English Learning

The true is that English has never been a serious subject for me, since I learned the basics in first grade in Boston, so I started reading and writing in English and then in Spanish. So I would need to improve in a more technical sense, in the science area for it to really be a challenge. I prefer using everything I can in English language since I find it more poetic and better said than in Spanish, and that is why I keep using it continuously, such as computer, cellphone, series, games, etc. I hate it when people ask me to speak in English from the nothingness, since it is boring and I become uncomfortably conscience, and since no one speaks it I find it unneeded. And as a translator I am incredibly lazy, but when it is needed I do it. I do think blogs are an incredibly comfortable way to learn writing, especially when there is someone to correct and clear ones doubts. And I enjoyed the fact that the teacher enhanced our learning process by making us have a conversation with him, I think it is the best course of action If you wish to learn the language, doing it not only on a test. I do not like filming videos tho, I prefer a live interrogation and expression of Ideas. I normally don't have the ability to make a fluid conversation in Spanish, since I forget a lot in the moment what I was about to say, I end up blank, or I can't find the correct word to express something, or I think the word in English, so the same thing happens to me when I speak in English, and when I write I tend to write backwards some letters of the words, but that is just me. I really liked the Idea of not demanding an English accent or a British way of speaking, since I am more comfortable with the North american way of speaking which is more lax, tho it might be a little harder to follow. And unless they make the English learning process more natural at school, as learning any mother language, getting good results will be a challenge.    

Changes

Today I will talk about the changes I would make to my study programme. A generalized criticism for every career, is that there are Teachers who have no real interest in teaching who should not be included in the plan.

In general, I think Teachers should give the material with proper basic understanding of what they are going to evaluate, to get the right results, and don't expect for the students to guess what is it that they are going to be evaluated. So teachers who have no interest in teaching, and desire for the student to learn by themselves, as they did in ancient times, should not be put in the programmes, and this should be a criteria to be a teaching professional.

Till so far I don't think I would change many things, the load of courses should be maximum 5 at most and that is kept till now. I hate the idea of tests done late in the day, like 6 pm, at that hour after classes, one has reduced energy and process ability. All tests should be put in the morning in the moment of the class, because it extends the study day  to 8 pm in which you aren't at your optimal condition, and considering you may have other evaluations the next day, it is just killing.

A big problem that arises is when a teacher gets too behind schedule in classes, there should be a method to recover those lost hours, or maybe have some one to cover the teacher in case he can't come, or a protected time for extra lessons,  instead of just staying behind. Organization is always required, and to generate a programme which includes the possibility of losing a day or two.

A good thing they fixed in some courses, is that all the tests and evaluations are common for everyone, eliminating the differences in difficulty due to the different way of teaching the teachers have. I think it is a good thing they didn't put anatomy as a course, since it requires only memory, and it can be passed better in physiology, mixing the organ and the function.   

The good thing about the subjects is that each one has its own helpers which are needed, but sometimes their time is loaded with their own classes and they end up not doing assistant ship, this should be regulated some way, there should be true commitment for those who volunteered for this service.

Summer Days Sunny Days!

The next summer holidays I will probably go to Algarrobo for some weeks, for a change of air. I don't like swimming that much at the beach, I am more of a sea lion person, who sleeps in the sand loving the sea at front. I hope I can eat delicious things, even though I don't like fish that much, and I wish to rest a lot without thinking of the university. I will probably play video games, and if the pool is functional I will maybe swim if someone wishes to accompany me. Me and my family like walking around and shopping at the local craft fairs, so we don't get bored much.

Obviously my plans are free for any idea that may arise in these vacations, so if someone invites me over to for example Villarica again, I will be more than happy to oblige. 

We had the idea to save money to go to Mexico as a family, but my brother betrayed us and decided to go with his girlfriend the last September holidays, so we might withhold that idea for another year. But if we decide to do it it might be the first I am able to finally meet a Dolphin and swim with them, I would feel accomplished. It must be nice to see the architecture of the pyramids surrounded by the green scenery live.  I know there are many panoramas to take, but a stroll around the city sounds nice. I know everything is expensive so I will have to control myself, and memorize that seeing is enough. 

Scars of my Body

Today we will talk about the painful memories my body sustains from being to careless or simply bad luck.

I remember that when I was at school, once I fell on the back of a chair, cutting my chin. When I was a child I burnt myself with an electric iron.  I also got bitten twice by two different dogs. When I was small a Rottweiler my aunt had for protection caged outside, escaped and bit me in the head, I literally had my head in his jaws. I don't remember the scene but that is what I was told. The second time was when I was older, a stray dog bit me on my right arm because he didn't want me near, it was a mix of a Doberman and who knows what more. It was the first time I used a plaster, and I still I carry two scars that represent the spots of the bite marks, they look as if I was vaccinated, and they are located on my right elbow. I didn't stop liking dogs, but I try to be extra careful around them, since I know I attract the jaws of the dogs. When I was too small to remember anything (thankfully) I almost lost my left ring finger, because my brother closed the door of the railing from behind too strongly, without looking, and I had unfortunately put my finger in between. They told me it was cut in two, united by a thread of skin, and you could see the bone, so my mother instinctively put it back together  as she took me to the emergency center. They stitched it up and I am happy to say I didn't lose it, even though it could have been a sad possibility. And my last tale will be about the time I sprained my foot (I don't remember which one), it is not a gruesome story but I remember I had a dance performance after I had the lesion. It was an event with an elegant cocktail, which I assisted and danced even though my foot hurt a lot, I still remember myself trying to smile hard to not show the pain.

Eternally studying

I am not really good at planning beforehand, but if the opportunity arises I will try to take as much chances to study as I can. Studying and improvement is vital for any good professional, so if Money and Time let me, I would like to take many courses, like one involving good manufacture process, or pharmacovigilance, and toxicology. I will have to study the laws involving drugs and pharmaceutical procedures, because if I get a job in the ministry of health, in the pharmaceutical division, my responsibility will be to help in the development of laws which can be life changing. Also, since in the pharmacies we usually are the ones in charge of the personnel, courses of leadership and study of the laws regarding the employees will be necessary, but I believe pharmacies will enlighten us with other masters and courses we may need. A Master in public Health and a Master in management control might be needed if I want to reach a high position. If I decide to go on a more clinical position at a hospital for example, it is needed a PhD. Where I would like to study them, will be the decided at the moment of taking them, because if some are abroad then I will have to travel but I would only take it if the course is short termed, for a Masters degree I would probably choose Chile. I would have to take them in my free time, because I wont stop working to finish them, so it may be exhausting, but they are much needed to reach perfection. Also, it would be nice if I could take a course in the country of source, with the best knowledge in the area. Depending on the offers and my availability of time, online courses may be more easy to take. And within time, I will realize what is what I need to do to specialize in the area I decide to venture in.

Futuuuure Jooob!

 As I am studying Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, My range of possible Job is pretty wide. I do see my self working first in a pharmacy and then probably moving to an administrative kind of Job, which can be in a hospital or even a governmental position in the ministry of Health  related to pharmaceutical stuff. I like regulating the system to look for ways to improve. If the opportunity rises, traveling would be nice but I wouldn't want it to be that often. I am more of an indoor worker, I don't like the idea of having to do my job outside or to travel from one place to another. I am happy with receiving a comfortable salary that would let me buy some luxuries, but that doesn't mean it has to be ostentatious, I don't like the idea of widening the gap between poor and rich, there should be a limit for everyone as to how much we can receive per job. I am not really interested right now about taking a major because my main interest is to finish as soon as I can my career and start working. My dream is to reach happiness and being able to help people offering them the best service they can get, because it is sad that in this country you feel like nobody does things right, respecting people.

Yummy Food

So Today I will talk about my favourite food which is a variety of pastas, from Lasagna to any kind of shaped type of pasta. I like when the pasta is accompanied with tomato sauce, alfredo sauce, eggs and when it is combined with mushroom or shrimps. I like the taste and obviously the elegance behind every dish, that makes it so tempting. I eat them very often, like for 2 or 3 days a week and I never get enough, it makes me happy.

My Surname is Italian so I do honor to my name, my father, who has even more Italian blood doesn't like it as much as I do. Recently I have started to put a lot of grated cheese on top, before I used to eat them with only the ingredients they used to make them. And I eat most of the normal types, spaghetti, ravioli, butterfly, Macaroni, twists, shells, manicotti, Gnocchi, etc; but I am always up for new mixes like pasta with sauce and tuna, crab cannelloni or even spaghetti made with octopus ink.

It may be a really caloric dish, but it never fails when I ask for them in a restaurant. I also like pizzas, I remember when I was small they took us to a pizzeria to make one for ourselves, and to eat at the end! It was a fun experience. I still have a lot of new kinds to explore and eat so my journey has only begun!

Hobbies

Today we are going to talk about hobbies, if the university let me I would probably be filled with them, but that is not going to happen any time soon. I am not an athletic nor sports person, so my hobbies include more computer activities such as watching anime series and listening to music. Oh and I love reading manga too, it sorts of blends with watching series, since sometimes they share the same authors.

At school I started seeing series mainly from the Tv, but from time to time I started looking for series on the internet and continued doing so. As for Manga, it started soon after watching Anime. 

For those who not know a Manga is a comic, mainly in black and white, with its origins in japan (most of the times, since some people sell their works as a Manga, but are from another country), so it is read from right to left, and it starts backwards, from the last page used in western literature. A Manhwa is a comic made in Korea. I love seeing the art, it makes the reading lighter and  it expresses many emotions.

When It comes to series, I love Animes that leave you with an angsty feeling, the best ones are the ones in which I suffer, So slice of life and shoujo (girly themes) aren't usually of my liking. I also look for more lighthearted series to contrast the pain from the other ones. There is such a vast variety, that you can find many to your liking, you just have to search.

I love listening to upbeat songs that make you want to dance, and I am open to all Types of music, except probably to Romeo Santos kind of bachata, and monotone kinds of rap songs. The song has to leave a different sound on me, and I have literally gone from the most common pop and reaggaeton, to instrumental music manly from games, (they have great composers) to rock, to melodic metal, and even outside styles such as k-pop, J-pop and the underrated J-rock. Some of the artists songs whose lyrics I love to sing are from linkin Park, Paramore, Fall out boy, and Panic at the disco. But I get bored of my playlist very soon, so I am always looking for new songs to download. To me listening to music is an everyday thing, especially on the long trips to the university and home.

Mr. Mountain Villarrica

I will choose summer holidays since I don't go out much during the year except for this season. The nearest and most vivid vacation I remember (probably because it didn't happen that long ago), is when I went to the south of Chile, a beautiful place called Villarrica, located in the  IX region of the Araucanía.

 

This happened approximately 2 years ago, I was invited to a friends house located in this city, with 2 other friends. It is a very small town which holds many beautiful and natural landscapes like mountains, lakes and forests. It's always a sight to see and discover, so we obviously had to spend our time touring not only the lakes, but also the mysterious and stunning waterfalls, the rivers, the surrounding towns and visiting at least one of the thermal springs, which are hidden in the area. Because we didn't want to be that much of bother, we settled only for a week, but it was enough to make a change of pace.

We didn't have the lady weather on our side, since the days were very cold and cloudy, it even rained, and Mister mountain Villarrica, one of the main tourist attractions was hidden behind the clouds almost all the days we were there. But even so the walks were very enjoyable, the air was clean and we even had a boat ride on the lake. We spent our time shopping at the handicraft fairs looking for souvenirs, and even payed a guided tour to discover special places near or outside the city. Overall Villarrica is an amazing and quiet place with a small population, but even though it may be sunny, it can get really cold at times, so deciding the correct attire for the day may be tricky.

It's the holiday I have the most memories of, so that is why I chose it, not sure it was the best, but it was very enjoyable.

The City of Water

I have always been curious of Venice from Italy, it must be a really special place to visit when instead of streets of cement, you can see streets of flooding rivers. I would love to visit just to experience the feeling of walking in the city beside a soothing waterway. I would go through every place possible in a relaxing way, so my mission would just be to sight see and visit local coffee shops and chill out.

I know really little of this location, like the fact that its a city destined to end at the bottom of the lagoon, since it is sinking everyday. Love the idea of traveling in boats instead of normal bus transportation, even though the idea of  falling in the water may be a little scary. I can't figure out what you do when you find a dead end and you need to cross the street, so finding out must be really interesting. 

Its a very romantic city at night if the tales are right, and going with my future partner is a must, and after all, it would be nice to visit other locations of Italy as well when travelling. A full tour around Italy sounds nice, but my main focus would be Venice.

I don't think I would like to work nor live there, just visiting satisfies me. It is a new culture and I would like to get accustomed to the environment before thinking of moving over, because at this moment it is an unknown place. Even though it might have better living conditions than my current homeland, moving over means a lot of changes, and being away from the family, learning how to manage the new system everyday, and also the language, might be challenging if I know no one in the city.

It is known that the republic of Venice was a major financial and maritime power during Renaissance and the Middle ages. So it is an architectural Beauty that represents an era of knowledge and creation, in various arts, like music, not only in terms of power; that is why it has an important historical value.

Venice has received many different names during the years such as "La Dominante," "Serenissima," "Queen of the Adriatic," "City of Water," "City of Masks," "City of Bridges," "The Floating City," and "City of Canals." 

That is why it has always been my number one place to visit, even though not owning a boat may make it difficult to maneuver in this city.

In moments like this you realize you made the right choice

  Hope this cuties will Brighten your Day!