The Best Experience this Semester

Along this semester, I had to do a lot of homework and models and project developments, but to be honest, and I know sometimes I arrive a little bit late and all of that, but I really enjoy the English Class, so therefore of course I enjoy writing in the blog, but sometimes is a little bit difficult to know what to write, because for example I am not a “traveler” so I do not have so much travel stories or experiences to talk about, so I think those post were the most difficult for me to write. But at the end I really enjoy writing anything on my blog, because is nice to think in a memory and try to make an interesting story to write later, and accompany the post with some photos is my favorite part, because photos are the eternal evidence of the moments in life, the possibility of watch a picture and travel to that moment with your mind, is for me something great, so that is why I always try to put a picture or a photo took by myself in every post I do, because I think that is more easy to understand or imagine the story in the post when you see a picture.

I think my favorite post was the one when we had to write about our weekend, because it just coincided that weekend I went with my Bf to a beautiful park and walk together through the trees, and then we laid down in the grass so quiet and talking without the worry of arrive home quick to continue doing a work for university or something like that, because we decided that afternoon to do not think in anything else than be quiet in a park together J But I also enjoyed writing every post I did, because in every post I try to do my best and write the best story I can, and of course I know this semester I did not commented so much on my classmates blogs, but I really think that every blog is a beautiful way to know better every one of them.

This semester was not that great for me in every subject I took, but I am the kind of guy that stay with the good things, and one of that was the blog experience, because writing every Friday a story on my blog was my kind of mantra to free my mind from the oppression of the other subjects. I am very sure the next semester will be 100 times better, and I cannot imagine what the future will have for me, but I am sure of just one thing, I will try to have fun in everything, think positive and learn the most I can, and of course I will miss the English Class but I keep with the best memories of this J

A Trip with a Purpose

I am not sure now, but I am starting to believe this blog is turning into a “Travelers Guide”, because I have had to do a lot of posts related to travel experiences, visit other cities in the world and things like that lol. Anyway, the post of this week is about visiting a city I would like, and to be honest I have been the kind of guy “in love with big cities” all my life, so therefore, the dreamed cities to visit for me are New York, Paris, London, Tokyo and every typical big city you see in the brochures of the Travel Agencies lol. But this last time, honestly, I do not feel like myself, the career is so heavy in the shoulders at this time and I am tired so I do not feel like I am being myself right now L So to try to complete this post, I can talk about the cities anyone want to visit, maybe because they do not have the biggest monuments, or maybe they are chaotic or with pollution, or maybe the safety is bad. Anyway, when I hear people talking about a catastrophe happening in a big popular city and how dismayed they are about that tragedy, and putting a flag filter on their profile picture of Facebook, and all the News talking about that city, I just think about the tragedies happening in the little cities and towns that nobody cares, like the kids that are dying of starvation in Africa, the extreme poverty of Haiti, the sexual exploitation of children in India, the rising rate of child prostitution in China, the bombing of the last hospitals in Syria with newborns inside, and nobody talk about that, nobody put a filter of that in their profile picture of Facebook. I am not trying to put one situation on top of another one, I do not think that is more important to think in one tragedy instead of another one, simply I think what it is bad is that people sometime tend to care about what they think is more important only because the television and media tells that that is more important than other stuff, and it feels terrible that people tend to think that there is people more important that other ones L and it does not matter how much people talk about that, but how much people really care about that situation and is able to do something to end with it. I do not consider myself as a “change agent” but someday I would like to go to a place to help in what is needed, maybe it helps even more than just share a news in a social media. 

Memories with a Sweet Flavor

In my country, every special celebration is related to food, maybe a delicious lunch, or a gourmet dinner, why not a brunch or just a simple meal with friends, or just your couple, or why not the whole family. The point is that always the celebration is about get together and eat something with some drinks and a good conversation, and of course in my life, I have had a lot of them, but today I want to remember one in particular. This was a few months ago when my Bf and I went to visit my sister and stay a few days in her home, and I remember this visit like so special because we had a really good weekend with her and her couple Alex, who is a very special family member fo me too. A good moment of the weekend was the Saturday afternoon when my sister, my Bf and I painted our nails, and I had the chance to talk a lot with my sister about our lives today and about the future and our short-terms life plans. It was such a good moment because I do not see my family very often, so that kind of conversation are really important for me and of course is good to keep them in my mind for a long time, because when sometimes the struggle is more heavy, I try to remember those moments to give force to myself. Later that afternoon, we drank a good cup of homemade Chai Tea, and I know right that this post is about a meal or something like that, but that afternoon that Tea was all the meal we needed to make things perfect, and trust in me when I say the tea was delicious, and I think it was the best end of an special afternoon with my sister, and that is the kind of memories I always try to keep in my mind, the ones that makes you feel happier the next day.

The Fabulous Chai Tea of my sister!

A photo-mosaic of our Nail-Art! lol

Everyone is a Little Piece on my Story

To be honest, I consider myself a very sociable person and in the course of my life, I always have been rounded of friends. Of course people I consider my friends are the ones that I know good and with have been working in a friendship. But with the pass of the time, sadly I had lost contact with a lot of them, mostly the friends that I made at school, which is very sad for me because I used to be very close with them, and today I talk only with one –which is my very best friend of life, Camila- I prefer to attribute this situation to the fact that I moved to a new city to continue my studies, but I know today is hard to lost contact with someone because there is a lot of ways to keep that contact, so that is why is so sad for me, because know is not the distance, but the disinterest.

But we all know every cloud has a silver lining, so here at university I made a lot of new good friends, and I share with them every day, even I have a beautiful friendship with one –Viviana- and sometimes I go to sleep to her house and we study together or sometimes just chill and drink some beer J But my best friend today is my Bf, and I know everybody say this, but I mean it, he is my best friend because I never met someone like him. Remember the first time we talk, it was here in FAU, because he also studies architecture, and it was cool because we spend a lot of time talking about many things we have in common –things I thought never would talk with someone so openly- and I think what I like the most of spending my time with my boyfriend Denis is that I can be myself completely with him, and express my feeling with totally freedom, and I think that is something really important in every relationship, not just in love but in every friendship, and that is why I would love to have him in my life forever –I know it sounds like a psycho- but I mean it too, if one day we take different paths, I would love to keep the contact with him.

So is exciting for me after writing this to think about how life changes every day, and while I am getting older I am meeting new people every day also, ones just pass and other ones stay forever with me, making my life funny and more interesting every moment, and showing me that there is a lot of new thing to know out there, and I can wait to see all of them!

I'll look for some pics to put here later...

Magic Places into the South Forest

When I was still in my senior year at school, my class and I went to the south of the country, under the traditional educational journey that every senior class does in every school in Chile. We went specifically to Pucón, in the IX region of La Araucanía, and it was such an amazing trip, because we visited a lot of natural landmarks and beautiful places, and I have to recognize that I love the fact that almost every building there is built by wood and stone, which makes the village even more magic and beautiful. 

The landmarks I think are important to remember now are the Villarrica Volcano, the Caburgua Lake and the ‘Ojos del Caburga’ water wells. All of these are very close one from each other, and the environment that involve this places is amazingly beautiful, because all the nature is mixed with bright colors and also an infinite peace, which makes the perfect mixture for a natural landscape. The day we went to the water wells was the same we went to the Caburgua Lake, and it was great because to arrive to the water wells we had to take a bus first and then walk trough the Valdivian Forest, which has a beautiful flora and fauna. The water wells -Ojos del Caburgua- has crystalline blue water that allows you to see the riverbed that also has an incredible native flora that has the ability to live under the water and also out of it when the water wells are more empty. It was such an amazing experience to be there and also the day was so sunny, which was perfect to do a great tour. In the case of the Villarrica Volcano, we didn’t visit it properly such, but we had an amazing view of it from almost every point we went, so it was amazing too. Pucón is definitively a destiny I totally recommend!

This are two pictures of the

Ojos del Caburgua Water Wells

This is me in the water wells

Here we are in the Caburgua Lake, in a pedal boat!

And finally this is me with the Villarrica Volcano in the background

(sorry for the low definition!)

Design Passion

When I think about something that passionate me, in the last time I think, I only spend my time working for the university, and that makes me feel so bad. A long time ago, when I still was in the school I used to be really interested in the clothing design, I used to do a lot of draws and sketches of men and women wearing some of my creations like the fashion designers do, but later I lost the interest. I also felt an interest in the interior design, and now that I am in architecture career, I feel that I can develop that interest and maybe transform it into a passion, and why not, something with what I can earn money. What really catches my attention about interior design is that you have to be so careful with the details, and that is what makes the difference between one design and another, and that is something I think is amazing, how something so small can do a big difference. Last month I went with my bf to the Bicentenario Park, and when we were walking back to take the bus, we saw several stores that sells design furniture and even some of them sells luxury furniture, and all the staff was amazingly beautiful, and it makes me think about how cool would be a furniture designer also, so now I think that I have to more thinks I would like to do in the future… but only the future will say!

These links below are from some blogs and websites I use to visit to get some inspiration.

http://thecozyspace.tumblr.com/

https://zolloc.tumblr.com/

http://nyfwofficial.tumblr.com/

http://nicest-interiors.tumblr.com/

http://indehd.tumblr.com/

http://fineinteriors.co/

http://fuckyeahinteriordesigns.com/

https://projecteur.tumblr.com/

https://cavallarofurniture.tumblr.com/

http://thedesignwalker.it/

Great Times Two Summers Ago!

I have to be honest, I do not travel so much, because I have to recognize I hate buses and I had never fly, and also because traveling is a little bit expensive. But of course, sometimes you can join to other people and go to cities and places trying to spend the less money as you can, but I did not do that neither. So the last time I had a holiday and travel to another city was two summers ago (it sounds a lot) and it was with my bf, we went to Los Vilos in the IV region of our country, to visit a good friend we made here in FAU, and stay a week in her house. It was such a good adventure because my bf and I had the chance to meet her hometown, and her friends of childhood, such amazing and friendly people; we got a party at the beach and we drunk and share with a lot of people and that was amazing too. We also met there with another friend of FAU, I think that was in our fifth day there, and it was amazing too, because that day we went together to the Natural Reservoir of Laguna Conchalí where we could see a few native birds of the area, and it was great too because I love animals and is amazing to see new species. Our last day there, my friend, my bf and two more friends, Loreto and her sister Constanza, who also study here in Santiago, but not in FAU, and also live there in Los Vilos, went together to the dunes of the town, and it was so funny because we walk up to the top of the dunes (of sand) and then we roll down and we did it a few times until we realized we had sand in all our bodies, even in parts where you must not have sand lol. Anyway our trip to Los Vilos was amazing, we met a lot of new people, had a great time with our friends, and met a lot of new beautiful places. Stunning!

That is me in the National Reservoir!

A funny picture of me with the sunset behind.

That was the day we went to the dunes.

A feet selfie of me and my bf, with a beautiful cactus.