take her grandson Alexander and his friend Nadia to the innocent safari there. In the middle of the safari something went wrong and they had to look for help in the middle of nothing. Just this the adventure started. They lost in Africa; they have to take care of dangerous animals, so when they are escaping from a lion is when the met a missionary Fernando Gonzalez who was going to a little and hidden village looking for other lost missionary.
The group of the National Geographic thought in their possibilities to survive alone and decided to go with Fernando. Kate ask the pilot of the plane Angie to take them to the village in it is suppose to be the lost missionary. When they got there they realized they were under the command of Kosongo, king of the village and a person who suppose to have supernatural powers. , who also was under the command of Mbembelé, king of the country in which there are traffic of marble, people and diamond that is why no one wants to interrupt those business. Kosongo used to pygmies as servant to look food, marble or gold. One night Nadia used her power of invisibility to talk to the littles pygmies and they told everything that have been happened since Kosongo got there. Nadia told the group everything the pygmies said and they make a plan to recover the power and gave back to Nana-Asante, the old queen of this lands. One night Nadia got in the shack of Kosongo to take the holy amulet. With this amulet and help by the pygmies, the group faces up Kosongo and his soldiers. Alexander killed him and Nana-Asante got back to the land to recover the live that have been taken for more than fifteen years.
When the group got back to New York city, Alexander gave to Kate the notes he took in every trip during three years to make a book of that. She wrote all notes to preserve the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar.

My beautiful country

I feel that we take much time to critize how our country is working, but we don't realize the beautiful things we can find if we want to. We have been copy the gringo’behaviour being selfish and have been losing our warm charisma. Moreover I am more than disappointed about the way in which the government is managed the mapuche conflict and other problems that have been appearing lately.
With all things considered I feel proud of being Chilean, we have a gorgeous weather, an awesome sea, a huge mountain, beautiful valleys and funny habits.
Unfortunately I feel ashamed of the educations that some intuitions (public) give and of the lack of respect that we have for our nationals monuments.
In my opinion Chilean culture is all about picaresque behaviour, to be kind of cheeky and try to get everything.

Kingdom of Golden Dragon

The second book I am reading so far is “Kingdom of the Golden Dragon”, the second part of the first book I posted on. This book is the sequel of the adventures of Alexander Cold and Nidia Santos but now in the Himalayas.
I believe that Isabel Allende wanted to get us into real fantasy. The places, the characters, the life are true but the tram itself is invented by her. In this case they have to travel to Himalayas to protect an old statue in a chinese kingdom.
The title is obviously reflected in the story, also this book is kind of book that you can read in a couple of days because is fast, entertaining and funny.

I love the way in which Isabel Allende write her books, she is one of the most awesome latin writer for me and in this particular book she wants us to understand the importance of trust and confident in our friends. The relationship between Alexander and Nadia is all about a completely trust in each other; even they are completely different in order to culture, education, way of thinking and way to act, they were able to build a friendship that will go beyond time.

La ciudad de las bestias

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Well I’m going to talk about “La ciudad de las bestias” of the chilean writer Isabel Allende. First of all I have to say that I am a fan of her because I think she is a fabulous woman, very representative of chilean women, she doesn’t have fear of writes what she wants.
In this particular book, which she dedicated to her three grandchildren, she talks about the adventures of Alexander Cold. He has to visit his grandmother Kate in New York; she is a famous writer of the National Geographic Magazine. Their relationship is kind of weird because even he adores her for being so independent and crude, he thinks that she doesn’t respect anybody and he believe she doesn’t love him. For the other hand she adores her grandson Alex because he is the only person in the world that reminds her youth even though she isn’t that into demonstrated love to anyone.
Then they have to travel to the Amazona where they are going to start their adventures. There he knows to Nadia Santos. She is a brasilian girl that loves her country. They start to know each other and realize how much have in common. I think that this relationship is most interesting of what I’ve read so far. They try to live with their cultural differences and make a friendship. I have relations like that, in which no word needs, with people that understand me just like I am.
The other relation that I can see so far is with his mother. Alexandre goes there looking for some answers to his mother’ illness. I am very close to my mom too, it seems to me that moms are the most reliable persons with you. I could do anything for my mom if she needs.

The most real test

The first thing that called my attention is that almost everything that the test said is true, I`ve never seen in that way though. In many cases we are afraid of make mistakes or pretend to be someone that we aren`t. I have to confess that I’m what I`m just with my closer friends or family. I would like to accept myself as I am and act according to what I like or dislike.
I learnt one word; is unwind which means to relax. And two expressions The first one is to give the first leap which means to give the first step in something and the daily grind which means the daily routine in the city.
I loved the website because it is a excellent way to know myself and to see thing that I can’t always realize, and absolutely will help people to know themselves.
The second test that I’ve made was about love and I have to say that it was really but REALLY truthful. I was surprised how right it was. I love real tests and not the ones that are so predictable that even a kid could tell me the same resoults.

Winter Vacations

First of all I loved my winter vacations because they were too long and I had the posiblility to rest, to sleep, to have fun, to travel and to enjoy this kind of little freedom after four months.
I spent my home time cooking and changing my bedroom`s appearance. I painted the walls, bought a kind of staff and made of my bedroom a nice place to be.
Also I spent five days with my boyfriend in Viña del Mar; we went to party and to the famous place of chorrillanas called J.Cruz hide in a small and short street in Valparaíso. How those that don`t know it, it is a very traditional restaurant in which serve huge and low-price chorrillanas. Moreover you can write a leyend on the table, the chairs, the walls or wherever you want. I really recomended this place how enjoy of good food and don`t have a lot of money to spend.