My blog experience

I have to admit, writing a blog wasn't something i liked at first. Mostly because it implies two things, one i don't think i'm really good at, and one i don't like: writing up a consistent text, and talking about myself. Anyway, i had to do it, and eventually it worked out pretty well.
I guess practice does help a lot, cause now i find it easier to do, i just write whatever comes to my head without complicating myself about it as i usually do about everything else.
And it was helpful as well. I was way out of practice with my english, mainly because i haven't got many chances to do so, and specially with the written part. I mean, speaking can be easier if you keep watching movies or listening music, because listening to others talk improves your vocabulary somehow, but writing? that's a totally different thing.
About the posts, the one i enjoyed the most was the one about Ken Robinson's video, it might seem weird, but i like the challenge of trying to understand what he says without subtitles, and trying to do it when that someone's got an accent it's kind of harder, and better.
On the opposite side, the one that took me some time, and that i wasn't really eager to do, was the photograph one, but that's for personal reasons that i don't feel like discussing right now.

A TV Show i watched as a child

"Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs", gotta admit i had no idea this was a Spielberg production along with "Tiny Toon Adventures", show that i also enjoyed by the way. I think it was in '98 or so when i used to watch it on T.V.
It is basically a half hour show per episode, and it includes a variety of characters with their own mini-shows inside. The main characters were the Warner brothers Yakko, Wakko and their sister Dot and in the beginning of every episode they explained where do they come from and why are they locked inside the studios water tank, and they manage to escape on the show's first episode.
I chose this cartoon among others i used to watch because i think many of the characters became world-wide known, and we still remember their names and typical phrases like "hola enfermera". Some of the shows inside it were Pinky and the Brain, two lab rats attempting to take over the world, that became so popular they even got their own show, Slappy Squirrel, Rita and Runt, Buttons and Mindy (actually hated Mindy because of all the things Buttons had to go through to protect her), Chicken Boo, Minerva Mink, The Goodfeathers and Katie Ka-Boom among others.
The show had references to popular American culture, songs, some violence and also some educational segments.
I'll leave you the first episode of the show, it is in Latin Spanish so enjoy!

Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

I think i´ve seen this video before, a couple of years ago, and i still think he couldn´t be more right.
I mean, there´s a reason why most kids don't really like school, and why would they? Ok, you need to learn math and language, but the way they try to teach you does not motivate anyone to learn, i remember when i was in school, my friends and i used to make up songs to remember vocabulary lessons, and it was more useful and fun, i still remember some of them. And i think now, it's probably the reason why i enjoyed english more than other subjects, and the reason why i'm kind of good at it too, because they used songs, sherlock holmes books, illustrated stories, and of course, because of the music i listen to and the movies and tv shows i like. 
Now, even though i chose a career that it's kind of related to art, and you're suposed to be creative and everything, i feel like that part is left aside, because for some teachers it's more important selling an idea, making a client happy, instead of encouraging you to make something different and new, something that could be considered art even when it's also trying to convince you to do or buy an idea or things you don't need. 

I´ll leave you this video that my boss sent me, it's a beautiful way to show us that the way we comunicate things can make an important difference, that we can always take something and give it a spin and make it better.

Someone you would like to meet

It was kind of hard to just pick one person that I'd love to meet, I thought of Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury among others, but then i decided to pick someone that's still alive.
So i chose Jared Leto, he is an actor, singer, songwriter, front man of a band called "30 seconds to mars" where he also plays guitar, bass, piano, and he has directed and produced some of the band's videos under the name of "Bartholomew Cubbins". So as you can see, he would be a really interesting person to meet, leaving the handsome part aside.

He is a very dedicated (a little bit obsessive) professional, he has been in movies like Urban Legend, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Lord of War, etc, and he has no problem with changing the way he looks for a role, for example, he gained more than 30 k. to play John Lennon's killer in "Chapter 27" and recently he lost weight to play the role of a HIV-positive transsexual woman in a movie called "the Dallas Buyers Club" as you can see in these pictures taken by photographer Terry Richardson.


He has won many awards, as an actor, a musician, director, and also for being the "Sexiest Men", but in between all of this, he and his band have helped many organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and J/P Haitian Relief Organization, being Haiti a real concern for them, specially after the earthquake, also he has supported causes to stop animal cruelty and they released a website called http://www.abeautifullie.org/ were you can find information and ways to participate in environmental activities or donate to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

I'll leave you a video directed by Jared, and as pretty much all of their videos, it is like a short film, this is the first one he directed, and the first one i saw, it´s based on "The Shining" movie.

A place to eat

Hi everyone! I'm going to talk about this place, it's not exactly a restaurant, but my friends and I became addicted to it nearly two weeks ago. It's called "Cinnabon" and they sell mainly cinnamon rolls. This one specifically it's inside Costanera Center, on the top floor and as i was looking for it's website i found out it hasn't been in our country for long (last year or so), but it's very famous all over the globe.
What you see in the picture are "Pecanbon" and the drinks are called "Chillattas", frozen beverages, juice with a lot of ice, and cream, etc. Really good i must add, and coming from me, that's saying a lot, cause i don't like eating many things (don't know if there is a word for that in English, in Spanish would be "mañosa").

Anyway, they are basically a warm dough filled with cinnamon topped with cream cheese frosting, and there are others with walnut, caramel and chocolate. As for the price, they are not expensive at all, about $2000 CLP the one in the picture, and it's the biggest one. 

So if you are looking for something different to eat, at a reasonable price, this is definitely a good option.

BBC learning english

Today, as you all know, we had to review the BBC's website for learning english. And what i loved the most about it was the quizzes section, i've always liked crosswords and that kind of stuff and i got caught up in that section for nearly half the class, i think challenging myself is a good way to improve my skills, i´ve done it since i was a child, and in fact, today answering some of them i learned that i really lack vocabulary, so i think i'll be visiting the site often in order to improve it. About the rest of the sections i was only able to see some kind of "comic" story? i don't know if that's the most accurate way to describe it, but the point is that i found it very useful, it describes common situations and it explains you popular expresions that you won't find in a regular dictionary.

The place i chose from the list is Madame Tussauds wax museum. It opens every day, except for Christmas Day. It is placed in Marylebone Road, London, and you can get there by subway, it is just a two minutes walk away from Baker Street station. I liked this museum over the others because of many reasons, first, i like movies and seeing some characters in real size and with so many details must be pretty awesome, and that gets me to the second reason. I was looking on the website a little bit of the process that takes making these sculptures, and considering how accurate they are to the real person, i think it´s worth paying the ticket that honestly i found a little expensive, specially if you change it to chilean money (it costs £30.00 an adult one, or something near to $24.000 CLP if i'm not mistaken)