This is the end

There's so many ways to learn english. You can talk, write or listen. But if you don't do it frequently, you will never get this language. You have to practice as much as you can. With our blogs, we can practice english every monday, writting about interesting stuffs, like music movies, holidays and many other things.

I think I have learned with this method, because I went to every class of english (?). There is some aspects that I don't really do fine, like speaking. It's so hard, because it's make me feel ashamed. I think I talk in english like a monkey. To do it well, I have to practice and be a little more corageous. Some day I will speak english like a true american.

The best thing I do is to understand when I read something. It's easy for me, because I play a lot of video games in english. I can listen and understand too, thanks to the anglo music.

English is very important today, especially for journalist. If you have to go to another country to interview somebody, you need to know how to speak english. The peolple in USA don't speak spanish, so you have to learn their language.

Well, this is our last post in the blog and it's make me happy. Blogging was necesary to learn english, but also was a little bit tedious. Fortunately it's the end of this blog.

I will post you a song that talks about a final situation, like the our english blogs.

Good bye.

Cidade de Deus

I started to watch movies about 3 years ago. Before that I had only watched classics of children movies like Lion King, Toy Story or Space Jam. In that time I didn't see a lot of movies, because I thought that they were boring. Fortunately, I was wrong.

I don't know if I have a favourite movie, but I remember one that blows my mind. It's called "Cidade de Deus", that means "City of God" in portuguese. This movie is frome Brasil and was directed by Fernando Meirelles The movie is about a group of childs in Rio de Janeiro that grows and take different paths. The history of Ze Pequeno (Leandro Firmino) and Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) are mixed through the movie.

I loved this movie because of many reasons, First, I love Brazil. I' ve never been there, but I wish to come someday. I love the beaches, the sun, the women and the music of Brazil. I think the plot of the movie goes on in a perfect way, mixing a lot of characters and making a very good story. It's important to say that this movie is based in real life episodes. Also, the photography and the soundtrack of the movie are simply amazing.

I know that this movie isn't the best movie of the entire universe, but I love it. You have to watch it right now!

The power of the vote

I voted in the last election. Also, I voted in the election of 2009, when Piñera won. I think I have the obligation to vote, because I believe in a society where the people have the power to take all the decitions. In this moment, we only can vote to remove the politicians. You can also talk about strikes or that things, but, in this context, the vote is more importante, because the politicians don't have the total control of the people choices.

In last weekend elections I void mi vote. I live in Santiago and I vote there, so the options for the major were n't too much. There was Carolina Tohá, Pablo Zalaquett and Waldo Mora. The first one isn't of my total liking. I think she talks a lot and do nothing. Zalaquett like me less than Tohá. In his last period in Santiago he didn't great things, at least for my neighborhood. And Waldo Mora is a man that loves the money. A friend that knows him, told me that. So, I decided to don't give my vote.

For the city councilor I voted for Leonel Herrera, a player of Colo Colo in the 1991's era. I voted for him because that reason hahaha.

Well, I think that our actual politic system suck, because the people don't have many options to make a decition. The politicians are always the same, all of them friends or familiars. While we vote, they eat a good barbeque together.

Final exam: The first attempt

The first practice of the final exam was fun. I started the excercise with no mistakes, but when I got the second part, I failed in some words. But it's right, I didn't know the system. I think I'm a little bit ready than before this practice.

The hardest part was the part of the letter. I don't know what's the minimum score to pass the exam, but I did a score of 30 already.

In the listening part, I had serious problems, because I was tired of doing the exam, so I don't pay attention to the people speech.

Well, I don't want to think in english anymore. At least for today. Good Bye.

The first day of five years

My first day at university was incredible. I remember I was very excited to go to the university to study journalism and what kind of people I would met. A few weeks before the first day, I founded in Facebook some of my classmates and we decided to go to drink something and talk about our expectatives. We had a great time together.

So, in the first day I've already known some of my classmates. That makes everything easier, because I knew a few persons before to talk about something with a litle more of confidence. The first thing I did was to assist to the class of Ethic with miss Faride Zerán. She talked about journalism and her experience as a journalist in the dictatorship of Pinochet. I loved that class and I started to love the journalism.

Then, we went to the auditorium to had a welcome from the professors and the others students. When it finished, they have some juice and "choripanes" for us. It was a great welcome.

In the first day, I inmediately started to talk with the people that are my friends until today: Nicolás, Nicole, Josefa  and Mauricio. We spoke about a lot of things that I don't remember, but it's was fine.

When the day was over and I was in my home, I wanted that the second day at university would start as quick as possible.

Cheers for national holidays!

I love the national holidays in Chile, because it's the only country in the world that do a big celebration. I don't remember any special holidays, because I loved them all. Generally my family and I go to the  Parque O'Higgins's fondas to have some fun, eat some delicious anticuchos and drink terremoto. We enjoy the ambient of all the place and love the music like cumbia or cueca.

All the national holidays in my family are the same: go to some fondas and meet with others parts of the family and eat barbeque (or "asado") and have a great time together.

As I said, I don't remember a especial national holiday, but I remember two or three times I've spend this holidays in another country. It's was very strange, 'cause I used to be in Chile. The ambient is not the same and the food defintely isn't too. I especially miss that part of the holidays.

Well, let's talk again about the national holidays that I spend in Chile. Sometimes I met with my friends and have a really great party. We start with a barbeque and then we drink a lot. I think this part of the year was made to celebrate the national day and any other thing that we want!

This year I spend the national holidays in Peru, so I haven't eat some delicious empanadas or meat yet. But I don't have to worry, because this weekend is the popular named "18 chico". It's a celebration made for the people who was unable to celebrate in the national holidays.

Time to make some plans

In the first half of this year I did some good things. First, my girlfriend and I planed to travel in september. We wanted to go to Machu Picchu in Peru. We started to work hardly to make the money we needed. And we do it! We will go next week, so I'll can´t go to the next clas of English.

In case of university, it was very normal. The only thing that really excited me was a TV program we made in class. We prepared for a long time to do it and we accomplish. Personally I did the sound engineer work and it was very fun. I knew the work a little bit, because I actually work in a radio doing the same thing.

Well, I've waited for the second half of the year due to the great things that will happen. The travel, the summer, do the profesional practice and some good music shows like Maquinaria Festival.

Here's a song that I want to listen when I come to the ruins of Machu Picchu.

Santiago is Chile

I've lived in Santiago most of my life. I was born here and I don't intend to live in another city... almost for a while. I lived two years in another city, especifically in Mar del Plata, Argentina. But that's another story, 'cause I'm here to talk about Santiago. 

I lived in two diferents places in Santiago. First in Puente Alto, in the south of the city. Then, my family and I moved to the center of the city, near the Parque O'Higgins. Well, I love the both places, because they give me some invaluable memories. 

I like Santiago because you have EVERYTHING here. Good stadiums for football and music, good food, you can buy everything here. The most important thing, for me, is that my friends and family live here, so I can always see them. The city have a decent weather. In winter, cold and rain are not so much, and that's ok for me. In the summer, the heat is strong, but I know that in others cities the heat is terrible. 

One of the things I don't like of Santiago is the extremely long distance between some places. You can wait more than 1 hour to take to some places. Especially when all the people went out their works. Many streets are full of cars and busses. This take us to another problem of Santiago: the over population. There are too many people in this city, and the city isn't prepared for this. 

To make Santiago a better place to live I think that they should ban some cars. This would help to clear the streets of the city. Also, they have to implement a better public transport system. 

 Leaving the bad things, Santiago have too many places to visit. You have the Parque O'Higgins, a very popular place here. In April we have Lollapalooza Chile en this park. In September we have the "fondas", where we celebrate our national day. We have the Cerro San Cristobal, a place where you can see all the city.

If you can go to drink something in the night, we have a lot of places. There is Bellavista, Lastarria, Providencia and some discotheques around the city. Santiago is a nice place to live. You have everything. Some people says that Santiago is Chile. I think they're right... 

This song represent Santiago. Enjoy!

 

The best game in the world

The videogames are one of my addiction. Some people likes drugs or alcohol. I like the videogames. My favorite game is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. This game was released in 2003 for the Nintendo Game Cube. Since 1999 Nintendo hadn't released a game of Zelda and the fans were so excited when Wind Waker was announced
I lived in Argentina when Wind Waker was released, so I called my father who was in Chile and asked for the game. He sent it to me and I was very happy. Immediately I put de disc on mi Game Cube and started the game. The intro was beautiful. I almost cried. Then, I played Wind Waker all the day.
Basically, the Legend of Zelda is always the same. It’s an adventure game. In it you are Link, the hero of the history. You have to rescue the Princess Zelda from the evil hands of Ganon. Each game has a unique history, but the purpose is the same. In Wind Waker everything is located in the Big Sea. In it are many islands that Link have to visit to rescue the Princess Zelda.
This game was wonderful. The experts gave very good scores to Wind Waker. The graphics are so beautiful. This was the first game that used de cel shading technology. This make the game looks like a cartoon.
When I finished the game I stand up and applauded. The final was fantastic. I don’t want to spoil you, so I don’t make any comment of the final. The only thing I have to say is that the game is amazing. According to the experts, another Zelda’s game is the best, but for me, Wind Waker is the best in history.

This photograph was taken this year. In it, you can see my friend Kota and I. We were in the Juan Gomez Millas campus, near the football field known as “Calama”. That day was Holy Thursday and everyone was there drinking. My friends and I decided to take some photos with the cell phone of another friend, Nicole. It takes very good photos. In that session were many funny pictures. Nicole said us to put a tender face and suddenly, took the photo.

I picked this photo, because is so cute. Our faces are like babies, specially the face of Kota. She always has a baby face. The colors of the photo are very nice. I was wearing a yellow vest with a multi color lion in the chest. Reggae stuff. And Kota had a vest with a lot of colors. And her hair helps a lot too. It was pink! So beautiful.

I used this photo as my photo in Facebook for a long time. My friend put it too. The people confused us in the post of Facebook. It was very funny. I think this photo represents the friendship in a nostalgic way. The sepia gives the photo an old sensation. Like if we were friends to many years ago. But we still are friends.

I hope you enjoy the photo like I enjoy it. I don’t have much to say. So I’m going to say good bye. Have a nice day.

The Best Colour

I had gone to a lot of concerts in my life. Many times saw the Chilean band Chancho en Piedra live. But all those times doesn’t compare with my favourite recital. It was en October, the last year. The band was American. The name: Living Colour. For many years I loved this band because they are the best musicians of the world, I think.

I bought my ticket 3 months before the show, because I was so excited. A week before the concert, I won 2 tickets in a web contest, so I decided to invite a friend. I wanted to sell the other but I couldn’t, so it’s like a token now.

The day of the show, me and my friend went to the Teatro Teletón, and when we get there, there was only a man. We started to talk with him and he was a very nice person. Several hours ago, the doors were opened and we came in to the theatre. The band that opened the show was a Chilean band called Los Morton. They were so heavy and powerful. A very good band. After that, Living Colour came in to the stage. Every song that they play was wonderful. Vernon Reid, the guitarist, was a beast. Their solos were amazing and very fast. The drummer and the bassist were the same person, because they were connected. And Corey Glover, the singer, is from another planet. They blew my mind.

It’s my favourite show, because they are amazing musicians and I waited for they for a long time, and when I saw that they will come, I almost died.

Two "Lola"

My favorite teacher isn't a single person. There are two teachers, but they are as one. The name of both is Jorge Abarca. But, how can be this possible? They are father and son. The nickname of the father is Lola, because one of his characteristic phrases was "Lo lamento". He said that when you had a red mark or something like that. As a consequence, his son was named Lola too.
First, the father Lola teach me History, and I really love the class. He was so funny and a very good teacher. Everybody understands what he was saying. Suddenly, he left the school for different reasons and his son came as a substitute. Fortunately, he stayed for two years. His classes were like the class of his father, so it was the same. There had only a difference: Lola JR. was very young and he was like a friend for me. We told our problems to the other, trying to give a solution or a simple consolation. So that was a plus.
Both teacher very important to me, and I write about they, because they’re a single person for me.

iPod Touch (L)

Two weeks ago was my birthday. Two weeks ago I received my baby. For a long time I was in love with it, and finally I have it. The iPod Touch 8gb put a sunshine in my life. With it, I can listen to music, go into the internet, but only with a Wi-Fi connection. And it have a lot of downloadable applications. Games, music tools, news papers, Facebook, Twitter and a lot of useless things.

Since I have it, I can’t' stop using it, especially listen to music. Each song has the cover of the respective album, and it looks beautiful. It takes me a lot of time to put the image in the iPod, but t worth it. A negative point is the memory, because it’s not enough for all the music I have and I have to leave some bands out. The second thing that I most use is the Facebook and Twitter application. I can twett in every place and I really love it.

The iPod Touch is like the iPhone, but it can’t make a call and don’t have a camera. I don’t really care about that ‘cause I’m in love with the Touch. I can’t remember the time before the iPod. My life should have been so boring without the iPod.

Inmortals

My favorite band is inmortal. The Red Hot Chili Pepper's guitarrist, John Frusciante, left the band the last year, but they still there, doing great music for the people. Red Hot Chili Peppers had got a lot of members along their history: 10 guitarrist and 3 drummer. Some of them had died, others had left the band for "musical aspects". There's only two original members in the band. Anthony Kiedis, the lead vocals and the spectacular bassist, Michael "Flea" Balzary.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers made his first appearence in 1983 in a little bar of Los Angeles California under the name of Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Master of Mayhem. In the same year, they recorded his first album named Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In 1988 the original guitarrist, Hillel Slovak, died in an hotel room by a his heroin addiction. After a few guitarrist, John Frusciante joined the Chili Peppers. In 1991 they recorded the album that launched band to the fame. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is considered one of the best albums in the rock's history. Songs like Give it Away or Under the Bridge was in that record.

In 1992 Frusciante left the band for first time, and the guitarrist of Jane's Addiction, Dave Navarro, replace him. Navarro only recorded the experimental One Hot Minute in 1995. After that, John returned to the band.

The following records were Californication (1999), By the Way (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006). That was the golden age of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Today, they are working in a new album with their new guitarrist Josh Klinghoffer. All the fans are waiting the end of the 2010. The new record will be released there.

There's a live performance of their classic song "Around the World"

Across the Universe

Write in your home feels very fine. I didn't go to my favorite class, and I have to do the homework here in the comfortableness of my house.

The today's topic is your favorite movie. I really haven't a favorite movie, because I don't watch a lot of movies, so I'm going to write about a movie that I saw yesterday. A girl lend it to me and she said: "you will love it!". She was right.

The name of the movie is Across the Universe, and it's a musical movie. Sincerely, I don't really care about the actors, the director or the story. I saw it because the sound track. All the songs are Beatles's songs, and each song is connected with the history. Some versions are better than the original and it makes me happy. But some are terrible and it makes me sad.

To conclude, the movie is very bad, but I love it. The music blows my mind and I don't have nothing more to say.

There's a video taken from the movie. The song is Strawberry Fields Forever. I really loved the video. Enjoy.

Alfredo Lewin

He works as a journalist, but he studied Literature. He also sung in a band called Diva. He live for the music. Alfredo Lewin is his name.

In the begining of the 90's he was de singer of a glam rock band with the name of Diva. They opened the Guns n' Roses's show in Chile. But he is the best in another thing. When he is in the radio as a locutor, he does a great job. He's a really god comunicator and he knows a lot about music. He worked as a VJ in MTV Latinoamérica for seven years. After that, he returned to Chile and started to work in the Rock&Pop radio. There, he did a show called "Frecuencia Rock&Pop". Today he's working in another station called SonarFM.

One of his best proyects is RockAxis. This multimedial proyect includes radio, TV, web and a magazine. RockAxis diffuse all about the rock music of all the time. From Jimi Hendrix to Franz Ferdinand. It's a very good media to know everything about the music. Today, Alfredo Lewin is an icon of the music knowledge in Chile. He does a lot of conference about music. I really hope to met him someday and share some music or talk about it.

A bad dream

That night I was talking with Nicolás in MSN. Suddenly mi chair started to move. I wrote "oh, it's moving!" to Nico. But I didn't send it. I stood up and ran to my parent's room and they woke up too. Inmediatily my father went to the principal door and the rest of the family followed him. He opened the door and started to calm down my little brother. I saw my brother and my father, but I didn't saw my mother, and I was worried. The lamps started to crash between it and the light had gonne. The sound was terrible and I really thought that I will be dead in a few minutes.

The movement finished and I went to the window and saw something terrible: Santiago was dark with a very strange cloud of dust over it and the people was screaming. It's one of the worst moment of my life.

Then, I went to my room and it was a disaster. I took my phone and turned on the radio. "A earthquake with a 8,8 magnitud in the Richter's scale", said the locutor. I didn't know what happen.

It's my second time making a blog. The first one was when I had to create a blog in the school. It was about a band named Living Colour. I remember that the blog was something like "The Black Beatles". Whatever, it happened like five years ago.
Now, I tried to put a easy name to the blog, because I forget them very fast. Rocky Racoon is a Beatles's song. I listen to it frequentely, so I can remember it.
My blog experience is very poor. I don't like it very much because nobody is gonna read me. Maybe my mother.
That's all for today. I hope that the my love for the blogs grow.

There's the song that inspire me in this moment