Blog 6: English language challenges

I think I learned more English in university than in school. So it has served me a lot, blogging has helped too much to practice my writing. In addition to the fact that they are entertaining and it distracts me to read the blog of my colleagues, especially in the pandemic situation.

I need to improve my pronunciation and my listening skills, so I plan to watch more videos on youtube or series in the native language, English, and study the pronunciation between certain words that sound similar.

In general, I think it's difficult to practice my English, because I don't have anyone close to speak it with, with the classes I managed to practice a little, but during the rest of the year this is not possible. So even though it sounds strange, there are times when I speak English alone in my room, this has helped me a lot, to connect ideas, but not for my pronunciation. On the other hand, in class it was hard for me to speak, because I panic, especially when I speak with someone who knows a lot of English, so I need to improve my confidence

In general, learning languages ​​attracts me, so this year with the boredom of the pandemic, I downloaded an application where you can speak with native people or people who want to practice languages. In this app I met a boy, who lives in South Korea, we have been talking about 5 months. The only language we speak in common is English, because I know the basics of Korean and he doesn't know Spanish. This has helped me to practice my writing. But because of the time difference, we cannot talk much, only for a couple of hours, when here it is very early in the morning or very late at night.

Blog 5: Illustration

 

The specialization that I would like to study would be graphic design, in other words, in visuality and media, this is the title that the University of Chile delivers. I had already decided this before entering university, because I have always liked this area more, since I was child I liked to draw and some subjects have shown me that I am not very useful for the industrial area.

If I had to choose the job that I would like to do in the future, it would be illustration. As I mentioned before, since I was a child I like to draw, and well within this profession I would love to dedicate myself to the design of characters, either for comic or for later animation. I would love to create a character that would later appear in a comic, an animation like a video game. Or make illustrations for books.

I think that the most important aspects when choosing a job is to feel comfortable in the work environment, whether in the physical environment or with your colleagues. I think that a friendly environment facilitates the flow of creativity, something very relevant in Design.

In terms of strengths and weaknesses, I think it is always easier to say weaknesses than strengths. I consider that I am very self-demanding, I do not know if it is a weakness or a strength XD, I am very thorough and I like to give the best of myself. Regarding weaknesses I get frustrated quickly and tend to stress or panic.

Blog 4: My story with food

My favorite food since I was little girl is noodles, I know it is a basic food, but I love it, whatever the combinations, pesto noodles, with any type of sauce, I love it whatever. When I was little with my brother when we ate noodles we played sucking on them while pulling our ears, something that seemed very entertaining, now that we are grown we no longer do it XD. 

On the other hand, there are two things about food that I hate, fish and lucuma, I don't know why, but they give me a strange sensation in my throat when I eat them. Another thing that I didn't like to eat when I was girl was “guatita” and “panitas”.

I am currently a vegetarian, I was from 2017 until the beginning of 2019, I was very irresponsible with my diet, and I did not inform myself well, in addition to that at that time I was taking very strong medications, so I began to feel physically ill, after consulting A doctor was giving me the beginning of anemia, so my mother made me eat meat again, something that did not please, but on the other hand I understood my mother's concern, but this year I am a vegetarian again, and this time I report. Now that I think about it, I never liked eating meat, since I hate fish, and when they did barbecue , I didn't eat much meat, I preferred to eat more of the side dish.

Now I am very happy to become a vegetarian again, and I am in very good health.

Blog 3: My favorite series

 

Outlander It is a British-American dramatic series, it is based on the novels Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Picture Television.

Its premiere was on August 9, 2014, it has 5 seasons broadcast and this year the 6 season was being produced, but due to the pandemic the filming was stopped.

The series introduces us to Claire Beachamp (Caitriona Balfe), who is a combat nurse in the Second World War in 1945. Who during a trip to Scotland with her husband, Frank Randall (Tobias Menzies), visits a circle of ancient stones, which transports her to Scotland in 1734, where the last Jacobite uprisings are lived, and a battle between Scottish and British.

At this time is where she meets Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a young Scotsman, with whom she is forced to marry to ensure her survival, but she did not count on him falling in love with Jamie, so she is divided between the love of two men from different times.

The character development is perfect, it is shown that all the participants in the story are relevant, besides that it is interesting to see the game of time. Since Claire knows part of the history of Scotland, thanks to her husband Frank, so she must know what moves she can make, so that a change is not caused in the Frank era.

It is a great series for those who want to learn about other cultures and a bit of history, showing the Scottish customs. in addition to giving us the beautiful landscapes of Scotland.

The series can be seen on the Netflix and Movistar + platforms

Blog 2: Music

The music genre that I listen to most is the rock, but within this genre, I like alternative rock, indie rock, blus rock and grunge.

I like many exponents of this genre, so I think I could not say which is my favorite, so I will name the ones I listen to most frequently. Noel Gallagher ex-member of the band Oasis, the song I like the most about him is "Revolution song". Greta Van Fleet, american band, exponent of blues rock, my favorite songs are "Safari Song", "Highway Tune" and "Black Smoke Rising", all from the same album From the fires (2017). Another band that I love is Pearl Jam and I love the song "Sirens". And finally another of the bands that I fell in love with in 2015, was Tha Black Keys, my favorite album is Brothers and I love you three songs, "Tighten Up", "Howlin' for You" and "These Days".

Although I am passionate about this musical genre, I frequently listen to all kinds of music, but I do not like reggaeton and K-pop.

But this last time, there is a song that I listen to at least 3 times a day, this usually happens to me when I really like a song. This song is "Lit
 '莲" by singer Lay, he is of Chinese origin, and I learned that he belongs to the EXO band, which surprised me, because his style is totally different from pop. As I said before, I don't like K-pop, so I haven't listened to music from the band I belong to. "Lit" is a mixture of Trap and Rap, in addition to using two languages ​​in this song, Chinese and English, and what made me fall in love with this song the most is the cultural rescue it does, since classical Chinese instruments with current sound are used and the music video transports us to this classic era. Also in my personal opinion I consider it to be a great video.

I'm going to leave some links, in case you want to listen to the music that I named:

Howlin' for You - The black kays

Tighten Up - The black keys

These Days - The black keys

Revolution song - Noel Gallagher

Highway Tune - Greta Van Fleet

Black Smoke Rising - Greta Van Fleet

Sirens - Pearl Jam

Lit '莲 - LAY

Blog 1: A country I'd like to visit

 In the future I would like to visit several countries and settle in them for about three years. Unless one of them completely captivate me. 

I have always liked different cultures and languages that I don’t usually listen to frequently. Is for that I would liked to visit Norway, Germany and South Korea. I couldn’t tell which of these is my favorite.

This time I will choose Norway, because its landscapes give me a feeling of tranquility and freedom. I have always liked very green landscapes, forests and rivers. Also I hate the heat and Norway has a cold climate, it is perfect.

Because a third of Norway is in glacial areas, the Northern Lights can be seen between October and March.

What I like the most about this country is that it is deeply rooted in its culture and art, with many museums and art galleries. In addition to the fact that its inhabitants show great respect for the environment, currently much of its architecture is sustainable.  

I consider these to be the best places to visit in Norway: 

Geiranger fjord

Northern Lights from Tromsø

Bergen's wooden houses

Stavanger