English Language Challenge

The first time I did something in English in FAU was when I had to make a test to know which level of English I had to start with. That was my first experience and I was selected for the third level of English thanks to pass the first two levels with 7.0 and 6.5 marks. I began with English III at the first 2017 semester with Simon Higginson, The teacher. The dynamic of blogs has been one of my favorites because I've could write about several things that I love and many experiences in my life and that's something I like because I can show to people facts about my life and I can know more about my classmates. With the time I have noticed that the aspects I have to improve are to speak fluently and listening better what native English are speaking like in movies, songs and TV shows mainly. Outside the English class I am using English to translate papers and articles that I find interesting to read like archeology, biogeography and nature, my favorite topics. I use English to learn new words and add them to my life dictionary, so when I have to travel to an English speaking country I won’t have problems to communicate with the population of those countries. I am going to keep using English because I must to learn it if I want to talk with foreigners’ geographers and start projects with universities around the world. I will miss to write blogs in English and that makes me sad :( You will never be forgotten dear class! I'll see you soon!

My study program (changes)

Hi my people, today It's time to tell you about my current career and it's study program. I began to study at university in 2015 and now I'm in my third year of university. The study programm I am is the precedeing curriculum because in 2016 this one was changed to a new curriculum with new subjects and new rules for students who be enrolled from 2016 onwards. There are many subjects I have to study like SIG courses, human and physical geography, biogeography among others. My current study program contemplate also elective and sports courses. My workload has been increasing since the first year because there are several evaluations as academic year goes. The career length are five years considering time for thesis and practice. The faculty has two computer rooms where all the students from different careers can make their worksheets and other things. Going back to my career I think isn't necessary to make another change to the curriculum because last one was last year and that's fine. Maybe I would add some potential to GIS courses because we don't learn all the tools that has ArcGIS. Also I would like that our career would have more facilities to apply the theory, like having easiest access to the laboratory of geography and to get ArcGIS already licensed, this last because sometimes we are working on ArcGIS and the program fails suddenly. That's all my folks, enjoy this career while studying because in the future we are going to miss our time here, maybe...

Summer plans

Hi everyone and favorite classmates, today it's time to write about holidays and summer plans. In the future or early the next year I want to go, like always, to the beach. Still don't know if I'll go some beach next summer, but that's my wish every year, going to the beach or even travel to other country, to the mountain, the dessert, an island or the Patagonian Ice Fields. I would like to visit to my mom's cousin who lives in Curacautin. If my family has some summer plan in the future, it would be the best thing ever. Now I remember my mom is planning to travel with her sister, my cousin, my father and me this next summer. Maybe I would like to climb so volcanos like Llaima, Mocho-Choshuenco and Lonquimay. I also would like to go some Hot spring to get relaxed and distracted from civilization, apart from walking across forests and record the nature of the Araucania Region. I had planned to work as a instructor for the new 2018 students helping them to choose a career in my university, but sadly I wasn't selected as one of them. I am still thinking how I'll organize my time with my friends and my parents, but probably I will be most of January lain down in my sofa watching my cellphone and TV xD, but actually I want to go out and maybe meet new places in Chile.

TV series

Hi everybody once again. Today I am going to talk about series. I have seen several TV series in my life, between animated and series with actors and actresses. If I have to choose any favorite TV series in my life I think it could be The Simpsons and I like because I started to watch it in 2005; since then I have seen almost all the chapters again and again and again, in addition that jokes are always funny. It also represents the daily life of so many people around the world who live similar situations to the characters of this TV series. I always enjoy series of detectives and police cases like Law & Order, Monk, NCIS, CSI and many others. There is no actually TV series I would like to see, but if a new TV series is interesting and my mom or my dad start to watch it, I start to watch it too. I always think if it would be cable television in my house I would stay at home everyday watching TV series like Game Of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The Simpsons or any other TV series. I am not a such fan of watching TV series, but when I begin to see one it turns into one of my favorite hobbies, as they were "Lost" and "CSI: Miami" in 2007 and "NCIS" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" between 2009 and 2010.

Postgraduate studies

I would like to do that postgraduate course because I want to specialize in a subject related to geography and have most knowledge about a specific theme in my university career. The subjects I would like to specialize are biogeography and GIS because these have been the subjects I have liked the most in my period as student. I still don't know where I would like to study, but if I can do it abroad it would be fantastic, I would have the possibility to know different places in the world like the Americas, Europe, Asia or even Africa. I prefer study in Europe or the United States, both places are my favorite places to stay while studying. I would like to study in a both part-time course and in-person classes, but this is an aspect that I don't care too much, I don't mind any way to study, I only have to adapt to the education system that may have the university. I like biogeography because I can learn a lot of scientific names of different species and their natural characteristics. I like GIS too because for me it's very interesting to make spatial analyst in the geographic space. In a future I want to combine both specialties and get a good job where I may perform as a great geographer.

A job i would like to have

Hi everybody. In this journey I am going to write about I would like to have in the future. I imagine on an island paradise like, maybe, Bora Bora... Yes, is it hard to make it come true but dream is free. I would like to be a hotel manager and work both outdoors and indoors so I would realize my dream of living on an island in the Polynesia. I can say that salary is bit complicated to define it right now, but if I have to choose, I would really like to gain a salary to pay all the bills I have, to buy food to eating well every day and buying clothe to wear in a tropical island. Actually I am studying Geography at Universidad de Chile, in third year. Yes, I am thinking of taking, it's a job and a specialty that I really love since I started to study. I know that everything I wrote above it's a little bit idyllic. Related to the Geography, a work that I would like is to make field work putting in practice my geographic knowledge and help people and communities to solute territorial problems. This how I must to become on a real and dedicated professional in my specialty. When I work I'll love it, I know.

Books in my life

Hi again everyone. Today I am going to write about books. Yes, books. The first thing I have to say is that I have no favorite author, I could be reading any book that I look interesting, doesn't matter if is an author in Spanish, English or another language, I can read any book if I wish it. If we talk about a favorite kind of books I may prefer history or sport books. Maybe the book I've liked most it's Santa Maria de las Flores Negras. I read it in 2013 when I was in my last school year and I immediately ''fell in love'' with the story of the principal couple and all the people who died on a horrible way. I don't remember the last book I read, but probably was something in 2014. Well, another thing I can add is that if you don't like to read books, magazine articles also help to get used to read; I put this in practice every time I have a Sabado, Domingo or YA magazine. Now there are several options to read any book or any text thanks to the internet and It's massification around the entire world. I know I must start to read like I did it when I was younger... someday.