English!!!

Well, this is the last entry of the english class so I'm going to talk about the class. I like english since I was 14, the reason, because in that year I met to my lovely teacher... Miss Jacqueline. She is strict in classes but out of classes she is a friend of everybody. In that moment I started to put attention in all classes, also I love the story that she always talked to the class. So when the Senior year was gone, I decides to continue and improve my english.
The University began and I decided take the english level III class immediately. When the teacher explained to the class about that we must to create a blog...in the beginnig I didn't like the idea, because I never do it. But with the pass off time, I like it, because the topics that the teacher decided we must did, was amazing. Now, in level IV, I increase my knowledge of english, and I love the topics that we have written. 
I know that my english is not perfect, but I've been improve my english every day. I must improve more my comprenhesion of some lectures and I planned improve it with more lectures and reading the different meanings of the same word. Also, listening some conversations, to improve my listening comprenhesion.
Outside the class, I'm using the english to read some papers of other classes, to watch some movies, listen english songs and to teach. Yes, I'm teaching to my niece and mom english. To my niece because I'm the one of my family that understand more english that the rest and to my mother because she wants improve her english and also because this summer is going to come a cousin with her future husband, and he is Swedish and the other language that he talks is english. That is the reason, but I know that she always has tried to improve her english anyway. 
So that is all. Bye :)

Beautiful life!!!

In my life has happenned a lot of good things. First, I have a huge family that love each other. Second, we never have money problems. Third, my parents and I have travelled around the country and outside the country too, one of the ways that you can understand other cultures and of course to meet new places. But not everythings is perfect...When I was a child, the doctor diagnosed me a congenic cardiac illness, and the way that my family and I discovered wasn't nice, especially for me. But with the time that illness was beat it, but still being there. Also, when I was around twelve, my old sister started a relationship with a bad guy, she suffered a lot. Was a time when as family were really bad. And that affected my way to relate with others, but was just for two years. 
Now, my achievements of this year are, first got in to the university and to the career I want, my father wasn't happy because meant that I must leave them alone. I'm the young child, my sister is 35, my brother 31 and then me with 19, but in that time I was 18. And my old brothers left the house when they are around 25 years old. So to my father was difficult that big step in my life. Also, I got all the scholarships!! So was perfect for my parents, because they don't have the enough money to pay my studies. Second, I met a hole new world and new people. I have new friends and met a new place...Santiago!! I was here before, but just for the day, never for a entire year.
I think that are things that I haven't done yet, like meet other parts of Santiago, It's a big city so I just meet a little part. Also, finish my semester, is important do it.
Now, I hope have a happy Christmas and New year with my family, but it's turn difficult because I'm gonna be in classes in that time and it's gonna be difficult travel in those days. But I'm sure that I'm going to travel and have a fantastic Christmas and New year.
Also I know that the next year it's gonna be fantastic too, because my father bought tickets to Cuzco!!! That is a great way to start a year!! 

Need or not to need...money

Money...so necessary but when you talk about it the people stare at you, thinking that you only care about the money that you have in your current account or in cash! For me money is important because is necessary for everything in this capitalist society. If you need water when the company decided cut-off, you must take your wallet and go to the market and buy bottles of water!! When we are with full rights of take water without pay anything for it! If I wouldn't live in this society, I'm totally sure that my importance about money is going to be completely different.

In my school time, When I used to live in Viña del Mar, I spended money in earings, I love it! Also, I spended money hanging out with my friends or in presents for them or my family. But now I'm living in Santiago, my parents still giving me money to survive, because I don't have a bank account so I don't have savings, actually I have but in a family account. So only when is extremely necessary I can withdraw. So my priorities change, now I must pay for a room here, also for my meals and stuff for the classes in the University. In the full year, I just go out with my friends as least three times.

About managing my budget, I'm good. I don't waste the money in unnecessarily stuff now. My parents give me money because they don't want that I waste the time of my studies, working, and they are right because I need a lot of time. But, coming back to the topic, I save a lot of my money in a drawer, because I don't like withdraw the money of my parents or borrow them, either , so when I'm tight I remember that I have some money in a drawer and my problems are gone. 

Now, If I were a millionaire I would invest my money in some companies that are broke to improve the work there and save the work of a lot of people, also I would donate a big amount to charity. And I would  like to help in part of the world, like África, Asia, Latinamerica, donating money to the construction of houses, schools, hospitals and others to the needy people. And I would help when a catastrophic event take place in some part of the world, like in Chile, 2010. Of course I would invest money in me and my family (that is a big one). Also, I would like to invest in enviromentally friendly practices.

If I have to pawn any of my belongings it would be my jewelry. Because pawn shops pay a lot for expensive jewelry, but also for technology stuff like a TV or a computer, but now my computer is important for my studies, so I would pawn the TV.

Recycle!!!!

I learnt about environmentally friendly practices in my school. I was around ten years old. In that moment I realized how important is adopt this practices to our life, like recycling. So I told to my mom the importance of do this practices, specially recycling. My mother thought it and since that day my family have done this practice of take the different kind of paper and separate them, like in one part the newspapers, in other part the white papers, in other magazine papers, etc. Also we separate the garbage, the organic trash in one part, the plastic in other and the carton trash in other, but we have taken care about some box that are of carton but inside has one metallic layer. Some people say that we turn fussy talking about garbage, but is important for our world that is our home. Also we take the soda and beer cans of the street, then we smash them and collect in our house untill we have a lot and sell them, the same as we do with the papers. We don't gather too much money, but we know that all that material is going to be recycle and then reuse. 
About use a bike...I do, but in Viña del Mar was easier than in Santiago. Why? Well in Viña we have different places with cycle lines and the city is little in comparison with Santiago. And I was closer to my school or other places I like going. But here in Santiago, I'm living isolated of the university and the cicle lines aren't enough to the size of the city. But also in Viña del Mar I have ussually gone in car when my family go to a far place.
I haven't joined or supported any eco-organization because sometimes I think that they aren't doing well.
Also the most important is very aggressive.
I would like make different stuff with recycle things, like lamps, notebooks, earings or other things. And also teach to other people about the benefits of that practices. 
I don't know if I have done something to reduce my carbon footprint, but I think that every little thing that helps to the environment reduce the carbon footprint of everyone, so yes.
I think that in our society is really missing the recycle issue, because in some schools teach about this and even if I separate my trash in the rubbish dumps everything is going to combine, so actually we cannot recycle well. I have supportted the idea of the goverment must create a project of recycle and use this trash in energy or other thing.

Vote for your opinion

The next presidential election I'm going to vote. I think is important as a citizen do it, because you are deciding the person who is going to take different decisions in all situations that affect you, your family and friends, so is very important. Other think that I consider important about voting is that  you are giving your opinion in a certain point of view about the candidates, so in that way if you don't vote, you can't judge the decision of the rest of the country. 
About electoral campaigns, I think that are exhausting because they stuff the entire city with banners and them faces are everywhere, even if it is unnecessary!!! And in TV, their jingles are fun just for a couple of days, but then are so annoying, except the jingle of your candidate, also they are in TV around a half of hour. But when the election day is coming they turn into tedious political material.
A person who is going to postulate for a public position must has some qualities. He/She must be likeable first, if you don't like to the people you must heed that you don't going to win. Also that person has to adopt an strong attitude when the moment demand and be responsible too. And also that person must to consider in its decision to everybody, not just a few number of people.
If you ask me If I want to becoming a politician, my answer is going to be a definitive "NO!". Be one means a lot of work, responsibility and I'm not going to do maybe one thing I love it...waste time with my family and friends as I do it right now. 
Well, I'm from Viña del Mar and in that city we have and important mayor: "Virginia Reginato". So you can see in banners the candidates next to her...all candidates do it. It's like a sure way to win if you have a photo with her, but everybody knows that were fixed. It's stupid that! I don't know why the candidates don't do something interesting, maybe other kind of photo or banner. And I hate seeing in every street-light one banner!! They must take away the plant pot of the street-light to put the stupid banner that in a few days is going to be destroyed. We have a beautiful city and the banners destroy that beauty! But one thing I hate it most is that after the elections the banners stay there for a ling time. I hope you understand me how annoying are banners and some jingles, that is all...Bye.

The Gilded One

Today I read an article about an exhibition in the British Museum that wants to reveal to the world about Colombia's pre-Hispanic cultures. Everybody knows that "El Dorado" was in the past the city that a lot of adventurers wanted to find for the supposition of fact that the entire city was made of gold and in that way became rich. But the British Museum wants show to everybody the culture that inspired this legend who doesn't want to pass away. The exhibition has 300 objects from the "Museo del Oro" in Bogotá, with other objects from the British Museum.
For the pre-Hispanic culture that inhabited in Colombia the gold had a mystical meaning, for that people the gold was related with the supernatural, said Elisenda Vila Llonch, maybe was related to the sun.  This people lived is small communities and didn't write about their activities, but the Spanish adventurers who encountered them, wrote about what they saw. One of the thing that the adventurers saw was a ritual where a man covered with gold dust, floating in the lake in a raft with gold ornaments and emeralds. Then the person would through the cast to the gods. But the archaeologist said that the observers were unseeing by the flash of the metal precious, and they didn't see the other valued materials for the Andean people, like ceramic, featherwork, shells and textiles.
Although the pre-Hispanic culture thinked that the ceramic, shells and other objects were important than the gold, the museum has the gold objects like the main draw, objects like pots, head-dress and jewelry. In other section are the gold objects used to communicate with the spirit world, the animal world.
In the article said that the music was also important so in other section has a flute made of gold and objects similar to pots but were shakers. Also drugs were very important, they have gold pins with different designs, they dipped into vassels with lime and then licked. Other body ornaments helped to give the appearance of an animal to the person, the archaeologist said that the gold would transform the people into powerful animals and they could see different points of view of the world.
Elisenda Vila Llonch wants that the culture that inspired the myth, might come to light.
You can read this article in the link below:  http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/15/british-museum-el-dorado-exhibition

Backstreet Boys and Pentatonix

All my life I have listened to the Backstreet Boys. They are an American band from Orlando, Florida, formed by five handsome men, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, Alexande McLena known as A.J. McLean, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson, they ages are 38, 40, 35, 33 and 42, respectively.The first integrants of the group were Howie and A.J, after their agent called to Nick who was justhirteen. Then the agent talked with Kevin Richardson, but the the agent felt that someone else was missing so Kevin called his cousin Brian who participed in the Church choir. In 1992, the band was ready to get into the music industry. But was in 1995 when they made their first single "We've got it goin' on" that launch onto the market (One year after my birth). Since that year they get into the media, made 3 albums more and different concerts around the world, actually they came to the "Festival de Viña" in 1998.
In 2002 the band had problem with their discography, A.J said that had problems with drugs and the boys decided try with their solo career in the industry. After three years of hiatus they backed with a new album "Never Gone", but in 2006 Kevin left the band to pursue his acting career.
The band just with four of the five original integrants continued and made two albums "Unbreakable" and "This is us". They made two concerts in Chile, one 2009 with the "Unbreakable Tour" and the other in 2012 with "This is us Tour" (I went with my old sister to both).
In 2011 they reunited with "New kids on the block" other American band of the 80' and made an album together. Last year the band communicated that Kevin returned to the band and they are going to made other album. This year they present the new album "In a world like this". They play pop, pop rock and R&B.
I like this band for the music that they play and because I listened them since I was born, actually my sister is a big fan within me. My favourite song now is "Permanent Stain" because talk about how a person that you love is always going to be in your heart.

And my new favourite band is Pentatonix!!! They are amazing and very famous in America. They won the third season of "The Sing-Off" (yes, they are an Acapella group). The group is formed by Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi (they grown up together), Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola. Scott met Avi through a mutual friend and the trio (Scott, Kirstie and Mitch) found Kevin in youtube. Scott was whom pursue to participate to his friend in "The Sing-Off"and were in their first day of audition when all the integrants met each other. They sing different kind of songs of famous people and made their own music. I love this group because they make music just with their mouth, nothing of instruments and my favourite song is "Evolution of music", because they sing different songs passing through the years.

First Musical

The day that I always going to have in my mind was the day that I participated in my first musical in High School... Jesus Christ Superstar!!! It was Easter time so the musical was related to that especial week.   

I remember was Thursday, one day before Easter holidays, and my teacher was crazy with the preparation of the stage, music connections and with the people who had a part in the musical, that means a lot of things in his mine, but I was his secretary so I supported a lot with the preparations in special with the Choir guys, the soloists and the band guys while my teacher was worried of  the rest. 

We was the whole day putting the finishing touches to the songs, decorations on the stage, the clothes we were going to wear and calming the waters to everybody.  We started practicing to the musical since the first day we back to classes that was around March 3rd of 2009, but equally wasn't enough time to prepare well a musical, so for that were people nervous. 

The presentation was at night, was cold and that is bad for singing, but for lucky we was in a warm place. 

The School's gym was full, first the teacher talk to the audience a little bit about the musical and the work that everybody did to make it, then the lights turn off and just some color lights on the stage illuminated it. The Choir was in the back of the audience ready to the powerful entrance. The band and teachers playing the introduction an then... POW!! The Choir (where I was) ran and screamed to the stage...that moment was AMAZING! You release all the tension you have before and you're ready to sing. 

The musical was awesome, actually is awesome if you realize that you did it well. I had a great time and know that my partners and the public too, since that day I love participating in musicals of all kind. We presented the musical in different parts since there, the last time that I participated in that musical was this year in April.

I can't describe to you more about the musical, you must see it because it is really fun and the story-line is so powerful that make you see it again.

I love England

The country that I would like to visit is....ENGLAND!!
I love this country since I've started to read Harry Potter books and because my father traveled there when I was a child and always told me anecdotes that are funny.
I want to visit it because it is an interesting country, I know that it has the famous Madame Tussauds Museum (my father was there) with those famous people made of wax. Also, I want to get on the London Eye, the largest wheel in the whole world. Of course going to the Oxford Circus and taking fantastic pictures at night. And obviously, visiting the Buckingham Palace with its serious guards. And like a Potterhead, I must visit King's Cross Station and take a photo in plataform 9 3/4 crossing the wall (as Harry!!!) and the Harry Potter Park. 
And I would like to get on the train and travel across the country to know different places that I read about in other books.
I know that England has an Parliament Monarchy, the capital is London and the Queen is Elizabeth II. Also that is one of the important countries, economical and technologically talking. And I know places just for the books.
I would like to study in Oxford University (is a family dream), but my real dream is travel around the world so maybe I wouldn't live to much time there, just the time that I want.

Second Term 2013

A photograph that I like

This photo was taken by me one evening in the apartment that I'm living (I think was in May of this year).  
It was a beautiful sunset so I decided to take a photo to conserve the mix of colors that were in the sky.
I like this photo because it seems like a gift of the nature to us. If people realized of those little gift of life, maybe they should be happier.
I like taking photographies, actually is one of my favorite hobbies (the first is singing). I think is a way to conserve different moments of our or others life. 

I started to take photos since I was a child with an old Canon camera that belonged to my father, after a few years later, my father bought me a simple camera but I was very happy with it. Through the years my father bought a new camera for the family, but was usually used by me.

Now I'm raising money for bought a new camera because the other camera is old now and it is mostly used by my parents, and I need one just for me. 

My Tablet

My favourite piece of technology is...MY TABLET!!!
A tablet or tablet computer is one-piece mobile computer with a touchscreen. You don't need a keyboard is include, actually it's a virtual keyboard. Also, you don't need a mouse, you only need your fingers or a stylus.
I got it last year in Christmas, well was a Christmas present but my father gave me the tablet two weeks before Christmas Eve. You can use it for many things, you can read books, newspaper, works, also you can play different styles of games, surf in the internet, write, take pictures, etc. But I especially use it for read, but also for play Angry birds and other games.
When I was in summertime, I used to use my tablet everyday for read (I maybe spent all my time reading this summer) but when the classes started in the University I must use it only weekends or when I have time for a break.
I like my tablet because I can take to everyplace, it's very light and the battery go on for hours. My life without my tablet maybe could be boring, because I love reading and playing Angry birds. And also, I love taking pictures, especially to my nephew, who is photogenic.  

Anime

The Japanese animation well-known as "Anime" is cartoon that talk about the story of a young character. Almost talk about the relationship of the main character with his/her friends and love one. If an idyllic story that the most of the fans want to have.

When I was around 3 years old, my sister used to watch "Sailor Moon" and I loved this anime. This anime talked about Selene's life, she was a normal girl but one day she found a talking cat with a half moon in the front that told her that her mission is become a Sailor Senshi (warrior, protector). Since that day, she must protect the world of the Dark Kingdom, in that process she met other magical girls that helped her to keep the peace.

Other anime that I used to watch, is "Ranma 1/2", that anime was my favorite. That anime is really weird, it's about a guy that, I don't remember why, but change to a girl. In many countries was censured, but it's very fun and funny.

With my brother I saw anime too. I saw "Knights of the Zodiac", "Dragon Ball", "Dragon Ball Z" and others. I must recognize that are old animes. But when I was around 8 or 9 years old, I watched "Sakura Cardcaptor".
The anime influenced my life, was the first cartoons I have seen in my life and was very important in my childhood.
I know that Japanese modern culture is based in anime characters and should be interesting look the mixture of the old and new Japanese culture.
About the songs, my sister told me that I sang all the opening and closing songs. Here you have one is the closing of Dragon Ball Z. Enjoy it :)

Bruce Trigger

 If you like Archaeology, you should know about Bruce Trigger.

Bruce Graham Trigger was born in Preston, Ontario in June 18th of 1937. He was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and ethnohistorian. He studied in Yale University. In 1964, he graduated as a Doctor. He made classes in Northwestern University in 1965 and then got in the Anthropology Deparment of McGill University of Montreal, where he past the rest of his life. He died of Cancer in December 1st of 2006.

He wrote a lot of books about his research work in ethnohistory, archaeology history and archaeology theories. One of  the books that I like is "A History of Archaeological Thought". 

In this book, he wrote about the progress of the archaeology during our history and the different methods than the archaeologist used to hold.

He was named an Officer of the National Order of Quebec and Officer of the Order of Canada. He was a Royal Society of Canada member, won their Innis-Gérin Medal and the Prix Léon-Gérin of Quebec's Government.

I like him because he did an important contribution to the archaeology and his books are very interesting. 

My Favorite Band

My favorite band is....BACKSTREET BOYS!!!!

Yes!! They are a five beautiful men! The first (at the left side of the picture) is Howie Dorough, but the fans call him Howie D and he is 39 years old. The 2nd is Kevin Richardson, he is the oldest of the band with 41 years old. The 3rd is Brian Littrell, he is the cousin of Kevin, in fact Kevin called Brian to join to the band and he is 38 years old. The 4th member is Alexander James McLean, best known as A.J McLean. He is 35 years old. And the last is Nicholas Carter but everybody call him Nick. He is the youngest member of the band, he is 33 years old. They started their musical career in 1995, but they were together since 1993. After ten years of success, they decided to try each one as soloists. But after a year they returned in 2004. In 2005, Kevin left the band. The others continued with the band. In 2012, Kevin announced that was returning to the band. This year, they are celebrating 20 years together and a new album coming soon.

They play pop, pop rock and R&B music. I like this band because I grew up with their music, my old sister listened when she was young and I was a baby girl. Both are big fans, we have gone to two of three concerts  they have done in Chile, one in 2009 and the other in 2011(the first time that they came I was three years old in 1997). And, because they make good music.

I don't have a favorite song, I love the most of their songs. But one of the most I hear is "The call", I like this song because talks about a wrong decision that mark your life, and that decision is repeated over and over again. 

My condition after the robbery of my phone

1st  Shocked.
2nd Angry (stupid ¬¬)
3rd Depression (I cried in the subway)
4th Tranquility
5th Annoyed because they were the pictures of my Gabito :'(
6th A little laughter
7th Quiet again because I know he will not be able to type my Potterhead password to unlock the screen.
8th Everything back to the normal.

AWKWARD

Doing this blog and watching tv, I realized that in that moment I'm like Jenna Hamilton of "Awkward" a MTV's serie. Maybe it's crazy but I feeling in that way.

My Autobiography

My full name is Tamara Isabella Chacón Jorquera. But everybody call me Tamy. I was born on October 18th, 1994 in Viña del Mar,  I'm 18 years old. My family members are my parents, my sister and brother. I grew up in Quilpué with my family (a city next to Viña) during eight years, after I lived in Arica with my parents, but my brothers stayed in Quilpué. After a year, we returned to Quilpué. 
I have two nephews, my niece Yenifer (her mother decided call her that way, I hate it) and we call her Mafi, and my nephew Gabriel, but we call him, Gabito. Know, I'm living in Santiago with a friend.

I studied, since Kindergarden to 2nd grade, in Adventist School of Quilpué. Then I moved out to Arica so I did 3rd grade in Adventist School of Arica, located in Valle de Azapa . Since 4th grade to the Senior year, I studied in Liahona School. Now I'm studying Anthropology in Universidad de Chile and I want to be an archaeologist. 
I love singing, I was in choir in high school and I miss go. I also love reading all kind of books. My favorite music is pop and techno. My favorite band is Backstreet Boys!!! I love them, actually I have gone to two of their concerts.

Something very important in my life is....HARRY POTTER!!!! YEAH!!! I'm a Potterhead. I read all the books and watched the movies. So watch out!! I can defend myself with magic.