Have I had a good semester?

In general this semester has been very great in which I have learned so much. For example, this subject of English has become fundamental and important for me, because in the past I didn’t have this closeness with the languages in general, I had just learned the study of English across the music or movies that I watch or hear. Because of this I considered that this semester have helped me well. Apart of that, what I have found it complex was focus me in one hundred percent to a one only discipline that maybe is not the one that I choose. For example, still cost me a lot the listening but I think that with practice I can overcome it.

Also in personal terms, academically I’ve done very well because to be my last year of university I asked do my thesis gradually and much more elaborate and I'm finally closing an important stage in my life and besides I have done a draft about my thesis in which I explain the proceed of this for example that I am working with the theme of the disappearance and secrecy in my work approaching from the political to the personal.

 Also I think that this semester I been more focus in my studies because I will finish soon so in terms of go out with friends I don’t go out much because of this intense semester. In other hand the thing that frustrates me is be against time when it is workshop, specifically dedicated me to the painting but well I think that this semester was a good one and I will remember so much like a necessary good.

What do you do to reduce the carbon footprint?

First of all I think that living in a sustainable condition with the environment by now should be a requirement more than a personal need. In other hand, the cultural environmental policies of the Chileans are very low, is a matter of see in the Street how people of any social class throw his garbage of the vehicles while this peoples are in streets or subways without worry about our own habitat. Is because of this that it should be much more rigorous the educational issue about teaching to the citizens in general. So the people that had the courage to learn about conditions more friendlies with the environment do this thing through of his own knowledge like internet, books or documentaries, but in public policies the truth is that are little.

In my case, I try to always use the recycling like a way of living. In my house for example, a couple of years ago that in my backyard it was built compost to put organic waste that mineralize the earth, after a few years we had to cover because it was a lot of accumulation but in my family the issue is always present. In fact, on winter we don’t light the stove unless it is electric because is more friendly with the environment, while in homes is still used paraffin like an effective way of heating. His level of carbon dioxide is as contaminants that lose the way. Maybe I’m not a fan of the bicycle, I rather use the public transport, but my older brother, uses the bicycle like a Daily transport vehicle. Rather when I can, I use the car but only in special occasions, I never uses in the daytime or in the rush hour traffic.

Well Irespect to inform to the citizens, I participate in several groups of animal and environmental defense, which they performing direct actions with the purpose of the community know that exist alternative media to the conventional to live the daytime. In regard to my animal policy, as I said in previous blogs, I’m vegetarian, because in addition of all the torture the animals have in his daytime, we must add that a person who eat meat, pollute the environment more than an industry because as to feed a cow it needed thousands of hectares of industrial soya for his feeding which is equivalent to six buses no catalytic.

Maybe what I like to do is maximize and descend the cost of the called “green energy”. This means that a rise in solar panels, focus in not approve policies like “alto del maipo” that damaging the most important ecologic reserve of Santiago as is the “cajon del maipo”, also take advantage of the wind energy and facilitate his installation. You don’t have to be a genius, here are vested interests. Large companies as “chilectra” or “aguas andinas” don’t want that we seek an alternative way because his business could be over. Reduce the carbon mark is important maybe with little changes every day; know how to use the water properly well. Not washing out teethes or wash the dishes and let the water run. Closed the water when is not used, maybe not have the lights on if it’s are not in use and be conscious that the water is fundamental, because there are people that before take a shower, turn on the water of the shower and then wait that the water is warm, lay out the water unreasonably. Also change eating habits and recycles as much as you can; it implies a commitment because the trash trunk at the end has everything join together, so for that we should go and deposit this remains separately.

Finally the society is lack of take this seriously; assume that if they don’t do something, today our children and grandsons will suffer a truly barbarity with respect of the earth gave us freely.  

Banks

I agree with banks are mean because once in my family we spent an economic rush for an university debt that my dad had with an X bank.

Over the years, the bank started to push to be paid the debt as soon as possible but with a charge very high that was almost impossible had that money, and having no solution, they sued my dad. With the years, despite of started paying installments, they decided confiscate the possessions of the holder of the debt to pay themselves. Fortunately that my dad was instructed about the issue and he knew exactly what day they would come and finally they took only a few things and the trial ended. Then, my father managed a better job and now with the debt update, they give him another bank account in other bank in which he is now. 

But sincerely the banks never loose, because for example for studied in a public university in where the education is expensive, I immediately, like many others partners, we going to have a debt in a future with a percent very high of charge.

While I’ve never directly borrowed money to the bank, the also give you a university card that supposedly is for the library and will pass between faculties of the same university, is financed by the Santander bank and is created automatically  an account view.

Is for this case that I personally have never had a problem with a cash machine, but I’m young and I still have to learn many things and take care of myself of this unfair system.

I feel that interest rates are excessively high, most in a country where the minimum salary is very low and adding that the ISAPRES and AFP discount an important percent to the gross salary, giving a very low salary.     

Facing Problems

• While in life we have always been full of problems or complications, I considered myself a guy that can be resolve things in a good way. But many times happen to me situations a little bit strange as the common of the people in which my reaction was impression. 

For example, I remember once that I have traveled to Ecuador with a friend and during the road to go there; we came up cross the border in a taxi from Peru to Ecuador. Maybe because we were inexperienced and foreigners, we didn’t know that taxis were more dangerous than Chilean taxis and his drivers unless they were certified, they could be criminals disguised as drivers. 

And so it was, already was getting dark, we got inside to the taxi that a policeman recommended us in which always we suspected.  Once inside and on the road to Ecuador, of nowhere gets in another guy that start to intimidate us and ask for money. Obviously the problem was intense and of major stress, because we had never lived a similar situation. 

Then the taxi driver headed to a vacant parking and there arrived a third guy which threatened us with a gun so we hand over our money to him. After of a struggle of words we agreed to give him $200 dollars everyone, with the condition that crossed us the border. 
After a while, they did it but left us there, only that they crossed us to the bordering country in an illegal way. Thus we have to get some Chilean consulate to explain the situation and legalize our papers in the Ecuadorian customs. Later of long hours and already late-night we could solve the problem of the consulate, and the Chilean embassy called us so that they could accept us in Ecuador. 


Maybe was a terrible experience, we get out without money but at least with our lives intact. Our way to resolve the problem was basically calling to the embassy of our country and wait for a solution.

My Future Job

When I started to study an artistic career, I know it that the occupational way it wouldn’t be easy altogether. But I have been always with clearly ideas. While the end of my career is coming, I think that having my own personal workshop would be ideal. Having a big production in the artistically and also in cultural management things. 

Generate projects that benefit me on my passion that is the painting and also the creation of an architectural alliance on historic restauration. I’m interested in all the audiovisual media production because in some way it was always closed to my interest. 

I think that nothing limits me to comply these purposes because I feel able and conscious to do it.

Obviously I wouldn’t like to work in an office but I would like to work indoor referring me to work in my workshop. At the same time I would like to work for a time in outdoor if is in the context of the restauration.  

I would love to work hard in my work because it is my passion and dedicate time to this could give me results.

I take painting because nowadays is the major that’s most despises in the contemporary art so for me this is a challenge.

restauration of a building

My favorite movie

My favorite movie is “Mulholland Drive” 

by the American director David Lynch.

This movie is definitely one of my most favorite inside the cinema, because I love this director, I follow his steps for a long time and also because my brother has always been a big fan of good movies and in other hand my parents always taught me the artistic vision inside the cinema. When we were kids they always took us to diferent cinemas, as well as commercial movies as art films. Cinemas like “Normandie”, “El Biógrafo”, the extinction center of UC, the “alameda art cinema” and the now extinct “Aiep art cinema” which was located in the heart of providencia in Miguel Claro street therefore my relation with the seventh art has been intense.

I consider myself a big fan of cinema, and otherwise I’ve acquired a good criticism as I see any movie o documentary (I’m a good observer with the successes and readings in movies). So for me the cinema is fundamental and the filmmakers like Bergman, Kubrick, Lynch and the huge litter of European and argentine cinema have made my experience as a spectator wonderful.

Well, the movie I choose as a favorite (it was hard to get to this) is as I said “Mulholland Drive”, because is a very strange movie were is based in the history of a girl that wants to become in a Hollywood star, but in his journey happen very unusual and particular facts if I can say.

His protagonist make friend of a woman that arrives unintentionally to the apartment of the aunt of the protagonist, who borrowed his apartment in Los Ángeles for audition in Hollywood, with the course of this, it reveals that this weird woman that arriving to the house of the protagonist have a bag full of money and a blue key, with which start a story full of suspense and surrealism. 

Is my favorite movie because gather all the indecipherable human aspects of our unconscious and at the same time Lynch play with this.

      

My best holiday ever!

My best holiday was travel to  the stadium "La Bombonera" en Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2012, because was a epic trip for me and my friends.

I remember that we were there one week, but all travel was a odisea.

First, i traveled because my team Universidad de Chile  qualify for Copa Libertadores so me and my friends rent a bus and we went to Buenos Aires.

The history is very funny, but there was a moment very disgusting because the bus we rent was a very old so when we were going through the mountains, the snow entered by the windows. And on the top of the border crossing Los Libertadores was closed.

Finally when we arrived at Buenos Aires and all was wonderful, we went to a hostal and then we did a Night walk at Obelisco.

The next day, I visited the museum of fine art of Buenos Aires and I think that this museum is very interting because there are works of ellite artists of the world history like: Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Renoire and various famous artist of the impressionism age.

The next day was the day of the match so me and my friends walked to the Obelisco and we met there with all the fans of Universidad de Chile.

The best moment was arrive to the stadium, the euphoria was incredible.  for me was a unforgettable week.

The adventures of this travel i world Love to tell to my children and grandchildren.

FRS is the name of my crew