2013: Good and Bad points (so far..)

> Good things that have happened in your life

Nothing really amazing or different from previous years, yet. But there’s still one month left, doesn’t it? The good things of my life are still here, such as my girlfriend, mi family, etc. And my career keeps going.

> Situations that did not go so well

Some things about my friends. I got angry with three of them, for an affront they did to me in middle of the year. I’m not a rancorous person, but they haven’t asked me for forgiven till today, so I’m still in bad terms with them. But I don’t want stay like this, and it is a problem I have to solve yet.

> Your achievements in 2013

 I finished the most of the subjects of my career! There’re some subjects left, anyway, such as English IV, some CFGs (Cursos de Formación General, General Education Courses) and sporting or artistic subjects. There’s also the very last subject of my career before thesis, Seminary.

> Things you did not do (last term) / have not done yet / still have to do this year

Apart of the above, I have to finish my first book, I have to save money for Christmas, and I must solve the problem I told before. 

> Important news / event you would like to highlight

I finally bought my first Nintendo 3DS! (a portable console), and I bought for it the last Pokémon game (Pokémon Y). I’m in a Creative Writing Course. And I went to Black Sabbath live in October, and it was awesome!

> Any other comments

It still is a good year. I finished the hardest of my career, and I’m happy about it. I’m keeping my own way, and that’s refreshing for me.

Food and Eating Habits

 I’m not vegetarian, but I would like to be. I like too much meat, and also, Chinese food, so, it’s hard for me eat only vegetables and others. Although, I’m a carnivore neither; if I don’t eat vegetables, milk and soup I get very upset. In other words, I need a very balanced alimentation to be happy and healthy.

I don’t go often to fast food restaurants; I don’t like them very much. The true it’s that I could eat Chinese food every day and I wouldn’t get bored. Actually, the Chinese restaurant that is at one block from my house feeds me every semester’s end.

 But don’t confuse, I like Chilean food to. I love my grandma’s dishes, and every summer I get very fat with her food. I don’t like sea food, such as fish and shellfish. I like vegetables, rice, chicken, cow, potatoes, and so on. I’m more a mountain dude than a coast one.

 I like to eat at home, because I can do whatever I want, I can relax and watch TV at the same time. But, I hate to wash the dishes, and this is the good part of eating at a restaurant.

 I’m always trying to taste new dishes or drinks. I think it’s the best way to learn about other cultures and enjoy new ways of tasting and cooking food. But, it’s kind of expensive eat in different restaurants and buy strange dishes, so I don’t do this as often as I would like to.

Childhood

What did you look like?

I was tall (for my age) and I had overweight. With time, I got smaller and skinnier, but never skinniest. I was very hairy (in my head, of course), not like now.

What were your favorite cartoons and TV shows?

I liked anime (Japanese animation) a lot (but, I still like it), and American animation. I enjoyed watching Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon/Digimon, Saint Seiya, Hey! Arnold, and all the stuff from Nickelodeon and cartoon Network . I watched a lot of TV. It was (is) funnier than studying, or doing homework.

How old were you when you learned to ride a bicycle or swim?

I learned to ride a bike when I was twelve, it take me a lot of time! I don’t know why. I learned to swim when I was eight. I took classes in the university’s pool (in Talca). Swimming wasn’t hard for me, and apparently I had some talent, but I did never practice this talent.

Real photo of me when I was in kinder. I am the first from left in the top row.

Did you enjoy going to school?

Sort of, but not too much. I didn’t like my partners, they were very bully and annoying. But I was a very good student and I liked to learn.

Did you have a happy childhood?

I think so, but I think it was kind of boring, I didn't have a lot of friends, and I preferred to play alone. But all these changed when I enter to high school.

POST 6: HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

Hey! What have you done to that plant?

-Nothing mom, I just cut a leaf from it.

-Don’t you think the plant suffers when you do this?

-Why?

-Look, imagine this little hair of yours, it’s the leaf's plant...

-Auch! That hurts! Why you pulled out my hair?

-Because it hurts, what you think felt the plant?”

 When I was a young boy, I wasn't very friendly with nature. I liked to cut off flowers, plant, trees, and sometimes torture animals. My mother was who slowly changed and taught me about how to care nature and respect other forms of life. Now I like to walk outside, I like to get into forest and breathe the clean air from trees. I try to care of my dog (but it’s in Talca, so it’s kind of far), and try to consume less energy and water (but this last one it’s kind of hard for me). 

 I’m not an Eco-Hero, but I try to do my best, that’s better than nothing. Although, it’s more than what our politicians do about environmental issues in our country. In Santiago and in Chile there’s a lack of politics related to environmental protection. Here, the business has “open letter” to do whatever they want with the local ecosystem. This is a more complex issue than the impact of an individual on the environment. Maybe, I could help joining to an eco-organization, but I’m lack of time by now, ending my career, etc. I hope one day I could help, may whit money, or another kind of action.

Summary

"Fukushima nuclear power plant cleanup takes its toll on workers":

The drama in Fukushima isn’t all about nuclear illness and radiation problems. This article presents the daily problems what the Fukushima Daishii’s workers deal with. Those worries are about possible ills that they can get working on the nuclear cleanup, they don’t know if Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power, the enterprise who owns Fukushima Daishii Plant) will take care of them if they get ill because of the radiation. Also they are worried about them families who have to leave Fukushima because the earthquake and tsunami, and, of course, the nuclear disaster. All this worries are producing different symptoms, such as depression, post-traumatic disorder, even alcoholism.

 This situation causes a low of the employers moral, what can brings to commits silly mistakes, and put their lives on unnecessary risks.

Tepco haven’t seen these problems yet. Tepco is stubborn, they don’t want the international help, they think this is a personal labor; they only want the government’s money. At this scenario, some young employers are starting to leave their jobs, and elderly employers start to ask for an early retirement. Others, search for jobs near them families. Even, older Fukushima’s engineers have offer themselves for the cleanup as volunteers, but the company doesn’t listen to anybody. At this point, a human meltdown is more possible that a nuclear disaster, says various experts. 

Link: The Guardian

My Ideal Job

 If this world could be perfect (and it's not), my ideal job may be. to be paid for to write. Maybe the right name is writer, but, not all the writers are well paid. First, they have to make career, and after that, when they become known they start to win money enough to live by his writing.
 I think I have enough skills to write, and a good imagination. I can imagine great stories, and try to make them significant to others. Maybe I need more experience, but time and practice can give me that.  But I can be good for this job, when something excites me, I put all my energy on that.
 This kind of job doesn’t exist, but I’ll work on building a career, maybe I can work on other things (for example, sociology stuff, I’m studying this, after all), while I write in the shadows until the day I can publish, and, along the time, maybe to be known by someone.