I Used to be ...

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Today I'm going to talk about the principally changes that I have had for five years.I have a lot of physical changes, for example, When I have 5 years old, my hair was very very curly indeed I looked like the little singer called "Christell" Today, my hair look like very different, I use my hair smooth. These changes were very evident! In my opinion the most important change is my attitude toward situations. Indeed When I was young I used to cry for all and I thought that nothing had solution, also I used to get angry for anything! I feel that this attitude has gone changing, because the years has demonstrated me that all solution and that I must be more tolerant, The University has been the principal factor. When I was 10 years old I use to be more sensible for all, although that I am still a little so, but the reasons are most important than others in the past.
In relation with my hobbies I fell that these haven’t changed! I love the music since that I have 5 years old! When I was 10 years I used to sing in a chorus of my school! And five years later I learnt to play guitar! I used to sing and play the guitar all the time! Other important change in my life was my perception of fear! I used to cry When I saw the film “Murderer Clowns” or I used to have afraid of the “darkness” However this fears have been changed with the time! Today I have twenty two years and my principally preoccupation is to be happy with my different actions, principally with those that has relation with my studies of

Field trip to Coquimbo Region

Last week we had a field trip to Coquimbo, at the 4th region. We began our journey at Wednesday night. It was warm and people began to arrive gradually. After a few hours, we finally got in the bus, and we traveled for about 6 hours until we got to Monte Patria .
The field trip was characterized by the great amounts of joy and cheerfulness amongst my companions. It was a wonderful experience, mainly because of the beautiful landscapes we visited through our journey. The most impressive one was the Fray Jorge National Park. At first sight, it wasn’t really impressive. Mainly because it was just a bunch of semi-arid vegetation, typical of the zone. The heat was overwhelming, and we had to walk for one, or may be two hours uphill. Luckily, I was able to endure the whole walk. I think the main reason of why that happened is because I began to gain stamina from all those fieldtrips that we had in so little time. Specially the one from Integrated Basin Management. And that I’ve been smoking less. It’s hard, but I try my best.
Anyway, the last days from the field trip, especially Friday and Saturday, our teachers relaxed with the whole situation. They gave us half of the day for us to do anything we wanted. So, I went to some random river nearby the school were we stayed with my friends, and we had a really great time there.
To conclude, I must say that this was one of the most, if not the best, field trips I’ve ever had in my student’s life, and I will hardly forget this rich and plentiful experience I had with my friends and companions.

Are rich people happier than poor people?

Is there a relation between the material wealth of a person, and the happiness which that person experiences? At first sight, it may seem that the answer may be yes. We’re culturally bounded to believe that material wealth is a synonym of welfare and happiness. Our basic needs, and even those a little bit more complex, would be satisfied, and therefore, we should be happy. Our entire economic system bases on the belief that economic growth is the answer to all the problems of the world, that we could achieve happiness if we are rich enough.
But reality is more complicated. We’re told since we were kids that having more stuff would make us happy, but our parents, and maybe other media, taught us that wealth is not everything in this world. So, whenever someone says “hey, I want to be so rich that I could poop coins when I go to the toilet”, other people answers “dude, money isn’t everything in this world, and definitely it won’t buy you happiness”. To prove the previous statement is necessary to do a little analysis.
We may notice from people’s experiences that the complexity of life problems and unhappiness is related to the amount of wealth that a random person may have. E.g. Poor people main worries and sources of unhappiness derive generally from the inability to satisfy the basic needs of their families, or beloved ones. The inability to pay debts, have enough money to survive the month, job instability, rising prices in public services, etc. Although they have also problems concerning emotional issues, the main question is about economic wealth related to happiness, so, this won’t be analyzed.
In the other hand, as richer people have their basic needs fully satisfied, the complexity, or banality of their problems increases. Therefore, e.g. we have spoiled children that burst in rage when their dad didn’t get them a white Ipod 2 for their birthday, and instead they gave them a gray one. Or adults that gets frustrated because the neighbor got a new shiny car, etc.
To conclude, happiness is not related to the wealth of a person. Unhappiness will always be present. The only relation with economic wealth is that the complexity or banality of problems will vary accordingly to the wealth of the person. Being more essential and basic as lesser the wealth of the person is, and being more banal and complex as the wealth of the person increases.

What's my life in these days?

My Academic life, in these days, has been complicated and interesting at the same time, because this is the last half of my studies, and I have been learning a lot of things important. I love this matters, for example, I love studying topics as urban planning and environmental analysis. But, this situation has been very complicated, because our faculty was in strike for five months, and We have forgotten the importance of changing the actual educational system!
My personal Life seems to go very well, because I am very happy with the family that I Have and My Boyfriend. But, in these days, I have had a big preoccupation: my beloved pet “Becky” , a poodle dog, has been very ill. And this situation is saddest, because Becky has shared with my family and me, since I was a child. Indeed, in my free times I always play with Becky(my dog). Other things that I do in my free time (that now is very little) is play the guitar and sing different songs. I LOVE SINGING AND PLAYING THE GUITARR! Indeed I love the music in generally. Between my perspectives is to have a music band!
But the perspective most important for the last year has relation with my studies. In December of the next year, I will be receiving my academic qualification. But this isn’t the most important, the most important is to be happy with this!

My Neighbourhood

I have lived almost all my life in this neighbourhood, called Parque Alameda. This place is located on the corner of Las Rejas street and Ecuador street. In this intersection there are several shops and facilities,for example , on the corner of Las Rejas street and Ecuador street, there is a Big Supermarket “Lider”. This supermarket is opposite to the several Pharmacies and Banks. Also There are several Medical centers such as “Hospital del Profesor” and “Clínica Bicentenario”.
Other advantage: There are many opcions of Pubic Transport! My house is near to the Station Subway. I have never been in a Traffic Jam! Because there are enough traffic lights.
However I’d like to have more bikelanes. This is a Big Problem, because many people go to work cycling. Also is an option for descontaminate Santiago. My Neighbourdhood has a lot of pollution, because is near to Alameda, also in some places is so dirty because the trash!
I love living in my neighbourdhood, because this place is very quiet and safety, because here lives a lot of seniors! And I enjoy walking for the streets and in this place I have known many people important in my life.

Strikes and Sit- in for a public education

In these moments almost all the “Universidad de Chile” is in Strike or Sit-in. Two days later, I went to the Demonstration for the education of character “National Strike” , to this Demonstration , more than hundred thousand persons were present, only in Santiago, because to national level, they represented more than two hundred thousand persons.
This protest, had things very assessable, because there had students, teachers, families and workers, all for a public education.
The Architecture Faculty always is present by is students. We always appear with creative Banners, in this opportunity, we had a Dragoon and the big cartoons of the prominent figures who have sold the education such as: Piñera, Lavín, Frei and Pinochet. All that together with a carnival, called “candombe”.
I think that the mass media, show the worst face of the marches, and the one that less represents us, in the news appear hooded person destroying and forcing, but they never show really the cultural activities and pacific demonstrations or very rarely.
The manifestations are a part of the civic culture that we have to have, The duty to demonstrate what does not seem to us and to construct a better world, but I understand that many persons don’t assist because they are afraid to the special forces.
The special forces are very repressive, the people are afraid to the Armoured Car, Rubber Bullets ( indeed in my faculty the last year, the special forces threw Rubber Bullets to the students and various of some of them were injured, also they damage the faculty)
However, I think that is the moment of fight for obtain changes in our educational system.

The educational system

The Education is a fundamental right, and the history demonstrates this. In the last century many places of the world led these revolts that up to nowadays are made feel.
Some cases as Mexico, Paris, Praga, Pekín, and San Francisco, between another more, that despite of that this places are very far of the other one, the movements presented similar features. The reasons? Paul Lizcano, expert of the student revolts against Franc, believes that " in all these revolutions there are a few points jointly: the idealism and the inconformity of a university in which they have penetrated the ideas of the Marxism or of the liberalism, which is opposed to the gags of the system and which demands the revolution "
Evidently the movements of today are not the same thing, but the education continues having the same problems indeed In Chile, the education is synonymous of debt and this, because the Government doesn’t assure the education as a right and for this only they can study in the university those who can pay with some exceptions, Actually the problem is product of the educational system

, that is still bosses of the global economy.
This produces that the dissatisfaction of the students persists, because this big problem has not been solved in more of 40 years!
The education is a fundamental right that is necessary to defend!
In this moment the “Universidad de Chile” is PARALYZED and is necessary that all the students contribute their ideas and visions!