English Language Challenges

Hi! Today I'm going to talk about my experience learning English at the online university.

I must say that it was a bit more difficult, because my internet connection is not good, the signal does not reach the place where I live and it was impossible to connect to a video conference. I couldn't do Homework either, because I couldn't make the time (due to different circumstances).

Actually, I couldn't be so connected to the classes.

Still, I enjoyed blogging so much, I feel like I was able to express myself well and talk about things that matter to me, even if they are a little trivial. I also enjoyed doing the videos, as I was a little less nervous than in a "live" lecture.

In spite of being in level 4, I feel that I still have a lot to improve, especially when it comes to listening and speaking English.

One of the things I do to improve this, outside of class, is watching movies and series in English. Generally, I alternate between watching with audio in English and subtitles in Spanish and watching with audio in English and subtitles in English. One of my favorite things is to learn the dialogues in Spanish and English, so I not only improve my pronunciation, but also expand my vocabulary. I also listen to a lot of music in English, this helped me a lot in school, because I liked to write the songs to learn them better and also I tried to translate them to understand them and know what I am singing XD.

Music

Hi! Today I'm going to talk about my favorite music. It's hard for me to choose a genre or a favorite singer/group, as I like many things. What I can say with certainty is that I am a fan of bands, rather than solos. I have two bands that I can't stop listening to, the first one is One Direction (July 23rd was their 10th anniversary) and Twenty One Pilots. (The only thing he has in common is to have a "one" in his name XD)
One direction is my teenage band, and it could very well be the soundtrack of my life. I started listening to them in 2011, thanks to a friend and since then I haven't stopped following them (and becoming obsessed). They have 5 albums: Up all night (2011), Take me home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014) and Made in the A.M (2015), yes, a constant production to exploit the youth phenomenon to the maximum, music industry does not?
Although it's hard for me to choose, I think my favorite album is Midnight Memories, it was a very good time, the album has a lot of rock influence and has beautiful songs like Strong and Dont forget where you belong.
Twenty one pilots I discovered them when I had finished school, I had already listened to their songs in an isolated way and I liked them. They came to fill the void that I had left after the "rest" of one direction.They also have 5 albums, Twenty one pilots (2009), Regional at best (2011), Vessel (2013), Blurryface (2015) and Trench (2018).  My favorite album is the last one, because with that one I met them and, one of my favorite songs is Chlorine, which is from this same album and was the one I started to follow them with, I also love Smithereens, I could listen to it on a loop for the rest of my life and I wouldn't get tired. Also, Twenty One pilots also took a break and they did come back (1D</3)
One thing I love about twenty one pilots, is that they mix so many musical genres that don't fit into a specific category, so they have their own musical genre with their name <3

Postgrade Estudies.

Today I'm here to talk to you about some graduate courses I'd like to take.
I always thought that I would like to get to a PhD (yes, I am very ambitious), but I still don't know what subject I would like to study specifically.

One subject that interests me a lot is culture and human behavior, I like to observe people and ask myself why they behave like this, why they relate and interact like this, why? 

I think I would like to do a graduate course related to psychology 

Among the options I had to study was Psychiatry, but to become a psychiatrist I had to study the 7 years of medicine and then do a specialization in Psychiatry. It was a very long road and medicine is not my thing, I would not have liked to study the 7 years of medicine.

I really don't care where I go to study the postgraduate course, as long as it is outside of Chile I am happy.

Neither does it matter much how the course is run, because it depends on my situation at the time. If, by some miracle, I could study full time, without having to work, I would accept it without thinking about it; but if I have to study part time, because I have to work to be able to pay for my studies and support myself, I would do it without complaining, if the course I would study was of my total satisfaction.

My future job

Since I was a child, I have always loved museums and my dream was to work in one. I know that studying archaeology doesn't necessarily mean working in a museum. But, I also like the idea of working outdoors.

Whenever I go to a museum to visit an exhibition, seeing the objects makes my hands tingle from touching them, I am very curious in that aspect and if when working in a museum, I can touch and study those objects (with gloves, obviously) I would be really happy.  I am fascinated by the idea of conserving and cleaning delicate objects, whenever I start cleaning something I try to be very meticulous and I feel that doing those things gives me peace of mind.

Sometimes I think that I would like to teach at the university, but not full time, it would be more like teaching a course and being able to dedicate myself to more things at the same time.

I don't worry too much about the idea of salary, because I feel that if I needed money, I could do many more things, not related to the career I'm studying, like selling things or other part-time work.

I think that whenever I imagined my life as an adult working, I thought I was going to spend very little time at home because I would have so much to do. 

My favourite serie/movie

It's very difficult for me to choose my favorite movie or series. But, up to now, my serie favourite is Dirk Gently´s Holistic Detectie Agency, because is a very weird serie, I can´t explaine this afirmation without making spoilers xD. When I saw the first episode, I didn´t understand anything!
The 1st season about science fiction, but very close to fantasy (in my opinion), the 2nd season is almost pure fantasy, but it's still strange. Unfortunately, there is no 3rd season because it was cancelled:(
I don't really know what genre it belongs to, I think it's a mixture of several.
My favourite caracter is Dirk Gently, because is so british, extravagant, funny and very clever. I'd like to be as brave as he is to follow my instincts. I also really like the caracter Farah Black, this girl is too cool for that world. She is strong, brave, determined, beautiful, smart and she's a great bodyguard
The series has a total of 18 chapters, the first season has 8 chapters and the second season has 10 chapters, with an average duration of 45 minutes.
I saw the second season in one day

Quarantine actvities

Before of all I want to say that I hate routine, so this quarantine is torture for me.
I have been in quarantine since March 17th.
my routine is very simple, I get up at the hour I can, as my sleep is turned upside down. Breakfast or lunch (whichever is appropriate). Sometimes my mom is watching a show or movie in the room (I've always shared a room with her), so I watch whatever she's watching. In the afternoon I take the computer and try to do something from the university (I rarely manage it), when I manage to understand something or get inspired to keep going, my mom tells me to take a snack or my cousin borrows the computer. Sometimes I can continue later and I take advantage of my insomnia and the silence of the night to continue working. Other times my effort is just there.
During this quarantine I started reading six books, of which I finished, exactly, zero.
I also began an exercise routine that lasted only one week.
The best thing I've done in this quarantine was to cook calzones rotos

with my uncle.

The best vacation EVER.

Today I´m going to talk about my best vacation ever, up to now. This vacation was in summer of 2020 (before the pandemic, when I was happy and I didn´t know it). I´m went with my mom to Punta de Tralca. There is the retreat house, where Catholic priests and bishops go on spiritual retreats. We rented a room, the view from the window was so beautiful, it looked the beach and the sea, there was a small forest and a square. What my mom liked best was that she didn't have to worry about meals, since we all ate together in the dining room, this year we shared a table with an Argentinean priest and a lady who was there for the first time.
What I liked most was to spend the whole afternoon at the beach, as there were not many people around, we almost had the beach to ourselves. I liked to take naps with the sound of the sea in the background, it made me have a lot of inner peace, and at night, after dinner, we would go for a walk on the beach, those were the moments when I felt more connected to my mom, we would talk about everything, we would remember beautiful things and we would sit in the plaza eating churros or french fries watching the moon reflect on the dark sea.

When I remember those four days, (yes, just four days), my chest fills up with a nice feeling of peace and quiet. Few things give me that feeling lately. If it hadn't been for the quarantine, I would have spent the Easter weekend there, now the only thing I want to do when all that is over is to be able to go back to Punta de Tralca and feel that happiness again