Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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!! 

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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.