My Favourite Beach

I was born in Santiago, but I grown with my grandmother in Cauquenes, VI region of Maule. Cauquenes don’t have a beach, but some 45 minutes to the east is Pelluhue. The best of this beach is that have a moth of the Mariscadero River. The river when arrived into the beach produces a little lagoon.

Pelluhue is a very beautiful place, is a mixture between field and bech, and have kilometers of this. Another thing to attractive me for Pelluhue is that is a very quiet and pacific village, few peoples live here.

When I was a child, we go in family to this beach, and when come to live in Santiago, I went every summer.

The tranquility of this lagoon was the better place to learn to swim. Is practically impossible learn to swim in the ocean, overcoat the wind in the region is very strong, and the waves too. But, when I grown up, I started to swim in the sea with my experience in the river. Really, is not difficult, you have to respect the ocean, not have scare.

Unfortunately, this beach was destroying for the earthquake and the seaquake of the 27 February of last year. The tsunami destroy the recently inaugurate track in the coast, and a group of houses near to the sea.

Another negative point from the seaquake 27F, was that sea have a lot of rubble, is impossible to swim in there. Although each day to be less.

     

An outdoor activity I enjoy doing

I enjoy doing a lot of activities. The most important are the activities in the nature, like mountain climbing, bicycle, and long walk in the hills.

But, undoubtedly, the activity that more enjoy is play baby football.  Baby football is a kind of football that you play in a little concrete field. The teams have 4 players and 1 goalkeeper.

Baby football is more dynamic than football, because the spaces are smaller. That makes it more fun and intense.

Since I was child, I like play and watch football, is a sport to have fun.  When I was 12 years old, I started to play baby football particularly in the breaks at school.  When I was 15 years old I started to play tournaments in the school, and 1 year later, I was part of the selection of my school. Whit this team play a lot of match with other schools.

Then represent the school in various inter-school tournaments in wich didn't have much success, but it was a very nice experience.

Today, whenever I can play baby football. Is not only a sport, also helps de-stress, release tension and have fun.

One to one with Leonel Sánchez

I like a one to one with Leonel Sánchez, He played at left midfield for over 20 years between 1953 and 1973. He was an excellent football player of the Chilean national team and of my favorite team: Universidad de Chile. Leonel was an important player in the “ballet azul”, team who won 6  for the 13 national competitions: the years 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 y 1969. Apart from that, he was a fundamental pillar in the national selection team who wins the 3th place in the world cup of football of Chile in 1962, getting a award who anything have get in the story of this country: the top scorer in a world cup, with 4 goals. 

Also, Leonel Sánchez is an idol of Universidad de Chile because he was formed like player in this institution, since he has 11 years old. His love for the team was so big that he rejects a multiples European team for play in the team who saw born.

I ask there question like:

-          Are you satisfied with all the national competitions won in Chile?

-          Are you happy with the 3th place in the world cup of 1962?

-          Do you liked to play in Europe?

The snuff law

 To start, my opinion on the snuff is that this is very harmful, either for smokers or nonsmokers. The snuff is a vice, and therefore any way to eradicate as much as possible of  our society is welcome.

Generally i do not usually go to nightclubs or pubs, but when i go, is very unpleasant when I come home smelling like smoke, not having smoked anything. The smell permeates your clothes and hair and does not leave a good time.

In addition, Chile is the Latin American countries with higher rates of children smoking and all the ages. 10% of children 8 years old had smoked, 37% of all students smoked and 42% of the total population are smokers.

the new law, find that all these situations and figures can lessens. The law, announced by the government of Chile last week toughens anti-smoking rule. In the words of the interior minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, this law tells to smokers that are out of time to smoke wherever they want, whatever you want, whenever they want.

On hearing this statement, through press and radio, I'm glad. It is very unpleasant when in the univerisdad all your group smoke and smoke, or go to the stadium and feel the smell the whole game. Personally, I feel that there would be a big step.

I just hope that this law is enforced, and not to generate debate and ignore issues of the contingency that the current government is to be, as Hidroaysén.

Student Mobilizations

Hi everybody! Today I’m going to talk to you about something very contingent. The last student mobilizations were yesterday! But I’m sure this wasn’t really the last mobilizations, I know that the students are planning move again for May 21, for the president’s speech in the Congress in Valparaíso. All this situation is because the education in Chile is very bad distributed. Good free schools are sought, so just a much reduced group of people could be in it, and other schools, with good educations are to expensive, so only people with good recourses can access to it.  

I’m agree with the mobilizations, but it always has people who don’t know for what we are demanding, and it’s bad. Besides sometimes the police abuse of their power and hit innocent people, just for saying what they feel or think.

I have never participle in a student mobilization, but I lived the penguin’s revolution when I was in the school, I don’t know if we really achieve a change it the national education, but anyway was important participate.

Yesterday I couldn’t go and participate in the mobilization, because I had to take my girlfriend to the doctor, but I am going to participate today, in the NO A HIDROAYSEN’s mobilizations, other another topic very important for the country.

My favorite web site: Cuevana.tv

Hi everybody! Today I’ll talk to you about my favorite web site.

This is my favorite because I can watch movies online for free: www.cuevana.tv. This site is awesome, just need a good internet connection and you can see all the movies and series that you like.

I’m a movies lover, and being a student and don’t work, is impossible for me go to the cinema with my girlfriend often. The last weekend I invite her to the cinema, and watch a movie cost me approximated $7500.

In conclusion, go to the cinema us to expensive. That is why pages like this are very useful for people who don’t have money. So you can have access to the art of cinema from the comfort of your home and free.

Really, I prefer go to the cinema or watch movies in my TV in high definition, but I use cuevana.tv when I don’t have money or when I want to watch a especial movie.

Another advantage of cuevana.tv is that you can watch movies and series that haven’t been released yet in Chile, which is great.

I use this site around once a week, since a friend shared it in Facebook. 

I'll be there for you.

Really, I don`t like listen music in English, I prefer listen Latin music, because the lyrics are more understandable and affects us more.

That is why my favorite English song is from my favorite TV series: “Friends” and the song is called “I’ll be there for you” of Rembrandts. I don’t have ideas who are Rembrandts, but the song is very good.

The first time I saw friends, was in my childhood, there listening the song, but I don’t understood it. Today, I understand better: The lyrics of the song speak mainly of friendship and support provided to friends, like “I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour, I'll be there for you, I've been there before, I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too”

Besides every time I hear it I imagine the series and remember something of any chapter, it makes me smile.

I really don’t know what type of music it is, but I believe it is like pop or something similarity, but it is not like Brittney Spears pop, it is a good and contagious pop.

The video is cool, because appear the actors of the series and the band that made the song.

Correction!

Punta de Choros, by Pedro.

This place is Punta de Choros locate in the 4 SM (4^th) region .  P (region.) I went in the summer of 2009 whit WW (with) my girlfriends WW(girlfriend) and my friends. I remember this day because was loveday WW (love day) and I gave a present SM (to) my girlfriends WW(girlfriend). Punta de Choros is beautiful, you can see penguin, dholpin WW(dolphin) and white sand. The first day we camp in the town Los Choros WO (Los Choros town) there is a beach desolate WO(desolate beach). The people not is C(the people are) WO (the people are not)much they live in small house C(houses). Is a town of fishmen WW(fishermen) (is the principal work). Later we went a WW (to) Punta de Choros (is the port), is when WW (where) the people enjoy of WW (the) landscape. Ultimately we went at WW (to) three island C(three islands) that make up Punta de Choros: Island WW(islands) Gaviota, Damas, and Choro , that is a tour made WW( maked) for the CONAF, we could camp in the island but we don’t have much money. Punta de Choros is beautiful you can see penguin humbolt, WO (Humboldt penguin) whale and water crystal clear when I swim (because) I like Punta de Choros for the people kind WO (kind of people) and the place wonderful WO(wonderful place). I recommend go at WW(to)Punta de Choros.

My awesome iPhone!

My favorite piece of technology is my iPhone.

I had my IPhone since June of 2009. I bought them with money that give me my grandmother, and money that I got for the sale of my old cellular.

I use my iPhone everyday, to navigate, play, take pictures, watch TV online, view my e-mail and call to my mom and girlfriend.

My iPhone is awesome: the touch technology is so useful, to write text messages or e-mail, to interact in the social networks (facebook, messenger, skype, and twitter).

The most amazing of my telephone is the different applications that they have. For example, in my long travels I play football games, use facebook, listen music and view videos from youtube. Also, you have the option of download a lot of applications: like utilities (google earth, dictionary, translator, and cinema’s guide) or classic games (pro evolution, sims, worms).

My dream is buy a helicopter that you can move with an iPhone. These cost $300.000.

Today, I want to change my iPhone3 for an iPhone 4. I think the technology is useful, but not in excess.  Always become better talk with people face to face. Technology makes easier the communication to the distance.

Another application of my iPhone is the GPS. There is very useful, because I drive with them.

My life without my iPhone would be boring and difficult.

My only 2 concerts

Really, I don´t like the concerts. Don´t like me the places that are a lot of people, and so tight in a small space, neither the music strong, give me a headache.

I don´t enjoy be standing a long time.  I prefer listen music in home or the gig in the university, with people that I know.

Although, the two last concert that I went is of Calle 13. Calle 13 is a Puerto Rican group.

There like my because their song social lyrics, and their ideology is for a united Latin-American, poor, indigenous protection.

The fisrt time that I went to see there, was in Viña del Mar, in the Crash power music concert, in Quinta Vergara. This time, I went with my girlfriend, that also like the group. First, we saw a different groups, before Calle 13, that I don´t enjoy complete. But Calle 13 was excellent, because was a little of peoples. Only fans.

The second time was in the seam place: Quinta Vergara, but was in the VIña del Mar festival. Also is awesome, because there songs for the public, not for the prizes. But the lament was thath the ticket was so expensive, and we had to see artist that don´t like us.

Riesco Island

A place that I enjoy visiting is Riesco Island, in Magallane's region.

I visit this region in January of this year.

First, I visit Punta Arenas, the regional capital. My girlfriend was born here, and part of her family lives there.

I travel in plane in the January 1th; my girlfriend was there since the Christmas. Punta Arenas is a very quiet city. The most entertaining was go for a walk for the promenade.

Days after, we went to camping at "Isla Riesco", for 3 days. Isla Riesco is one of the bigger islands in Chile.

The island was so bigger. For arrived, we have to pass in light truck the long bay in a barge.

The most amazing of this island was the vegetation. It was very relaxing to camp next to the river and in the amid nature.

In the night, I and a girlfriend’s uncle, Cristian, went to collect wood for a barbecue.

Sometimes, we went to go for a walk around the island, find very beautiful landscapes, like a woods and beach.

This place liked me, because is far of the civilization. That’s why is not understood to be a putting a coalmine here.

me :D

Hello :D
My name is Tomás Silva Rodríguez, I am 20 years old.
I study Geography.
I live in Pañelolén, Santiago, but mi childhood weas lived in Cauquenes, seventh region.
I like sports, especially football, I'm a fan of the best team in Chile and the world: "Universidad de Chile".