My Personal Blog

Hello my friends… Today I will tell you about one of my favorite movies. I went to see this movie at cinema with my cousin in 2011 and it is called “Intouchables”.  This is a french movie and it is directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. This movie is about the relationship of two totally opposite people and different environments. One, Driss (interpreted by Omar Sy) is a young man who lives in a neighborhood of Paris with a criminal record and the other, Philippe (interpreted by François Cluzet) who is a rich tetraplegic that needs a personal assistant. These people are forming a strong friendship and they are helping to overcome their everyday problems. I loved this movie because it is about friendship, love and personal overcoming and also, I loved it because I like it how it shows you the story since the perspective of the comedy and drama, is for this reason that this movie has become in a cultural icon in France and it has won many awards. I recommend ...

Since I was a child I liked cats a lot, they seemed beautiful and mysterious. When I was a child I had an accident with my grandmother's cat, the cat bit me and I had to go to the doctor, however, the cats never stopped liking him. In my house we have two cats, they are called Pelusa and Ruby. They have those names because of their color and type fur. They arrived five years ago approximately. They play together and they also play with us, they have a toy mouse that they love. In winter, they liked to be in front of the stove and they slept in our beds. Rubi is more independent than Pelusa, because she likes to climb the roof to watch the birds and sunbathe, while Pelusa likes to be inside the house. Despite being domesticated animals, they have an extraordinary hunting instinct. In my family we love our kittens, they are part of the family. Even they play with my little son and they are very careful In my opinion, cats are more independent, smart and loving than...

Hello everyone, today I will talk about my favorite holidays, however, I don't know if it was a pleasure trip really. This trip I made along with the folk ballet to which I belonged, we went to represent Chile, specifically the commune of the Puente Alto at the Vallarta Aztec Festival of International Folklore in Mexico. We traveled to Mexico for two weeks and I must say that it was an extraordinary trip, I met many dancers from different places, such as Peru, Argentina, Turkey, among others, they talked to us about their culture and their astonishment at our Spanish descent, as it can be seen in our huaso clothing in the central area.  We performed dances from three areas of our country, Rapa Nui, Chiloé and Central Zone. We had free accommodation, transportation and food, we were in many hotels, and we could enjoy the beautiful beaches and Mexican cuisine, which I must say, is very spicy and also, its characteristic tequila. Vallarta is a very important tourist ...

When I finish my career, I´d like to visit many countries, but, I´d like to meet one specially… France. I´d like to visit France with my son and my girlfriend. In my opinion, France is a beautiful country because it has a cultural mix very interesting, because to this country arrived people of many places looking for different opportunities to live and work.  Also, I can say that this country is amazing for me because it has many tourist places such as Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Versailles Palace, arch of triumph and Notre Dame Cathedral, however, in the last place a fire occurred a little while ago. Also, I must say that I like tennis a lot, and in France, the tennis player play the French open, one of the four Grand Slam. Paris is the most romantic city in the world, for that it´s also called the city of love, inclusive Paris has a temple dedicated to love called Temple Romantique. Definitely, France is a place where I´d like to live but, first I´d like ...

Hello everyone, today I will talk about one of my favorite movies ... First of all, I must say that I am a movie lover, because of this it was difficult for me to choose a favorite movie, but among so many movies to choose from, I decided on matrix.  Matrix is ​​a science fiction movie, set in the future and that deals with the extinction of humanity at the hands of machines, specifically, artificial intelligence. Considering that it is a 1999 movie, I liked it too much due to the high quality of the special effects and also that the characters practiced kung fu. In this movie, one of my favorite actors acts, his name is keanu reeves and thanks to this movie, he became very famous and is currently one of the most beloved actors in the film universe. Finally, I must tell you that this film made a trilogy, which is matrix, matrix reloaded and matrix revolutions. Honestly, it's a movie that I recommend, so if you haven't seen it, don't wait any longer ...

Hello everyone, today I will talk a little about my life, I hope you like it ... My name is Juan Carlos, I was born in 1991 in Puente Alto, I am 27 years old and I am the only child of my parents. Since I was a child I have liked sports, especially football. My father taught me to play and since then I have made many friends. Regarding my studies, I studied at the Liceo Rosa Tocornal in Puente Alto, and then I went to university, however, my time at the university has been somewhat strange, since I first went to study chemistry pedagogy at the metropolitan university of education sciences, then I switched to the Catholic University to study chemistry and pharmacy, and currently, I am studying chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Chile. I have a wonderful son, his name is Santiago and he is a very cheerful and playful child, I must say that he is my greatest happiness. 

Learning to use the blog has been excellent, since, we have known another means of communication, with which we have practiced our writing in English and also, we have known part of the personal life of our classmates and our teacher, and I have realized that we can have many things in common with other people. I must say that this blog experience has been very rewarding from an academic and social point of view. However, doing this experience blog was not easy, there were times when I did not know what to write or where to start, in addition, we must consider that we are in a learning process in English, but in the end, I really liked the challenge. I think that we could also have addressed other topics, such as, for example, I would have liked to tell you about the sports I practice, or the television series that I like, or the trips I have made, among others, and of course to know about their experiences related to these issues. Unfortunately, everything that has a beginni...