Tuesday 31 January 2012

Animal Rights

Pet`s? No thanks. I really I don`t consider my self like an animal lover. I certainly don't dislike animals. It's just that I have no desire to own one myself. I mind I like animals, I just don't love animals. It's not like I've never had a pet. I know how it is to live with one, in fact in all my childhood I lived with more than one pet, but the only one that was really mine was a turtle, but I never liked to much the idea that the turtle depend of me.

Although I am not an animal lover, I hate to see animals suffering, and I really respect animal right groups, even I don`t know the name of any groups like this, I know there are a lot in my country.

I also hate that some companies use animals for medical research to try cosmetics, because I believe animal have the same capacity of human to feel pain. Also I never go to zoo, because I don’t like see animals keep in cages.

Well, I think if I could be an animal I choose to be a horse, of course a free-horse, because I love them, when I think in horses I think in freedom, beauty and strength.

If animals could make a documentary movie about humans, I think they will show all the human misery, the wars and poverty. And they would say: “humans are very strange species, because they have conscience, but they don`t know how to use it”

Wednesday 18 January 2012

How Green I am ?

Protect the environment is everybody`s matter. Even I don`t like to say this, I`m not a person who loking after the environment, at list not as well like I must to. Of course I have some practices to save energy or something like that, so I think I`m a green-in-between.

I belive you can learn about enviromentally friendly practice by diferent ways if you are interested in this, for example yo can learn about it by reading diferent blogs or by waching programs about enviromentally friendly practice, also you can learn about it just talking to people who are interested to lokking after the enviromenment.

Well, as I wrote before I have some practice to lokking after the enviroment, for example I always turn of the light when I`m not in my room or anywhere in the house and even when I have a car I try not to use it if I can use alternative transports like public transport or bicycle, also I reuse paper. But I have to admit Im not incorported recycling into my habits, but I hope incorported it into my habits soon.

Even the fact I have never joined any eco-organisations, I donate to green peace every month.

I think Santiago definitely isn`t a city of people who care of the enviroment, perhaps becouse as society we have so many problems that in this moment looking after the enviroment is not our priority.

Bye, I hope you enjoy reading my blog!!!

Wednesday 11 January 2012

MUSIC

The life without Music is unthinkable. I belive that is important to my live because it makes things better when things aren’t going right in the world. Depending on the moment , music make me feel sad, happy, excited or relax.

I listen many types of music, and honestly I couldn`t chose just one as the best, but I could surely mencion some types of music I don`t enjoy like tecno and heavy metal.

In my life I have been in a lot of concerts, the most significant have been Radiohead concert, and Spinetta concert, because there are some of my favorite bands. Actually I think I have all their discography in Cds.

The firts song that I learned to play in guitar was Creep of Radiohead, I`m not really good playing guitar, but I enyoy a lot when I play that song.

So, like I said before I`m not really good at playingthat is guitar or any instruments, but I think I sing well, at list that`s what my friends say when we have played Karaoke or some play like that.

Finally I think music moves everyone, and without it, life would be pointless. I believe music connect people all around the world because in music the language is not important to understand the esencial of the song, so I think music is a very important part in the evolution of the person.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Technology addiction

I believe that everyone think that technology can make your life easier, but no everyone notes that also tachnology can be a distraction o worst an adiction. And as some of you know, the attention and addiction are very important subjects inside Psychology.

Lucy Tobin, wrote an article about this, and was published in “the guardian”. This article is about how technology can be an extreme distraction to do yours homework or work.

In the article, yo can find an experiment made by Weger that corroborates the time you spent doing a eassy task if you are also aware to your phone, or chat or facebook. This study also shows that this behavavior leads you to the procrastination, because, for example, if you are doing a homework in your netbook and also you are chatting, you probably lost more time and you will end doing the task for last minute.
The experiment made by Weger research is important because our modern working environment is full of tempting – and sometimes not so tempting – sources of interruptions. So you hace to control your self, and do some exercise, proposed in the article, to help yo concentred.

Also, Lucy said that phones or different technology are not all bad, just have a mixed effect. The important, she claims, is you can`t allow become depedent, becouse “they will hount you”

Well, if you are interesed in read the complete article just click here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/feb/14/information-overload-research

Wednesday 28 December 2011

I want to die, to live in your memory

Are we able to decide when we died? The first that I think when I hear the word euthanasia is freedom, because Euthanasia is when someone decides to end their lives voluntarily, because they have a terminal illness and think that their life is no longer worth living.

I never hear a famous cases of euthanasia, but I remember a movie that portrays very well this topic: “Mar Adentro”. The film is the life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 29-years campaign to win the right to end his own life with dignity.

I don`t have any religion, but in my country the act of Euthanasia is illegal, even if a very illnes person (part of the family or friend) requesting assistence in dying, and the helper is acting from the most noble reasson, any form of euthanasia remains a crime in Chile

In my personal opinion, I think that this issue very delicate, but I think we should respect people`s wishes, we should let people end their life even when we love them…

Monday 26 December 2011

I travel just to travel.

“Decide how you want to feel, and go wherever it takes to feel that way”. Because of that I want to go to Brazil.
Even when I have never go to Brazil, I think this country have a perfect combination of placer and culture. As I now, I can`t go to every places of Brazil like I want, so if I have to choose one place or city, probably I will chose Rio.
And, if I can visit Rio whenever I want, I will choose see it during the carnival, of course. I know Rio have beautiful beaches, and also a lot of museums that I like to see, and of course, even when I’m not catholic, I don`t forget that there is the well-know Christ the Redeemer, the giant Jesus status that is now one of the seven wonder of the world.
I`m not sure I would like to study, work, live or just vacation in Rio, but I hope I discovered that when I will visit Rio.

Wednesday 14 December 2011

the seventh art

I can`t imagine my life without cinema or the posibility to wacht a movie anywhere. In this blog I gonna talk abaut where is place usually I see films, what is my favorite Chilean movie, what are the kind of film that I like it or not, and finnally a comment about what kind of movie will be a film abaut my life.
I wacht films usaully in my home, almost every day, and I try to go the cinema at list 2 times a month, even when I can I go more. When I see movies at home y don`t download, I wacht the movie throw a web call cuevana.
Well one of my favorite Chilean movie is “Tony Manero” directed by Pablo Larraín about a man obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. This man lives while the dictatorship of Chile. I recommend this movie because is a great historical drama.
About my prefer kind of movie, I have to say that depends of the day, some day I prefer drama, others comedy and others a thriller, so I can`t choose just one kind of movie.
I some director made a film about my life I would like that the movie had a pretty photography and I think that the movie will be like an independent Film and includes part of drama and comedy.