Addictions

Addictions

I don’t think I have any heavy addictions in the way of things that I couldn’t stop doing and are hard for me to quit, Im too young to develop a heavy addiction.

But there are certainly some things that I love doing and could develop in an addiction in some way because they are addictive habits. For example I really like beer, I like to taste different varieties and flavors of beer, and sometimes I drink to much. I like other things that could develop into an addiction, I like games in general, I mean video games, deportive games and card games, so I sometimes gamble, I like betting in cards games like Texas Hold ‘em Poker or in the slots machines. But I don’t do it much because I know it could develop into an addiction and I have to control that.

I think that to control your addictions first you have to control yourself, if you know that you are doing something that isn’t good for you, you have to think for a moment why you are doing that in the first place. If it’s to late for that first you have to acknoledge you have a problema and try to search for help from your family and friends. For example there was a time that I went drinking every weekend and I knew that it was bad for me so I said to myself “I have to stop” so I tryed and convinced myself that I didn’t need to go out every weekend and so I did. 

Post Graduate Studies

I don’t think that I would like to apply for a post graduate study like a Master or Ph.D, because I don’t like the fact that you are always being judged as a student and your opinion almost doesn’t count.

There is to much stress in evaluations and proyects and I don’t think I could handle it any more. Im not saying that I wouldn’t like to learn, but there are other ways of learning that don’t require so much time and money. You can always learn as you work, I think that im more a practical learner than a theorical learner, and for me is more easy to learn doing proyects than learning by reading or stuyidng. For example I think that is better to learn a foreign language by going to the foreing country than to doing courses, because you have the necessity to learn and you do so by force. Maybe I would like to travel to other countrys and by doing so you learn other ways of doing agricultura, ways that you aren’t used to

Also there is alot of information on the  internet where you can learn alot of things by watching videos, reading papers or other means of information, so you don’t have the  need of always being judged or evaluated. But I guess that is just my way of thinking, maybe im not just student material.

My future job

My future job

We all had crazy dreams about our jobs, mine was being an austraunt, to discover new planets. My dream job would be becoming an agronomist-austraunt, colonizing planets like Mars, making farms other ways to produce food. We all know that this is never going to happen, so we have to be realistic.

So my realistic dream job would be working in a greenhouse, applying technology in farms making hydroponics systems. This would mean working outdoors and indoors. I imagine as a relaxing way to work, because its different to work in an office in Santiago than working in a farm in a rural part of the country, you don’t have the stress of the city. I would definitely  like to be my own boss, because in that way I could have more freedom in what I choose to do.

I wouldn’t like to travel that much because it can be stressing to travel to far away, sure its great to meet new places, but it isn’t the same to travel for work than to travel for holidays.

The problem it’s that agronomists don’t earn that much as other proffesionals like engineers, lawyers or doctors, but the freedom of the countryside sure pays off in a way.

I don’t think that im going to continue studying, because with all these years of being in the university I had enough, I don’t think that im student material honestly, I would prefer to learn working or by other means, I don’t like being evauated and judged all the time, its stressful, at least for me. 

Global Warming

Global Warming

Greenhouse effect gases like CO2, CH4, O3 and other gases, produce the absortion of infrared radiation, preventing that the radiation produced by the sun leaves the planet, producing a raise in the atmosphere temperature, that means changes in our planet climate.

It's true that CO2 and other greenhouse effect gases  have an impact on the global warming as it is, but we don’t have to forget about the natural climate change that occurs and has occurred every year in our planet. But greenhouse effect gases make the natural climate change to occur even faster. To prevent this from happening we have to reduce the quantity of this gases, for example cattle industry produce alot of CO2 due to the digestion procces of cows. Also there is the large quantity of CO2 produced by fosil fuel, that can be reduced by using other means of fuel like biofuel. In the recent time there was alot of controversy because Donald Trump left the Kioto protocol, increasing the CO2 allowed by the United Nations and becoming a real threat to our planet. Also China doesn’t has a good ecological policy, and they are the biggest contributor on the production of greenhouse effect gases.

Also we have to change our lifestyles, we have to recycle, use less water, prefer other means of transport and eat less meat to contribute to reduce the global warming. 

Movies and films

Movies and films

I really like movies, but not all of them, some movies are too obvious and boring like fast and furious, which are fun to watch, but lack of real content and a message.

 I like movies with deep meanings or movies that at the end leave you like WOW!! I didn't expected that. 

My favorite movie is Fight Club, its about a man that lost all his stuff in a fire in his department, and then he meets a man in an airplane and his life changes forever, its a movie about existencialism and materialism. I also like independent movies and low budget ones, and some Chilean movies too. 

My favorite Chilean movie is Machuca, I like all the thematic and the way the story is told, in the eyes of a little kid watching how his country changes.

I don't think I have a favorite actor or actress, and neither a director, I lack of knoledge in that part. All I know its that I like watching movies, if its either in the cinema or in my home at my bed with a bag of popcorns!

My best Holidays

My best holidays

I will always remember my vacations on Peru, I was like thirteen or fourteen years old, and I traveled with my whole family, my both parents and my two older brothers. Also my godfather and godmather went with us, and my favorite cousin too!. 

We first arrived to Lima, but it was only an airplane scale, then we traveled to Cuzco. It was amazing, all the old inca's building, the difference between Spanish colonial building and precolumbian incan buildings in the same site made clear of the difference between both cultures. After visiting the whole city we traveled to Macchu Picchu, one of the seven wonders of the world, it was beautiful like anything I have seen in my whole life, the place, the climate, the structures, it was like a dream. 

But not all was amazing, my whole family got sick, it was a mix of altitude sickness and food poisoning, it was awful. But we eventually got better. 

We finished the trip in Lima, but there wasn't much to see, it was like Santiago but with a beach. It was a journey that I won't never forget

Travelling to Nepal

What is so special about Nepal? Well it has some of the greatest mountains in the world, like mount Everest (8848m), it has some of the most beautiful landscapes, with great mountains and eternal blue skies, making it a beautiful country to visit . It has a very rich culture, because there is influence of both budism and hinduism, which adds something different of what are we used to in western countrys.

 I would like to take long walks and get lost in their magnificent mountains, visit old temples where you can find  peace for the soul. 

Some other activities that can be done are jungle safari, where you can find elephants, rhinoceroses and many different birds.

 They also have alot of  tipycal dishes like dal-bhat which is made from rice, legumes and vegetables

I would like to live there when im old because all of the peace and quiet that mountains can give, maybe make a living in an old shack in the mountains of Nepal.

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