The past semester =(

The last semester was very tiring because I studied a lot. I had nine subjects so I did not have time to do all the things. However I learned so many things about my discipline that are very important for my development as archaeologist. I think that the most important was the laboratory work; I had to learn to analyze pottery. I have never liked the pottery, but I think that is something that I must know how to do. I had other subjects, but I did not enjoy them; really that semester was very boring, and I hated it =P. Instead I like this semester!, it has many interesting subjects, so the things will be better!
Well, on the other side when I think about the free time I get depressed. I did not have free time in the last semester and it was horrible! In the beginner of that semester I entered to yoga, but then I did not have time to go, so I leaved it. When I leaved yoga I felt very sad, in general I was distressed, but this moment was worse. Today the things are not so bad, that horrible semester finished, I passed all the subjects and the best part is that I have free time!
I have fewer subjects in this semester, so I think that I will be many things that I had to leave in the first semester of this year. I will come back to yoga, and I hope to have free time to go out with my friends.

This is the end!!! =D

I have never liked to write about my life in internet I feel incomfortable when I must do it, for this reason I think that it was not a funny activity. I did not enjoy to publish my favourite activities or the things that I like and think, on the contrary it was very difficult, because I never know what can I say and I always count the words that I needed to finish. When I read a blog I enjoy it, but to write it, is not the same.
Although I do not like the blogs, this activity has helped me to improve my english, because I must to write every week, which makes me to practice regularly.
Well, I don't know if the blog is the better method for to learn english, but it is not so bad xD. I think that it has some disadvantages like write about myself, but it is good too, because I can practice my english without to be in a class. Besides, it is a way in that we can help us to improve our english (when we read the posts of our classmates or they read our posts, we can correct them or they can correct us). Due above and despite that I hate the blogs, I think that is a good form to practice out of class.
Finally, I will attemp to write more in a blog, because it could be funny when you accustom =P
I hope that you had enojoyed xD

The Eye of God

Maybe it sounds trite, but one of my favourite photographs is “The eye of God”, which was taken by the Hubble Spacial Telescope in 2004. There are more pictures of this that have been taken by other telescopes as the Very Large Telescope of European Southern Observatory and Wide Field Imager of chilean Observatory La Silla.

This image shows us to the Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 by the scientists), which is ubicated in the constellation of “Aquarius”, it is about 700 light-years from The Earth. Helix is a planetary nebula that formed in the end of a star’s life like the sun and it was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding before 1824 (probably).

This picture is very famous, and many people love it. I like it because when I see it I feel so small, and it makes me to think that life is so fragile, this because we could dissappear in any time like that star. On the other hand, I think it is a beatiful image, the form taken is amazing. Their colours are impressive too, justly it calls “The eye of God” and really it seems as somebody looks at us.

When I see phenomena like this I think that we don´t need science fiction to see incredible things, just enough seek in the real world. Besides, it makes me ask how many things are there that we can’t to imagine.

Well, I don’t know if this photograph is the most wonderful of the history, probably it isn’t, but I suppose that “The eye of God” is a image that nobody will forget.
I hope like it!!

Camiña =D

I love to travel, for this reason I have gone to many places, but my favourite trips had been in Chile. Our country is a beatiful place, and the anthropology has allowed that I visited many interesting sites lately.
My last travel was at Camiña and I think that it had been my better experience. Camiña is a small town ubicated in the north of Chile, in the “Primera Región de Tarapacá”, it is about five hours away by bus from Iquique. This village is localized in a ravine at about 3000 meters of high.

I did this trip with my classmates and teacher for the Andean Etnology course and we camped in a place near of Camiña. We stayed seven days in Camiña and one day in Iquique, in where we enjoyed to much too =) (when we traveled to north is a “ritual” that we stayed at least one day in Iquique =P)

Well, I think that Camiña is a special place because has a wonderfull landscape. Besides it is caracterized by to be habited for indigenous communities that belonging to the aymará etnic group. Due to the above, Camiña has many archaeological sites like petroglyphs and inka´s huacas (sacred mountains); so it was very common to find pottery fragments of different periods.

The purpose of this travel was to realize about “Corpus Christi”ceremony. This is a party that syncretizes catholic and indigenous beliefs; one family of the community organizes the festival for one year, in which there are dances, bands, lots of free food and free liquor and animal sacrifices (llamas and lambs) in order to “pay” to saints and Pachamama.

Well, I hope that you can visit to Camiña someday too!

Devil Presley! yeah!!!

I like many styles of music and bands, so it is hard to choose just one, but if i had to do it, i would choose to Devil Presley.
Devil Presley (DP) is a chilean hard rock band, but also they play hardcore and other types of music. They are influenced by bands as Misfits, Motorhead, Machine Head and many others.

This band formed in 1998, and Rod Presley, Joe Presley, Jesse Presley and Chris Presley participated in the project. DP started playing in some bars of Santiago as “La Batuta”, “Laberinto” and “Zoom” and then they traveled around the country. Besides, this musical group also received the support of the “Futuro” radio and “Rockaxis” magazine. Finally a feature of DP is that they have songs in spanish and english.

Their first disc was called “Hell Rock” (1999), its songs most famous are “Hellhorns” and “General Lee”. The second disc of the band is “Lo Errazuriz Tornado” (2003), and some of the songs that I like are “Barfly” and “Tiempos de Niebla”. “Round 3”, is the name of their third album, and it is the better and the most known =D, I love its songs, among my favorites are: “Perro Rabioso”, “Aguardiante”, “Tranquila” and “DP 4 life”. They released their last album in the last month, its name is “Relámpago”, but I have not heard yet =(, although I don’t care because I think that it will be cool!

Well, I like Devil Presley because it is chilean, besides its lyrics are very funny, and I identify with some them. The music of this band gives me energy and I enjoy it. When I feel sad I hear DP and I can laugh again =P

So I leave a video, and I hope that it will like =D

The Keyboard =D

Hi!,

I like many technology items like mp3, notebook, gps....but I going to speak you about my favourite: the keyboard.

I got my first keyboard when I was a little child (I don't remember the age xD), I was learning to play piano, and my dad did not want to buy a real piano, unless the activity was serious xD.

Ahm...I use the keyboard to practice some songs when I'm not in my home which happens in the summer. I've also thought I can use it to play in metro satations with my friends, and I could earn some extramoney too!


Today, I have little time, and I can't play the keyboard so much; moreover I prefer the piano when I'm in my home (or in some place where there's one)...so usually, I play the keyboard when I go to vacations outside of Santiago =P.

Well, I enjoy play piano, but the problem is its size, besides I can't carry it with me to other sites xD... that's why I like the keyboard, it's the solution to all my problems xD

Wow, my life would be sad and boring without the keyboard, because I really love play piano, but it’s complicated when for example I must travel =(, I can't move it xD...so the keyboard is a good alternative =D

My favourite food!

One of my favourites dishes ever is the smashed potato cake, it includes potato, obiously, meat, onions, olives, eggs and spices. It's veeery tasty and one of the things i like the most is that i eat it only in a few ocations... i usually eat noddles with meat sauce or something easy to cook like that.
I like this food very much, but i don't know it's origins... i searched for it, but i could not find something right, some places said it was invented in Perú, in the Andes area, other said it was an argentienian plate, and other said it a chilean traditional dish, so i really dont' know where it came from.
But it doesn't mater, it's tasty anyway... but a little long to prepare:
- First, you have to boil the potatoes
- then, you have to smashe them
- you have to prepare "pino" separatedly: it's ground meat mixed with chopped onions
- and you put two to three eggs to boil, when they are ready, you cut them in a few pieces.
- those are the main ingedients, in a fount, you put part of the smashed potatoes, then, you put the "pino".
- and you put the pieces of boiled egg here and there
- you can add spices too... as many as you like (salt, pepper, merken - whic is a kind of chili, very tasty-, paprika, and others)
- you put the rest of the smashed potatoes over the "pino"... and the result is three "layers": smashed potato - pino - smashed potato
- when the dish is armed, you put it on the oven and wait about 20 minutes... and you have a delicious food =D!!!