famous penguins!

I like penguins. So muuuuuuch. And probably, for the same, my cartoon character is a penguin. Or a group of penguins.

Have you seen the animated serie The Penguins of Madagascar? This program is a spin-off of movie Madagascar (a lion, a giraffe, a zebra and an hippo who come to Madagascar island by mistake). In this film the penguins are a minor character, but widely highlighted (or me do). This penguins are four –Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private– with military experience (they knows a lot of arms and science). At the New York zoo things often get out of control and they create and implement their plans to solve all.

Also, I like other penguins. Jajajaja. In the Mary Poppins’s movie there are four penguins waiters and dancers. Mary Poppins is a magical nanny who arrives Banks’s home to care and teach to their kids. She and Bert (other character) have many adventures with Michael and Jane (the Banks’s Kid) always with some several to learn. One day, Mary and kids go to buy fish and meet Bert drawing scenes on asphalt, leaving the park. With Mary’s magic they enter of the drawing (scene with the hill and the path) and begin to explore it. After, Bert and Mary go to restaurant, where this penguins “work” serving customers. Penguins are eternal lovers of Mary Poppins and the sing and dance for her, with the support of Berth. This part of the film is one of my favorite, because see penguins dance is soo funny. And Berth mimics the dancing penguins.

Penguins are amazing! :D regards!

free post: cineeeeeeeeeeeeeema c:

I like a lot go to cinema. I’m not demanding about films. With a juice, pop corn and a good seat I’m happy . Addition, however bad the film it’s always good to see it and criticize.

My favorite movies are those about fantasy, magic… and children’s movies jajaja. My mom always said me “you don’t have the age too see a kid’s film” but I just laugh and go to cinema to see it.

The first time I went to cinema I was four or five years old. I went with my big sister, Pamela, and some cousins. We saw “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”, by Steven Spielberg. I only remember two things from that day: I dislike dinosaurs and should not go to bathroom in the middle of film.

Since then I have been a lot of time. I saw movies like Harry Potter, The Simpsons, Night at the museum, Spiderman, Transformer, Captain America, Tangled, Ice Age, The pirates of Caribbean, Water for elephants and Legion.

In the next days I go to cinema with a friends, Marilú, Charlotte and Pía (yes! the “Pía” of this class!). The idea is see “007: Skyfall”, the new movie of James Bond. I must say I NEVER see a James Bond’s film, so I don’t know that expectations have.

My “but” about cinemas is the price of tickets. If you don’t buy tickets with time (a couple of days before) the price isn’t comfortable.

And the summer comes! Summer without class! So, I hope to go see more movies!

Bye c:

A couple of weekends I saw with my little sister a movie called “The Next Three Days”. We were in the home, boring, and we came watch tv. This movie had started a two or three minutes ago.

The film is starring Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Elizabeth Banks. John (Russell) is a university teacher, married with Lara (Elizabeth) and they have a son. Lara is arrested for murdering her boss.

Although saying to be innocent she is convicted. John becomes obsessed with freeing Lara and after three years “the legal route” doesn’t work he decides talk to a man who has escaped from prison several times. This guy said John that “every prison has a key” but there are prisons more “difficult” than others, as prisons where is Lara. Ex convicted tells John that if he isn’t sure of making anything to get his wife out of jail it is better to desist from the idea. But John wants Lara with him and their son, so he creates a plan to fulfill this mission.

As a good suspense movie, the film keeps eyes on it jajaja. You are waiting for the next move of John all time, and always there is a problem jus around the corner. All the same, isn’t “essential” see this movie, I don’t page for see in a cinema xD, but if you are boring, see this film xD

Oh! This film is directed to Paul Haggis (In the valley of Elah), who won an Oscar for the movie Crash. 

After to die I want....

I never thought that things I want to do after to die and maybe my list of “things to do…” is ridiculous, but this is it:

1. Don’t sleep for a night, and talk ALL NIGHT with Marilú Mansilla. She always have a good story to tell me… and an opinion jajaja she is a good person to talk any time!

2. Learn to cook. And prepare cakes. Actually, I am a mess in the kitchen and my mom is soooooooooooooooooo great. I want to be like her :D

3. I want to have a nice dog. I have one pet in all my life: Mimi, a rabbit. She died when I was six or seven years.

4. Travel. A lot! First, go Chile and then, go to England, Latin America and Croatia. And, if the money allows, be nomad.

5. Have children xD

6. Go to latin carnaval (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, etc.). I think it would be a wonderful experience to learn about others countries, cultures, persons and take photos!

7. Be on time, without my mom or sister should wake up and get me out of bed :( When I have classes or other activities in the afternoon, usually I’m late jajajaja

8. Sleep more than ten hours in “university time”. But as I go, I see imposible xD

9. Have MY house. My own house, with plenty backyard

10. And finally, but not least important, speak English smoothly!

Bye :D

My sister Marcela

My spread family is a large family. The last night, for example, we celebrated my mom’s birthday and we were like twenty-five persons in my home. But, my family unit is just five persons: mom, dad, two sisters and me.

Today I am going to talk about my sister Marcela (Chela or Cheche). She is 16 years old and is the baby of home.  She lives in house of my parents, like me and my oldest sister jajaja.

Marcela go to technical school, and she is studying administration. Also, she practices cheerleading, and, since the end of September all weekends goes to different championships. She is a base girl (primary support of flyer) or mean base (person has the majority of the flyer’s foot), so is a strong girl, short but strong.

I like go out with my sister. Usually, we go ices cream, or see movies, walk for any place, and I try going her championship and she tries going to my folk presentation. Hardly ever we discuss, and if we do it, at the minutes we are fine again. Sometimes, we stay in home and sing absurd song togheter or invent stupid lyrics.

She is an affectionate person. Cheche loves give hugs (and tickle ¬¬).

I see to Marcela all days, in morning before come to university, and all evening/nights, when I back to university and she backs to school or coach. We share the room, so our things are mess. Also, every night it light off and we talk and laugh of our days.

Definitive we have a great relation like sister, she make me laugh a lot!

 

A pic of me, Cheche and my niece Martina

 

 

Bye!

Los Vilos

I am not a big fan of beach. I prefer go to country, mountains with snow or go to place near of iver/lagoon.

But, my dad is an obstinate person and he “forces” to know Chile. So, in summer of 2002 or 2003 we (parents and my sisters Pamela and Marcela) went to Coquimbo’s region. My parents rented a house in Coquimbo city, for fifteen days.

Firsts days we scoured Coquimbo and La Serena. We had go in car, so we had “liberty” go to any place. I remember Recova’s market, lighthouse of La Serena, Del Mar Avenue, the Japanese park and zoo in La Serena city. Of Coquimbo, I remember the Third Millennium Cross and La Herradura beach.

Also. We went to nearby localities, like Vicuña (place where was born and live Gabriela Mistral), Elqui Valley (with archeological sites like Cochiguaz, and vineyard to make mainly pisco) and Andacollo (a little locality where hundreds of persons go to celebrate Virgen del Rosario or Virgen Morena).

But, my favorite place was precisely a beach called Los Vilos.

I remember Los Vilos like a commune interesting, with a lot of “tourism attractive” in the beach, like fisherman/women cove or any rocky places.

We went a hot day of February, with blue light sky, without clouds, and a fierce wind. Easy, waves were ten or twenty meters of height. Also, the wind was swept all (sunshades, beach balls, towels and clothes). My little sister, Marcela was half of time running behind to ball. She was seven or eight years, her hands were tiny-tiny and could never take the ball in a good way.

Also, I lost a towel. Jajajaja. One minute I had my towel and, suddenly, this fly with the wind. My mom said me “don’t go for the towel”, so, I looked this and said bye. Jajajaja.

 

Besides funny moments, the beach was a beautiful place to go and walk for example.

See you next week!

Bye

Fiestas Patrias

All my friends know I love September. I was born on September and Fiestas Patrias are on September. There for, I have been to lot of fondas and celebration jajajajaja.

I like this days because I can dance cueca or play folks song and anybody tell us something nasty.

I remember Fiestas Patrias of the last year. Day 18 (Sunday) friends and I went to Patagua, Pichidegua, Libertador O’higgins region. People planned Patagua’s celebration signed up us to do thre showing about north, central and south zones of Chile.

We was all day and the “spare time” we was free to do anything. So, to lunch, we ate a very good asado. Also, we flew kites and this was sooooooo enjoyed because we was trying a lot of time to kite fly a couple of methers. Later, we dance cueca, cumbia, rancheras, salsa and a lot of “happy music”. And, obviously, we played on the stage: first after lunch, later like eight o’clock in the evening and finally ten or eleven PM.

This year I will not go to outside of Santiago, but that don’t means I don’t celebrate the Fiestas Patrias. I started to celebrate the September 1^st and I hope celebrate to October xD.

This continued... xD

 

Technology

I never thought about technology. Or my favorite piece of technology. For a couple of weeks I been thinking that writing and nothing jajaja. I have cellphone, computer, internet, camera, television, audio and a lot of “technology” things. Although, probably my favorite thing is the cards.

Usually I lose money. For this, you can think that I am messy, and yes, I am. But usually I find everything except money. So, debit cards are good friends (no credit, because I haven’t a steady job that allows me to cover a possible debt xD). The school pass (TNE) is also a good partner. And the electronic transfer from, for example, RUT account is WONDERFUL jajajaja.

I used the school pass on weekends. And weekends, where I live, anyplace where “put” money to Bip card is open, so the bank webpage is an excellent choice. Moreover, I couldn’t say how often I use the debit card. It is, simply, when I lose money or no have.

I like cards because I don’t lost (for some reason xd). Cards fit in everywhere and with a one “plastic” I can do several things, unlike money “only” serves to pay. And when I get back money… is terrible jajajaja.

I must say, mi life without cards would be poor and miserable.

Regards!

A song...

A song I like

My mom is a strong influence on my musical tastes. Since childhood I have heard musicians and bands such as Inti-Illimani,Violeta Parra, Víctor Jara, Quilapayún, Los Jaivas, Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, etc, of movements the “new Chilean song” and “Latin American fusion” .

This movements are characterized by a folk bas, with lyrics that express the wishes of society or  mixture rhythms.

A song I like so much of this movement is “Lo que más quiero”. It wrote by Violeta Parra and scored by her daughter, Isabel. On 1970, Violeta publishes its self-titled album that contains this song and on 1971 Inti-Illimani records and releases his own version. The latter is my favorite.

This song is played as a joropo. In the version of Inti-Illimani is accompanied by a cuatro (instrument of four strings) which takes the base, a guitar (plucking and arpeggio) and a pair of maracas. But, my favorite element of the song is the harmony that are the voices, especially at the beginning and end of the track. When a hear the song I feel the strength of the interpretation.

The lyric are, broadly speaking, about how what we love as we try to harm, intentionally or unintentionally.

On this link you can listen to the version recorded by Inti Illimani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRoYNJRCwLY

And, here, you can listen to a live version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBT3WbS0vyc&feature=related

Enjoy them! Bye :D

Kmizhii, a good friend :D

A good friend

My parents usually say I meet a lot of people, but only a handful of them are good friends. Between them is Camila, or Kamizhi jajajaja.

We met on 2006 at school. She was a punk girl, with black makeup in eyes and colored hair, and I… well, I was a folk girl. She hadn’t good marks and I started to help her. We stayed after class to studied. Then, we went together to stop bus and talk about stupid thinks and we became friends.

At a glance, we haven’t things in common, except the school. But, we both like taking walks, listening to music. She loves talk and I like listening to her things and laugh of Kamizhi.

Now, we don’t see so much :( Camila had a baby in January, 2010, and Gabriel, her sun, requires her full attention. In addition, the university absorbed all my time weekly. So, when I go out early to class, I make a visit to my friend and she cooks something delicious and I play with Gabriel. Then, the three go to a park near the Kamizhi’s home, and we had excellent!

But, as we are together just two twice a month, we call once a week at least.

She is a very sour and absurd girl, but I love a lot!

Bye-bye c:

Teoria.com

I don't like read in internet. I use glasses and I don't like use much the notebook because, sometimes, my head hurts.

But there is a website that I like so much!

This is http://www.teoria.com (to read in Spanish link is http://www.teoria.com/indice.php)

This website is dedicated to musical theory. Two main strengyhs to website are:

1. tutorials, and

2. exercises.

In learning we have six links: reading music, intervals, scales, chords, harmonic functions and musical forms. All these are essential elements to "read" music

In exercises we have… exercises. Jajaja. There are exercises about six topics that are explain in tutorials section. My favorite exercises are related to listening skills. It’s like dictation. You open the exercise and should listen it. Then, you repeat or identify the beat, etc (depends to type of exercise).

I really like this website because here explain the concepts necessary for the music (a matter of musical theory is very expensive) and, later, you can practice the “new knowledge”.

I try to visit the website four days a week, but with so many tests and reports I can only visit the website a few times a week.

Obviously there are other sites about musical theory, but I prefer teoria.com because it explains in simple terms (as far as possible).

If you want learn or practice your knowledge of musical theory I recommend this page completely!

Bye :D

Pancho nocturno...

The "Gran Valparaíso" conurbation (merger of cities: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Placilla de Peñuelas, Concón, Quilpué and Villa Alemana) is located in west zone of Region of Valparaíso.
I have visited Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, and these are places that I like so much, because there are "magic", on streets, homes and parks.
These are "big cities" and there are so much to do. But, when I go, I like go to parks (and palaces ubicated in the same parks) like Quinta Vergara, Rioja or Carrasco). Also, you can visited the Artequin museum (it's soooo funny!) where the children and youngs can know the visual arts.
A place tha I love so much is the main campus of Federico Santa María technical university, on Valparaíso. This is the first university that I visited :).
We can visit to historical building (Armada de Chile building, El Mercurio building) and hills too (like Los Placeres, Playa Ancha. Concepción, Alegre, Artillería or Barón). Oh! Also, we can visit La Sebastiana, Pablo Neruda's home, on Florida hill.
But, the best place is Muelle Barón! In this place, I and my friends go to diferentes cultural activities, where thousand of people to bring together.
The last time I went to Muelle was on january, to play on a folk festival. And we hope go on a couple of week!

Bye c:

Invisible musicians

Hi everybody!

I haven’t a favorite picture but this like me sooo much.
This photo (of quality terrible) was taken with my little sister, Marcela, on December 18 of 2011. That day the group Dacafochi (a folk group with dance and play music where I participle) opened opened the show “Latinoamérica Mía” (dances and songs of fourteen countries of Latin America).
This day was a long and tiring day but the experience was unique! With my friends studied a lot about Latin folk to play songs how really those are. Most difficult to do was song with the accent of every country! We was learning a couple of months how sing on different “kinds” of Spanish.
This photo like to me because it sees so much instruments waiting for anyone who play it and we can see an “empty” back to instruments in the stage. With my friends laughed a lot because we are invisible musicians!
Although, on groups like this, musicians are really invisible because the most of people that see shows doesn’t “listen” to music. Dancers are very applauding in all presentation. So, when anybody congratulates us we are very excited! (the page of “artist” is the clap).

See you!

Where I live

I thought about for days to write in my free post. And I haved conclused that I will tall about Maipu, the place where I live.
Maipú is a municipality of Santiago, on the west zone of the city. Founded on 1897 and has many historical monuments, like "Templo Votivo", square of Maipú, Primo de Rivera hill (knows all Hill 15), monument to embrace of Maipu, "Abrazo de Maipú" monument and "Vencedores de los Vencedores de Bailén" monument.
Most of these monuments are related to the independence of Chile, because here was fought the Maipú's battle.
Maipú is one of the biggest commune of Santiago, and here live a lot of people (698.732 people approx.). There is one hundred forty two kindergarden and schools to children and youngs, some good, some bad.
The municipality do a lot of activities (like concerts, races, free theater), and the people who live here participe massively.
I live here since I was born, when my parents bought a house on Los Heroés neighborhood. In this home live my parents, María Verónica and José, and my two sisters, Pamela and Marcela.
Also, most of my family (uncles, aunts, cousins) live here, and we see very often.

You come to know Maipu!
Bye c:

Journey...

Hi people:
Today I’m going to tell about my first journey “alone” (without my parents).
On January 2008, a folk group (we just do) was invited to play on region of Los Lagos (south of Chile).
This journey (similar to tour of study but with dancers and musicians), was on a bus. I and my fellows arrived to Puyehue. Here we were the most of the time and from this town we traveled to other places.
The first day we arrived to Yumbel and we presented to folk dances and music of central zone of Chile. The same night, we traveled to Puyehue.
When we arrived (the next morning), we settled on a boarding school near to Puyehue Lake.
This second day we visited Puyehue Lake and traveled the town.
We had our first gig in Puyehue the third day (in this opportunity we presented folk of the north of Chile).
The fourth and fifth days we presented on Termas Aguas Calientes, and we enjoyed the place! We were on thermal pools and the parking area. In the afternoon of the fifth day, we visited Cardenal Antonio Samoré border crossing. That night we played at a festival on lakeside
The sixth day we arrived to Frutillar and went all over town. Later, we ate an “asado al palo” and we presented next to the giant chess board is outside the municipality, on Frutillar.
And that night we started our trip to Santiago.

This journey is very important to me because I knew so much people, and today, we are my friends c:

A country...

I would like to visit Rapa Nui.
But, Rapa Nui isn’t a country, so, I going to say that I would like to visit United Kingdom (yeah, England, Scotland, Wales and Northem Ireland).
I want visit UK because I love British culture! I think that is soooo interesting the architecture (manly on public places), the music and the literature (I know that I can read British writer from my home, but I would like to visit places where they lived and wrote).
I think UK is an interesting country because keep up old stories and traditions, but to relate this with to modern.

Places that I would like to visit on United Kingdom (or things that I want to do):
- Heathrow Airport (I love airports!)
- Millennium Bridge
- Tower Bridge
- King Cross Station
- To sail on Tamesis
- Trinity College and Christ Church College
- Eton College
- Leith Hill Tower, Surrey
- Windsor Castle
- Titanic Belfast (Royal Mail Steamship Titanic)
- Queen’s University Belfast
- Millennium Stadium
- Lime Hall
- Glasgow University
- Fortingall Yew
- British Museum
- Take me a picture with a GAITERO
- London Dugeon
- Hardwick Hall

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Bye :)

A great book

I'm back. And this time, with a book.

"Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios" by Torcuato Luca de Tena is a book of 1979, that a friend, Marilú, recommend me to read, when I was looking for a book, and I don't regret.

I started read to three weeks and the book was SOOO INTERESTING that if I don't need eat or sleep, I had only read.

The book is about Alice -Alicia- Gould, who investigates a murder and she decides to be admitted like a ill on a mental hospital. But, the situation turns "dark" when she can't leave the mental institution

I like about the "Los renglones torcidos de Dios" the "context" because this is extremely close to the real world (Luca de Tena was admitted on a mental institution for 18 days, where he lived to mentally ills and from this he wrote his book). I dislike to book is the doubt to end, but I will not say nothing more,
You should read the book! :D

Bye!

Me and myself

Hi! my name is Dani and I don't like this idea about the blogspot... But, I'm here :D
I am not sure that I want to say. Maybe I must to put in order my ideas. Ok, start again.

My name is Dani -Daniela-, I'm 19 years, and I study geography on a Architecture and Urbanism Faculty of University of Chile. That is better?. I work in the same university, on the diffusion area, and weekends I play with a group on differents activities.

And this is it. I go to lunch.
Bye-bye!