Egyptology (rocks).

I know is a kind of repetitive, but I love Egyptology!!! That’s one of my biggest passions. And there is more, I would love to be an Egyptologist and travel to the Middle East and know Egypt. Would be great and I’ll fulfill one of my biggest dreams. I don’t know, ‘The Mummy’ has a very persuasive power and when I saw it, I knew that that was for me. Is weird, but is like if I’d have it in my blood. And I love it! I’d love to go the pyramids and discover something knew…maybe an ancient treasure, or human bones, some pieces of pottery, mummies, anything.

I think Egyptology is the perfect combination, I mean Archaeology + Egypt = WOW. Is like a dream!

But I couldn’t choose one topic in particular. I think they’re all fascinating. The secrets of the pyramids, the mummification technique, the pharaohs, the hieroglyphs, everything is interesting to me. And what I like most is the fact that they were like an impossible civilization. The things that they reached, their tech advances…Are a mystery.  Nobody knows exactly how they built the pyramids or the giant limestone statues. Is like a secret. Where the aliens? Did they have some special power?  Were just the fruit of their effort? I’d like to know that.

And yes, all this could sound just like a silly game or very unreliable, but I don’t know way, I just love it.





Just two nice pictures

Well, I chose those pictures because…I really don’t know.  They aren’t my favorite, but I like them. I took this photo when we (me and my classmates) were to the Cerro La Campana National Park. That was my first time. Maybe I chose those because I love hills, mountains, to see the sky and the clouds, the green color of the wood and flowers, everything.  And that is what them shows. It was taken in mmmm….I really don’t remember, but it wasn’t a long time ago. It was our first field work. It was a very good travel to a very nice and quiet place. But it wasn’t so perfect because somebody stole us our money and some things. Is a little difficult to believe but yes, there are thieves in National Parks too, I didn’t know that. But anyway, they are nice pictures, at least for me. But there’s more. This park isn’t just a normal park. It has something special. I don’t know, is just special. The quiet wood, the mist in the morning, the sing of the birds, everything. Is a relaxing place where you can just hear yourself and think…in everything.  Is the perfect option to leave Santiago for a weekend. And it isn’t so far of the city, no longer than two hours by bus. But well, to go back to I was saying before, those pictures remind me that the world isn’t so ugly and bad (like here, at the capital), so sometimes I took the computer and see them, is just ok.  I hope to be there again.  

I just wanna study...

I knew that be at the university would be hard (a lot of study, jobs, stress, eating disorders, etc.) but I never thought that one of most tedious problems that would affect us would be the education system. I mean, we should be learning, working to be better, but not fighting to study. I think this is unfair, there are a lot young people that make a lot of effort to can follow superior studies, and what happens? They can´t because the system select only the “better” ones. That is why students are struggling, that’s what they are trying to change. They aren’t terrorists but people who fight for rights and for future generations of students that will have to face the same troubles.

This affects me directly, because I’m a scholarship student and I could lose this benefit because of the change they want to establish. I repeat again that’s not fair, because I worked hard to be here, like thousands of students who could lose their studies because of issues profit. However, I must admit that I haven’t actively participated in demonstrations, is one of the things that I wouldn’t either because I believe that isn’t the right way. Or maybe it’s a matter of cowardice or rejection to something I haven’t lived in the flesh. Consequently, I didn’t participate in Thursday's demonstration because of the same (and because I had to do a lot of work too).

I think the government should support the students. How they want more professionals if they don’t give a good education? This is a shameful situation. Sometimes I think, will have people from other countries have to fight so hard to achieve a good education? In some places, education is free, but here this is clearly a dirty business.

Anyway, this isn’t the first time and won’t be the last; demonstrations will follow until we get something better. We aren’t asking for anything impossible, we just want to study to achieve something in our lives, doing what we like and enjoy our work. Is that too much to ask?

Working day

Last Tuesday we made a huge job. Well, actually it wasn´t so hard, but at the beginning I was really confused. Like after 20 minutes later, I started to understand this activity and begun to work. It was about planning a week study tour by London tourist attractions. I can’t deny that was fun and I learnt several things (London has a huge lot of tube stations, for example), but at the beginning it was very confusing. Also, I fell in love with the British museum, especially with his archaeologist artifacts and his large collection of antiques, and with the Natural History Museum. Maybe that´s because I love Museums! Anyway, London has a lot of interesting and fascinating places to visit. It is a very good choice for vacation and studies tours too. In the end, I think the activity was very productive and we should do something like this in the future. Was a good challenge and it required several skills and abilities. I think it was a practical way to learn and apply knowledge. And much more fun than reading books, by the way.

What a song!!!

Well. Actually I have a lot of favorite songs so I can´t choose just one. Anyway, there’s specially one that I’ve heard many times and I can’t stop of listen it. It is from The Strokes and it’s called “Last Nite” (I’m not wrong; it is nite, not night). I really don’t remember when I heard it first, I think that was a long time ago, ‘cause when I found it I recognize it immediately, maybe is for the rhythm, or the lyrics, or can be the great battery, I don’t know. It’s just a great song that makes me awake and I feel the need to run and jump. It’s weird, I know, but is just what I feel when I heard it. Why do I like it? I don’t know. Hear it. You’ll see why.
I think this is Rock or can be Alternative Rock too. Is just the perfect song to start a party.
The Strokes are a north American band from the U.S.A. They “born” in 1998, when I had only 5 years. Their vocalist is Julian Casablancas and he has a great voice. The other members of the band are Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Frabrizio Moretti (in the battery). I think Fabrizio is very talented; his ability on drums is amazing.

*This is courtesy of the great encyclopedia for the lazy ones: Wikipedia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE