Green alien and Green people

Ecological topics are too complicated for me; actually, before entering college do not recall hearing anything about it, I do not remember anyone who has considered "green”. Although it has been in vogue lately, is still very difficult for me to incorporate this new mentality.

In this regard, I believe that the social environment is critical to address these issues, whether family, school, college or work, I think precisely in those places can acquire attitudes and environmental practices. In my case, my family has no eco-minded, in my school planted trees only one day a year in college and just know people who raised these ideas more deeply.

Despite the above, I think I have some habits that may be considered recycling, but in a way not consciously green. In my house are reused grocery bags to throw away, especially for me who are the lights off in places where no one while trying to not leave the tap open for a long time, and so on.

With respect to walking or biking instead of using the car, I laugh a little at the thought. I do not mean that it is impossible, many people move their bicycle to work or many people are walking to school, I have classmates who do, but of course, these people live in a relatively close, saying that many of these along which places have bike lanes or pedestrian walkways.

I have not joined any organization like this I just feel foreign, I understand that the planet is wrong and that damages are the result of many of the actions of people like me, but it's tough to be a new awareness of new from one day to another. In my family, I am the most "ecologic", but look at me! , I really am not a "green". I would be aware of the damage, many documentaries and films dealing with this issue and would love to see them, probably when I have time I will, I think awareness is essential before practice.

 Therefore, I think what is lacking in the country and it is essential to take charge of the environmental problem is the awareness, knowledge is important and I personally do not think I'm the only person in the country so ignorant on the subject.

Sex and the over-60s

Usually people associate sex with young people; they forget or they try to block the image of older adults having sex.  The reality is: older people have sex, we want to or not.

Life expectancy has increased in many parts of the world and this brings the sexual age increases the same way. On a less favourable view, sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis and HIV also increases among people of the elderly.

The idea of beauty is something that is closely related to this issue because often the simple image of the old bodies cannot imagine this kind of thing.

But age is actually a big plus for this activity, older adults no longer have their children in their homes, many seniors are retired, and most women do not need to worry about getting pregnant, despite this, menopause itself can become a problem for crises that can affect women through lack of libido or the need for certain special products. Despite this, there are arguments in favour of older women achieve more satisfying sexual experience.

Until now it is impossible to determine an age limit for sex like it does not exist either an age to find love.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/12/sex-over-60s-older-people

“Sometime, to smile is the best way to help change the world”

I searched a definition for happiness, but I disagree, so I am going try to explain my own definition. Happiness, for me, is a moment where persons are in harmony with all around them, they do not need do something different, neither need get something in special. I think happiness is important like an urge for the life, but I think every felling are important and it must live fully all of them.   

In particular, I am happy when I spend my time with lovely person, my family, my friends and interesting people. Does not matter if is a big celebration or a casual conversation, happiness are not in material thing or an expensive moments, happiness is in relationships. Many people do not find happiness because they do not search in the right place, many people search in luxury or beauty. Society, and in particular Chilean society, set goals too high that many people cannot get; I think Chile is not a happy country, but is important that scientist are trying to find its causes.

“Quítame el pan, si quieres, quítame el aire, pero no me quites tu risa…Niégame el pan, el aire, la luz, la primavera, pero tu risa nunca porque moriría” Pablo Neruda 

La belle France

I love travelling, I am so lucky; my parents work in tourism, so I have traveled to Brazil, Peru and Argentine with them and I have known beautiful places! However I would like to go a too far-away country: France.

I dream with a long travel, far from everyone, be alone against the world, be alone fighting for myself for be understood. My childhood friend went to United States in an exchange school and, after a nervous crisis because she did not could communicate her for a long time, she learned English perfectly!

I don't know a lot of France, I would like go there to learn French and I would like know its culture, its way-life. I have seen some pictures and I think that their landscapes, its architecture, are wonderful.

If I go to France, I will go to Musée du Louvre, to Château de Versailles and, obviously, to La Tour Eiffel!

It would be fantastic to study in France, a classic sociologist: Émile Durkheim is from there. I hope go in a exchange, next year o in a few years!

Más Christmas!

Although Christmas has as origin the famous birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian people, it is possible to find different traditions around the world closer to this date and with a similar content.

Rather than talking about the Christian origin of Christmas, I would like to say the festivities are manifested in different places, becoming the Christmas a big making, where it is possible to see local traditions mixed with this Christian tradition. Christianity brought together popular creeds of folklore and make a tradition that remain for many years already.

Christmas, for me, represents, rather, the need for union, to meeting in a group. Of course, there is consumerism, the collective madness for gifts and other things, but also we have families who have time to dinner together, to hug, to celebrate and to be love each other. This is the way I celebrate Christmas, I could not imagine it without my family sitting at the table, without jokes and laughs, without hugs and kisses.

I like Christmas because it gives time to be with loved ones, probably life of today with its speed does not usually give us time to converse, to look into the eyes, to smile or even to be.

Well, I hope you enjoy this so easy: to be, to be with time and desire, be in full with your loved people  J Merry Christmas!

Bye bye holidays!

My first expectation for this semester is to have a breakdown. Second, maybe I will have intense and crazy holidays. And third, in April probably I will be crying for stress.
I am taking just the necessary subjects: Theory sociologic I and II, Economy II, Statistic III, Qualitative Techniques I, Epistemology and English IV; I would like to take Art's sociology, but our schedule changed, actually I think it would have been too hard to have other subject more because I took a painting course on Saturdays to relax me, but it is making me the opposite.

Well, I think is obvious how I feel studying in summer, but I want be clarify I feel so bad no precisely for my holidays, is the time for be with my family that hurts me, my brothers will not be in Kindergarten or in School, maybe my parents will not have a lot work. Chiefly, Christmas time... I don't know how people who doesn't live in Santiago they will.

What things I would like to do in class? I don't know, maybe it will be better if I don't expect anything, maybe that way, something surprise me!  

 

A picture is worth a thousand words

I love this picture, I took in my house while children were playing, and I think is a funny picture because they did not understand yet how they must be for a picture, so they were very separate, not smiling and even they looked a bit forced!

The picture shows my brother, Benjamín, and my cousin, Martín. Benjamín is who are in the right side and Martín is in the left side, they are in a Benjamin’s room.  The relationship of Benjamín and Martín is a bit unusual, my family and I always laughing thinking how it will be in the future, Benjamín is Martín’s uncle and they have just a year of difference! Maybe they will fall in love with a same girl, maybe they will go to a parties together, maybe one of them will defend to other one, maybe they will be best friends, I do not know! Recently, my mother and my sister registered them in the same school garden and always when they see themselves only play between them, people say they are very close, I love that J

That room I painted when Benjamín has not born yet, because my mother wants a funny and colorful room for him. I searched in the web animal’s drawings and one day I started to paint. I chose the wrong paint, latex, and my house smelt too badly for too many days after that I finished. This wall takes me three days, but it was so great, I love paint!

I took this picture because I have not taken any picture of them, and my family always says the pictures was losing, nobody takes pictures now, nobody has picture’s album. How nobody reveals photos, pictures are only in the computer and I think it demotivates to take photos.