My anecdote

When I was 5 years old, on my first day of school, I was so excited to go! My first day was good, the second not that good, but, by my third day at school, I didn't wanted to enter! And I told my mother that I had a stomach ache, so she said: "All right, stay at home today". At my forth and fifth day it was just the same, but on my sixth day, my mopther didn't believe me, so, she make me go anyway, but, 'cause I didn't wanted to go, I grip to the ivy that was on the grill! I looked like a cat holding the ivy!! It was so embarassing! Everybody laugh at me :'c

Michelle Bachelet Jeria

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, born September 29, 1951 is a Chilean Socialist politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010. She resigned from UN Women in March 2013 to run for a second term as President of Chile, now with the support of the Communist Party in additional to the parties that supported her previous presidential term.

Bachelet, a physician with studies in military strategy, she is a pediatrician, served as Health Minister and Defense Minister under her predecessor, President Ricardo Lagos. She is a separated mother of three and describes herself as an agnostic. As well as her native Spanish, she speaks English, German, Portuguese and French, with varying levels of fluency.

Her main promise was to fight against inequality, by saying this: "The inequality is the anger of the citizenry". Besides this, she wants to reform taxes and education, making this last free for everybody, thing that personally I find impossible, the economic situation of the country can't pay that cost, it's to expensive to do it, 'cause the state should sustain all teachers, upgrades of schools and everything, making the taxes more expensive.

On her old nomination, she threw projects that weren't the best for the population, so with some of them caused a big chaos. She omited the tsunami alert on the 2010 earthquake, causing the death of thousands of people, some of them still missing. Some families know anything about they relatives, not even where they are.

You souldn't vote for her, because she didn't make good decisions on her past goverment, she made lots of mistakes and didn't solve the real problems of the nation. Otherwise, we most give the opportunity to new people, with fresh ideas, enthusiasm and kindness to goverment the country.

Some International News...

Hamas denies training Egypt militant groups

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has denied training militants who claim to have been behind a string of bomb attacks in Egypt in the past two weeks.

Egyptian state television alleged on Thursday that Hamas' military wing had trained Sinai-based jihadists to carry out car bombings and make explosives.

State-run paper al-Ahram said Hamas had also been involved in an assassination attempt on Egypt's interior minister.

A Hamas spokesman dismissed the claims, insisting they had no basis in fact.

The authorities in Cairo have accused Hamas, which governs the neighbouring Gaza Strip, of interfering in Egyptian affairs since the military ousted President Mohammed Morsi in July.

The group was founded in the 1980s as an offshoot of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Mr Morsi was remanded in custody for a further 30 days on Friday morning on suspicion of conspiring with Hamas over his escape from prison during the 2011 uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak from power.

The government has also extended for two months the state of emergency brought in last month after security forces stormed two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo, triggering clashes that left hundreds dead.

• "Documented"

On Thursday, a presenter on state TV said Egyptian "security authorities" had learned that Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, "trained several people to undertake car-bombing operations and trained various others to make explosives".

"The military wing of the Hamas movement provided various Salafist jihadists and also other religious currents with 400 landmines. The security apparatus documented this and they will be arrested."

Al-Ahram meanwhile cited high-ranking security sources as saying Hamas had also been involved in the suspected suicide bomb attack that targeted Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim's convoy as it drove through Cairo on 5 September.

The hardline group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which is based in the Sinai peninsula, said it was behind the assassination attempt and promised more attacks in revenge for the crackdown on Islamists.

Another group, Jund al-Islam, has meanwhile said it had carried out recent attacks in Sinai, including the twin suicide car bombings that targeted a military intelligence facility and an army checkpoint in the town of Rafah, not far from the border with Gaza.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum dismissed the claim it was involved.

"This is completely incorrect," he told the Reuters news agency, adding that this was an "attempt to demonise Hamas".

Another Hamas official said the reports were an attempt to justify the heightened "siege" of the Gaza Strip, which has seen the Egyptian authorities limit movement through the Rafah border crossing and destroy dozens of smuggling tunnels as part of a crackdown on Sinai militants.

Prices of consumer items in Gaza have risen dramatically, and cheap Egyptian fuel is in short supply. Israel also maintains a partial blockade.

Somali crisis: Amnesty criticises evictions in Mogadishu

Amnesty International has denounced the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

The human rights group says the process has led to "large-scale human rights abuses" including the killing of two people during protests.

Some 370,000 people have been living in the camps, having fled drought, famine and fighting.

But their presence is hampering the government's drive to rebuild the city.

In the past year the authorities have gained greater control of Mogadishu from the Islamist group al-Shabab.

The government announced in January a plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of displaced people to camps on the outskirts of the city.

The Amnesty report says the "relocation plan could have been a positive development" if it had respected "the security, fundamental rights and basic needs" of displaced people.

However, Amnesty added, the government plan proved to be "inherently flawed" and "seems to have resulted in large-scale human rights abuses and forced evictions".

Officials defended the evictions saying such reports had a tendency to be "far from the truth" and the removals were "good for security as well as the image of the city".

"The government has the right to reclaim land and buildings belonging to its former institutions, so that it can offer the public service that is needed," Mogadishu local government spokesman Mohammed Yusuf told the BBC's Newsday programme.

"For that purpose, we move out people living on such lands or in those buildings... We tell them to put the national interest before the individual interest."

• Shelters flattened

The report says an eight-year old child and a mother of nine children were killed and several other residents were injured on 14 August when security forces opened fire on residents protesting against the eviction of a large settlement.

Some residents told Amnesty bulldozers had flattened their shelters, destroying their possessions and leaving them with nowhere to go.

When Amnesty delegates visited the area on 21 August they said they had seen evidence of a large number of shelters having been recently destroyed.

In March, Human Right Watch said displaced women in Mogadishu were reporting being gang-raped in the camps.

The group said managers of the camps - often allied to militias - were siphoning off food and other aid.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office a year ago in a UN-backed bid to end two decades of violence, with clan-based warlords, Islamist militants and its neighbours all battling for control of the country.

Al-Shabab, or "The Youth", is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia - and despite being pushed out of key cities in the past two years, it still remains in control of smaller towns and large swathes of the countryside and launches attacks in Mogadishu.

Australia Magazine

Opera-Ballet "Carmen"

The ballet "Carmen" is based on an opera called the same way. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based, at the time, on a novela called "Carmen" too, written by Prosper Mérimée.
The opera has musical numbers that are separated by dialogues. It tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. It were reproduce by the first time on Paris 3 March 1875.
The depictions of proletarian life, immorality and lawlessness, and the tragic death of the main character on stage, broke new ground in French opera and were highly controversial. The opera were reproduced the first time in Paris, March 3rd, 1875. The opera were not revived in Paris until 1883. After that it became the most  frequently performed operas.
The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
It's a great opera and ballet. It will performed on Santiago this saturday August 31st, 2013 on the Teatro Municipal as a ballet. It seems promissing.

Speech to recieve the new Access group

Good morning everyone, I’m so happy to be here, I’m really nervous, but for me is a huge honor to recieve you. This is a wonderfull oportunity and a great experience. Here, you can meet beautiful people, partners, friends, and after a while, they will be like your family. For me they are.
You're going to learn lots of things about being a group, about share. This is not just a group to learn english, this group teaches you fellowship and other things, It will be sad to get up early every saturday, but it definetely worth it.
I'm so glad and happy that the U.S Embassy, at the end, has decided to continue with this program, because it will open you so many doors. You'll visit many beautiful places and will have really great times. You too have the chance to travel to USA, to speak with Americans, to hear testimonies about the program and many other things. I hope you to seize this opportunity, because this is one in a million. You will not regret about this.
At first is a little bit difficult to use to hear everything in english, write in english and read in english, but with the time you'll feel confortable with it and even if you don't notice, you'll learn a lot, really a lot. For example,with the  2012-2013 Access group we went to  the "Museo Bellas Artes", "Cerro Santa Lucia", "MIM", "Teatro Municipal", "Valparaiso-Viña Del Mar", "Movistar Arena: Harlem Globetrotter's Show", and many other places. You maybe can go to more places than we, but try to don't miss classes, sometimes you'll be relaxed, but don't lose your first thouts of this, don't lose your enthusiasm from the begining. If you need anything of us, you can count on us, I'm speeking for the hole group with this, don't doubt it. Well, my best wishes for you in this new adventure. Thanks to everyone.

How sports can change someones life?

Playing sports is like a way out of everything, you forget your problems and can concentrate on something else that makes you feel better. Play any sport is take care of your life in a better way. Is a healthy way to lose weight, to recreate and distract yourself, and if you play any sport, probably you should eat better than you did before. Any sport makes you to get a better lifestyle, appreciate all the sacrifice that other people, who do it professionaly, need to do to get where they are.
If you dedicate time to it and effort to do it, you can become an imporant person on that. Play sports isn't easy, you should do your best and give everything that you can to get far, but you'll feel more comfortable with yourself.
Also, it's so gratifying to do something right, be successful, and be an example to someone else, a referent. If you do some sport that you like, you'll do everything to do it right, give your best and be happy with it, and if you made a mistake, you will keep going and try it again.
If you practice a sport, anyone can ensure that you'll be successful or known, but you will do something for yourself, and you will get a better lifestyle, and be an example for next generations.

Changes...

Hello! Well, this vacations were amazing! I really enjoyed it. The Valparaiso trip was really awesome, I had a lot of fun sharing time with all my friends and classmates of the university. After that trip, I went to Pucón with my mother, my step pather, my brother, my grandma, and some friends and Andrés, my step-pather's, family. In the south of Chile, you can see a lot of beatiful things, a lot of trees, animals, nature! Beautiful natural landscapes, and great people accompanied me there. When I returned to Santiago, the only thing I wanted to do was see my boyfriend, I missed him so much... When I saw him I couldn't even say Hi, I only could hug him and kiss him...
My first day of school was awkward, it's so rare to get there, enter to your classroom but see that everything changed, there's not the people you wanted to see, 'cause they are in other classroom, with other people, I can't get used to it yet, it's sad don't have the people you wanted arround you, we can see each other at breaks, but it's not the same, but I have to use to it, 'cause thing always change. Always...

Time at MIM

My experience in the "Museo Interactivo Mirador" (MIM) was very enriching, because I realized that one can learn many things on an entertaining and interactive way, sharing with friends and / or family.

 My favorite exhibition was the " Gyratory Chair ", because fascinates me the sensation of speed, freedom and dizziness, when it stops, that produces.

It was a beautiful experience that I wil cherish. I am be very grateful of have been a part of that. 

ALMA proyect: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

The ALMA science complex, when fully complete in March, will feature 66 high-precision antennae that will explore the universe from the plateau of Chajnantor, located 5,000 meters above sea level in Northern Chile, 34 km outside of San Pedro de Atacama.

Once operating at its full capacity in late 2013, ALMA will have 100 times more sensitivity and spectral resolution than its predecessors in the millimeter/submillimeter field. In fact, even while only operating at 25 percent of its full capacity, ALMA has already been used to make significant discoveries, including the finding of sugar molecules in a distant star similar to our sun.

This unprecedented project, which involves the collaboration of 20 countries in Europe, North America and Asia, signifies a new era for astronomy research. Scientists will be able to see darker, colder, and denser regions of the cosmos thanks to ALMA’s powerful antenna array. ALMA’s 66 antennae act as a single telescope with a 16 km diameter.

This will be a huge opportunity for this country to be known and recognized for something good and important in the world.

The good, the bad and the learned of 2012

A) Good things about last year:
Last year I met many people who helped me a lot to grow as a person and taught me how to live in a better way. I got an english scholarchip at Alberto Hurtado's University. Last year for my birthday I met a guy who was really nice with me, his name is Diego. With time he started to be one of the most important persons in my life and now we have been in a relationship for a month. Past year I realized that I have great friends that I can trust and count on them because they will always be there for me.
B) Bad things about last year:
Last year I almost lose one of the most important things that I have, I almost moved from my high school, because I made many mistakes. My great-grandmother past away on july, two wicks after her birthday. On dicember 3rd, my grandfather marked a year since he died. I lose a great friend because she betrayed me, she said things she should not say to people that sould not know. My family almost goes apart and I had a lot of problems, but all of them are solvable. And I realized that not everyone who says that is your friend it is really.
C)What I learned about 2012:
I learned that not everyone is who they say they are, I realized that not everyone it is there when you need them, but who really is there worth fighting. I learned that family is one of the most important things that you can be part of and you must fight to keep it together. God always have to be the most important in your life, without him you are nothing. You have to be yourself, do not pretend to be someone else, because you are not going anywhere that way. Now my philosophy of life is: Love, laugh, enjoy, be happy.
D)What I realized I still need to learn:
I still need to learn about life, I'm just starting, I still need to learn about how to do things right, and to don't mess it up. I still need to learn a lot of the thing that teachers teaches at school and university, I still need to learn how to be the person I want to be and keep close the people I really love.

A grafitti

Well, this is the grafitti that I like the most <3 for me is very meaningful. Well, God bless you!

Something 'bout chilean history :33

The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 12,000 B.P. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to subdue and colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory became a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain. The country's economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpetter and later copper. The wealth of raw materials led to an economic upturn, but also led to dependency, and even wars with neighboring states. The country was governed during most of its first 150 years of independent life by different forms of restricted government, where the electorate was carefully vetted and controlled by an elite.

Failure to address the economic and social disparities and increasing political awareness of the less-affluent population, as well as indirect intervention and economic funding to the main political groups by both the KGB and the CIA, as part of the Cold War, led to a political polarization under Socialist President Salvador Allende which in turn resulted in the 11 september 1973 coup and the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-years regimen was responsible for numerous human rights violations and deep market-oriented economic reforms. In 1990, Chile made a peaceful transition to democracy.

Live your dreams

Live fully
appreciate all that you have
do not regret about what you do
enjoy laughter and sorrows
don’t be scared about what people would say
do what you love
life is only one
live with hopes and dreams
try to make them true.

If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

One of my favorite songs: "If I Ain't Got You"

 

 

 "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second consecutive R&B chart-topper, remaining atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for six weeks. The song received two nominations at the 2005 Grammy Awards, for Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, winning in the latter.

Sydney Opera House (1957 - 1973) is a masterpiece of late modern architecture. It is admired internationally and proudly treasured by the people of Australia. It was created by a young architect who understood and recognised the potential provided by the site against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour. Denmark’s Jørn Utzon gave Australia a challenging, graceful piece of urban sculpture in patterned tiles, glistening in the sunlight and invitingly aglow at night. Jorn Utzon died in Copenhagen in November 2008 aged 90.
In its short lifetime, Sydney Opera House has earned a reputation as a world-class performing arts centre and become a symbol of both Sydney and the Australian nation.
Design and construction were closely intertwined. Utzon’s radical approach to the construction of the building fostered an exceptional collaborative and innovative environment. The design solution and construction of the shell structure took eight years to complete and the development of the special ceramic tiles for the shells took over three years. The project was not helped by the changes to the brief. Construction of the shells was one of the most difficult engineering tasks ever to be attempted. The revolutionnary concept demanded equally revolutionary engineering and building techniques. Baulderstone Hornibrook (then Hornibrook Group) constructed the roof shells and the interior structure and fitout. At the behest of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) the NSW Government changed the proposed larger opera hall into the concert hall because at the time, symphony concerts, managed by the ABC, were more popular and drew larger audiences than opera.

It's so cultural and beautiful!

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge was opened at May 27, 1937, the construction begins at January 5, 1933 and end at April 19, 1937. It was created by Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charles Ellis. Is one of the icons of San Francisco and this building is 75 years old and celebrated with fireworks and a huge event. It has been declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.The Frommers travel guide considers the Golden Gate Bridge "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world".
Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay.As the only road to exit San Francisco to the north, the bridge is part of both U.S. Route 101 and California Route 1.  The bridge is popular with pedestrians and bicyclists as well as cars, and was built with walkways on either side of the six traffic lanes. Initially, they were separated by the traffic lanes by only a metal curb, but railings between the walkways and the traffic lanes were added in 2003, primarily as a measure to prevent runaway cyclists from falling into the roadway.

Isn't it beautiful?

The field trip was very fun, because we saw beautiful places, and learned a little bit more about our culture. I, personally, enjoyed a lot with the guys! After my feet hurted, but it was worth it. c: I would love to do it again!

                                                           <3 I LOVE YOU!

Interesting facts about Australia

Australia today is a vibrant multicultural country with people of British descent, as well as Aboriginal and immigrants from many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

It is the sixth largest country in the world and the only country that is also a continent. Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, where Summer is from December to February.

Here's some interesting things about Australia that you probably not know:

The first official world surfing championships were held in Sydney in 1964.

The oldest newspaper in Australia is the Sydney Morning Herald, published in 1831.

Tasmania was once part of mainland Australia, before the melting of ice caps 12,000 years ago

A resident of Sydney is called Sydneysiders.

In 1926, New South Wales became the first government in the world to pay pensions to women.

Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.

The city of Melbourne founded the first gay and lesbian radio station in the world in 1993 with the name Joy Radio.

• The longest fence in the world is located in Australia. It is 5530 km long and was erected to keep dingoes away from sheep.
• Australia is the lowest continent in the world, with an average height of just 330m above sea level.
• The name Kylie is derived from the Aborigine for Boomerang.
• Koalas are furry animals that live only in Australia they live only in certain types of trees, called eucalyptus trees where they can eat the leaves. Koalas are nocturnal, they spend at least 16-18 hours a day sleeping
• Christmas is the biggest event in the Australian calendar, it is the beginning of summer month. It marks the end of the school examinations and the start of long summer holidays
• The kangaroo is one of Australia’s most iconic animals. There are over 60 different species of kangaroo and their close relatives.

I hope that you've enjoyed this.

Beatiful Places of Australia

Australia is a  large country in continental Australia, which is famous for kangaroos and koalas.  It is a beautiful country located in south eastern Indonesia, which has ten very beautiful places.
1.- Perth
2.- Adelaide
3.- Sydney
4.- Cairns
5.- Great Ocean Road
6.- Fraser Island
7.- Magnetic Island
8.- Tasmania
9.- Uluru
10.- Kakadu National Park

Sydney it's the most known place of Australia, there's the theatre of Sydney and it's the capital of that country.

Isn't it beautiful??