Final semester 2023

 Hello everyone. today I am going to talk about my final semester of the year 2023 

Well to start, this semester is very important for me, because it is my last semester with classes at Fau. So it is very important that i do well with my grades, I think that so far everything has gone well for me academically, so I am very happy in that matter. Personally, since it is my last semester, it has caused me a lot of anxiety about what will happen next year and in the future, sometimes I have been overwhelmed in this sense, but I have tried to move forward and no think about these types of things. I have distracted myself by doing the things that I like to do in my free time, to sometimes take my mind off the university a little, and that has helped me. it has been a semester of a lot of knowledge academically and personally, the important thing is to live day to day, calmly, step by step and not focus on what will happen in the future. 

As for academics, my courses have been very good, with some areas that I have enjoyed, great learning about territorial planning from geography, with many academic works and activities.  I also really liked the English course, I found it very good, as a did English 3, which I had also taken with Mr, Higginson, you learned English very well with him, it is a course that has taught me many lessons. My best moment of semester was for the national holidays, since we were without classes and I took advantage of going south and being with my family those days. I enjoyed them a lot, because I got distracted and I forgot a litle about my university work.Finally my grades haave been between 4.3 and 6.8 for the moment, so I hope it stays that way.

Test practice

 Goodmorning everyone

So the page to be able to practice for the english exam very good 

It is very entertaining and interesting, I feel that you learn a lot and wellfor an exam through this platform. The listening part is very good, you hear good quality audio, so it is not so difficult to understand.

I still liked the reading part, I found it very entertaining, with great text that helps you improve yoyr English. It also has several sections and different types of activities and texts that help you read and understand English better.

"Recetas del sur"

 

Well, the truth is that I follow a large number of people who are creators of social content, such as streamers, YouTubers, musicians, singers and musical groups.

 

But the truth is that I use YouTube a lot, that's why I'm going to tell you about a YouTuber that I follow on my social networks, and he is Professor Klocker. It has a channel dedicated to food, especially meat, such as roasts and most preparations that have meat. The truth is that I really enjoy watching their videos since I really like cooking, and their recipes are very good and in their videos they are explained in a very good way, in addition to the recommendations they give for food. I met this YouTuber in 2019, perhaps, on his channel "recetas del sur", I quickly began to see more of his videos, in addition to the fact that they are recorded mostly in the south, so the aesthetics of the video are very beautiful, surrounded by trees, rivers and grass. So yes, later I started following him on Instagram and social networks until today.

 

In addition to having some videos that are in other countries, where he explores the gastronomic culture that exists in other countries, which I find very interesting, the diversity of foods and cultures, customs that exist around the planet.

 

I believe that the vast majority in Chile know that Professor Klocker is currently very famous, his Instagram and YouTube have a large number of followers.

 

Outdoor Activity

 

Good morning everyone, today I will talk to you about something I like to do outdoors.

Well what I really like to do outdoors is play soccer, go jogging, hiking and cycling. If I had to choose one it would be between cycling and hiking. But I will talk to you about cycling, since I was little I like to use the bicycle, despite having fallen several times when I was little, I have always liked to go out cycling. When I was older my grandfather gave me his road bicycle, which he had had since 1979. Well, I restored this bicycle and exchanged several old parts it had for some new and better quality ones. And it turned out to be a very good bicycle, which is the one I currently use and the one I ride with, since I fixed it I have dedicated myself much more to cycling. I have gone to the Barriga slope, in Maipu, the Prado slope, the Mallarauco slope, I have also gone to Maipo Island by bicycle and I have gone up to the Cajon del Maipo by bicycle. It is a sport and an outdoor activity that I really enjoy, because you actually feel free and you can travel and explore many landscapes that you had not seen before. It is an activity that I really enjoy, with which I am distracted and makes me feel very good. The last place I visited by bicycle was the Cuesta Belliga, it is very cool to be at the top, and to be able to see Santiago from that place.

 

And I highly recommend it

Valdivia, Chile

 

Hello everyone, today I will talk to you about a milestone, a trip that marked me a lot and that I enjoyed.

This trip was one that we took with my family in 2018, where we traveled south. Firstly, we traveled to Osorno where we stayed several days to explore, later we went to Valdivia, this is the place that I really liked. With its rivers that cross Valdivia, its forests and its architecture make it a very special place. I remember being in Valdivia for about a week, where we made many boat trips to explore the rivers that cross it. We also went to "Niebla", which is a small coastal town that is very close to Valdivia. To go there we went in a small boat, I remember that when we were on the way, we could see dolphins in the water, it was very nice. In this place we visited the fog fort, and other tourist places in the sector. It was a very nice experience and trip, which I would do again.

 

And I highly recommend it

Beautiful place

 Good morning everyone

Today I will talk to you about a beautiful place that is located in the south of Chile.

This place is the Conguillio National Park, which is located in the mountain range of the city of Temuco, in the Araucania region. I visited this place during the holidays this year, in the month of february and March. I traveled to this place with my girlfriend and my cousins from Chillan, we traveled by car to the town of Melipeuco. In Melipeuco we arrived very late, we stayed camping very close to the Conguillio National Park, the next day we went to visit it, we were 15 minutes by car from park to the camping.

The first day we toured the entire park, passing through the llaima volcano, the different lagoons it had, and the large forest full of very old Araucaria trees, we met the oldest Araucaria tree in all of Chile. It was a day of a lot of walking and trekking but at the end of the park we swam in one of the lagoons of the place, where the water was very crystal clear and clean, it was very comforting to swim there.

In the following days in Melipeuco we went to explore its surroundings, getting to know more lagoons and also arriving at Villarica, Pucon and Caburgua. 

It is a beautiful place that I highly recommend you visit.

A member of the family

 Good morning everyone

Today I will talk to you about a member of my family , whom I have a lot of appreciation for.

Well to start, I will tell you about my cousin Alejandra and her husband Cristian. they got married approximately seven years ago, they live in the city of Chillan, in the south, in the region of Ñuble. Well my cousin, she is a stylist and she work in a place in charge of that, her husband works as nurse in a hospital of Chillan.

The relationship I have with him is very nice, we trust and love each the other. When I was litle wasn´t that close to my cousin. However, as I have grown older I have gotten closer to my cousin and her partner, having a good relationship. Every time I go south, I stay at his house, where we share beautiful moments, we go out a lot to explore the south, they are very adventurous, they really like trekking, camping and visiting places, so it is something that we have a lot in mind common, since I like the same thing, we complement each other very well in that sense.

They also get along very well with my girlfriend, so we always go their house, we spend the holidays with them, and they come to Santiago to see us too.

Learning English

 Today I will talk to you about when I started learning English.

What is easy for me about English is being able to read it, the truth is that it is not difficult for me to understand it by reading, but, when it is time to listen to it and the person who is speaking is very fast, I do not understand it, it is difficult for me to understand it when I listen to it. If you speak slow English it is easier to understand the language. In order to practice outside of class, I usually listen to a lot of music in English, so it helps me to be able to pronounce the words and understand what is said in English. Also, most of the time I watch series or movies in English with Spanish subtitles, which also helps me understand English better, and helps me with pronunciation.

During English class I like to learn to pronounce English and be able to speak it naturally. I like activities to be able to share English and pronunciation with my classmates. Finally I think that English will be very useful for me in the future, I consider that it is a tool that opens many doors for us in the future, just as it is in the world of work. I consider that English is a universal language, it is spoken all over the world, it is a way to communicate with people from other countries who do not speak the same language as me. So if I travel to other countries it will be very useful for me to have learned English. In terms of work, knowing some English is often requested a lot, it is an important requirement to start working, to be able to communicate with people from other countries within the work environment.

I find drinking a cup of tea very interesting in English culture, and it is also something very characteristic of the English, every time they talk about England, tea time comes to mind. It is also something that I really like and I usually drink tea often, I really like it. On the other hand, I like football in English culture, it is something that is enjoyed a lot in England, the passion and love they feel for the shirt and the history of their teams, in addition to having the Premier League. On the other hand, British music is very great, from the sex pistols to radiohead, they have great bands that I usually listen to a lot like blur, oasis, the verve, radiohead, the clash, sex pistols, joy division, new order, among others, They are very influential bands in music.

A job

 Goodmorning everyone, today I am going to talk about a job that I would like to do

Well to start, I haven´t worked in that many places mainly due to studies, but some of the jobs I have had part time have been as a night stocker at the Lider supermarket, this job has been the most recent. I also worked on a gealth center construction project with my uncle during the summer.

Because of the career I am studying, I would like to work in a state institution that is focused on risk management. This is one of the reasons why I started studying Geography, so I would like to work in that area. I like this work since I consider that climate change is a phenomenon that is currently ocurring and is accelerating, causing a greater number of natural disasters. I do this job because through good management we can keep a large number of people safe, reducing their exposure and vulnerabilities, focusing on prevention. I believe that to do this job well you have to read a lot, study, see patterns, be organized, know the topic and what interests you, be good at hiking to see the situation on the ground.

I think I would be good at this job because it is an area that I am passionate about, and I believe that I have the qualities to do this job.I don´t know very well which person is my inspiration in this, but I really like what Marcelo Lagos does.

Book

Good morning everyone, today I am going to talk about a book that I really like

Well to start, the book name´s is "Metamorphosis" of Franz Kafka. This book is a classic, the vas majority has read it or heard of it. The autor Franz Kafka is a german lenguage writer, who deals with many psychological, social and religious themes in his works.

I remember the first time I´ heard this book it was in middle school, we had to read this book for a subject, where there would later be a test of this book. I liked this book, it tells the story of Gregorio Samsa´s tranformation into a monstrous insect, and thefamily drama that unfolds as a result of this event. The truth is that the book is quite strange, a little disturbing, but deep down it has a very profound meaning. I liked this book because, it deals with different very common topics in society and in the lives of human beings, such as frustration, identity and loneliness, among others. I find that it is an unusual book, with very deep meanings.

I highly recommend it if you like this type of topics in a books.

Cultural Topics

Music: As for music lately I have been listening to several British rock bands like Oasis, Blur and the verve. I like that genre of alternative rock that emerged in the 90s, britpop. 

Film: As for movies, I was very amazed with Oppenheimer, despite it being a long movie, with 3 hours, I found it very good and at no time did I get bored. It kept me in suspense the whole time, It´s a movie with great dialogue, but its actors are incredible, which makes it not a boring dialogue. I really liked Cilian Murphy´s performance, in his other films he had already shown what a great actor he is, but with Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer he had reached the top.

Place: As for place that I really like to go and I find it very beautiful is San Fabian de Alico, located in the Chillan mountain range. It is a place witha lot of history and culture, with a large amount of vegetation, rivers and mountains