Chilean Bicentenary

This year is an important date for Chile, because it is the year of its bicentenary. Bicentenary means that Chile achieved 200 years the last September 18. Is a crucial moment to reflect on what we did right and what must change and improve in the coming years. As the government say “is a unique opportunity to engage every citizen and institution in building of country we want, which could be defined by what we have called the . It seems to be the reason to celebrate some people say, but other people like me; we prefer stay out of the situation.

The bicentenary is not for me a date of celebration. It is a space to reflect on what we have achieved as country and about what we are capable of achieving. But to reflect is precisely what we need done like citizens. We remain in constant warfare, including with Chilean people. I refer to Mapuches. We have closed only a few moments of discussion and our country has continued to impose rules, forgetting the human rights. Our country consider to Mapuches as terrorists, “dangerous people” to the Chilean State. For me, this is not a united country, in fact that will happen at much longer, if the government does something to reverse the situation.

As well the state continue recognized as heroes to historical characters that have only disrupted the Chilean memory, forgetting who really made history, who were participants in events that we don’t know. That’s the false history that is transmitted in the history books in schools to children on our country. What do we want to celebrate? For example, a patriotic misconception was the last group of statues of O’Higgins and Carrera, simulating a drive that never existed. This act is so abhorrent as if we join to Pinochet with Allende.

We can not stay with a memory that is imposed without hesitation before. We can not assume a celebration without reading between lines the political discourse.
We need to think more, ask us what we have done for the country, and what we do. Where are we going, towards a united nation?
Do not forget our social memory. With that memory we can build much more than historical myths.

My memorable event

A memorable event for me was when I meet to my boyfriend. It was a beautiful moment, in December of 2008. He was at my school, but on a parallel course. At school I only know him by name.

He added me to msn because he found out about my enter to university which in that moment was Diego Portales. We started to talk every day, about any topics. Sometimes, we saw how the night turned to day. One day we saw each other in a free concert of Los Jaivas, in Talca, in summer. Then we started a great friendship, we were very good friends. We went to drink beer, we had longs conversation. He was my best friend and confident. In one moment I felt him like my brother! Terrible…

While I had boyfriend, he always was worried for me. The way he was with me like me so much. Then, I ended my previous relationship, we met more often since that one year after we started a relationship.

Our relationship has been the best!! We are very empathetic. We are a complement, he is a very understanding. As well he study psychology and help me with topics that are interesting for me and my career.

We are so happy together!

Historia de Cronopios y Famas

During my life I have had the opportunity to know several books. Really, I enjoy so much reading books. One of books that has impressed me was “Historia de cronopios y famas” writing by Julio Cortázar. This book is a surrealistic work about tree “character”. One of them is concept invented by him totally: “Cronopios”. Cronopios are “people” that are outside of events on book. They are like “antisocial” persons that we know in our days. The others are “Famas”, totally different to Cronopios. Famas are important people like presidents, people who advocate a established order. Finally, “Esperanza” that are intermediate characters who are dominated for Cronopios and Famas.

This book has several 47 short stories based in characters mentioned previously. “Camello declarado indeseable” is a charming story, my favorite story.

Of this book has impressed me for the world that how Cortázar built about this period in Argentina, the mains different between social classes are portrayed of interesting way in the book. Exist others books that has impressed me but not much like this. I like when authors to seduce readers.

I think that every book it’s different to another, every fantastic world is built with elements that are to different persons. I always have thought that each person has a one book.

I recommend this book to everybody who wants know a new world, more creative and poetic.

The choice is our

To learn to care our enviroment for me is like a valoric practice which it’s learned in a family an then in school, since that children are in full development. For that, it’s necessary schools commitment with ecology, schools that use ecological things and produce it. But, insist that families are the main agent to educate behaviors in childrens.

I am not a person full committed to the ecology, but I’m agree with care the nature, not to contaminate with trash, not smoke. Usually I walk a lot, when I need go to some place, I walk and I like so much. It’s one of activities that more I do, it’s addictive. I walk sections so long, like from Los Leones state until Los Héroes station, always with good music. I have thought buy a bicycle, but I am afraid the cars, and Santiago hasn’t good cycle path.

Never I have participated in a some eco-organisations because sometimes I think that this organisations pass the limits, and they take it very serious some things, and lose their heads, blocking other opinions. I think that all extreme is bad. Must exist a balance.

I would do news initiatives in education, for to achieve a progress to change the conscience of the society, but the concern should start in the government, in the public politics. I think that people on Ñuñoa ask something very possible: to build building with no more of 4 floor.

Santiago is a city crowded with buildings, are a few the places without buildings, Ñuñoa, Bellavista, are two of them.

People thinks that for have more building we are a modern city, but the evolved thinking is first! For that education have a main rol, to promote new people with more conscience about our quality of life and our priorities.

Study Links Bedtime Rules to Better Skills in Preschool Children

Recent studies indicate new results about the incidence of the hours for to sleep in preschool children. To go to bed every day at the same time promotes the development of areas for language and mathematics, the study of SIR International in California confirms it, not in the case that children whose go to bed after nine, the journal Sleep Medicine declare.

Doctors suggest to parents to use rules with children and have bedtime’s routines like reading books, or telling stories. Erika Gaylor suggests.

Also, a separate study found a relation between to sleep better and run faster. The study shows that to have more hours of sleep the players ran faster in short sections and the sleepy don’t appear during the day. Extend the sleepy during some weeks before competition is a good strategy “to reduce a sleep a night”, and to motivate a good performance, Cheri Mah declare.

By Doug Johnson.

Into the Wild

Into the wild is a one of my favorite movie. It’s directed by Sean Penn, the script too. It was premiered in 2007. The main characters are Emile Hirsch, William Hurt, winner of Oscar award, Marcia Gay Harden nominated like best actress and Catherine Keemer, nominated too.

The film is based on a book written by Jon Krakaur in 1996, about a real fact.

The history is about a boy, Christopher McCandless, who has around 23 years old and has a normal life living with his parents and sister. His family is very wealthy, consecuence of that, he is bored of his life, he is not interesting in money like his family, he has others interests, human interest. After graduating from university, Chris decide to start a trip to Alaska. The trip to Alaska is the plot of the film.

It’s a beautiful movie, emotionally intense, with amazing landscapes. It has some scenes where the script is so emotional that generates that you think about your life.

Well, the music is fantastic too. Eddie Vedder was who worried of the soundtrack. The songs are accurate for each scene. “Guaranteed” is very special song for me. Really recommend the movie and the soundtrack for sensitve people like me.

The topics are very human, justly we need of that reality in our days, where it seems that we do not care about anything around us.

Laboatorio

Santiago is a city very versatile. It have many places which you can go and enjoy with the family or with your boyfriend, whatever…

There is a place that I like me so much, it is localized very near to Parque Forestal and Bellas Artes subway station, in the street Esmeralda 371. It is a café so beautiful and welcoming place, even thought it’s very small , the ambient is comfortable and original.

Well… the name of this place is “Laboatorio”, started like “Boa” but the new name is related with a “Laboratory of senses”. This is directly connect with the food too.

The specialty of Laboatorio are the tea. It’s has many kinds of teas with a paticular taste. When I went with my sister, we tasted the “magic tea”, it was a flower which with the time it’s opened slowly in the water and you must make a wish during those happened. It was a moment so beautifil!

The decor is very artistic, with warm colors and paintings acording to place.

Another interesting thing about café is that has a samall second floor with a couple os litlle tables and one kind of round bed where you can eat, like in your home!

I recommend this place for quiet people, who like peaceful places for have a conversation with some special.