The last post...

Well… This is the last post that I am going to do in this blog (I suppose… If we don’t have to use it on the next semester).

I’m gonna start from the beginning. When Miss Daniela told us we had to work and write in a blog, I thought “nooo, what a boring thing!”. That came to my mind because I had in my memory the experience of another blog in other subject (CFG) the last year. It has not been quite entertaining.

The thing is my perception regard to this blog changed. I have written about many matters, I have shown my point of view, the things I like, etc. Besides, I have known more about my classmates and their experiences, too.

This exercise (I mean, to write almost every Wednesday in the blog) has been an opportunity to put in practice our English and our skills thinking, writing and reading it.

Many times I have had to look up words I did not know or remember in the dictionary. I think it is, at the end, something good for us and for our learning.

I guess I have improved my English (and I hope it to keep getting better), so I suppose the blog’s idea was not so bad :P

Some advantages of blogging are those I wrote above. But the disadvantages may be the fact to have to stay at the university until 7.30, the cold, the rain sometimes, the tiredness… many things. But it’s worth the sacrifice.

To finish this post I want to say I hope we continue writing in the blog the next semester. It would be, again, a good tool to improve and perfect our English level.

Besides, I think we should continue with our teacher, too. Because I guess we have a very good relation with her and she teach us in an entertaining way.

Video games

Well, today I really don't know very well what to write. I am not a video games fun...

I did not want to talk about them. I wanted to speak about my favourite sport man or something like that. Any way, I have to do it.

I must admit I like to play video games, but I'm not a fanatic. I like those about Mario Bros. and his friends. I like it because it is fun and easy to understand. You have not to know a lot of techniques. You just must how to jump, how to turn to the right or left and how to go down :P

Specially I enjoy the games which you can drive and race. Though sometimes I get a little angry when I lose.

The ones I do not like for nothing are those about fight. I can not understand there are so much people who like them and, more over, play them!! This kind of game is too boring! (in my modest opinion). Besides, they are too violent.

I do not use to play video games very often. When I do it, it´s generáis with some friends or children. Although one of the last times I placed it was at the university… yeah, it may sound weird, and it probably is, but it was in the context of a class. I remember I had no idea how to play the game. I just pressed every controls… And it seems it worked, because I got the second place =)

Maybe I’m good playing, maybe not. It is relative hahaha

No, speaking seriously, I think I am good, but I’m not the best video game player (neither I want to).

A beautiful memory

Today I have to choose a photo… I thought it was going to be more difficult, but it wasn’t. I selected one in which I appear with my family, I mean, my mother and my two brothers.
I don’t really remember who took this photo, but I guess it was a little boy called José Tomás (he is like a cousin).

In the picture we were in our holidays. These were in Pelluhue… before the earthquake…
Well, of course you can see we are all posing. In front is my older brother, Tomás. By my side are my next brother, Mateo, and my mom, Lorena.

The day wasn’t so beautiful, because it was cloudy and the sun often disappeared. In the background you can also see the sea (which was cold, by the way).
The photo was taken in the afternoon. It was windy, so it wasn’t so hot, but neither too cold.

I like this one because I am with my family. Besides, it has an extra value for the reason that it was taken in Pelluhue just a week or so before it changed… Here I get a little “mamona” (I don’t know how to say it in English). I remember that village, my uncle’s house in there, the beach, the people… Sorry, but I am too sensitive :P
The place was lovely. I had been there many times. Now I hope to go there again… maybe on winter holidays. I would really like to.

But not every memories are so emotional. I really had very good moments there. I shared with the people I love (my mom, my brothers, my aunts and uncles, my “cousins” and other friends). And I know I will have many other memorable moments. I have no doubt about it.

The one concert

I’ve not been to many concerts in my short life. In fact, I think I have been to only one, because I just remember when my parents took my brothers and me to the El gusto es nuestro’s show.

All I know is I was too little (I guess I was 6) and I liked so much the performance of the Spanish singers. These were Joan Manuel Serrat, Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel and Miguel Ríos. They joined to develop the project called El gusto es nuestro, which was a tour around Spain and Latin America.

My dad and my mom loved their music. I think because of that I learnt to appreciate it too. Besides, their songs were very good and really big themes. For example, “Sólo le pido a Dios”, “Penélope”, “Hoy puede ser un gran día” and many others.

The concert was at the National Stadium. I remember I was up a chair and I could see them (though I wasn’t at the first line, but I was close to them).

That was a great night.

While the artists were singing my dad bought the cassette (yes!!... It was many years ago!), so after the concert I could learn the lyrics and all the songs.

I must say I did not know too much about this singers until I was to their concert. But time after (years) I realized they were and they are really important artists.

This task has made me reflect on the fact that I should go to more shows… I think there will be enough opportunities… And I’ll have to take some of them.

My favourite teacher

I’ve got many good memories from the school and, of course, about my teachers. This time I must decide who is my favourite teacher… I truly don’t know, because I had a very good relationship with them, but I liked ones more than others. Besides, at the university I have, and I had too, really nice teachers.

Well, I will choose my Language’s teacher. Her name is Virginia and she was the best one I ever had in that stuff (completely the opposite to another teacher, Rossana, who was horrible!! She did NOTHING in class!!). She made us classes from third to fourth grade secondary school.

Virginia was really good educating. She made us work in class, she explained us the matter and stimulated us to get better everyday. Almost all of my classmates loved her, though there were some of them that hated her.
I remember she trusted me, she had faith in me, and that was very important for me to believe in my self and to explode my abilities.

Because of her I didn’t take Language at the institution where I prepared my PSU (I only took History). And a had good results =)

She also gave me advices about the professional field and supported me in my decision to study Journalism –not like many people who told me “don’t study that!”-.

I use to know about her through my brother, because one of his best friends is her son.
Finally, I want to add she taught not only me, but my two brothers too. However, she left my school and now she is working at another one.