Fiestas Patrias... My Favourite Season

I like this date. It’s my favourite month, season, etc. Fiestas Patrias means a lot of things for me; happiness, party, share, etc. It’s the anniversary of the first national council of government, but it’s an excuse to celebrate the first step for a repulican life. We have two holidays, the 18th and 19th September. These days we do a lot of things, we play typical games, like flying a kite, rayuela, and a greased pole, etc. Also, we eat typical foods, overall, barbecue and empanadas. And we drink a lot of things, but the most typical that we drink are chicha and red wine, but if you want to do all these things, you must go out to “fondas” in O’Higgins Park. When I was a child, I lived with my uncles, aunts and my grandparents in a big house and we eat a big barbecue for all the family. Nowadays, we still meeting us, to eat a big barbecue, maybe we will meet in my house. My favourite 18th… maybe was the last 18th, because I went out to Curacavi with my family, and we eat and drink a lot of things. Also, I went out to my grandparent’s house and also we eat a big barbecue… but before of these dates I was celebrate the Fiestas Patrias in the “Fonda FAU”, where I danced and drunk too much…

My near future...

In five years later, I hope working out of Santiago, like a geographer, of course, but crossing Chile. Also, I hope to study a Post-Grade course out of Chile, specially in Australia, because it looks like to me a beautiful and developed country. I would like to have a lot of money to travel around the World and to know a lot of countries. Also, I would like to have a rock band and playing the drums. Maybe, I would like to study another thing that isn’t related with Geography, like Music or Acting. A girlfriend? Yeah!, why not?, always I’m available… hahahaha.
I wouldn’t like to live in Maipú, because it’s so far of the Centre of Santiago, I would like to live in Ñuñoa, or Providencia, because they are very quiet places to live in.

Well, this is my ideal future, there are a lot of things to do…

My English Experience.

I started to learn English when I was in 5th Grade, in the school. At start, it was a little difficult because I never have learned English in my life. My first teacher was Veronica Fuentes. She was very strict, but, she was a good teacher because she was my only teacher in all the time that I was in the school. I liked learn another language, over all English, because, is the universal language and is useful for our professional live, and to travel to a foreigner country and to can communicate with other people. I had only good marks in English, always, because it was very easy learn English for me. To learn English I find easy, write, and grammatical forms, but I find difficult the pronunciation, but it is only practice, and to speak like an idiot… (It’s a joke). I feel that the English culture is punching us strongly, in music, arts, ways of life, etc. I know a few people English speaking, Chilean and foreign people, starting by a school classmate, that she went to England to study, and people that I knew in the University, like Simon Higginson (my English teacher) and exchange classmates.

New Semester, English IV: Myself...

As you know, I'm Eduardo Muñoz... ("Frodo", for my friends). A new semester starts, and I should to talk about myself... I was born in San Miguel in 1986 (I'm 21 years old), I Have 1 sister, she is older than me (one year). She is an arts teacher. My father, is a furniture maker and my mother is a housewife. I went out to live to Maipu in 1995 and I went out the school in 2004. I'm studying Geography in the University of Chile. I have a good relationship with my classmates. Always, we have time to do a lot of things like play football, go for a drink at the "pircas", etc. I'm not a lazy student, if you think that... but I have good marks, especially in English... hahahaha; although I like the Physical Geography, and I don't would like to work in an office, it's so boring. I don't have a lot of hobbies, but I like sleep, playing football, listen to the music, and watch TV.

It's a short introduction, but, it doesn't matter...

My Blogging Experience...by Frodo

I didn’t have a blog before this class; I didn’t think to have one, and less in English. For it, I liked to have a blog because I could write that I think about the tasks that the teacher gave us, and to upload photos of the things that I like.

Really, I didn’t like to write in English, obviously is easier for me write in Spanish, but it was a good way to learn English, because you can correct your mistakes and the classmates’ mistakes.

The blogging teaches me to write much better in English, and it helps you to understand and think in English. Also, you can “talk” to your classmates with the comments of the posts.

I have two favorite posts: “One on One With…” and “My Favorite Song (In This Moment)” because they are related with my favorite music, because they are awesome musicians and I wrote these posts with spirit.

My least favorite post was “My opinion about BBC Learning English” because it had a lot of things to watch and it tires me, almost in this moment I was very bored and I had a headache because it was a f*ck*ng day.

In my opinion the best blog of the class (after mine) is the David’s (Jesus Christ) blog because he is very creative to approach the topics and he has a good Spanish vocabulary and he translates it very good. Almost always he talks about music, literature, movies. He knows very much. But, I always say him… his blog has very bad colors; it seems like a “chuncho” blog… ha ha ha ha…

This was my blogging experience… now I will speak in Spanish… good bye!

Why am I studying geography?

Because I was like it from before entering to the University, I always was looking at maps and I was interested the environment and, in general, the whole world that surrounds us, the people’s behavior in our environment. Then, I decided to study geography when I was in the preparatory, also I was investigating about the curricular scheme, and there were many subjects that they were interesting.

Now, I look at myself in the future working in any organization, but always travelling, already inside Chile or around the world, although I don’t will like to work as a geographer all my life.

I don’t know if geographers can save the planet, but I think that we can contribute that the world can be much better about the management of the natural characteristics of the Earth.

For it we need many tools to achieve a better territorial management, for example the GIS, make field trips to know the natural or human characteristics of the territory that we are studying, and the most important thing, the geographer must be assertive about to apply his scientific knowledge for a good management and achieve the well-being of the population inside the territory.

For it, my favorites subjects are related to the physical geography, for example: geomorphology, geology, etc. Because there are many changes in the Earth, and it happens every time. It’s very exciting study this subjects.

One on One with...

I don't have any personal idol, but for a little time that I have been listening to Rush, and I like very much their music, in addition, since I was a child have wanted to have a drums, playing the drums. This it has been like a dream for me … At the time, I would like to have a meeting with Rush's drummer, Neil Peart. For me, he is one of the best drummers of the world, I have seen some live videos of the band and they are masters... He is very rapid in slap, and with very much sense of the pace. Then, I would like to ask him many things, like, for example how did he obtain his first drums? Or, how is he that he learned to play the drums? Or how has he carried so much time the band?, among other things. Also I would like to play the drums with him or that he teach me some of his tricks.