My experiencie in English classes

I don’t could to define in an only word, my experience having English classes in the university.

This semester my English classes has been very good. In this classes I have worked in team with my classmates in activities very funny, but others years my English classes has been very boring because all the classes was for to discuss about of abortion, gay marriage, education in Chile. Reflect on these things is important, but in a moment became routine. 

For me to write blogs in English was very difficult because grammar is very different to of our language and although I not am good in this activity, I am satisfied considering that I managed to improve my vocabulary and of course grammar. I know that there are many things I need to learn to write my blogs in English well, but I think that continue writing on my own it will help me in this.

I had fun making this activity because on reading my classmate’s blog I managed to meet them more. I don’t speak to them much during class because for me is difficult to speak in other language.

This semester I am having a subject called “Deepening behavioral neuroscience” and all the weeks my classmates and me read an article that is written in English for that in the next class one of us should expose the course. 

It is clear that I need lots of practice for speak and read English fluently, but I downloaded books of English, and now I listen only music in English (before Chilean bands or classical music) for learn out of the class and  also I’ve gotten the material for study English in the summer.

My 2014

This year has been very good for me. So far, in the university I have obtained all marks above of 5,7 and this semester has been different because I chose my subjects and this and this made me happy because I have a liked a lot. I hope so perform any test.

One of my more important achievements was to be accepted in the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of my university because this has allowed me to learn more about of the area that I like of my career.  So far, I have not had great participation as a new member but, it has been valuable to me.

My personal life also has been very good. I have had time to rest and to pass time with my family and also I am excellent with my boyfriend. This year we fulfill two years. Also with my friends I spent beautiful moments. For example this week we went to the cinema, the movie it no was entertaining, but thanks to this we laughed quite a lot.

I think that one of the few things I have not been very good this year is my health. I am doing a diet for fat, but has not given me results so that, I has brought problems in the family and several visits to the doctor to rule out things.

Between the things that I have not done yet are to study for my following tests or assessments, to think that I will in my birthday the next month and me a makeover.

The best day of my life

The best day of my life actually was a week. My friends of university, my boyfriend and me travelled for five days to Colbún. This place is located in south of our country in the Región del Maule and we went the last summer a day after the last exam of the university. 

Before arriving at Colbún we travelled to Talca to Daniela’s house and there we played wii while other friends went to buy food for a week. When we arrived at Colbún, we used a boat to go around the lake and we paddled in canoe, but I didn’t go into the water because I don’t know how to swim but I hope learn to swim someday.

I remember that the other days we made barbecues or we made a campfire for eat marshmallows and drank playing truth or dare. At night we watched two terror movies, I must admit that I found it funny I see the reaction of my friends that watched the movies.  This same night watched Sherlock with my boyfriend. Also I remember that at night we played a board game called “Cranium” until the 5:00 A.M. because 10 players and we woke up between 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. for go to boat ride again. 

For me this travel was the best day of my life because it was the first journey only with friends and also the first journey with my boyfriend. 

Into the Wild

I can not choose one movie as my favorite, but I think that between my favorite movies is "Into The Wild". The director of this movie was Sean Penn and was released in 21th September, 2007. This movie is based on the book also called Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer in 1996.

The book and therefore the movie, is based on the real story of Christopher Johnson McCandless (starring Emile Hirsch), a youth of 24 years that in 1992 after graduating in Anthropology and History decide to donate all  his savings ($24,000) and he becomes separated from his family and friends to live alone like a nomad at Alaska. In this travel he changed his name by "Alexander Supertramp".

He survives with help of people that know him in Arizona, California or South Dakota, but always he left. He wants to live only with that natures provides for example hunting animals for to eat. Alexander related all his adventure in a diary of life (used  to write the book) that was found with his body. It is said that Christopher died by eat a poisonous plant and malnutrition.

In my opinion, it is a of my favorite films and I totally recommend it because it is interesting to see how a person prefers to abandon his well- off life to try survive without material resources endangering his life. 

My future job

If I graduate as a psychologist, I would like that my future job be in a laboratory, either of cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, ethology or a scientific area of psychology because yet I don't imagine seeing patients at least as a clinical psychologist.

I think that not only a psychologist can help by a therapy, but also a psychologist can better the quality life of the people in emotional field and other fields for example by the progress of the science.

To devote myself to one these jobs, first  I should study a postgraduate, so that if I don´t feel trained to work in one of these jobs still, I imagine working in other area of psychology, but independently for example working as an industrial psychologist consulting enterprises or doing  vocational guidance to students in some high school or at a pre-university.

If I could to finish of study the postgraduate, I imagine doing research with a team for publish in a recognized journal for example Nature for then travel to present our study and listen to important conferences. In this laboratory, I don’t imagine an office only for me, but also one large room in where work with the other team, not only psychologist.

This idea about of my future is very ambitious dream, but if I try hard enough I can achieve this goal.

Las Meninas

My favorite piece  of art is the painting “Las Meninas”. This painting is of the century 19 and was painted by painter Spanish Diego Velázquez. 

At first sight, looks a painter, doing a portrait of the princess Margarita de Austria with her Meninas (maids) that they had visited of the workshop of the artist. I like this painting because has various details interesting and therefore, various interpretations.

One of these interpretations is that the painter that appears in this painting is Velázquez, creator of this painting, so that there is a self Portrait and portrait, but this portrait, that is, what appears on the canvas are Margarita’s parents: the king Felipe V and the queen Margarita de Austria, this can be observed looking the mirror of the wall. This detail is very interesting because for drawing to the king and the queen so small, this shows that they had him a great confidence to Velázquez. Finally, it is know that this mirror is not a painting because in the wall of the workshop appears paintings that actually exist.

My favorite concert

My favorite concert was on 28th November 2004, the day of my 11th birthday. This concert was two blocks from my house specifically in the patio of my school of primary, because it was organized by the municipality for the day of music. The band present was Sexual Democracia.

Sexual Democracia is a chilean band of rock popular that is known by songs like “Los chicos Buenos” Sudamérica Suda, Los pitutos, Profanador de cuna, and others. Last year this band fulfilled twenty-five years.

I remember that I went with my sister; my mom couldn’t go because my little brother was born the day before.  This was sad because I know Sexual Democracia from her listening to it all the time. 

For the majority the concert was unexpected. The people believed that in the patio of the school were only putting their music very strong besides of start late at night. In general the place didn’t have more than thirty people. It felt like a private concert for the day of my birthday. It is fun remembering that my sister and I were the only girls.