Basic problems

I think one of the most recurrent problems when you study English at University is the time. You count with a lot of subjects and academic obligations, so you can hardly ever practice. In my pass through this Institute, I had to learn of many teachers, because I did the test wrong, without knowing much of what is was. So… I stay in the second course (there is four of them). I passed for three or four teachers with very different methodology each one. Only one of them forced us to speak in English in classes, cause he come from U.K. and he thought one of the better ways to learn was to talk. I miss him.

Anyway… in general, the courses that imparts the University are not very completes, but this is not a problem of the teachers. It is very basic, fresh, in the fourth grade, which is where I am now; I can notice that I can learn something. Especially vocabulary, one of my biggest weaknesses.

By my own, I think I practice, at least, day by day. I like very much the series and the music in English. I repeat the dialogues, and the letters, so the vocabulary is staying recorded in my mind. It is very effective if you really want to learn.

At this moment I am very nervous for the final test, because I feel that I’m not really prepared. So, I try to practice every day when I get to my home. In fact, I downloaded an app called “Duolingo”. That is an easy way to practice any language, even English, of course. This app measures your level of knowing, so fits your needs. I think if I continue practicing, I will not give so much shame! hahah

The end of Journalism?

Well… in this occasion I will like to talk about study programs that impart the Universidad of Chile for the career of Journalism, but about my own experience. I didn’t like very much the subjects, not even when I finished the school (a couple of years ago haha) and I saw the diagram curriculum in the page of the institute. Really I’ never like the idea of studying a career as such, but my parents says that I have to prepare to the future… always the future.

Anyway, when I decided for Journalism, I did because I thought: “Ok… this is a humanist career, I can practice my skills of writing and reading and I can do a lot of things when I finish!” I was more optimistic in that time… what a silly. So, when I entered I found something completely new for me. “This is not the Language/History class that I have at school”, I said to me. It’s very difficult for a student who enters at once he left the school to a world completely different, to the teachers, the subjects and the classmates. The university is not for all, because it’s a kind of constant hunt, especially when you are not level with yours partners, so you felt sad and dumb.  

The courses that the institute imparts for those years (2013) in the first semester, was horrible. I really don’t understand nothing and I thought that I write very well, but no. Even, we have a lot of things to read, expositions, and news to create in only three subjects. I was saying stop please, this is killing me uff!

But, not all is lost. When you are going past the levels, you can notice that the sacrifice worth it. Not all the subjects have to like it or you have to be the best around. The most important thing is that you can learn and this is the ICEI teach you, because in many times the instruments, like cameras, sound reeds, development rooms, etc, doesn’t work and you can lie to die or get a lesson for that. I choose the second and my life goes well… not perfect, but well.

Unfortunately the curriculum changed the last year, so the Institute takes off some theorist’s subjects. Now the society will have less intellectual’s journalist, but more preparing for the new technologies that actually are the technologies of today. I still have not gotten over this decision; I only hope that the Journalism doesn’t collapse… 

My plans for the rest of the year

The summer is not my favorite season, but the vacations are always good. I really like to organized my trips, because I feel relax when I do this. I think in many different things, like the people who I probably going to meet, the food that I will eat, the weather, the tours, etc. Though I’m not a fan of tours, I prefer make my own route. It’s funnier of this way, because you can explore!

A destiny that I’m sure going to visit this summer is Argentina. I went abroad only one time in my life, the last summer, when I visit Peru and I love it. I really would like to travel around South America, but this is for my future plans.

Now I focused in my closest trip. In fact, I don’t want to expect the summer, because I thinking to travel to La Serena the next week and visit a “friend” who leaves there. We will probably go camping in Valle del Elqui. I think it I’ll be awesome (:

My trip going to take form when I finally can finishes this terrible semester at University. There is a friend waiting for me to the other side of the mountain range. When I get Argentina, I would like to visit Buenos Aires of course and the bohemian streets with a lot of music, like my friend says.

At the moment, with another friend, we are thinking in travel to Torres Del Paine and then pass away to the promised land and to verify why the argentines boast a lot of their country. 

Don't cry for me Argetina

Malena Pichot: My hero

Today, I will talk about Malena Pichot, she is 34 years old and being young yet, is consolidated like one of the most important icon of the argentine stand – up comedy.  

She was started maked videos on the internet when she broke up with she is boyfriend, but of a humorous way. Then MTV contract her for turned the viral videos on TV serie and tittled “La loca de mierda”.  

                                 
                                                                   "La loca de mierda"

When the people start to identification with her, the people start to laugh. Then she was been famous and makes little programs with others four actors named “Cualca”, and then she continued with the big series, and the same friends and actors. She write and acting in two big series named “Jorge” with 8 chapters on Youtube and “Por ahora” transmitted by Cosmopolitan. She wanted to make a second season, but the serie had to stop for the lack money. 

Malena is not only act on Internet or TV, she act in different stages of Latin-American too with she’s friend and partner Excequiel Campa and other three performers, actresses and personal friends  making stand – up comedy. In January 2013, she come to Chile for first, and in a display of talent, noted that their fans love her.  

She always dresses up in black for she’s presentation, like a cabala. In she’s monologues; she usually talks about the woman power, and the differences between the dualism of the sex.  

She is my model to way. Sometimes also we coincidence in different things, like the tone in our hair; the constants changes in him, the same tone in our nails (in different occasions), we bite our fingers because we are so nervous, we loves animals, we are tiny people, we are feminist and we coincidence too in the personality outgoing, ironic, confrontational and funny. 

Malena is very smart, and she was an easy, intelligent and hilarious humor.  

In occasion, she answers me an inbox mail on Facebook when I was sad for the end of a relationship, and I was the happiest woman of the world! 

I recently went to see her new show "Persona" with the others three woman that I mentioned before, and again I most to say that she left me pleasantly surprised <3

Dreaming it wakes up: My post graduates studies

When I finished my studies, I always said that I really like to make a post graduate in Visual Communication. Unfortunately, I was searching and this course doesn’t exist in Chile as such. I would have to make a new career as a Graphical designer to make my dreams come truth (hahaha). This is not an option; because it does will be really expensive to me and my parents and it’s take me others four or five years to finish it. But, this situation it doesn’t disappoint me, because I see this like an opportunity to travel abroad in the future!

A destiny that I like is Spain, more specifically, the Tai School (Transforming Arts Institute). They have very interesting programs, like animation in 3D, photography (I love it!), design and others facets that I would like to study.  

Meanwhile, in Chile, as I said in a previous post, I would like to take a course of illumination because I see this like a way to perfecting the thing that I really love to make for the rest of my life: Take pictures of portraits, animals and landscapes. Who knows? Maybe in the future you might see my name in the credits of a Hollywood production (Lol), but this is to much fiction.

For now, my goal is clear: Finish Journalism and then who knows that it will bring the future… 

What i want to do when i grow up

 

I think one of the reasons because I studied journalism is for the trips. Now, that i know the sad reality, I really don't know which will be the way, but I try don't to get bored.
Since  I was a child I know that I don't want a job from 8 to 6. I was dreaming of being veterinary someday or a doctor, with a lot of action. Still I like animals and I think that I get will close to them through photography.
I would love to work from National Geographic, for example, or for a scientific/natural magazine. I would to like make documentaries too. But, my more next dream when I left the university, is make a course of visual communication, maybe in another country... With this I can to communicate by others ways, like the draw.
Then I would like to make a course of Illumination, because the illuminators are really scanty and they receive good pays for they job.
I can't wait for to go out of the university and to go away far from Santiago, because the pollution is killing me. I would really like live in the south and work in a community radio for a while... I am not interested too much in the payment, or but I would have studied another career. The only thing that matters is to be happy with what you do.
Someday all my dreams come true and i sure that them of you also!

                                                         To dream costs anything :D

My favourite type of music

I like a lot of music, i listened music all my life, since i was a little girl.
When my parents were taking me to the school, we listen to radio Imagina with music of the "nueva ola" and that stuff. I really like to listened Cecilia or italian songs in those times.
Then, when I became in a teenager (a very difficult epoch by the way) i started to listen latin rock, like Los Prisioneros, Gustavo Ceratti, Chancho en Piedra, even Miranda lol. In this time i liked to listen Punk too, like La Polla Records, Los Mox or Fun People.
With my ex best friend ): we listened Bowling for Soup and a lot of music in English, overcoat old bands like The Beatles, Queen or Red Hot Chili Peppers. Then we began to interested in the alternative music... When i was 15 years old, i started with my first boyfriend; he introduce me in the hxc world. We listened music like Bring me the horizon or Sleeping with sirens... He introduce me Never Shout Never too, one of my favourite bands until today (<3). For my own, i listen a lot of Rockabilly, because a like this sound country. But, i liked listen another kind of music like Paramore, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, System of a down or Rammstein. This sounds in particular are dark and heavy. I like very much this type of music.
In the present, i don't have really a favourite band, i have a lot of favourite bands. One of them is Faith no More and derivatives, like Mr. Bungle. I love all proyects of Mike Patton! But also i like it very much the Funk style, like Los Tetas, and the Ska, like Skalariak.

Anyway... i could continue naming bands infinitely. For if you did not realize I LOVE MUSIC, i cannot conceive the life without her. Every day i have to listen at least to a song or get depressed, every day also i dance and sing though it is for a moment. Only this way i can be happy (:

I LOVE YOU, marry me <3