My life with pets

When I was younger and I lived with my father, we used to have a lot of pets. I say “a lot” because my friends didn’t have so many as I. We have two dogs, two rabbits, two ducks, like 6 little birds, and for a while 3 pigeons; then, they went flying away from home, they lived with us because they had an injured wing.

But I was used to live with pets, and when I went to live alone I adopted a little ugly cat. He was ugly because he was sick, so, we went to the veterinary and the doctor saved him, but then he turned into an evil cat and he leaded the group of cats in the neighborhood, he rocks around the other cats and he left me alone. His name was LEON. I don’t know if he is alive, because I change my address.

Now I’m living in a little department, but I really wanted to have any pet! I feel sad when I don’t have one to give it love, or feed it, or talk to it. I think it sound really stupid, but I love pets. Well, when my little sister’s cat has little cats in Concepción, I took one of them and I carried it to home with me. She is a cat who looks exactly like his mother, so I named her in the same way: MANCHITAS. Now, she is one year old, she is in love with the printer machine, and likes to look for the window. I hope she is happy although the small space, because she is afraid to go outside, and play a lot indoor.

On photos, first is Machitas on my little department, then it's Manchitas's mother in Concepción, and finally it's Manchitas when she was a little cat.
That’s  my life with pets.

Posada, Misiones, Argentina.

I have thought for a long time that for me it's important to know the American countries first, and then, travel to know Europe, Asia, or other places. But when my sister fell in love with a French guy and went to live and have her family on France, I went with my mother to visit her. That happened before I have the opportunity to know Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela or other countries.

So, I feel in debt with this dream. I really want to live for like two years in Mexico DF, Rio, Caracas, Misiones and other beautiful places with Spanish language.

Once I went for a short trip to Misiones district, on the north of Argentina, very close to the border with Brazil and Paraguay. It is a beautiful place, like a lot of villages with hot weather all year and people speaking Spanish or Portuguese.  In this district, the principal City is named Posadas, and I believe the main economic activity is the tourism.

Misiones is near the Iguaçu’s falls, the rivers that divide the three countries are enormous, and they have a history and culture related with the Jesuits; there are little villages that the Jesuits found, that today are just ruins. Hence, there is a lot to see.

So I would like to go to live to Posadas, and have a little tourism business and enjoy the place and nature.

Urban Life and Santiago City

The topic that interests me in architecture is related to history and urban city, I am a little confused about how to call it, but it is connected with neighborhoods and social networks.

I have to say that my neighborhood (this perception is subjective and unique for each person) is almost all Santiago district. That means that I know this place (knowledge of the place), I used to walk around and it is necessary to me (used the place), and that I feel  it is mine (appropriation of the place).

So I have to speak about two websites, a stylish one and a nerd one:

“Archivo Visual de Santiago”      http://www.archivovisual.cl/

This website is about history information about Santiago, it is mostly images in great quality from several years and authors. It’s really nerd but very interesting, I use to visit it when I have something to investigate or I have free and geek time. There are maps, black and withe photos, portraits, and paintings. I really like it because first it’s very useful and second it’s good to know the past of the places you use to go to and like.

 
“Soy Infiel. Una esquina hoy, otra mañana”   http://soyinfiel.cl/

This website is new for me, to tell the truth it could be this or another one, depending on the time and mood. This page I discovered this morning, it has a really surprising name and I like it very much, because it invites you to go to different places alone or with friends. It’s a gallery of advice for new places of Santiago to go to, many of them with so much history, others that are so TOP now. But the principal thing is that it is for the people to go out of their houses and know their city, and that’s great!

I believe for having a good city and a healthy urban lifestyle, we have to be interested in using it, taking care of it and knowing it. That way we can appreciate the place we live in.

LIPSTICK JUNGLE

            For a time I was really excited about Fox TV Series, I think it was because I didn't have Cable  TV for a long time and Open TV was boring. I liked series of FOX and Universal above all because of the graphics, the fashion, the cameras, the characters with supernatural powers and great things that made me wish I had a life like the screen. Then I realized that was not my life and I stopped watching them.

          It was then when I came across Lipstick Jungle. It was a short series about three normal friends in the big city (well, they were not so normal, they were almost the richest and most powerful three women in New York). All the aesthetics absorbed me, New York City, Fashion, Money, yellow taxis and love, all from the perspective of women. But the greatest thing, and the difference with other series was the camera movements; just because the subject that involves this three women was Fashion Industry, they had to film shoes. And of course I love shoes.

To give you an idea of the series, it is the screen version for a novel by Candance Bushnell, the writer of Sex and the City. And I just read that!

           My favorite character was Victoria Ford, a fashion designer that tries to make her own brand, and suddenly she had no new ideas. I liked her because she was the most romantic.

           I didn't really see all the series, I always had difficulty seeing series because I couldn't never remember the time and day. So, I can't say how developed the story, but the first chapters were great. Also I have always been interested in fashion, but never use it, so, I think it's a strange subjects to me.

http://youtu.be/mSCyWxrFY14
(series trailer)

BANCH

Not many people from my circle know them, but I just love them. They are BANCH (Ballet Nacional Chileno), a group of dancers with the leadership of Gigi Calcineau, the choreographer, they are really fantastic. They are a ballet, but not a classical ballet with tutus and ballet shoes; they do modern ballet, an inspiring ballet.

                I haven’t seen all of their performances, but about four of them I’ve been glad of seeing. The one I’m going to talk about is called VALSPARAISO. It is set in the Valparaiso port, and Chilean music. There are short presentations, with two, three, or all members, and representing several and very different things.  While one makes you feel in love, the next makes you laugh a lot, and the next one makes you a nostalgic person.

                I wish any of you could meet them; as Universidad de Chile students, we can pay $1000 to see them in Universidad de Chile Theatre.

http://youtu.be/TqbWsgp-h1U?t=30s

Valeria :)

Well, my name is Valeria Bueno, I was born in Lima as all my family. We came to live to Chile when I was 3 years old, so I can’t remember almost anything about Peru. We were 2 sisters and 1 brother, and I was the youngest one.

Once I was telling this to a friend, she said “oh! So you were another piece of furniture in the move!”  Well… yes, the hardest part of the house changing was mostly to my brothers.

We lived a lot of time in Maipu, in a place called Ciudad Satélite, far away from the downtown, where I used to come to high school. I remember I had to wake up at 5.30 AM from Monday to Saturday… although I hated being a morning person, I think it was fun going to high school.  

When my parents separated, my father moved to Concepción and my mother stayed in Maipú. I decided to move alone to Santiago, with my father approval and his economical support. So technically my family address is in Concepción now. To be less expensive to my family I decided to take a loan for paying the university on my own.



My lovely sister Nora



My father had a daughter in Concepción, and I adore her, her name is Nora. So my main “hobby” is escaping to Concepción to see her. Also, I can be so lazy there!

My others hobbies are walking a lot; buying books that I don’t read later, but I’m glad to have;  cooking; and seeing movies.

A SIMPLE LAPTOP

      I'm not in love with technology, I don't hate it either, but we are not one to each other.... maybe I just like to stay in stone age in a lot of ways of doing things. The best example is that I would prefer walking to driving, and a pencil instead of a keyboard.

      But I have to admit my life was a lot better when I got a laptop.

      I used to think I was a simple person, and I wouldn't need expensive things if I already have something else to work with.

      So, when I went to the university in my first year I brought my big computer to Santiago with me, it was really heavy and used a lot of space in my room, and I didn't have internet yet. It was so annoying. In my second year I was so tired of it that I decided to buy a laptop.

     I was so happy that I was carrying it everywhere, the greatest thing was that I could put it in my bag and go out to any place with free wifi; even I used to say it was so light that I should never be tired of carrying it.... that was not true, of course, and now I know that even my notebook has its limitations of bringing it everywhere.... so now I'm thinking on buying an ipad =)

     I'm still loving my notebook, it's very useful to do all the assignments in my career, and I found I can improve it with some accessories like a tablet to draw, new memories, and great programs :) ... so I'm using it for all the things now, communicating, playing, working, seeing movies, checking recipes, buying things...

     My life without it would be awful, even worse if I didn't have a wifi signal at home.  Now I think about it... that's a great technology too.