Hi friends!. Today I´m going to talk about my summer vacations. This year, like all years past, I will be at Valdivia all the summer. The summer at Valdivia is great because Valdivia is a touristic city

Hi friends!

Today I´m going to talk about a game that I played when I was a child. It´s looks like we always have to write about our childhood, but mine was great so I don´t care about it :D. When I was a child I liked to play all kinds of games like “capture the flag” (there are two teams with his own base and you have to took the others team flag), to play “commandos” (similar to “capture the flag” but you have to catch an enemy) or play at small boats like Popeye or Simbad. Also I liked to play at arcades machines (my favorite game was The King of Fighters 98), but my favorite game was called “invasion”. This game was a mix between capture the flag, commandos and the boats. There are two teams on play and you are in a large team of ten members, more or less, and there is one base. The objective of the play was to infiltrate the enemy base and took an object (usually a toy). The first team has to attack and then defend the toy. It was amazing because all the members of the team had a role on the game. I was the guy who always get at prison (a part of the base where you put the captured enemies) because my mission was to explore the area and detect the enemies. I had to draw maps and even use camouflage. I felt like a ninja. When we were in defense position, my role was to explore the periphery of the base and attack the enemy team. We used to play with bows and arrows, swords and armor. All the stuffs were made of wood. I don´t remember the last game of invasion that I’ve played, but it was when I was at Los Lagos, so my age was 12 years old, approximately. I enjoyed this game because were a play of intelligence, dexterity, speed and imagination, and we all used to past a great time with it. It is a great memory of my childhood.

See you next week, bye bye! 

The tunnel of Los Lagos was an excelent place to game invasion. The base was ubicated above the tunnel.

Hi fellows! I hope you´re all fine and enjoy my next post.

Today I´m going to talk about a job i would like to do. This is a difficult task to me, because any times I think about the future I can´t answer any question very well. Anyway, if you want to ask me about that, I will answer you. I´ve always thought that the job of a forest ranger is a very good job to do. I like this job because is AWESOME! You have to live in the forest to job as a forest ranger. You don´t have to travel in the metro or bus. You don´t have to tolerate the annoying people. You don´t have to live in a big city! You have to go round the forest doing your job, listen to the bird´s songs, chopping your own wood and there is no bank, no drugstore, no mall, NO COPS!!!, no supermarket, no cars, no trucks, no noise, no contamination. There is only you and the wild! You can read all the books you want, you can explore every corner of the forest and you can swim in any river!!! I think that is amazing. To do this job you need to be a very strong and healthy person, you have to be responsible (as any job) and being restless is not an impediment, is a requirement. I always like to live in a forest far from all the city stuff and the boring and individual people. Actually, I don´t have a ranger forest that inspire me, but when I was a child, the first book that I’ve read was Robin Hood, and Robin Hood lives at forest! I love the natural life and the peacefulness of the forest. I love the trees and the clean air. With the knowledge that I will learn as a student, and all the tools that I will have as a geographer, I would like to job as a ranger forest. That is a dream of my childhood, and I still wanted it.

 I hope you will have a very good weekend, enjoy it! Goodbye friends!

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Rangers of the North, also known as the Dúnedain of the North, were the descendants of the Dúnedain from the lost kingdom of Arnor. Their menfolk ceaselessly patrolled the boundaries of Eriador and were by necessity skilled with the sword, bow and spear.In the picture; Aragorn, a ranger of the north in The Lord Of The Ring saga.
 

Hi there fellows!

Today I´m going to talk about a walk. I love to walk, is one of my favorite things in the world, because I think that walking is a relaxing and therapeutic exercise. To me, is way to open your mind to reflection, tranquility and peace. Anyway, I have walked many kilometers in my life. The last walk I would like to repeat is the walk that I took at Quemchi, in Isla Grande de Chiloé. Quemchi is a little town in the east side of the island, and it has a port on it. When you walk through the beach you can go to a mystic place knows as Aucar. Aucar means “isla de las almas caminantes” (in Mapudungun I think) and is a little island with a very old church and a cementery. It´s a very nice place because at winter, is full of flamencos. When is raining or the tide came up you can´t pass through the wood bridge because the water level block the pass. The place is great; there are many kinds of trees that you can see, like copihues, hualles or pellines. Also, the view is magnificent, because the island is on a great beach, but isn´t like the beach here at Chile Central, is a beach that combines the history of the place, the mysticism, the traditions, the forest and the animal life. It´s a great experience and you have to take that walk because is enjoyable and unforgettable. Don´t forget to go to the port to take a beer and eat some traditional food, like pulmai or tortilla de papas. Visit it!

 

At botom you can look at my personals photos at Aucar :D

Goodbye!

     

me with Aucar island at my back

a flamenco

the church of Aucar

the cementery of Aucar

Aucar´s bridge

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you´re fine. Today I’m going to talk about the things I like to do. First of all, I like to read. My favorite books are the epics-fantasy novels, like The Lords of the Rings or Robin Hood (this was the first book that I read). Anyway, I have read many books of many kinds, but the Tolkien´s books are the best! Also I like the books of George R. R. Martin, like A Song of Ice and Fire saga or Song the Dead Men Sing, a terror novel and to read mangas, like Attack on Titan, Hajime no Ippo, Rurouni Kenshin and Hunter X.

Also, I like to play videogames. My favorite videogames are the Role Playing Games, or RPG. These kinds of game are unique, because you have to “act” the life of a character, usually a hero of an ancient land, or a magician of an unknown planet. My favorites RPG games are Chrono Trigger and Tales of Phantasia, both for the SNES console, Golden Sun saga of GBA system and The Elder Scrolls Saga, for PC. Also I like the sports games, specially the football soccer games (like FIFA 13 or Pro Evolution Soccer 2013) and the FPS “first person shooter” games (like Unreal Tournament 2003, Call of Duty saga, Counter Strike 1.6 and Halo saga).

Finally, I like to do sports. I am fan of the bicycle and I play football all the weeks. I like to play as a Forward, but actually in my team I play as a Goalkeeper.

Goodbye friends! Have a nice weekend.

Tales of Phantasia, the best RPG for SNES, and one of the best of the History.

Hello friends! Today I´m going to talk about my personal experience at 27/F earthquake. That day I was at Valdivia. It was a warm summer night and I was with my girlfriend of that time at her house.  We were watching movies when the quake began. The first time I tough was that the movement was produced by the motion of the coach, but when the heavy part of the quake started we really realize that the movement weren´t a game. We had to leave the house and went to the street. All the people at the neighborhood were at street. Then I had to go to my house and all the people of my family were crazy!!! My grandma was crazy because she lived the big earthquake at 1960. That was the biggest earthquake of the history and she remembers every moment of that day. All the old people of my neighborhood were screaming: “run to the hills” because they tough that the sea were moving to the city. I tried to calm down my grandma and a neighbor switched on the radio of the car (the electric energy was useless) and we listen that the epicenter of the quake was at Concepción. The seismic movement didn´t affect to my family or my friends because Valdivia is far from Concepción, but I have a uncle that lives in Conce and our preoccupation was for him, but finally he could communicate with us. The day after the earthquake I went across the city observing the damage of the structures, streets and buildings. I took a lot of pictures that day to catch that moment for ever. Valdivia hadn´t very much damage but the center of the city loses a couple of buildings and trees at the central square. That was my experience at 27/F.  

Mechita´s life.

Hi, fellows! Today I’m going to talk about a pet. I love animals, but I don´t like the “pet” word because this word is linked to another words like “master” or “owner”  and I don’t think that the animals are objects or holdings. However, in the recent story of my life I shared it with a singular life form knows as “cat” and it name is “Mechita”. This cat came to my life at summer classes before the general student strike at 2011. That year we had to take classes at summer holydays because the riot. It was a very hot summer and we felt like losers because our objectives weren´t accomplished. I was at “pircas” at January and a girl was giving a little dirty, crier and white female cat. I saw it and I was concern about the future of that poor and lonely creature, so I took it to my home and I teach it how to survive in the big city. Mechita is a very restless cat, like a tiger-monkey. It special act consist in a back flip above the furniture of my house, even the roof was use like stage. Actually, Mechita lives with my mom and sister at Valdivia, because the life at south is better and healthier that the life here at capital city. Every time I visit my home, Mechita jumps of happiness and it is a very special feeling, because it symbolizes the link between a human and a cat. That link is beyond the relation owner-holding, is a friendship link between equals.

Galford is a character of Samurai Showdown, a fight videogame. He and Poppy the dog are inseparable companions. It´s a relationship between equals. 

Special meal

Beach or lake

Hi fellows!

Today I’m going to talk about something I would like to learn. Back in time, when I was a little child in a lost town at south, my dream was to learn the ancient blacksmith´s trade. This can be very curious but it have a reason, so I’ll explain it: my favourite video game at those times was a game called “Diablo II” (it wasn´t a satanic game just in case) and in that game you can control a hero that wields a big variety of weapons and armours. The best thing I remember of that game was the ability to create your own stuff at town´s blacksmith using different combinations of metal, magic and other things (like Minotaur leather, dragon scales, etc.). Depend of the combination and your dexterity level, the objects that you create was bad or good. When I play that game, immediately I wanted to learn how to do swords, chest plates, chain mails, axes, etc. Actually, this dreams is incomplete and someday I would like to make it real, because I think that is a good way to earn money, do exercise and be part of a millennial work, that found the pilots of our civilization.

a smith with his forge

Hi folks!

This was the first semester that I take this class. I had not had English subject since I was at high school. This was my reencounter with the English language and it was a very grateful experience. I enjoy this subject because is a theoretical and practical way to learn English and the class is not boring like Hydrology or SIG. My favorite post was the post about your favored TV show at childhood, because it brought to me many memories and some nostalgic thoughts.

I have not a least favorite post. I think that all the post and all the activities in this semester were funny and enjoyable experiences. I enjoy very much to read the blog of Anita, because the blog show a part of her life and she is my friend. Also, Sofia gave me cookies every class. The most attractive blog is Charlotte´s. The Charlotte´s blog is awesome!!!

The conclusion of this semester is that the blog way to learn English is a very good tool to make the subject, because it is a mixture between fun, language and work. I hope that all my classmates thinks in that way, it’s a very good group and I ill waiting the next semester!

Hi dudes!

This week I’m going to talk about my favorite TV show of all times: Rurouni Kenshin, also called Samurai X. This TV show is an anime (an animation based on a comic, called “manga”) broadcasted at the 90s on Chilevisión and Cartoon Network (at El Club de los Tigritos and Toonami respectively). The anime is based on the life of Kenshin Himura, a swordsman called “The legendary Battousai, the Manslayer” 10 years after the Meiji Revolution (the anime takes place in Japan). Himura is a wandering samurai that travel around Japan to search for redemption for his past crimes. At the Meiji Revolution, he was an assassin at the orders of the Ishin Shishi Clan, the revolutionary party at those times, and he fought against the Imperial Shogun and his elite police, the wolves of Miburo, the Shinsengumi. He is described as a master of the most powerful style of sword art, the ancient Hiten-Mitsurugi Ryu. After the Revolution Meiji, he begins his journey promising not to kill anymore. He wields a sakabatou, a reverse-blade katana, to maintain his promise. He arrives to Tokio, and meets Kamiya Kaoru, a teacher of art sword. The history begins in that point. This is my favorite TV show of all times because the history of Kenshin is the history of redemption, is the search for the forgiveness of all the enemies that he killed at the Revolution. For Kenshin, the punish for his crimes is to live. 100% reccomendable.

Hi everybody!!!!

Actually, my life seems to be a little different in comparison to my first year as college student. In those days, I was a dreamer boy and I thought that I could change the world, so my ambitions were much related with the social change. For a while I was happy with those ideas, with that way to see the world, to see the reality and I wished to become a great researcher and a college teacher.

But, eventually, I change and also I change my mind and my eyes. Presently, my goal is to finish the college, found a job in the south and work to buy a site at the Valdivia rain forest, beside a river. I want this for my life because I enjoy the calm and the serenity of my birthplace and I don´t want to leave that land. My inspiration is the conviction that I have to fulfill my goals, to search the way to go on in this city and find the strength to become the men I ever want to be. My only real ambition is the search of the peace and tranquility of my homeland, the sounds of the fish jumping above the river surface and the full moon nights.

Bye everybody!





Autumn at Los Lagos, Región de los Ríos, Chile.

                
             

A song to rest at the river shore...

Helloooooo everybody everywere!!!

Usually, i don´t like to listen instrumental music, but this is an exception. This song is callled "Aquatic Ambiance" and was writen by David Wise for the Original Sound Track of Donkey Kong Country, one of the greatest games ever done. This masterpiece of videogames was developed by Rare and Nintendo for the Super Nintendo System console and released at 1994.


The song was created for the "submarine stages" in the game. The first time i heard it, i had 5 years old. The music of the stage had a narcotic effect  on me and was a very relaxing experience. I don´t remember very well where i listen it, but the sound of the song bring my childhood to the present.
I am not an expert of music styles, but i think that this song is a instrumental-atmospheric song, like all the spundtrack in the game. The music of this game was "the cherry on the cake" that launch to the fame this franchise and makes Donkey Kong Country a fundamental piece of game´s history. I like very much this song beacuse, like i said previously, it brings the memories of my childhood to me and i remember things that i couldn´t remember. Also, the music is relaxing and provides an introspection moment in order to think who you are, what do you believe, where do you belong and all the questions that usually have in mind. This is a song to inmerse oneself.

If you have problems to sleep, i recomend this song and this album.

Goodbye, until the next entry :D